Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-11

between ID street and Louisiana Avenues and
In tae alley running between Seventh and
Eighth streets on that block. Our correspond
ent oerstes the police officers for failing to re-
move these nuisances, more or less of them
eongregating around the Magistrate's office in
the location above described. This involves q
mistake; as the business Of the police is to ar
rest persons who place such disgusting filth
IN the street-not TO remove it; which is the
work of the Ward Commissioners. We are
satisfied, however, that the number of labor
ers and teams accorded TO the commissioners
oy the council for this purpose, is wholly insult.
fcient at this season. The money of the tar.
payers could not be more satisfactorily ex.
pended, so far as the latter are concerned,
just now, than in appropriating sufficient to
admit OF the immediate cleansing of eyery
dirty street and alley in Washington-eyery
one of them. We receive daily an average OF
twenty such complaints as we notice above, and
have TO beseech the councils to apply the rem
edy, which is in their hands only.
The SUrFERERs.-The hands EMPLOYED in
the coach factory of Mr.. Andrew Joyce, have
SEN to the Second Ward collecting committee
OF the Merchants Exchange, to be equally
divided between Norfolk and Portsmouth,
twenty-one dollars, contributed as follows, viz
Andrew j. Joyce, SIS; +. A. Jackson one
days work, 50; Thos. Myers, do, ST .66s;
CHRISTIAN Umhau, do, 81 66i; Chas. jenkins,
50c John Wells one days work, 81 so; Daniei
Tucker, 81; Fred Reddfnger, one DAYS work,
81; Chas. Lannan, So; Taos Riley, 81; Geo
Miller, one days work, SOC; Albert, do, soc;
John Miller, soc; L. Worthing, one days work,
S1.66s; Timothy Cation, one days work, ST..
MILIrARY.--The National Guard proceeded
to the farm of Col. Hickey, this morning, where
they propose encamping for several days
Tho prosiIapt'S IL
the city this afternoon, where they will be re-
ceived by an escort Of four Mounted Compa-
mics Of that city
RECHABITEs--The High Tent of the indie
pendent Order of Rechabites of North Ameri-
ca, met in the city of New York to-day. 1t is
the supreme head OK an effective and flourish
ing temperance organization. Mr.. John Mills,
of this city, is its presiding officer, and DIR.
VIM E. Magruder and Mr.. VIM. r. Mclean,
of the Star office are the delegates from tie
District Tent Of the District of Columbia
REFIrTING,-0ur enterprising fellow citizen
John Miller, in carrying out his plans for the
renovation of his famous confectionery estab-
lishment, will make it hardly second to any
similar store at the North. Miller has earned
a very high reputation in his line, by long
years of labor in his business. His terms were
always moderate, and his efforts to please un-
ceasing.
VISITING MILIrARY.-Four companies from
Baltimore, under Lieut.. Col Egerton, will ar
rive in this city tomorrow morning. We have
been requested to ask the assembling of the
field and staff officers, snd such companies as
can parade, at the City Hall, tomorrow morn
ing, at 10 O'Clock precisely, to form an escort.
The YELLOW FEVER SUPFERERs.-About
$40 had hppn received hu ha troo
Ingle) Of the committees appointed in pursu.
ance of the action Of the public meeting on
Saturday afternoon, up to IL clock to-day.
This afternoon, all the contributions (botb
| clothing and money! will be forwarded to Nor
folk and Portsmouth.
Mr.. A. j. FALLS, Agent of Adams Express
Company in this city, will, we learn, daily
forward to Baltimore, and thence to Norfolk
and Portsmouth gratis, any articles left at
their depot, on Pennsylvania Avenue, prior
to O'Clock, p. IN
The CHILDREN CONTRIBUTE Another little
| boy has left twenty-five cents at the Star Or
,e, for the relief of the yellow fever sufferers
| The pupils of Primary School No. 2, 81 dis
trict Miss l.. FL. Randolph teacher,) contri-
| buted So 80 for the little children in Norfolk
and Portsmouth who have been made orphans
| BY the plague.
THE Music at the Capitol will be dispensed
| with to morrow evening, as the band will &C.
| company the military to Baltimore and other
places on the day, celebr rated as the anniyer-
sary of the battle of North Point
lcoANUNIcATED.
A YOUSG BACHELOR DEFENDS THE LADIES.
" Whatever hypocrites austerely talk
or purity and place and innocence,
Defaming as impure what God declares pure"
Milton.
The comments, Mr. Editor, of ssOId Bache
lor, In your paper of the Sth., upon the sub.
Jeot of ladies' skirts, recall to my mind per-
tinent Renaissance.
When Mr.. Kellogg some years since, was
first exhibiting Powers exquisite work the
Greek Slave, accompanied a fair and pure.
hearted creature to see this thing of beauty
We stood spell bound and silent, gazing upon
| the modest beauties, the chaste voluptuOus-
ness OF the seemingly animated marble as it
slowly revOlved upon its pedestal. Many
brave men and fair women were there, high
toned and refined, and all were silent-all
thoughts were chaste, for "to the pure all
things are pure, much more the pure itself.
Presently the stiffness was broken, and nv at
tention attracted by the fashy, silken, fussy
Important entry Of two coarse-featured, thoug ID
not unhsndsome women, accompanied each
by fasby beau.) who swooped down the
aisle towards where stood the statue. Deeply
concerned in looking around to see who OBJ
served their jewelry, and who admired them
selves, they did not see the statue until brought
70 by the railing around it, and in front Of
Mademoiselle Sara and myself. No sooner,
however, had they beheld it, than they hid
their faces behind gaudy fans, their pimply
toreheads flushing with the glow Of outraged
modesty; while, with virtuOus indignation.
the elder said, Come, Liza, had mt we better
leave 90 Indeed had we" So of they
founced, highly incensed. Mile Sara, the
pure, the intellectual and refined, looked into
my face so honestly, as, with delicate finger
upheld, she said: ''Honi Sot gyoi NAL y pense ,
People see green through green spectacles -
That was all.
Now, is not your correspondent, who cannot
see lovely woman lift her skirts upon the
street crossings, without stamping the act as
shameless immodesty, - in the same category
with my frouzy prudes? Or, to be less serious
and more racy in style, as L am in thought, is
he not -; but never mind (; this article is
too long already. So, with with a hope that,
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