Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-09-25
EV ENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

RETURN TO WINTER QuARrERs-There ara
certain beings who endeavor to act the part Of
true philosophers BY making /" q virtue Of a
necessity" Too poor to keep house, and not
sufficiently well of in cash to quarter at q
regular boarding house-and not possessing
such respectability of appearance as would
command an invitation to dinner they live
by their wits" and, instead Of finding fault
with their food, are glad to procure merely
the means of subsistence from any source
whatsoever. They do not turn up their noses
at smoked chicken or an overdone potato!
In the summer time, some Of these PERSONS.
for the benefit of their health, visit the coun
try-ths pure air and the fresh fruits beip
among the rural attractions. They make their
beds in clover.helds or in baruhouses, and
have the happiness to be aroused from their
slumbers by the music Of birds-thus blend
ing the support OF the animal with the love of
the harmonious outpourings of the feath cred
choristers. The few who remain in the city :,
less fond of natures orchestral arrangements,
and being less poetic, resort to the lumber
yards, converting the premises into huge
chambers, and during the day take sissta
In the market-house or on some retired hill
side Let politicians .rangle, and merchants
engage in stimulating traffic, these loafers are
indifferent They will live in lsIiness, and
nobody can reform them from the errors Of
their ways
Since the coming of cool weather, we notice
that q number Of the ruralizers have returned
to this city, and the first thing they did was
to call at the watch house, whore they have a
kind OF Prescriptive right to the cells. There
they obtain lodgings without expense, but
gratuitous breakfast is not included in th q
rules Of that establishment, And here We
may say, for the benefit of similar characters
yet abroad, that the stove has been put up
and the apartments comfortably heated.
visit to the watch house, any morningi
win afford an opportunity to see the descripi
ton Of persons who resort thither for theft
nights repose - /
Strakosch 8 company transpires tonight, when
ParOdi-splendid, fascinating, whose name is
the synonyme of enjoyment, and whose pres.
ence is rcdOlent Of the spirit Of melody-slngs,
as the prominent brilliant amongst a selection
of vocal gems, our soul stirring national song,
The Star Spangled Banner" an effort whichS
we gather from our exchanges throughout the
country, has, wherever sang, evoked the un-
mistakable applause Of active sympathy. IT,
beriDi, Of whom a New York paper says, he
has no equal in the concertsroom," announces
several Of the leading arias from the most
popular operas Bernardo, Strakosch, and
brilliant little Paul Julien, present other
adieus in a programme which cannot fail Of
being remembered with abiding delight
ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH INTENT I'd
KILL Yesterday, Officer Ross arrested two
eolOred individuals, VIM Chase and James
Garner on the charge of assault and battery
with intent to kill Philip Hughes They wer9
taken before Justice Hollingshead, who sent
them to Jail for trial, in two cases each, al
the December term OF the Criminal Court.
1t appears that a number Of colored persons
have formed an association for the purpose Of
I" sitting up with the BODY when any of their
acquaintances have died. Hughess wife
died, and this committee went to the wake.
In the course of the night, the watchers be-
came rather too noisy, and Hughes undertook
TO dismiss them, when the attack was made
on him, and his jaw broken in two places!
The chairman of the committee, or the " Can!
tain, as they call him, was not in condition
u restrain them.
SEREJADEs-GosD, BAD, AND INDIFFERENT.
Many Of our lOve-stricken musical amateurs
have availed themselves of the fne nights,
lately, to compliment their fair acquaintancee
by serenades. Some Of these achievements
have been performed in creditable style, but
In too many instances, alas the music has
been of that description which puts the teeth
On edge, startles the nervous, sets dogs to
barking and children to crying, causes the
neighbors to call the watch and kick up q row
generally! We hear that in one instance the
serenaded parties have expressed a particular
desire that the serenade should not be re.
pested They consider the music a most graf.
flying compliment and a treat of a high or.
der, but IN future would prefer to take the
will for the deed, az there is a sick child in
the house.
PINK CoAKLEY, a black man, seems deter
mined to do his part toward supplying the po-
lice with business No sooner out of a scrape.
or out OF Jail, than he again conducts himself
In such way as to occasion a constabulary
visitation, and , return to that blue washed
institution, from the windows of which fine
. view Is obtained Of the scenery and improve.
ments in that neigh borhoOd This morning
Pink amused himself by assaulting and bat.
tering somebody. He ID not a tstotaler. that's
certain. Oficer Cooper arrested him, and he
was committed to jail by justice Dom An
other policeman was at the time waiting to
arrest Pink, in case he had been dismissed
from the former change.
For REQUIsITIoS.-The colored man Geo.
Lee, who was committed to Jail for hearing
by Justice Dom, was brought out fox trial
yesterday, and it was shown that he had been
Concerned in the robbery of a gentleman in
montgomery county, Maryland, where he Oh.
iained sloo and silver watch About ninety-
Tour dollars were recovered he having dis.
posed Of the remainder Lee was committed
70 await q requisitiOn from the Governor Of
Maryland.
CoRoSERs 1sQUEsT -Yesterday afternoon
an inquest held in house near the canal be,
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets west,
over the body OF a colored man named John
Harris who died suddenly yesterday. 1t was
shown that he had been subject to hemorrh age
Of the lungs, and from the appearance of the
body IL was believed that was the cause of
death, and the jury returned = verdict accord
ingly.
Dan RICE's GREAT SHOW will exhibit in this
city TO morrow and Saturdsy-for these two
days only. Daniel is universally celebra
ted for his humor as Q clown, while his troupe
OF equestrans and tumblers, gymnasts, etc
aStOnish all beholders. In these dull times
and as inhabitants Of this metropolis are not
IN the rear Of their neighbors while seeking
will be abundantly patronized.