Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-05
The WEArHER.-Range of the thermometer
from Thursday noon, Jan. %, to Feb 4th:

Thv,sd,v "o'h'hS. NOON. Night
Iilohy ................... 3S9 40 rs
od'ui ............ 30 30 "a
Suhuay .................. 81 81 81
Mohuay ................. 81 81 AZ
4 ucsudy .................. 40 AZ Al
w euheSuay ............. b Dc 40
RsmarIs.-Jan. 2sth-cloudy and cold snow
ana nail at night; 2Yh-clOrdy, blustery and
colder; 3Oth-cloudy, blowing fresh all day,
colder; 3lst-cloudy, colder, ice made got out
hne and pleasant; Feb. lst-clordy, rhine frost,
Iain, hail and sleet fell, blew fresh. but cold
moderated; 2d-clondy, heavy fog, milder. ane
rain, cleared of i'm the afternoon with wind fresh
rom N w milder; 3d-fne, lightly cloudy aud
pleasant 4th-cloudy, snow falling, cooler
New moon Saturday, Feb 13, little after D. m.
GEoRGErOwN, ID. c., Feb. 4, 1858. b.
FIGHTING THE GUARDS. Last night, the
Guards on the Seventh Waid eastern beats were
attracted to the neighborhood Of and a. half
street by pistol firing and indications of riot
They found party Of men 80 making piUbt
hideous' by their di orderly behavior They
arrested them and attempted to carry all to the
guard-house, but they were desperately resisted
by the armed men of the party, and il was neces-
sary to release the moro moderate to secure the
rlngieaders. In the fight the Guard found their
short-stahs and billeys' very rviceabIe In
securing the rowdies, two Of whom, Jas John
son ara Jefemiah Collins, Were secured, and
sent 10 Jail this morning. Their revolvers and
knife We're confiscatrd The officers were Obliged
70 use Collins somewhat roughly to secure him
WAsHlNGTON THEATRE.-" How blessings
brighten as they take their fight.n The above
quotation is APPLY enough illustrated by the eager
rush each night to witness the closing perform
ances of the favorite Agnes Robertson. With this
week we are assured her eng cement here for the
season positively concludes Reason enough then
Tor somewhat OF pressure nightly for seats To-
night the new three-act play of Bourcicault's
@ Love and Money" is to be repeated; such
repetition having been most earnestly solicited
oy the many who were prevented by the weather
ffom attending on Tuesday night. The ever ac-
cfptable Mlly. or the Maid with the Milking
Pail" concludes the evening" ntertainment
The EVIDENCES multiply daily in support of
the fact that the citizens Of Washington .re dis
posed especially to encourage efforts in aid of the
development musical spirit amongst them
IL Ia satisfactory to know Also that no depart
Iilent or tue i'divine art'' has been more cult
waited, or listened to with more zest than the
selections OF sacred music which from time to
Ilnie have been rendered by yarious choirs
rhe public viii, we learn, in the course OF few
weeks, DE favored with concert by the efficient
choir OF the Foundry Al. T.. Church This
choir comprises amongst its numbers some of
our most talented and devoted amateur vocalsts
We trust their entertainment NAV meet with
abundant appreciation.
CIRCUIT CoURT.-In this Court, Yesterday, an
other case of Sickles & Cook as the Washing
ton, GeorgetoSn and Alexandria Steam Packet
Company was tried in whirh large damages
Were claim, Il for the patent steam cutoff The
Jury returned verdict for the plaintiffs and laid
tine damages at SIG :s-s IS.
This morning the Court took up the case of j.
w Stevens and Gsorge W. kielhOltZ use of ]
Van Rlswck az. Deliah Clark, adj ministIatrix
OF William, an action bTOug ht to recover for
building two house in the eastern .rtan Of the
CITY.
This case was pending when We left the count
ArA MEETING of the Western Hose COMPANY.
No !, the following named gentlemen were
elected officers: w Riggles, President; +. Mas
ton. Vice President; J. X Spalding, Secretary;
F. y lioltta,an, Treasurer; w b Thorn ".
T.. Backer, A. ID. Tehinf. Directors; r J. Par
ner, J. Green, II Murphy, auditors; w.
hlggies, r N. Hotznan, X Msston, J. Z
Hughes, ID. Files, delegates to the Washington
United Fire Department.
TIE BULLETIN OF the United States A gricutu-
raj Society for February has been promptly issued
and will he gratuitOusly distributed to all who
may cail for il al TIE secretary's office, No 365
Pennsylvania avenue, up stairs Ii contains A
condensed report Of the Procet ngs Of the recent
annual session Of the Society, at which the sor-
gho, imPhee, and other Interesting topics were
discussed.
The LADIES will be pleased to learn that
"iorS'n' w Gil q bdfhaiu ueslgn having sale OF
ladies' cloaks, talmas. circulars &c commencing
at lO O'Clock Tomorrow morning. See their adj
verfisement in another column of to- davis Star
and 90 and buy bargain.
A DIsoRDERLy PARTY paraded the Northern
Liberties, last night, creating little disturbance
and alarm. The public had began To hope that
the late good order prevailing in the city had
grown to be a fixed fact, but ID seems not
The BALL last night, at the Assembly Rooms,
for the benefit Of the orphan boys, was, we arc
glad to learn, a most successful affair and will
probably Weld from $3.50 10 S8OO for its ID aise
worthy object.
MIR PHILIP OTTERBACK, we'll known veal
thy butcher Of this city, died last evening of
asthma, at the age Of 20.
THE GIFT BOOKSTORE at 40 Pennsylvania ay-
enue. is now as much an Institution of w ashinp-
ton as the Capitol, the Smithsonian Institution.
o. the two branches OF Congress- and AZ such il is
recoeniz by letter writer's tits fountain and
well-spring OF good standa d literature 1t
WATCH RErUkNs .-Ransel Hanson, Va as
sault and battery on his aunt; Jail for court Jno
O'Brien. alias WIN. Miller, Ireland d -unk and
disofdrriy; fine and costs, 81 a. James Con-
ner, Va drunk in the street fine and costs.
% a.. John Runney: n Y va grant; dismissed
to leave the city. James johnson, Ireland, car.
Tying weapon and firing pistol fine S25 I'm the
first and IS and costs In the last case jeremiah
Collins Ireland, do; do. both sent to Jail In de-
fiult OF payment OF the fine. Twenty dodgers,
one resident
CLAfRvOyANcE.- Madam Clinton Price, the great
inf Of A.