Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-10-09
EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Our doom ANUsENENrs.-Althoug the ar
ticle on this subject, which recently appeared
in the New York Times, was designed for that
locality, II contains much wholesome advice
applicable 70 this vicinity, where our fellow
citizens are as Indifferent to manly exercises
as the sons Of Gotham. The day was when
numerous boat clubs sported on the Potomac,
and when cricket matches were of occasional
occurrence; but the ten pin alley now affords
the more popular means Of exercising the
body, whether with q generally healthf1l re-
suit, We are not prepared TO say.
The Times remarks: There Is no natural
reason on earth why Americans should not be
as muscular as Englishmen. Anatomists have
proved to Us that the skeleton is full as large,
and all We want is that vigorous attention to
health which it at present seems our pride to
neglect. We have good many gymnasiums
IN this country, but the majority of the pa
irons are Germans and Englishmen. And we
have no society equivalent to that excellent
institution the Turnverein, which Austrian
governments view with such alarm.
Eve have had our attention directed to
this subject by the late cricket match at Ho-
bsken, between the eleven of the United
States, and the eleven of Canada. On inquiry
We fnd that in the so-called eleven OF the
United States there was not single American
playing.
"This tells the whole story We have no
taste, or at least have exhibited no taste, for
those athletic exercises which make life fruit
full and enjoyable. We fight we'll, but our
power even in physical contest is more intel
lectual than the result Of physical strength
Could We combine the two how much might
We not be able to compass.
The life of q young man In New York
differs terribly from the life Of q youth SINH.
larry situated in London. The cocknsy-if
you will call him so-belongs to q cricket
= m haa nh IL
in small yacht, and after hours of business
bats or bowls, or pulls at oars or ropes rs if
his life depended on 1t. The young men of
England do not seem to know what to do with
their superfuity of animal life. Gloves and
tolls, and single sticks compose the furniture
of their rooms, and, although they dissipats
perhaps as much as we, they know how to
work the poison off. One sees them walking
along the streets big chested, fresh colored,
with that loose move Of the limbs and erect
carriage, which, to all eyes, is pleasant to
look on.
New York youth knows not these enjoy
ments Down town early and close at figures
or sales Delmonico's at noon with brandy
cocktails, work again until or 5, and then to
dinner. And after dinner what? Steaming
billiard saloons, where the green board is an
unvholesome picture Of the open ields-drug-
ged brandy swallowed by the pint, which
tramps and riots upon q stomach too feeble to
resist-until late at night, with flushed cheeks
and wandering eyes, the worn out youth ram
bles-let US hope to his home.
We have the Anglo-Saxon frame perpet-
usted in us: There is nothing to prevent our
going ahead Of our ancestors in this as in many
other things, save our enervating habits. We
boast that We have bigger trees, bigger rivers,
and bigger country than the English. Let
rs add to the list bigger body muscle"
WASHINGTON VICTIM Among the victims
at the Baltimore riots, yesterday, was citi-
sen Of Washington, young man named Ma.
than III. Throop, son of j. " N Throop the
engrsver. He fell at the corner of st. Paul
and Monument streets, and was carried to the
house Of Police Officer Morgan, I85 Ross
street, where q medical examination being
made, ball was discovered to have entered
his left temple and passed through the brain
TO the opposite side. Another ball lodged in
the right shoulder, and the arm was severely
cut, as if by knife. The Baltimore Sun of
to-day speaks Of him as of having been last
night pronounced in a hopeless condition, with
the brains oozing from the wound in his head;
but on inquiry at the house Of his parents we
learn that he is alive to-day, and able to con-
verse.
BOARD OF ALDERNEy-AdJourRsd Meeting
The Board met, and was called to order by
the President, at o'clock last evening and
resumed the consideration Of the bill entitled
" An act prescribing the duties and salaries of
the Surveyor and Assistant Surveyor, and for
other purposes, which occupied the attention
Of the Board the entire evening, and was
passed with several amendments when the
Board adjourned.
The salary Of the Surveyor is fixed at s, 500
per annum, and the Assistant at $780, An
additional amount Of labor is required, both
IN the ONCE and outdoors. 1t also fixes the
outdoor nd
heavier bond than under the old law.
DIsTURBANCE.--Last night, a boy was
arrested for stealing a handkerchief in the
crowd near the telegraph Office. Some Der
sons present EXPIRE ssed their sympathy for
the prisoner by riotous demonstrations, and
on the way to the guard house, two persons,
who were very ofhciOus, were arrested for in
citing TO riot. They were put in the cells and
retained until Captain Mills obtained the ser.
vices Of Justice MOrsell, who released them
on security for further hearing, The boy
was caught with his hands in a gentleman's
pocket; but the gentleman not wishing to
prosecute the boy, he was released.
SrRAsGER.-The proprietor of the Ell Do
RADIO house has exhibited to Us bird which
he purchased in the Centre market No one
appeared to know the bird and he took it to
the Patent Office, where he was informed that
IL was Cormorant, bird seldom met with in
these parts 1t is the intention of the owner
To have it stuffed for preservation. Unfortu-
nately the long feathers Of the tail have been
clipped, and this Injuries the appearance of
the specimen.
CASE DIsnssED.-Yesterday afternoon a
case was tried before Justice Morsell, in which
W. Marshall was plaintiff and Horatio Mary.
man and others defendants. 1t was hard to
determine if il were an assault case, assault
and battery, kidnapping, perjury or defama
ton OF character. The justice very patiently
listened to all that was said, and dismissed
the parties. The difficulty grew out of the
hiring and reclaiuing Of q servant girl.
IHs FIRE RIorERs.-Yesterday, police off.
GERS Reynolds, Deggs and May, succeeded in