Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-03
LOCALTNrEELIGENCE

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TO witness the FIRST lighting up Of the new Hall
of Representatives. The light was put at 9
O'Clock, and previous to that there was some
funny philandering along the dimly, tailow-
who engineered their way with considerable
solicitude, lest they should slump through, !,
skylight or something Of that sort e.
Imagine the party fairly assembled in the hall
the chill 9 loom ofwhich put an effectual stopoer
on all efforts at the cheerful. or conversatjor,al
The Pickering light shed down from single
torch or two in the hands Of the operators bigb
up in the ceiling. served to obscureiy outline The
vast proportions Of the hall, and to BRING out In
vague relief the groups of spectators who stood
expectation.
Then while all was grim, forbidding, Pl uton-
tc, at signal, as IL i higher power had said
lei there be light" the hall was suddenly filed
WIN hood OF the richest golden rays every
tongue was loOsed, and the walls of the great room
1alriy rang with shouts of delight At another
signal every light was extinguished, and the
hail, by contrast, seemed darker than ever And
again the torch was applied, and by the sing ular
process now for the first time introduced the Are
was seen leaPine along the jets sddying IN a
thousand graceful sinuosities until in the mar
vellOuSiy short space Of twenty seconds the on :
tire round was ignited
And now for few matter Of fact details The
squares In the ceiling, IS in number are disposed
III nVe rows, containing n ne i'm each
Each square (three feet In 6hmension) contains
burners, or ! 200 burners in all But In addi-
ZION 10 this mag nificent fund the curved carriers
which lead the light 10 the SQUARES are nrovidsd
WIN Jets to the immense number Of Is 600 by
which the light furnished by the squares can be
nns,r,,n,s nnieIY augmented The carriers are
constructed OF brass, and are not liable TO cor
Iooe This novel and most successful mode of
Lighting Is an idea of Capt Meigs
me carriers and squares are each supplied
win 4-inch main and stop-cock To ensure
UNIFORM How two lengths OF 4-inch mains are
carried round the entire sky-light and from
ID. DE- run 9-lnch pipes connecting with and
PROVISION has been made for the expansions
ana contiactionS caused by the intense heat GEN
Grated The allowance made is about inches
on each line The whole IL suspended from the
iron rafters In such a masner that change OF
temperature cannot affect it, The length Of the
skyhsht Is 70 feet BY Is feet wide. The glass
lhot yet I'M Will shield and add greatly to the
beauty OF the light, IL being enameied, and the
centre pieces containing the coats of arms of
each State, richly stained. The disagreeable
Sidre consequent upon the use of exposed chande-
her-burners will thus he obviaed and the effect
method. ~ ~ 1890
The lighting apparatus was manufactured by
Cornelius Baker, Of Philadelphia from plans
ana tracingx prepared under the direction of
capt MeigsIand the difficult work Of fitting
thls extensive apparatus throug the entire build
ing has been executed by the firm of 4 w
thompson, OF this city. who have succeeded
present last night
The party present availed themselye, OF the
opportunity 70 examine the details Of the new
Hall: though the time afforded was necessarily
tndh cnrsory survey. Young America, who
was represented there, is an initiative animal
he seated himself in the Speaker, chair, threw
his leg over the table and 50 uirted tobacco iuice
upon the delicately polished marbles with all the
easy self-PossessiOn Of an old legislator
TRUSTEES OF Public ScHooL,-The monthly
meeting Of the Board Of Trustees of Public
Schools was held in the Aldermen's room, CITY
Hall, yesterday afternoon at 4 O'Clock
Present: The President, Col Randolph: Rob,t
Klckstts Secretary, and Messrs Harbaugh,
santwood, Bacon, Young, Brandt and Ironside
The Chair read letter from Miss Kate san
dsr>on requesting TO he examined az teacher in
aminatiOns
Reports sor the last month from most Of the
fubllc Schools were received; and, on motion
ME P-1' oi
Mr.. Price offered the application Of Miss Cath
arine MorPhy az teacher in the Public Schools;
referred to the committee teachers
Bills Of expenses Of the First school Dis,rie,
were presented and approved. and the Treasurer
was s,i authorized t to cause them to be paid.
approved, and ordered to he paid
VII. PIIce presented the bill Of the Washington
Branch Railroad for trans portstion of fnIuitnrr
for Primary School No i'm the Third D;Strin,.
accepted ''''''
Expense bills from the other School Districts
Were presented blythe Treasurer and after beino
read, Were ordered 20 be paid
Mr.. Ironside called the attention of the Rosrd
10 Oils OF expense for Keeping some OF the chooI
houses in order He suggested the flying bv tn
D"aIu OF a aennlte price for such work, in view
d disposition manifested nv some of thsse ON
Pioyed 10 raise The price for cleaning and build
ing hres, each succeeding bill being Larger than
.ne pItceolnS one IL was stated that there was
an appropriation for each school and that the
charges made could not exceed the amount n
propriated -P
bill of Jacob Kleiber's for services rendered
ds messenger OF the Board was ordered 10 be maid
MI. Wilson reported that Primary School No
hHu Dceh removed in consequence of a demand
for higher rent from the owner
10 was moved to 90 into the sIection of An -,
slstant teacher in Primary No I in the FouTth
DlSulGli carried Mrs. Mary Agnes Skidmore
wa, nominated and unanimously confirmed
MI lronSide moved that the hour of meeting ~
the Board be changed from 4 to ( o'cIock n no
vote was taken upon the question and there was
ne vote. The Chair suggested a compromise.
ana proposed half-paSt four; carried
And then the Board adjourned
The CONCERT of the Wesley Chanel Choir
last night, was successful, both in musical and
IN Peenniary point Of view. The only fault 10
De found was in the length of the perfumancs
twenty -four pieces is rather a long prooramme
especially when the performance Of man: of
mem has to be repeated, as was the case last
hiSht We suppose that the object was 10 give
certainly got it, - anu "ieJ
Among the best Of the performances by III.
cSncsiters was BEAUTIFUL Duet by Miss Mel
cher and Mr.. Dawson; solo fbassoI bv Nj navr
ION, one Of MOzart's sweetest songs. called ssVho
tieads the path Of duty IL was rendered nv
w. IN style equal to almost any perform
snce OF me kind we ever heard The Messen-.
ger BIRD, Duet, by the Misses Daniel was ex-
eeHent, Of course. They always sine we'll PRO
fecdus: oasso, by Prof. Crouch, was warmly an
plaooed as was ''Eve's Lament, ," by Mrs Rut-
ter A song not on the programme, by Mr.. J.
Is T Of Baltimore, was loudly encored
ne SOLO which was expected from the accom-
plished Miss Mricher-the beautiful - Echo
song" 81 Bishops-was. TO the universal regrrt
OF all, not performed, on account of the absence
OF Pfoi SchulteT, who was expected TO accom-
Pany IL on the flute. A trio from ssLucia,' was
HostI'u'Sa IN It's place, which was very well
celved Let MS not forget the very cTeditahl4
performance OF Angels ever bright and fair
~ Miss Pugh, pupil OF Prof Crouch,s The
Young lady was rewarded at its close with bo-
qnst rom sonIr one In the audience The cho
ruSes all went of with good effect
The Grand Piano used, very fine one of HAL
~, DaNlN 20 = make. was very genrrotl,ly