Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-01-13
A SEA WAsor.-"Idem, " of the Baltimore


"Mr. Fulton, Of Princeton, N j. nbanams
Is ominous OF mighty results) day fled in
the Patent OMoe caveat for a new and tre.
mendous application of steam power. He calls
1t the Sea Wagon -" His model r. a stean,.
ship, propelled on rollers or wheels that are to
60 ouer the water instead of under 1.-THE
wheels are four hollow cylinders, of boiled
iron, alright, and forty feet in diameter.
Inese are to DO ngthened by means of com.
pressed ar, forced into them by an airpump,
attached to the main engine. The inventor
claims that at about forty four revolutions per
minute his machine would be propelled mile,
and being rather slow for steam propelled
cylinders, the results he predicts would shame
the fabulous John. and brighten old Neptune,
making him skulk away to his deepest caves !!
He has on hand working model of this ma
chine, eight feet in length, with six inch cyIin
ders, driven by small engine, that for dimi.
nutlve pattern is one of the swifest. It was
tried on the canal the other day. and but for
some intervening trees, would have parted
company with Its proprietors forever. 1t pays
no respec, to sand bars or shadows, going over
either with equal facility The greatest doubt
ABOUT its Practlcability arises from the fact
!nat extreme velocity might break everything
into "eternal smash! ,
busaLARIEs.-Ths District has been trou.
oled for weeks past by incendisrie.. bnroiars
and pickpockets. Houses have been f;red
stores robbed, and pockets picked. A few
nights since. Mr. w. II Birch's house was an
tered and over $3.50 in money stolen from him
no clue to the robber. Last night MIR J r
walkers wood office was entered, and an At.
tempt made to open his iron chest, and his too,
cnest was opened and robbed Last night the
store OF Mr. Neal, On 7th street was entered
a
cigars, DC, took place, and after all this
havoc, the villains attempted to burn the store
oy hfing 1t In two places. The store pre-
ssnted singular appearance this morning
Wnen opened by the proprietors. Tic aoor
was covered with stumps of cigars, the cham
payne baskets out of place, and the bottled
brandy gone. No clue to the robbers has bsen
obtained as yet.
q Interesting exercises will OCCUR to-mo..
row IN the Thirteenth Street Baptist church.
Rev. Mr. Westcott Of New Jersey, will preach
IN the morning at eleven O'Clock, and at seven
In the evening the pastor will deliver a dis
course on the death of Mr. John D. Brown,
after which he will administer baptism to such
candidates as may have been received for that
ordinance, and give "the right hand of fel
!owsbip" to number of candidates recently
received into the church An early atten.
dance only will insure scat
FLEETS SoIREE BAxD.-This band which
gives such excellent music at Willard hops
on Wednesday and Saturday evenings, IN &C Is
with universal commendation. We never
heard band whose cotillon music was better
On Thursday evening last, at the reception
given by Clement Hill, Esq, Fleets music
met with universal praise. The band being
engaged at Willards' on Wednesday and Sat,
urday evenings for the season, can ONLY give
their services on other evenings.
CRIMINAL COURT.-Yesteruay az, after wa left.
the jury in the case of Samuel James went I'M
aad remained all night. To-day, Solomon
Hubbard, charged with larceny to the amount
OF S2OO was found not guilty. Radcliffe for
defense.
Negro VIM. II. Martin, for keeping a diser
DERBY house, was acquitted. Radcliffe for de.
fence.
When We left, the trial of Solomon Hub.
bard, for rape on Matilda Beck, was progress.
ing
TRUE BEEEvoLENCE.-The medical faculty.
OF Georgetown College will open public dis
pensary at tb cir medical department on the
eorne: Of Twelfth and streets, every Monday.
Wednesday, and Friday afternoon, at 3 o'eioek.
where advice will be given and medicine fur.
nished gratuitously to the poor Of our CITY.
during these hard times, any attention that
can be given to the poor, is true bensyolence.
'"HARD" STUDENTS. There il n nuubsr of
gentlemen in Washington who would bother
the police very much, if the latter should un-
dertaks to find their visible means j, Thew
study hard, but the only books they read arc
the registers at the hotels They stand for
hours about the clerks offices, examining the
register every FIVE minutes to the inconye
nience of clerks, boaTdars and others whose
business calls them to the books.
ASSAULT AND BATTERY This morning
Capt = q. harrington appeared before Jus.
tice Goddard to answer the charge of assault
and battery on Mr. Jos. Wimsatt, ESQ. The
Captain made no defence, and was held to hail
for Court. As to the origin of the affair we
Know Nothing
SPIRIT WITNESS Yesterday, an officer
of the Second district police brought M n nor
son for trial, charged With the violation of the
license law. As the witnesses were abou. to
be sworn the ofhcer hold up bottle of whisky,
and as soon As the accused saw it he .cayed
in, plead guilty, paid hi. fue, and went away
very we'll satisfied with the result
BIBLE AND TRACT SoCIErY-The B,b:e and
Tract Society of the Fifth PRESBYTERIAN church
Of this city will hold its first anniversary on
Monday evening, the 18th inst. Hon. G W.
Upham, of Mass, and Hon. N G. Taylor, of
Tenn, will address the meeting
PIcKPocKETs Ia MARKETS ibis morning
a lady passing through the Centre Market, to
lay in he supplies, had her pocket picked of
800 This is rather severe as hard 80 marke.
money is to DO obtained at this time.
WATCH RETURNs.-G w. Simpson colored,
drunk in the street. This was the only case
tb is morning.
eE9EaET0WR CORRESPONDENCE.
Fatal Case Of Shooting, Inqusst, 6c.-P,o-