Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-26
DAILY EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,

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The FINE ARrs.-we stepped into Mr..
Corcoran's picture gallery the other day, and
were nu;h delighted with the visit We paid to
It. The gallery is of q varied collection,
showing that much taste has been exhibited
10 the selection Of the pictures, and is hos
pitably open to all who choose to present
themselves A splendid piece Of sculpture.
the Greek Slave. presents itself to the visitor 8
notice as he enters the gallery, from the con-
spicuous position in which it is placed, and
more particularly from being the only piece
of statuary in the room. Where all are good.
it would be impossible within our limited
space, to partieularize. There are favorable
specimens OF nearly all the schools, not ex-
cepting the masters of our own country, who
do not suffer by having their works beside
those OF the chief painters of other countries
heeollec'ion consists of more than a hundred
chef d 0UCrss; but il detracts from the pleas
ure OF the visitor that there Is no catalogue,
either printed or manuscript. by which he
may know either the subject or the artist. For
example, we noticed a very fine picture rem
resenting baroniai castle, with knights in
the foreground, ridi1g on horseback on the
green sward, in front, with palmer address
ing them Probably, a scene from one of Sir
Waller SCOTS or some other authors TO-
mances; but this could only be comic .tural. a.
there was no explanatinn to be obtained. In
like manner, many Of the landscapes lose half
their CD irul. from the impo.sibiity of identify-
ing the locality. There is q mode by which
the necessity of a ca alogue might be partly
obviated, it is to have affixed to each picture
alabel, with the name of the painter and the
subject. Or this explanation, as is done in
many picture galleries, could be painted on
the frames, in part devoted to that purpose.
Such method by no means spells the general
affect of the nIetIIrp ms ho -. L.
frame, and it is OF great service to the amateur
by enabling him at glance to know the
painter and the subject. At some future til Inc
we will have a talk with our readers upon the
principal pictures in the gallery.
esterdsy afternoon our at.
tention was directed to large crowd, assem-
bted at the corner Of the Avenue and 18th
street, beside the railing of the Kirkwood, late
Irving Hotel. Our curiosity being some at
excited, we went up to see what it was all
about, and found a miserable little dog in the
last agonies of death, kicking spasmodically.
and the blood flowing copiously from its mouth
and nostrils At the same time there was q
dispute going forward among the learned The
bans collected around, as to whether the dog
was mad, one asserting that it was HYDRO
phobtas, and another that it was a no pho5ia
The fact was, that the animal had incurred the
resentment Of an individual passing BY but
why or wherefore we could not find out who
had struck it several blows on the head with
the butt end of a loaded whip, and succeeded
in putting it hors de combat At this eouiyo-
cal period, when the dog was neither alive nor
dead, but kicking, the owner came up, come
sharp words eDsued between him and the dog
slayer, and the former went off with threats of
future proceedings, while the other turned
back, and having given the wretched brute a
few more blows that completely settled it, also
went of. We inquired of the latter what the
dog had done, but he was too much irritated to
explain, and We concluded that perhaps the
dog had snapped at him.. The sudden warmth
is likely to affect these animals, and measures
should De taken to prevent accidents HYDRO
phobia is dreadful calamity, and the owners
OF dogs ought to be compelled, during the
warm weather, to keep them tied up or else
muzzled.
TaE WEArHER-Summer is coming fas.
upon US; yesterday was an extraordinary day
Tor the sudden warmth, and all nature ap-
psared to rej1lce in the change. From he OK
cessive moisture. ard great fall of rain lately,
the grass never before to our eyes presented so
beautiful a ;ihge Of green, and IF so deep hue.
The air was filed with the blossom of the cot
ton tree, which, floating about in the still at
mosphere, recalled to mind the poetical de.
scriptions of the early voyagers to the New
World; and the flower of the lilac tree, for it is
in full bloom in some places, as, for example. at
the Navy Yard, difused around where it grew.
the most delicious of perfumes. 1t was a de.
llghtful day, and the avenue and capitol were
thronged with pronlenaders, ladies and others
The former were very numerous about the
capitol. and the numbers of carriages driving
up to the front entrance, to receive and put
down their fair occupants, gave the capital the
appearance of a place of some fairy spectacle.
1t was. we suppose. to hear Col. Benton speak,
for the ladies, dear souls, are always on the
q"t riUe for something plquant. To-day is
not so bright nor warm, but still the cold
weather has for certain departed
ACcIDENr.-Yesterdsy evening, between elk
and seven clock, as the German Benevolent
Association were returning from attendance
at the funeral of deceased member, accom-
panied by band of music, an accident hap
pened on the Avenue. A horse, ridden by a
negro, took fright at the sound, and becoming
unmanagable, reared up and struck the little
daughter of Mr. Flynn, a child about years
old, who was standing on the side walk, be-
tween 11th and 18th streets, on the back of the
head, by which the child was somewhat iniur-
ed, but not dangerously. She was taken home
to her fathers residence in D street. and was.
we were informed this morning not in any
serious danger. The blame, if any, is attribu
table TO the negro, who instead of keeping the
horse away from the music as it passed, perse-
vered in urging the animal towards it, which
at last resisted, causing this unfortunate acct
dent. The negro was arrested by police Office
Boss, and taken before Captain Birch. He
was committed to Jail to stand his trial.
PUBLIC ScHooLs.-The following are the es-
timated expenditures for the support Of the
Public Schools for the current year, endin g
June 30, 1854:
For salaries Of teachers and assistants .SI2, so
Rent and expenses Of First School
DleulCl-. l,U4U
Ditto OF second ditto. 7SO
Ditto of third ditto. $50
Ditto of fou- til ditto. ........... IT'S
Expenses Of Board of Trustees, salaries
Of Secretary and Treasurer 600
Total. ................... $16,O25
SINGULAR.-A person living in the neigh
borhOod of the Seventh street plank road, was
. h.