The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-20
WASHINGTON, August Is, 1S4s.

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FELIX.
WASHINGTON, August u.s. 1S4S
The Evacuation of Washington. ..I 9lf
They are gone The chamber Of the Senate more
resounds with the trumpet voice OF Senator Allen ;
and the late Babelonian confusion of sounds in the
House has subsidized into the silence of desolation -
The groups Of strange young faces in the Library have
disappeared the daily throngs in the Rotunda have
ceased to assemble in contemplation Of the pictures
and the clusters of men and women passing to aud
from the capitol, have suspended their daily vista
tons The summer staguation is down upon us. A
few members of the House and of the Senate still lin
ger behind but the flock Of the Congressional migra-
ton dispersed to the four winds of heaven. Col
Benton rescued, perhaps, from the alter native Of
fighting for funeral enjoys his oiium cum dign-
tote in the bosom OF his family Ave iaria Santissi
pray for the visitation Of grace into the the
senior Senator from Missouri f f ~. .,.rt
MIR. Foote left the other day, in expectation of q
visit from the police for Ware nton Springs where
great democratic jubilee has just been celebrated. He
has a nice place the heights of Georgetown and
will be back in good time to frank such pub doc "as
the mocratic central committee may print for the
enlightenment of the bone and sinew Of the country
Gen Shields has three calls call from Ireland a
call to head the buffalo hunt south of tho Rio Grande
and call to the government of Oregon Probably
he will split the difference and to Oregon but that
has nothing to do with the evacuation Of Washington
How quiet is the avenue at noon. day The hackmen
areloungng idly about in front of the hotels waiting
for the custom which has gone moving lowy along
the street with empty vehicles IN hope of picking up
some pedestrian wearied of the blistering The
old who sells apples the gate of tho capitoI
has perhaps, gone to the springs, or removed her
stand to some eligible crossing up in town for
we missed her antique face to-day. The lame boy with
his continual smile. who wont to stand upon the
sidewalk near Jackson Hall, with his withered hand
outstretched for aims is also among the missing and
the old man with St Vitus's dance whose convusive
distortions ana spssmodc zgzag motions his pain
fol efforts to walk Ia also invisible. He most
of his bill in the Senate, Tuesday last and
we hope the poor old creature has got his
money and gone home, if he has a home
anywhere. small proportion of the lobby members
still HANG on; some bills have passed and some money
upon them has to be collected There has been quite
an arrival Of the volunteers from Mexico and not
lew OF them poor fellows for want of something else TO
do are frolicking off their bounty lands and their
extra pay, while those generous individuals, the
nearly as fast they in and relieve them with
little ready cash of their papers and of all trouble OF
controversy with commissioner Edwards who is hard
to deal with and almost too careful of the
ments interest And thus it is that after few days
In town, the returoed volunteer finds himself out of
service, out OF money out OF health, and per in
the watch house much 10 his surprise. Occasio aay
in the middle of the day meet with group of idle
boys and negroes the chances are in favor of nd
ing at the line OF the crowd voun cut ches
Of one of the local dtatc of Captain Goddard
chief Of police. Poor fellows they return from Mexico
judged too severely. They have had hard time of it,
and now that they Free they scarcely know how to
appreciate their liberty except in little joliacaton
Poor boys they have carried alot to glory flag of
the Union and they are entitled to much consdera-
ton for tnat. rl.t .aF u. H.tr .4.r..rtsf II III
Enough for the present. We must have a snuff ofthe
salt water and with this view, hope to Join some
OF the Congress absentees somewhere. 'I.0 l1..l
ea-.a THE DOCTOR
Roi cad .qccident Pickpocke ct .arre ted Body FOUND
The Cdt,b,ias Neus
PHILADELrHrA, August 10, 1S4S.
A melancholy accident occurred the Camden
and Amboy railroad yesterday afternoon as the one
o'clock train from New York was within three miles of
Bordentown. William M. Broome, the conductor of
the train had mounted the top Of the cars to give
some instructions to the brakeman and was walking
towards the end Of to get down again when his
mead and shoulders came in contact with bridge the
train bad approached without his percsiyine H. He
was thrown of the end Of the car, and fell upon the
platform below bleeding corpse Two gentlemen
standing there caught the body, it would most like
ly have fallen upon the track Life entirely extinct
when he was picked up, and death must have been in
The deceased was young man of much
intelligence, and had but recently been promoted
fe m baggage master to the station Of conductor and
was great favorite with all the officers of the
company, and highly esteemed by all who knew
him Ills body was brought to the city this
morning from Bordentown, and taken to the re-
sidsnce of his mother, at Fifth and Pine streets.
The deceased was, about five years ago, apprentice
to MIR hyno. the hair dresser in Third street, but at
tho solicitation Of Commodore Stockton, who becnme
partial TO him. his relessed him from his nden
lures and he accompanied the Commodore in the first
cruise Of the steamer Princeton and subsequently to
California While there, he behaved himself with great
courage, and was deservedy distinguished by his COM
handing thicer. He described seme Of the battles in
which be participated in letters written to this city
v b,ch were Published at the time 1. .l.rI'
The noted Tickpocket Bob Pinkerton, was caught
In the act OF cstipg gentleman of his pocket
book, this morning, at the Walnut street depot,
while the passengers from up the river Ian Ding
fiom the steamer Trenton The pocket book found
upon him.
] he body Of an unknown man thirty. iyo years of
age. was found in tho Delaware yesterday. He had u
essh upon his left below the elbow, around which
a handkerchief was it'd The muscles and blood,
Ntsscls had been severed by tn g wound. UT I lI II
The anxiety 10 get hold of the news by the Cambria
has been intense: and later editions Of Extras an
issutd about every half hour The Irish Highly |
indignant at the tone Of rdicuo used by the EDgFh
tory papers in abiding TO the partial defeat OF lhe
insurgents.