Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-19
DAILY EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,

DALooN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS III O
unPfomIsihg appearance of the weather YES.
toluay: Mr. Elliott, the enterprising .ronaut.
Kept MS word, in order that 20 disaSno; ntmsni
might be felt. and succeeded in psL;nr az
Hriu voyage, the direction taken heinz To-
wards Annapolis Lit was about q u M Wbsn
me balloon mace ITS ascension, and a large
croHu corrected 10 witness the spectacle Not
Sthst4ndIhg the unfavorsble appearance Of
,ne weather, II was in reality not so for ball
-oTu ASCENSION, the atmosphere being quite
cam; aud therefore in reality a better dav
could not have been selected. This howaver
as circumstance with which every one was
acqusLn'ed, and consequently many who
"oulu nave been present TO witness the spec
Sacle Kept away, little expecting that the af
-air would come of, although already an
bounced Ii was, however, in reality a better
Jay Ter an ascension than the dav on which
.ne nrst attempt was made, the calmness of
me AR oeing In its favor, and the balloon arose
WIN smooth and equitable motion, and con-
tAuuei 10 sail along with the same steady
movement until out of sight. The GOODNESS OF
sne intrepid @ronaut was very noticeable. eyery
lning being done without any nervous haste;
anu, as he ascendel the seronaut took off b;s
nat ana waived 1t, the act being responded to
by me spectators below with shouts and cheers
Among Inese latter, we observed some of the
1huiahs VINO were present at The first attempt
anu they appeared to take much interest in
the spectacle. "
PREVIOUS TO the ascension, some pilot balloon.
weI1 Sen' up 10 point out the direction in which
Tue oaiioon would go, which was found to he
ID north by east direction, or towards An
napOils, as already mentioned The balIoo,
was visible for about ten minutes or 40 on
Fearing Ike dark speck, until. bv dsoreaS
1t was lost to sight when the spectators VIII
pau oeen watching Its movements intently.
Siauuaiy Isit. Some, however, lingering be.
oil
As before, here was a band of music an tb a
ground 10 enliven the proceedings, who plaved
various national and patriotic airs and rbev
paraded the ;ity In the course of the dav n,c,
vlous TO the ascension, in large omnihns
carrying the car, intended for the eronsut in
triumph ABOUT with them In their way
around the city, the band, which was pro:'
peri's, paid the Star Office the eomnlimen, IS
serenade di>coursinS most beautiful and eIo
quent music on the occasion, which del;gbtad
all who heard 1t. We have not heard Wbere
the balloon descended, nor anything further oi
the whereabouts of the venturous aronaut
CIRCUIT COURr.-A case of some interest t
the naval profession was tried Yesterday in
! the Circuit court, being an amicable suit in
which the United States and Lieut. Jones. of
the United States Navy, were Concerned. tho
object being to ascertain how far Lieut.. Jones
was entitled to the benefit of the pension law
under the circumstances by which il was
CLAIMED IL appears that some years back, It,
Jones was absent on leave in Paris and while
standing on the Boulevard during one of the
emeutes which occurred at the time. was
wounded by stray bullet, fired by one of
the conflicting parties and severely Injured
On being taken home, be was attended bv
French surgeon-the expenses of medical at
tendance during his illness, and subsequent to
his recovery, amounting to 81, 1000 This he
To q rain hnr cd hx-t ~
having been wounded while in their service
and in foreign port. His sojourn at Paris
having been an absence on leave and as the
Government felt some hesitation as to whether
the case came under the provisions of the act.
the suit was brought before the Judges of the
Circuit Court to have their opinion as to the
validity of the claim. Mr.. Barton Kew an
peared for the United States, and Messrs. C. t..
Jones and j. NJ. Carlisle for Lieutenant Jones.
The ease was not concluded yesterday and
further argument was deferred
The Court then took up the case Of John
Frederick May vs.. Selby Scaggs, in which |
Dr. May brought an action against the |
defendant for bill of about one hundred |
dollars and odd for medical attendance ON |
white man in the employment of the defend
ant, who had been seriously injured and sent
70 the hospital 1t appeared from the evil
dence on the part of Mr.. Scaggs, that he ao-
knowledged having promised to pay for the
man expenses at the In6rmary, whittier he
had been conveyed, but denied having en-
pioyed DIR. May as medical attendant or
promising to pay his fees DR. May. it seems,
had attended the man for some forty DAYS. and
mad been compelled TO take OFF his leg, as the
only means of preserving his life; and now
The defendant refused to pay the bill that he
brought in. Mr.. Carlisle appeared as counsel
Tor the plaintiff, and Mr.. Bradley for the de-
fendant The case went to the jury yesterday
Afternoon at ) clock, p. m, but up to this
morning having been locked up all night, they
had not yet agreed upon verdict, and were
still out when we left the court
CHESAPEAKE AND Potomac CASAL-The sub.
Ject of uniting Chesapeake bay and the Poto-
mae river, is one of no little Importance, and
at the last session of the Maryland Legislature
an act was passed to that effect, granting the
night OF way for a canal from the one to the
other, at point within the District of Column
bia- When we consider the short distance be-
tween the two-only twenty-fo four miles-this is
an important work for the surrounding dis
'rlet, and will amply repay the outlay. In
stead OF a long and tedious voyage down the
Potomac, around the coast and up the Chesa-
peake to Baltimore, shipping will be enabled
10 avoid this, and trade between Washington
and Baltimore be increased to an indefinite
extent. We commend the proposed improve
ment to the consideration of the capitalists and
merchants of the two cities. By the same
means the communication will be cheapened
and facilitated to the northern cities, and be
a most efficient means Of increasing the con-
sumption of Cumberland coal, by rendering
the freight so much lower. We hope the two
sections to De benefited by this project will
carry out the idea in manner suitable to the
great interests involved. 1t ought to be a ship
canal, on a grand scale; and, from the short
ness of the distance, the expense would not be
80 very great.
RIsLEY' NARIETE.-Miss Kimberly's :. Ro-
sallnd Of last night was splendid piece of
acting, and the play went off with much eclat.
Al the conclusion Of the piece, on Miss Kim.
berly being called for, a very interesting scene
took place on the lady's appearance on the
stage before the curtain, gentleman rose from
the audience, and having assembled to where
the lady stood, presented her with a beautiful
bouquet. from which were suspended variety
Of valuable articles, such a diamond ring, a
$50 gold piece, another of SO, and others
Q. lower denomination, presenting the
most unique bOquet that we ever remember
The presentation of the bouquet was prefaced
by complimentary speech, in which the lady's
abilities as an actress were highly eulogised.
Miss Kimberly replied in very neat and ap-
prOpriate speech. and the audience renewed
their applause with much enthusiasm. To-