Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-29


for deadly onslaught on the various feathered
tribe that begin to throng the marshes along the
banks OF the river. From the extensive polishing
up which the long ducking guns, muskets, FOWL
ing pieces, &c, are receiving at the hahos OF my
bid shooters, the indications are the biros Will
have to suffer some. The knowing ones, who
make a study Of the subject, say thar the In
dicstions are strong Of a greater Ilsht OF Iiver
fowl this fall than usual. III such Is 10 be the
fact our ortoan, blackbiTd, reed bird blue wing
epicures who frequent our fashionable restaurants
along Pennsylvania avenue, Will have luscious
The steamer MARYLAND arrived up from Nor
folk, Old Point and Piney Point yesterday after
noon at half past two o'clock, bringing % pas
sengers She experienced very rough weather in
the bay a heavy southeast gale blowing al the
way up the bay. She shipped sea below Hamp-
ton Roads, which carried away portion OF tue
starboard wheelhOuse. In Hampton Roads she
met the barque Jasper, reported yesterday
being lowed into the roads, with her bowsprlt
gone and her foretop mast and all OF her Forward
TivOinu carried away The Maryland went down
TODAY with between 50 and GU passengers ON
board Capt. Mitchell Of this steamer Will con-
clude the regular trips of the boat ate, next sat
urdav for the reason that the Maryland Is too
slow for the times He Is making negotiations
for new boat for this line, to be put on the river
early next season. We wish him all success in
his enterprise, for certainly he deserves It..
Bayliss Davis, proprietor of the Aqua Creek
ashings gentleman well known to many of our
citizens, died on Monday night last, Of bilious
fever.
This morning the tug Wide Awake towed two
of the canal boats, the new pure base of the Cum
berland Coal Company, which have been repair
ing at Armstrong; ship yard, down to Alexan-
dria.
At Alexandria the river is clear OF shipping, no
boats arriving worthy of note:
The steamer George Washington left Alexan-
dria last night, between and ~ O'Clock, for
New York She will receive further repairs
when she arrives at her destination The cost Of
new boiler for her will be some 81 900.
purv.rv INpRovEMESrs-The citizens Of
Washington have engaged actively in the i'm
provement Of their property this year. Early in
the season quite a number of contracts were made
for the erection Of new and handsome dwellings,
stores, &c, in various parts Of the city Much Oh
this work will be completed before the season
ends, and the dwellings will be occupied during
the winter.
The splendid dwellings Of Vice President
Breckenridge, Senator Douglas and Hon. Mr..
Rice are approaching completion, and will be
ready for the propretors between the 1st and 5th
OF November. The architect, Mr.. Edwin Clark,
is experimenting their erection, and the lmne-
diate attention of the contractors Messrs Jno. G.
NaylOr and Baldwin Brothers, Is paid to the
work.
The Unitarian church, which has been thor.
oughly repaired. will be ready for service in
other week. This neat little church has been
greatly improved throughout. The contractors
were Baldwin Brothers freSco painters, Schultef
L Kahiert; painters, Palker & spaulding iron
work by Meade; brown stone work by NJ. u =.
Emery; carpenters, Baldwin Brothers.
worthy of notice have been completed in the way
of additions and store refitting. Among these we
notice the entire rettting OF Howe's exchange
office, adjoining Browns Hotel; the carpenters
work by Job Angus, the brown stone work by
Emery. The rettting OF the basement at the
corner Of Sixth street, formerly Cokes restaurant;
brown stone work by Emery. The handsome
brown stone front to the stores south side OF the
avenue, between Four-and-a-half and Sixth
streets very workmanlike job by n. Acker.
Mr.. J. Il. Ellis has commenced erecting fine
building, for Wall Stephens, on the site of their
former store, adjoining Iron Hall. This building
will be 2i feet font by 90 deep, and four stories
high. The front will be succeed in imitation of
brown stone, except the first story, which will be
fancy iron work Contractor and carpenter Jas.
T. Ellis brcklayer, Thos. Lewis plastefers,
Allen & Jackson; painter, Varnell Iron work,
l.. H. & G.. C. Schneider.
Mr. EDWARD A. POLLARD AGAIS.-In the
Union this morning We find the following ex-
PLANTATION: ~
WASHINGTON, D. c., August -.
Mr.. Editor: 1 beg TO be permitted to make a
single explanation in your columns to protect nv
name from public aspersiOn-a motive, 1 doubt
not, you will indulge for a brief space. version
Of an ARRAY to which was accidentally party
on the night Of the 18th instant was published in
one OF the city papers, misrepresentiRg the facts
-innocently must suppose, but to the great dsi-
riment of my character Though j am deter
mined that the facts shall 90 before jury, / am
anxious to explain at this moment but a single
circumstance Of the affair. II was misstated,
among other things in the report referred to- that
j had made violent and desperate assault
Captain Mills, of the police. when he interrupted
my flight from those in deadly pursuit of me. Ii
Is misstatement and an aspersiOn my charac-
ter, that in this instance, or at any time in my
life, ever resisted the arrest of my body, any
act of authority, by officer of the law and had
j known the person TO be Captain Mills who at
tempted to intercept me near the Avenue, would
only have been too glad TO have sought the pro-
lection OF so efficient and intrepid officer. That
fearful demonstration with The knife / am
ported to have make towards Capt. NJ installing
his Intentions we suddenly encountered, for he
did not proclaim himself to be an officer, is found
To have existed only in the truculent Imagination
OF the sensatiOn-repOrter Of the Star.
And Notwithstanding the many misrepresenta-
tons and msstatements that have been put atoat
concerning me in connection with this affair, /
have rested confident that the public papers of
this city would do me justice in good time, and
doubt not that you will afford me now the benefit
OF this explanation. IL can be of no interest TO
the public to learn Of the unaffected and poignant
modification have suffered on account of the use
Of my name in any connexion whatever with a
disturbance on the street. / therefore fOrLear
saying what might be mistaken for egotism or
understood only as common place and indiaer
snt expression Of regret.
Very respectfully, y0uS Obliged servant,
EDWARD 4. POLLARD.
NOts.-Mr. Pollard. in penniDg the above, knew
very well that the " version Of the ARRAY be COM
plains of was furnished by no sensation repor
ter, but came direct from the examining mapis.
having the testimony Il other witnesses before him
at the examination, was certainly quite as well
qualified to Judge imPartially upon the merits of
the case as Mr.. Pollard, an interested party.
Mr. POllard's is hereafter TO occupy the
attention Of the Criminal Court, and TO that tri-
bunal we leave il ard him, with the single re-
mark that in our opinion the abused reporters
have dealt with Mr.. p. with tenderness deserv-
ing better return.
CAMP MEErISGs.-A party OF sixty ladies and
gentlemen, members OF Wesley Chapel, returned
last evening from the camp Of the Warrenton cir
cult, bringing gratifying accounts of the progress
OF the cause OF religion number of conversions
having taken place at that camp. The meeting
was not large, there being only some forty tents
pitched on the ground, thong h numbers of people
from distance were accommodated at the HOUSES
pear the camp. The meeting was presided over
by Rev HiTsh, and the exercises Of the occa-
sion Were participated in 10y Reys. L. F. Morgan
OF Alexandria, Brown Morgan of Winchester
WIN. hrebs Of this city, and large number Of
reverend gentlemen from other circuits The
exercises were most solemn and earnest, and the
good order aud decOrum which prevailed durinr