Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-24
THE cArIroL ExrnSsros. The new House

The CAPITOL EXTENSION. - The new House
Gallery IN now nearly completed. Mr.. Fowler,
Of New York, is now engaged in putting the
new iron ceilings to the Hobbies around the House
when the iron work about the new House w II be
completed. BY the firsteof September next the
Hall will be ready for the reception of the men,
bers Of that body. All the work on both sides Of
the Capitol will be completed internally by this
time next year. The grand stairway of the new
Senate Is an object Of admiration and wonder TO
machine for placing the heavy stones on the new
intersecting corridors between the new and old
wings of the Capitol is now in successful opera
ton. This machine, which has been experiment.
ed with by stone masons for so many wears, and
has been frequently abandoned as useless, on ac-
count of the great danger attending its use, has
been so improved and Strengthened, as to render
IL not only OF great service in point Of labor
ing, but il can, as arranged by Messrs Provost &
Winter be put to all the uses required In the erec
ton of the corridors, with perfect safety to those
employed in working it. The amount of hard
labor saved to the contractors by its Introduction
Is very great; with four men to manage it, the
lifting machine performs the same amount of ser
vice In one day that would be accomplished by
nine men In six days with the ordinary boom
derrick. IL is calculated to lift fifteen tons
weight, with the greatest ease, and can be shifted
from one side to the other, almost in moment,
dropping the stone in whatever position NAV be
required. The machine is double railway sus-
pended from the contiguous sides of the old
building and the new wing with a rail track at
each end OF the machine or bridge this bridge
Is braced up with large iron rods which run un-
der its entire length from its two exremIties and
the whole bridge moves bodily along the two
tracks to any point Sequired; upon this bridge,
over which runs transverse rail track, IL little
car, which attaches 10 the hosting power and
carries the stone as ii is hOsted back forth as
may be required. The whole arrangement is ex-
tremely simple in construction and of vast SER
vice, when made sufficiently strong TO bear the
immense weights which are required in the con-
struction Of structure like the Capitol.
SIXTH DISTRICT POLICE MATTERS. before
Justice CHH.-Mrs. Susannah Armstead was
brought mp, charged with oppressive conduct to-
wards one Of her tenants, poor woman, named
Mahorney. IL seems that the landlady, finding
that the tenant was unable to pay her rent under
took to apply the law of foTcible election with
undue rigor when brought before his honor she
used considerable abusive language towards the
officers, for which she was held to bail OH her
own recognjzance to appear at the next term of
the Criminal Court.
James Gleason was called up to answer for GER
tain threatening and abusive language towards
Mr.. Jared Fugitt, all of which grew out OF a cross
dog having bitten said Fugitt without provoca-
ton. Gleason was fined one dollar and costs
John Minikin was had up for the offence of SELL
ing whiskey without a license. Fined $50 and
costs
Mrs. A. Wright, for Threats and abuse; fined 81
Albin Shell, on charge of selling rotten sausa.
ges in the Navy Yard market; fined s. and costs
John w lllet for keeping a gambling house.
Judgment suspended for further examination of
witnesses.
The RIvER.-The Powhatan reports the ship
Zephyr not in sight when she left Aqua creek, at
O'Clock last night
The boys still persist in going into the river to
battle, in full view of Passengers on the river,
with an indecent pertnacity which should be Sc
verely punished by Our police.
The pic mic of the Methodist Church South
comes on to-day at Fort Washington
The Wide Awake lowed up to Morgan Rein
haTt's wharf large schooner from Dix Island,
with stone for the Treasury Extension
The COllye- took Il large number Of passengers
to Mount Vernon at . o'clock this morning.
We are glad to see laborers at work clearing out
the cess pools at the foot of Eleventh street
At Alexandria. business Is dull; the ship Samo-
set has hauled into the stream, and is waiting for
crew; her destination is supposed to be Charles
ton, ). c., where she will freight with cotton for
the Liverpool market
The Ann ID, Mott Bedell line, } which has been
over due for three days has not yet been reported
The Maryland, Capt. Mitche /, arrived IN this
morning. She reports two briggs and one baraue
In the lower river, upward bound.
BY the Kindness of Capt. Price, OF the George
Page, we have information of the arrival at Alex.
andria OF the barque Golden Era, from LIVERPOOL
with 600 sac Ks of salt for Messrs. Fowle & Co
The directors of the Manassas Gap railroad COM
pdny have arranged to accommodate the farmers
by running regular trains over the road for the
transportation of wheat, three times per week
The grain crop of Virginia is more plentiful than
1t has been for many years.
Excursion OF THE NATIONAL GuARps-we
have heard nothing hut expressions OF delight OIL
the part of those who had the good fortune to
participate in the excursion of the National
Guards at Blakistones Island.
The Powhatan reached the Pavilion at about
three O'Clock "Wednesday afternoon, and the ex-
cursionists were kindly received by Col. Blakis-
tone, w hO threw open the dancing saloon for their
USE and in other ways catered for the enjoyment
OF the party. The young folks of the neighbor-
hood participated with the Washingtonans in
the merry dance, and many pleasant acQuaint-
anceships Were formed.
WitheTs' Band, which accompanied the party
made itself Immensely popular down river, and
the Bird Waltz and other musical gems perform.
ed by this band, Were repeated over and over
again for the benefit of tire Marylanders
The Guards returned to this city at SH o'clock
Yesterday morning, the POwhatan having been
detained some three hours at Indian Head, where
she run aground, in consequence of the pilot
(getting drowsy, Perhaps) having headed the
boat as u he proposed taking short cut through
the woods to w ashington.
The ladies on this excursion desire us to make
their special aCknOwlcd Iements to Captain TAFT
Lient. Lloyd, and others Of the Guards, for cour-
tesies on the trip Of the POwhatan, by which the
enjoyment of the occasion was so much enhanced
The Guards may always count on a good word
from the ladies in their hereafter excursions
CHARGE OF SwINDLING.-The Baltimore Sun
OF this morning says On Wednesday afternoon
telegraphic dispatch was received at the Office
OF the Marshal of Police, from Washington re-
questing the arrest of one DR.. Weigert, who it
was alleged, had been guilty Of swindling in that
city, and was then his way to Baltimore.
Deputy Marshal Manly and detective Barnes at
once repaired TO the Camden station, but the party
described did not leave the train on its arrival
short time after, however, party approached all
other and handed him a note, when the latter pro-
cured hack and started down town The officers
followed. Of I l,ar nd u;,,b
streets the vehicle stopped, when Il man answer
ing the description contained in the dispatch
made his appearance on the street and was about
to enter the hack. The officers arrested and took
him TO the middle district station, whence he was
sent to Jail to await reQuisition from the author
tiles of the District of Columbia.
A COINCIDENCE Yesterday afternoon, pre-
cisely at the hour when all newspaper men are the
hungriest and thirstiest 10, there appeared our
sanctum door man staggering under gigantic
waiter loaded with the biggest and juciest Of
Norfolk oysters, with extras trimlninos and