Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-27
InATbY EVENING STAR,
LOCAL INTEbLIGENGE.

IL & Columbia and elsewhere. Much as the
Vsprroschilg event had been talked of and
srrtten about, still 1t had not reached the ears
afeveryboiv We observed some very saga
fious persons on the Avenue. who, we should
onc!udc DO not read the current literature of
he day-the Dewspaper-to any great extent,
sho were impressed with the idea that il
vas Mr.. Elliott In bis balloon, who was caus.
sng slI this sensation in attempting to eclipse
\ he sun-a modern Icarus without his wings.
The dark day, after all, was not 50 dark.
md those who had prepared their gas burners,
,nI put IN a fresh supply of oil and candles
Or the approaching obscurity. were disap-
9Ointed, no artificial illumination being re-
luire1- This arose from the circumstance of
4 be eclipse being annular, and not total, in
rbich latter case We should have been shroud-
I'll in complete darkness. The eclipse began
here at two and half minutes after clock,
\ and las'ed until t~entyseven and half min
e utes after 8, presenting the sun in various
hrhsses as the moon travelled over its surface
i The sun at first presented the form Of n ores
4 rent which was gradually obliterated as the
ys5oa covered larger extent of it, until in its
course the crescent shape. bnt diverted, was
again presented to view. The next annular
4 ecliise will be il June, 1872; but there will
b. solar eclip e. visible in the United State,
| on March Is. 1898.
' TEWPERANCE MEETING The Juvenile Tenn
uerauce Soc ETY.. known as the Cadets of Tenn
perance, celebrated their FIRST anniversary
d Yesterday evening, by public meeting at
4 temperance Hill. The proceedings were an.
! nouneed to take place at o'clock, but did not
commerce until hajf-past s, and were inaugu
rted by the entrance OF the Cadets wearing
The insi gnia of their order-a red-coIored sasb
10 the members, over the shoulder and across
the bOdy-an who marched in file up the hall
taking their places on the platform The Ca
diets number in all sky members, and about
twO-thIrdS OF mem were Present In costume
After the delivery Of a short PRAYER the
Pre-ident address those assembled. sf which
the fair sex formed a large numerical MAORI
~, upon the nature and character of the So
ciey, prefacing mis- remarks by an apology
for the absence OF the Hon. \. p. Banks Of
Mas achusetts, and the Rev. r. L. DashielI.
who, 1t had been announced. would sneak on
the o;c ision. He kevise adTertei to the ex-
iTdordinary fact that the members of the admit
temperance Society, known as the Sons of
Temperance. had none of their children among
the Cadets, although amounting to five hum
dred in number.
At the conclusion Of his remarks, the exer.
cises OF the evening were gone through, con.
sistng of speeches, recitations &c bv the
youthful members of the Society, MANY of
which were very good, and delivered with
much ora,oIical effect.
The FINE ARTs---We were Yesterday graft
fed with q private view of a panorama tn
which wewere kindly invited to paw a visit nv
Messrs. Stanley, Cole, and Donoho. the artists
at their rooms, corner of Louisiana avenue and
10th streets, representing the scenery in the q :
vet almost untrUden wilderness of the far West
70 the shores of the Pacific. This work of art,
on which the above clever artists are now en-
ployed, together with Mr.. Lamb. their co-ad-
jut0r, will consist of $40 feet of canvass. de-
HlctIng the scenery, geological strata, aud
NATURAL beauties or the country, commencing
from Fort Smelling, at the head of the Missis-
-ippi river, to the Pacific Oce1n, taking a line
Ot country, through Oregon, as yetIistle known
to but few. At the time that we entered
the artists studio, we found them occupied on
section OF the country in which are situated
the Fails of st. Anthony and the falls
known as the g Laughing Water so aptiy and
eGphoniously deuominated in the Indian lam
GQage Mime hs ha"
Inc panorama of the landscape of the re-
gl0a VIII be enlisened with figures of the
naive Indians, descriptive of their social and
domestic habits, at once a material adjunct to
give lie to the scenery, and an excellent illus
tratiOn Of the people of the country. These
have been all taken from life by Mr. Stanley,
who Is 50 we'll known as the artist Of the
unique collection of Indian paintings at the
Smithsonian Institute, and the work of art
will terminate with An ideal painting. repre-
senting the Indians heaven, " the happy hunt.
Ing ground
Ibis truly national work will be complete
by us artists by the first of August, and thew
have contracted with an English company to
exhibit 1t first in London, und afterwards in
Paris, so that public exhibition cannot take
place until later period in the United States
SERENADIsG.-Esputa's cslebra rated Co. net
Band. In full number, last night, gave our
neighbors the citizens of Georgetown. a Spec
linen Of their excellent and beautiful pcr.
foSmances, by sereuadiAg seye al of its plin-
cIpai residents AT one mansion rs an .vi-
dence of the delight afforded, the windows
we're lowered, and che ladies thereof shove red
down upon the players some most magni6ce n,
bouquets
On their return from Georgetown, they step
ped opposite the store Of all 4 STEPHENS on
the Avenue, who furnished the band with II, ,ir
handsome new uniform, which was 80 much
admired at the battalion parade on Mon lay
last and complimen,ed them With a serenade
lhey then proceeded, accompanied by a party
VI geatiemen, admirers of the political conduct
VI Inc Hon. Henry NJ. Rice, the delegate from
MInneso' a, to his private residence on st
where they complimented him in a similar
manner, to which he returned thanks and
made some very appropriate remarks on the
subject Of the Nebraska bill, and in reference
to the territories in general.
STLyEsIER,s DRUG SToRE.-We are happy
To inform our readers that Mr.. s. r. Sylvester
has been enabled TO re open his drug store at
the corner of Pennsy lvania avenue and III tb
street, by the decision Of the Judges of the
Circuit Court for this District and that he il
New prepared TO furnish bis former patrons
and the public IN general, with ali the articles
that well furnished drug store can provide
not forgetting, at this near approach of the
paIched hot season, to make mention of the
fountain Of the Silver Swan where, as be
sta es IN his adyerts ement he will disp
toose lei rHshlnS, inyigorating, and youth re-
storing waters, which, combined with his IN
rlValied and Incompatible Syrupe, have won
Tor MN golden opinions from ali sorts of
people.
CoScERr.-A grand concert will take place
tni' evening at Carusi's Saloon. when some of
'he most brilliant compositions, vocal and in
suumeutal, will be executed The vocalists
are Col Count Estvan, Countess Estyan. and
MS De Lacy, pupil Of Meyer beers assisted
oy NE celebrated pianist from Baltimore.
Nhe'siier De SCENE emf, who will execute
sSlne oI hIs o.n Compositions, including the
hungarian ationll mel0dies The prog anime
IS avery itch one. and contains selections from
we most celebrated composers. Public opin-
ION 10 Pbllafclphia-no mean authority upon
such suhJecis-speaks highly in praise Of the
,aieAt displayed by the parties; and there
Sd1hot DC any doubt that il will be q most de-