Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-09-15
rVENING STAR
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.


tees for the ensuing year were appointed, and
it was ordered that the committee on building
report to the next meeting on the practicability
Of erecting a house for the use of the institute
and for public exhibitions. The President o.
the United States has offered lot Of land fol
this purpose on Missouri avenue, and 1t is esti
mated that a suitable erection could be made
large enough for all the objects of the institute
for s., 900.
We give hereinafter the committees ant
their members, respectively, prefacing them
for convenience of reference, with the names
of the other officers elected in April last:
President, W. W. Corcoran, Esq.
First Vice President, Francis Mohun.
Second Vice President, Charles F. Wood.
Third Vice President, Joseph Bryan.
Fourth Vice President, VIM. Ashdown.
Corresponding Secretary, Thos Rich.
Recording Secretary, Peter M. Pearson.
Financial Secretary, Henry Janney.
Treasurer, VIM. F. Bsyly.
Librarian, Hollis Amidon.
Committee on Instruction.-Prof. Joseph
Henry, Messrs JOS H. Bradley, Hollis Ami
don, Martin Buell., WIN. F. Bayly.
On the Library.-H- Amidon. Henry fanny,
z. N p. King.
On Lsctures.-Jas. O'Neill, Jno. L. Club,
H. POlkinhorn.
On the Exhibition Mattingly, Joseph
Bryan, F. Mohun, John Warden, Valentine
Harbaugh, z. M. P. King, Samuel Lewis,
}. Steer, ThOs Creaser, G. p Wannall, James
O'Neill, L: j: Gardner, VIM f. Bayly, H.
Janney, Charles EdmonstOn, A. Baldwin, IL
Amidon, VIM. Ashdown
On Finances w. Ward, Joseph Bryan,
F. Mohun.
On the Building Bryan, F. Mohun,
Charles Edmonston, M. q. Emery, A. Bald
win, VIM. Ashdown, p. M. Pearson, Thomas
Berry, VIM, DOugherty -Iatell,geneer.
WOMEN IN MALE ArrIRE.-As this subject
has recently been much discussed in this city,
the following from George Sands Story of
my Life, may prove interesting:
81 ordered q military frOck- of gray
cloth, with pantaloons and vest to match -
With gray hat and thick woollen necker-
chief, l became absolutely little student in
his first year. L cannot describe the pleasure
with which L first found myself in boots /
wandered over Paris, from one end to the
other, and l thought could have g)ne so all
over the world. Then L was not afraid of nv
dress. l went out in all weathers, and came
home at all hours. L went to the pits of the
theatres. Nobody took notice of me, and no
enc suspected my disguise. L was too poorly
dressed, and looked too simple to attract no.
tice. Women little know how to disguise
themselves as men, even upon the stage. They
will not sacrifice the elegance of their figures
the smallness of their feet, the grace of their
movements, and the brilliancy Of their eyes
and that is the reason why they can never
avoid being found out. To escape notice when
disguised as men, they must first acquire the
habit OF making themselves unnoticeable a.
frorsen."
INPERTIsENcE REBUKED.-Several days ago
the Hon Linn Boyd took the cars, homeward
bound. Having become separated from his
companion, and being anxious to rejoin him,
IL Was suggested that he look into each car,
and call out for Mr.. Lynch, that being the
name Of his friend. Having reached the
smoking car, he continued to ask, SIS Mr..
Lynch here?" "No," said an ill. bred puffer
Of the Indian weed, "hes stepped out" and
the fellow chuckled as if he had accomplished
some great feat. Mr.. Boyd, noticing the air
and manner of the individual, inquired, ear
nestly, " Sir, do you know Mr. LYNCH" The
person addressed, conscious Of his own mean
ness, and being thus reproved, skunk into a
corner. He had attempted to trife with an
honorable and resolute man, who, doubtless,
was restrained by the fellows insignifcance,
from pitching him out of the car.
FIRES Yesterday morning, between four
and five o'clock, frame house on L street,
between Twentieth and Twenty-frst streets,
was discovered TO be burning, but the fire was
extinguished before much damage was done
The house was the property of Mr.. Murray.
AT about seven O'Clock, yesterday morning,
the fire department was again called out by
FIRE being discovered In Ryder's grocery store
al the corner Of Twentieth street and Penn
sylvahia avenue, which consumed the store
and three adjoining brick buildings, and also
setting FIRE to and destroying the roof of an
other building Everything in the store, ex-
cepting the papers in an iron safe, was de-
stroyed. Ii is not positively known how the
IRE originated, but the proprietor supposes it
70 haua hna I,y~
the matches in the store. The store and some
Of the buildings were insured. The buildings
We believe, belonged to Messrs. Stott and
Hines.
CHARGE OF DESERrIoS.-A young man,
named Jno. Rush, was arrested at the wharf
this morning on the arrival of the excursion
boat from Norfolk, as a deserter from the
United States ship Pennsylvania lie admit
ted that he belonged to that ship but was out
on leave Of absence, until this morning. lie
stated that be was here accidentally, the
steamer aving left before he found his mother,
who was on board Officer Farming stated his
grounds for arresting the young man, which
were his own observ atiOns and the admission
Of the young man to him. He was dismissed
by Justice Hollingshead " no decided there was
no proof Of the charge.
SHAMEFUL -Yesterday, the Sabbath, We
man, who was much alarmed and frightened
by crowd of fifty or more boys, who amused
themselves by calling after and by throwing
stones at her, several of which came near hit
ing her. She was induced to return the COM
phment, but did no damage. The offending
youngsters enjoyed their disreputable sport
for the greater part Of the afternoon, We sup
pose. Our hope was that police officer mi ht
appear in view; one who would check the
proceedings, but in this were disappointed, as
heretofore in similar cases. The scenes were
enacted, in part, in the Third w ard, between
Ninth and Tenth Streets on Z street.
NATIONAL THEATRE.-A VERY ExTRAoR-
BINARY ESGAG Ford has as
tonlshed our citizens by the announcement Of
an engagement Of Parodi's great musical
troupe, embracing Maurice S.rakosch, Paul
Julien, signOr Bernardo, Signor Tiberini,
and PaTodi-io appear two nights, Wednes-
day and Thursday next, at the National The.
atre There will be no increase Of prices,
and "Cur million" can see and hear these