Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-06-19

POOR SPORT -One OF those amusements a
dog Sight, 90 common where good morals do
not abound, took place yesterday, short dis.
lance below the Anacostia. What was IA.
amount Of money staked on the fight. or who
the animals belonged to, We have not learned.
1t Is great pity those demoralizing affairs
cannot be ended. In all such exhibitions. in
temperance and profanity are the principal
feaiures
MARBLE MANTLRs.-Thoss In want of th ess
articles will find capital supply indeed in
the shop of Maxwell & Son, at the old Star
otics, on ID street, just south of Pennsylvania
avenue, near the cornsr Of Twelfth street.
Being about to move, they are for sale at
| very low prices. Such another opportunity
70 obtain them at very low rates may never
again occur in this city.
| TH8 WEATHER, for the season, Is truly ex-
traordinsry. Instead Of summer clothing,
winter garments are necessary. The recent
rain has cooled the atmosphere, and laid the
dust-the latter an event especially gratifying
to those who are not yet prepared to consume
their allotted peck Of dirt.
CRIMINAL Court To day, P. Jordan was
| tiled and found guilty of an assault on the
barkeeper Of the United States Hotel, COM
mitted In March last
COMMUNICATED.
A CANDID CONFESSION Is Coop FOR THE
SoUL.-Dear Mr.. Editor: As you seem to have
| acted as Father Confessor of all those true
psnitents who have generously resolved to
| expiste the sin of Know Nothingism by tears
and mourning, wish to avail myself OF the
| sbsolv1ng power with which you are invested
| acknowledge my fault and disclose the reasons
OF my conversion Many object to the Know
Nothing Order, because of it's proscriptivs
character; but object to it, and have separ
ated from It, because it is not prOscriptive
enough My case, perhaps, differs a little
from any that has yet come under your knozl.
edge. You will remember, Mr.. Editor, hat
st the first election in our city, in which this
Order was triumphant, the policy of the cor
pOrate authorities, as announced by leaders
OF the party, was to have mono but Native
Americans in their employ, and to rid the
Metropolis Of foreign influence. Being a ma
i've myself, this announcement was received
| by me with JOY, as thought Of the delightful
change that was about to take place. Do this,
gentlemen, said to mysslf-rid us of foreign
influence, snd yeu consummate the attractions
| which our city holds out q residence Crime
Will be unheard Of, and the auxiliary guard
ana ollce JWncti o6Fcfo. The very trees on
| our Avenue will grow more luxuriantly-there
Will DO no such thing as dust-property will
! advance-the Corporation debt will be paid
| M: keting will be cheap and money plenty
| perfect millennium, But, alas have wait
cd in vain 10 see he promise fulfilled To be-
sure our friends have done something They
have decided to remove Roche and Mccormick
as tax on the community-they have taken
possession ofths Washington Monument-they
have poisoned ono dog, land some horses
| Ed.) because, besides being suspected of
having Scotch terrier blood in his veins, he
was undoubtedly nothing more than Popish
spy. But all this is very little. When / look
around me and see our public works monopo-
| liked by foreigners-our streets opened and
graded, and our buildings erected and deco
| rated by tie same, / find that eur city author
tiles have done nothing towards redeeming the
pledges which they gave upon their election.
| Why, Mr.. Editor, / thought that the glory and
! the profit, too, OF these works were henceforth
| to belong exclusively to Americans How ia
II that native shoveis and pickaxss are not en-
gagged in grading our streets How is il that
native chisels are not employed to prepare the
stone for our edifces? / expected our Know
Nothing authorities to do this, but they have
failed. They have failed to relieve our city of
foreign intIsnoe, and the consequence is that
property has not risen, nor has the corpora-
ton debt been paid. But 1 am told that
grading streets and erecting public buildings
are not important Offices Are thew not
! though! Who knows that these foreigners
under some vile command Of the Pope, have
not laid mines and pitfalls in our public
streets, or placed springs or Internal machines
In our public buildings, with which they in
tend one day to destroy the lives of the native
American citizens Of Washington. l have
, waited in vain to see these Dutchmen and
lrishmen turned out, and Americans appointed
/. In their stead. / nm disgusted with the bad
faith of the Know Nothing party; have left
IL, and trust the priestly power with which
/; you seem clothe 4, as II were by the accIams-
ton Of the community, will bid me $50 in
peace and sin no more !" REPENTANCE.
! JCSE II, 1855.
W-TcHi RETURSs.-There was but a single
ledger in last night. W. III. Kyle, disorderly;