Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-04-20

! DISTRICT ARNoRr.-Col. Craig, Chief Of the
Ordnance Bureau, says Of the Armory building In
\ his report: .
"The work on the Armory for the militia OF the
| District of Columbia has been carried on during
the year and everything promises its speedy cree.
ton, according to the terms OF the. cohl,ac.. y,
materials Of the best description, put oge,nef In
workmaniike manner The 1n,Id INA arm ,n
| such as pun-racks and accoufrement presses,
| which, with painting, grading, draining ana en-
closing the lo. and nse Win Cost accordns
The amount here asked was appropriated IN the
Army bill
y,c-Dr Thomas 6. Clinton, formerly assistant
! s,,m,ner in the Patent Office, has sent us a plan
>, nv which he proposes to retain first-class NAVY
| ward at Washington, 10 resuscitate the Cbesa.
| neake and Ohio Canal, and to give Commercial
/! basis 10 the District Of Columbia He saws the
cause Of Georgetown suffering from back water
during freshets, and Washington from shoal wa.
is to be found in the sudden bend of the river
! from east to south at the junction of the two
cities: His plan removes this cause by giving an
issue to the river In the direct line of ifs cuTsant
| force about the line Of Virginia avenue E;rs,
Ward. He calculates the expenses of the erecn'
ZION OF the works at 50 OBJ 9sf So and the returns
I II Tue new land made ont Of excavation and
Y. Herald.
NOT MARRIKD.-Mr. John Englebright of Bal.
tlmore, writes to us denying that he is married
He says:
" II You will refer to your paper of March 2lst
yon viii md that YOU published the marriage OF
Miss Joanna Miller or WASHINGTON To q M
John Englebright Of Baltimore by the Rev MT
BROOKS. am the only John Englebright I'm Bal
timore, and will assure you / am not married,
and there is no Rev. Mr.. Brooks l would not
deny the marriage but am bored almost to death
by my friends congratulating me and asking cues
lions about It,"
Mr.. Englebright gives other reasons why the
rumor affects him unpleasantly, and needs con-
tradiction at his hands.
RUNAWAY BoYs.-Since Thursday Capt Mills
OF tho Auxiliary Guard has received INQUIRIES IN
regard to the presence in this city Of no less than
SIX runaway boys from various parts of the coun-
try. One from New York CITY, who ran away
from his father, for what cause the dispatch does
not say. Two from the Baltimore Honse Of r ef
uge, who have been retaken and sent back to serve
the state until 81 years OF age, having four the
other three years to serve. Three from this civ
! One Of these worked at the Capitol and sold his
compensation ticket for S125 with which he fitted
| up two oehess and started for North Carolina
! The funds having run shot they returned to this
| city and now lurking about ashamed 10 face
1 their parents. The purchaser Of the ticket will
probably be loser, the boy from whom he pur-
chased il being minor.
| THE WAY 1T WoRKs.-On Saturday night the
rowdies of the city were not slow in ayailinp
| themselves of the immunites promised by the
displacement of the police magistracy of the CITY
at one fell sHoop, through the Circuit Court decf
| sion. They counted on a special good time-thev
| did-lnd no doubt imagined that the millennium
OF fast 'hoys had come but the police having
JeIked a lew OF them into the guard house, their
compdtriots scattered with great agility thinking
perhaps that they ran some risk of being Gagged in
| the guard house cells until iegally-appointed
| agistrates were ready to act
Fish He who loves fresh fish, when fresh
fish are really luxuries-in the height of their
seasOn-should by all means breakfast, dine or
| sup on the George Page just now, where Archy
| Fleming presides caterer. Such rock such
| shad and white perch, and cooked to a charm
as he places them before his guests, rarely to
| be encountered ten miles from the Potomac 3
tide water banks. A fresh fish, eaten within an
hour or two after ioundering out Of its element
and one served twenty -four hours later, are yery
different things, as all genuine gourmands know
| we'll
The SUNDAY SCHOOL USIoN.-Great prepare
| lions are being made on the part OF the several
directors for the coming annual celebration A
! meeting OF the executive committee will be held
tomorrow evening to select speakers for the &C.
caslon we'll "a To make a engagements for music
The smithsonian grounds, as has already boon
stated will be the meeting place of the schools
Of which there are thirty. The grounds on thai
occasion Will present beautiful spectacle.
Look orr FOR THEM BY an extra from the
New York Bank Note Reporter, we learn that the
| Commercial Bank OF New Jersey Perth Amboy
! failed on Saturday at II O'Clock Our citizens
will do well to be on their guard against bills OF
| this bank.
| ROBBERY AT THR CARs.-This morning. a dis
tinguished under the late administration, had his
pocket cked at the Washington railroad depo,
| OF upward of four hundred dollars He had iils,
4 arrived in the cars from New York
| PosTPoNEMENT.-Itw will be seen, by reference
TO our advertising columns, that the Levee OF
| Harmony Lodge, |. o. o. F., announced for to-
! night has been postponed In consequence Of the
| lnclemency CT the weather.
| The BELL of the Franklin fire company was
stolen from the Metropolitan stables and not f.om
| the Monument grounds.
! WATCH RETU2Ns.-Apil 1s,h-Samuel Cook
vagTanti workhouse 60 days. Mary Callan, white,
| amagaInatiOn; paid SI.44. Henry Peasants
| coloTed, do do. WIN. III. Keen, IL years of age
| and Wm. III. Douglas, - years OF aye, fugitiyes
| fom justice; held for safe-keeping.
| April lTh-Aquila Barton, coloTed, drunk; fine
and costs, S644.
| NoTICR.-JOhn Wagner, who was mentioned in last
Monday afternoons Star, having been arrested for
| receiving stolen goods, Is not John Wagner, the
glider, of No. 2j5 Penn avenue. It.
| To Ny LITTLE GRAND-DAUGHTER, J. F.. :.