Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-29
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Two well dressed females, whose names we
oeem y prudent to suppress, residing in Fairfax
county, Va, Were yesterday arrested in our city
by the police, charged with stealing several
snawis from Mr.. John H. Smoot, and piece of
calico goods from Mr. Nathan Slash. They were
taken before Justice Reaver, when the goods
Were Identified by the before mentioned gentle
men The parties manifested great contrtion at
the false step they had made each Of them wept
bitterly, which aroused the sympathy of the gen
tlenen and the by-standers to such an extent that
general pleading for their release soon had the
10 soften the heart OF the stern Justice also,
and the guilty parties were allowed to return to
their homes. We are informed that they are
comparatively easy in point of worldly eircum-
stances, and very respectfully connected. We
would admOnish them to let the very narrow es
cape they made yesterday-for il was only the
earnest pleading of several of our fellow-ciizens
that saved them from prison cell-serve them
as caution In the future against yielding to such
temptation. = f-t.'
Several very important street improvements
have been going on in the north and northwest
ern portions OF our city during the past season
Among the most important is that now in prog
ress on Congress street near the Seminary
There the grade has been lowered some ten to
fifteen feet, which renders the ascent to the Sem
mary gate much easier. Senator Bright, who
owns the handsome property on the east side of
the Improvement, Is also greatly improving his
premises by the erection Of substantial Stone
wall, to protect the embankment from falling
accommodation Of pedestrians.
The difficulty of making change among retail
ers Is daily becoming GREATER and we fear that
unless some arrangement Is soon made to relieve
them Of the difficulty, in part at least, that the
people generally will eventually be tempted to
adopt the same very objectionable course which
our neighbors of Alexandria have. Would il not
relieve the difficulty some for all classes of deal
ers to receive in trade gold and silver coin-ex-
cept quarters, ten, and FIVE cent pieces-at what
ever amount OF premium they will command in
paper at the counter of broker; and all paper
currency at corresponding rate of discount and
pay out at the same rates! This would certainly
tend to remove the temptation out of the way of
those who have the hard currency to sell it to
the brokers; and thus, we think. a larger amount
would at all times be kept in circulation, and no
one would be the loser by such an arrangement
AS it is, we satisfied that the public at large
have, as general thing, to pay from five to ten
per cent. more profit on the necessares of life
than they would did not the present difficulty
exist.
Our wharves are beginning to he pretty well
supplied with those delicious winter luxuries-
oysters. AS a general thing they are unusually
fine. We saw some last night, from the White
House Hotel, that we think 90 little ahead in
point OF size and fairness, Of anything in the way
Of bivalves we ever did see.
We hear Of no change of moment i'm either the
flour or grain markets; prices remain at about our
last quotations. But little Of either coming in.
Arrived, packet schooner s. g. King, Andrews,
Philadelphia, to Hyde Il Davidson; schooner
Broadheld, Fisk, New York, 600 barrels cement
to Captain Meigs, for the Washington Aqueduct;
sloop Benz. Franklin, wheat to w H Edes. s.