Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-08-15

interesting trip, which has been gotten up
with all care by Captain Key and the efficient
corps under his command. Nothing that can
add to the pleasure or comfort of those who
participate will be neglected by the company
and the committee of arrangements, the whole
affair affording a delightful ride upon the
blue waters of the Potomac, refreshing escape
from the heat and dust of the city, and such
a JOYOUS time as the Montgomery Guards alone
can give to their many friends Doubtless
the commodious Columbia will be tested to
her full capacity, and we trust it may result
in placing an additional sum of consequence
in the Golfers of this rising and popular COM
pany.
Letter from the Father of Young Ashbv.-
We cheerfully publish the following, which
corrects some errors that the press has got
into in relation to the matter of the sentence
and pardon of the youth Benjamin Ashby:
To the Editors of the Star:
Permit me, gentlemen, if you please, to
correct another error of the press relative to
my unfortunate little boy. A correspondent
of the Baltimore sam represents him to have
gears. This eclipses the Stars mistake |
believe that no one can be sentenced by the
Court to either NINE months or mine veo,s
The minimum and maximum, believe are
tayo and eight years, except where commute
ton OF sentence of death takes place. when it
may be for life, as in the case of Wells
| My boy Jagged about fourteen years) was
| tried for petty offence alleged to have been
| committed nine months ago and, owing to
| the absence of an important witness who was
| called, convicted and sentenced to NINE months
| confinement in the Comfy Jail. whence he
was pard0ned, As You have stated. In assent
| ing to the terms of the pardon Dy a bond
! given for his removal from the District, I by
no means intend thereby to subscribe to the
/ justice of his condemnation. Nor do 1 find
/ fault with the jury for finding a verdict against
! the boy, "Ith tile erideOce they had before
| them. In giving the bo ID. however, L was
| governed by two leading motives-the first. to
| withdraw the boy from the association of
criminals in jail-by no means an Alma Ma
fer-and tn break up his acquaintance here.
some of which seems to have been injurious
! Yours, respectfully, J. AsHBY
| The Preventive Of Mosquito Bites.-The
! following is the letter of Dr. Hereford on this
subject, to which we alluded on Saturday. A
!
ly interested, it is thought advisable to pub
lish the whole of the doctors communication
! in relation to the matter:
WASHINGTON, August II. 1853
| GENTLEMEN: Having seen and heard MANY
complaints in the journals of the day. and
from numerous individuals, respecting q very
busy and noisy insect, the mosquito, whose
nocturnal visitations have Mt this season of
| hi oh ot
greatly added to the sufferings of our bed
chambers, | am induced to offer through the
medium of the Ereninq Star a remedy.
though simple, is nevertheless very efficacious
in its repelling powers towards this trouble.
some little pest.
The antidote is nothing more than the fol-
lowing. which invented two summers ago.
at the instance of a lady of this city The
lady violently attacked by this venom
Gus insect. as to lose sleep for many nights
and her delicate and fair skin exhibited the
| appearance OF person 1abOriDg under the
small pox. or some other severe cutaneous
eruption. l told her to wash her face head,
and hands. or any other parts exposed to the
bites of this miserable intruder in a strong
or saturated solution Of gum camphor in al
chohOl, and repeat it from time to time, if
necessary, through the night. 1t never failed
to repulse the little enemy l have tried it
| on myself as well as on many others without
fail. THOs P HEREFORD M d
SHdden Ds0th.-Mr. Gustavus Caldwell
died last evening at house on the south side
of the Potomac near the Alexandria road -
His death was caused it is supposed, by roup
/ d'soiieL He had accompanied Mr. J. T.
Berkeley and his family on a trip some distance
/ in Virginia; they in a carriage he on horse
! When they started to return he complained
of being unwell, and Berkeley took the horse
and gave him place in the carriage, until it
was found necessary to leave him at the near
! est house and obtain the assistance of a doc
tor. Everything that could be done for him
was done, but all to no purpose He expired
last night.
Take ararning of the heaf.-We have rec
orded but few fatal results by the effects of the
heat and the drinking of cold water in Wash
ington, but on looking beyond our bounda-
ries. find that other cities have suffered Sc
verely, and particularly New York The ex-
traordinary number of twenty7seven deaths
deaths from sun-stroke and the heat occurred
in that city in one day last week This should
put people on their guard here. and make
them avoid extreme exposures
Ch~rch Aiiey Aeain.-The colored inhabi-
tants of this noted alley were again called up
before tho CoDtain of tho C,uard los oran;nr