Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-26

$3.50 H''t sdIu IdlLlngS ever leaned tn
Virtles side = lie instanced his svmnatbs,io
NINA IN MS several poems; and spoke of the p,l-
rty OF his style in his love song and as far as
ne knew. he had eXcelled all writers of amatorv
verses He wrote from the heart and his st,onJS
discriminating mind enabled him to avoid the
errors which many other poets had committed
MS plety was shown in his 'sCotters Saturday
Night and the sympathy for the rnlseries of mis-
fellow man, in his Man made TO mourn ,,
he concluded by quotation, a little altered
conld s'ng-and build the lofty rhyme
In The course Of the evening Mr. Donald Mcleod
aud ether gentlemen Were called out responding
III brief and appropriate addresses The follow
Ing are the regular toasts of the occasion:
l. To the memory of Robert Burns-A name
ever dear to- ScOtsnen for the tender recolectiOos
1t rcviyes of their native land
song by u. CamerOm-''R antin Robin,
= Scotland-''A nation famed for song and
neiutys charms, infexiblc in faith, invincible in
Replied to by Prof. Mcleod.
. The President of the United States
,ns ION" mS by A. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the Gem Of
Al. Our sister Clubs celebrating the day
nay inirth and JOY he wi them "a
ooh" oy James Sword-ssOf a the ARTS the wind
c N blaw." " ''' 20 ''ie "'''
D. The memories of Wallace and Bruce-Tbc;r
hflolc deeds Of valOr still stimulate the Scottish,
dangers of war '"' ''+'' "''''
Seng by H. b rodd-'Here'sa health Bonnv
b. The United States-Great in be, .,b,,o
mems, greater In her unity, and greater In her
ucSlnY. - 49,
Song by T. Spence-;sThe Fla, OF our Union :,
. The LaSsies-As the lean wear oivc. IT,,
license 10 WOO, may lka lass haze the lad size likes
Song by VIM. b. Todd-ssMy Napni..x ,,y,, :,
he company held together untlI ,uidn;Tb.
enjoying themselves in manner worthy of the
amc.spoys o, 'ne great poet of theirs and their
Or bestowed upon the manner in which Eamu,c;
'"''e.eG LOT 'iic qualification of their palates
POLICE MATTERS PsCo ~
Saturday night last, rumpus occurred on New
Jersey avenue, near the Coas; Survey buildings
.tad there being no watchmen to be found on
tSPltol Hill, the Navy Yard officers were cglISd
"Ioa oY TIE watchmen of the Coast SURVEY otice
70 queu the disturbance Wbrn the or,ciS-, 1rot
O" the ground there a collection of aIout fftv
Young rowdies pei!ing away at each other with
paving stones. blickbatS and other missiles and
Launching voliies of dis graceful oaths and vile
expressions 1t each other. Their raliying cry WIS
SNAKES On the arriv val Of the Officers the
'fowd instantly dispersed and fled. They were
chased aud Overtakea when the officers mad, a
grab and each secured prisoner Tbey were
taken to tue watch house where they gave their
IiaIiieS Us Henry Goodrich, VIM. Clark Cornelius
Thomas, and Dan Milstead. The next morning
they were severely talked to and then fined
Mary Bunigan stayed out too late the niuht be-
fore last, and about II o'clock, in going home
sue got fttigued and down a ains the fence 10
rest herself Here the watchrnan found her, and
conveyed her to the watch house, where she re-
manned the rest Of the night. Next mornin. she
begged hard to be permitted to go Lou;e but the
Justice thought she'd better not particularly as
Mary seemed to entertain confused ideas as to
where her home was So in default Of sITdry
cost which had already accrued she was sent
oF;r to live at Mr. Queens new brick house for
thirty days.
Charles Doe. for behaving in dsorderly STYLE
II public thorouShfare, was sent to the work
house for thirty days.
VIM Sons was successfully charged will swear
Ing profanely in iii of bad humor. He paid
81 o.
Bsfcr: Justiee CLARK -George Taylor was ac-
cIs-d Of stealing six hams of bacon from Malard
Duyd!i. He was sent to Jail to await the action
81 grand jury in bis case.
PHILADELPHIA passenger railways not pay
ing such dividends as were promised in the be-
ginning, aud those who by fraud and sharp man
aseinent succeeded in putting their money into
The stock with the expectation of fifteen twenty
per cent dividends, must feel little foolish in
ied1lhS the following from the Philadelphia
Ledger Oi Thursday. Ii SAYS:
Passenger railway shares are touched with
Huch care ana canton, and we look for little
movement IN then Xxi the effect of the winter Oh
their roadwIys is fully known. One thing seems
To be apparent. and that is. that the current e.-
penSes are greater than of the early operators
In the stocks ever supposed they would be With
ths maintenancc OK pavcments, the cost of rrn1ir
and renewal of cars, keeping up the supply OF
horses, and, worse than all, suffering the reduc-
tIon of fare to little than three cents per pas
sage. rs Is virtually the case now, by exchange
tick .'s, and rendered worse by each additional
Cross-road. there are frw companies that will be
able 10 max" more than six per cent. dividends,
aud lay aside Sufficient FOR Il reconstruction
~ the road every ten or fifteen years. We hoye
these roads may be maintained in profitable sxis-
tsUCe, for they indeed q great public ronv,-
ui-nce, ard add much 10 the value Of property at
points Remote from tie centre
The DISTRICT ~ CuNGRKS.-ln the Senate
Yesterday. Mr. Pearce presented IA memorial from
John \. smith, clerk az the Circuit and Criminal
courts ia t1- District Of Columbia, ashing iii t
The VI trsl1l may h;. authorized and required b;
lIEv L. co!ir clerk f'rS provided b, the laws
Of Maryland. and tina, Lis accounts may be settled
z mr. 1Frfs Y,lr l..
credit for all fees returned unColectable
Mr.. Pearce also offered the follown g resolution:
H.'o!rSf. That the Vacancy I'm the Bo4rd of Re
gents oi Tue Smithsonian Institution. occasioued
Nv the expiration of the term of the Hon Stephen
Douglas. I've now n!lrd 10y tue President Of thu
The resolution adopted and the Vice Presi-
dent rciPP"intcd Mr. Douglas
Nor ~ From Dr. Sp-ake We have commu-
nivt;ion cnmPlaining that NJ is placed in an alb
sprd position in the item In Yesterdays Star To
The ed. Ct that he had undertaken TO replace nor
uon ut a caild's tongue bitten of by fall. ie
says the Guild merely cut hit a portion Of the
tongue, aud IL required no operation whatever
Tae reporter has to say that the information was
'r-eiyrd from what was deemed first-rate author
.iyi and In reply Ia the Doctors sapient sugges
ton that reporters should always consult the at
t,ndIn- physicians before giving statements of
accidents, would answ hat they would be apt to
have a lively time Of n-rdyth.r-should they fol-
l'w his advice
Tar "SNsAEs." AGAIN On Tuesday night. the
Black snake gang Of roughs undertook to play
trick GA the night watch the beat In the Fifth
Ward near the canal Getting stout rope, they
it'd II across the bridge aud Fugtt's wharf and
going 10 the opposite side raised awful cry of
murder watch accompanied with oaths of the
Ni!est sort The w-tch, suppOsing 4 hand,
made for the place, but. fortunately. the frst who
arrived at the bridIe discovered the rope, in time
t. save Themselves from hyst.
FArAr ACcIUENr- Yesterday. about 5 O'Clock
III, little hoy, son of Valentine Griessr,
tailor. corner Of l. and Eighth streets north was
Jrned 10 death The parents Were Temporarily
as ut from the room. and the child OF possession
cf some matches, which tgniting aud coming in
90 Ittct with the child's garments, burned him 81
bIlly Iu a very short time that he expired In an
'ur after. The child was about seventeen months
I'D
BY rms advertisement Of Mr.. G. T.. Green IL wi
ID seen that hs has removed from the First Ward