Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-13
DAILY EVENING STAR.
CITY ITEMS.

1,r,5, and Anniversary Of the Light b.fcntry.-
washington Light Infantry, first Lieutenant
-, Tucker commanding, during their parade
,.rd,y afternoon visited the fine Gallery OF Paint
p. belonging to WV. Corrorap, ESQ where the
x,s Toasted with a view of the great works OF
:, xb;cb the munifcence and taste Of the worthy
-,oDr;stor has collected. After marching through
~. cty they were dismissed ut the arnory and att
,,.,oek. the company and guests assembled st the
..r,,r;re House." whore ''mine host" had prepared
..,,nt,ous supper, which gotten up in honor of
~, .s,snte.nth anniversary Of the first parade Of
=. .ompsny. Lieut.. John 2. Tucker presided most
ss.snty over the sssembagc and after the feast OF
I'D eating was over set in mo ion the feast Of good
s,.,sing singing and joking. The first toast given
-. .,o the Evening Star and The Press" which was
..,,onded to in 4 grateful manner and duly appre-
Ting terms, by q member Of the Star ONCE who had
,.on poely invited to the festival. Brief and per
,;,ort responses were msds to complimentary senti
1T, bv Lieut.. Tucker, other officers and members
If the corps John Queen, ESQ., Charles soran Of Bal
,,,ors. and patriotic speech was delivered by Capt
u.rsoetti of the Band. Several songs we're finely
ann, nv Mr.. Peter NJ Dubant and others, the enter
,..ment being kept up, with flashes of wit, senti-
mrnt song and speech, till 10 o'clock, when the CON-
rsny separated highly pleased with the celebration Of
The interesting anniversary. not forgetting during
the proceedings to honor the memory of the heroes
# North Point, and concluded by singing the Star
spangled Banner.
The Last Didd7e-A story is told of a Jeremy Did
der about town which is perhaps worth repeating.
r, ia said that after exhausting his credit in nearly all
the taverns of Washington, be went to rather new
one kept by comparative stranger, and represented
himself to be - clerk in Of the Departments,
,,kiuT the landlord to let him have such refresh
ments as he wanted for himself and friends, which
be would settle for pay day. The bar and eating
department were literally thrown open to him, and
he proved an efficient officer there; for he ate, drank
and treated every body he met in the place out that
he could get, including some who knew him, but
could not understand this sudden rise Of his credit
He several times almost forcibly prevented persons
from paying, insisting Pompousy that none but him
should pay for anything; thus depriving the land
lord Of their payments Por two weeks he kept this
up at the end Of which the well known ''pay day"
CAME Prompt, apparently, to his engagement, he
entered the restaurant with a roll of money in his
hand wrapped up in the style of putting gold in pa
per, duly marked slO0.' He laid it on the counter
and called on all the house TO partake with him,
which they did, the polite chief of the establishment
considering all right After drinks, be picked up lis
roll of coin and left, saying that he would see the
Captain tonight. This, however, proved " more of
poetry than TRUTH for he has been back since
and only recently the Captain" mentioned it to
viHter. when to his surprise he informed that
the mnn clerk, and that the roll Of money h.
had wGs ten cents, put up in the uoy described 10 de-
c,iue This is the last best diddle of the day, and
would be quite Imaginable, if it was not mixed ap
with so much rnscslty. Diddler has not been seen
since, and We could not ascertain how many dollars
the landlord sold for, other than that they were
6 pretty big fer. -
SrpsHny Sarinqs BInks-Win not some half
dozen philanthropc gent emen of Washington com
mencc sixpepny savings bank among us. Those
which have bsen put in operation in New York
have already been found to be conducive in a re-
nsrkable degree to habits Of thrift economy and
industry among the poor of both sexes of tender
age They are pronounced. really. to be the most
to the progress of the present century, though 70
new und-r the sun. Our population is sufficiently
large 70 render such institution here in proper
hands, highly rsmunerative. We trust indeed, that
another month will not be permitted to pass without
the completion Of some such arrangement in this
The Guards and Rifcs IN BdIlimor,-The BaIti-
more papers bring interesting accounts Of the partic
patton of the visiting Washington companies in the
of the anniversary of the battle of North
Point nea.y all Of which having been anticipated in
cur previous notices Of their movements there Ia no
ne OF repeating them here further than to say that
they cot 10 Baltimore at ~. o'clock where owing to
there having been notice given of their time of ar
rival no escort was Mt the to receive them. The
procenss of the day and evening however chow that
they were most Hospitality entertained by their
brother soldiers of the Monumental City Colonel J.
D. Tur er an others. They came homo this morn
Ing having given cheers for their worthy hosts at
starting, arriving in the IL o'clock train After a
march through our principal streets they were dis
missed at their armorie looking very well after their
interesting trip.
Musical H'truction-Prcf Jardela. who recon-
HIS course Ol piano ana other musical n5truc
Bon on the LIST Instant, continues to receive numcr
lus pupils who avail Themselves Of his ability in this
Inc Prof Sehe ia also in full tile of successful
instruction, vocal and instrumental. The music
dealers, a. announced. VIII receive applications for
instruction by those gentlemen. and will give sll
Necessary directions
The PRESIDENTS Soa0,t,i Guard.-We learn that
th'' hn" newly formed corps, had an interesting drill
IN their witt Yesterday afternoon to the residence of
Lieut. Clark Mills where they went through the
Whole ee'alry movements. The hospitality of Lieut.
NILS was Isrtaken Of in joyous ard patriotic man.
h"r, the assoc, ons of tie day being eloauentIr
"ach'>' upon They returned TO the city about o.
'i"'k Previous 10 leaving they also partook OF an
x client collation. at the reridence Of Col Hickey
HhT;e SONGS, sentiment and speech ruled the hour.
Tie C"'on he1deRy.-Ihis is another fine in.ti-
luton Of learning where the classics mathematics,
F"'ern languages, engineering, &c are impaired
nnier the guidance OF eminent te.eba-. p;,L