Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-09-06

nominated by the Mayor to any ONCE or position
The nomination Of Richard Barry as ms;pbe,
OF the Board Of Health was then REPORTED and
| unanimously confirmed. = . -
| Mr, McNerhany announced that he had voted
| LOT every nomination made by the Mayor today
az he should always do when the nominees 1reye
personally qualified, and there was no LEGAL OBJ
| lection to them.
On motion Of Mr.. Pearson the netition of n TT .
B. White was taken from the f,les and rfr,r.d IA
| the claims committee
ar II Miller introduced resolution instructing
the JOINT committee on the Asylum to inquire into
.ae ehpeolency OF providing hydraulic ram for
| ferred. N ~
MI Fisher introduced bill providing for the
efecnon OF new Town Clock and an Alarm Fire
house; referred
| beautiful clock made for such a purpose by the
late VIM. A. Voss, now In the National Exhibit
| ton at the Smithsonian Inst tuition, and the re-
| noval Of the Alarm Fire Bell from the late
| Northern Liberties engine-house to the new
| Guard house.
| A bill was Introduced directing the Water P,1r-
veyor to cause fre-plug hydrants to be erected in
| certIin localities in the Fifth Ward; referred.
| ferred.
A BIN was introduced preventing members of
| the City Councils from holding office under the
Corporation; laid over by consent. Adjourned
| The Common Council proceedings, crowded
out to-day, will appear tomorrow.
The CASE OF LEsLtR-The rascal Leslie ala,
johnson, who was engaged in the recent shame
| less fraud on number OF young ladies OF Phila-
| deiphia, is to be taken to New York for trial
l reqnsluon from Governor Morgan having already
been sent on for him. All the missing trunks have
been recovered. Among the young ladies victim
| lzed Is Miss Sarah Smith, an estirnable Young
| lady teacher, who resigned her situation In the
| Zane street school, Philadelphia for the sake of
the liusory promises made by this swindler from
tne SonIn. IL Is also reported that Leslie, while
| IN Philadelphia, had, under the name Of &C IL
Mason, still another iron in the frer He rep
| resented that he was the exclusive agent for the
United St1tes for the appointment of sub agent. TO
| procure subscribers to an engraving, to be pub
| lished and delivered by the Mount Vernon Fund
Association. and protested to have full authority
| from Miss Cunningham Senator Douglas &c, for
for each district, and he represented that he was
IN the receipt Of average OF forty dollars per day
| rom This source. He also victmized number Of
ei,i Youths; under promise Of giving them
situations In his Office as clerks
| FIRHPLuG HYDRANTs.-Owners Of real estate
| will be glad to learn that a movement il being
made in the City Councils to increase the efficiency
OF the fire department service so as that Il NAV be
| rendered more useful and valuable by MANY de-
grees, than ever before here. The most important
point connected with the plan is the perfection of
system for obtaining water To this end the
drainage committee Of the Board of Aldermen are
we are happy TO see directing their close attention
| Last evening, at the meeting of the Board bills
Were introduced b. Messrs. Brown and Price for
The erection Of tre-Plug hydrants at convenient
points In the Third and Fifth Wards, on the
Of which action was DELAYED, at the request
OF Mr.. Fisher chairman OF the drainage COM
nlttee who stated that the i'm portance Of adopting
!hs very best nre-plny hydrant that could be OBJ
tanned, called for little delay, in order to give
the committee time to ascertain which were the
oest ana most economical. Mr.. +. stated that the
committee Were In correspondencewithth the acting
| Engineer OF the Water Works, from whom they
| expected important information Oh this subject
THE THEATRE.--The thrilling play of Louise
| De Li2nerolles, at the Theatre last nfgbt WAS
performed mp to the standard of the IT. 1t critical
! auditors. Mrs. Gladstone, besides,beng be anti
| full and ihtelli gent woman Is n talented ami ac
| complished actress G.. Barton Hill as the profit
| gate. n we may not say the unfortunate and ILL
| lated Henry DE Lignerolles, performed his di iii
emit role IN an admirable manner. Tue parts Of
| Monsieur Lagrange. the father Of Louise I.iyns-
| ROLES, by 4. Hamilton; Of Col DE Givry byr5 ID.
| Chaplin, and Of Cecille De Givry the wife OF the.
Col, and mistress Of Henry DE Lignerolles by
| Mrs r. w ilians, could hardly have been better
Performed The amusing afterpece Of Mr. and
| Mrs. Lullaby. by Mr. Raymond and Mrs Proctor
was performed In an unexceptionable manner By
the way, Mrs Proctor Is an old favOrite In Wash
| lngton, and Is one Of tue best actresses on the
| American stage.
The performance, tonight, is the great comedy
| OF - London Assurance" Mrs. Gladstane as LADY,
Gay SPanker, and G. Barton Hill as Dazzle.
POLICE MArTERs-BetOr. Justics DOnn-Thos
holland, boy, was arrested by Officer Haskell on
charge OF selling to a man in the market a guam.
tity Of oats from wagon, for which the man paid
but when he went for them discovered that they
belonged to another person. He was sent TO jail
for a hearing.
Richard Broderick was arrested for stealing ,
COW. by Ohcer kemble He was held To ball FOR
| a further hearing.
Reuben Ball, very ungallant colored individu.
al. quarreled and fought with Louisa Carr for
and sent to Jail by Justice Dom yesterday after.
| noon
| Before Justice Clark. Andrew Chase was
charged with eursing and swearing IN the public
| streets, and was fined 81 20
| Daniel Mcdonald was detected I'm the misde.
meanor Of Obstructng the footgay against the pro-
visions Of Corporation statute He was fined
az 06.
| SAINT ANDREWS SOCIETY," The thi I'd quarterly
meeting Of this Association was held last Friday
evening In Temperance Hall. Among other bust.
ness I'm connection with the interest Of the Society
| transacted at the meeting, number of new MEM
| bers were received. committee was appointed
to make preparation and the Necessary arrange
ments Tor the approaching anniversary. The So
clety IS engaged in good cause, and MANY needy
| ones have felt the benefit Of its tsmateria aid 4
| With such Society in our midst there will be
| no fear that son or daughter of ''Auld Scotia
will have to gang to bed Wi hungry waIne
AccrDESr-Yesterday, colored porter, named
| Delaney, employed at the store Of Mr. c. w
Boteler, while engaged in washing a window of
the second story, tread upon the sky-light Of the
back building attached, and fell through into the
store injuring himsel! severely, though it is be-
| isved not dangerously. DIR. J. b. Keisbye was
| called In, and administered to his relief This
| morning he suffers greatly in his left side but
there are no definite symptoms Of serious internal
| injury.
| Losr AND FouND.-Nothing so serves 10 show
the universally Of the circulation of The Star in
the Federal metropolis, Georgetown, Alexandria,
and the surrounding country, the success of ad-
veriising In It's columns articles lost and found
descriptions OF which are rarely inserted there
without leading to their ultimate recovery. Our
experience Is that, In nine such cases out Of ten
lost articles advertised In The Star are restored 10
the owners thereof
ORroLAN AND OYSTERS. - Hammack is now
serving up, daily, remarkably fine oysters for the
season, as well as every description of game that
money and enterprise can gather now in the Fed
| eral metropolis. His oysters and ortolan as be