Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-13

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

SOMETHING FOR THE POLICE.-One evening
last week, gentleman residing in the vicinity
of the Northern Liberties, while about to enter
his house perceived that the back gate was
open, and supposing that it had been left so by
some Of :he family, proceeded in that direction
in order to shut IL On his approach, he per-
reiyed two men running from the stable. and
as he was unarmed and the night quite dark,
he retreated back with the intention of cali n :
the watchmen. After an hours Intellectual
search for one, the gentleman returned, and on
examining the stable, found in it a Ratchet, q
large piece of iron, and few burnt matches
Their motives were evidently bad. either bur.
giaIy OF arson, and rs several complaints are
made from the same neighborhOod of similar
suspicious goings on. we hope that the police
will keep strict look out. The very fact that
while honest peot lie are asleep. scoundrels and
villains are proving about with bad intentions,
is 4 subject O alarm to the above mentioned
district.
The FAKIE OF SIyA.-Much Indignation has
been expressed by numbers of our citizens, at
the non-frlfilment by the Fakir of silva, OF his
magnificent promises, and they do not hesitate
to declare that the whole concern is a COM
: plete swindlc" We know ourselves Of several
Instances which go far to corroborate the gen.
eral opinion on the subject. For example, in
a shOr where ten tickets had been purchased
by the workmen, orc of them obtained a pinch
beck ring. worth perhaps, eighteen cents; and
the Others drew rs prizes, what is entitled an
"iIluStratei life Of the Fakir of Siva'' but
which in reality, is 4 printed puff Of the hum
big adorned with some paItry wood epgravings,
worth about the sixteenth Of a cent each We
could give innumera5le cases Of like kind
where the only prizes drawn have been the
said printed sheet of paper called his life. in
the bestowal of which he is certainly liberal
so far as this is concerned, all the tickets are
prizes, but no one as far as we can learn has
been known to d aw any Of the valuable arti-
cles with which he has Ostentatiously blazoned
his appearance The opinion that is generally
entertained for the Fakir Of silva is by 10
means complimentary to him.
The MECHANICS OF ALExASpRIA.-In the
course of last week, the werkingmen of Alex
sndrIa were wound up 10 a high state of ex-
eitement. by what they construed as an insult
offered to them by lecturer hailpg from our
city. II appears that the party in question
vent over 20 Alexandria to give lecture upon
drawing and 10 form a class of pupils there
bat highly offended a portion of his proposed
patrons, who were wOrkingmen of the sister
city. by prefacing his address to his audi cnce
at the lecture VIII the following preamble {:
Ladies and gentlemen, and mech anics.n The
wOrklngmen took this division of classes in
high dndgeon, considering that it smacked of
arlstocracy, and loudly declared that no lee
ture should be given in the city unless the lee
turer ape logizei for his supposed insult. Great
excitement and hubbub was caused by the cir
eumstance, trivial as it may appear but the
lecturer was eventually allowed to 60 on. How
ever, it will be caution fer future itinerant
Lecturers, II they happen to deliver forth in the
sister city OF Alexandria, to be cautious how
they address their audence-they have slip
perry ground to travel over
WASHING TON AND ALEXANDRIA RNLRoAD-
A charter for the above has been granted by
the Legislature of Virginia for the construc-
ton of railroad on the plan of James S
French. crossing the Potomac at some elig BILE
point between the two cities The road is
placed under the direction of James S French.
John w Maury, A. j. Marshall Cornelius
Boyle, Geo. French, Edgar Suowden and r
W Latham, and they are aut horized to rec Give
subscriptions 70 an amount not exceeding three
hundred thousand dollars, in shares of one
hundred dollars each. The act concludes as
follows: Provided that it shall not be lawful
for. sad c6mpaiy to connect with any other
railroad terminating within the corporate lin
Its of the city of Alexandria without the con-
sent OF the city councils thereof; and further
that the sand company shall not permit the said
. road to pass into the exclusive possession of
any Corporation without the limits of the Com
monwealth of Virginia and, provided, fur
ther, that the said road shall be finished within
i've years from the commencement of the work
This act shall be in force from its passage.
and the tern. Of two years shall be allowed to
commence the road"
STEAM FLOUR MnL.-A new steam -four
mill. of unusual size, is at present being erect ID
IN Alexandria, having twelve runs of burrs,
driven bys steam engine of two hundred and
fifty horse power. 1t is said that it will grind
har Ne Glow l.
which will be shortly, will be the largest flour
mill Of the kind in the United States. The
Alexandria Gazette gives the following account
of the building:
The mill, built of brick Of the best and
most durable materials, slate roof and fire
proof, Is situated on the strand at the foot of
Duke street 1t fronts on the Potomac river
one hundred and twenty-five feet-the main
building being eighty feet deep-and the en-
CINE room Notwithstanding total depth of
one hundred and twelve feet. 1t is six stories
high, and the roof seventy-seven feet above
hISh water mark, or seventy three feet from
the first floor. 1t has twelve run of burr mill
stones, and splendid steam engine of two
hundred and fifty horse power. The mill is
capable of Turning out eight hundred barrels
OF hoGr per day, and of consuming per day
four thousand Bushels of wheat. Attached to
the mill IL an elevator, for taking grain from
Inc holds OF vessels, and carrying 1t directly
into the building. Large vessels can he loaded
directly at the door of the mill. A wharf has
been constructed On the north side of the
building, OF which n switch from the track OF
the railroad on Union street will be laid-so
that grain from the cars will be brought also
directly to the mill.
This establishment is the largest steam -four
mill in the United States-and second only i'm
extent 70 the Galisgo Mills in Richmond. All
the appurtenances and machinery are of the
best kird, and the most modern improvements
have been introduced.
MIR. Vim. ii. Fowle, is the general agent :;
Nr. James c. Nevett, the clerk and treasurer;
and Mr.. X. F Roberts, chief miller
CONSCIENTIOUS JrRnR.-On Saturday be-
lore the trial OF the negro, Gilbert Gusts, came
on, just &S the District Attorney was about to
explain the particulars OF the charge one of
the jurors very cOnseientioHsy objected to his
trying the case, on the plea that he knew nothing
cbout II. and on account of this scrHrie, which
Io enc cen object TO- he was allowed to leave
the jury box. and another juror sworn in his
place. The only objection to this indulgence
il that the whole jury might have put forwa I'd
the same plea, with the same scruples of con-
science, as thcT could not in most cases be
cOgnizant Of the circumstances before they
were brought before them.
DEsoCRATIC.-It was noticed GU Saturday
evening, at the Fakir OF SiySs entertainment
AZ old Fellows Hall, that the democratic prin-
cIple was carried ont TO its fullest exteDt in