Daily American organ., 1856-05-03
CITY INTELLTGENCE.

The FRIGArE MIsrEsorA.--Ye Yesterday We paid q
visit to this noble ship While on board steam was
put on her for the first time. As she has not yet
been coppered, but about nine pounds, one-quarter
the usual quanttity, OF steam was let on sufficient
to drive her through the water at the rate OF three
miles an hour
We enjoyed our trip down the river, In imsgina-
tion very much Her speed, considering that she
was fast to the wharf by six heavy cables was sat
isfactory as the chains strained to their ut
most tension at every revolution OF the propeller
During the time that steam was on, the propeller
made some 5000 revolutions, the engine and all
the machinery working in such way as to give
the best possible satisfaction to the practical pers
sons present to test the working.
The steadiness of the vessel, under steam, her
machinery in motion, and yet fast to the. wharf,
was such that person near the stem of the ship
would notice no vibration, unless attention was
drawn TO the fact. This goes to prove that she Is
not only strong in every part but that the strength
will not be tested by jerking motion of the ma
chinery.
Her fore and mainmasts are now in their places.
She is to be full ship-rgged. Something of her
looks will be known from the fact that her main
mast is over 10 feet long. Her smoke-stack is so
constructed to be lowered out of sight at pleas
ure when she will be to all appearance sailing
vessel At this rate she win soon be ready for
GRoss IMPosITIos.--H Hack drivers in many cases,
are imposing on the good nature and ignorance of
the community in too gross manner to be borne
much longer. BY the laws OF the Corporation,
any hackman who shall charge more than the le-
gal fare, twenty-five cents, for carrying passen-
ger one mile and a quarter between sunrise and
sunset, is liable to loss of his license, and to
fine, at the discretion of the Magistrate. Yet
hackmen charge fifty cents for shorter distances
than that prescribed by law and absolutely refuse
to start in many cases, unless that amount s prom
ised in advance.
For instance, last night an old lady wished to
be carried from the corner OF 9th street and Penn
sylvania avenue to the corner of 18th street. 1t
was raining and she had no umbrella. The hack
man called charged her fifty cents, refusing to
carry her for cent less and she refused to pay
that sum, and accordingly got out and walked
home in the rain. For that act the hackman sub
jected himself to heavy fine on two counts
first, for demanding more than legal fare; second
ly, for refusing to carry passenger on tender
of the legal fare and all that the lady need done
to have had him punished, was to have taken the
number of his hack and made oath to the fact be-
fore magistrate.
If the fare is too low, let it be changed by the
Corporation. Until then, the exaction of fifty cents
for any distance under a mile and quarter, is ie-
gal and is punishable by law. And it is the duty
of the police to protect passengers from the illegal
charges of hackmen, and to prosecute every ofince
that comes to their knowledge.
REIIEF--A meeting of all who sympathze with
the famshing thousands of the Cape de Verd
islands, in their Distress requested to meet this
evening at half past o'clock, at the rooms of the
Young Mems Christian Association corner of 10th
street and Pennsylvania avenue, to consult on the
subject of joining in effort various other cities
are making to send succor to those islands. The
call says: The distressing accounts of the human
suffering which have reached us from these islands
should excite the sympathy and immediate aid of
our citizens. 1t is believed that thirty thousand
persons will perish from famine if food is not sent
to them. An officer in the American navy has
offered to subscribe one huadrcd bushels of corn,
and to take charge of vessel and man and nagi-
gate her at bis own cost to the islands. Citizens
of Washington, will you not subscribe to this noble
objects"
COPPER RoLIISG MlLL-The Copper Rolling
Mill at the Navy Yard is one of the greatest curl
ostes Of the kind in this part of the country and
well worthy the attention of curiosity hunters.
They manufacture copper sheeting, copper nails,
bolts, and all kinds of copper work needed in ma
val ship building. Two fifty-horse power steam
engines keep hemachnery in motion, which are as
fine specimens of engines as to be found any
where. The powerful hammers, the shears clipping
off four-inch copper bars as if they were straw the
furnaces in which the copper is heated the rollers
through which bars of copper are drawn down to
seldom collected under one roof.
THE OPERA.--Last night Cinderella was again
rendered with the same effect before the same au-
dience, greatly enlarged, on the evening before
If anybody wants our opinion of the perform
ance, they will find all we would say of last night
in the Organ of yesterday. We would unsay moth
ing less, and have no room to say more to-day,
Yet we must mention the delicious cavatina from
Bishop, /" Lo, hear the gentle Lark" with the obli-
cato flute accompaniment
We know it is not orthodox to mention the name
of an English cantatrice on the same page with
that of Jenny Lind but we could not help institu-
ting comparison, the result of which was not un-
favorable to the songstress before u.s.
Jenny Lind Is first, there is no second" Amen
TO that say we but Louisa Pyne is then the third.
REHEARsAL.-Last night the Union Choir Asso-
citation held their last rehearsal previous to the
Concert of Monday night. Judging from the style
in which the pieces were then sung we may safely
say that this Concert will show the improvement
that the Association has made during the last year.
by the superiority of this every previous pub
lie effort they have made
As near as we can ascertain the choruses will
be composed of some four hundred singers. The
solo parts will be given by the first amateurs of the
city. The orchestral parts in competent hands.
PRoFANIrY.-Wm. Garner was last night arrest
ed for dsorderly conduct and profanity at the
Theatre and taken to the watch.house. This
morning Justice Hollingshead sentenced him to
pay fine and costs.
RArN.-Whether the excessive quantity of rain
that has fallen in the last three days portends an
approaching drought or not, we don't know but
one thing is certain, it proves that what April for
got to confer on in that line is made up by the
tears sweet May sheds at his neglect. But she
must have ndulged in passionate food of tears
yesterday, if one who was out in that tremendous