Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-02-09
NEWS AND GOSSIP.


umns for full particulars Of this catastrophe.
AT 10 IN. to-day, not more than some two
hundred feet of the structure had gone The
ice then was piled so high against the portions
adjoining the open space, as to render it next
to certain that by nightfall the pressure of its
rapid accumulation will sweep away as much
more of it. We see nothing in the appear.
snee Of the freshet Of ice which 10 likely to
delay the regular trips Of the steamboat
between Washington and Alexandria more
than forty-eight houra When they again
commence, the public disability in this connec.
tion will, for the most part, be removed. That
10, so far as the transportion of the mails il
concerned and the travel on the great North
ern and Southern mail route The market
gardeners living on the Virginia side within
three miles Of the Long Bridge, will be incom-
nodded to the extent Of having to reach this
city by travelling a few miles further-that is,
if tempory ferry be not Immediately opened
at the bridge, as before, by some enterprising
man
APpropoS.-Mr Rivss, the civil engineer
charged with the duty of preparing plans and
estimates for new bridges at the various points
that hsve been suggested-at the Long bridge
site, the Observatory point. on the piers of the
Aqueduct, and at the Three Sisters-is said
to have sent his report three days ago to the
Secretary of the Interior. We hear incident
ally that his recommendation 10 in favor of q
bridge for horse vehicles and foot passengers
at the Long bridge, with bridge to accom-.
mOdate Q railroad, as the Aqueduct, on the
present Aquoduct piers. According to his es.
Inmates, 1t will not cost more to build both
these proposed structures than to build a
bridge that will accommodate railroad at
the site Of the Long bridge. He is said further
to report that while the railroad bridge at the
Long bridge site will require ten years for its
construction, both the other structures which
he recommends can be built in three years.
We presume that the Secretary Of the Inte-
rior will at once send in to Congress his report,
and trust that ere the session ends this whole
Vexed and Vexatious question will be dispo-
sed Of
Concert for the Poor.-Some of the pro-
granmes for the forthcoming fne concert to
take place next Monday, the 10th instant have
already been distributed, and We now refer
our readers to another column for its details.
We regret, however, to find Mrs. Cecilia
foung's name not mentioned in it, and as We
had previously intimated that she had yolun-
teered her services for the occasion, We wore
surprised to learn that, on the contrary, her
terms were not such as the gentlemen who
have the matter in hand fsl, justified in &C.
osptiDg; their object being to render the con.
cert attractive, but at the same time as lucra-
tive as possible. While it is to be regretted
that her place has not been filed by any of our
fair vOcalists, we must speak in the highest
terms OF the excellence Of the programme
every piece having been selected with a view
to render the concert in every way worthy of
the occasion, and Of the full appreciation of
our musical and benevolent public. At all
events it will be variety, and different from
the concerts which We have lat,ly enjoyed;
and though it will only consist of our own
local talent, Jet We predict for it az excellence
IN ali its parts that will give it a name and
tone in no way inferior to any of the most
eiety. We are sure of its full success
The South Carolina Committee.-The COM
mittse from the congressional district of the
late Hon. Preston s. Brooks, who have come
to Washington to accompany the remains to
their final resting place in South Carolina,
consists Of some twenty i've gentlemen most
Of them young We never saw body of the
same number, apparently more intelligent and
substantial men. look at them explains
why 1t is that their State never fails to respect
herself, and to guard her rights with jealous
care in connection with public sfairs
Senator Toombs's 'Plan.-Ths following
statement. which We extract from late num-
Der Of the Cincinnati Enquirer, tells the tale
of the necessity for such legisla alton on the
part of Southern States as was suggested in
the memorable letter from Senator Toombs to
the recent Savannah Convention. So leng as
the South is willing, stupidity, to continue to
surrender what should be her own legitimate
profits from her superior advantages, she
almost deserves the return in the hourly
increasing intensity and prevalence Of aboli.
tiOnism, which she is resping A single South
ern Legislature has but to make the move on
well matured plan-say South Carolina-to
have all her sister Southern States carrying
out the same policy within i've years. The
reader will perceive th at the facts set forth IN
the extract to which We refer are such a. 10
justify very different tone towards tho soutb,
from the North, than that which pervades tho
Northern public mind, if the Northern ODD.
sition press affords fair criterion on which
to base judgment in the premises:
According to the report of the Secretary of
the Treasury, the export of Southern products
for the year 1856 amount TO Sl53 $50 O95.
These exports are carried abroad chiefly in
ships which are made and owned at the North.
II is estimated that the freight on these pro.
ducts will amount TO Sill 600 600 Now, these
exports are paid for In imports, which are 70.
ceived In the proportion of twenty dollars in
the Northern cities to one dollar in the Soutb-
Of these imports the South is the principal