Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-11-24
CITY INTELLIGENCE.


at this time of the year, are holy and sacred, yet
at the same time, joyous and entertaining. Way
ward sons look forward to this season as the time
when they must of all times, visit fathers home
daughters, who have gone forth into the world as
wives, look forward to thanksgiving" as the time
when they shall meet again at the same table;
kind fathers loving mothers, and all the hallowed
associations of "Sweet Home"-parents and chill
dren alike participate in the pleasures and "good
things" Of this most glorious day. Festive boards
are spread in nearly every home in the land, and
joyous notes reverberate through familiar circles, as
parents pronounce benedictions, and children muir
muir heartfelt reverence. Thanksgiving, Of all days,
calls forth the best and most sincere feelings Of the
heart.
KuNKELs OPERArIc TRoUPE.--This popular
troupe performed to a crowded house last evening.
Indeed we have rarely seen a more brilliant and
fashionable or large and discriminative audi
ence The Dress Circle was completely filed with
ladies', who always throw peculiar charm over the
aspect of promiscuous audience, when present in
numbers; and the Band Of Nightngales never dis
coursed more sweetly or were better appauded
The hits at the times contained In some of the
songs, and the patriotic ballads which were present
ed brought forth burst Of popular feeling as each
were repeated. We are confident that the audi
ence went to their homes in good humor with
themselves "and all the world"
TEMPERANCE MEETING.--A large number Of per-
sons assembled in the saloon Of Temperance Hall
on Wednesday evening to take action with regard
to the recent liquor law passed by the city coun-
Gil There was free interchange Of opinion
among the more prominent friends Of teetotalism.
Several Of them were of opinion that additional
counsel ought to be employed in the case Of the
Corporation against Werner, pending before the
circuit court the decision Of which will settle the
question, whether selling liquor in quantity less
than pint is an incident to housekeeping.
Others, however, deprecated such a movement,
conceiving that the Attorney for the Corporation
will ably defend the decision Of the magistrate who
fined Werner 800 for breach Of the pint liquor law.
Views were expressed, in the course of the discus
sion, that the law in question was a farce, and
would effect no permanent good; while, on the
contrary, it was held that half loaf was better
than no bread, and that the law was merely the
precursor of something better However, there
was no definite action had upon the topic, to con-
slider which the meeting was called, and an adj
journment took place The president, DIR. s. G.
Clayton being empowered to call another meeting
at such time as he might deem proper, which he
will probably do soon as the circuit court shall
have made its decision in this Werner case.
THE Enthusiastically match race came off
over the Columbian course, Alexandria, for $3.50
aside. Distance LOO yards. The horses entered
were Fauquicr, sorrel, by James Newly, and
Georgetown, sorel, by j. Suotts. Each horse
carried ono hundred and twelve pounds. AT three
o'clock, the horses being ready, the word was
given, when both made good start from the back
part Of the course, Georgetown taking the lead
some forty or fifty yards, and kept that distance
horses came in sight of the stand, Newby's horse
was between thirty and forty yards in advance of
Georgetown, and continued to the end Of the race,
winning the stake. Bets, during and before the
race, were freely offered on Newby's horse, at odds,
but few, If any, were taken. But little interest was
manifested in this contest it being evident from
the commencement that the Fauquier horse, though
by no means in as good trim as the other, would
easily take the stakes and in fact one expressively
remarked that 1t was perfect Shanghai" race.
After the race it was announced thata trot would
take place between three trotting horses, two from
Washington and one from Alexandria, the proprie-
tor of the course giving purse of twenty-five
dollars, and the owners of each horse to pay en-
trance fees, the winning horse to have the stake.
But, after waiting some time, the two or three
hundred persons present, who had each paid his
fifty cents with the expectation of seeing some
sport, we're informed that the proprietor declined
making good his promise, and found that they had
paid rather dear for the whistle in giving fifty cents
to witness one race of two or three minutes du-
ration. We presume, however, that the lovers of
the win suffer themselves to be taken in again
another timel
PRESENTATION OF TRuxrET.-The presentation
Of silver trumpet to the fire company who sue
ceeded in disposing Of the largest number Of tick
cts to the concert of Parrows Ethiopian Troupe,
as per advertisement, occurred at Iron Hail. on
Wednesday evening. There were but two compa-
MES who competed for the prize--the Perseverance,
and Northern Liberties companies. The former
was presented to the president Of the latter, by
Mr. Parrow, in brief speech, and received by a
suitable acknowledgment Considerable enthusi-
ssm prevailed among the firemen, as wen there
might, for the trumpet Is most superb, being ele-
gantly engraved and chased and worthy both Of
the donor and the recipients
COLLISION BETWEEN THE GEORGE WASHINGTON
AND GKoRGE PAoK.--Td the Editors of the
Sun: The paragraph in the communication of
your Washington correspondent Mercury this
morning, Is calculated to do me injustice. That
writer after paying compliment TO the board Of
steamboat inspectors for having given full, care
ful, and impartial investigation Of the dangerous
collision between the George Washington and
George Page, states that he was informed by the
gentlemen comprising the board, that all the evil
dence proved that at the time Of the occurrence
the George Washington was as far on the Mary
land shore as she could get that in fact she was
aground. With regard TO the impartiality Of the
proceedings of the board, have but brief re-
mark or two to make. II the George Washington
was as Gar on the Maryland shore as she could get
and was in fact aground, she was there In her
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