Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-29
EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
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A Busy TINE There arc st this time on
hundred and ffty-six stone cutters employed
by the contractors-Provcst 4 WATERPROOF
the stone work Of the Ca ,itol extern. ion build
ing, some thirty Of them being carvers :
astss-besides about nine E5orers W,
enjoyed the pleasure Of passing through thei
in,Deose work shep to-day, five hundfe cd aud
thirty feet in length. wherein ali were busy Q,
bees The carvers are engaged In cutting the
beautiful ornaments for the windows Of the
signed BY Thos. H.. Walter, Esq.. architect
The design Tor this o-namen:a al work is the
richest ever executed in the United States
being superior in tas'e and elaborate and
delica'ely arranged ornaments to anything Of
the kind We at least, have ever seen in the
the boz ks. By the By, more space 10 required
for the shed In which most Of these industrious
mechanics work The contractors fnd that
they must add about two hundred feet to the
length of their present structure to prosecute
their work properly Otherwise. some 6fty
of their cutters mus labor in the open air, ex
posed TO ali the changes Of the coming season
They haze made An apple We uader
sand, TO the Mayor for permission to max @
the necessary extension of their building down
New Jersey avenue, whick is strangely object
cd 20 by persons residing on her side of
THAT street. There can be no question Of the
necessity for the proposed extension Of the
building white ii is equally clear that i: can
not be economically located in any other po
sition Ii strikes as rs being extraordinary
that persons whose pecuniary interest is 20
deeply involved in improvements on Capitol
Hill. as are those of all who reside ON New
jersey avenue, fshouid throw any obstacle
whatever in the way of the speedy and tri
umphsnt completion Of that great work in
their midst. -
"MoRE, AND STRONGER, WHEN NECESSARY"
The Globe of last evening contains an article,
not written by the proprietor, which reviews
and dissents from the resolutions of the Know
No;hing meeting on Wednesday evening
ssing over tho lien rather long, rambling
resolu,i ons," be takes up the two moiions of
Mr. Ellis. and regards them the pith Of the
proceedings .. Like a POSTSCRIPT TO q lady's
letter" the purpose OF The whole affair is
therein to be found That purpose. he says,
sis to prescribe. politically, all na;uraized
citizens, and all Roman Catholics, and which
they may succeed in doing, but not with our
cooperation or eonsent
But the notice has q postscript" by the
proprietor. which may be said to contain the
pith and purposeof the whole article Itsays:
% The foregoing was not written by the pro-
prietor of the Globe, hut by one in whom be
has fuli confidence. and comedies with him as
far as be goes; bu. thinks it doe, both to the
commuui y and bimself to add, that {, ON his
personal knowledge of many Of The men kno sn
to compose the know-Noibing parry in this
city, be Is led to believe that bur few if any,
of its members practice or care anything
about any religion but that they make it q
pretext to get sufficient number Of deluied
followers TO obtain -ofdce for themselves
More, and stronger, Irhsn accessory"
The italics are ours. - I'D. ~ .zst-i
NEW HAT AND GESrLENENs' FURNISHING
SIoRE-A large and elegant new hat, cap
and gentlemen's furnishing establishment has
Just been opened By &essrs Butt 4 Hopkins,
on the corner of 9Th street and Pennsylvania
avenue. 1t has been fitted up in the mos.
beautiful aud costly style The design and
carpenters work was executed by MIR W. E.
Brown, in the neatest manner, and the paint
iLg ia Of fine gloss white, tipped with gold,
which has q very pleasant effect T. was done
in mastery fnish by Mr.. g. Kirk The
freseaiug and paySfipg is the work Of Mr.
George Wilmer, and is biz bly, CT editable to him
as an artist The whole workm- nship speaks
we'll for the taste and skill of these Washing
ton mechanics. Messrs Butt Hopkins are
experienced in their respective lines, the
former having been for some fifteen years in
the batting business IN Nor folk. and the latter
we'll known TO our community an accom-
plished manager of his branch of the business
They intend Keeping the very best of manu-
facture, to which the attention of gentlemen
is dir ected. and also to q view Of their mag
nifcent sore, which is quite an improvement
TO the rich stores which ornament our noble
avenue.
An ArTRACrIoN.-Our fellow citizens. and
strangers now among US, will find to- morrow
zafternOoD, shortly before shutdown. the most
o1illiant entertainment to be enjoyed any
,xkere in the United Sta es gratuitously in the
grounds situated Immediately south of tue
President mansion. Just AT this time tho
public walks, irdsns. DC there, are in finer
condition tbsn ever before, offering such at
fractions to those Who admire the florist and
horticulturist arts, as are really to be found no
where else On this side # the Atlantic The
Marine Band, which has no superior in the
list Of accomplished military ba.ds in our
country will perform many airs On the coca
sion Mr.. James Watt, florist and horticul-
turist, who has charge of these grounds has
this season proved TO the satisfaction of all
amateur Of beautiful flowers and shrubbery,
that his taste and attaiDmsB in the profes-
sion, so much calculated to improve our city,
are second to those of no other left among us
since the death Of the Iamented Downing
IMPORTANT IsyENTIoN DIR VIM. P. no.
ConneiI, of this city, has, after a protracted
contention with interfering Parties from
Europe, obtained a patent for making gas
from wood The fact that two disriD guished
German chemists, after patenting the idenii
cal invention in Europe two years ago, should
have come to contest this right before the
-ADerican Patent Office is indicative of the i'm.
rportance Of the invention. It 10 admitted by
them, we understand, and by all, that gas
from wood cannot be made available without
using the process which is now patented 10
Mr. Mcdonnell. and we hoye he may reap
reward for his Invention We have ti:ed
an article in a late New York journal giving
thanks 10 the German Professors for int Oiuc-
ing this important invention when coal is so
dear. The thanks are due 10 DIR Mcconnell.
The patent was refused 10 the German inven-
tors aud he is the sole pa entee and proprietor.
uSless some one ear make wood gas without his
process-IHfsiffgenesr.
GREAT REVIVAL IN THE II. J.. CHURCH
There has been going on for some time in
several OF tine Methodist Episcopal churches,
and perhaps all Of them in Washington, an
extr sordl nary revival Of religion The num-
Der Of converts ar said to be unusually large
for such meetings Wesley Chapel Rev II
Brown, pas or, assisted by Rev. Mr.. Dashiel;
McKendree Chapel. Rev. MIR Wysong; and
T. L Church South Rev j. A. Duncan have
been filed nightly with crowds of people
seeking salvation" The preachers and as
sistants hSve their hands full attending TO The
arduous duti>s devolving, but work with IN.
Irvine zeal in iteir se,eral dutiea Thou Oh