Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-03

the food in its green juicy condition, in prefer
ence to taking it in the other dried state The
grass required moving, for it was very high
and it it may be taken As a criterion Of the
meadows about the country, there will be q
Splendid hay harvest this year. 4. ~
Row AT DANcE.-On Monday night last
dance came of at q house in the Seventh
Ward, which ended in a row. Several sailors
were beaten badly. The parties were arrested
by the guard and police, and held to security
for peace by Captain Birch. The names of the
parties arrested are Randolph Robinson, j. s.
Petit, and David Staten. 1t was fl ash dance,
truly, whom the officers got among them
INDIAss.-J emmy Maher' headquar, ers for
the Indian delegations, never, perhaps con-
tanned more singular and varied collection
of indians than those at present lodged there.
They appear to be of different grades of civili-
cation, some being evidently further advanced
In the state Of society than others We noticed
the other day, one of them who wears some
description OF savage ornament suspended
from the nostrils, manner of ornamenting
that we thought peculiar to the savage African
and Abyssinian. Others, however, appear to
be more civilized, and are net so uncouth in
tnelr demeanOr-the moustache is worn on the
upper lip by some of them, but although wild
and savage in their appearance, they conduct
themselves with great propriety. We met a
party OF them, the other day, going two and
TWO, In regular order, through the streets, and
were 1t not for their dress and general appear
anee, their manners would not have excited
any particular attention. They were a delega-
ton of Nebraska and Kansas Indians, but from
the vast difference among them we should
have thought that they belonged to widely dit
ferent nations. At all events, they are dissim
liar to all Indians with whom the United States
Government have hitherto had to treat. A
party Of them were present at the meeting of
the American Scientific Association yester-
day, and excited much attention.
The WEATHER.-The first two days of May
| were SO balmy and favorable, that we had
| naturally concluded that Jack Frost had
at last got tired of his long sojourn among US
and had de- arted far far away to the hyper
borean regions of Z" thick-ribbed ice'' Not
so, however, as if yet 10th to quit with ling
| ering foRdness, we were visited again this
morning by the old fellow, winter, who pep
pered about his hail drops like a shower of
g bons-bons at at. Italian carnival. The
consequence has bee. change in the weather.
and we are again Almost complaining of the
| cold. These suddSn vicissitudes of cold and
heat are, however, very trying to those of
feeble health and in consequence there has
been very prevalent of late
SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION - The following
have been elected the officers of the Associa-
ton tor the ensuing year President, Dr. Tor
Eey Permanent Secretary, Walter Gibbs
Treasurer, Mr.. Elwyn; Recording Secretary,
Lawrence Smith.
The next meeting of the Association is to
DO held In Providence, (R. l., on the 18Th of
Of August, 1855.
The meeting of the Association was attended
yesterday by the President; the Hon Jeffer-
son Davis, Secretary of War; the Hon. W
l.. Marcy, Secretary of State; and the Hon.
Caleb Cushing, Attorney General.
The FISHERIES. stransitory occupation
will terminate in very short time, about the
10Th instant and, as it is, many of the fisher.
men have already left off ''dragging' It i,
said not to have been very profitable
CRIMINAL COURT.-Y esterday the trial of
John Connor for shooting at Patrick Hurley
on the 9th of April last, came off and Was con-
tnued during to-day, not being terminated
when We went to press.
In the course of yesterday, Emily MaIet,
who had been found guilty on Monday of
keeping dissrderly house, was sentenced By
the Judge to four months Imprisonment in the
county Jail. Upon being sentenced, this lady
| arose and made speech, in which she no.
ticed the Judge, Counsel and Jury, in any
other than complimentary terms
PICKPoCKETs.-A number of these villains
have arrived in our city for the purpose ope-
| rating upon those persons who carry money in
| their pockets They are not particular where
| they work, for one picked a lady's pocket this
morning of twenty-five dollars in St Patrick
Church while the services at Father Matthew
funeral were progressing. Look out for them
DIR. HUNTER.-This gentleman, formerly a
resident here, and we'll known to many of our
citizens, who have been under his care in affec
tons arising from the throat and lungs, will
pay visit to our city tomorrow, and renal II
| two days, for the benefit Of these DESTROYS OF
consulting him in his new mode Of treatment
of consumption, bronchitis, asthma, &c He
has taken rooms at Mrs. Voss's jewelry store
between 18th and 18th streets, Pennsylvania
avenue.
WATCH RETURNs.-The only person in the
central guard house this morning was Patrick
Kelly, vagrant, sent to the work house for 90
days.