Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-10-24
" ENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENC.E.S

Il Il
In TEE Foa.-The Know Nothings of this
city who went down to the great Hindoo meet
ing at Alexandria on Monday night, are re-
ported to have sung in chorus on the way
We won't 90 home till morning."
and they did nt--in fact a large number of
them are not back yet, and we learn that the
greatest anxiety pervades numerous distressed
Hindoo households here on account of missing
husbands, sons, fathers, brothers, &c. The
Hindoo papers are mysteriously hush, and
evidently wish to say as little about the Ca
lamity as possible; the Organ, in an obscure
paragraph, merely stating that the missing
ones were detained by the fog and the fol-
lowing item from the Alexandria Gazette of
yesterday still leaves them in the fog
Numerous Washingtonians who partici-
pated in the celebration, were detained in this
place, all Monday night, in consequence of
the fog and an accident to one Of the hands on
board the Alice G Price, which caused her to
put back to her wharf after starting for w ash
ington;"
procured no matter how or at what expense,
which We hasten to lay before our readers.
1t appears that the faculties of our Washing
ton Hindoos were somewhat Obfuscated by
the glare Of the torch-lights or something Of
that sort, and that after the return of the
Alice Price to Alexandris, they wandered
about in the fog in a hopeless state of bewil-
derment up and down the rather mountainous
streets of that ancient town. The Alexsn-
drians exerted themselves to the utmost to
provide their guests with quarters suitable to
their worth and social status. The stalls in the
market house, the old brewery, and the de-
serted fsh wharf booths were Hospitality ap-
propristed for their use, but they proved to
be such crooked disciples, tina. though packed
with the utmost economy, the space was
found quite inadequate to their needs con-
sequently vast numbers were obliged to camp
out, or wander about the town in droves
The citisens of Alexandria were also put to
their wits ends to provide eatables, and more
especially drinkables, for their guests, wao
seemed possessed OF such inordinate appetites
that the Alexsndrians conceived that each
visitor was afflicted with a tspe-worm. Thus
II was that the last cracker in the town hay-
ing been devoured, and the last drop of liquor
exhausted, the Washington HindOos com
msnced to clamor for more with ferocty
that threatened the worst consequences The
AleIandnans ventured to suggest a substitute
20 alleviate the intolerable thirst Of their
washington friends, and the latter with some
mlsgivings deputed one of their number to try
the experiment Of swallowing q mouthful of
pure water, but his astOnished stomach &c
Jected the novel liquid with such vehemency
that the experiment was not repeated.
The Alexandrians now prepared for the
worst, and FASTENED to barricade their doors
and put themselves on the defensive, when
luckily a diversion was created in their ay0r
by the following extraordinary occurrence:
A citizen was seen walking unsuspectingly
down hing street. with something projecting
from his cOat-pocket resembling the neck of a
bottle. The yell which burst from the fero-
cioRs Hindcos as they sprsng in pursuit,
warned the citizen that his life was in danger,
and he fed down the street with the utmost
Preeipitaney with some thirty thousand Wash
ington Hindoos in full cry after him, or rather
after the bottle, which he had not the pres
enee of mind to drop as he ran.
On they went pell-meil in the fog-the ci.i-
zen and the HindOOs-but at the bottom of the
street, he taking advantage of his better know
ledge of the localities, cunningly lodged
around the corner Of warehouse and secreted
himself in a sugar hogshead, while his pursu-
ers, like the bufaioes we read of, swept on in
their mad career over the wharves' brink and
SO headlong into the mud and ebb-tide Of the
Potomac 1t being low water, immense num-
bers OF them were miserably fastened in the
mud-indsed, We learn that the wharves, from
the canal terminus to the lighthouse, are
lined with Hindoos sticking forked end up in
the mud, into which they are fastened as in.
extrleably as If planted by pile driver. We
are informed also that the vicinity of this ap-
palling scene has since Monday been covered
with boats filled with afflicted relatives striv-
ing to rescue their friends from this disagree.
cess Is to bear away an occasional arm or leg,
or may be, No. 10 brogsu, az a melancholy
relic. The effect of SO many Hind0os in soak
was most disastrous to the fnny tribe, vast
numbers of which sickened, turned belly up.
and died, aud what with floating fish, and
fragments Of Hindoos, with hats, caps, boots,
etc, the paddle wheels OF the mail-boat on
her last trip were elOgged SO as 10 hinder her
time materially.
The result upon such of the HindOos as were
able to crawl TO the shore was not insalub rious.
One, who probably had not washed himself
for many years, was so much disguised by his
sslutsry rissing that On his return to his fam
NY be was not recogniz I'd even by the wife Of
his bosom, and came near being elected as an
impOstOr from his own house Another sin
gular instance has come to our knowledge of
Hipdoo who lay half immersed in water from
Monday night till to day in a State Of Rip
Van Winkleism, and who has absolutely be-
come web footed and fingered, and Very per-
ceptibie scales have formed upon his lower
limbs. Whether he was developing into fsb,
fowl, or mermaid, is uncertain IL would
seem from this Interesting fact that HindoUs
are in q transition, grub, or tadpOle state, and
may possibly yet develop into something
full or ornamental.
II is impossible thus far to get corrsc, list
OF the missing and wounded in this disaster.
Qaite number, including several members
Of our City Council, were last seen upon o raft,
and il is feared may have drifted out to sea
The mud scow Juliana johnson was promptly
despatched 10 pursuit, and, it is hoped, may
bring back some intelligence of the los, ones
Many undertook to foot 1t up from Alex andria
by the turnpike and are supposed to have got
scattered in the fog One Of these, a worthy
young carpenter OF this city, was found yes
terday in the upper end Of Loudoun county,
whittier be had wandered in the fog. He had
subsisted during that time upon a single bis
cult and copy Of The Star, which fortunate
ly be had with him.
Up. m The " Jslianna johnson" has re-
turned with the missing Hindoos upon the
raft When discovered they were in the last
stages VI famine, and were on the point Of sa
crihcing one Of their number to save the lives
OF the others. A plump member of our City
Councils, whose well developed aldermanic
figure promised good eating, was the selected
victim, and though his cOmpatriots Of the
Board. regardless Of their hunger, took u no