Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-17
DAILY EVENING STAR,
LOCAL NCR,

HE TINES -Ioere IL nothing stirring but
the dust, sIys one wsg; there is nothing stir
ring but stagnatiOn, says another; the times
are out of jJint says a third; trade is dull signs
f'urth, but no vag, with a bus ness ike air;
AID every body Is oil 10 the Sp,ings echoes o
fifth. Washington vt this RAJ will be soon de-
serud; every ane NhI preteuds TO auy thing
considers hImsett bound a. soen as the nioDtI
or Juue presents self TO leave the ely, a
being unfashionable. This said fashion is
Inpst ryrannicaI eusteB and makes otherwise
very sensible people d. very seaseless things
FJr What can be more absurd than for pc pie
10 leave their cOmtnOdiOuS DWELLING. Whe
they are surrounded with every comfort aud
convenience, to travel som bund eds OF mile
TO Ia hionabie spa or watering place, where
taey "f c-lbted u in a crowded. hotel With
hundreds Ut strange people AMI put to every
kind OF discomfort Yet this Is d)ne annually
by the wealthiest families in our city
who imagine that if they we're 10 remain a
summer at home, their reputation for fash
in would be entirely destroyed Unfor-
tanately. heir example, is contagious Others
who cInnOt so we'll afford these mjgra
tory exec SION, must likesise d. the sans.
aud Col sepusntly put Themselves To an ex-
pense Wh'cn IL requires future pinotinp TO
make up fnr. We have eseD hearI OF ins an
ces where families That could not 60 to the
spa, re slammed being the.a, shut up
lived through the summer in some daI lack
T"o-nS; 8 Q ding out of their OWE houses of an
evening fnr lit 10 fresh air, as it they were
Lot the torn lie residents. Now, this is 81.
premeiy rid culons, and this annual search
a,ier health and pleasure, which can be u.
we'll obtained at home, rs tie sublime of ia h
ION : foislrs The greater part of these sum
mar Swallows, VII" fly norih wari and seaward
1T he commencement OF 1.-The season. woulJ
be De ter Of at home have more real plea ure
40 enl ~ more comfIrt. ii they must have
clanse u air, why they have sea coas. ut +
convenient distnLce at home rs we'll rs d an,
excellent spas if they require 10 use
mineral waters But this silly habit of ruu
nirgyeariy to Saratoga and Newport, asifthere
vas 50 me greater charm IN the place, or fh
cacy In their waters we must protest a,aipst
Irere is another point OF view in which tbi :
fashionable folly IS to be icsa, tled wi n a
Serner eye. 1t is in reality detrimental TO
the trade Of the city, non-pur, ha ing become
also the fashion for No wCaid he fqshionah'e
fiks will be seen shopping du,in this period
OF the year for by proving their presel q in
Our midst they would lose C Sc, tine c nse-
queuce Is sto' ekeeIeTs suf r, and al houyh
saey have high rents 20 Pay in the summer as
well as IN The winter, hot all the novelties III
the so'ii, or the gre Attest Bargains will il du se
p "ple TO buy. We Know an instance of one
O. our largest sto es where bus ness 10 the
amount Of some S3g1,00O is done ANNUALLY,
but not single purchaser was TO be seen YES
day III the store; the clerks were idle and
the proprictnrs paying high rents and sals-
ries tor nothing. Az consequence they
and all Others are so much the losers
This example becomes contag,ou., and the
eulnesS Of one branch of business is eys end ed
to others. so that by the middle of summer
Washington becomes, though filled wi. b peo-
pie, as dull as The desert OF Sahara Fellow
citizens. ii you have any patti iotism, pray
sped your money at hone, aud confine your
summer excursions to more moderate extent.
Ii there was patronage, We should have q line
of cleaners RAINING down the Potomac to the
sea. which would furnish us all with an op-
portunltJ vi goi.g to a nearer watering place
than Newport or Saratoga, and you would be
money II pocket.
ORPHANS CoURr.-A case Of some in .arest
has been lately decided by Judge PURCELL. re-
spectlng the ri! sht of illegitimate children to
inherit pension due 10 the mUther The
fac OF the cas-, are these:
In 1875 Urrills Leath, widow Of William
Leath. SO man IN the L. 5 Navy, who d, ed
IN 1914 from injuries received and discusses
contracted In the service diel in The Ui,trict
Of Columbia, leaving iliegitima children
No person applied for the adminisuratiu anti
hsrih, 1851. when on the petition of the
to Isaac ~ Cof1n. In September, 1851. Loui.
Deckard presen ed his petition to the ooart to
revoke the letters of administration, stating
that he was the ne phew of the widow Urriia
Lesih, and therefore entitls ID to the pen
sion money, her children being iilegitim tie.
The Court sustained the right Of the chiidre u
Of the deceased to The pension, quoting part
OF the second SC lou OF Tie act approved 18th
June, 1910, entitled An act making provision
for the paymeut of pensions to the executor or
ainiuis' rator of decease pensioners in GER
tain cases" namely, that in case any pensioo
er, who is f-,doto, shall die, leaving cki dr. n.
the amount Of pension due at the lime of b, 7
dse th shall be paid 10 the executor or lmis
istra or for the bene6s of lar clttidyeo, as d :.
rec ed in the foregoing section. That fore
going section applied to male Lensicners, and
directed that if he died. leaving children, bu,
no widow. he amount due such male tension
er SHOULD be paid To the executor or aduinis.
tra'or of the estate for the sole and exclu-iv
benefit Of the children. to be by bi N distributed
among them in equal shares. aud the sane
shall hot be con idered as part Of the assets Of
said es'a c. nor liable To he applied to the pay
ment of the debts Of said esta IN any case
Wherever. The Judge c.ded hat the act of
Io40 applied to illegItiInat Chi dren. as well
rs these BORN 10 wed o:k. aud re erred to the
decisi N OF the Supr me COu't oil CoDnec ic 1t
As a case in point. The petition was there
fore. dismissed.
1t is said that the Secretary of the In erior,
under the advice of the Attorney General, has
decided The question in the same way AID
paid the Inousy.
CENTRE MARKET Beef has Hen copsi ler-
ably in price. and other varieties of meat have
also fallen. Egg are scarce and very dear.
The supply of fish 10 day was limited aul
eons's I'd only Of shad. sturgeon, and cat GS n
The supply Of Vegetables was abundant. bu
the prices keep up. Tie following is d. st d
the retail prices
lNsGt, Dr..
Beei'''.''.''''' '..''.I0al2 per pound.
Mutton -..-........ iudlZ do
Veal. 10 do
fCrh. ....'..'.'. IU do
Lamb. 10 do
Hams .l2al4 do
Geese .................o7 earh
ChlcAers.. 10 per rIair
Buuer...''. 20 per pound