Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-25
DAILY EVENING STAR.
CITY ITEMS.

with the smile of God, and the soft breezes
came as though famed by the wings of angels.
The sky was clear as the eyes of infancy and
the sun shOne brightly, but not with an unge
NAL warmth; being just sufficient to drain the
earth of its heaviest moisture, and render His
footstool pleasant to the traveller, whether
weary or not The green trees, the grass, the
fields, all seemed to have borrowed lovelier
emerald than before and the flowers held up
with increased beauty their many-tinted
fngerS; their cups filled with the blessings Of
Heaven. II was indeed most charming Sab
power. Our churches were we'll attended, the
sermons of IA more cheering character than
usual, the fair looked fairer, and all by their
actions, intended or not intended, spoke the
gratitude due to the Giver of these blessings.
Places of business of nearly every kind. tay
ems. &c. were closed and the signs were nm
mistakeable that every heart felt it was the
Sabbath.
General Post Office ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
J. g. Berrett, the efficient city postmaster,
will, in a few days, have boxes placed at diff
ferent parts of the city for the receipt of let
tiers, to be conveyed thence to the post Office
by the carriers Neat labels have been pre-
pared, to be had from the carriers, or at the
subpost Offices, at one cent each, which. when
attached to letter, insures its prompt con-
Yeyance to its destination. This is great ac-
commodation to the public, and with the pre-
paid envelopes rendering the matter of trans
mission of letters and papers as perfect as it
seems possible it can be. made
Reward Of FIdciity.-Most people in Wash
ington know the faithful body servant of the
late Hon. VIM. r. King, who is still in this
city, enjoying the freedom willed to him by
his master. Years of steady and untiring
attentions, in which the wants of Mr. King
were not only attended to. and even anticipa-
ted, hut the most devoted and assidious care
taken of him during all the stages of his ill
ness, endeared the master to the slave, and
this is the reward of his fidelity Mr. King
also left him free, $4,000 and his gold watch
Here is beautiful lesson for the admiration of
masters as well as the imitation of servants
Sa5bath Breahing.-Yesterday, the entire
police force of the city was very actively en-
gagged in checking the progress of sabbath
breakers. Is is an evil that has been growing
for years past. The officers, by using great
exertion, could check it for awhile, but it
would soon break out again more outrageously
than before. Yesterday, drunkenness, gam
bling and fighting were the order, and to such
a length was the offence carried that the Off
GERS had little rest. On the Island, gambling
house was broken up by the officers, and nine
coIored individuals taken therefrom In the
northern part of the city, the officers made
descent upon a field in which were about fifty
persons engaged in various dcmoralizing
games. After hard race, through marshes;
and over the roughes. ground in the neighbor-
hood of the city, thirteen officers succeeded in
arresting eight persons. Late in the after
noon, detachment of officers was sent to En-
gish Hill to quiet row that was beginning
to break out there. Five persons were sent to
The laws of our Corporation are very good
for many cases that occur; but still they do
not reach far enough. Experience points out
cases that cannot be reached by them, and
shows the want of other laws, or additions to
those in existence. Policy prevents us from
mentioning cases that are not punishable by
the laws of our Corporations as we do not wish
to give disorderly persons the chance to take
advantage of the weakness of the laws. The
chiefs of the police know the defects, and they
will point them out to the . City Fathers"
The BIcIiNyers aHd H0dcGrrIers.-
bricklayers employed in re- building Willard s
hotel went to work again this morning, to be
paid hereafter from 50 80 down, according to
the proportionate value of their services The
hodcarriers have struck over the city for an
advance of twenty cents per day on their
wages The places of those employed at Will
lard 5 were Immediately supplied by the labor
ing hands of the Messrs. W, who had been
engaged in other work
COLLEGE HoHOrs.-At the commencement of
Delwaare College, on the Goth inst, the hon.
orary degree of ID. d. was inferred upon Rev.
John C. Smith, of this city, and the honorary
degree of A NJ on Hugh W. Mcneil, Esq,
another Washingtonian.
Patnfnt Accide@t. morning Mai
T L. Smith was severely injured by falling in
the market The injury is to his legs. This
comes of throwing melon rnds, cabbage leaves
and such like Offal On the pavement. Every
one who is caught at such mischief SHOULD be
punished severely.
BoHfre.-The alarm on Saturday night was