Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-05-29
Asour GAs.-The Washington Gas Companx

Asour GAs.-The Washington Gas Companv
In the manufacture Of gas for the use Of this CITY
ana georgetown, consume an averge of 30 tons
OF coal daily. This gives tot al Of SIO tons per
week. Each ton Of coal produces about %, oO0
CUBIC ieet OF gas, which, in one DAVIS mapufac-
tuIe, amounts 10 600 600 cubic feet. The amount
week is, according to this, 4, POO, 900 cubic
IeeI, "hlch Is consumed as fast as made The
number OF men employed BY the company is 81
and they receive from 81 10 TO 81 as per diem for
tnelr labor. The cost in material and manufac-
lure per week amounts to at least 81 500 and Is
per week
The company receive nearly all the coal used
Nv them in the manufacture Of gas from Port
Waithall, Virginia. This il considered the best
coal for the purpose of making gas. The English
bitumnOus coal which is partly used by the COM
pany, Is preferred to the native coal. One pound
OF English coal will produce five cubic feet of
gas, while the same amount of Port walthal
material will produce only three and a half cubic
feet. The quality of the gas from the former is
also considered superior to that obtained from
the native coal
RIVER NEws.-Several vessels have arrived
with lumber for the mills on the canal. This
morning arrived schooner Active, with a large
consignment Of Port Deposit lumber for Mr.
COyle.
any disturbance
The receipts of fish at Alexandria Yesterday,
were 900 shad and 100 herring chiefly floIn
the OILERS. They were taken by the country
wagoners at prices for shad from $40 TO sI3, and
60 for herring
The White House Point landings Welded yes
teIday some 1.2O shad. The small nets only
were used, and the hauls Were made over the
same ground each time The quality OF the ash
caught Is growing poor, and the last haul for the
season was made at the White House landing
last night
The steamer Collyer to-day, in addition to her
regular Mount Vernon trip, Is chartered by Prof
Benz. HallCwell for the purpose of taking the
young men OF his seminary to Fort Washington,
Mount Vernon, the White House, and Indian
Head She has also been engaged for next Tues
day by Prof. VIM. =. Hallowel, Of the Female
Seminary, to take the young ladies OF that school
on all excursion to Fort Washington.
MANIA-A-PoTU.-Lastnig night number of gentle
men residing i'm the country captured a woman
who had been wandering about the country in a
haif-naked condition. She was supposed to be a
lunatic, for, upon the approach Of anv one she
would start off and run like deer. She was at
length captured on Col. Hickey's farm, brought
TO the city, and LODGED in the guard house
This morning, when brought before Justice
Goddard, she proved to be a woman named Mar
gaTet Ilanlon, and the Justice was we'll acquaint-
ed with her history.
She is q married woman but inordinatply fond
of whiskey On this account her husband left
her. and taking the children, departed for the
west She has recently been drinking; and ma
Her mind fixes upon her children, and she de-
cIdres that three Of them were murdered yester-
day. She knew they had gone to the West but
says they returned in an awful condtion-one Of
them was lame, another blind, and three We're
killed Yesterday
in order that she may he properly cared for I'M
III she RECEIVERS she was committed 10 the work
house.
VISITING FGKBMES.-This morning. the eleven
O'Clock train brought to Washington the Mechan-
icol Fire Company, of Louisville, Kentucky, who
were escorted from Baltimore bv the Pioneer
Hook and Ladder Company of that city They
were received Is the Columbia Fire Company
and the Metropolitan Hook and Ladder Company
OF this city.
CIRCUIT COURr.-This morning the Court was
hearing the prayer on the dobeas corpus asked in
the case Of Consul Jenkins, now in Jail on prose-
cution of A. Van Camp.
WATCH RETURSs.-John Frederick. drunk !;
fine and cost. sIi. Owen Branan, do; work
house. Margaret Hanlon, drunk do. Jno Bell
drunk and disorderly; fine and costs, slsl