Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-05-12


liar and quarter to two dollars per day.
has been limited at that the high prices
ere the consequence of the attempt of some
Fsaltby speculator to monopolize the butch
:, market. We were at first disposed to
,reye that the rise in the prices was caused
k the scarcity of beef cattle; but a con-
,.r.ation last evening with one of the butch
:, who is unable to pay the extraordinary
ices asked for cattle, induces us to believe
Isl they are caused by lot of spectators
,bO watch the roads, and by their heavier
ckets monopolize the drovers as thew
rive.
Ii there is any colleaguing with butchers
! the markets, it ought to be known. No
,an who plays game of the sort is emit
lei to the pa tronage of our citizens. Our
lechancs work too hard to be imposed
ION; and if any evidence of a combination
|: this kind can be obtained it should be
lii before them that they may at once
.sa:e to patronize those engaged in it.
he conversation we allude to has excited
bur suspicious, and if We can obtain what we
be looking for the public shall know it.
set or no beef.
Street Tatk.-Since the two Boards of our
jny legislators have passed the act submit
:,s the license question to the decision of
7sters at the next election, the street chat
,erers have lost sight of proposed improve
rents, and gone to work to discuss new
qestions: AS, have not the Council the
over already to enact law of the kind
opposed, without asking further powers
ION Congress Would the Councils pass
.lch law if they had the power? This
.IestiOn should be answered by the Councils
.etOre the election, then the sentiments of
he people could be known with very little
-5u0le,) Do not the Councils by passing
his act prove they are only acting for Bun
.smbe?" Various opinions have been ex-
.essed on these subjects, by license and
gti-license men, but as we do not intend to
Liz in this discussion, we shall merely say
mat the talk is, and express no opinion
Ne have only to say that the subject was
:urted once before. A law was enacted,
and the manner in which the law was en-
breed has been Il cause of complaint by
10Th parties, the license and the anti-license
men.
Dsdd.-James West, the husband of the
woman whose sudden decease we noticed q
lew days since, departed this life yesterday
IN the hospital of the Washington Asylum.
Their little child is left a pensioner upon
the charity of world not apt to see and
relieve the suffering poor. The ladies of
The Orphan Asylum have the little one in
laelr charge, and that attention and care
which they can give to the proper training
Of their charges, she will receive. The
after days of Vests life serve to remind
al of human infrmity We are imperfect
dea'ures, liable to be led astray by the
"saudy toys" around. And the very man
Flo is most sure that he stands secure,
i-Ould "take heed lest he fall
FTes.-The alarm of fire yesterday after
Aoon was caused by the burning of a CHM
Ley in the eastern section of the city. The
'.flous Fire companies were out, and we
III treat the Franklin Fire Company just
J by saying that their apparatus was not
.Iied upon the side walk, endaDgering the
-'eS Of children and even grown persons.
lie alarm about . o'clock this morning was
Aused by the burning of frame dwelling
u the northern part of the city near Nc
a'lIree Chapel. The loss we learn is not
:'eat
Pfd Fello1cS' Funeral.-Mount Nebo En-
1Apment and Central Lodge, 1. o. 0. F.,
.afaded yesterday, and attended the funeral
F; llr. Francis A. Dunn, a deceased member
& The Order.
Hlrd Boy 10 Uoid.-This afternoon officer
WIS went to arrest man named James
Aihony, who had committed an assault and
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