Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-29

THE RIvER.-The slOop Old State. Capt Bret
sill, arrived up yesterday from Machodic, witt
apples, pears, and fruits Of various kinds for the
| Washington market.
Arrived at Harvey Co. s wharf schr. Breeze
Capt. Dickinson, foIn Philadelphia, with 95C
tons of coal for Messrs. Harvey & Go.
The Columbia yesterday in passing the Pare.
wharf moved the slip of the George Pace fout
inches. There would seem, from this fact, to bC
Il necessity for a new slip at that wharf
The President of the Washington and Alcxan.
dfId Railroad Company is about putting that road
in first rate order with view To "A resumption OF
travel on that road. IL will he done by the frs,
of September. The damages OH the Long Bridge
last Spring have proved to be great drawback tc
the Company, but Mr.. French i determined Ia
make the Railroad OF great service to travellers
nowithsti nding the interruption caused by The
Bridge being carried away.
The German SanreTbund Society went to the
White House for days pleasure this morning:
fhr Geo. Washington, Capt CofscE, took them
down.
The steamer Maryland arrived up Yesterday af-
teTdoon at ) d clock, bring inT a large number OF
passengers and considerable freight. She made
thu shortest trip down that she has ever made,
arriving at Piney Point long before dark, and
reaching Norfolk the next morning at O'Clock
making the trip in ID hours, besides touching al
all the various river landings. In the port OF
Norfolk was the steamer Louisiana from Balti-
more, and steamer Roanoke of New York, bound
to Richmond. On the 9th, arrived at the DoTt
from New York. The sMp GOSport, which
went ashore has been hauled up on the mud
bark, and is being relieved by means of a steam
pump while her repairs going on. The Ger
mantown IS still lying at the Hospital, waiting
orders.
The Maryland left Norfolk on Monday evening
at O'Clock, on her return trip. She had rivalry
in the bay with steamer, name unknown, and,
OF course, came Oft victorious. At Pope's creek
she took on board several passengers for WASH
ington, from whom accounts Were received of the
state Of the grain crop OF that region. The reports
are that at that place the crop Is below the aver
age; the chinch bug has got into the corn but the
extent of the damage done cannot as yet be ascer-
tanned. The late hail storm played sad havoc in
the wheat field at that point.
A SPEcTACLE.-Yesterday, two little boys,
neither apparently over ten years of age, got into
n fight in the Second Ward. They scratched and
beat each other to the best of their ability The
scene attracted the attention of a crowd of chill
dren, and also Of two grOtcR men, who seemed
to be greatly interested in the manner in which
the fight was conducted, and applauded the
"Spunkn of the pair. Fortunately one of the
auxiliary guards interfered and broke up the ex-
hibition before any bets were made on the first
blood"
REAL ESTATE SALKs.-Yesterday, lot Is In
square 400, on Ninth street, between Nj and \, ,
with the improvement, was sold by Jas. C. Nc
Guire, auctioneer, for 1925; purchaser 7. A. SAT-
ford.
A. Green, auctioneer, sold parts of lots and 0,
SQUARE 4ul, with improvements, on Ninth street,
between l. and M, for 81 800; purchaser J. b.
Oliver,