Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-12-27

col, efunk and disordefly; do, 80 days. Seven
cHRisrxks ssuRtssx PArrf .n-one Of those
happy seasons which usually occur between pastor
ana people, took place hast evening, thiondsy) at
the residence Of Rev. DR.. Hi, of The First Baptist
church. u was the desire Of the ladies especially
IN the getting up Of this Interesting event to have
II . profound secret Gas they always dol as faf a
sns tsS and a: family and IN
tcasse1nble ats o'clock At the entrances Of the
corners the Rev. gentleman and his estimsbIe LADY
suspected nothing unususl, but received the visit
marking upon the differens t6pics Of the day. II
was not long, however, before the parlor was fled
% overnowfng MI. Lewis thenfo and present
60 e me P;sssos CT Hill pure q money, with
yer Po,ssTonais, p,sssntsd BY the sniabls daugh-
ma man responded, expressing the agreeable surprise
cation II afforded him thus TO meet his congrers.
ton. He should prise their gin, not 80 much for
its intrfnsic value, but IN consideration Of the
source nom which Il emanated and the manner of
dining room, where everyshing that heart 70, we
might say mouth) could wish Tor was served up
In handseme style. 3gs - go b 81 =,
] THs SrHAMEy AnAcosTIA This steamer sailed
late on Saturday evening last from the Washing
ton navy yard, Lieut. commanding Fillebrowi
fos Annapolis with anchors and chain cable for
the practice ssesmer Plymouth present stationed
at that port. The order was sent In consequences
Of the Plymouth having got adrift few days ago,
BY reason Of her anchors not being sufficiently
heavy to hold her, The haste with which the or
rumor that the Anacostia had been ordered to that
place to interfere in supposed difficulties between
the authorities of Annapolis and the Philadelphia
oyster dredgefs. The crew had been dismissed
msnt was occssioned in the navy ward by the sc-
tive search which had necessarily 70 be Instituted
Tot them The most Of them were found, how
ever, ana the necessary vacancies were filed by
4 On SUNDAY AFTERNOON, the new mission house
OF the Young MenI chffstian Association. on +
,,sst 1s ea sscGnd oRs5sd e. sss first time
was immediately filed with children or all ages,
and many young men. The scene inside IL beyond
description. TWAS perfect Bedlam Allattempts
sSo1sse .s Esss s and
kied Of noises.s The opinion Of the teachers and
there were . number Of ladies there who were
willing 10 ''stand the storm, was that this was
this locality The majority ofthe children present
seemed TO be utterly neglected, having unwashed
faces, unconbeds hair, ragged clothes, and Alto
gether very forlorn indeed. al.
/ BxAuruuI ,cHsisrnA Il. GIYrs.-on Christmas
pesaing, while the choir attached to St Patrick,s
Church were aasembledin the parlor Of the pas
tors fssdence, waiting for the early mass to com
mencei each OF the lady members received at the
hands Of Father o'Toole, a beautiful Christmas
gin, Of a most acceptable character and Of con-
siderable cost, In shape OF an elegant dressing
PsrsOiio, Or other article or ta.se and ss:us' =
"A corD ArH-sunday night, John Carter, a
lpensioner from the Soldiers Home, who has lost
his right arm in his country's service, being q
little Intoxicated when walking on Tenth street
to the Island, was deceived by the lights at the
Smithsonian, missing the bridge walked into the
and dried and sent home. - 01G1s
THE VERY Bxsr JUVENILE OF THE sKAsox. -
Shiliingtonl received this morning . little book
entiued =" The Life and adventures Of Dandy
J.ck,n the celebrated equestrian performer. All
little boys and girls at least ali who have been to
the circus, know Dandy lack, and should at once
procure copy Of this little work. 4
I PLEASING IxcIDEsr -On Friday afternoon last,
at their rehearsal, the choir OF ST. Aloysiusi
Church, as testimonial Of their appre citation of
their accomplished leader Mrs. Cecilia Young,
presented her with magnificent Get Of silver.
THE new Steamship Monticello, Captain Yaper.
arrived this morning from New York She n q
splendid steamer, and will doubtless attract much
."Prarx AAn9x, = Christmas STORY Of slayery.
~ tie O. 'hor OF J" Elsck UauoLds" For sale at
NE. EDl5oss In your vasch house rstgrss Of the
.s HsIs he Rs as:f
I from . Mr.: Fight, &c. Nov, as the character OF
these men Tor honesty has nesfr been doubted, AID
having L. &c circle of friends they ara not Ct all
dssirous Of letting the statement and charge pase
without en- expsnst,on, which YOU will please In-
sert An ycur vaiu8ble paper. He ugittb never
gets the shells for taking them AZ, they were
got BY mo lass season, Aud q dozen other men, who
hanled them A. he did. FIRST come, Fret served,
va the motto; for Mr. Dubaat never sold his shells
which certaiply thought Was the rule still I'D
"a ssIs, flsilt nsvss told me he bad bought the
they might have staJ1d there fiii doomsday before
would have put shovel under them TO remove
them. Agatp ere oyster shes not . nuisance?
They CERTAINLY appear - such by the Mayors
afvertirs rent for the removal Of garbage and the
ciesning q stress Alleys cutters, &c IL such be
the case, hope iscgiqinan9g public viii view
he case ~ ms p!oRer hshs. That s What ustise
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