Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-08-25

LrfnxxIS SYxop.1Ersnfak Session. The
evening session Of the eastern district Of the Evan
gelical Lutheran Synod Of Missouri, Ohio. and
other States was held in the street. Lutheran
Church, commencing at ~ o'clock D. m, the
Rev. w Keyl, Of 81 Paula Church. baltimore
Md presiding Sixteen pastors answered TO their
from a number Of absentees. OF every conxregs.
ton belonging TO the Synod one Law delegafe wa.
duly admitted; and four school teachers connected
with the district were present, and six absentecs
excused. .. s..-- - : 1870
The Chair laid before the Synod several subjects
TO conslder which they were in session: the f,st
being the question, :! What has been done to prop
tin Luther, and what may be done In the f,tur.,,,
secondly, w hat can be said Of the respective
congregation In respect Of Christian charfty,,
Ihese Questions were considered at length, and
number Of persons from abroad as well an q lave
number Of the resident German Population yvbo
were present with great attention and deep inter
s es. ana the proceedings were characterized by the
In the evening Rev. @. Seyffarth, D. ID Pro-
lessor OF the Lutheran ConcoTdia College at 81
Louis, No, delivered very interesting and in
suueuSe lecture on Egyptian antiquity and litera-
The sessions will be contin ued daily until n ext
wednesday, morning sessions Commencing at sk
a. m, and evening sessions TX O'Clock, p. m.
A SAD CAsE.-At the Epiphany Church Home,
on Thirteenth street young woman named Eliz-
abeth Carts, (the wife of Frenchman lately ar
rived in this country, and in destitute circumstan
ces.) was received on the 18th Instant The same
evening she was confined receiving from the
mafron the physician Of the institution and from
Iady visitors every attention, for which she was
truly grateful On Tuesday evening she died
receiving In her last moments the same care that
had been extended to her during the whole of her
Illness besides the attention of two clergymen of
N NJ 1Nh Qhn hale H.
took place last evening from the Home the mana
gers acting as pall-bearers Her infant is now
under charge Of the matron Of the institution and
Will be properly cared for. This unfortunate
woman was unable to get admittance at the In
urinary. not being able to paw for the attendance
Mrs CARTS was an English woman, and bit 20
years of age y
HONORARY ADJUsrED."-Monday or Tuesday
two of the Government employees at the Capitol
had misunderstanding which resulted in a
ffacas, In which one from Pennsylvania got the
better of his opponent, virginian The friends
OF old Virginny'' thought ii slur upon the State
70 allow things to remain thus, and persuaded
their fellow-citizen that he must demand an ex
pianauon He being poor penman left IL with
a Trend TO write the note for him. demanding an
e1Pianation The friend, instead of demanding
explanation. wrote a perem ptory challenge which
was sent without the principal seeing IT, The
reply WI. an acceptance, designating rifles, the
Sis'ince Inl,ty PAGES and the time next morning.
such an explanation was altogether unex pecte, by
,he slrSlnlan, who declared he had sent no cbal-
lenge; didn't mean to fight duel and entered
non pros on the whole proceeding. The matter
has been g amicaby adjusted, :, and the duel NAV
not be expected
FEMALE ExTRAyAGANcE AT THE CArrrAL-A
washington letter says: Some of our leading
dry and fancy goods dealers have adopted the
cash system, selling in all cases, for cash only
DIS Is very great reform here, where the fami-
lies OF clerks apt to run bills at the stores
which the salaries they receive are inadequate to
meet know WOmen-wives Of clerks in the
departments-who dress as IL their husbands were
possessed of independent fortunes who run biIls
al all the stores that will trust them and whose
husbands are, of course. ALWAYS i'm debt-always
dunned and harrassed. sued and cursed and VIE
hnaiiy become so hardened and shameless as to be
wholly lndife whether they pay or not The
ssooPnon OF the cash system will put stop to this
table state Of things Indeed it has become
absolutely necessary
MEssRs ORME AND BATLIss have been banded
back and forth between the Mayor and Aldermen
OF washington, until we should suppose all par
ties are getting weared OF it, Their nomination
for Market Commissioners was again rejected last
night-for the third or fourth time we think The
vote stood six to six. Unless the Mayor thinks he
has both the right and the power to dictate his
preference to his legal advisers il is getting time
for him to consider whether or not there ia any
one else In Washington, who would make good
Market Commissioned. -Aterdndria Sentinel.
WArcH RETURNs.-Blind man. drunk I'm the
street; dismissed. Dennis McCarty, fighting and
drunk; fine and costs, Sis. George NJ. Miller,
fighting; security for court Jacob Archev. drunk,
nne and costs, S2.l5. A: L. Bang, do. do. John
Warner, col, drunk and dsordery; workhouse
~ days One ledger was accommodated
TEMPERANCE ExcuRsION-The Catholic Bene-
fetal Total Abstinence Association Of the District
OF Columbia, propose to give their annual excur-
sion TO the White House Pavilion on Monday
next. the Doth instant. per steamer Thomas Collyer
which will make two tri Fps during the day.
POLICE MArTERs-Brfore Justice Clark-David
Irvine was summoned to answer to charge of
swearing profanely In the st Gets Of the Third
Police District. He was fined Sis Aquilla
Barton was also accused Of hard swearing and
fined 81 %.
THE DRUGS commonly administered IN Fever and
Ague PATIENTS are generally ruinous to the system
lnsfead u curative and streng thenns vet the nos
trums dew .ed BY self sufficient old women are not
much better. Something is needed which shall he
the product OF profound skill in the hea art yet
beyond the Ordinary ouiine of the profess ION This
desideratum Is supplied by the dIsting nj shed Dr.
HOstetter, whose Bitters take nix am ng the most
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