Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-04-30


when the Cantata Of the t" Pilgrim Fsthsr''
VIII be produced. The simple statement Of
this fact Ia all that 10 necessary, - the must.
cal talent connected with this association ID
TOO we'll known to need communication at our
hands. Those who desire to attend-and who
| will not be there ?-should secure tickets ut
| once, a. the number IL limited, snd mono will
be disposed at the door on the evening Of the
concert. (See advertisemsnt.)
THE STRANGE Poor 1t has been the rule
(under the law Of the commissioners in ch arge
of the aims house of this city, not to admit the
poor of other cities to that home for the unfor.
tunsts. No matter how worthy they may be
or how true the account given of them NAV
be, the law denies their reception there. On
last Saturday, q woman who had walked from
Baltimore to this city, applied at the guard.
house for . permit to enter. The Captain
told her to apply to the Commissioners. She
gave an account of herself. showing that she
was stranger. She was then told that It was
useless to apply, as the Commissioners could
not give her permit.
OLD FaUDs Last night officer Allen ar.
rested Cas- Williams, Rosanua Mullikin.
white, FIenella Skenker and Della Hazel,
(cslsred, for disorderly conduct. The readers
OF the Star will remember o poisoning case
tried at the last term Of the Criminal Court,
Cas- Williams was one Of the sufferers, and
Della Hazel was one Of the suspected parties.
The parties arc near neighbors, and no doubt
the old case caused the fuss last night, since
We hear that one Of the colored women ad
mitted, by way of g boast, that she had poi.
sOned the others Capt Birch held all to So
curity to keep the peace. We think for the
sakt Of peace they had better part company.
CIRCUIT COURT We mentioned on Satur.
day, the tendency Of the case of DR.. J. F.
May. against Selby Scaggs, the former sueing
the latter for ono hundred dollars for amputa.
ting the leg Of poor man who resided on the
premises Of Mr. Scaggs; and for tho payment
Of which amount, DR.. May contended Mr.
Scaggs became response BILE by employing him
The jury retired this morning, and, after a
brief absence, rendered verdict for defend
ant.
CARRLEssNBss WITH FIRKARMs.-On Sun
day afternoon, before the school hour, sewers al
of the male pupils of the Wesley Chapel Sab
bath School were assembled in the school
room. One Of them George Dyson exhibited
pistol, and was showing it, when, it being
self cooking, it went of, wounding tho fore
finger of the left hand of another scholar,
named Owen Thorne. The limb was suisse
quently amputated by DR.. Eliot.
The FRENCH RAILROAD We hear that tho
owners Of property on the line of the turnpike
between Washington City and Alexandria,
Va, were to-day to have laid an Injunction
upon the further prosecution of Frensh's rail-
road on the turnpiks's side. They claim that
the turnpike company have no property in the
land on which the road runs, and that the To-
cation Of the proposed railroad upon il vie
lates valuable rights Of theirs, vested in them
under the terms on which the turnpike was
constructed.
FIRE WORKS ON rHE FOURTH OF July We
learn that the President has signiied to the
heads of the War and Navy Departments his
wish for proper display Of fire works BY those
stationed at the Arsenal and Navy Yard, in
this city, on the evening of the Fourth of July
next. Heretoforesthis order has been issued
too late to admit Of due preparation for such
display as the occasion warrants.
he FIsHERIEs.-Hundreds of our citizens,
and others of the surrounding neighborhood,
went to Alexandria Va. yesterday to view the
interesting but not classical proceedings at
Fishtown. Many buggies wele hired for the
trip, while the steamS boats were crowded with
passenger going to and returning from the
scene.
RELsAsHD.-Last Friday q quarrel took
place between Mr.. h. j. Hendly and his wife,
on account Of which Mr. III. was taken by of
foer Allen and carried before Justice Morsell
who committed him to the county fail. Yes
terday one Of Mr.. Hendly's friends gave bonds
for his appearance at court, and to keep the
peace. -
COMMUNICATED.
A CARD.-Mtss Fanny Moyant thinks IL
due to her friends and the public of Washing.
ton, as we'll as to herself, to inform them her
name appeared in the programme Of the re-
cent Grand Gift Concert in Washington with
out her authority, she not having made any
engagement whatever to appear upon that CO.
cssion. April 9th, 1855
Note We are satisfied that this mistake
occurred innocently, the parties who got no
the concert supposing that their agent had eff
fected an engagement with Miss n % he was
instructed to do.-Ed.
DANGEROUS 8poRr-To drive horses thr rough
the streets at any time, especially at night, at
such speed that pedestrians are led to believe
that the horses are running away. Fast young
mon who wish to try their nags would do well
to try some other training grounds than the
avenues and streets, in which there are at all
reasonable hours ladies and children, out on
business or promenading, who frequently
have cause to GROSS and recross from one side
10 the OtAor.
Mr.. WILLARD DEcLINKs.-NR. EDIron:-In
your paper Of Saturday you published my
name as one of the nominees for the Board OF
Common Council at the next municipal cleo.
tion. beg to state to you have declined,
and that the correspondence between the COM
nittee and myself will be duly published.
Very respectfully yours,
Il. A WILLARD.
Willards' Hotel, April 80, 1855.
BUNKER HILL.-This long.tslked Of do
rama Is to open at Odd Fellows Hall to-mor.
row night. This exhibition is of totally diff.
fsrent nature from anything heretofore seen,
and is said to surpass in mechanical skill and
ingenuity all other dioramas In the country
1t will no doubt be as successful here as 1t b as
been elsewhere.
The UNITARIAN CHURcH-We are indebted
to Taylor d Asury for copy OF "The Old and
the New" sermon recently delivered upon
the history of the Unitarian Church, in this
city, by Rev. Msncurs D. Conway, its pastor.