Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-08-26
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

=, the Island, which attracted a large crowd OF
itrsns and occasioned more than one hearty
,,ugh. II appears that an apparently demented
-.nfleman, who Is acquainted with a newly
5rarried lady residing in that vicinity, took um-
hrRge because he understood that she was not
naTrisd in accordance with the discipline of the
rburch which she was reared We are in
t,rmed however, that this was false impress
.on. Being in the vicinity Of her residence, he
aid her a visit for the purpose of administering
,rebukc, and eNh2Iting her TO 'mend her ways"
ard finding hes tssily engaged in the vicinity Of
bet dwelling, without any elaborate introduc-
taa be proceeded TO give her such a scolding as
rp,S have done honor to the veriest vlfapo
,vs7 known, both by reason Of the loud tone of
voice and the use OF choice expressions This
vprbal chastisement producing no salutary effect
an the object of his solicitude the seif-ropsH- |
ru,ed mentor undertook to Increase the elective
pe.s Of his lesson by accompanying It with a
few blows from broom handle This twas re-
listed by the woman, who disarrned her an
tasonist, and feeiDg to her hoese, closed the
doors against him. He so0n procured another
similar weapon, however, and proceeded to
..Sofm the castlen in which she had aiken refuge
MEANWHILE, the HeighOors Were attracted to their
i-crs and windows, and the scene proyoked
their hearty laughter. This added to the irrita-
ten Of the attacking party, who consequently
e,cvated his voice, in an equal degree to the i'm,
cease Of his wrath, and paTaded to and fro in
ffont Of the devoted mansion, brandishing his
brCo%stic a.n ana vSwing vengeance against the
were working near, now interfered and one of
them endeayored to get the unlucky wight into
his house, so that he might be quieted. This at
svmpt was, however, unsuccessful, though IL had
The effect of terrifying the assailant, who became
convinced that the object Of the parties was to
&c, him in the house, and there murder him Sc
creily. He, therefore, broke from them and ran
away with astonishing swiftness, CRYING muir
dsF ~ at the top of his voice His fright prevent
ed him from observing ditch which lay in bis
way, and, of course. he pitched into il head fore
most, though happily without sustaining any in
Jury Of moment. On rpgaining his feet, he con-
Iinusd hi, flight until be was out of hearing of
the taunts and laughter of those who had wit
TIE RlvER.-The bird season has already be-
gun, and the slaughter has commenced On
yesterday afternoon, Messrs. Roby and Harri.
went down to the -Four mile Run on a shooting
trip, and succeeded In killing two dozen ortolan,
which they brought back with them. They are
said to have been remarkably fine ones; and the
lucky killers reported large numbers of the usual
river fowl about the marshes. Several flights of
ducks have been observed from the southern
draw OF the Long Bridge; the opinion prevails
among t1e sportsmen about the bridge that this
fall will be remarkable for the large quantities
OF game which will be taken on the Potomac
river and Chesapeake bay.
Quite a feet Of lumber vessels and wood boats
passed up through the north draw Of the bridge
Yesterday, to the mouth OF the city canal
man was badly hurt at the south draw YES
terday evening, on the arrival of the six O'Clock
train of cars from Alexandria He was sitting nv
the side OF the omnibus driver, on the top of the
coach, and when crossing the draw his head
Deans above
lently that he was knocked of insensibe Some
kind hearted Passenger placed him in a private
carriage and conveyed him to the city.
Captain Bertzell came up last night from the
mouth OF PatuXent river with boat load of one
hundred swapping turtles. Captains Fonce and
johnson also arrived up from Cone river with
nsh, the former bringing six hundred punches,
and the latter eight hundred lunches which
were sold readily at eighteen cents per bunch
The Long Bridge is being placed in order to
met the storms and ice Of winter, under the super
ufaann nfh Mr. AlN
sioner Of Public Buildings
At Young Il Carter's wharf, arrived, schooner
Anna b HAYS, from Philadelphia, with ia tons
of coal. At Riey's wharf. schooner Golden Rulp
with 12S tons Of Ice for B. Church AT Ma0ru
der stones wharf, schooner Direct, Capt Bev-
eridge, Mott Bedel line, with consignnents of
VIM Ellis & Brother, f L. White Harvey &
Adams, j. II. Buthman, Hamilton 4 Leech, T.
b Brown, Campbell Coyle, Chas KIoman j.
w; Thompson. Skirving, Geo. & Thos. Parker
Co, Howell Morsell, Buchin Il Purnio, Hon
Howell Cobb, Capt. M. c Megs, A d. Bache,
b. J. James, VIM. Wurdeman, G. s. Fowler
Brick and Brother, Assistant Secretary Treasury
Extension.
The RAILROAD MEETING AT UPPER MARI
sokO', MD.-TO-day, the commissioners named
in the act Of the Maryland Assembly for the pro-
posed Baltimore and Potomac Railroad meet AT
Upper Marlboro, Maryland, all who take an
interest In the matter, to devise means to secure
the successful prosecution Of the work The
Dered, commences at the Patapsco, opposite Bal
umore city, and traverses the counties Of Anne
Arundel, Prince Georges and Charles, to a point
on The Potomac opposite Aqua Creek. Ii thus
interests the people of Baltimore and of those
counties, as well as a considerable portion of st
Mary's county, on which ii will border and
consequently, these four counties as well as Bal
tmoTe, are represented in the Board OF Com
missioners, and il is by no means a matter of
indifference to the people Of the District Of Co.
lumbia.
= The authority of this Board (says the Plan
teT's AdyOcate) is ample and fully adeq uate to
the adoption aud execution of all measures neceS-
szry to inaugurate the enterprise, organize the
company and TO secure the requisite amount of
capital. And the object OF to-morrowis meeting
Is 10 take the first steps in the movement-to
AFFORD opportunity for full and free consultation
as to the best method to be pursued at the start
Beyond this, we are not advised what particular
action II will lakeland we presume this is alto
grther dependent upon circumstances. There is
prospect OF quite a large and earnest meeting,
tnat Will be prOpoTtionate to the real importance
OF the enterprise, and that interests, other than
those OF our immediate section, will probably be
FIFTH DISTRICT POLICE Orrrcx.-Informs-
ton being laid, on Tuesday last, at this Office
that a person named Mortz Pinkers German.
was haw king and peddling cigars without having
obtained license from the Corporation Odice1
koss brought the person so charged before Jus
ice thompson, who, on the defendant stating
that be would produce his license In the after.
noon, appointed O'Clock for the time of trial
At tue dppOlnfu time PlnkeTs appeared with
Justice Holiingshead, who acted as counsel for
the defendant. The principal witness for the
Corporation (Ann Coogan, who keeps A small
store on Ninth street,) testified that defenula ant
called at her store in the morning with several
boxes Of cigars, and sac thought, bKt could nor
Scsdr, he offered them to her for sale as he spoke
broken ERghsh, and she did not perfectly un-
derstand what he said. She admitted, however
that he said something about cent which She
thought meant that the cigars might be retailed
for a cent each.
On the part Of the defendant, MI HolIingshead
produced a license, signed by Mayor BerTet
showing that defendant had paid S45 for a shop
license, to sell goods, wares and merchandise IN
the city OF Washington. The magistrate, after
Ieserying his judgment In the case until the fol-
lowing day, entered judgment for the defendant;
Inc evidence not being such, the justice thought
as 10 justify the conviction Of the defendant
FEIsHrTuL AccIDEsr.-Yesterday morning, a
man named Jen. Goslin, captain of wood boat
from some point about eleven miles below Alex
andria, was dreadfulIy injured from the CARELESS
handling Of a musket- He unloading his
boat at the Sxth-.iseet caaal wharf, when a
small Tn ALI h., h.