Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-28

M, NEW WEST END HorEL-THE KrRxwoop
housE.,The lovers of quiet and elegant life
sIe aeepiy Interested in the opening of the
corner Of 9th rect and Pennsylvania avenne
| Inc Messrs: krkwood, who have undertaken
the renovation and re opening of this house,
o-ought to their task q sincere ambi,ion 10
succeed. guided by good taste and know
edge OF The wants and CONVEX fences of the
p"oiic, which has led TO the most brilliant
| su, esq
The whole 's'ahlishment has been thorough
| reorganized and reconstructed The incon-
venient s'air:ases and passages Of the cd
Muse. which were always such drawb ok to
rs success. have all disappeared, ID the
Wnoie establishment has assumed u spacou..
airy, and conmodious aspect, which ipspi g
an air ct comfort and elegant repnse f, om the
moment Y eros the threshold Two so 4ciou.
li-ing-r"o have BEEN thrown open Oh til
| second f1or, aud elegant receution. rooms
reading rooms, aud Iounging-saloons meet va,
at every turn-to say thing of the ladies
drawing room, which is one Of the mos. ele-
| CANT apartments we have ever seen The cal,
pets, the hangings the elegant rosewood and
green velvet furniture, ali are in harmony
and produce an effect as charming as it is uI,
! usual. Vs.
The bed chambers and private parlors of
| hosoi arc dumtfdDly arf8nRG1, and the
furniture Is all entirely new ami of the mos,
eleg CAN'T description The suits of rooms 70
timiiles cannot be surpassed tor elegance ann
convenience in my hotel in the Cui ed States
lnls spiendl establishment, which has bee,
several months fitting up, will positively ope,
on hon1ay mex "a large number Of the apart
men's having been already eng ged II i.
no more Than Justice 70 mention that the i'm
prorenents in the kirkwoud HOUSE have lee,
efec; ed by Mr. b. vi lille 8. under The direc,i ,,
OF The Me srs KirkwOod themselves. TIL,
plumoing and gas fixtures have been arranged
| oy Mr. John keese. We have only to ADJ
mat the CUISINE and eel ar. have beeu settIeu
upon the very hishss, order Of excellence.
coaches to run 10 the r.ilroad d pots and
s'eamho-t wharves- have been cOnstruc ell ex-
| piessly for this house, and wi be alwap,
ready for the accommodation of the public.
| So a Prosperous career aud good fortune te,
the hirkwOod House.
| PASSAGE FROM REAL L. FE.-Scen,: 3enter 9
Restaurant time. Ii o'clock, q M
Jo"es-(eomlng down the steps slowly and
| stopi ing 10 gaze enviously at the green turtl.
| lying uncOn,ciously on its back, heeIless c
the fatal label on its breast to he ssrrsd mn
| In soup aud steaks TO- morroW )-Ah for una.
| reptile lou are taking it deuced cool ami
| easy there. l wish had your she'll for thu
balance Of the day. Ph-e w-eush how no
It'll
Broarn-(coming forward wi b hat in hand,
and wiping his forehead vigorously with a
poke -handkerchief, looking remar kably like
i ye do?
Joner-Oh I'm spif1icated. How are YOU =?
BrotoI-so am I! Holt. at day of the sea
son, eh Let's take q drink.
JOHes-Agreed.
An awful pause.I
BroUm-I say, Jones.
| Jouss-Well, Brown.
Brown-Hsve yo1 got red7
Jonss-Nary red
Br0wm-Any credit?
| Jo8es-No,
6ro'cn-Well. after all, it's too hot to drink
don You think so? By-by! I'll So, You
| in the evening
| Brown watches Jones to the outside door
| tnen sneaks up to the bar and takes soil. nv
drlnk on the sly. Jones returns round the
pillar, goes to the other epd Ct the bar. and
ooes the s'me thing In reaching for the
water pitcher their hands meet-they look IN,
glass in hand-recognise each otbe1-aud tb..
curtain droIs.l
CRINISAL CouRT.-The following cases
were disposed of yesterday by this court:
James sutton. keeping a disorderly house
guilty; fined $40. Radcliffe for defence
george Montgomery, fo' gerry; guilty in two
cases; sentenced to the penitentia ry two wears
| 10 each case. Radcliffe for defence.
VIM: Durltz, riot; guilty; fined SIS. Rat
clife for defence.
We are informed that the court has sen
| fenced Thompson, the kidnapper, t, four years
IN me Penitenusry, and 10 pay fine Of 500
WHIPPED Hewitt. the porte-monnaie thief
was carried before the curt Yesterday. and
the evidence Of his being slave produce
As soon as II vas ascertained that he was the
slave OF lady in Norfolk, Va, the court so-,-
him oaok t. Justice Dom. who committed
bun, AMI ordered him TO receive Ell htee
iashes on the bare back. Officer Allen exc
cut' d the sentence, and in such a manner tina I
he~i.t tell under the operation Heis very
ilgnt muiatto, very stou; and about 30 year.
Of age.
PIONEER Clue This assoc iation of on,
mos respectable young men, paraded the
stTee.s last evening, preceded by and %,
Martial Music. The music attracted crowds
OF persons to the sidewalks to see and kr :,
the company on this night parade
ATTEMPT TO EsCAPE.-A young man mum, /.
huriz, who was IN the guard house last mig
made an Intellectual attempt to escape n i
night by unscrewiDg the bolts of his cell dor
ne was NOT aware that, after passing his tel!
he would have 10 work his way through tn,
other doors, which would have employ ed ~,
until daylight at least.
ARREST. Bourland gave bail this MOI
ing before Jusii % Goddard for his appearance
at the criminal court TO answer the charge of
assault and battery on Daniel Stewart.
WATCH RETURNS W B. Butler. drunk IN
the stteets-cos and eecuri y. Andrew
Ro olnson; 90; !aaSf-at, Do snaius Kucz
hgh .ins, do.
From the Albany Evening Atlas, June 26.
The suicide Of William Pierce at Preston
Aollow--strange Develop m snts.
Last week we published the account of III
suicide ut William Pierce. as related to IN
E1yrc.s by Deputy Sheriff st. John. w.
have received the following account Of IN.
trausse ION from Mr. Falk, toge her with copy
Of a confession made by the de, eLsed before
committing the deed. attached
Preston HELLow, June 22.
An awful tragedy has just Ianspired in Pres
ton Hollow. albany county, n Y. The fa;:s
are these On the evening OF the 81 Of NJ "
last, about ii o'clock, the clothing and wnJu
carding works, owned and occupied by " N.
Pierce. Of this village, were destroyed by FIRE.
valued at about ST 500, on which here was al
insurance of 81 600 in the United States L.
~ of oxf Ian. "