Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-12-31
EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Fire Company as q Christmas present. Itrep-
resents the marriage of Pocahontas at James
town, and is a fellow engraving Of the one
lately presented by Virginians in Washington
to Governor Henry A. Wise, of Virginia.
Now a word or two, while upon the sub
ject, about engine houses. great many
worthy, but rather timId old ladies and gen.
tlemen have an idea that an engine house Is
terrible den, infested by a set of rOwdy, red
shifted despersdOes, who wear their hats with |
a one-sided inclination, smoke their cigars at |
an angle of forty-fve degrees, and are ready |
for anything ssnguinary upon the shortest |
notice. A visit to any of our Washington en- |
CINE houses Columbia for instance-will |
speedily dispel any such notion. On the first |
floor We find the /" machines" and apparatus |
all in '-apple-pie order" ready for instant
service. Passing up stairs we enter the IL
brary or reading roOm-a comfortable, we'll
warmed, well-lighted room, tastefully fitted
up with pictures, carpets, curtains, &c The
library contains upwards of q thousand vol
umes, a large proportion Of which are valua-
bic standard works, embracing history, poetry,
biography, and fine set Of the modern Brit
ish essayists The Columbia boys have also
formed the nucleus Of a valuable mineralogi-
cal collection. In different parts of the room
may be seen groups of intelligent-looking
young men, quietly engaged in reading, and
not showing the least symptom Of bloodthirsti-
ness, or disposition to liam" folks.
Above the library is a lecture room, in which
every season a course Of lectures is held, made
more interesting by acoompaniments Of vocal
and instrumental music. The lecture room is
occupied on the Sabbath by the Mission Sun
day School.
An APPEAL.-Friends Of humanity do get
out your ash boxes and sprinkle the sidewalks,
Since Saturday the walking has been getting
more and more uncomfortable until 1t is now
positively awful. The face Of nature is pretty
TO look at, butcOnfoundedly treacherous withal
Houses, fences, trees, and shrubs, are COM
pleteIy coated with crystal, and everything
brown, bare, and unsightly, has been, as if 5y
a magieian's wand, glOrifed into something
silvery, radiant, and beautiful Nevertheless
il is best to be amazing careful how you 90
poking about amidst all this gorgeousness
Creeping on " all fours' seems to be the fayo-
rite mode Of locomOtion to-day, though some
folks manage to 20 it, by drawing on stockings
outside the shoe. Pride has many fall, and
20 has mOdesty, too, for that matter, We fell
this morning but rose again promptly and
gracefully like stately ship-ahem!
All sorts Of folks-the just and the unjust
find themselves unexpectedly sitting on the
''cOld, cold ground ;" and such is the natural
depravity Of mankind, that individual Attic
tiOn promotes general good feeling. Every
body laughs but the sufferer, who can't for
the life Of him /" see the fun Of the thing
Occasionally a smOOth-shod cart-hOrse gets
disguised with the state Of things, and sitting
down deliberately upon his launches, strikes
for higher wages. 1t is great time for the
blacksmiths who are doing roaring business
in the horse shCeing and sharpening line.
Again we say--circulate the ashes, - mend
your ways, and walk uprightly.
The DRAMA The glorious old comedy Of
the School for Scandal will be produced to-
night AZ the National Theatre, " Washington
under the direction Of that interchangeable man
ager, Henry c. Jarrett, in a style hitherto
unapproached. The cast Of characters our
readers are familiar with, for those interested
in the affair have given all the particulars
through the medium Of the press. Those who
wish to see classical acting, and at the same
time the beauty and fashion, the great and
the gifted Of the Metropolis, should go to the
National tonight. Meanwhile, we give room
TO the following communication
Mr. Editor: Tell Plutes of the Organ, that,
as theatricals, like beauty, are mere matters
Of taste; and as / have as good right to my
taste as be has to his, if Miss Fanny Kemble
ever had any fame outside of tragedy it is
very strange that an cid and regular reader
aB inItLo, Of the Louisville Journal and the
New York Spirit of the Times should have
never heard it that in genteel comedy, espe-
eially such characters as Lady TeaZel, Miss
Letitia Hardy, Miss Lidia Languish, Widow
CHEEKY, Kate O'Brian, and Priscilla TOmboy,
L
frat principles Of histrionic art. Gracious
heavens the effort to merely initiate that
inimitable Incompatible, lisping pOut with
which Clara told Sir Peter that, as another
ground for a divorce, he had called a female
eausin Of hers ''cOOt, would give Fanny
and all Fanny's predecessors and successors
the tetanus. Tell Piutes also, that during the
era Of those two artistes this was not only my
opinion, but the opinion Of such polished gen
tlemen and scholars as Morgan Neville, Geo.
d. Prentice, and James Ii. Caldwell.
GwK
CRIMINAL CoURr.-On Saturday, after we
left. the following cases were tried, viz:
William EliasOn, alias Lawrence, c0lOred,
for larceny. found guilty, and sentenced to
one year and six months in the penitentiary.
Laskey for defence.
Lewis Bell, colored, for larceny, lin two
cases. was found guilty, and sentenced to
TOyears in the penitentiary. J. Ii Bradley,
IT,, for defence.
William Cropsey, for larceny, was found
guilty, and sentenced to six months in Jail.
MauTy for defence.
John Muger, for larceny, was found guilty
and sentenced to five months in Jail L. Tree,
jr., for defence.
Thomas Humphrey, colored. for larceny,
found guilty, and sentenced TO FIVE months in
Jail. Tree for defence.
To-day there were no trials; met fer grand
jGry
LITERARY FEsTIvAL.-The celebrated ssDel-
"a Kappa Epsilon" Society will hold it. an
nual meeting in this city on Wednesday even
ing, January 2. The literary exercises will
be held in Carusi's Saloon, at half past seven
o'clock, P m, when an address will be de-
Lyered by Beverly K. Wexford, Esq, Of
Richmond, Va, followed by poem, by John
X Thompson, Esq, editor of the Southern
Literary Messenger. After the termination
OF the literary exercises, the society will ad-
purn 10 Gautier's, where, after discussing a
supper, which is to be served up in the best
style Of that noted caterer, there will be a
feast Of reason and how of soul"
STRANGERS will see the ministers Of Foreign
foWers out tomorrow in full diplomatic cos
tune, and many of them in their state equip |
ages, with servants In livery. They will pay
Their respects 20 the President, at the White |