Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-08-29


town, the FIRE at the burned warehouses having
re-kindled again. But the necessity for their
services not being urgent, they returned to
their homes.
At 20 minutes to II o'clock last night fire
broke out in the cellar of Mr. Brashears,
grocery, near the corner of It'll street and the
avenue, and for time there appeared to be
great danger that the entire building tba
Avenue House, and the houses adjoining
would be consumed. The french labored
hard under sceat disadvantages. but succeed.
ed IN preventing The dest ruction of the build
ing and The burning of other prorerty. Mr..
Bra hears !oss io large, though we arc happv
to learn that ho is fully insured. The t5.iId-
ing suffered in appearance and the furnitur.
belonging to Mr.. French was damaged to the
aluour OF about fre hundred dollars THIS
fire IS supposed 10 have been the wcrk of an
ineeIu!a-y.
CIR Ffe Department.-Last night any
member of the City Councils with half an
eye could see that our fire department is in
a miserable condition. Apparatus that has
passed the Inspector would not operate at all,
and for long time the only piece of appara-
tus that could get water was the Perseverance
engine No water in the plugs and some of
them rendered useless by having The handles
removed. Our firemen, many of them, were
Obliged to walk about with their hands in their
pockets, unable, though anxious to render as
sistance. Of what use is it to have an inspec
tor, if apparatus unfit for use is to be kept in
service? Our citizens are in mea sure at the
mercy of the incendiary, and if the fire de-
partment is to remain in its present condition
for the sake of a few dollars, it would be we'll
to save the Inspectors fees, by closing the en-
give houses and adopting the old bucket sys-
tenn.
Bad Praeties.-On Saturday evening. sew
eral little boys were arrested by the Clerk of
the Centre Market for eating melons, and
throwing rinds on the pavements This bad
practice ought to be stopped. Several of our
citizens have been severely injured by slip
ping on melon-rinds in the markets.
DrowHed.-MrS. 1seman, wife of the bass
drummer of the Marine Band, left her home.
near the barracks, on Thursday evening last,
and was found in the water, near Blagden's
wharf, On Saturday morning. She was SUBJ
Ject to fits, and was, at times, slightly de-
ranged, which probably caused her death
She leaves husband and three sons, the ED
est eighteen and the younges ten years of age
Fr0cas at alexandria We learn tina, VOC
tetday morning about ten o'clock, as the
steamer Union had just discharged her pas
sengers at Alexandria, and men, women and
children were passing the Mount Vernon Ho
tel, fight ensued between two young men,
during which one Of them attempted to dis
charge pistol at another, which missed its
IRE, however. but created much CONSERVATION
among those who landed and were at the land
II ri The time.
Hafna Res"rns.-festerday morning, the
following eases were disposed of in the central
guard house: J. RidgHay, disorderly in
market; paid fine and costs Jas. Reynolds
colored, disorderly and riotous; fine and costs
Elizabeth Brown and Clementiha Jones, dis
orderly; fine and costs. Henry Sims, Frank
Davis, Chas. Sims, and Aaron Bruce colored
out after hours; fine and costs j. McDeyit
disorderly: paid costs.
This morning, W. CuIlens, drunk and dis
orderly; paid costs. Catharine GoIding, va
grant; work house 60 days o. Wade, drunk;
fine and costs
Last night at the fire when the firemen were
very tired, couple of young colored gentle
men were asked by Captain Birch to assist
but they refused and stood upon their dignity
He arrested them until the excitement in the
street was over, when he discharged them
from custody.
GA story was told few months
ago, OF the good fortune of Isaac Butler,
poor but worthy man in Vernon, Oneida
County, n. Y, who was said to have
had legacy of $4,000 left him in Eu--
rope. lt\turns out that after living in
for ccuoro1