Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-15

Know OF q single sidewalk in a passable con-
Giaon, and IT any evidence were wanting of
.nls II Is 70 be found in the fact that the mid
uie Oh the street is used in preference by all
sorts and conditions Of pedestrians. Man and
Deast Iraternise, and 90 il side by side, while
the sidewalks are comparatively deserted.
DAD enough is the condition of carts, car
riages, and horses, and hard is the swearing
OF those who drivs them. Of course all kinds
OF locomotion must be on snail s pace; ''crawl-
ing" is the word for any other kind of motion
Is attended with positive danger. In all parts
OF the city the cutters are uncut, and are
buried in mounds of ice and snow occasion.
ally a small boy may DO seen hacking away
feebly, with a Ratchet, at the vast accumula.
lions of Ice upon the pavements, but with
scarcely perceptible effect. Those portions of
the side walks free from mounds of ice and
snow, are devoted by the boys to skating and
sliding purposes, which, Of course, does not at
all lessen the danger Of walking, to those who
have occasion to use the sidewalks for tn at
purpose. In many places the roadway is some
yards above the level Of the pavement, and
when a general thaw does come the latter will
be deluged. To add to this, there will be the
tnaW and drip from the roofs of buildings now
SO universally encountered with ice and snow
we presume that greater efforts would have
been made on the part of citizens to clear pave
ments, cutters, and roofs, but for the dis
couraglng changeableness of the weather,
which by its fckleness, in an hour undoes the
labor Of days.
In Boston, the city authorities, Immediately
after the late snow, expended SIG, 900 in
ploughlng the streets so as to break ND the
ice and snow, and equalize the surface for
travelling purposes.
The DISTRICT IN CoNGREss.-The bill in
troduced by Mr.. Brown in the Senate, to es-
tablish library for young men in the District
of Columbia, provides that the Justices of the
Circuit Court of this District, the Mayors of
Washington and Georgetown, Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, and their successors
IN offce, with such persons as the Mayors of
the two cities may designate, shall be created
body corporate forever, under the name of
g Columbia Library for Young Men, and in
this name to sue and be sued in any court !;
may possess property for the aforesaid pur-
pose, real and personal. If lot BIO granted
for said library, no sale shall be made without
the assent of Congress. Power is given to APP
point all needful officers, messengers, and la
borers, and to compensate them; also, the
power to pass all bylaws &C., and to alter or
amend them to limit the ages within which
young men may be entitled to the provisions
OF the act; to diffuse knowledge among them
in such ways as are best calculated to instruct
them, elevate their morals, and fit them for
usefulness, &C.
HIGHLANDERs' BALL.AWe are pleased to
learn that the proceeds of the ball lately
given by the Washington Highlanders for the
benefit of the poor of this city, amount to
$50. The members of the company are now
engaged in distributing the funds, and the
following committee have been appointed for
that purpose: Capt John Balm, Lieut. Camp
bell, Lieut.. Reynolds, Lieut.. McCloud, Color
SQr0
White. We understand the above amount
would have been much larger but for the fact
OF so many collections being taken up for the
poor in the different Yards, which operated
considerably against the exertions Of the High
landers.
HEAVY TRANSPORTATION ACROSS THE Ice -
A large and splendid car, manufactured in
Philadelphia, for the Orange Railroad, passed
through this city yesterday, drawn by a team
of horses-and enthusiastic boys. 1t reached
Pages wharf last night, and this morning ar.
rangements, were being made to place it on
runners and transport it across the ice down
the river to Alexandria. This is pretty con-
elusive evidence, We should think, of the
strength and thickness of the ice,
Who? Who? Who will be the lucky ladies
this afternoon? The exquisite prize en-
broidery is to be rallied for, at O'Clock, at
the store OF Clagett, newton, May d Co. Let
every one who has not a chance secure one
without moments delay, and then endeavor
to be lucky"
NATIONAL THEATRE.-There are evident
signs Of having some pleasant weather, and
should this be the case tomorrow night the
benefit Of the Denim Sisters will, indeed, be a.
great one. The house, no doubt, will be
crowded to see them and bid them good bye.
MUNIFICESr CONTRIBUTION. men,
bers of the House of Representatives, through
Hon Lewis d. Campbell, have presented the
very handsome sum of three hundred dollars
to the "Ladies' Union Benevolent Society,""
for the relief Of the poor.
The WEATHER W are favored with the
following report from our attentive friend !:
Monday night 420; Tuesday morning $50,
night 220; Wednesday morning 10, night
13o; Thursday morning ~, night 1s0; Friday
morning 1S0.
WATCH RErURNs.-Capt. Birch held quite
levee, last night, Of persons brought up for
riot and breach of the peace. A full compile.
ment of dodgers was received, and John Hines
and John Evans, Migrants, were committed to
the workhouse for thirty days.