Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-13
Pennsylvania avenue to Ohio avenue safne refer.

Pennsyfvania avenue to Ohio avenue same refer
eBce. Ell,
Also, a bill to construct sewer and drop on
Fourteenth, between ID and E streets referred
TO drainage committee. .r
Also. a bill to make flag footways in the Sec.
ond Ward ) referred to improvements commmit-
The bill for relief Of Chas. Kfmball wa. re-
ferred to the claims committee 81.
Mr.. Turton offered resolution calling on the
Surveyor for certain Information passed.
Mr.. Jones introduced bill for LAYING q flag
footway across Thirteenth street. In the Second
Ward referred to improvements committee
Also, Dill to continue the improvement Of an
aIley in square BIG; passed r.
The report Of the Intendant Of the Asylum was
referred TO the asylum committee.
MT. furton asked to refer the petition Of Jno.
The bill from the Aldermen to establish Cor
poration hay scales, ard TO appoint a weighe
and inspector of hay, straw and fodder and to
regulate the weight Of the same was referred to
ths police committee
A bill to improve the drainage of an alley in
square $50 was referred to drainage committee
A joint resolution for binding certain laws Of
the Corporation was passed.
bill making appropriation to nav iudc.
ment in favor of Daniel Einkins was referred 10
the ways and means committee
Mr. Lloyd, from the Seventh w ard delep at ion
reported bill for taking up and Ielayinp the
piVements on Maryland avenue, from Twelfth to
Fourteenth street; passed.
blil mixing an appropriation to pay the
semi annual Interest on the bonds Of the Alexan-
dria aud w ashingtOn Railroad Companv quar-
anteed by this Corporation was referred TO the
ways and means committee
OIL making an appropriation for the public
schools Tor the year ending 1859 was referred to
the public schools committee
MIR. Tufton offered a resolution requesting the
Surveyor to furnish this Board the grade of Mas
sacnusetfs avenue recommended by Messrs.
Humphreys and Coyls, and the pfopTiety OF
Changing the grade passed
Also, resolution T(Questinp the Surveyor 10
furnish an estimate OF the cost of trimming and
g;aveling ar Canal street from Sixth 10 Seven
teenth street west passed
Mr.. Muiloy offered tue petition of John w allie ::
referred to the claims committee
The Board then adjourned
FIRST DGsT RIOT HIGH ScHooL-aTals Dspayt-
m'Ht.-This school, which Is located at the cor
ner Of Fourteenth and G streets and tauybt by
&. John Thomson, was examined yeste rday after
noon, and the pupils acquitted themselves in a
manner at once praiseworthy and creditable to
their teacher But before We proceed to notice
tue incidents OF the examination, allow us Ia say
lew words respecting the SC hool- house This
Is a !evefentiai looking stTuctu!r-if feeling of
reverence Ii always awakened by antiuuatsd an
ped'anccs-and SCI s. " in The oldep time - to
nave been bazaar. market house, stable, or
soHlethln" else wholly out Of keeping with its
present character. That it would under some
circumstances, be an ornament to the portion of
the city In which IL is situated is most true but
unIo.tunatriy Tor such hypothesis, il is consid-
eIaoly inferior in size and style Of architecture
10 the treasury Department building and other
ed!fces In proximity with It, and therefore lose,
oV the contrast In fact, we question If II is ever
included in the list Of public BUILDINGS Of this
Metropolis which are Obj,c OF curiosity with
strangers; but we not inclined to stfik. il
from that category, for it is worthy to he seen az
feIic OF past generations, and because Of its
susceptibility of conversion into anything for
which IT may be required, from a stable to q
chnrch-its very dilaDidation is curious
nose who are low experiencing the ssyouny
IDEA shoot III this ''aged and honored pile y
number 10 scholars, of whom 80 were present
Yesterday. TIE examination was also attended
by the following members Of the Board OF Tru,.
tees Col Randolph, Drs Ironside and VIII
leu, and Mrssrs. Whyte, Ricketts,, and Price
Mr.; Richards, Of Union Academy; Messrs Fort,
wilson, McCathran, and Edison, Mrs Rodier
Misses Nj Middleton, Milburn, Moore, Hall. San.
osrson, and Acton, teachers Of other public
schools, and number Of other persons Of both
sexes were also present as visitors, and apparent
ly went away well pleased with the manner in
which the al fair passed off, and the cultivation
sVlnced by the scholars.
Mr. Thomson had good cause To bs pIeaxrd
on this occasion: for we are sure consideiinu the
ages OF the scholars. their answers were remark
ably prompt and generally accurate In gram
mar, the answers were not all correct accordino
to the t-bOOk now In use but this arose from
The change OF books having recently taken Mace
and the memory ofthe p ,piIs was thereby some
what confused In mental arithmetic a great
many difficult questions were given 10 which
correct answers were returned without hesitation
by the fist and second classes. But Il is useless
Tor US to particularze, as there was no marked
dc nclency IN any OF the studies. The order Of
the exercises was a follows:
First, second, aud third classes examined I'm
ofthograPhy, leading, and history.
FIRST and second classes examined in mental
ana s! written arithmetic and grammar This por-
lion OF the exercise was unusually protracted. but
the scholars Continued up till the last moment 10
give ready replies 10 the interrogatories pro-
pounded.
animation in matters pertaining to the Constitn-
tion and Government Of the L nted States and In
"
First class was examined in Davies, Mathrm,
t'cs during which they solved the folio wing DC
positions:
1" ladder GO feet in length will reach a win
dow ~ feet from the ground on one side of the
street, by turning il over TO the other lid, of the
street it will reach a window 50 Ire, from The
ground From these II is required to find tn.
breadth of The street,
w hat must be paid for the lining OF rec.
tangnlar cistern with lead al I'd per III the
lead being such to require lbs for one i,,are
loot OF tie surface; the inner dimensions OF the
c's'ern being as follows, viz. length 3 feet in
u 1doth z feet IN aud depth feet inches,"
me hrst aud second classes also wor K, A ont
the following arithmetical proposition viz:
= III 2lS men, In 81 days OF II hours each dig
trench OF . degrees of hardness 2T9k feet Iono
a" y ieet "iue, ara "a lePt deep, iii how mdny
DAYS OF hours each. will ~ men dig y trench
OF degrees OF hardness, So n feet long,
ferI wide, and 39 feet deep -
IILls last proposition WAS also worked by the
scholars OF Mr.. w ilsOn' 5 school on last Thurs
day The one we gave in our report uf that ex-
animation as being worked on tie slate having
Deem performed BY mental operation instead
La woI king the above the terms were all re.
dnIed TO fractions, and as many figures as pos
sibie were cancelled
ne hrst class was also examined in the HHand-
BOOK OF AnSlo-saxOn Derivatives and Root
ofds, In which they have attained consid-
able proficiency.
DEATH AT THE NATIONAL IIoTEL.-We regret
that we have to announce the death at the Ma
tionai Hotel, Of Joel ID. Fairbanks, Esq the
wellknown and estimabe clerk Of that hotel.
which occurred yesterday about O'Clock o. IN
after short Illness Mr. Fairbanks was a native
OF vermont. and was, 1t his death about Is wears
OF aye The greater part OF his time has been
spent In the hotel business, in which he obtained
Tor himselfa reputation that made him an AGO nj
siton to the establishments in Baltimore. Colum
BUS, Ohio New ORLEANS. aud in this city wbers
ne has been employed. His Sentlrmanly deport-
ment and Kindness To all his PROMPT attention
To business, and his faithfuln-s. in the pe,form