Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-05-19

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GBoRsRTowN, May 10, 1859.
The southern wall Of the large warehouse on
Water street, occupied by L. Thos Davis, and In
which II had s,oreds Thousand sac Ii Of salt,
gave way and fell out last night causing the rear
portion of the second oor I'd all with its contents
on 70 the FIRST, which also gave way, and the
whole was pfeci pitated into the cellar The dam
age to Mr.. Davs;s goods will doubtless be nnall,
but the costof repairing the building will be very
considerable.
+ We advise the public TO pay attention TO the
friendly caution contained In the notice Of Mr.
Tenney, treasurer Of the Union Hotel Company
We regret exceedingly TO find this fine building
again closed, especially when good hotel Is %
much needed in our city. The treasurer informs
us that the present. Occupant has shut the house up
for rent. The closing of this establishment we re-
gard n serious public loss and meets with the
general condemnation Of our citizens. We sin
cerely hope that the trustees will soon be able 10
regain possession of it, and place 1t I'm the occu-
pancy Of some person calculated to conduct such
an establishment. Thus far since the pure base
| and repair Of tue building, they have certainly
been very unfortunate in their selection Of tenants
We understand that a gentleman from Virginia,
eminently qualified for conducting an extensive
establishment of this kind, Is anxious to obtain
| the house.
We would like to see a rational reason assigned
for the discrepancy between the price Of -four In
| our market and New York--wly the same quail
ties almost invariably range from 80 cents to 81 q
per barrel higher here than there. For instance
take the quotations Of the two places for Tuesday
| I'm New York, State brands, which is about eq ua
| i'm quality to our Canal superfne, Is quoted al
| $6.I5af1 %; common snpertine here at So; Ohio
| which Is about equal to our ordinary extras, 1.
quoted at 81 O5aSS %; ordinary extras held here Al
SS.15aSse; Southern, which Is composed in part o.
our extras, held in New York at SSaS IS aud here
| at 80. When We remember tlat barrel of foul
lp from
in the city Of New York for less than from thirt,
to forty cents per barrel, confess our inability
to assign any rational reason why dealers and con
| sImers in the District should have TO pay So mucl
more for the article here than IL is quoted at il
1 that city.
| The parade Of the Potomac Light Infantry
| Capt Hoiiingsworth, on Tuesday, was a Yer,
spirited and handsome affair, and, usual, thu
| company attracted very general attention. The,
| Were accom- panied by Withers' Hae band Of you
| city, and after marching through several Of oul
| streets. they proceeded to Washington, along
| Pennsylvania avenue as far the National Hotel
On their return (after reaching city) we lean
| from meinbeis of the company, that they were
| several times most shamefully and rudely inter
rupted and insulted by parties of malicious youths
| who threw stones at them and otherwise annoyed
| and insuted them by the of the most vulg
| and insulting language, and applying to then
| rude Ppithets Not being satisfied with thei
shameful conduct to the com pany while on parade
| they afterwards went to their armory and cut th,
| halliards attached to their flagstaff. We agaiI
advise the captain the next time the com pany Il
| molested by such unprincipled creatures, to en-
| force the law upon the offenders by promptly ar
| resting and escorting them 10 prison. The com
| munity willfully sustain him In such action. ",
| know the names of the Offenders, and they viii
| doubtless be made public.
Our young friends and their teachers OF tn,
| Dumbarton street nj. r.. sabbath School, ar,
! making arrangements for their annual excursion
| to Glymont, which is To come of some time du
| ring the second week in June. Due notice Of tn,
| time will hereafter be given in the star
Misunderstood that the Young Catholic q Friend
Society. also contemplate giving, at an early day
| one of their entertaining and popular pic-ncs a
Arlington Springs, or an excursion down the Poto
mac. The annual excursions and Iic-nics Of boil
these societies are always looked forward To will
| much interest. and are always accompanied by ;
| large number of our citizens
| James A. Magruder, Esq one OF the director
| of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company ha
just returned from Dam No. 4. and reports that tn
repairs have progressed so far as to permit Iigl
| boats tn pass this evening. lie also SAYS there Il
/ no doubt (unlesS isome unforeseen accident shall
| occur) but loaded boats will be able to pass OF
| next Saturday evening. Mr.. Magruder drserv.
the thanks Of every one in any manner connec TED
with the affairs of the canal for his activity ant
| energy in trying to forward its interests.