Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-21

1Ne BROWNING PLACE The spot at which
young Mr. Phelps, - UpperviIie, Va. was
drowned day or two sincs, is known to men
and DO reared in Washington as 'the Syca-
more II has been the bathing place far ~
least two, II 20. three generations # our fel :
how citizen. The untimely death OF Mr.
Phelps occur oil within few fee. of where
the body OF the venerable DaEil Sheen ake.
was found BY John OUR cy Adams when Pies.
ilent of he United sta es. it will be re,nem.
bereI. This venerable and b ghly respec all,
anember If The so-ie'y OF Frisfds. who. like
Mr.. Adams, was extravagantly fond of bathing.
was ssizei with cramp while bathing there.
and drowned Mr.. Adams, accordire to his
nlorniig jIst after day break, and va. srst :,
discover the body CT Mr.. Shoemaker for which
great hunt had taken place for soms days
before - y 'o'
Missn'eTous boys, BY the by. are responsi.
pie IN great measure, for tie drowning of
Ar: fheips On the morning OF the day on
Wlich 1t occurred they amused themselves
with sndeavoring to iDduce passing boatmen
20 leap overheard to rescue boys whom. they
pretend' d, vera in danger # drowning They
thus u sde two hoatnen plunge into the river,
WIN eiolhes on, en- fools o rand" not
long before Mr.. Phelps sank. When that
eteat occurred they set up th Fir cry in earnest.
but the hardy boatnen who were near enough
easily to have rescued him refraiued from
making the attempt, only in the belief that the
boys were trucking them. .-4.44 M
.ALExMpRIA, LoUDoUN AND HAMPSHIRE
RAILROAD "A meeting in favor of this project
was hsld last week AZ Leesburg, which was
addressed by Messrs. Monroe and Funston, of
Aiexandria, the first named speaker observing
mat the road would connect Piitsnurp with
m G inn hx,l -
!ofmer than any seaport in the Union
MI. Monroe further said, . northern ,nmpsay
OF ample ability, hsvs agreed to take cuntraet
Tor building the roai t. Shenandoah with a
subscription Of $500. 900. With this ala from
the North. and 100000 from Louiou1,. $50.
400 OF which she has already subscribed, and
Si0oO0o from Fairfax and Alexandria together
With the States share. the road sill bs con ;.
strusted. all to laying the he rails, 10 Sheuan-
doan, wnen MI. Mouros, remarked hefelt JUS
tined In saying, Alexandria would como to the
AID OF the company Within three miles of
the road IN Loudoun, there is estimated to be
about 90, OO0 acres Of land. Ore dollar and
a fraction upon each acre of this land would
more than raise the deslr amount, if not one
cent had been subscribed of the one hundred
thousand dollars required from the country.
In conclusion: he sp Ike of the commercial ad.
vantages of Alexandria, and her prospective
beautiful AID fertile region of country which
Is soon to be welded to her harbor by the iron
bonds of the Hampshire Railroad. His speech
was strong and forcible, and did good service
for tho improvement. liz.
A LITTLE ExCITEMENr " esterdsy after.
noon, an affair occurred near the National
Hotel that created some excitement foE awhiieS
1t appeared that VIM. Walker, we'll known As
h n EEar
corner of 9Th street and Pennsylvania avenue,
went 20 Mr. W. Viii lock who has an estab-
ishment in the building over that reetaurant,
to attend to some fnancial business in wiich
they had been engaged. Mr. Whitlock, afr r
some words, ordered him away Walker made
a reply that displeasei Whitlock, and Whit.
lock struck at him, when Walker ran into the
street and threw srones a. Wbitiock. The
parties were arrested by officer Kimball, who
took them before Justice MorseIl, who held
both to security to keep the peace
The tIial attracted a number Of citizens to
tie office and pavement outside. HARD words
were used, and proposition vas made by
some persons, said to be professional Sports
men, to take Wa ker and hang him by the
telegraph post. The examination of witnesses,
and the dec sion Of the justice, quiesed the
feelings Of the crowd, and all present evertu.
ally went peaceably about their proper bust
ess.
kprssDs' AID SOCIETY petiti,n from
the Friends Aid Society, of Washington, was
pre"ented yesterday in the Senate, BY Mr.
Dawsop, asking an act Of incorporation and an
Appropriation Ut land or money II aid il, carry
Ing on, the objects Of the ms tuition The
memorIalis;s say they are engaged in a work
OF reform without the distinctive has Of any
sect; that hou5o hiss bee en- OPENED for Sunday
and evening schools and religious worship
with design To oaen free day schools, 81; :;
th't the rk seems TO mmend itself 10 The
JudEment Not only of The reiIiIus, the CON-
scieBtious, the humane, and the benevolent,
but also the mere NOR lIst Tor all and encour-
ag 'nent They speak also Of the establish
ment of an asylum, providing employment tor
the idle, instructor for tas isnorsn.. counsel
for The or. ing. protection for tbe exposed, and
homes for reformed females and for the de-
serving unfortunate poor.
An INTERESTING ISc1DENr-This morning
charming little incident occurred, show ing
the power OF song on the leather ed race. At
an early hour, the youthful Wells children
were taken out for drive to the Capitol
grounds, accompanied bv their father, MIR.
Wells and Mr.. Hitz, Of the firm of Hill bus &
Iii ,, music dealers, on the Avenue. On their
arrival, the party sat down in one Of the seats
about the grounds, and the Chi dren com
menced singing one of their pretty airs. The
melody appeared to attract the feathered race
about, f,r they commenced crowding round
the party as if to Catch the Strains and one
boiler than the rest aligh ed on Mr.. Wells
knee. We we're told this little tart by one of
the party pre- sent, who will youch for is truth.
fulness.
SEVERE CASE This morning a number of
eolored women appeared at the ofi q of JUS
toe Clark, and charged Aaron alias Pink
COakley, (coiOredj with assault and battery
on Nancy Hails,ock. Lucinda jackson, and
Amelia Hai:stoek. Pick is an old offender,
well known to the police and the eviue nee in
these three cases, fully justified the ma gist te
in holding him 10 b Ill for court 1t appears
that Pink wanted to whip one of them tor in
forming upon him in one of his old cases
= The BRIDGES 1t 10 the wish of many of
our citizens that the new c. uocils will 90 to
work as speedily as pos ible TO improve the
condition Of tho bridges over the canal Not
only should the iron frames be examined and
repair ed, but the hoo.s made safe for passen-
gers. Many yehlcl pass over those idgss
every day, and drivers cannot have confidence
IN b. idge whore the carriage way is worn
into ruts and cutters; they must fear for the
safety Of themselves and horses
QUIEr.-The returns of the Auxiliary Guard
show that our city is remarkably quiet. Oar
principal Streets and avenues were thronped
till a late hour last evening by ladies and
gentlemen. and no confusion, noise or improper
conduc: called for the interference OF the
Guard. This is as 1t should be, and we hope
ir will last lfuver IN ha cop,;ao ,yaal> -