Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-07
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

yard-a much-needed improvement D ne oiu
ship house is being renovated from base 10 Top,
and looks like a new building under Its coat OF
fresh paint. A new building has just De~h erect
ed in the portion Of the grounds, near the
wall which bounds the yard on the west 70 De
used for the PURPOSE of a roll-call house IL is
OCta-On in shape, % feet in dimeteI, TWO stories
high and Is surrounded on all sides by colorado
twelve feet wide with stone haS foOtwalk A
covered passage is To lead from an arch gateway
in the wall to the colonade, under which the men
can stand without exposure to the weather, as is
the case now at the centre gate.
beautiful coTnice SuTmounts the new roll
call building, constructed in Gothic STYLE and
above the cornice is a bell tower, which is to be
used occasion may require.
Capt. Dahlgren'S new she'll house comes on
apacc. The walls are up, and the iron rafters
are being placed to cover the roof
IN the anchor shop large order for anchors
for Philadelphia and Norfolk has Just been com
pleted, and Preparations are being made TO COM
msnce on another order for second class anchors
for the latter naval workshop.
In the machine shop, new machinery of gigan-
tic proportions and of sufficient strength To exc
cute any Kind OF work required by the Navy De-
Partment Is being set up. In one division of the
new machine shop the men are engaged in filing
order for six bell boats for the California coast
and the coast along the southern portion of the
United STATES and the Gulf. These boats are all
of iron, and are some thirty feet long by fifteen
wide, and are entirely covered in with boiler iron
They each have a hell attached which is con
stanily kept ringing by the motion of the boat in
tEr wafer thereby pointing out To the mariner
the dangerous ShOal or reef on the coast
CIRCUIT CoURT.-Some very important cases
have been tried and disposed of in this Court
during the present term, involving principles
Of deep interest TO the citizens OF Washington,
among which may be mentioned the case of
Richard smith rs. Benedict Miiburn, which was
action OF electmcnt To recover certain DroDertv
pure hased by the defendant. or those under whom
ne claimed, az taX-sale some time ago, and held
und,r Corporation deed. The principal point
involved, and one on which the case turned was:
whether the abbreviated descriptions of property
on the assessment and tax books and I'm the pub-
lie advertisement liable to he sold for taxes ac-
CTusd, VIZ: :. ~ for East half, and 'swH -
for " est haif, &c, was regular and in acco d.
aace with the law; and whether parol evidence
was admissible to explain them The Court
ruled. substantially, that such desc riptiOnx of
property Were irregular, and not warranted by
law Z; and that parol evidence was not admissible
to explain the recOrd-that the record should ex-
plain itself-1nd that tax sales Of property thus
described were null and void
The jury under these Instructions returned n
verdict for the plaintiff. Exceptions were taken
TO the rulin. Of the Court and in all probability
The case VIII 90 up to the Supreme Court -
VINO ATTENDS TO TIE STREET LIGHrs1- Mr.
Editor: You are supposed to be able to tell
everything, and all come to you with their CON-
plants Can you inform me, and many others
whose duty il is to see that the street lgbts are
burning, and in order to burn, A fortnight ago
PAID more than 50 gas light tax. on penalty of
having my property SOLD II neglected. At The
time complained to the collector that the yerv
lamp in which felt the most interest was never
lighted. He symPathizsd, and referred me to
the Secretary Of The Gas Light COMPANY I
called at the Office and COMPLAINED Every body
SympathiZed, but il was no business Of theirs
and they referred me to the Mayor or to the gas
ntteT who had charge of the street lamps To
make assurance sure, represented my grefs
and those of my neighborS, in writing TO tcth
functiOnarieS. More than 4 fortnight has since
elapsed, and still the lamp il never lighted and
condition Ia ia bn hall
90 TO next , for am resolved to have the Lamp
lighted, If do it myself. II is near Eighteenth
"Eu suetS AJAX.
ST MATHEWS CHURCH.-In his sermon yes
to-day morning, Father White gave the congre-
cation full exposition of the financial affairs of
the church tie stated the annual receipts TO be
Sj,CS7, for collections from pew rents gratuties,
sunday collections, etc The annual pxpepdi.
lures were stated to amount To S3.Hn-Ieavin0 q
surplus OF - ,6e. The church was stated 10 be
IN debt to the amount of SI2 600; and this debt
the Kew. Father proposed TO .iQuidate by issuing
church scrip, to be sold to members of the con-
gregation who might b. disposed to invest their
surplus funds in that way. until sufficient was
sold to extinguish the existing debt: the scrip 10
bear legal interest and 10 be gradually redeemed
out OF the 81 ,O6s surplus of the annual receipts
Ihis plan, he stated, was the most expedient that
IN his opinion could he adopted in the present
condition OF financial matters.
The RIvKR.-Scme three hundred head Of fat
DeeVes passed over the Long bridge yesterday
travelling towards the Baltimore market
At Gait NOung's wharf arrived schr. r. n
Pitts, Capt Jas. p. Woody, from Philadelphia
with l49 tons Of coal r-'
AT Rileys wharf arrived steamer Columbia
rom baltimore, with ccnsignmeHts of merchan
ui[r IoF d. W IN. Gunton, r.. T.. White 4 Co
Murray Semmes, lac son Bro samJ Pnnn
PhTey, w y. II Mack, C Stott p Thyson-
w Davis, Cbas. White, Rev O'Tool- 4 God
daId, Perry K Bro, Campbell & Sons, p O.
DOnohoo, Parker & Co, Gen Cas-. Howell &
MoIsell, j. X McGregOr, II. HenIine A. Muir
ply, A Butler, II. Rock, NJ. Lowenstein
MORE RECKLESS PIsroL FIRIxs.-Last s,tur
DAY night, Mr.. George Miller, brother-in-I law Of
Nj Lewis, baker. Seventh street, Island received
ball in his hand while be was engaged about
the 6Tead-cart. on his return from his rounds
ne bail or shot has not vet been extracted IL
is presumed that III was not fred at delih-ratelv
but that he was hit by a chance shot from m. mn
or pistol OF some Of the eckIeSs youths who are
permitted The use Of Ere arms by their parents
little child was in MilleT's carriage at the same
time he was shot, but fortunately escaped harm
ABOUT the same time. party in this vicinity
lSrsehth ana D. nred some twenty thirty
shots at the (thrn) vacant building used As
magistrate Office, apparently out Of pure devil
tTy.
Thar TRAP Saturday night. a man named
Harrison, who had just arrived in the city. and
lad been imbibing little too freely. while pas,
ing along second street had not sufficient skill
. to clear the bitches, and bled over into the
IlDer, al The same place where man was Grip
pea lew nights previous. That is a dangerous
zap even for sober men, but particularly for per-
sons blind drunk, in a dark night IL would az
fod some security for life and limb If stout rail
were placed along that bank. Harrison was taken
10 The guard house, dried. and let slip.
PETTT THIEyEs.-The arrival Of a large num-
Der Of Juvenile Migrants in this city during III.
past week makes il advisable for merchants and
others to pay attention to light articles placed at
th'lI doors for display, as among these recent ar
rivals there are, without doubt a number of on,
pert "Piigs' When any Of these Youngsters are
taken up, or go 10 the guard house for LODGING
"ouid u not be we'll for the Captain to hold them
until they give satisfactory Information a. 70
their res .dence, mode Of living and means of
support. and upon their failure To do so for the
JHshce 10 commit them to the WORK nOuse
Election OF OTFICEEs.-At the meeting OF The