Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-08-14
CRUELTY TO Asrn.L.-Much has been said

CRUELTY TO ANIMALs.-Much has been said
and printed about cruelty to animals Chapter
after chapter has been published, and sermon
after sermon preached, In this city upon this sub
ject-sunicient, IL properly considered by III.
brutes who daily commit slow murder unor
horses, dogs, oxen, and every species Of domestic
animal IN our streets, every day Of their lives
would lead, doubtless, to a considerable reforma
ton In this odiOus practice. IL ought however
to be remembered by the sermonizers and writers
upon this prolific theme, that the class they
preach about never hear them preach The puiIty
parties are often negroes and debased n-onls
whose vocation Is to drive horses and oxen and
VINO never read newspapers nor go to chapel;
therefore they must be reached, and the reforma.
ton be brought about, by other and more direc,
means. The police are the doctors for this moral
distemper. Let them he on the lookout for the
unfeeling brutes who daily beat faithful horses
e.c In the streets, and when they are caught lei
the magistrates, when they are whites fine them
heavily, and, when colored and irresponsible
persons, by sending them over to Queens farm
to hard labor. The coal wharves on the river
sn0Ie present a fne field for the philanthropic
policeman to labor in. III every scape grace who
maltreats the cart horse with which he is Entrusted
for the transportation OF coal from the wharyes
to the city were to bleed for his cruelty, finan.
cially, in just proportion to the blows which he
inhicts, the funded debt of Wasbinuton citv
could be brought down to a cypher In less than
six months time.
CoRREcTION.-ln our list Of retail prices Of
groceries several errors occurred by mistake of
our informant. Alewives should have been re-
ported at IS 50 and crushed sugar at dc; sperm
candles 5Oa6Oc., according to grade As soon AZ
ne saw the errors he had committed he desired
us To have them corrected.
Row IN THE MARKET This morning. a CON-
siderable excitement was created in the Centre
Market, by colored individual making an as
sault and battery on white person, The hub
hub created by the souffe afforded the assaiIant
chance to escape, which he did, althoup the Of
hcers were soon after him.
ARRIVED at Morgan & Rhinebart,s ves,er,
wharves the barkentine Horace Beals, Captain
Johnson, in 81 days from Rockland, Me. with
granite for the u. S Treasury Extension This
is the shortest trip on record.
TRIALS AT THE GUARD HousE.-Martin Muir
phy, firing pistol In the street; fine and costs,
S25. John Rawlings, disorderly gathering; fine
and costs, As S.. Henry Taylor, stealing chick
ems; fine and costs, 81 50 yno Dunniqan DRINK
and disorderly; IS o. Robt. Barrett disorderly:
dismissed. ~
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