Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-05
TIE AReuxKNrUM AID HoxrSEM.--Of all the

cUTgNDISUfN1u ROVitSlSNl.
or the knock.him-down is, after all, the most
conclusive. A striking illustration of the
rum OF this assertion occurred the other day.
Two OF our citizens were warmly discussing
polincs, which assumed somewhat Of poIemi.
cal character, in which Catholicism and Pro-
testantism got arrayed on different sides of
the question. One of the disputants. who took
n PROTESTANT view Of the subject, made s,me
remark which irritat ed his Catholic opponen.i
who in the heat of the moment expressed u
sanguIpary wish that he would bot have utfarod
In his sober reflection, in which the stree, or,
iers OF Washington were supposed to he 61laJ
with Protestant blood instead of ,a;r -
contents As this was setting the -ruIes 81
iogic at denance, the hrst named party closed
an 1urtnes discussion by knocking the Other
uoMh. iniS - Knock rundown argument, how.
Srel, ac' Ell ike a charm, for the une who had
drawn upon himself this public rstort o..
kne"iedged Immediately his error. and cor
'esseo that the ''GrgHmeN!uss at Lo,1,,,e,1 y
was q capital way Of mixing a man confess
himself he was in the wrong
SflR1rCALIsM Last night, a lecture was
ueilvefe ed az Iron Hall. on Spiritualism mr. ne
IL Was entitled in the advertisement Int ont
Ioe Ministry of Angelic Powers the lee
,urer being the Rev. 4 p Amoler. of St
louis. 1here was very good attendance of
| nothing Of particular interest, being a com
| piete rhapsody Of one sort of rubbish and
| an"tner- The ldience were warned before
| hand that there would be ne uanifesta
| nor were there any, and they were also in.
formed iha. the meeting was of n purely re-
iiglous KIND, so. as matter of course. there
| was no fun to be expected, and the whole
anair was very drOwsy and dull At the co.
ciusion, collection was taken I'D at the do,r.
FANCY FMR.-Thoee of our renders who Arc
not over head and ears in electioneering poli.
| tics, could not do better than spend this even
ing at the fancy fair at Odd Fellows Hall
which has been held for the benefs of the M
T. church, In Sh street. and which will close
tonight. Ibis being the "finale,o there y i'll
Be something additional, we presume. in the
shape CT amusement and we could not recon-
| mend . better way Of spending an evening.
PARADE GROUND.-Ihere is no want viii n
80 much requires to be supplied in Washing
| 'on, as parade ground for the military, ant,
! which might also serve as a park for our citi
lens. We would propose that the large reser-
! vation on the Island. between 18th and I4tI,
| streets. which is used for no particular pur
/ pose, should be applied ts that object. The
| expense OF doing so would be only trifiing, and
| we have no doubt that if properly brought be
fore Congress, the request would meet with
attention.
Enthusiastically, the coroner held two
| iDquests over bodies that were drowned i'm
| Rock Creek. One over the body of an Irisl,
| man, named Thomas Ferrall, who had been
bathing in the creek, and was supposed to have
been taken with eTamp. The other, over the
body of little boy who was drowned from i,
boat in which he was playing. The little fell
| low had been called from the boat and ordered
| to 90 home by his father. NJ. r. Streek, fe "
| moments before he was drowned. The yerdicts
were according to the facts above stated.
1 RAILROADS In addition to the railroad
| already commenced or contemplated, wi h
which Washington is concerned, project has
been started for an airline railroad between
New York and Norfolk via Cape Nav, which
is pa'ronized by New York capitalists. The
| project OF a railroad between baltimore and
| the Potomac, has been likewise mooted to pas.
| through the adjoining counties to Washington
LAW AND ORpER.-The Freemens' V T. A.
Society, whatever society that may be. at
| tempted meeting last night under the abo, c
| attractive title, at Temperance Hall, whicu
turned out complete failure, for. aft
having kept the Hall lighted up for over an
hour, it was shut up, there not being any ir...-
cations that the meeting would be attended.
| ALARMs.-The alarm of fire. about clock.
| this morning was caused by light in the Gi-
| rec'ion of Alexandria, which the fremen SUI
| posed was occasioned by the burning of prop
efty in the Seventh Ward, near The river. Tic
! companies were promptly at their posts, p,
learning that the ire was out of The District.
| they did not take their apparatus from thea
| houses.
| ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD-T
new and beautiful passenger cars have been
! procured for the Orange and Alexandria ka |.
road designed II accommodate the travel I,
| the Virginia springs tais summer, as well a
the permanent travel which is constantly in
ereasing ~ the advantages OF the route becam
better understood.
| FIGHTING.-Las. night a row occurred on The
Island, that occupied the attention Of Inc
fieefs and citizens for long time. TT
men whose names we could not obtain wa
| captured and seut to Jail as participants in t..
| riot, and one sent TO the guard house for swear
ing profanely al the officers on duty.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.-The wheat gene e.
ally presents most beautiful appearance:
| and, except where the fly has been commitin
depredations, which we are sorry 10 lie srn is
the case In some sections of the county the
prospect Of an abundant yield was never more
| 1attering.
| The farmers have finished getting in The
corn, and maDy OF them are now plar ting tt I +
late potatoes.
III. WEATHER.-The Thermometer to-ta-
| at iG a. N. registered 10 degrees. The cloud
ines Of the morning gradually wore of, bn'
| We have had a brilliant day
BALLOON ASCENsION.-The balloon a.ocn-
sion of Mr. Elliott from this city, has boea
postponed sine die.
| ~ fine and costs. Oliver Miles negro. ca