Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-06-23


ical depot.
wLLLRps' HoTEI we have men,io,sa ,hs
fact that Messrs. willard are eng aycd in the cree
ton Of large addition to their already comma
dlous hotel, but until recently we had not sus
Pected that IT was in contemplation to push the
work forward with the vigor that is now appar
emit The main addition. which extends {. ON the
east wing of the old building back to + street I,
distance of I27 fret and with a breadth of sst"
feet, Is rapidly progressing, and before the end
OF the present week will, no doubt be run nm to
me tnlIu story; IL Is TO be six stories high and
tue fronts on Fourteenth and streets will he
surnountCd by massive and handsome bracket
cornlce The lower story of this will be an ex-
i,r1,n k ol me aih,ns room which is now very
ien2tn OF 100 feet. aud be capable of accommo-
uaIiny at the table nearly zoo persons
, bsaes t6is addition, the west wing of the old
DhlAolng VIII be extended towards F ST about 80
1'et, with breadth of some 40 feet; aud I'm Il
ARIA between the two wings there is tn be erected
rh sau,Ii9nal building, IS feet long by l6 wide.
ground covered by the hotel s, ga 50 uare feet
and as they are all to be six stories hich il will
men pe one OF the largest establishments of its
character In the country. The entire hotel when
finished, will accommodate upwards of A thou-
sand guests, and possess every convenience for
theconiofta6ie entertainment OF some 7O1 regular
'uefs The buildings all of the very best
material, and the woIk IS bsiuy done throuy bout
by TIE most able and. Ii I al workmeu The
hotsl Is TO be provided throughou with all the
mHdern improvements for the comfort of It's in
mates, and the well-known character of the
hcsSrs Willard WARRANTS us in saving il can have
ho more competent, gentlemanly and obIiginy
Tue erection OF the building is after plaps and
under tie direction Of Mr.. ]. C. Hardness, ar
chitcct, and Mr.. w. w. Chaplin is the general
superintendent Of the carpenter work The con-
tractors 10: laying the brick, which is we be-
ilrve, about the only portion OF the work done
under contract, are MessTs Wise & Callahan
Is he sfn
Mess Baldwin d Bro, joiners and Messrs
tills * Bro. furnish the iron columns pirders
&C. The roofing is TO be Of Warren's patent
Somposluon u Is contemplated TO fnish all the
buildings during the present season.
The oPER. closed last night by the represen.
tatlcn OF part Of two favorite operas, La SOM
pambua and Elisirc d'Amore, i'm which tbe
wnoie company sustained their parts very credit
aAly IL Is to he regretted that their exertions to
please the public have been so poorly rewarded
during the season just closed. -
MtsS n,'ner never sung more sw.etly than last
hleDt, AM 20 wlthStaEdng the meayre auden,
present displayed throu. bout the entire perform
ance charming desire TO please, which won for
heI eolaen Opinions from every one. In this she
was emuleted by the whole company "Oui Ia
Noce was sung by her towards the close of the
performance liz voice full Of ri.bnrs. and
Pdtnos, whose beautiful tones deligh ted the au-
MI Gnilinette again appeared in two charac-
"is noth calculated to display his talent as an
actor and his astonishing powers as a vocalist
ne was especially good : DIR. Dulcamara the
mountebank; a1d in the closing scene sung with
s'de-spiitting effect the last song Now Ii I've
yonr appreciation" in which he hoped, il his
enoeaVcrs had pie ased, he should have an oppor-
tunitv TO sing again in Washington merit ~. ar -
Exceilsn', Mr. Guilmette YOU are ALWAYS wei
come 10 ashinSton audience, and we hope to
sre VOu and Miss Miner, and RUDOLF hsen and
Cooper et al, again when the weather gets
co9leF-say about next October
Tonight, Mr.. CooPer's company will give a
IN NH-sDf n
tIal solos on the violin. All efforts will be used
10 make the affair pleasant to the public.
PLEASANT ExCURsIoNs-Yesterday morning a
large number OF our citizens enjoyed themselves
by participating in excursions to Fort Washing
ton. One of the excursions was under the aus
pices of the Second Baptist Sabbath School and
the TIP was made in the steamer Powh atan
which left sixth street wharf at : O'Clock. touch
ing at the Navy Yard and Alexandria Thi, was
patrOnizsd BY large number of persons and
every arrangement was made for the accommo-
da'ion and satisfaction of the excursonists. The
committee who had control on the occasion were
Charles Allen, James Dulin Charles Schafer ]
b. CawoOd, William Mills
The other excursion was that of the Waugh
Chapel (M. f sunday School. This also went
TO Fort Washington, in the steamer Thomas
Collyer, having left Seventh street wharf at or
O'Clock a. m and touched at Alexandria Thee
Were likewise great many persons who awaited
themselves OF this opportunity of passing the day
in rurat enjoyment. This excursion was accom-
panied by WitheTs' band OF music and no hing,
was left uHdone 20 insure the happiness of the
entire company. The following gentlemen com
posed the committee of arrangements: Messrs
John Zimmerman, J. w. McKnew and Ed
ward q. Handy.
As far as we can learn no uppleasant circum
stance transpired in connection with either ex-
cuTsion; and The day was spent by both in a very
HAPPY and sSTeeable manner.
The CITY DEBT -On Monday afternoon when
the bill supplemental to the police bill was under
consideration in the Common Council, Mr.. Orme
opposed IL upon the ground that our city treas
ury was in no condition to justify such an act
lie would venture to say, that when the bills
were all rendered, the floating debt Of thi. CITY
would prove TO he over $500 coo A scheme had
bscn lad before the people to increase the funded
debt ct the city The idea had been given on,
mat u was TO lay pipes TO convey water: but he
thought the plan was laid deeper, and had view
I" funding portion of the debt already accumu-
la,sa: bIt a sufficient vote Of the people did not
endorse the scheme, and it failed
When the bill in IT lation to the recent tax sale
WGieh Is 10 authorize the acceptance Of certain
Oils ara claims against The Corporation in pay
ment Tor property bought at that sale, was under
consideration, several gentlemen desired to know
more ABOUT IL. and hoped il would not be urged
throu. at that time as il wa, an inportan NJ mat
ter. Mr.. Lloyd limited that probably many OF
these claims had been purchased by moneyed
men, FOR speculation, and he opposed TO as
when so many poor men, who could not ford to
wait for their money, were suffering Tor want of
the pay honestly duethem.
The LADIES' UNION festival. recently held
IN this city, proved very successful under all the
circumstances. IL il did not realize as large a
sum as last year, it was owing to the many sub
Jects occupying the Alteration OF our citizens, the
numerous religious meetings, the closing week
on Congress, and other good reasons. The dis
play OF nOwers aHd fruit, and the decorations Of
the hall far exceeded those of the previous fes-
uvaI, and the ladies who had il In charge eXerted
thei' utmost energies TO promote the success Of
the enterprise. The receipts from each table
was as follows, deducting the expenses attend
lng each S'coad Presbyterian, (Mr EckardS)
so Thirteenth street and First Baptist. 500 !;
Fourth PRESBYTERIAN, (Mr. Smith 50 SIT; Metho-
DIST South 81 o. First Presbyterian, (hr. Sun
dciland s. So So Foundry CHAPEL, So ID Lu
theran; $50 or stress Pfesbykrian, (Dr. Cur
ley.s) sII05; Trinity, NJ 60, Methodist Protrs-
tant, - b Union SupPsfTable, SO 25-tota
slS2 IL The receipts al the door were sii9 Is;