Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-22

Mr.. Morgan, from the committee on dra,nav.
reported bill authorizing the laying of the vale,
main on Tenth street west, from 10 Il street
| north; passed
A number Of bills were recei we'd from the Board
OF Aldermen, and disposed Of. Among those
passed were the following A bill providing foI
the repair of the alley in square r. also, bin C
| grade and gravel First street west from Indiana
| TO New Jersey avenues
The President laid before the board the presm.
Ole and joint resolutions relative to the disturb
| ence OF toe kspUblican meeting on Saturday eve
ming, returned from the upper board with sundry
| amendments
Mr.. Jones moved that the resolutions be laid ON
TIE taole until the next meeting and printed as
passed by this board agreed 10. Adjourned
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN AssoclArIoN-This
| association held their regular monthly meeting
at their rooms last evening The prrsidpnt re
| ported That the committee on statistics had in
course OF preparation a church directory for the
Dehent OF strangers visiting the city, that the Satr
day evening Bible lectures has been discontID pea
curing the temporary absence from the CITY Of the
,ectnrer-Rev. DR.. Samson; that Mr. Hutchinson
naa eeeh CHOSEN superintendent. and p. CHI Sc
assistant superintendent, of Mission SUNDAY School
| NO 3, Capitol Hill; that Mission School No
had been removed to the basement OF the theatre,
tnat preaching and tract distribution had been con-
| oueteo al The Almshouse every Sabbath and that
| donation of copies of the New Testament had
been made by the w. c. Bible Society; that a
list OF boarding houses had been prepared and
Il m liz rnf
erencei that the disbursements by the 'Tressu,e,
| d9flHg the month ending the 18th inst amount
ed TO Slg3 Sc that the comm tee on the asvlurn
had been authorized by the Board Of Managers
TO procure tracts for distribution to the inuntGs f
mat Institution; that Samuel Ker had resigned
MS position as chairman of the COMMITTEE on
rooms, and that Jas. b. Munro had been chosen
| in his stead.
Rev. Joseph A Proctor then gave an fnte,ss,in,
account of his visit to New Orleans as delicate az
the ASSOCIATION to the Convention of tie Confed-
n ~
Norm America, held in that city in Anrfl He
enumerated several pleasant incidents Connected
win MS journey TO that CITY, alluded TO such Of
.ne e!eSatlons OF the Convention as had an i'm
poIdnt bearing upon the interests Of the Coafed-
Grated Associations, and concluded with a glow
Ing tribute to the hos pialty Of the people Of New
orleans, and graphic description Of the trip
made by the delegates as q q of the local Assa
citation, to the celebrated battle-ground where
jackson won imperishable renown
MI Knees, from the committee on the hooks of
sermons IN course of preparation under the ans
pces of the Association reported that The con,uot
Tee mad nearly completed their labors and had
designated DR. j Hall Moore TO enter into art,cles
OIL agreement with the publisher as trustee of the
A resolution was adopted, ratifying the action
OF the committee and confirming the aDpointment
, ne same gentleman. from the Committee on
inc r esuval, reported that two gentlemen from
each church had been appointed 10 co-onsrsts
With the ladies, that Odd Fellows Hall had hem
engaged fer the last week in May and that there
perfect arrangements.
Mr.. Norton, from the Committee on Devotional
exercises, urged upon members the importance of
Sus.dinlng me saturday evening prayer-meetDg
Messrs. Nicholas DU Bots and Walter T. Frank
ldno Were elected Associate Members
Alex. Stewart was designated TO deliver an
essay at the monthly meeting In June
Rev. Mr.. Scot, Of the philadelphia association
was introduced, nd in few ELOQUENT and perti
nenl remarks enforced upon members the neces-
SLY OF persistent and untiring effort to the
aehleV' ment OF great results, and imnres Ell upon
luef NIL as the truth IN God worls mainly by
GRAFTON OF mankind
The association then spent a few Yno,no,,s q,
devotional exercises, and ijourned
FTRE.-Last night two gentlemen passing the
Washington Market, corner OF Massachusetts ave-
nue. and fifth street, discovered that the tobacco
fancy, and periodical store of Mr. Thomas w
Fowler, kept in the building, was ON fire inside
lhey gave lhe alarm, and burst in the door, and,
with The assistance Of the neighbors succeeded in
exunguishing the flames One of the geDtIemen
burning himself in his efforts to save the pronertv
~ Was evidently the work of robber and incen-
uiafy, as the tobacco and sega-s were stolen and
the fancy goods and periodic ais burnt The store
had been entered by the villain or villains bv
cutting or breaking panel from the door; and
ley could not have been far away when the fire
was discovered The loss of Mr. Fowler tbopgh
small in amount, is severe on him the propeTtv
stolen and destroyed being all he had; he being a
= he ind
being strong from the west at the time and the
square being closely built up with frame dwell.
lngs, had not the fire been discovered as soon as
II was the destruction Of property would have
been very great.
This morning officer A. r. Allen was deputized
oy Justice Dom to arrest James Welsh and Cha,
Evans, who are suspected Of the above robbery
ana attempt at incendiariSm. Officer Allen pro-
ceeded al once 10 serve the warrant and secured
both the suspected parties who after hearing
Were held to security for a further hearing by
Justice Dom. y
MEETING OF THE OPPOSITION MAYoRALry Con-
Mi MITE AT TEMPERANCE HALL, LAST NIGHT
ne delegates chosen at meetings in the several
wards TO select candidate for the mayoralty N
Ilh In opposition TO the reelection of Mr. Jas G
BERT, met at Temperance Hall last night
After organizing, the roll was called and all
the delegates save two answered
committee was then appointed to draft letter
ination 49, "'-
After retiring for a few minutes the comnittee
returned with the form of a letter adopted by
them; which was read TO the meeting, and unanf-
mouslY adopted
After discussion as to the proper form of tender
Ing the nomination 10 Mr. w allach il was moved
ana unanimously carried, that the meeting now
ADJOURN TO the house Of Mr Wallach, and Inform
MIN, verbally, Of his having been by exclamation
selected as the choice Of the people TO run for the
mayoralty in opposition to the present Incumbent
Accordingly the meeting ad journed to the resi-
oenee OF Mr. w where the result of the meeting
Mr. w. replied in a few happily-expressed re-
marks, indicating that he accepted the nomina-
tion, and would formally reply to the letter ten
dsrlng II to him, In few days.
QUITE SENsATIoN.-On Saturday evening
last one OF The propretors of Williards' Hotel
caused the hne Concert Hall recently added 10
the establishment TO be bit up brilliantly with gas
and, procuring fine oreanist, treated the
japanese to agreeable music upon the large
church organ, one Of the best in the Federal me-
uopohs, which sin continues to grace the hall
Tor use on occasions of concerts of sacred music
Ii was the first time that any of the Japanese had
ever heard the TO them wonderful stra ms of such
an instrument, and they exhibited as much curl
oslty TO comprehend its causes and effects as they
nave yet shown In examining remarkably inge-
Nous American mechanism, for which their taste
or propensity Is strong indeed. They were not
content until they had really learned more of the
philosophy of the instrument than men ever before
learned In the course of single evening.
RECOVERY OF STOLEN GooDs.-Sunday night
the Jewelry store Of NJ. Hoffa, on the Avenue
opposite Browns, was entered by window in
the back part of the store and various articles Of
Jewelry were stolen. The police were called
upon, and after seeing the premises and hearing
the statements OF various persons In the house
suspected colored boy employed nv Mrs dams