Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-11-30
THE OMNIBUS AccIDEsr,--We have received
he following from Mr. Latham: -.-

THE OMNIBUS AcCIDESr.-We have received
the following from Mr. Latham
ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 30, 1857.
u Wd1aeh, Esq.-Dear Sir: In the star Of
me ZIth inst Is statement relative to the acci-
dent that occurred on the George Page the day
previous. L do not know who furnished your
reporter with the statement, but this do know
that there is scarcely truth enough 10 save II from
being branded as tissue Of falsehoods to screen
the really guilty party, or to crafty prejudice
as mean as It's contemplate. The general accu-
racy Of your reporter gave the article a weight
that was calculated to do me great injustice I
will state that it has been reported to me that the
horses had been looked at very few minutes
before they started, and that one OF the men had
started out, just as the horses started TO look
again. Mr.. Rudd, the baggage agent. was the
only person on the forward deck when the bor.es
started, and he done all he could TO ston them
My loss and anxiety Of mind is sufficiently great
without being made the victim of the slanderer
You Will please insert this together with the sub
joined report from the Alexandra Gazette
iours, &C, HUGH LATHAM.
"SeTioBS LoN-Mr. HUGH Latham, mo, with =
most serious loss on Thursday morning last by
the drowning OF three of his horses, and the de-
structlon OF one Of his large omnibuses. As the
steamer George Page was making her trip to
w ashngtOn, on Thursday morning at half mast
Tour o clock, with the mails and passengers going
north from the Orange and Alexandria railroad
ana when ON the Eastern branch, the boat en-
countered considerable quantities OF ice and the
noise made by the paddle wheels against il scared
the horses attached TO one of Mr. Latham,s omni-
buses, and they rushed wildly through the boat
board, dragging after them tie omnibus, 1.-THE
John ). Barbour,) which was run into by the
boat and the body OF IL smashed One Of the
horses became loosened from the gearing and
swan ashore, and was saved, but Was very much
injured, land has since died the other three
were drowned Mr. l. IS loss 1t is estimated
will be about 81 CO. and much regret is felt for
him Fortunately, there was no one i'm the ON
nibus at the time. The driver had left his horses
moment to warm himself"
Our REUBEN objects decidedly especially as
he is getting weak eyed himseD to the phrase in
morning city paper blind, but honest, :, In an
appeal in behalf of blind poet. 81 Cross-eyed
but honest'' might pass; as obliQuity of vision
may perhaps be Suggestive OF moral twist ain
lister, hut he can't 90 il ''blin6. (" " WHY ~ saws
Reuben, % We shall next have il specialized but
honest ~ He thinks it about time, too, for folks
In INDECENT circumstances TO repudiatr the vii.
lainOus phrase "peor but honestn In view of
the manner in which wealth Is generally ac
CURED he suggests that ''rich but honest, would
sound better.
CHURCH AIsLEs AND CEIyoLINE. We have
spoken of young lady, dressed in the style rasp-
ing her way up the aisle Of the Unitarian church
in manner to draw all eyes. She managed to
get in with squeeze; but not so fortunate was n
young lady who yesterday morning presented
herself at Mckendree Chapel, encased in hoops
or such dimensions that, after several mortifvinV
failures to force passage up any Of the alleys,
she beat retreat, with the Precipitation standing
In beads OH her pretty forehead w neither she
sought at any other church for aisles OF a broad
enough guage to allow her entrance, or whether
she returned discouraged to her home is not
known.
A LIVE "CoUSrEss" AT CARUsI's-Madame
Lola Montez, Countess of Landsfeld, lectures to-
night on " Beautiful Women" She i, undoubt
PdlY Of fhe aaftI
such, would be sure of an audience; but we NAV
add that the press OF the country seems to be
unanimous in speaking OF her lectures as having
intrinsic merits of their own, making them well
worth hearing. BY the way, why will the Spir-
ifHsHs Countess not favor US with her entire Sc
ries Of lectures!
PROF. DANIEL and the Wesley Chapel Choir
are names sufficient to invoke an audience when
ever they announce d concert That to be given
by them on Wednesday night promises to afford
fine treat OF music, somewhat less horid than
the run of concert music and thereby affording
wholesome variety Of mus ical diet.
A BLIND MAN, named VIM Hill, who desires
to earn an honestlyelihood for the support of his
family is in this city, offering for sale some lit
tie works, containing prose and poetical cOmpo-
sitions by himself He is endorsed by Sufficient
authority as worthy and deserving, and we trust
his little books may find a ready sale.
OCR CITY MERCHANTS are awaiting. with
some anxiety, the arrival of the New FORK packet,
now due, she having been some three weeks out
with goods that are needed.
WATCH RETuRNs.-2Sth-Lucy Jackson col
oTed, assault and battery; dismissed Benjamin
Cooper, coloTed, ID. c., disorderly conduct; do
Peter Harrison, Pa, firing gun in the street; do
Joseph Clark GawleY, Pa, carrying deadly
weapons; fine and costs, S5l.12. W. Shackle-
ford, D. G, drunk and disorderly; security SIS
costs 81 10. Henry C. Ashby, ID. c., do; do
John Schneider, Germany, do; do. Seventeen
dodgers.
29th.-Alexander Johnson, colored d c. as
sault and battery; security for peace and fine and
costs, S2l .12. Frank Smith, colored, d. C dis
ORDERLY costs, Sl.12. Patrick Kelley, Ireland
drunk and disordeTly; fine and costs, 81 10 Jas
Thomas, colored, ID. C disorderly; dismissed
David Jackson, colored, d. c., do do Isaac
Alexander, colOred, ID. c., do; do. Twenty-Five
dodgers; al non-residents
Western Lookup, for the week .-Lucius Gull
yer, Ohio, drunk workhouse 90 DAYS James
Cassidy, Md, drunk and disorderly; fined 81
and costs. Phillip Powers, do +; do. Jas Law
son, Scotland, do; do James Krsr, fined ~
and costs John Llewellen, drunk; fined So and
costs Three lOd0prs. residents