Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-30
DAILY EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTgLLIGgNCE..

hVCAb INTEL u B MI
STATE or TIE THERNohErBR.-The Their.
uonsssf, In our counting room, ct IL o'clocl
to-dsy, stood At 81 degrees above ssro.
BHIY.-From all We can sscertain by dus
inquiry on the subject, the prevailing impres
sion that the butchers Of The CREST cities arr
cnsrgeable With the exis ing prices at which
oeef 10 retailed in the mar kets, from Boston &c
Washington, is wholly unfounded. An asso-
etstsd set OF spectators have obtained the
control Of most Of the business of supplying
them, and manage TO control it absolutely.
They pay little or no more to the gras,ers
than the prices ruling before the late r1se in
their own selling prices took place when
butchers refuse to give their charges, they
have matters 90 arranged that the former can.
not purchase beef of others. An average OF
quite 1000 head of neat cattle is required to
supply TIE weekly consumption in and around
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
I'd Washington. From this fact fair idea
of the extent and profit of their monopoly may
he obtained. They also continue to sell g,
that the butchers must always pay for from
,oos 10 two hundred pounds gross 10 each head
of stock, which is in reality but saltsd hay and
vxer. Nos, the butcher is compelled In self
defense to charge his loss through their frau1
in the price Of the real beef, to the customers
70 whom he retails the CARCASS This is the
up.hos of the existing trouble about the high
price of beef. ,FI-
There, is but q single remedy. That is q
excit AGREEMENT among rhe consumers of me ats
that for thirty days they H.p not buy a pound
of beef at any price whatever, using bacon
p,utton, pork, veal, poultry, and FISH in il:
stead sudden entire cessation Of the de
mand for beef will tumble the plans of ths
combination about their own ears, causing
them the loss of all their ill-goitsn gains, and
n Seing Inc market, Of course, from their mo
nopoly. We are satisfied t,at the butcher,
themselves wiu heartily thank this and ali
otner communities around US, if they will aid
tnem In freeiog themselves from the machina.
lions OF these parties, by this only plan by
winch this end may be comprised.
WAsHINGros AS A SUMNER RESIDENCE
summer is always hot-ihat, we take it. is AZ
,ndispatable fact. And the yearly experi.
ences OF those who rush away from whereye,
they may chance to be living, in the hope Of
escaping the sun's rays, frequently jump from
the Trying pan into the FIRE. For our OWE
part, our observation and experience lead
us TO the conclusion that ones own home, with
its numberless and nameless appliances for
the comfort of ones self and family, which
have been accommodating for years, is thou.
sand times more agreeable, in the hottest as
vol az the coolest Of weather, than any DOS
sible congeries Of broiled-pigeon-h holes called
Watering place, that the inf,tuation of man
and woman, or the cupidity of landlords, has
ever invented.
Here, in our broad streets, there is always
an escape from the sunshine into the pleasant
shade Of continuous rows of Iich-leayed trees
nj ha All = L.
heat Of the day, undisturbed and uno bserved
in diaphonous muslins and sudscious dishs-
biiiees, mama and daughters while away the
hours not unpleasantly,, in their own secure,
tranquil, blessed home. And at evening, when
papa returns, and choice friend or two drops
in, the cheerful chat, the cup of cooling hyson,
the walk through the magnificent grounds at
either end If the Avenue-acknowledged to be
more beautiful than any others in the world
are surely more than compensation for the
sweltering ride, the stiff, ceremonious, hungry
dinner, the formal introductions, and the ex
hausting firtstions of an indiscriminate mid
sunner bail at u fashionable watering place
Let those who have homes In our healthy
and beautiful metropolis cling to them, cherish
them, embellish and sanctify them, and sur
round them with all those beautiful influence
OF love and the affections, which among Ger
tain classes In our country are so rapidly dis
appearing in the baneful atmosphere of life OF
the sidewalk, at the fashionable hotel ant
watering.p!aee, which is allowed to displac
the sacred realm Of home.
A New STEAM FRIGArE 0RDERED.-Orders
Or instructions for one of the six new steam
frigates directed to be built by Congress, uer
received yesterday at the Navy lard, from
fse Bureau of Construction, Equipment ane
Repairs. On their receipt by the Command
ant, be Immediately transferred them to Mr.
). ID. Poole, the Naval Constructor, who viii
proceed at once to carry the orders into effect
The draft represents the dimensions to be a
lollows: Length between perpendicular 25,
tset lUt inches; beam moulded so feet 9
inches; hold 10 gun deck from throat line 2,
Ieet ~ inches; extreme length about 294 feet
tae desiSn Ia by Mr.. John Lenthall, Chief o
the Bureau Of Construction, &c and il ,
seaahful model or draft of Naval arehitec
III; Eur more Of these frigates ara Il
w. =, po;,.d me same plan, one at Boston
The other one il TO be built at New Vol =,
Mr.. Steers. builder of the lannon's Yacht ams:
va, after ais own design. Mr.. Poole Is +,
SnpesE'se thu building CT the r.iqate at tb'
Washington Navy Yard, . gsotlemal. of vel
Known skill and scie nee in the art, al man,
successful Unllei States vessels built unde
MS superintendsnce proves. The friga,e is o
such length that the ship house is being ex
tended 70 feet; and, altogether, the vessel i
ths largest ever built IN this resion. tn,
mould-lOft, though very large, $50 feet by so
VIZ not admit OF laying her down, except il
paris ~ Will be some three months before hel
Keel viii DC commenced, when it is the ipten
ton Of Mr.. Poole to push her on to comple,ior
most vigorously. There are now employed al
ne Navy Yard some go hands-the numbe,
% which will be considerably increased OF
ioscommencement of the new frigats.
HYDRoPR0BIA, THE coRPoRAIros. AID THE
foLics-oar correspondent below makes d
Just complaint Of the great number of dogs
running at large In the city, but bis reflections
on the Police admits of explanation, though
me Corporation, we opine, have no excuse for
Inc non-enforcement of the ordinance 1t ap.
pears that though Law exists, and has beeo
announced by the Mayor, yet the Aide rme n
have caade no appropriation TO carry it into
eject. They should nj least pay for the pow
der and ball to kill them, or for some other
mode TO put the ours out Of the way:
Messrs. Editors Il take the liberty of
calling your attention to the alarming incr ease
Of hydrophobia, and the apparent Indifference
Of our city authorities in providing against the
eTh- l understand law has been enacted
requiring the Police to kilr all dogs found
within the Corporation limits This con-
ceive a mistake, or else the Police have gross
y neglected TO enforce the regulation.
Either way, it certainly reflects no credi. on
he Corporation. which must indeed be aware
.hat q vast number of these obnoxious animals
daily prowl the streets, placing the lives OF our
,itiseDs IN constant jeopardy.
Yesterday afternoon, l noticed on Pennsyl-
Sare avenue no less than twenty Struggling