Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-10-19
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The Interesting ceremony Of formally dedfcstipe
tie new Mssoaic Hall, recently erected by the
members Of Potomac Lodge, came on Yesterday
alRernooa. The members Of the Lodge, accom-
panied BY several hundred q the bfotherhood
from your city, marched in procession through
several Of the principal streets Of the tpwn hs,de
by the knights Telnplas and band OF music.
ana prs ss, g gut an imposing aPpearsscs
Grand Master w hitting Of the Grand Lodge or
District Of Columbia; after whicl'an elou1ent and
impressive sddsess was delivered by Mr. Mackay,
United States. His address was confInea chiefly
to the moral beauties Of the Masonic order and 4
spoken Of by the members as one Of more than
SS.ly pyoo% the and
the second story entirely by the Lodge. the south
room on the frst floor by the Potomac Fire Insnr-
snce Company and John Marbury, Esq Is law
Of your city as dry goods stoae. The fraternity
doubtless never was In so prosperous condition In
our city a. 1t is at the present time -
Inc Juvenile Missionary Meeting at the Pres
subject OF considerable comment among those who
were 30 fortunate AZ to be present Thong b COM
posed OF all the Sabbath schools Of the town, and
members OF every Protestant denomination, ih
entire exemption from everything like sectarian-
Ism, the fraternal and Christian feeling that
seemed to Pervade the entire large assen'blage,
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vades our community. The addfesses. too. were
of character not always heard on such occasions
Zach one seemed to embody pure feeling Of
t christian charity truly commendaole to the an:
being unavoidably absent, their places were filled
by Revs. Henderson Suter and Thos NJ Conrad
Many OF our streets show marks Of mutilation
and obstruction which, to say the least Of IL, IL
not very commendable to those whose business or
duty 1t Is to zee TO their condition In MANY
places contractors for buildings and the improve
and have been allowed to 20 OF, and leave the
cutters and streets encumbered with large masses
Of rubbish, TO the great annoyance Of those living
near BY. These distractions are frequently sui
fered to remain In the cutters for several weeks,
until they become completely filed up, causing
the sidewalks 70 overflow during rains to the
great Inconvenience Of pedestrians, and the dis
nuisance would have been an hundred fold worse
bad IL not been for the industry, perseverance.
and love OF cleanlines manifested by Mr.. Harri-
son. the excellent street superintendent OF scaven-
gef, He, sooner than hear the people continually
complaining, has, In most eases, performed the
onerous labor himself duty which the law
never Intended he should be burdened with
to keep the streets ceansed ii the ordinary aeon.
mutations Of filth, without performing the extra
labor Of removing the rubbish LEFT In them by the
parties before mentioned. And IL he discharges
faithfully las every one admits he has done) the
duty assigned him by the law by which he is gov
efned, he has certainly done much more than his
trlntng salary pays him for. We are opposed to
the principle Of riding free horse to death, and
because Mr. Harrison has done much Of this work,
rather than bear universal complaint is no reason
why the proper parties should not be compelled to
attend TO il. Much Of the repayipp over the
trenches for the water Mains and where the streets
have been opened for the purpose Of conveying the
aquedncf water into the premises Of our citizens,
has, In our Judgment. been done In a very imper.
feet manner-amannert that must necessarily entail,
In few years, heavy burden upon the Corpora
ton treasury and taxpayers. We wish Il to be
distinctly understood however, that we are laying
no blame upon the contractor for laying the watef
mains, &c. The work has been done under the
supervision and direction Of LITERALLY paid Cor
poration appointee, and upon him, and no one
else, the blame should rest. ,--.-.-,
We advise the readers Of the Star to keep a
sharp lookout for bogus coins, chiefly limitations
Of half dollars During the last week or 20
large number OF them, mostly dated 1859, have
ness. Their execution, as a general thing. il
pretty good, but person In the habit Of handling
such coins can easily detect them by the weight
the counterfes being some fifty to sixty grains
lighter than the genuine coin. The general i'm
preston among those upon whom they have been
palmed, is that they are manufactured either in or
contiguous to the District, from the fact that they
commence showing the spurious metal by turning
dark almost immediately upon being handled.
The excitement which has pervaded our CITY
for the last two days, consequent upon the Haf-
per's Ferry insurrection, has very nearly died
No change In the markets since our report Of
YESTERDAY. tHtF q
The finest cargo Of Boston ice we have seen this
season has just arrived to ous friend Cooley See
his advertisement. $3.50 - -.
Any person wishing to purchase. or trade citv
property for good farm In Virginia, will do wen
70 examine the adveftisenent Of Mr.. Thos J.
Bicksler.