Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-07-15

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FUNDS WANTED FOR THE MoNUMENr,-Iti is
shame upon the citizens of the United States
tnat they will not continue to contribute the
necessary funds for completing the National
Monument to the Memory of WASH neton. now
being erected in this city. It is now one hun.
dred and nifty eight feet in height, we under
stand, and has to stop there for want of money
to 60 on with the PATRIOTS work. The Society
having the matter in charge have been com
PEELED to appeal to Congress for aid, and that
body has appointed the following named gen
uemen special committee to consider the
matter
Messrs. May, Jones of Pennsylvania, Reese,
McMullin, Hastings, Dowell, Eliot Of Mas
sachusetts, Ellison, Vail, Oliver of Missouri,
Pratt, Macy, and Puryear.
hoBBERIES.-The operations of the bur
glars who for weeks past have been ammo wing
our citizens have not been discontinued. They
nave been very successful in escaping so far
with their stolen goods. Some new case of
burglary or attempt at burglary is whispered
70 Us wherever we 60. A large amount of sill :
yer ware was stolen from Mrs Williams board
ing mouse, AZ street, a few evenings since the
Douse OF a gentleman on 9th street was en-.
tered on Thursday night but no silver taken,
the thieves being unable to discover it. Locks
and bolts appear to offer no resistance to this
new gang; they will enter in some way. We
are very much Of the opinion that greater
safety would be obtained by care in the en-
ployment of servants, than in the selection of
locks and bolts. Try it.
CASE DIsMIssED.-We yesterday notice
the complaint Of MIR. Cudlip against John F.
Dement,, for throwing her furniture out Of til G
window. The case was taken before Justice
Down tor trial. Itappeared from the evidence
that the house belonged to Mr.. Cudlip but was
rented to dement,. A dispute about the posses
sion arose between the landlord and tenant;
and during the temporary absence of Dement,.
Cudlip began to move in. Dement, returned
and saw what was going on, claimed his right
as the legal tenant. The case was dismissed
by Justice Dom, and ia quite different FROM
what 1t was represented to be in the first In
stance.
ABUSING DUMB Administrators are some
drivers who have less feeling than the animals
they work, and should be placed in the shafts
in their stead. We should like to see the law
concerning cruelty to animals strict enforced
Y es.erday. we noticed man driving a horsc
attached to a cart; the poor beasts shoulder
was raw and bloody, and because he did not
move fast enough, the scoundrel belaboro !
him most numerically with an oaken clu
We intertered, and while talking, noticed tina
in addition to the sore shoulder, the entire
back Of the animal was bare, and blood
flowing from under tho saddle. The poor AM
NAL should be taken from the man and he sc i 4,
to the workhouse until the horse was cured
MANIA A-PoRTU.-A few days since your (
gentleman took grainer down in the count Y
to do some work the grainer was drinkin,.
man and while in the country got no liquor -
The work finished and the gentleman took ii
horse and buggy to return with his journcy
man. While on the road the grainer was sud
denly seized with mania and tempted to k II
his friend, who saved his life by flight II.
horse ran off, and both parties had to walk IA
this city, where the young gentleman has bee Il
sick since his arrival.
VOLUNTEERS IN SERvICE.-The police OH
GERS of the third and fourth district, we're =.
| engaged in the destruction Of dogs yesterda
but the war was waged by volunteers, and =,
| number of vagrant dogs were found lyingd 8,
at different places in those districts. No M
ter who casts the fatal dose to the dogs, IT,
officers are certain to receive the blame
| credit of all the deaths. The scavengers ouel,
of the enforcement of the law. They receiy
dollar for each dog hauled out and buried
ROBBERS ABoUr-A gentleman had II
| trunk robbed Of between two and three hun
| dred dollars on Thursday, and ON the night OF
| the same day, dwelling in the neighborho II!
| of 9th and streets was entered and burg
larry attempted. Yesterday morning early
| the house Of Capt. W. w Moore in the sam
neighborhood, was entered by some DARN
| rogue and robbed Of three hundred and fiji,
dollars 1t behooves house keepers, the police
| and watch, to keep sharp look out for the
| robbers who now infest the city.
| NEARLY THE LAST OF THE WASHINGTON FAu
ILY.-Mrs. Martha Gusts Peter, relict of The
late Thomas Peter, Esq, the only survivor
except one, of the family of Mrs. Gene la
| Washington, died at her residence in Georg:
| town ON Thursday, the 18th inst. Her funer i
took place this morning, when her renal ..
were conveyed to the family burying-grouIid
near Seneca Mills in Montgomery county,
Maryland. She was in the 18th year Of hel
age. .-.... .-.I
| THE RIGHT NAME-The gentleman who
found the package of letters containing over
one thousand dollars, and restored the property
| to the owner, is not named Page, as we stated
yesterday, but is Mr.. B. Holmead, of this city
| Honor to whom honor is due, is the motto il
| this case. ..
| WATER AT THE DEPor.-It has been sug
| gested that the railroad company would retail
\ the FRIENDSHIP Of many citizens and passenge,
| if supply of cold water were kept ut tao
| depot for drinking purpose. Few persons ore
| fond of paying for soda water when the pure
| article would answer their purpose better.
WATCH RETURNS Francis Wheeler anC
| Virginia Evans, colored, profanity in thu
| streets, fine and costs.
GEORGETOWN CORRESPONDENCE