Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-16
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

the grand jury yesterday ndd the following pas
sage, which should be learned by heart by every
parent ia the land:
The shocking neglect of educating properly
according TO their particular circumstances,
large portion OF the young of both sexes with the
certainty accompanying evil Of the total want of
a. II Is the world over. The habitual disregard
Of restraint in the United States, the licentious
abuse and peryersion Of true liberty, which can
not exist, except under the constraint Of law is
the prolific parent of private misery and public
offence, which, commencing in street brawls and
riotous scenes. runs rapidly to the peniteptiarv
and IL may be to an ignominous death For All
the evils that must be in the train of neglected
education, Of annoying night disturbances and
street rudeness, and swagger. parents and guard
ians have an awful account to settle The nos.
or young men that desert their homes especially
after nightfall, for the companionship of those
who, like themselves, have left the shelter of the
domestic roof in search of guilty INDULGENCE are
sowing seed whose product will inevitably be
punishment and disgrace to themselves and mis-
cry ana diShonOr 10 those connected with them
by blood or alliance The authority that could
and ought to restrain them is not exercised and
those who allow the rens to fall loosely from their
grasp will find day of rec koning ahead which
they have reason to dre1d -
Theertract below has also particular pertinency
at this time
. In addition to special examinations to which
Your attention may be invoked. the public. pre-
sumo, gentlemen, antici pates At your hands-but
whether h Is expected or not. IL is in nv Judy
ment your duty TO mako full inquiry into the
true condition of things in this city on the first
day OF this month. SOu should ascertain the
facts, and present them in an embodied form
This, and think nothing short of this, will
ohgnt 10 satisfy the community. will only fur
ther remark on this occasion that the laws must
be maintained and enforced and the rights of the
citizen under these laws, and the fair and full ex
ercise of them, without interference or hindrance
from any quarter, must be protected by whatever
legally authorized means are necessary for these
purposes"
I'm the Court yesterday, after we went to press.
the case OF Lewis l.. Burnett, charged with re-
failing spiTituOuS liquors without a license was
submitted, and the Court fined the party SI6 and
costs. The Petit Jury was then dismissed till the
opening Of the Court this morning at 10 O'Clock E.
To-day, the case of the United States as r.
Ridgeway and - Ridgewav. charged with
assault and battery on r. c. Ecklof on the 10th
Of March last, was taken up, and was in prog -ess
up TO the time our report closed. Key for the
United states, Maury and Wharton for defence.
The RIvER.-At the Long bridge, the boys are
still engaged in sturgeon catching. Yesterday
they caught IL Of these unwieldy fish, which were
brought TO the city market this morning for sale
The preparations for pile driving at the Long
bridge are being prosecuted with vigor the con-
tractor, Mr. Church, expects to have the pile
driver IN few days. This morning, a number
OF new hands Were engaged to go on the work
with a view TO ex ,editing the repairs.
During the gust yesterday afternoon the electric
tuid struck the house of Capt. s. FoukeS the
steamboat wharf running down the water spout
ana passing along the ground some two hundred
feet expended its force on pine stump which
was Standing in an open space of ground, tearing
some distance around. 1--WE hear that the light
wing also struck the house of Mr.. C. NJ. Mauray
on Third street. The amount of damage done
At Rileys wharf, arrived schr Mary ClotiIda,
from W hite Point, with white gravel for w. w
Campbell; sehr. Sarah Elizabeth. from Malta
woman, with 6O cords of pine wood for RILEY
At Magruder stones wharf. schr Monte
zuma, from Philadelphia with cargo of cooking
coal for g. l.. Sheriff.
Arrived at Alexandria steamer MARYLAND from
Chesapeake City, with ~ boats loaded with Cum
befland coal in tow The coal was all taken by
new coal company. (name unknown, } 20 supply
the trade along the line of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal. This company have in con-
smPlanon me establishment of coal depot at
Point Lookout, II the repairs which being
made on the canal should become successfully
completed The Maryland will leave Alexandria
again to-day for Chesapeake City, TO tow another
feet of the canal boats to Alexandria
The steamer Engineer, which has been hereto
lore mentioned as having gone TO Alexandria for
repairs came up the river yesterday, and hauled
up At the wharf of the steamboat company, where
she will be newly painted and then taken to the
RapPahannock 70 be used as heretofore stated.
The Mail Boat Company are about establishing
new wharf at QuanticO Point for the conye-
Bience of passengers.
The = Guy went to Georgetown to- day to load
with rOur for Cazenove, dealer, in Alexandria
The - COllyer" goes on her usual trip to-day to
Mount Vernon, with cheerful looking set of
passengers.
WATER. WATER wATER,,,-This morning
housekeepers on Pennsylvania avenue, who rely
on the avenue pumps between Ninth and Thir-
teenth streets Tor the supply of water necessary
Tor their families, to beg to beSeech the proper
authorities 10 cause the said pumps at once to be
put in order. They say that the pump at Patter-
sons corner gives precious little water with very
haId pumping that the Ninth and streets (cor-
ner) pump eintS offensive water: that the pump
al the southwest corner of PENNSYLVANIA avenue
and Tenth street has been broken and next to use
less for two years past that the pump at the
northeast corner Of the intersection Of the said
streets won't yield wafer; and that the pump be-
fore our (Star otice) door is dry as bone
They represent the most populous part of the
city, and We know well that their complaints are
well founded. tits the duty of the Commissioner
al once to cure these evils and Of the police to
keep sharp lookout for all who disposed TO
inJure such public necessities.
CULTIVATION OF THE POPULAR TAsrE-we
never pass MaTkTiteT' windows on Seventh street
without glance and pause, to note the almost
inevitably something new therein displayed. in
the way OF pictures, which from their intrinsic
merit are worth position in the finest house, and
yet in price not beyond the reach of the house
keeper OF the most moderate circumstances. In
hnltely better are good engrayings, mounted and
vanished in this style. than more pretentious and
costly oil paintings. Such pictures as the - But
terhy Chase Bubble Blowing My New
Boots - Cold Weather - while they are Of the
highest order of design and execution, also of
that popular character which makes them at
tractive TO even the uneducated eve Markriter's
place Is Just above Odd Fellows Hall. and we
advise ali lovers OF the fine arts to make pause
in passing.
The GAMBLING FRATERNITY of this city would
do well TO keep in memory certain passages in
the history Of the city of Vicksburg, II they
have care for their personal we'll being II seems
father difficult in Washington city TO bring ius-
vice TO bear them, but they may vet get the
hang of the thing =" most especially il they
parade their scoundrelism so unblushingly in the
face Of day. Within the last week, we have
heard Of at least two instances where respectable
young ladies in passing along Pennsylvania
front Of their denS OF an afternoon
THE NEw CATHOLIC CHURCH. intended To De
built by the Society Of Jesuits is to be commenced
Immediately. The contractors are, p. Gallant,
carpenter and John McCullom, brickIayer The
ground il located between First and North Can't