Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-08
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John w. Forney, Of Pennsylvania
- WASHINGTON, June -, 1857.
9. The UNDERSIGNED, residents a W ash
~ ~, yritbou, distinction Of party, who have
f,,miIiar with the ability and ndellty with
rh YOU have discharged all your outies as
tS nc. 11Sscer In this city; with the amenity that
s'he.ILsS ,onr social relations, the generous
lies i1. xShicb distinguish you as friend, and
po-rtsSies that govern you as gentleman,
IA TO testify their respect IN some appropriate
r.ocsntable form before they bid you adieu.
- render you the hospitalities Of public din
and respectfully request you to designate the
when il will suit your convenience to meet
= friends at the festive board.
B. Magruder, George Parker, G w Riggs,
Walter Harper, Samuel Bacon, William A
Hey John Carroll Brent, G.. w. Boteler, IT,.
>nps G. Berret, w. ID. Wallach, A. Greenleaf,
N r Kendall, A. ii. Dodge, 6. T., F. Dodge,
r. Thomas Berry, John A. Smith, Samuel
1T. John F. COyle, II. b. Sweeny, Jas Adams,
r. Perry, John p. Heiss, J. G. Willard, NJ
Gait, Vim. b. Todd, b. l.. Jackson, Jacob
leon, p. Clayton, Walter ID. Davdge, Come
: Boyle, Alex. Provost, J G. Mcclure, r. J.
via, John a. Linton, Robert Beale, II. w. Me-
4w. = z. Hoover, Il. Bayliss, G. Ingle, Geo.
Gideon, Ro. :. Patterson, Taylor & Maury, w
T. Maddox, j. ID. Hoover. Geo. Lindsay
l.. Smith, VIM. F. Bayly, Marshall Brown
}. Calf, Phil; Barton Key, w. H. Winter.
70 Col. John w. Forney.
PHILADELPHIA, June %, 1857
GENTLEMEN: Your letter, dated on the 18th
ne, reached me al Philadelphia few days ago.
The preparations incident to re-embarking in
? profession of my life in this city will prevent
? from accepting the distinguished honor you
We so kindly rendered but / cannot avoid ca
s,sSing To you my grateful sense of the manner
which you have been pleased to remember and
yIefer to the period Of my official residence i'm
? Federal metropolis. | recognise among the
natures to your letter the names of many whose
.Iuaintance i made for the first time while an
An.l mil al.
.urce 10 me OF great satisfaction to know that
ring four years of much excitement, / have
rsn fortunate as TO preserve intimate relations
rIh gentlemen who stand so high in social life,
a who WELD so large an influence at the seat Of
? General Government.
Your great capital, SO rapidly advancing in the
- and sciences, and in every element which
sOuld distinguish the political centre of the
lDerican Union, is especially fortunate in those
SldentS, whose refined Inequalities. enterprise,
ii learning have made il one of the most de-
Ihtful and attractive cities on the globe and Ii
III be my pride and pleasure, wherever my lot
nv be cast to second every effort still further TO
stend the sphere of its usefulness
The cares of office, particularly of that station
z duties of which was called upon to fulfil,
d especially under circumstances of the most
ring character, connected as | was during near
the entire period CT my official term with the
rblic press, have made Inc more than ever de-
.-yUs to occupy perfectly independent position.
crown into politics, and compelled to take a
Comment part in the struggles OF our leading
srtieS have lived to see the great statesmen to
nom have devoted the active years Of my life
.svdted to the Presidential chair-to that high
alton for which he is so eminently qualified by
IucatiOn and experience, and in which, how
s5T, men may have differed as to his opinions,
twill be sure to reflect credit upon himself and
e country.
In resolving, therefore, 10 resume editorial life
my native State, it is with peculiar pleasure
at shall always recall the uniform partiality
a which have fsXf tO me hvt l,.s
9Od citizens Of Washington.
have the honor, gentlemen, to be, very truly,
ams, j. w. FoRNEY.
bMessrs W. b. Magruder, Jacob Gideon, Geo
Parker, Geo. w Riggs, Jr., ESqs., and others
Rioters HAULED UP-EsCAPK FROM THE
GARD HOUsE--LaSt night, nine young men
re arrested by the auxiliary guards, in the
S7enth W ard, for disorderIy conduct and taken
aihe central station.
During the night, four of them escaped by
liking the lock Of the lower side door. One Of
l.Inwas re-taken and confined the others could
a be found. At the trial this morning, il ap-
AIRED that the disOrdeTly conduct was confined
two or three Of the gang, and the others We're
1rged with being in the company Ii was,
aweyer, ordered by the sitting mag stTate, John
. Clarke, Esq OF the Second District that all
no were in the diSordeTly party, and before him,
sJGld suffer the penalty. The seniors, those
loye twenty-one years OF age, should pay fine
IS each and the costs; and the minors should
iEthe costs and give security FOR better behavior.
We like Justice CLARK 5 way of dealing with
o,h rOwdieS. IL needs only few such whole
me endorsements of law as that Of Judge Craw-
I'd, in the case of the Seventh Ward election
llers, and of Justice Clark, in this instance, to
70 the spirit Of lawlessness rampant.
THE RIyER.-The Maryland left Stone & Ma
sHder's whaTf this morning, at o'clock, for
I'd Point and Norfolk, with large number OF
ilssenIers Her state-rooms and berths were
P--engaged by passengers anxious to be ON board
her first regular trip TO Old Point, Piney Point,
N5ifolk, and intermediate landings for the season
j. addition to the eNcurSiOnistS, she Proceeded
the Navy Yard to take on board - marines for
r GOsport NAVY Yard.
The hull planking Of the Mount Vernon has
'rn put on. and she will he ready to resume her
rps on the line possibly within ten days.
The Guy this morning lowed up To Georgetown
"a Fidelia, from Barbados, with cargo Of sugar
= Dodge & Co. Also, the baTkantine Horace
sale, to Silsby Co.'s wharf, with stone for
IrlSuTv extension.
The POwhatan this morning took on board the
eOnd thTeshing and moving machine Of GER
9nd. -
The George Washington left this morning with
: excursion Of Grace Church Sabbath School
Fort Washington and White House Her
Anpany was large and accompanied by WitheTs'
Ass Band.
The THEATRE.-We hear that Mrs. Helen
llzzy, late Of the Richmond theatre, designs
Aking an effort to fit up theatre in this city for
looming season, and trust that her exertions
aY prove successful. She has had great ex-
s1ence i'm her profession, in which She ranks
-Sh- We can hardly conceive il possible that
Aishlngton Is TO be without theatricdls during
Scoming long session of Congress, as with a
~Sium sized house properly fitted and a good
IITany, there can be no doubt whatever that
~ will pay capitdlly. Carusi's Saloon or the
&sembly Rooms on Louisiana avenue NAV
zsily be fitted up for very little money, to make
more comfortable and appropriate theatre than
, nave yet had in the Federal Metropolis
The VALLEY VIEW FARM.-See an adyertis-
snt in to-dayis Star Of the proposed sale Of this
antiful little estate, perhaps the most highly
Itivated and improved in the District of CO.
.mbia, and embracing the point from which
ere IL the best prospect and view within twenty
S!es of the Federal Metropolis its improve
-ent was the labor Of the life Of its late owner
A. John III. King, long known here as one Of the
1st enteFPrising, pains-taking, and successful
@Eiiculturists in the land
EORIUSATE.-lt was generally believed that
r. D'Unger, printer, who lost his press and ma
rails by the late fire at the corner Of Sixth street
81 Pennsylvania avenue, was not insured; we
'efn that an Insurance had been effected by his
tlrnds IN the Washington Insurance COMPANY
$50 which was paid the day after the re.