Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-20
DAILY EVENING STAR.


Yoryc MsSs CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Issssrdsy evening, special meeting # The
members OF the above as Scia.ioa was held In
tbs Fitst Presbyterian Church, ON At stree
for the purpose of h1irjgg and taking actor
uPoa the report of the e.sgstes to the recen
convention vt Brffalo -. n. :"
The Rev. Mr. Sunderland, one of the de,eo,
tiOa from Washington, expressed bis riew
upon the SUBJECT and spoke hiyhlv of the 4,
fnencs exercised by the ASSOCIATION in tina
oonvearion. IL was due to the active mem
bers OF the Washington association 10 say. al
though II was not the oldest society Of the kind
that OF Bos en- being older and more extensi VI
In numbers, that foe energy and enterprise il
could compare tayoraoly wir1 any other. IL
the deli berations and d scussions and busines
ma ters, there had been manifested an active
business talent and fuency Of exoFe, sion hcb
slrprsed him, aud above all, there VA. the
spiiit CT ebristiali y; it spl cared as if every
one was ami mated wi q new zeal He be-
lleSed that ID 1T st national con ton soulot
not be the last in this county nor IN other
countries, bu, that i, was destined ia the proyi-
dence Of God to send up its branches to Heaven,
and TO strike its roots deep 10 the soil.
Mr.. Sunderland continued in similar strain
70 deliver q very eloquent add ress. urpiny
upon the members of The association tn in
crease their efforts united in one common
cause.
Mr.. Richards, the chairman of the mes.;ng
and hs e8tse one Oh the dele alton, spike up. D
the subject Of the convention, and rsferred ,o
the meetings held in The evening called {. ar.
perience meetings." when the assenb; ed dele
gates were called upon to give an account Of
t1en experience and success. With regard TO
Boston, the delegate of that association sal d
they bad I,4UO members, and a!rhou III Their.
were 3UO members on the cOmmittees it wa.
difficult to obtain a quorum tor the nurnoses
OF business, yet when meeting was called
the largest 1sll IN Boston was required. With
regard TO the ,ciation of New Orleans
which Is smaller than that of Washin rton. il
had proved itself an angel of mercy. It wa
made the dispenser OF the funds sent to the
Howard Association for the benefit of the suE
ferers during the season of pestilence. they
were made the nurses to 60 among the sick
and dying there. The President of that asso-
ciation said nc the meeting that be had al xtx
patients to attend whom even their friends
had deserted, and whom he visited daily. The
other members did the same, and de ,th did
not lay his hand upon any one of lis members
The Young MeEs Christian Association o,
cincinnati was the mojel Of ali the associa
tons for the Christi an spirit displayed Every
member IN that association must work. n,
enters Into IL with that view Not an idler IS
allowed IT there Ii one, he Is read out. and
the result Is that all Cincinnati fesis its infu-
ence. 1t was keeping up and support n !, sab
bath schools in various parts of The Oh v, sud
wss doing Tightly wosk there. One -psrma
nent idea kept up before that meeting was, the
idea of personal responsibility upon the part
OF every memeer Of the association, and in
this respect The Washington association was a
faiIure-all in it were not WORKING member,
The Convention had adopted a resolution
recommending to the several associations to
hold monthly prayer meeting between the
hours Of 6 and on the Sabbath morning.
A resolution OF thanks TO the delegation.
consi. ting of Messrs Sunderland, Richards,
Langdon, and Rhes, and OF concurring 10 the
recommendation OF the Convention for locatl, q
the Central Committee at Washington. vuo
moved By DR.. Make and seconded BY the
Rev. Mr. Samson
Dr. Guriey spoke in approval of the prayer
meeting and also recommended more frequent
meetings Of the members together
Prayer was afterwards delivered by thu Rev.
Dr. Gurley, and the -dox1Iogy haying beef
sung, the meeting adjourned.
ARCHITECTURAL IMPROVEMENTS. - From
time TO time we areeailed upon to noljce the
architectural improvements IN private dwell
ings that ara bong made in our midi and
which often are made to cores, ond, although
On smaller scale, with the Larger I'D NOR.
extensive public Improvements Messrs
Adams Haskins, the arcbi ests, showed us
the other day the design for n row OF new
buildings. tn be built upon the site of some
small brick tenements ia.ely taken down Oh
louisiana avenue, boLween b and 7th streets.
On this site Will be erecLed four hand some
brick stores, each three stories higu which
Will have great rretensions to architectural
beauty, being relieved infront with piasters
and decora'ed over the windows, doors. aud
on tn, Cars OF the pila>ters with the terra cot a
ornaments which the abo.s amsd archi; ects
Use very extensively foo outside ornament
As an additional architectural relief, the
ground floors will be in the rustic STYLE. with
iron fronts, and each store vii, be 20 feet de.n
and % feet wide, the font ay- Of the Whole
block being 90 feet. i he title to be given 70
thus block will be Varnum Buildings. in honor
OF Ar. arnum, the former proprietor of the
properly. The present owners are Mes-rs
Joseph Il Narnum. jr., aud s. II Hill. The
Contractors are Mes-rs, Bryan an / Falcpner.
MessTs Adams Haskius have likewise
lately designed some beautiful PR, ale resi-.
denceS one Is q uew dwelling house on X 81 rec,
Opposite Franklin Square, TO be built Of brick
and free stone for Clement March. ESQ. The
house will be three stories high with basement
and is in the Italian domestic style the most
beautiful Of ell orders of architecture for CITY
d ceilings, this house Is 81 feet deep and rs
feet front aud has the lower floor divided Of
into three rpoms, he inner ore being liyh ted
from above by a large stained glass window
Inc interior arrangements are all very excel
II It, and do great credit 10 the ingenuity and
taste dispi lyed by the architects. The con-
tractor is ar Peter Gallant
Another handsome private dwelling. erected
by the same architects, is house at the cor
ner Of and 2lst streets erected for Maxwell
Woodruff, Esq of the L. S Navy II is a
large square building, in The Itliian STYLE
built OF brick, with terra Gotta ornaments
having a frontage of As feet 10 inches. and n
depth of ii feet inches 1t will consist OF
three stories with q basement Contractors,
Aessrs. Bryan i Falconer
HE same architects are also building a
handsome dwelling on Georgetown Heights.
for Nj VIM ID Dougal. 1t will be q squaIe
house, In the Italian style, built of brick, with
tara Gotta orna ments, and very highly decor
ated. The contractors are Messrs. Henderson
4 Brother.
1he improvements 10 the building liz which
Is located the Warrington Saving. Bank, are
likewise by the same firm
The WELLS CHILDREN.-Let NOT our read
ers forget that the grand compIiren q ~ con-
cert Tor tue benefit 0t the talruted Wells chill
dren VIII come o. to nigat al C.rusi 3 saloon
Anas nothing may De wanting to render the
concert Is attractive as possible a large num-
Ter OF Professional gentlemen have kind,
volunteered their SERVICES so that delightful
evening amGsement viii be the result The
wonderful precOeity of the Wells children in
voc Al and instrumental music is of 80 extraordi-
NARY . kInd that no one Can form au idea Of
their talsnts without personal oral evidence.
We would, therefore, ,ecomuend oil who are
curious upon the subject 70 90 AMI he II them