Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-01-12
DAILY EVENING STAR.
CITY ITEMS.

TN Hsathe.-We were visited, last night, by Q
h.xry rain storm, which began 10 fall between Eve
.,s SIX o'clock D. m, and continued with certain
,,,.,nissions during the whole night It blew at
,,nss big guns ss the Salts Of the Ocean" call
v,ry high wind, but the weather moderated To-
x.rds morning. To-day has been . soakey, but as
.opishingiy WARM the wind blowing from the south
yard. with balmy feel like that Of SPRING
Some auction sales that were advertised to take
pl,ee this day did not come off on account Of the
r.in. But whether their poetponement was sjudg-
usticap may be doubted. We obser cd in one in
stance. large number Of people, all at the house
where the sale was advertised to take Ilsce, go
.v,y much amazed to find the place shut up, and
20, no notice plaearded that the auction was post
n,nel until another day. We conceive that the bet
tor plan IL TO let . sale come of when advsr-
.s4d sunshine or rain; such Course would have
the effect Of m,siug those who intend to 60 p1nctu
.. and of rendering the auetioneer certain Of at
tsniance whatever might be the weather. Indeed,
there are no elias 50 handy in Drawing the weather
those who hunting after bargains at auctions
The most dslcat, lsi will som etimes venture out
to purchase an old broken piece of china, needless Of
the peling storm, and be confined for Q month af
towards to a sick room.
a Post Office Bonfre.-On Monday last, according
~ the usual custom, the unclaimed letters living at
the various post offices. which have been there for
.ome time, and which called dead letters, were
all destroyed. They taken to the ne ghbor-
hood of the spot where the National Monument is in
course of erection, and there a large bonfire was
made Of them. Some idea Of the quantity NAV,
,yha
filled nine hundred and fory-two bushels Thus
were consigned the flames the epist0ary efTilsons
Of many joyful and many sorrowing heart, the
billet douI of the lover and the aconc cpistle of the
merchant, the stern demand of the dun and the en-
treating request of the debtor the aIectonate cpise
ofihe loving mother and wife, and all those out
pourings of the heart, only shown upon paper to the
nearest and dearest of ties. They had been uncaed
ior, they dead letters, aud now, by the Post
Office fiat, they were doomed to destruction II is
good CUSTOM that ;he prylng eye of inqusiiive Gu
rosity beyond the need of official knowledge, should
not reach into the secrets of the others. By all
mears let them be destroyed. The ancient burned
10 cinders their dead relatives and why should not
We our dead letters. Will no one write their cpl
raph: ''Alas poor Yorick.'
!Srioa' Accaent-Yester,lsy between s and oclock
in the morning, lad by the lame of George Wool,
who is employed at the Eagle Foundry and Machine
Factory of Ellis Brother near the Canal. at he
corner of 18th and streets, met with the following
serious accident: 1t appears that he employed
in oiling the shafting aud pueys of the machinery.
when he stumbled off step ladder on which bc was
standing, and precpitsted head foremost to the
ground in his descent striking the back part of hi
head against lathe that lay in the way. He was
picked up insensble, having been hurt very badly
and it said tn, skull fractured but of this
not certain. doctor sent for, who
expressed some apprehension that u conclusion of
tse brain had resulted, he at the time very
delirious. He was afterwards removed home to his
mothers residence, in the neighborhood of the Navy
Yard She is widow and employ ed in the Hospital
there.
M1sonnc.-The Free and Accepted Masors of tn. |
District of Columbia, it is said, about to erect
new Masonic Temple for the use Of the brethren of
the craft. On Tuesday night, meeting vas held of
the Masons in their lcdge-room, at the corner of
Tenth aud streets, when a committee Of five
members sppoiLted, to select lot, and report
Il. French, Esq, appointed chairman of the
above, and it is their intention to address circular
letter to al the Masonic lodges thpHgheut the
country, soliciting their aid and co operation by
subscription Donations to enable them To erect
an sp.ropriave Masonic Temple In the National
Metropolis.
Natioeal Theatre.-rhe popular COMEDY written
by Mr.. sperry of Baltimore, entitled 1" Extremes"
Is having very successful at the above Theatre
Tonight it will be played again, being its fourth
representation to be followed by the favorit. and
laughsble farce Of "The IuzzaIds"
II, Cipiv.eh,dfy Diansr IL Tie aim. Henry
kay is 10 come of, according arrangements male
by the committee Of citizens of Washington having
the affair n charge. at the National Hotel, On the
18th instant. at O'Clock D. m.
All persons DESTROYS Of participating in this ex-
preston Of respect and esteem for late fellow towns
man, now occupying high public position, are in
formed that they can become subscribers, by apply
Ing to any of the gentlemen composing the Commit
tee Of Arrangements.
Handsome 7reatmeat.-The following instance of
A0N.@AitJ eAc pot VA Tue Uhiteu
Ststes Hotel, At Philadelphia, towards those of the
d. c. Delegation tn the Convention of Veterans of
lsl2, vino put up at his house, ia deserving of the
highest commentator. On the delegates calling for
their bills, the following account was handed to
them:
Capt -, To U. 3. Hosei, DIR.
For three days boarding So Received Payment
In full by gallant service in the of 1912.
G. Ii. MILLER.
PHILADELPHIA, January 10, 1854.
The patriotism and gentlemanIy feeling Of the ae-
ton speaks for itself.
Macy Idrd.-Yesteriay afternoon q detachment
Of Marines from the Garrison left this city for New
York, under the command Of Sergeant Desenhart
PlaHetarium Of construction /, now on
exhibition at the Patent Office in the rooms of the
National Institute 1t is designed to show the ac-
tual motions Of the SUD- earth, &c, and is highly
spoken of.
RLbys Fdrits-That inimitable comedian, Mr..
ChAS. Burke sti, continues to draw crowded hou CO
81 tn. above tlpatrc tn Whit h. n.rforno In