Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-31

great announcement made by our public schools,
as shown at the late examinations, ana now tahe
the opportunity to say that the progress OF tne
private schools has been in an equal Talio. we
doubt, indeed, II any point In the country pre-
sents greater educational advantages man are now
obtainable in this District. The healthiness Of
the Iocality-a first consideration-is unimpeaeh-
able; the society Is unsurpassed, ana there are
numerous additional advantages IN the way OF
public Museums, Libraries, SMITHSONIAN lectures,
&c TO be obtained at no other place.
Subioined we give list Of various schools,
their time of opening, &c:
On to- morrow September 1st
RittenhOuse Academy, Indiana avenue, near
Third st; o. c. Wight, Principal.
Mrs. Bells Seminary for Young Ladies, corner
Miss Waggman's Select School, ii3 Twelfth
St. between G. and III.
Emerson Institute, select classical and math-
ematcal school for boys, III ST, between Iwehtn
and Thirteenth Chas. b. Young, Principal
East Washington Seminary, corner virgin av-
enue and Fifth street eaSt, masonic Hail, Nasy
DR. j. T.. ClawsOn.
The school Of NJ. A. & 5. Quincy, 3G5 Elev-
enth street.
Miss Robinson's School, on Maryland avenue,
second door west Of Seventh St, near Boswelrs
Drug Store, Island.
samuel Carusi's scientific instructions in Vocal
and Instrumental Music. Inquire at Carusi's
Saloon.
Academy of Music, corner of Eleventh st and
Pennsylvania avenue over Farnham's Bookstore;
F. Nichols Crouch, Principal
Culpeper Female Seminary, Culpeper Court
House, Va; under the instruction and superin-
tendence of the misses Fornerent.
Culpeper Military Institute, near the Culpeper
Court House, Va; Charles f.. Lightfoot, V. NJ.
L., Superintendent and Instructor in Mathematics
ana Natural sciences j. w ollesPle, ChiVei-
sity Of Virginia, Instructor in Ancient and Mod
eFn Languages.
Central Academy corner Tenth ard streets
Silas Merchant, Principal.
Miss IA. Mccormick and Sisters School, No.
80 Four-and- half ST., between Pa and Missouri
avenues.
Young Ladies' Seminary, corner of Montgom-
cry and Dunbarton SITS, Georgetown; Mrs. gen.
Wheeler, Principal.
The Academy Of Visitation, Convent Place, cor
ner Tenth and streets.
C.. l.. Irving's Vocal Music Glasses, at Tenn
perance Hall, E st, above Ninth.
On the 9TH of September:
Mrs r. Abbott's Select School, corner of Penn
sylvania avenue and Fifteenth street. south side
Miss E. Bartletts School, No 423 street,
between Eleventh and Twelfth.
Female English and French Collegiate Insti-
Pa. avenue and Twenty first St; Hiram CoTson,
Principal.
Georgetown College, Georgetown, d. c.; b. A
Maguire, President.
Clinton Academy, Georgetown; Geo Arnold
A. NJ, Principal.
Georgetown Classical and Mathematical Acad-
envy; p. A. Bowen, Principal.
Georgetown Female Seminary; Miss NJ ] Har-
rover, Principal.
Georgetown Literary Institute; Thos. N. Con-
rad, A. B., Principal
Select School for Young Ladies, ISL Twelfth
street, near ii; Miss NJ. Riddell. Principal
Miss Koone's Young Ladies Seminary, No $50
ID street.
Miss C. C.. KOone's Academy for Boys, No. >
Four-and- "a half street.
Miss NJ. Lewis's School for Young Ladies, on
Ninth st, second door above F.
The Public Schools Of this CITY will also re-
open September eth.
On the second Monday in September will be
opened Select Family School for Young Ladies'
English and French, No. 800 street, Washing
ton, C.; Donald Macleod, A. NJ. Principal.
On the 2lst Of September, studies will be re-
stunned at Mrs. Burr's School for Young Ladies,
No 39l FL street, between Thirteenth and Four
teenth, west.
The annual session of Columbian College will
commence on the goth of September. The Pre-
paretOry Department will open September 9th.
GAs.-We have to say to the writer of the fol-
lowing communication that the lighting of the
Avenue lights is matter with which the Wash
ington Gas Company have nothing to do so far
as determining when they shall be lighted and
when not. 1t has not been customary to light
them Of moonlight nights. His cause of com
plant lies against Congress, who have not appro-
Priated enough to light them when the moon is
p supposed to be likely to shine brightly and the
moon, for falling to shine out from behind the
black clouds that overhung Washington City on
Thursday night last; il having been a moonlight
night. according to the programme in the alma
Editor Of the Star: We had an illustration last
night Thursday Of the old proverb, - Man pro-
very continued rainy day it was, and how il
poured down all evening. Well, sir, under such
circumstances, II was . as dark as pitch " espe-
claily In the First Ward. IL appears the Gas
Company or the city authorities propose IL should
be moonlight night, and therefore neglected to
light up, for there was not public lamp lit fon
the w ar Department to Georgetown. Itwas badly
needed, assure you, much more so than for three
or four nights previous, when really had the
. moon and stars'' for brief spell, and the gas
thrown in. By the way, what causes the gas To
about in les C';rxt
Ward lamps recently, and to 20 down and flash
up several times during the evening in private
burners? Will You enlighten Us a little on this
very light subject, by flashing the rays OF the
= STAR thereon, When are we going to have
that reduction in price,
Yours, &c, CARBON.
The RIvER.-The Collyer went to the White
House and Fort Washington to-day on the ex-
cuTsion Of the Washington Orpheon Quartette
The excursionists were accompanied by a part
ei the Marine Band, under the direction OF
Professor Fred Prospect. The ColIyef will 90
down the river to- morrow on an excursion and
Will be hauled up on Towards WAYS at Alex
andria on Wednesday and Thursday for inSDFc
uon On Friday, she will make the usual trim
to Mount Vernon ~
Al Alexandria, yesterday, a man (name un-
KNOWN on board a coal schooner from New York.
al the coal whaIves, while in The act of hoisting
sail fell dead on the deck. The occurrence
gave rise TO a report which created some excite
nent a. AlexandTia-thatt the man had the veIIoIv
1ever- post moTtem examination of the BODY
OF the man, however, developed the fact that he
had burst blood vessel in the region of the heart
which was, OF course, the cause of his death
Arrived at Riley;s wharf steamer Columbia
from Baltimore, with merchandise for city deal
ers.
The SEWING MACHINE The Washington
agent for Natson's ten-dollar sewing machines
has established himself, for the time being. at
Botelers house furnishing store on the north side
OF Pennsylyania avenue, between Ninth and
fenth streets, where all who desire to witness
how the machine works and to test its work NAV
nave an opportunity Of so doing. We advise
every lady In Washington TO nav IN visit NJ 800
lof we have seen nothing to change the opinion
expressed some weeks ago, that in its results IL is
manufactured, while its price places II wifbin
the reach Of every female in the country DESTROYS
OF economsing time-saving nine tenths of it
now necessarily devoted to plying the needle A
VISIT 10 II can cost one nothing and no one NOT
familiar with sewing machines can possibly ex-
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