Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-03-27
u.rID STATES Polio. R.ro.r, -B.for,

Justice Dom: $3.50, A''''''
Levi, Barron was arrested BY Officer King
charged with having stolen q stove from Joshus
dismissed o NsA'A~"A' 80
omcer Norwood, together with Mr.. J. F.
tucker, ascertaining that Latin prayer book,
sucn as Is used By the Catholic clergy, was for
sale on book stand on Pennsylvania avenue,
near the Metropolitan Fair, went to the stand,
anu upon an examination found the following
on the inside Of the cover:
"Presented, with the permission of his Gov.
eminent, to James B. Donelan, Pastor of st.
matthew's Church, by His Excellency Sr. A.
Caiaeron dc Ia Barca, Minister Plenipoten-
uary and Envoy Extraordinary of Spain.
w washington City, Jan. Is, l849"
On the title page is the following:
MissaIe Komanum ex Decreto Sacrossncti
Gonciiii Tridentlni Rcstitutum, g. PHI v.
Jussu editum, Clements VIII. Et Urbani
Papa Octavi Auctoritate Recognitum, Et
novis Missis ex Indulto Apostolico hucusoue
concessis auctum. Antverpie ex Architypo.
graphic Plantiniana. MDCCXXXVIII
The officer took the book in his possession to
the Justices Office, and called upon Rev. Mr..
Donelan, who, after seeing the book, claimed
1t as his property, and made an affidavit to
that effect, and stated that it and other books,
property and money, were stolen from him by
q boy whom he believed al this time to be
absent from the city. The book was subse-
quently returned to the owner.
FIRE This morning, between two and
three O'Clock, FIRE was discovered in house
In Swampoodle known as Ann Bells which
was entirely consumed, and the two adjoining
tenements, occupied by Irish families, copsid-
erably damaged We could not learn the loss
nor the origin of the FIRE.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS Last evening, the
Catholic Beneficial and Total Abstinence So.
ciety elected officers for the ensuing year, as
follows: President-Rev. Timothy O'Toole
First Vice President-H. J. Mclaughlin; Sec
ond DOR Jos. Walsh; Secretary-Jas N.
Callan; Treasurer-George Savage.
TIE CIRCUIT COURT was, this morning, On l..
gagged upon the appeal case of Shadrack Rear.
don, fined for selling liquor without license
The case was being argued as we left the
court room.
The FAIR was largely attended last night
During the afternoon, St. Matthews Sunday
school and Mrs Guyten's private school at
tended.
TRUB.-There are two things man rarely
forgets-his first love and his cigar Few Ia
dies who have used Fontaine's Cream OF
WtLd FloUers will ever forget its agreeable
effects in producing q clear and beautiful
complexion free from every imperfection. Sold
by W. Ii Gilman. 1t
The VERY LAST CALL !-Philbrick desires
rs to extend to his numerous friends and pa.
trons in this city, his cordial and sincere thanks
for the many favors he has received at their
hands. And, now upon the eve of taking his
departure, he assures all, great and small,
that while he shall strive to remember the
kindness and liberality of our citizens, he still
regrets that it has not been in his power to
present every body with some substantial me-
mento to the end that he may not be entirely
forgotten himself Wetrust that all who have
not called at the Gift Book Store, under Dex.
ter's Hotel, will do so without delay. Open
to-day and to morrow, and positively no longer
1t
tains an article in relation to the music of the
serenade Of tho Oath instant, in which the
writer does me the honor Of personal refer.
ence, and I feel it a duty owe to my own
reputation and the public, that should 70.
ply.
Although by no means profess to be Bel.
lini or Verdi, fatter myself With the belief
tb at am sufficiently q master Of my profess
sion to know the difference between good and
genuine article and what may DO called trash
This fact is we'll known to the Washington
public, and is admitted by all the really tai.
ented members of the band which have the
honor to lead
Speaking of the "BirI Walts,n which
composed, would say, that 1t bas passed
(toithomt the tohistie to ii) the criticisms of
musicians far superior in talent to my young
friend, whom your "Guest" refers to in his
nj il II 81 %
submit my compositions to the ordeal Of
public examination by those who are COME
tent to judge, without the additions of any
such humbugs as the imitation Of the bird,
the sleigh bells, de-, TO-, which form the only
attraction to the music of my young friend,
and have ELECTED the notices appearing of late
in your journal.
ING HIS TALENTS If he thinks fit to do so but
| must be allowed to express my contemp pit for
the system of those who attempt to elevate
themselves by endeavoring to detract from the
well-earned reputation of others.
In conclusion, I would repeat that am
perfectly willing to let my com positions stand
trial with those Of any greenhorns who do
not yet know how to read their parts correctly
in the band have the honor to lead.
Respectfully, &c, &c. F. SCALA,
1t Leader U s. Marine Band.
MORE GAs-MoRE LIGHT! -Editor of Star:
SIR-In the Star Of the 26th instant, my at
tention is called to an article on tho Gas con-
troversy, signed "Jno. w Smith," in which it
is stated that ''brother and assistant of C.
n. Tyler" (meaning myself as tho brother)
had declared that the ''challenge" to tost the
relative merits of the several gas aparatuses,
was not intended to include the "grsase gas'
concern and therefore, on that account, he
ONO w. Smith, ordered the "Back Down"
card to be suppressed, &c.
Now, Mr Editor, wish to distinctly aud
unequivocally deny ever having exchanged a
word with Messrs. smith or Heath about the
challenge, and that on tho day the card was
printed did not see Mr.. Smith, as his card
a6frnts l will leave the unprejudiced to
draw their own conclusions from these facts
think, however, if the "grease gas" requires
such means to mako 1t burn, the world will
soon be left in darkness; and that when all
the facts, legal and otherwise, break through
the gaseous clouds that hang DER that con-
corn, the uninitiated victims may have spfi.
cient light to "see themselves as others see
tiemb