Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-12-05

Seventh street east, between PENNSYLVANIA
avenue and G street south passed.
Mr.. Duncanson, from tho committee of
claims, reported bill from the Board of Al
dermen without amendment, for the relief OF
e. Owen passed.
Also, from same committee, bill from the
same Board without amendment, for the re-
lief of John Haw; passed.
Also, from the same committee, q bill from
the same Board without amendment, for the
relief of E. Hughes; passed.
Mr.. Clements introduced bill to grade K
street north; referred to tho committee on i'm
provements.
A communication from the Mayor no living
the Board OF having signed certain bills was
received
Also. one inclosing report from tho inspec.
tor of fire apparatus; referred
The bill from this Board 10 the Board of
Aldermen, was returned with an amendment
directing that all cutters hereafter laid down
snail have five rows of bricks in tho centre.
turned eogeways; which was concurred in.
!. a Dill to exempt orphan asylums from taxa.
ton, was amended in the Board of Alderman
so as to include all the grounds BELONGING to
the same; concurred in. W
a bill to indemnify Mrs Louisa w ellsworth
1or expenses incurred by tho grading Of K
street. north, was amended in the unn.r
board by the insertion of $500 instead of
5000; non.concurred in.
a oil! to pay for certain printing was re-
turned from the Board Of Aldermen. with an
amendment directing that $l6615 be paid to
WIN thompson, for extra printing ordered by
the two Boards "
A discussion arose as to tho meaning of the
law OF Io46, which authorised the proceedings
TO DO published in tho News. The suhiect
was disposed of by referring it to the commit
tee Of claims.
MI; Kelly introduced an act to gravel Six.
teenth west from K to NJ streets north: passed
The bill from the Board of Aldermen an.
pointing temporary Board of Appeal, was
referred to the committee of ways and means,
An act for paving I street south, from Sixth
TO Seventh streets, was referred to the commit
tee on improvements
Mr.. Barr introduced bill making an an.
preparation to pay tho salaries of the commits
Heners of canals; referred to tho committee on
canals.
An act increasing the salaries of the police
officers of the city to $500 was then taken up,
when RI
Mr.. Dom, from the committee on police, re-
ported substitute, and moved that the sub
Jet be postponed, and made tho special order
for next Monday, which was adopted.
And then the Board adjourned
REvIvAL-BAPTIsM.-We neglected vester
DAY TO mention that the ordinance of baptism
was administered in the Thirteenth Street Bnp-
list church, On last Sabbath, to ten candidates,
mostly ladies. The church was crowded to
overflowing, and the manner of conducting
the ceremonies was highly Interesting and inn
presslve Rev. DIR. Teasdale announced as
ais theme the prompt answer of Peter to the
earnest inquiry OF the anxious thousa pds on
the day OF Pentecost, viz Repent and be
6apuzed, every one of you, in the naue of
Jesus Chris" He discoursed ably and elo-
quently on the institution, nature. and DESIGN.
and the true legitimate form of observing the
ordinance of baptism. He cited from differ
emit and various distinguished church histo.
rams (poedo baptists) in proof of the fact that
immersion had been observed, generally, for
thirteen hundred years after Christ and that
IL was since that period only that new and
other modes had been practiced. He read
from the journal Of John Wesley to show that
ne approved and practiced the form of INNER.
sion; quoting also from Luther, Calvin, &c.
to suetsin his view. He was listened to with
deep and marked attention, as the high logical
merits OF bis effort deserved. At the close of
the address, and after tho administration of
baptism, the righthand of Fellowship was az.
tended to twenty-t two persons, welcoming them
as members of this now house of God. and then
followed by the celebration of the Lord s SUD.
per, which closed the ceremonies of the even.
ing Last evening, his subject was "The
Devil, p" and to night he will answer the in.
quiry, " How Cain obtained his wife q, with
other incidental remarks
A HANDSOME ENTERrAINMENT.-Mr. Muir
ray, who has taken the large boarding estab.
iishment lately occupied by Mrs. Peyton. at
tho corner Of Pennsylvania avenue and Four
and-s-half street, gave dinner yesterday to
some sixty gentlemen and ladies, MANY of
whom had been his patrons on Tenth street
Judge Catron, of the Supreme Court, was the
presiding genius of the entertainment Among
the guests were General Lane of Oregon Gen.
oral Hernandez Of Florida, Mr.. Edmundson
of Virginia, Messrs. Barksdale and Harris of
Mississippi, General McDougal of Floric a.
Thomas Green, Esq, of this city, and others
we'll known in public life and Washington 80
olety. The dinner was prepared with great
taste, everything delicate and recherche to be
mad In this region, ut this season, having been
duly provided and capitally prepared We
hear that the evening passed off most delight
fully to all who wore pr sent.
GRAND AND PETIT JURoRs.-The December
term OF the Criminal Court Of the District of
- 0'Wnoouoeu JosIoluay, "neH the
names were announced as compris-
Ing the Grand and Petit Juries for the present
term:
Grand Jurors John w Maury foreman
VIM. B. Todd, Edward NJ. Lintbicum, Alex.
ander Ray, Lewis johnson, Benjamin Bohrer,
Frank Taylor, Benjamin Beall, Judson Nit
chell, Zachariah Walker, Charles w Boteler,
SEN, Thomas Browne, Henry Haw, George S.
Gideon, Joshua Pierce, Thoma; Woodward,
Thomas Young, William Thompson, Adolphus
Il. Pickerell, Enos Ray, Clement Woodward.
A. W. Miller, Valentine Harbaugh, and Alex.
81. Mechlin.
Petit Jurors Edmund F. Brown, Albert
r Waugh, Walter Stewart, George McClel-
lend' john Ashford, John Laurie, James
Dixon, william Drury, Jacob smulI, Francis