Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-02
DAILY EVENING STAR
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

derstspd that the religious ceremonies atten.
dant on the funeral of the late Rev. William
Matthew's, will take place tomorrow morning.
at9a- m The remains of the venerable deceased
he In state In his parlor, dressed in his priesty
robes, and the features wear the same benign
aspect as in life, there being little or no change
visible in them
Large numbers of people go daily to the
house OF the deceased, and the exterior of the
precincts OF the church have been decorated
with the semblance of woe The whole place
bearing the solemn aspect of the house of
death 1t is enormously stated in the Balti-
more Sun" of this morning, that the s.Young
Mems Christian Association have entire
charge OF the body, day and night Such is
not the case, the society that have charge of
the body are q the Young Catholic Friends
Society" as mentioned in yesterdays Star.
Bishop kendrick arrived this morning at IL
o'clock.
The deceased has bequea.hed $4,000 to the
Female Orphan Asylum and like sum to the
Male Orphan Asylum of this city. The re-
mainder OF his property, consisting of real es
tate and other, is bequeathed to the church over
which he presided so long
The Rev. DIR. u Toole, assistant pastor of St.
Patrick s has received the appointment of pas
tor, in the place of Rev. VIM Matthews. DR..
OIoole Is young man, but during his short
residence IN this city he has given general
popular one
The funeral ob5equies of the late Rev. VIM.
Matthews will commence at 9 o'clock. A. M
tomorrow. The mortal remain, of the de-
ceased having been previously laid on a cata-
fatigue In the body of the Church, the CLERGY
assembled in and around the sanctuary Will
ehaunt In all solemnity of the Office of the
dead linen VIII be sung the solemn mass
''de Requiem after which the funeral dis.
course will be pronounced by the Most Rev.
Archbishop Kendrick
The solemn rites being over, a procession
will be formed under the management of the
Young Catholics Friends Society. to convex
the remains by 9th street, Pennsylvania ave-
nue., 18th and streets to the vault of the
church.
The remains will continue to be exposed to
view until 10 o'clock to- night.
HE CoUNCILS.-The two Boards having
changed their hour of meeting, as mentioned
in the Star of Tuesday last met at T. D. m
In the Board Of Aldermen there was nothing
OF any particular Importance done, the bust.
ness being confined to the passage OF acts per-
tanning TO local improvements; after which the
Board adjourned.
In the Common Council, the following was
the principal business transacted:
An act hxIng the salary of the Commits
sioners of the Washington Canal in the follow
ing manner: That of the Commissioner of the
western section of the canal at $500 Der AN.
mum; and that of the Commissioner of the
eastern section at $500 per annum, was refe rred
to the Committee on Finance,
An act fixing the salary of the President of
the Board OF Health, containing also a provi-
sion for increasing the salaries of the Police
Magistrates of the First, Second Third, Fifth.
Sixth and Seventh Police Districts, and of the
Police Constables was laid on the table. and
the committee discharged.
-AJoint resolution was passed for the meeting
OF the two Boards on Monday next, at 6, p. m,
10 elect the Judges OF the ensuing election.
A memorial to the two Boards was pre-
sented from the Metropolitan Railroad Com.
pany, asking for aid towards the construction
OF the line, by subscription towards its capital
stock. The memorialists state that they have
already pettioDed Congress for authority to
extend the road through Washington, to the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station, and
thence to the Navy Yard, by such streets and
avenues as may be found most suitable and at
the same approved of by the Corpora alton; and
that by such extension there would be some
eight miles of the road within the District of
Columbia; say from the Navy Yard to the great
receiving reservoir of the Washington aoue-
duet. In consideration of which, and that of
Offering TO carry the Government mails, and
all other public matter, materials troops &c
at all times, free of charge, they have asked
Congress for aid towards the construction of
said road, and for further corporate powers
The memorial was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means.
The remainder eff the business contained
nothing Of any particular interest and the
Board adjourned about half-past 6, p m.
COLD WATER STEAM ENGINE al
as it may appear, Mr. 1ippetts has invented a
steam engine to which he gives the above de-
signation- Yesterday, he made public ex-
hibition of its merits on an empty lot. on the
south side of Pennsylvania avenue near Sd
street, locality well known to most persons
from large marble monument that has been
for some time exhibited for sale on the SPOT
Behind this piece of sculpture, the inventor
has erected his apparatus, which consists of
steam engine and furnace. Its popularity is
that il has no boiler, but at each stroke of the
engine small quantity of cold water is forced
through a steam generator. This latter con-
sists Of an inner and outer cylinder so tn at the
water occupies the space between, and thus
becomes heated into steam. The remainder
of the engine is in principle not very dissimi-
lar to others, except that the cylinders are at
present single acting; but these the inventor
intends to supersede by one double acting
cylinder in lieu of the two single acting, which
he now uses.
a tALl correspondent OV6f
the signature of " Ledger" sends US the fol-
lowing: 7 - IS Il
L have Just read in your paper what has
often before been published, respecting the
curious properties of the figure g. One of these
properties is of Importance to all book keepers
and aecountan to know, and which / have
never seen published I accidentally found it
out and the discovery to me, Though it may
have been well known to others before) has
often been of essential service in settling COM
plicated accounts. 1t is this: The difference
between any transpOsed numbers is always a
multiple of y; for instance, suppose an account
ant or book-keeper cannot prove or balance
his aecounts-there is difference between his
debts and credits, which he cannot account
for after careful and repeated addings. Let
him then see if this difference can be divided
by 9, without any remainder. If it can, he
maybe assured that his error most probably
lies in his having somewhere transposed figures;
that is to say, he has put down 90 for 20, SO for
IS, &c, with any other transpositiOn. The diff
ference Of any such transposition is always a
multiple of 9. The knowledge of this will at
once direct attention to the true source of error,
and save the labor of adding up often long
columns of figures The difference between
90 and % is g. or Z times .; between SO and
IS is As, or times 9, and so on between any
transposed numbers.
PATENT OFFIcE.-The interior Improvements
that were lately commenced in the western
part Of the Patent Office building are now