Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-12-14
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

n@eNAALs OfhhA IkOufk---lnlb troupe COni-
mence their performances here tonight again, A.
ter spending couple Of evenings with our friends
at the Navy Yard. The popular Fire Company,
Anacostia, have a benefit tomorrow evening,
when we trust there viii be a fun house. This
benefit is to aid the company in procuring libra
~ which is much needed in that section Of the
city and the friends of the diffusion Of knowledge
cannot but sympathize with them. We believe
this Is the first benefit of any fire company the
proceeds Of which are TO be devoted to this object
and hope they viii realize such sum Of money
~ will give them large number Of books 10 begin
with in the formation of their library.
SrANLEr's WESTERN WILDs.---It is only neces-
sary, for the whole people Of Washington to learn
the merits Of Stanley's grand Indian panorama, TO
have Odd Fellows Hall crowded every night during
its exhibition. We speak from the vivid impress
sion Of our own delight, when we urge all to see
this extraordinary work. The handbooks, which
are presented to each vister are alone of great in
terest as may always be seen by the avidity with
which they are perused. We learn that the author
is Thomas s. Donoho, Esq, of this city, one Of the
original proprietors Of the panorama
The music accompanying the exhibition Is the
harp, excellently performed.
The Exhibition Of the Sabbath School Of the
Wesley Chapel Station (M. f. Church) Of this city,
which took place, according to announcement on
Tuesday evening last deserves ut our hands more
extended notice than we were able to give in our
yesterdays paper.
Notwithstanding according to very proper
regulatory an admission fee was charged, the
house was crowded. In the exercises of the eve
ming were most beautifully blended the exercises
Of the Sabbath School proper and those Of the
Temperance and Missionary Societies connected
with the school.
The children could not possibly have been ex-
pected to have performed their respective parts
more appropriately than was done by them. In
deed, all performed SO well that we cannot be ex-
pected to institute any comparison, butwe must
be permitted, earnestly to commend the infant
class exercises of Salie Dalton and her thirty little
comrades. Their performance would have been
most creditable to larger children than they. The
happy faces of the children, the pleasant humor
and quiet and order Of the congregation through
out the whole exercises, which continued to ten
o'clock and particularly through that intricate part
of the performance pertaining to the congregation,
was the surest evidence of the success attending
the children's efforts.
We must be permitted to thank the superintend-
ent for the qualification the congregation felt on
Tuesday evening for his Judgment in the selection
of pieces for the children and his patience in pre-
pairing them to perform those parts, very much
credit is due He and his assistant superintendent
are worthy Of much praise for their sefsacrifcing
devotion to the Sabbath school
We only fear that the excellent performance Of
the children will result in one evil--that of too
much pride on the part Of the parent; for what
parent, witnessing the exercises of his or her child
that evening, but went home little too proud.
The exhibition, as whole, viii be considered the
exhibition of the city.
We are happy to learn that this exhibition has
resulted in raising quite a handsome sum for the
Mission Church on Capitol Hill-one of the objects
much cherished by the children.
CENTRE MARKET, WASHINGTON, DECEMBER IA
Prices-Beefcattle, 80 so a "a per cwt.; retail
10 IL IL cents; Pork-Hogs, ~ per cwt.; re-
tail, 10 a IL IL cents, per h.; Mutton, IL l-2
Gents perlb.; Ssusages IL l2 cents per h. Veal 10
a IL IL cents; Poultry-Turkeys, rs a 81 80
Chickens, 90 rs cents pair; Hams, IL IL
cents; Butter, 81 to 40 cents per h., and good
supply Cheese, IA to l6 cents per lb. Eggs, 81
to 40 cents per dozen; Potatoes, 81 37per bushel;
Hay, 81 81 per cwt.; Straw, as cents per cwt;
Wood-Pine, a so; Hard, IS per cord.
Ronarks.-The market was not very active.
Beef and pork are ON the rise the latter very
scarce. Poultry was trife lower, and butter was
plentier than usual. Wood maintains its price,
while Hay and Straw was on the decline. The
Hay market was very large, and our quotation is
the highest price given for II.
BENEFIT OF THE AMERICAN RITLEs.-Ths takes
place at the National Theatre tonight and we
hope the company win have good house. They
deserve IL.
Auction SALE OF PIcruREs.-At James G. Nc
Cures auction sale of fine pictures yesterday, the
/" Boar Hunt sold at 5000 Landscape, cattle and
other figures, $40; View of Windsor Castle
and Eaton College, $3.50; English Harvest Field
s95 pair Of Portraits, (Quintin Mstsys and wife,
$40; Rural Courtship, $50; the Guard Room, seo
Broken Pitcher, $40. All were taken by our own
citizens capital sale.
ArrExrT AT HroHwAr RoBBKRr, AND BUReLA-
RY-ISroHrAsr ARREsr.-Augustus Kane, a noto-
rious character among our police, was arrested on
Tuesday, for attempting TO rob gentleman, upon
the Island, of his watch. The evidence, however,
not being sufficient to convict him, be was dis
charged by Justice Myers.
Yesterday, the house Of Mrs McQullan, on
street, was entered by man. in the broad day,
with the intention no doubt Of robbery. lie walked
into room where he Unexpectedly found gentle
man who raised the alarm of thieves The ras-
cal fed, but was met by two ladies' on the front
steps, who coursgeously collsrcd him, and held him
firm, in spite of his struggles for some time, but
he succeeded in making his escape by crawling out
Of his coats, leaving two coats in the possession Of
the ladies'.
These coats we're given up to the police, who
found In the pockets few matches, pair Of gloves
and two large lunches Of false keys, showing the
man TO be aprofessional thief clue which the po-
lice acted upon by aresting this same Augustus
Kane, who was afterwards identified by the ladies'