Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-02-17

THE WAKEFIELD BOOKS AND ADDRESS
" Will he remembered by the readers of the
Siar that IN 1856 the citizens Of the toTn Of
Wakefield, EngIdRd sent humeronsIy SIrped
address to the city OF Washington, manifesting
an earnest desire for the continuance Of peaceful
and friendly relations with the United States II
was ordered by the City Council Of Wasbington
that responsive address and certain books of
The Corporation handsomely bound shouId he
70 iwsiasd 10 return; and $50 were appropriated
came up In December last, and a doubt as to the
reception Of the books by the citizens Of Wake
ned was expressed The committee OF ways
and means was instructed to inquire what had
become OF the address and books
M Lloyd OF the committee was entrusted
with the subject, and at the last meeting reported
tue following letters from the authorities of
Wakefield in reply to his inquirIes-whic hwere
read:
Town CLERx's OFFICE,
WAKEFIELD, Nov. IL. 1855 (
SIR am directed by the Mayor Of Wakefield
IN acknowledge the receipt Of your letter of the
9;h nit and 10 state that the address to the peo-
pie of Washington, to which You refer, d ID not
em1nate from the town council Of Wakefield but
from society In Wakefield, called the Peace So.
cis'y.
copy Of your letter to the chairman Of that So
ciety, In order that he may write you fully In
reply. "
am, sir, your obedient servant,
JAS. wHI1MAN, Town Clerk
Thos y Lloyd, Esq Member Common Coun-
Gil, Washington, U. ). North America
YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND
WAkEFiELD, January ~, 1859 (
hOn SU: learn that a letter from YOU dated
she eth Of October 1858, was some time since
laid before our Town Council at one Of its meet
ings when was not present; and no one then at
me meeting knowing anything Of the circum-
stances referred to In yours il was put aside and
believe that no reply was returned to YOU
The Address of Peace and Good VIII from the
inhabitants Of Wakefield to the people of your
city, which was signed in $50. mad the plea
sure Of forwarding to the Mayor Of WASHINGTON.
ID e, United states of America, but no rcplv
("AcePt Your letter. nor any books have been re-
Csized ny me up 10 this thine, ard from inaui-
lies that have made, believe no such repIy
has been received by any other person
should u be now determined to forward the
address adopted by your Corporation with or
without the books referred TO, directed to me
they Will he disposed OF in such way as NAV he
wished and, as far a. possible, to meet tue de-
signs OF the friend in your country.
Hoping that peace and its accompanying bless
in2S may long be the portion of both nations,
am, dear sir, your obedent servant,
Gro WIN HARRISON. Alderman
Z :. | was Mayor OF this borough the ers.
and second years Of incorporation in Isis and
MI. Lloyd moved to lay the letters on the
tao.e, and order them to be printed with the
Mr.. Powell thought the subject ought to he
referred back TO the committee TO INQUIRE into
all the facts, as to whether they were bound and
sent
Mr.. Orme wanted to know what had become
OF these books. He had voted for the appropri-
alton, and he wanted to know how it was e1-
pended.
Mr.. Lloyd offered resolution instructinp the
committee to Inquire what had become II the
address and books for which the money was sp-
:, Mr.; Powell moved to postpone the subject till
Mondays carried.
PLACES AND STREETS
The Aidermen's amendment TO the Joint rPso-
luton naming certain streets, substituting place,
IfE streets, coming IL cfaA fh.t a,
was not usual IN Paris 10 call streets places II
would be well enough to call the square on
W wi, t.e Jackson statue stands place, but not
the streets on each side.
IL was argued in reply that as Mrs Madison
had so long resided on one Of those streets "a
was proper TO name II after her husband; but
mere is Madison street already and to avoid
confusion II Is now proposed to call one Jackson
Place and the other Madison Place The amend
"Places." ~"
MALIGNANT PUsrULE.-The occurrencs q,
three d'aihs By malignant pu>tule, in Provi-
dence, *. l., dnring the month Of January, 1855.
caused considerable alarm there, and soon the
cutlery was "a new and strange disease
DI. p vi Snow, the health officer of the city
Sl i'cV.dencP, IN description Of it, which we
nave seen saws u sis in no sense disease
our .dseS, which occurred in New York were
u~'llhcd IN Rankings Abstract for ISL by pr
w iaFker. Six cases are referred 20 in the Bos
ton Medical aud Surgical Journal of August.
Rantoul. Jr-, Of Mass. died Of this disease in
Washington, ID C., August = Io52 Several
1sdths baVe occurred In Providence since Iea5
rom tbe same disease. still Il il rare and many
Pby'icld have never seen case The follow
Ihs description Is given by DIR Snow:
me pns'ule, Unle's Il arises from incubation
a. ~ i.neieiiy on the under lip 1t commences
WIN slight pimPlc, and with nsideiabIc
'chlngi very soon thin, bloody fluid is formed
IN me plmple, dnd II IS surrounded with a Iivid
ID ", h cola, or ring IL also rests upon
nhdrr The skim but has very little IL any pain
Mess arrested early, the swelling rapidIy in
eIeSses' poisonous Pus is formed, and being sb-
sorhtd passes into the blood and poisOns the
whole system An ordinary pimple dif-rs from
The puStue m this IL il sore upon preSsure-it is
OF bright red colOr-it has no thin bloody fluid
IN tte centre, and has not the same hard lump
under the skin It's progress is entirely differ
Its causes are generally well known. 1t never
occurs aS an epidemic, aId from the fact that IL
generally arises from accidental incubation il
furnishes no cause for alarm In a community
ne anoVe VIII serve to quiet the fears Of those
the United states.
srFRsNE CcUKT.-Yesterdav, Sidney S Har-
Tls, Esq, Of New York city, was admitted an
attorney and counsellor of thus court
No %: Edwin N. Cbaffse, plaintiff in error
W ne Boston Betting Company. On the motion
81 Mr G A seward of COUNSEL for the plaintiff
In error, wit Of ceTfIoraTi Was awarded in this
case 10 supply deficiency in the record
No 6S George Kendall ct al plaintiff in error
W. Joseph , Windsor. This cause was argued
~ MI JenckcS for the plaintiff in error and by
Mr.. Keller for the defendant in error
No 81 w. Fem, PLAINTIFF In error W.. p. III
hOlne. Tue argument OF this cause was com
menced by Mr.. Gibson, Of counsel for the plain
TN In error. Adjourned.
PAssAGE THIEVES The night before last.
some person belonging to the fraternity of pas
sage thieves, entered the house Of Mr. Chas F.
stdHsbury, on Third street, near 6, about dark,
and stole from he hall two valuable overcOats
belonging to Mr.. s. regular watch house
iodStI, VINO has been seen prowlng in that
locality lately, Is suspected by the police OF
being the guilty party. Much las already been
done oy the police, under Capt. Goddard, to-
wards bF, aking up the nest Of vagabond Dill
feTeTS with which the city has been infested of
la,e, but thee are "a few more left -
Ma EDITOR: During the last six weeks, or
m"re, the rooms Of the Young Mems Christian
Association have been thrown open fbI public
prayer meeting every afternoon during the week,
and hy IL