Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-27
EVENING STAR.


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, ny, oy Mr.. Miller, Alderman of the Second
providing for the establishment Of a
boatd OF Health, the appointment of a Com.
n'iSsioher OF Health at q salary of 81 500 ner
annum, defining his duties, and for the abate.
ment and removal Of nuisances
oiii with some OF the features of this was
introduced by the same gentleman some weeks
ago, but was voted down without examining
is merits. eA'iiiniNs
Inis present bill is designed as a substitute
.or sne present impracticable and imperfect
expensive system, and if passed, and its nro
VISIONS enforced, will more effectually produce
"a. .ne enect OF abatlng and preventing nuisances
man any system yet devised, and there is no
eouo. IL VIII prove saving to our Corpora
.:on Oh much money. 1t has been long a de-
SSIuera'un With Us to have one person to en-
.oree our health regulations-a person paid
I. I. DO this, and with power to act. However ac-
tive and DESTROYS the present Board of Health
may DC to clean the city, and remove sources
OF disease, and protect the property Of our
citizens, they have failed for the want of proper
practical tar, and fall power to enforce their
regulations under the act. The result of ex-
Perience and mature deliberation, az far as
human Judgment can forseee, the difficulties
existing IN the present system are obviated
Vn a former occasion it was alleged as an OBJ
lection to this bill, that it created Few Office
with salary. This is only in part true; the
efheer under another name existed, it Is here
only proposed to give him q compensation to
enable MIN to devote all his time to the subject.
IL was impossible for the unpaid health Of
heer to do justice to his position and attend to
another calling This, or some similar en-
actment, is absolutely rec uired-dcmanded by
our citizens. The sad effects, during the past
summer. cannot but reduce evidence of the
consequences of filthy streets, alleys, cutters.
DC, and even if the cost be greater than that
III n mr. ar,tr ,,nffo "a
ment why this or a similar enactment should
not be passed. Health is blessing above
price to establish it, no one should estimate
tne value III money. To render city clean,
or Keep city healthy and salubrious, is to
make 1t attractive, and insures it prosperity
But once let it be declared sickly, away goes
It's growth and prosperity; even the most ex-
traVagant commercial advantages can hardly
overcome this, and what might be the effect
OF neglect of proper sanitory Law and regu!a-
uons IN Washington, where there are no such
attractions. 1t now 1ourishes because il is
considered healthy, and because it is the seat
OF the National Government. Let her lose
her good name for health, and put an argu-
Inent In the mouths of those who only want
4 pretext TO remove the seat of Government
and where will cur beautiful and fourishine
city be? Let our city fathers consider well
what they are about Let them bear in mind
that prevention Is better than cure-that lie lis
iation mag come too late.
InE VARIErIBs.-A large and fashionable,
audience assembled at this beautiful and pom
ular resort last night, to greet the advent of
the famed John Drew, and the spontaneous
and earnest applause which prevailed evil
deneed the urbouEded enjoyment which his
brilliant efforts afforded. The programme
was happily selected for tie display Of his
versatility, and the case and polished grace
which marked his PRESERVATION Of the dashing,
gallant-hea Captain Muir ply Mcguire was
IN artistic contrast with his faithful conception
CT the friendless and poverty stricken emf
grant, and powerfully attested the histrionic
genius, and protean-like powers of the gifted
cemedlan. There is n Righteousness OF ex-
preston, an unconscious earnestness in his
deilneations, which arc at once fresh and
attractive, possessing, in an eminent degree,
the rare faculty Of in one breath exciting the
Joyous propensities Of his auditory by the dis
play OF unctuouS humor seldom exeelled or
moving, by the power Of his sympathetic pa
thos, their hearts to the prOfcundest commits
seration OF his simulated sufferings. He is
destined 20 become very popular during his
brief stay even Of but four days. From the
star Company" generally he received most
acnirabIe support. To night, Mr.. Drew ap-
pears In two Of his most famed assumptions
The knight Of Arva, and as the immortal Mr.
Toodles-which latter character he has per-
formed with marked success over two hundred
nights.
he PYNE AND HARRISON OPERA TROUPE -
The only opportunity Of listening to the de-
llghital vocal performances Of this company
Will De Afforded Tomorrow afternoon, owing
to other engagements elsewhere. The enter
prising manager Of the Varieties, Mr. Ford
presents splendid programme, which to-day
appears IN our advertising columns. A Balti- |
more contemporary, in speaking of Mr. Harri- |
son, says:
"This gentleman has firmly established him |
self IN the admiring opinions Of our musical |
amateurs, by whom, in purity CT intonation, |
ease and warmth Of expression, he is gener- |
ally regarded as greatly superior to any tenor |
singer, not excepting Templeton or Wood, that |
has appeared before our public. OF the sur |
passing merits Of Miss Louisa Pyne, bu: one |
opinion prevails among all who have listened |
to her sweet carolings: She stands the ac-
queen of English song, not ex- |
celled in the roundness or elasticity of her |
voice, or its enhancing sweetness, by any vo-
calist, save the Swedish Nightingale, known |
to the musical world"
Performances similar to those in Baltimore,
where the greatest enthusiasm in behalf of |
the distinguished vocalists prevails, will take |
place at tie Varieties.
Seats may be secured this evening, for TO- |
lishment.
MANS ISHUNAsITY.-Ac communication IN. |
der this head appeared in the Star on Satur-
day, wherein it was represented that two Of
fcers of the law inhumanly dragged a female |
through the streets in execution Of their duty.
We are informed that the person in the Gus
tody Of the officers that occasion had es-
sayed violent assault with an axe on the
officers in the discharge Of their duty; and
could only be prevented from succeeding in
it, by summarily taking her before Justice Of |
the peace, which had to be done by main
force, as she resisted violently, half denuding
herself In her efforts TO break from them. The |
reader, from these facts, may judge what sort
Of a customer the officers had in charge Her
object in getting her out of his pre-
misses Is said TO have been 20 abate a nuisance,
her " establishment" being decidedly one
IN sny respectable neighborhOod.
A STORM Or WORDs.-This morning quar-
rel ensued in the Centre Market; m Ill nav
Ing taken possession Of a vegetable stand |
Claimed Inv "A uuman WIN WAS INDIGNANT