Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-05-17

~ hereafter cOliect,d in the District of CoIrn
ia SCctulng to the United States shall be surren
urh Il 10 the city of Washington for hniIdinr,
PERTINENT schoolhouses-not to e,ceed in ,hs
dgsrr2ate htty thousand dollars Also that the
.VIPoiate authorities of W Washington may with
tue assent Of the owners OF real estate slow =
special tax of ten cents each hund red dollars,
S vi 'a1soie property in the city, for the
cement OF public schools in said city: and whsn
ever the Secretary Of the Treasury shall he noti
hra by the Mayor that the said tax has been lev
eu dnu Collected, ii shall be his duty TO paw
ION the treasury Of the United States, to per-
SOUS authorized to receive the school funds a sum
equal 10 the amount raised bv taxation: provided
thd' not more than twenty thousand dollars per
ahhnm shall be paid by the United States aud
that the payments shall continue for five years
unless Congress shall otherwise order"
MI Hale Introduced an amendment, which e1-
emPteu the property of negroes from taxation.
Mr.. Johnson, of Tenn was the only senator
who arduOusly opposed the resolution, and his
principal objection was that Congress had no
more right to appropriate money for educational
purposes in the District than in the States He
evidently overlooked the immense donations OF
public lands made To the States by the General
Government, the income from which is so enor-
nous by the side of this appropriation as to re-
duce il TO extfeme insignihcance He certainly
could not have thought either of the large amount
OF Government property in this city which i
exempt from taxation His amendment IN the
resolution, which was to strike out all that mart
aiIudins to the General Governments appropria-
ton, was lost by vote Of l3 yeas 10 l6 NAYS
The bill will probably meet considerable oppo
sitlon In the House, but will most likely become
law.
TIKI SAFETY Fuse EXPERIMENT AT ANALos-
TAN-An Interesting experiment of Messrs
Gomez MillS's patent safety fuse and train
came Oh on Saturday afternoon, at AnaIostan
Island, opposite Georgetown, in presence Of a
large number OF scientific gentlemen assembled
by invitation OF Mr. Gomez and his agent. Cant
Jonas L. Levy. Several successful Operations
with two model pieces of artillery placed anart
a. distances Of 100 yaids, Were effected and fired
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cdPaole or lgnltlng at the rate Of mile in les,
thdn three seconds. The powder contained i'm
-. ram IS chemical PREPARATION, known only
10 the patenters, entirely free from any ingredi-
ehts used In the composition OF gunpowder: and
the gentlemen present at this experiment were
al.o~ea 10 witness the latest application Of the
Inventor, which substitutes a caitrid .. u.d. OF
the same composition for breech- loading arms
and which entirely disDenses with the nxe al
Suhpowuer The iesult proved that Il cartridge
containing ID grains of Messrs Gomez & Mills's
composition was superior in its effects to a cart
Iidge OF ID grains Of @unpOwder; firstly in its We
iSty penetrating two inches deeper into the
target and more particularly III the fact that the
rartndge, as II passes the muZzle Of the niece
Hcturally 6rightens instead OF fOuling il, which
ltmoves the greatest obstacle hither attendant
uPOh the Use OF bfeech- loading artillery The
BALL. as afterwards extracted entire from the tar
get, proved that it does not injure the shape or
m ,ry speaking, pee, while in its passage
through the chamber. Mr.. Palmer, agent of
Me>sfs- Sharpe, being present opportunity was
offered To attest the efficiency of their Invention
although the principal experiments were made
with The caibne Of ISIS, which is deficient of the
modern improvements in their latest patent
Alter the experiments were conc Iuded the
guests Were sumPtuously entertained by Mr.
HalPln, at the Analostdn Retreat an establish
ment Well worthy our endorsement as a tiDe sum
mer resort.
IHE BULLETIN, paper now being printed in
this city, alleges that brother of Richard VAL
ZACH ''called on Mr. Lanahan land attempt-
"a 10 buy his vote and influence for Richard
aliach al The coming June election with IAN
oneI 10 estsOIlsh him in d restaurant, at an ex-
Pense Of one thousand dollars, and a pledge OF
future friendship, If he would open a w allach
conversation between " d. Walach and 4 Mr.
Lahahan, smart frllow-clever withaI as we
>uPpostd-who seemed TO be- capable OF doing
better Things Tor himself and society than idIiD1
a lew evenings since, mre in. him acc ident,IIv
IN public place, and urging him to 20 into
some business calling, We offered to loan him
snOney with which to do 50, having. months
ago, told bim that, believing him To Ice Il clever
fellow, We felt inclined TO aid him The id,,
"t .1u'I,ng MS influence ia favor Of the election
OF MI hlchdId w Attach In the MayoraIty (-v-u
IL We Were disposed to take part in the cur rent
contest a" We are no Is so preposteTous as that
IL NEEDS no reply at " ar hands
We happened to have some ready money AT
coihLiano I0r which we had no imme late use
and Were perfectly willing To loan il TO Mr. Lam
ahdh' OF, lhd'rd, TO any clever fellow who might
secure w. satisfactorily cad live fair interest
upon II, - tlnfS Nay, We would even lend
IL To the conductor OF the Bulletin on p-ino salts
idctorlly secuted, and assured Of What We regard
IS, IN these times, fair Teturn Tor its UsT The
Idea OF HIDING cur generosity Of purpose toward
MI l'dHaiIdn tortured i@;O eifTt TO briIt. him
win reference to tue approaching election, is
worthy oil The peculiar genius of the conduct Of
lac Bulletin, who. We take il for granted is III,
dIHcOveIer OF this mares nest
Miss CC~HGAN-A cntemporarv givps ,Its
accomplished actress Il most GDtid6Is notice in
connection with her performance on SATURDAY.
night. He Opens with the statement that there
was ga beSs arly account Of empty benches, at
her ''perioImance Of Meg-Ho, Hamlet Prince of
EraLi!1rk;' and then goes On to give brief hint
That hrithsr Miss c. nor her - unequalIed dis.
fu0GtOnh o. supporting actors and actresses
played their GartS F!eSl. Dawson he says, '.shone
good HE'ss." Will the UA.o, please tell ms
Peter vino it Is that occufs IN L ar,iet. and
which Is HE'St! The guilty pa amOcr o. iiIt \
gulItv usUIper, or Ophrlla, her mother Or her
friend Those two characters are really some
H,r eaH for Hamlet, md as Miss Cushman
played Romeo, liz Romeo and Juliet, at the
ashngton Theatre on Saturday evening ard
played 1t most admirably, too, we are half in
eiiaea to think that the ..beHch" the UaVon's
load occupied was empty while Miss c. was
PiayiEZ The poor players mentioned in the text
nusf mean the defeated and defunct rivals TybaI;
aud Pans, Is 10 get mortal wounds because of
tner pooi playing tn >ide-arnIS Neighbor,
whrH newt you CiiticIsr, without presence look
al the adyeItIstHeH aad fad out what's the play
The LABEL CAsE>--SatuTday afternoon Mr.
= ga IHei Russell, OF Vifsf4;s yds committed TO
,d'-Dy Justice Dom TO answer ~ court the charge
of ifsSI against Robert Strong. Tte bail d.
H,aHlSd WaS S5Gu. Tue other cases IN which
M--srs. Hyman and Waterman Were the plain
t'i- wsa< dismissed. IL appeared from the tr<;i.
EnOny tL&t Sifc.ig lad civil sat pend M aiIst
sInss,ll. " L. .gaS tried on Saturday. ana Rus
Ill went 20 ti.- !ua istrdte who Was To try the
ea~e and witness ia the case, previous TO that
fTai, znd exhibited the Police Gazette cOn;aininr
the article rejecting upon Strong and others.
The Jusil1e dec ided that thoUsh the article con-
tdined O.hsr names than Robert st5ong'E the
malice W4s O"iv apparent in his case, and on this
ground he heId RUSSELL ia tie OF Strong,
and dismissed tLe other two.
NEAyY RAINS -POr 3 week past, our city and
the surrounding county Laye been visited by
very Heavy showers Of rain. Saturday night the
showers were eNtrauTd !nary-hooding streets
aIleYs. guttcTs. and Him CrlInrS and hasemsnt>