Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-10-23
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Business upon the canal, as well as in other
departments of trade this week, has been unusu
ally slack. The falling on 10 owing wholly 10
the existing deficiency Of water The entire line
never was In better order, and IL favored with an
early rain, so as to furnish full supply of winter
the fall trade upon It will yet be very heavy
Mr.. Stone, the General Superintendent. was in
our city the early part Of the week and reports
the work on the new stone dams, Nos. 4 and S.
progressing rapidly. He says that unless some
Unforeseen accident should occur to retard ope-
rations, he has no doubt but dam No a can he
completed In sixty working DAYS
Inc whole number of boats which have ar
Ived during the week amounts to only sixtv Ave-.
y .eo OF them from Cumberland bring ing
1;Soo tons OF coal; three from Mount Savage Iron
WORKS, with 260 tons Of railroad iron for the
manassas zap railroad and the remainder from
S,ner points with -four, grain, wood, limestone,
&C; Inc receipts OF tolls, at the Georgetown
Collectors Once, for the same period1 amoun,s
scending S277O ' "'
we have frequently, while reading the police
sePorts OF Washington, in the columns Of the
star, OF persons being fined for profanity I'm the
streets ana elsewhere, wondered if there is no
law In Georgetown for the prohibition of this
obnoxious vice-offence against decenrv Iftbar.
is we think II Is high time its provisions were
enforced; and IL there Is no such law com
mon decency and regard for the rising genera
non snouId al once prompt our ty Legislators to
provide one; for in some places this detes,able
vice has grown to be so common that persons of
no age or sex can pass along, ut times without
having their moral sensibilities shocked AT
aiinost every step, by the most vulgar and bias
Phefnous language. There Is abundance of law
ana riytdly enforced, too, for the correction of
the failings Of the poor unfortunate creature WIN
suffers himself, through weakness, to be over
come Dy lntemperance in drink and whose nm
natural exampls can only tend TO disuust and
excite the pity OF every observer rather than con-
taminate public morals; but the open. moutbed
DlasPhemer, whose almost every breath bears
upon IL the most indecent and corrodipy ito pub
Tic rnorals) epithets, whose throat seems to he
nothing less than den of poisonous hissing ser
pents, Is allowed to pollute the pure air of Heaven
and blast, by his horrid example, the morals OF
our youth with impunity We venture tho nre-
dlction that all civilization cannot furnish the
same number Of disgustingly blasphemous indi-
Vlduais as are to be found among the blacks (and
some whites) usually employed about our
wharves, conveying grain, &c, from the vessels
10 the warehouses and mills. Their disgusting
yells may sometimes be heard for SQUARES and
Notwithstanding the offence Is daily practiced
we have yet to hear of the first offender being
called to account for his conduct
We take great pleasure in calling the attention
OF the Star readers to the advertisement of our
esteemed young friend, Mr.. I'll. C. Addison and
advise all in want of mill feed of any kind To
give him call. Mr.. A. is a new beginner. and
from our long and intimate acquaintance with
MIN can safely guarantee that no labor or pains
date all who may favor him with their patron
age HIS motto Is cheap for cash We also adj
wise house keepers to examine the advertisement
OF MI w. II. Tenney. And those who NAV de-
sire draug ut ale Of the most superior quality eyer
offered In the District, had better call on Arnv
Shinn. '
Look out for the ball of the Vigilant bows. on
Monday night. This Is the first amusement of
the KIND Tor the season, and the members are de-
termined II shall be the best. Let the lovers of
the dance read their advertisement
, Amount of coal shipped from Rays dock, for
the week ending to-day, ,929 tons as follows:
Brig Mary Cobb, Montgomery. pa ton, for Bos.
ton; schooners Glass Blower, Rubin, Ia5 do for
Hartford; Thomas Page, Robinson 1856 do for
Boston; Il J. Scou, BiTdsall, 10 do and Hick
man, Dickinson, 200 do. for New Y ork: Golden
Eagle, Kelsey, 100 do for Newark; John Ponder
u, Ellin9sworth, pa do. for Providence: Chas
Moore, lngersoll, $50 do. for Norwich; Trphena.
2O0 do. for Troy.
The offerings Of beef cattle at the ward, this
week amounted to 600 head; $40 Of which were
purchased by District butchers aud spectators,
chiefly by the former, at s. 25a3 25 on the boof
equal to a 50a6 so net; the remaining 100 wee
driven to Baltimore. sheep and lambs STAB Ger
head; supply good. Hogs Sc
AfrlVals-Schrs. Henry Finch, Davey Nsw
York, cement to Capt Meigs; Hill Carter Fisk
Philadelphia, coal to $. Slower; Highlander
aowe, Boston, to Hartley & Bro.
The schr. Sarah Bright, Noble, loaded with
nour by Peter Berry, sailed for New York yester-
day morning.
There continues To be but very little doing in
me Hour and grain market. Flour is held Al
IS 25a5 - for good standard supertine brands
and 80 50a5 62 for good extras Wheat from
wagons 81 20 for red and s | IS for white of GOOD
qualities.