Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-09-02
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Cbyyesposdsses of he sta,

SyFvesPeSeeHts " ING Sf0f.
I ,6sonsfroavS, septahbera, 1859.
incline 70 the belief that the article IN che
letter Of "Mefcury,, in the Baltimor. sun az ve..
terday morning, in relation to the Little Fails
bridge describing the timbers az in a dccav;nu
condition) Is altogether imaginary Since the
incoming Of the present Corporation, in March
last an appropriation wss made out Of our city
treasury 10 repair the abutment on the Virgins
side, and We have been assured by one who h,e
every opportunity OF knowing, yesterday inorniny
that The work was thoroughly done. From ouT
knowledge u the superior Q ualty Of the tmbers
supporting the floor, we hardly think il possible
that tney have commenced decaying I'm 90 short a
period, II having been only some two or three
years since the superstnictnre was placed upon
the piers. As to 10 being covered in, we have
never n our recollection seen or heard Of one OF
Stohe Qugiey's superstructures Of this kind
being covered. Their formation is such, there
Deng no joints mortices, or any think of the kind
exposed To the weather. to need any snch precau-
.l VIZ 70 our Corporation fncurring some three
or four thousand dollars expense to cover IL in we
hardly think II likely, for two reasons In the
nfN place II is as much If not more to the ad.
vsnGge OF the "business mem, Of other portions
~. y. "s Dsnct al 70 those Of Georgetown; and In
the neTt place, 1t IL a Government bridge, and
snouio De taken care Of far as extraord re-
pairs; &c, are concerned, by the General Govern
hent. az We'll as the Potomac and Eastern Branch
ms and the road leading thereto,
Notwithstanding tits ually as beneficial 70 other
portions Of the District to Georee has cost
our corporation about one thousand dollars this
year 70 keep them in repair and pay the salary of
noticed the item in Question at sncb lenotb Int
or .ne Iact That we deem its character such az To
Keep persons from Virginia from trading to our
naike' ny deterring them from crossing this
oHuSe ny the lnslnuation that il Is insecure Such
an idea IL pesfectly preposterous. 0'''
ne WORK OF laying the mains for the distribu-
ton OF the Aqueduct water through our CITY moves
on RAPIDLY, notwithstanding the considerable
no ssl
can only be removed by blasting Along each
seet we discover that our citizens very generally
are making provisions for Introducing IL into
h e,, premises, and avaiing themselves of its
osnehS as last as 1t reaches them The fire pluy
al the crossing Of Washington aud Cav strrets
was thoroughly tested on Wednesday evening.
add performed to the entire satsfsctjon ~ All ,rbo
~ithesseo,t- -Four streams Of water were thrown
from IL the same time to the distance of over
eighty feet, and one a much greater dist,nce
This point, IL must be remembered. is elevated
some ffty feet above the line Of Government main
on Bridge street, from which the supply is fur.
The Pioneer cotton factory in our CITY is now In
Iuii operation, giving steady employment to about
10 lhoustrions operatives at fair wages About
o,No yards OF fabrics Of an excellent quality is
turned out weekly, most Of which is sliipped 10
the baltimore market for sale; the owner, Mr..
wilson, residing in that city The factory is
under the superntendence Of Mr. William An
Pleoy, most excellent man for the business
by way of the Canal il unusually small. The
general impression is that the farmers are holding
PACK, waiting for higher prices In this how.
ever we Incline to the belief that they are doomed
TO dlsappoi ntment, if indications at both home
and abroad furnish correct foundation on which
70 base an opinion. The general opinion among
Knowing ones is, that those who sell at presr1i
prices will act wisely
we learn that several valuable slaves have re-
Gently absconded from their owners, in Fairfax
county, Virginia '' -">
handsome Improvement that the new fancy
hont recently put to their dry-yoods establishment
on Brldge street, by Messrs. Mayfeld d Brown
W have no news Of moment from the four or
gram market since our report of Yesterday. No
material change In prices, or sales of moment.
nave occurred Sales of the former are limited
there being no shipping demand at present prices
Our miiefs still have to resort to the Alexandria
market Tor most of their supplies of wheat There
was sale OF several hundred bushels of very
prime white wheat ION the canaD Yesterday, a,
81 " Our quotations Of yesterday furnish about
the ruling price. :.