Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-08-30
EVENING STAR.
local TNTELLIGENgE.
OUR WEEKLY.

II Arthur. There Is also In this number
the usual quantity and variety of W ashingtor
news and gossip, local, personal, political, and
general news, poetry, fun, sentiment, etc., etc
Price, 81 Is per year single numbers cents
TIVE METROPOLITAN STEAM FIGURING MILL
Our readers will have noticed the improved
anuesrance latterly Of the open ground to the
vest of Twelfth street in the neighborhood oil
ohio avenue, heretofore covered with puddlel
Of green water, and sacred to geese, and guano
but now, as if by magician's wand, convert
ed into business quarter, all alive with the
movements of workmen, the buzz Of ma
chinery, and the procession Of vehicles CON
yeying wheat and corn, -four and meal, Il
ard from the extensive Touring establishment
of Messrs Coltman and Duncanson, which ha.
lust gone into operation ut that point.
The main building Of this establishment
looms up, prominent feature of the neighbor-
hood. It is of brick. four stories high, forty
two feet wide, and forty seven deep. Attached
to it is a two-story brick building, the upper
part Of which is occupied by water-tanks end
a shop for repairs, and the lower part as the
epgine-room
Entering the latter, we find a superb high
pressure engine from the mandatory of Ellis
4 Brother of sixty five or seventy horse power,
with q cylinder Of sixteen inch diameter and
three feet stroke and passing along We come
upon the primary motive power in the shape
of three immense boilers forty feet in length,
and three feet in diameter. Stopping to con.
verse a moment with the Sweating athletic FIRE
man, as be busies himself feeding huge lamps
Of Cumberland coal to the ravenous furnaces,
be tells US that the consumption Of coal is now
about four tons per day, but will be less as
the mac hinery gets in easy running trim
Returning to the main building where men
are pouring corn into q large Fairbanks scale
"feeder," and taking pinch, from the belts,
Of the sweet-smelling corn meal between our
fingers to test its quality, we coup some stairs
towhere six run of -stones-four for wheat
and two for corn-are in operation, under the
experienced superintendent Of the miller
Mr. j Smith, late Of the Alexandria and
Georgetown mills
Mr. Smith, who is a wholesome, ruddy look
ing personags-just our beam ideal of q mil
ler-takes us over the building, up stairs and
down stairs, and into all manner of odd cor
ners, and amongst all sorts of gearings, belts,
and curious looking machinery, to show us the
various ingenious appliances and improve
ments for cleaning and grinding wheat and
corn,
The mill, VIC arc told, has capabilities for
turning OFT some two hundred barrels OF -four
per day, and it is intended to furnish q very
superior article, indeed. Our idea is, after
examining the premises and the samples turn
ed out that the expectations Of tho cnterpri
sing proprietors Will be fully realized, and
that the -four and meal bearing the Metropol-
itan Mills brand will be esteemed as irdispen-
sibles by our merchants, shop keepers, AMI
citizens.
EXCURSION TO THE GREAT FALLS The
Highlanders have hit the nail on the head in
going up.river instead of down. In view OF
the many attractions Of river and mountain
scenery in the Great Falls neighborhooi, our
wonder is that excursionists do not oftener
seek for good times in that direction. We do
not believe there is on the American continent
finer scenery than is to be met on the Potomac
above Georgetown, where the noble river
skirts the abrupt precipices Of the Virginia
shore. All the way up to the Great Falls, in
deed, the spectator is presented with n sue
cession Of most enchanting views Arrived a.
that point. if there is anything in nature
which can exceed the Falls in grandeur, it is
the sublime white perch caught fresh from the
water, snd cooked on the spot Then there
are romantic walks for the young lovers and
poetic folks; and as for matter Of fact peo-
pie, Why they can crafty themselves by CON
templating the most extensive water power
niagara excepted) in all creation Some
times young folks are not averse to dancing
on these excursions, and to provide for just
such a contingency, Esputa's Band has been
occurred. The very thought Of such an excur-
sion makes US young again
The AUTUMN SESSION OF THE WASHINGTON
ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS That momentum!
time, in anticipation Of which 20 many little
hearts are beating high with hope and ambi
tiOn, the Fall term" is now rapidly .ap
preaching, and all good boys and girls art
doubtless hunting up their grammars, alge
bras, euclids, dictionaries, and all tho otheI
requisite books, ard are posting themselye
up in advance for the coming tasks In ou
columns to-day will be found a large number
of advertisements Of schools and their time o.
opening The city of Washington present.
many advantages for the training Of youth
The schools are Of a high character; the city
is undoubtedly the healthiest, all things con
sidered, in the Union-indeed its singular ex
emption for years from prevailing epidemics
North and South is notorious; it is a quie
rural city, with nothing of the uproar, dissi
patton and feverish excitement Of a CONNER
cial city. The many valuable libraries anC
scientific collections to be found here, tn,
Smithsonian Institute lectures, the genial anC
refined society Of the place, and variety o
desirs abilities contribute to make this city
superior educational point. We recommend
TO our readers the schools advertised In TO
days paper as presenting equal if not supe
rior advantages to any similar schools in tn,
country.
CRIMINAL CCURr-TnE TRIAL OF SULLIVAN
Mr.. Key was followed yesterday by Mr. Mar
tin for defense, and TO day Mr.. Morgan CLOSED
FOR defense The District Attorney being to;
unvell to make a closing address, the case wa
given to the jury about noon to-day upon th,
conclusion of Mr.. Morsah's plea The jury
after q few minutes absence, returned verde
of not guilty"
Much feeling was manifested in the cour
room upon the rendition Of the verdict, and tn
I interview between Sullivan and his wife wa
d affecting in the extreme
"a On Monday, the case Of Eggleston, charged
= with the murder of Kohrman will be taken up
GAVIN AND SMALL Last night officer Dough
pCerty of the Fifth District police returned from
2fhiiadelphia, having in his custody Jane
,'Gavin and John Small who are charged will
the robbery Of Mrs. Mills's boarding house il
the Fifth Ward. The prisoners were srough
10 this city in irons, and safely lodged in tn,
county Jail The police were so exact in thei
description Ofths party, lat they were recog
niZed Immediately On their arrival at the de
pot in Philadadelphia by officer Taggart, whC