Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-02

CABLE REIoIcIses.-The hrst day Of septem.
Dor, the day set apart by common consent, ON
both sides Of the Atlantic ocean, to be devoted IN
reJoicings and congratulations upon the achieve
ment Of the greatest feat ever yet performed nv
mortal mantle successful laying Of The Subma
i,ne Telegraph Cable-came duly round. and in
this city, throug hout the day, no one would have
supposed the people had ever heard of the great
event which has marked new era in Time.
great record. Business vent on as usual; not
even pop.gun was hred In or about the 81 reefs
| IN honor Of the triumph Of Science and Arr over
Space But IL the citizens generally failed 10 en-
gage in any suitable display upon the occasion,
when every city, village and hamlet throughout
the country were engaged in cong raiulatory fes-
hvities, there were not wanting those among
them VINO partook. In great degree, of the pub
nc spirit which SO gratifying national triumph
should excite In every breast.
Towards evening the National Hotel, the
eIal telegraph Offices, and various business houses
| along the avenue, began TO put on a festive
pect From the National, suspended across the
| avenue to Washington Hall, was grand display
| Of the flags OF all nations the windows Of the
| hotel were filled with candles, and at the proper
| time they were lighted up, with fine effect and to
the high qualification of the crowd on the streets
/ The flags Of England and America decorated
telegraph Offices, whose windows were prettily
Illuminated. In the windows Of the Morse line
Office were banners bearing the following appro-
pirate notices: THE Atlantic Cable the last and
| most wondrous birth of the wonder teeming
| age" and, CAS- the Inventor Of the Electric
/
4 Arago"
| Mr.. Dennis, upholsterer. on Ninth street went
into the spirit of the affair by pretty illumina-
ton and the display OF various hags In font of
| his place of business.
The painting establishment of Mr. VIM Boron,
| corner of Seventh and streets was Handsomely
illuminated. One side of the frese was o'ertopped
by the figure of lion coUchanf, with the British
/ flag in his claws; on the other side, an American
eagle grasped the stars and stripes while dark
| cord, festooned along field of blue between
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| centre. transparency SuImounted by bust of
| Franklin displayed the motto: 90 Honor TO Morse
| Maury, and Field -
| The office Of the Scientific American and the
store OF Jonas Levy, Seventh street, did their
share of Illuminating with . national tailown
| The Model House, corner Ninth and F streets
| was also handsomely Illuminated; as were some
| other buildings in various portions of the city
At the clothing store of Messrs. Wall 4 Ste
| phcns, during great portion of the day, work
men were engaged In the erection of a stand for
| the accommodation Of n band of music The
| font Of the house was decorated with flags of
| England, France, Ireland, China, aud Germany;
| dhl ACROSS the front windows preparations were
| made for grand Illumination when night should
4 come. From the top of the building n beautiful
| arch was erected extending To each corner of the
corhice, from which depended number Of ap-
propIldte banners. At the hour of eight O'Clock
| p. IN, signal was q lven, the gon" was sounded,
and in few moments, the house Of Wall Ste
Phens was radiant with the light Of thousands of
| candleSi nreworkS were sent off from the roof !;
and, on the instant, grand march from La Pro
| Phete was played by Esputa's band who had
been stationed on the platform. Thousands of
| men. women, and children, who were assembled
| In the street, gaZed with pleasure on the scene
The evening passed off pleasantly; and the per-
| To- nance Of number of beautiful pieces by the
| hand, inteTspeTsed with patriotic glees by the
| Quartette Club, gave great satisfaction to the
| multitude, who paid nothing for its enjoyment.
La one Of the upper rooms, during the evening, a
/ large punch bowl Was completely emptiCd of its
| contents to the internal qualification of a good
many personal friends Of the proprietoTs.
| The public generally are Indebted to 60
| ahead friends for evenings entertainments,
| which reflects high credit on their taste and
public spirit, and which, had this example been
followed more generally by the citizens, would
have produced such demonstration would
have compared fdvorably with the doings of
| other cities.
Il p. S.-We cannot commend the discretion of
the entertainers in this case, in risking a display
of fireworks from such place That was very
dangerous sport, which, however, luckily did no
| damage.
| MARKRIrBR's Show MISUNDERSTANDING, on
Seventh street, understands the philosophy and
application of taste in his business. Whenever
we pass his handsome Daz lar, something new
and beautiful displayed in his show windows at
| tracts our eye and admiration. Successful in
| business operations, for which he has no one 10
| thank but himself, Markriter can afford to dip
| into the higher branches OF domestic ornaments
ton, and not only to bedizen the pariors and
| Chambers OF his customers with rich and costly
wall papers, but to add TO that articles OF taste
ana decoration In matters pertaining to the fine
arts. Elaborate Autographs, in colors, fine steel
1 time to time his otherwise choice stock of God
things. In his window on Friday, we stopped
| To look with pleasure on several handsome arti-
cl's OF the latter description, temptingly dis
played to catch the passing eye, among which
an oil pointing, by E. ii. Miller, promising
young artist Of this city, stood prominent. 1t is
| called - The Disappointed Claimant" and Illus
tTates more powerfully than words could do he
history of the old soldier, when worn out in his
countTy'S cause, MANNED and scarifed by nu-
merous wounds received whilst fighting her
battles, he comes on long and weary march, -
his tOttering frame supported by clutches, to
aim few acres of land, the long promised and
| doubly earned reward OF his lifelong service
on which he hopes to linger out in peace
the few remaining days of existence, and bene atI
which to DC buried when his march on earth il
| closed. The artist has drawn his picture with a
| correctness OF detail which needs no words to bt
understood. The story is there, and spt axis OF
| uDgraeful and hedTtless neg ect in tones louder
failed to get justice from Congress, and ha.
| turned his back upon the city to wander forth
| God knows whittier, in quest OF a quiet place il
which to lie down and die, for there is no more
| hope left The idle wind blows his silver loo K,
about his face as he turns to read upon an ad ia
cent wall high sounding bulletins, setting fortt
the usual round of spacious Metropolitan hum
bngs-hollow charities, free lectures, living no
tees Of Swindling agents 10 military claimants
&c, couched in PecksnIfian terms, as shallow
In the realization as the MOI ais of that celebrated
pretended architect IF other men's fortunes Til.
old mans tatteIed habilaments cling in vair
about his shrivelled limbs, in their fruitles
effort to shield them from the wintry bias;
whose keenness cuts even TO the hea Tt's core Al
IL In mockeTy OF the old mans folly, (thougi
In violent contrast with the chilly scene) a dos
Is placed In the foreground, in active but fruit
less chase of butterfly true illustration Of tb,
futile journey, old man. Thou hadSt indeed
| been chasing butterflies. "Evangeine - Is tn.
subject Of another beautiful little painting by tn
=, | same artist life size engraving f,om photo
| graph by BIaiUaTd, Of Boston, Of the late Johi
| W. Maury, Esq a splendid Autograph of Gen
| ersl w ashington, and numerous other specimen
of the painters and engTaver's skill lend attrac
lion 10 the collection here set forth not to men
| ton that here also can be seen piece from th,
l all-talked about Atlantic Telebraph Cable We
rily, Mr.. MarkTiter Is a man Of go-ahead- a. tiv,
| procliyities.
CENTRE MARkET.-This morning the attend
| ance OF the regular dealers In the sheds was no
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