Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-12-10
EE ENING-STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIgENCE


ANOTHER PALACE STORE .-Ma.,, a.o II
y. hite & Co, have so re.modeIIed tho in.
y and exterior Of their place of business
.hatH VIII bear favorable comparison with
nose In the larger cities. Charles Z. w alter.
..sSrpenter, had charge of the exterior work.
'1e nne plste-glass coming from Plat a Sons
"a new York. The inside carpenters work
"n,cn Is highly ornamented, was designed
anu put up by Wilson E Brown. The paint.
sS.s vas oy deorge b Kirk, the papering by
SS%pnen T.. Franklin, the gas-fxtures by
CHARLES w. Botcler, and tho carneting was
furnished by Clagett Dodson. from soun.
ter and table frames Of tho 0dolphin nat.
tern, elegantly bronzed, were furnished by
robert Wood Of Philadelphia, Mr.. Kelly Of
MS city supplying them with marble tops
ne stove Is from the store Of James A. Skir-
flng, and everything is Of the latest style, ad-
FniIaoly fitted for its destined USE
A reference to our advertising columns
shows that Messrs. White Co., have sup
piled this elegant establishment with a COM
plete assortment Of everything usually found
IN gentlemen's furnishing stores, including
dress hats, robes, &c. Their prices are low,
and their public spirit in thus adding another
hrst-class store to those which already graced
the metropolis, merits liberal share of pat
-onage.
The New SrAR.-The Mayor has done a
very sensible thing indeed, in directing that
In future the police Of Washington shall wear
handsome silver star on the breast, by way
Of designating them to the public. 1t often
happens that, strangers particularly, submit to
outrages here as everywhere else, only be-
cause Of the impossibility of recognizing an
undesignated policeman, without too great loss
of tine or too mueh notoriety in making the
search for ono, The experienced reader will
perceive how much more easy IL will DO for a
stranger to obtain the services Of police
man, esIeeially at any public place where
those officers attend regularly, when so desig-
mated as that his Office may be known at a
glance by any one.
The star in question is Of silver, with FIVE
points, ard Is inches in diameter, clear OF
the points. Around the lin Of tho upper hal
circle is engraved the words "Ci-y Police u
and around that of the lower hall circle the
word Washington" Across the diamete,
are the words ''lst," I'D" ed" or cath, u
DC, "district"-as the case may be.
FURNISHING STORE Those Ct oar friends
who are housekeeping, or who wish any hard
ware, will do we'll to cali at the establishment
of Mr.. George Francis, 400 Seventh street
His largo snd well-selected stock comprise,
every variety Of silver-plated Britannia anG
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zors, scissors, combs, brushes. mirrors anC
other toilet articles, with satchels, portmon.
naies, &C., &c. Among the many novel house
keeping articles are gas heaters and gas stoves
with many convenient utensils for preparins
the good cheer" of the coming holidays /
we have heretofore unintentionally omitted {,
call attention to the advertisement of Mr.
Francis, many Of our readers have seen il, anC
hcsts of customers say that he sells the yer.
he's I'll M az Al IL,
THE UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL SoCIET,
viii hold its annual session in this city on the
18th Of January rext, instead Of February
the constitution having been changed. Anew
impetus has been given to this society by the
triumphant success Of its recent exhibition a
Boston. The expenses there were nearly
$4,000; the premiums paid amounted t.
$4,000; yet the receipts were sufficient Il
cover everything and leave a balance in the
treasury. We learn that Hon. NJ P. Wilder
the president of the society, is making ar.
rangements TO have lectures and debates on
important agricultural subjects during the ses.
sion Of the society here.
ASSAULT AND BATTERY.-Saturday night q
case was tried at the guard-house before CAP.
tain Birch which attracted q number Of lis.
teners. Mr.. John Peake was arrested fol
striking youth named John Rush, with a
hickory stick, inficting q severe wound on his
head. Mr.. Peake did not deny the charge,
but gave as his reason for striking the young
man his belief that he had given him dose
of Croton oil. He had no evidence TO show
that the young man administered to him q
dose of that sort.
Mr.. Peake is an old man and afflicted. Mr..
Rush is quite young, a minor. The Captain
held Mr. Peake to bail in the sum Of $3.50
for his appearance at the Criminal Court.
A VALUABLE DOCUMENT 1t is more than
probable that Congress had duplicate COM
missions executed for General w ashington as
commanderin-chiefo Of the American armies
There is one in this city, and another, pro-
nounced by Jared Sparks to be genuine, was
found accidentally at Richmond by some
workmen engaged at the capitol building
1t was purchased by the late Amos Lawrence,
IF Boston, whose heirs have recently present
ed ID to g. W. Childs, of the firm of Childs b
Peterson, Philadelphia
JOHN BATEKAS, man sixty years of age
applied at the guard house on the 9th instant
for lodging. He stated to the captain of the
guard that he had been engaged in the Cana
dian rebellion; had been taken, tried, and
sentenced to pass the remainder Of his life in
az NACA4dA Aohus llc ne mas not
been at his home for seventeen years and six
months. He had no money, and one of the
guards furnished him with something TO eat.
The FAsHIoSs.-Tbe bright sunshine this
morning brought out fair levy of brilliantly
dressed ladies, some Of them evidently wear
ing hoops; which, after ali, are not moro vol.
luminous than the lounced crinoIines. We
are glad 20 see that the bonnets come more
forward than did the appendages" of last
year, and that bright flowers lend additional
piquancy TO the bright eyes about which thew
are clustered.
SALE OF ESGRAyIsGs.-The connoisseurs of
engravings speak in high terms of large col
lection on exhibition at the auction rooms of
Dir. Gren, corner of Seventh and d. streets. IL
will be seen by reference to our advertising
columns that they arc Of different varieties,
and represent the master pieces of modern
art. Tomorrow afternoon they are to be sold
under the hammer, and those who wish to en-
Joy their beauties should lose no time in Wis.,
Ting the collection.
a Cold BArH.-A young man, who had been
little too freely on Saturday, fell
int the canal, and rescued himself by taking
a long swim. After getting out upon the
street he was taken by some gentlemen to the