Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-04
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

nm CPARAlLELED Orr RAGE,-fn the coz rse
oi our somewhat protracted experience In city
me, we'have hardly ever known any community
70 surfer the inhiction Of gross an Outrage, fer
asimiisrty extended period Of tire as Is now be-
Ing perppfrated against the citizens of the Island;
ana the snd-rance IL not Of that quiet, uncom-
planning sort, either, which chooses 'sto bear the
Ills we have, rather than fly to those we wot mol
Of" On the contrary, complaints have been
loud and frequent, but It seems not yet su ciently
boisterous to bring about the application of a
remedy. We allude 10 the outrage Of dspositing
the eoatssts of SINKS an ths slough IL ths sOrfh-
eastern part Of the Ssrsntk Wa,d, which has
been done igbtly for some two months. The
enuvia which arises thence Is carried by preva-
lent southeast winds directly across to the most
populous portion Of the ward, and the nuisance
has now become infoleTable
The practice In one prohibited by law, yet II
Continues to be peEpetrated, apparently without
any effort on the part OF the city authorities to
pected, that neigh borhoods on the Island, which
would be healthy but for this abomination have
recently become sickly; and, should an epidemic
Visit our cry, TINS sggI.vstlng cause would GER
ter. Then, again, the existence OF the nuisance
has great effect to keep the value Of property on
the Island much reduced when compared with
other sections Of the city, while Ii prevents those
who own property there from making improve
ments, because the rentals they could proba-
bly, obtain, while this nuisance Is suffered to re-
Our city authorities surely do not hold the
opinion that those who dwell on the island are
OF so little Importance as TO make their aggfiev-
anees and complaints unworthy attention! IL so,
they should remember that this aggrievance al
ready extends its influence over nearly one-half
OF the city; and should an epidemic occur no
one can pretend to fix the limits to which IL
migh attain. Although by the time the polluted
air reaches Pennsylvania avenue, the disseminat
fton Of the obnoxious gases has made their pres
ence less Perceptible, their infectious qualities
are hardly so reduced but that they tend to in
jure the health, to a very considerable degree,
even at that remote distance But the citizens OF
the Island are equally deserving of the care of
the Corporation with those of any other portion
Of the city; and IL "the powers that be- will
only do their duty towards them in this and
other respects, the advance of property there
and the greater freedom from ickness will cause
them to become weather., and, consequently,
larger contributors TO the support of the NUM-
cipal government. Then let the nuisance be at
once abated.
FfRTH D1sTRTcT POLICE. Justice McKenna
still continues TO render his neat little Court
house at the corner Of Pennsylvania avenue and
some other street whereof we ken not the name
attractive to the people Of his district who can.
not exc out the measure Of month without hay-
Ing recourse to his legal advice upon matters
touching charges of drunkenness carving wea.
pons OF an unlawful character small riots, fam,-
~ Jars, vagrancy, and other interesting public
j.
penses the advice with regard to the observance
OF that great cardinal principle which makes the
law al once the protection ofthe innocent and the
terror OF the evil doer his list of cases for tbe
month Of August foot up as follows:
II Van Murmike, for profans swearing hned
In two cases - 10; Noah Payne, also profane.
@i MARY Brown, vigTant, work house 30 DAYS;
Larry Clarke, drunk and disorderly, 50 IS; E.
w. Williamson, do. do 50 S.; Geo Wiley,
firing gun in the Streets s. Sc; Bill Dicks do
% 5oj Martha Brown, disObeying the fifth COM
mandment, - 9ii Jas Mullen, drunk, - S.,
John smith, do - S.; George n Sprigman,
FOR selling liquor Sunday was fined s25 81
Jno. Reese, beating his horse numerically fined
SIS, and served him right; there ought to be a
law MAKING TINS offence punishable by the cato
nine-tails; Robert Fitzgerald. carrying cones aled
weapons, $40 50; Lucy Hepburn, disorderly in
the street, 80 Va; John Magruder, for evading
the ordinance about dogs, was fined SIS s. Mi.
chael Fitzgerald, drunk and disorderIy, fined
IS "; Laura Francis, disOrderly and profane
IS s.; - Slater, do. 50 81; Pat Fitzpatrick
drunk and disorderly, SIS 81 Thomas Fitzgerald,
do. IS 81; Eliza Sullivan, do 81 81, and % DAYS;
Ann Fegan, do. % "a and % days; Eliza Nolan,
do. 50 ~ and 80 days; Cecilia Lewis discardinp,
cog law, s. 81 Total amount of fines, Sl4i Is. =
IL Will be borne in mind that Justice McKenna
was away from his own office for a week during
the past month, In which time he oftciated for
Justice Dom, who was absent from the CITY, OF
course, while acting for Justice Dom, all the
cases he tried were entered on the books at Jus
ice Donns ONCE. Notwithstanding this fact his
list OF cases seems pretty full, and denotes the
activity OF the police In his district In bringing to
justice all violators Of law
CENTRE MARKKI.-This morning the attend
ance at the market was much larger than during
the week past, probably because Of the return OF
many dealers from pleasure and business trips 10
the country. The gangways were crowded at an
early hour, and so remained till near noon The
supply was equal to the demand, and Of very ex
cellent quality generally. The fruit and vege-
table stands Were occupied by country dealers
ers, too, were actively engaged The hay stands
svere well supplied The prices In the sheds
were about as follows: