Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-10-08

TIE RIvER.-The Long Bridge has been SUBJ
stanriaiiy repaired and placed In q condition 70
Withstand the usual storms and floods Of winter
At the east end Of the bridge new draw lodge il
In course of erection, the old one, which had be.
come almost useless by age and long occupation,
having been rendered entirely so blythe acct
dental collision Of the draw with passing ves
sci, which not only finished the venerable draw
house, but caused considerable damage to the
draw.
A number of vessels are in the channel. above
the bridge, discharging lumber to the dealers
The ducking season has fairly set I'm. and
promises 10 be plentiful one. A large number
OF those delicious dinner fowl are daily taken
ana are much fatter and heavier than last year
Ohr OF the gunners AZ the Long Bridge, a day or
two since, shot p fine ducks at one Dire Those
engaged IN this business anticipate success this
year sunaeiently remunerative to compensate for
the losses during the last year.
At Harvey's wharf, four large coal vessels are
discharging their cargoes
At Young Carter's wharf, arrived schooner
Roxana from Havre De Grace with $50 tons Of
coal.
At Riley's wharf, schooner Charles Cook from
New York, with ice for C.. b Church some
5000 bushels Of superior oysters arrived at this
selling readily at 81, 40 and SO cents per busbel
The oysters are said to be more plentiful and of
finer quality this year than last
Al Magruder stones wharf, arrived schooner
Excelsior from philadelphia with go tons of coal;
and schooner Diamond State from Baltimore with
lumber for Norment
Business generally about the fish and coal
~naiSes Is very hVely, and promises to increase
COMMUNICATED
The HARP.-The harp Is one of the most fas.
cinating, noble, elegant, sacred, and ancient mu.
steal instruments 1t is truly to be regretted that
so many ladies, who possess, as they do, much
musical talent and taste, should appear so indif
ferent and think so little Of so magnificent an
instrument as to allow IL to remain, as 1t were,
perfectly dormant for so long time
The harp is so closely allied with poetry and
| the "song Of the brave" the trophy and emblem
OF many bygone days of glory, recorded in
history, that il IL sur rising II should be so We
are forced to ask is the harp too aristocat an
Instrument for ladies to learn in connection with
other accomplishments and To be int oduced into
t1elr Doudolri or, are they too much so for it {,
| Wen; we must suppose at least that one Is
| ashamed Of the other, and neither will have the
| boldness to exhibit the superiority
| The over estimate made an objection by
many (but only by those who know nothing
whatever about the harp its Intrinsic yalup) OF
the cost of one-has, il is too true proved pow
enul impeachment in the way Of its popularity
not permitting Il to rank as il should nroyni
| nent and standard instrument in fashionable cir
| cIes as Well as in the science OF music
| Ii will be found that il is but little more ex-
Pensive than the cost of a good piano; one may
| be purchased as low two hundred and tifty
| dollars, averaging from that to seven and eight
hundred, according to the elegance or style or
finish.
Again; the cost of keeping ii strung is no more
| than the expense attending the keeping a piano
IN tune Then again, another objection is raised
that IT takes too much labor aud time to acquire
any degree OF proficiency. The question is often
asked, How long would it take to learn TO play on
| the harp! The answer is, that, studying atten :
| lively two hours dav for one season Is sufficient
TO enable one to execute pieces Of moderate did
| Guilty and with very good effect, provided the
| learner Is placed under las IL should be In all
| similar casesj the instruction OF professed
| teacher As there Is at present every facility i'm
| this city for cultivating q taste for the harp
all lovers Of music should encourage its develop.
ment among US.
| The WEATHER-Range OF the thermometer
/ for week beOinninU st noon Of