Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-17

The RrvzR.-Theweod and coal trade contin.
nes active. Vessels. loaded with coal, are almost
heuriy arriving from Philadelphia and the vari.
GUS coal niarts; and the long boats and other Po-
tomac river craft are doing hourishing Summer
iaoe. This gives strong reason TO hope that our
city consumers will not he SO heavily taxed for
tnc domestic supply as has been the case during
lne last two years: The following are the cur
rent rates for wood from the vessels, and the
tai price at the wharf, kindly furnished by T. c.
Riley, dealer, at the foot Of Eleventh street:
Zine wood from the vessels. Sass 25
hetdll al wharves. 50
Oak wood from the vessels. 4 25a4 50
hctdlI wharf, price. g 90
Yesterday, came up the Eastern channel to the
mouth OF the canal, three large schooners, heavi-
ly loaded with lumber for the merchants on the
canal; one Of them being the largest schooner
which has passed through the draw this season,
halls from North Carolina and was lowed up by
the steamer Guy one Of the other schooners had
4 large and valuable cargo of ash plank on board
The Steamboat Company have hauled the
steamer Engineer up to the wharf and are tear
larging her accommodations for passengers She
Will be ready for the station to which she has
been assigned in a short time.
In the river article yesterday we inadvertently
stated that the steamer Maryland lowed to Alex
andrla from Chesapeake city, twenty four s'boats
OF coal - IL should have been coal boats. =,
as they came light. The Erie Canal has been
wldened, and the boats formerly used on that line
are inconveniently narrow for the trade on that
canal; accordingly, wider boats have been built
and tho Cumberland Coal Company have pur-
chased one hundred of these narrow boats to be
used in the Cumberland Coal expectation to
Georgetown and Alexandria.
Arrived at Harvey's wharf, schooner Alexander
Sellman, Capt. George Boundes, from Havre de
Grace, with lis tons stone coal for Messrs Har-
Vey Co. At Riley Swharf, schooner ssPortiaD
Capt. Aaron, from Port Walthall with coal for
Gas Company. AT same wharf, schr. NJ Clinton,
Capt Veal, from same port, with 800 bushels of
coal for Gas Company.
TEE NATIONAL HOTEL DIsEAsE-The New
York Journal of Commerce has the following
note, showing that the Board of Health of this
city IRE still endeavoring to obtain all inforrna-
ton serving to dissipate the mystery in which the
National Hotel sickness remains enveloped:
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 18th, 1857
To the Editors of the Journal Of Commerce,
NeU York City-Gentlemen MY attention has
just been directed to a paragraph in the Balt-
more sun, of June 18th, in regard to sufferer
from the endemic disease at the National Hotel
of this city. This paragraph is headed - Poison
Sure" 1t states that person who suffered with
the hotel disease and had many relapses was in
duced to try the electTo-chemical baths and after
using them, "a hedry deposit Of arsenic zoos
found" Although the press has often been
greatly deceived, (as our correspondence, soon to
be published in the report to the Board Of Health
and City Councils will show,) still, we are
anxious to obtain all information in regard to the
subject therefore beg, that you will do us the
favor, to put me in direct communication with
the author of the article in your Journal and also
beg the favor of copy of that statement with its
date.
In so mysterious a malady we are compelled to
notice everything in public print, and although
these articles would often lead us astray still in
our official capacity, we are compelled to ferret
them outn
The present article may perhaps be no more
ihan pun OF new plan Of g getting money
Dy tue users OF this electro-chemical bath. In
deed-a novel kind of quackery, which would
nus command attention, from the universal in
terest felt In this rnaladv II is true, that have
must say, that have no information in regard to
us effects RoBT KING STONE, Md,
Chairman Of Special Committee of Board of
Health, Washington, ID. c.
The last number of the Boston Medical and
Surgical Journal contains long letter from Col
Isaac o. Barnes, of that city, one of the sufferers
10 Dr. d. H. Storer, which very fully describes
the symptoms of this strange disease and refers
to the various theories Of its origin. The writer
concludes by saying:
= For my self, / have no remaining doubt as to
the real origin of this disease. believe it is at
tributdble exclusively to the poisonous gases
from the sewers of the house and street aided it
may be, by the deleterous and very offensive eff
nuvla from the vaults under the building. | be-
Ileve this obnoxious vapor was driven back upon
and into the cellar by the sudden rise of the Po-
tomac, into which the common sewer should
empty itself. IL broke out after three very warm
days, during one of which the rain fell copously
for twelve hours, and during which time the
river rose very rapidly. Diseases of similar
character have often been known to originate
from a similar cause.n
RoBBERY-THE MAN IN THE WHITE HAT
Alphabetically, Mr.. John G. Cookendorfer.
after visit to the United States Ship Plymouth.
at the Navy Yard, got into omnibus to return
to the city. A young man, who wore a white
hat, white pants, a black coat and no vest and
was apparently about - years of age got in at the
ffnl h Ia.
and shortly after Mr. COokendoffer missed his
porte monnaie containing S21O.
Mr. C, aided by the police, has since been
prosecuting a, thus far, unsuccessful, search for
the thief The money lost consisted of hundred
dollar note, one of fifty dollars and several small
notes, all Kentucky money.
We renew the warning of ''hands on your
pocket books and it takes unusual Impressive
ness from the fact that the man in the white hat
has arrived in town.
ACcIDENT.-As Mr., Cornelius Wendell of this
city, was leaving daughter of Attorney General
Black, yesterday at her fathers residence, the
horse started, knocking Mr.. Wendell down and
passing over him. injuring him severely. Mrs
Wendell was also thrown from the carriage, and
was considerably hurt. The carrjage was com
Pletely smashed up, and under the circumstances
II is matter of congratuaton that Mr. and Mrs
Wendell, though badly bruised, escaped more
serious injuries.
WELL DoNE.- Our friend Tucker, the contrac-
'o' loI heePlhS IN repair the pumps on fennSyl-
vania far east Tenth street. is already bravey
at work in our Immediate vicinity. Yesterday he
fixed the Tenth street pump satisfactorily, and
to-day is dOctOTing the one on the corner of Eev-
enth street. We hope soon to be able to say that
Mr.. Greenwell the pump contractor for the
avenue east of Tenth street is curing the defects
OF his charge as satisfactorily
POLICE REPORT.-BefoTe Justice Donn.-Rory
O'More was brought up in highly drunken con-
dition, to answer assault on Seth Hyatt. Rory
is great scholar, and full Of Latin, Greek and
Hebrew. He, il seems, entered Hyatt's store and
commenced kicking up row, and when request
ed by HYATT to withdraw he hauled OF and hit
Mr.. H. severe blow in the face.
He was sent to Jail to answer the assault before
the Criminal Court. ,ss.r ..
The BARREL or g LAGE R, {" from Humphreys
& JuneInann, received yesterday, was voted to
be nrst class article by large and well quail
fed committee Of tasterS. We wish the enter
pTising brewers all manner Of success in their
undertaking.
AT TRINITY CHURCH, last evening, forty young
persons received the rite of confirmation which