Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-09
DAILY EVENING STAR.
GOAL INTELLIGENCE.

NE" SrEANBoAT.-We congratulate tho
SSI.lAeEs OF washington and Alexandria ON the
Increased facilities afforded them nv tho nev
steamboat the George Page. named after ito
ehtefprlsing builder, Capt. George Page. which
eonmenced running yesterday between the
so c'tleS' IL Is the largest boat of this line of
s:, oeing provided with double car
rage way, well covered, and affording annie
accommodation for over a dozen vehicles r.
Iaoies and gentlemen's saloons are yery com.
modious, and an additional Accommodation
mas oeen provided by which passengers can bs
supplied with meals, &c The engine ia made
o. heany, Nea6e & Co, of The Penn Works.
Inllaoeipn,a, and is from forty to fifty horse
Po"oI, Wit ABOUT an eight feet stroke. It il
1eohoehsing engine. and is intended To he
worked at about twenty pounds nrsss,ro -
tne square inch. The speed is rated at .bo,t
I"enty-tWo miles per hour, and the trim Gov
70 maue In quarter Of an hour. If nj fuII
speed DOT, as matter of course !, j. 10,
mn, .h e.tner economical or desirable To
This ~ s,:, at her maximum speed. By
snis ne" addition the proprietors pro-os. ~
Keep their boats running at nresan. H., posG 70
H1ur'a from 2 a. m. until d. m. and from
uasning'on from 81 a.. m. until n. M This
ne. noat runs In conjunction with the Union
anu tne Two steamers will afford desirable
1S.pDILnoda'ion for travellers especially those
" WI hoLSes and vehicles. AT the present time
Eli 10 ' aecid mt at the Long Bridge, this
VIII oe great facility, and il was taFen I'D
Santige OF Yesterday, a large amount of vebi
ees oeing transported by its means To and
IRON alexandria. We have no douht bu, :.
VIII oe remunerative enterprise. "a IL ia a
useful one to the two cities.
lis A GOOD LAw.-We were st-uck tb;s
morning, while proceeding along the avenne
TO near an individual mutterihg to himself in
a Singing tone, lis good law - and ON turn
ing round. recognized the individual 10 no II.
same who has, for the last two weeks mr. a.
peen featuring at Temperance Hall. on the
peneh s OF the Maine Law. We were rather
struck oy the words, as on Sunday evening Jast
at tne conclusion of his discourse the above
eccentric lecturer amused his audience nv
singing several temperance songs in a yery
JG,iy style, and after giving some dozen, in
slSted upon giving this very identical one
which We heard him humming this morning
along the avenue In his discourse on SundaS
night be stated that he was an old s,ilor. and
mad fought in all the naval battles of .bo
United States from long period now distant
and had come to Washington to obtain a men,
sion; He had called upon Mr.. Pringle, at
Mllards Hotel he said, who had promised to
assist him, but he was now gone home on &C
count OF the death of his daughter. SO that he
could not help him at present He said, also
tnat ne had called upon some Senators. .but he
expressed very poor opinion of Sci, ators. oh
serving that 1t would be p bad thing for him If
he had no better friend than they. Who this
good friend was he did not mention, but he
confessed that he was completely money bound
during the while that his case was in allowance
The old Jack tar was, however, a Maine law
man, out and out, although we dare be sworn
that ne has swallowed many gallon of liquor:
like the proverb, g the greater the sinner. the
greater the SAINT
LECTURE POSTPONED. Professor Owen, the
Psychologist, did not exhibit on Monday night
as announced; the lecture for some cause or
other being postponed. Professor Owenis not
to be sneazed ut, and he gave an example of
what he could do some time back, in the citv
OF New York. James Gordon Bennett, the
editor Of the n. Y. Herald, having used often
slve personalities in his remarks upon the lee.
turer, IN report of an exhibition that the
Professor gave in that city, the Professor
took magician's revenge, for, having stripped
Benneftsw stoned oarrase o. its miserable
spirit, he clapped it into another individuals
materiality, and made Bennett, that is his
spirit, noiens r0tcns, exhibit his nation al De-
cullarties of :" bonnie Scotland" before an
audience, who were eonvulsed with laughter
This was the Spiritualis,s' account, the Pro-
fessor's account is that he made one of his SUBJ
JectS believe, while in the psychological state
that he was Bennett. He did this, when at
once the representative of the Herald man
commenced series of scratchings and rub
bings of the most ludicrous sort A post was
set up, upon which the pseudo Bennett rushed
up to it, and commenced rubbing himself
against it and audlbly muttered, '.God bless
the guide Duke OF Argyle" This retort from
the psychologist set the house in perfect roar.
and everybody said that he was once ahead of
Bennett at least.
The COUNCIL There was not much business
transacted yesterday in either Board. In the
Board of Aldermen, the resolution that had
passed the Board Of Common Council for the
erection # a bronze casting of Houdon's Wash
ington, was laid on the table
An act was passed by both Boards appro-
priating $4,000 for the repairs of the Potomac
Bridge, and a communication was read from
the Secretary of the Navy, informing the Cor
poration that the navy yard here had been
selected as one of the places for building one
the new steam frigates
The two Boards afterwards met together for
the purpose of electing Commissioners of EIec-
ton, Mr. Towers, President of the Board of
Aldermen, acting as Chairman. The follow.
ing gentlemen were appointed:
First Ward samuel Drury, Samuel Drvall,
Charles A Davis.
Second Ward. Dawson James, Charles S.
Jones, Andrew Tate
Third WarI.-George II. Jones, Randolph
Coyle John W. Clarke.
Fourth Ward.-Alexander Lee, Thomas C.
Dom. Benedict Milburn
Fifth Ward-Georse W. Thompson, James
C.. Barry, John Sheahan
Sixth Ward.-John L. Ball, Henry n. Ober
John d. Brandt
Seventh Ward Thomas E. Lloyd, Charles
E. White, George b. Clarke.
An AFPaIR.-Last night, rather singular
affair took place On the Island. young man,
belonging to our city, who had been ON the
Island TO visit a relation in the neighborhood
Of Al street, observed, on his return, young
girl of his acquaintance, who appeared very
much agitated, and who called him back after
he had passed her, stating that a man, who
was following behind, had insulted her The
young man Immediately went up to this last
named party, who was dressed as q gentleman,
and inquired of him whether such was the
case At first, he denied it altogether, but
afterwards said that he had only offered to see
her home. The other insisted upon his going
up to make an apology, which at first he con-
sented to do, but afterwards refused, using
some insulting and offensive language This
so irritated the young man that, without any
further ado, he knocked the party, who had
iusulted the young girl, down. The other, on
rising drew revolver, but was unable, in the
scuffie that eDsued. to fire: and. after some