Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-07-20

Tn. NKw yoRx AVENUE cHuacH, now on the
eve Of completion, may be pronounced without
hesitation to be an ornament to the citv alreadv
not III furnished with handsome public and pri
VdIe edinces. The irregular shaped tongue of
g1ouna on which II had to be built was generally
Snvug nt 10 De hopeless as the site of any church
building moderately suitable and tolerably good
looking. Ii was sort Of "ugly duck - more 10
De pitied than admired. But we ask the reader
mno mas any pretension whatever to sense of
architectural fitness and beauty IL there can be
anywhere found better proportioned building.
or one In which all the requisites of utility pro.
Pnety, convenience, comfort, and comeliness can
oe Iouno better combined than In that which
ress on the trapezoidal wedge at the intersection
OF n street and New York avenue? Look at II
from which way You will, at any distance far or
neal, the eye Is pleased with the symmetry and
aste which display themselves The spire is
faultless to look al externally, and on a closer
examination will show the uses to which it
or rather It's basement, is put to be far more
valuable than is to be met with in ninety-nine
gu. OF every hundred Of such structures On
catering the building from the street. through
large and airy passage, you open into a session
room, with which any congregation nigh well
oe SATISFIED as their place Of service, 90 roomy,
airy ana pleasant fs IT, and so thong htfully fur.
nished, both for Divine worship and for Sunday.
school purposes. Going into the second story one
OF the finest and loftiest rooms I'm the CITY bursts
upon the view. Everything that can tend to see
here considered and supplied The church will
De lighted at night from above, az In the halls of
Congress, but on different and incomparably-
cns m pan, anc which, we understand, has been
Wen Tested and found to succeed There is an
ample organ loft, which stands under the spire
also lighted at night from above The walls of
this building are Is inches thick, and the brick
work, from bricks made in Washinoton "a a
masterpiece of its kind But we intend This
merely as sketch and a stimulus to those who
s ahe Interest In our public improvements We
nave only TO add that the architect Of this church
10 James Z. Haviland, Esq, and that the total
cost Of the structure is but twenty-fy thousand
dollars.-IHtslIigeneer
CHEsAPRAkK AND OHIO CAN.I-rbe crnhs,-
iand Civilian had scarcely had time to announce
In It's issue Of last week that the canal was in GOOD
navigabe order Its entire length, when the editor
received information that a leak had snrnng in
the neighborhood Of dam No S. When this leak
VIII De stopped and the canal be again In navi-
gable order Is hard to tell. The Civilian saws:
ne prospect before us Is Of the glooniest
character. We understand that nothing Ia doino
at the dams-the water in the Potomac and Wills
creek Is getting low and there Is almost an entire
suspension OF boating on the canal In the mean
tluhe several OF our coal companies have large
contracts to fulfil, and were about maxi no Others
put, from the uncertainty Of being able 10 pet il
10 market, will have to decline making anv new
contracts This Is an unfortunate state of things
10. sAnegany county; for not only do the boatmen
suffer seriously, but the miners and indeed. ali
persons engaged in business In this CITY and
county. The canal Is the main artery throuOb
which the current of our monetary life is made 10
INV, ana ls good condition is essential to the
prosperity OF all the interests of Allegany county
The Baltimore sun, commenting on the above
says: This is doubtless true In a great measure
Ior while the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad also
Penefates the heart of the Allegany coal region
and transports to market with the utmost snatch
wnen the emergency arises, great quantities of its
mineral ana other products, the canal is at the
same Time an additional and highly convenient
no nal fal1 frs
slve operations there conducted Ii would seem
however that until some change is made by the
State OF Maryland, through leg islation In behalf
oI lholvldual owners In the canal, no such COM
lldiu OF means or management can be ensured as
VIII ensure true test of the capacities Of the
canal Tor effective use and business At present
IL Is only machine through which to furnish
lew small ohces to few small politicians What
nope Is tnefe OF better results under the present
system ?"
The PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRIBUTION OF PRz
MIUMs.-Under the resolution of the Hoard q,
Trustees OF Public Schools the Distribution of
premiums will take place next week in the
9nllnsonian institution, as follows:-Tuesday
July "a, the Fourth or Island District; Wednes.
DAY, 25thi the Third or Navy-Yard District:
Thursday, Goth, the Second District; and Fridav
27;h, the First District under such arrangements
DIS may De prescribed by the sub-boards of the
respective districts. Monday was omitted In this
arrangement for the express purpose of affording
an opportunity to the acting Mayor, Board of
Aldermen, and Board of Common Council 10 be
present 1t is understood that the programmes of
tractive. -"
We were today shown by Mr. v. Harbauob.
treasurer OF the Board of Public School Trus.
tees, the assortment OF premiums and dinlomss
to be distributed. They consist of fftv beanti
fully wrought silver medals and twelve hundred
elegantly bound books, of various descriptions
lhe medals designed for the male department
are fashioned after the shape Of a Maltese cross.
having neatly engraved on the one side the words
First Honor to -, 1902 and on the reverse
the inscription Awarded by the Trustees of the
Public Schools, w. CO. Those Of the female
department are Of the form of a shield tastefulIy
ornamented, bearing the same inscription as those
first mentioned. The diplomas, desig ned by Mr.
J. u Bruf OF this city, and executed by Mr.
Dougal, OF Georgetown, are Of such desert pti on
as that they may well be priced by the happv
recipients as well for their Intrinsic worth as for
being reward Of good scholarship
mel, tried for assaultng and resisting policeman
McHenry In the discharge Of his duty, was fully
acquitted by the jury.
Joseph Straining was charged with an assault
on young man named johnson, who had in.
shifted the wife Of the defendant He was ac-
quilted by the jury.
To doy-The Court took up the case of the
United States agt Nicholas alias Dick Plumber,
lcoiored, - In which the prisoner was accused Of
stealing wheelbarrow, the property OF James
Harris The jury found the prisoner guilty as
indicted. "
The case Of the United States agt F.. r
Schnabel, which was set for trial to-day was
called, and Jos IL Bradley, Esq, appeared as
counsel for the defence, and made duplication
for continuance of the case on the ground of the
absence of material witnesses
The Court stated that legal reasons must be
filed In order to lay the foundation for any con-
tnuance.
Mr.. Bradley then produced an affidavit, signed
by the defendant, in which he set forth that be
could not safely to trial without the attendance
OF Mr. Robinson, of H., Waldo, OF Conn Wins
low, OF n. G, and Covode, Of Penn and that he
expects to show by these absent witnesses that the
prosecuting witness, together with Others were
conspiring together to destroy the character and
damage the usefulness Of the defendant
The motion was being argued as our report
closed.
FREE NEGROES IN MARYLAND-Yesterdav
detective officers Allen and Busher were employed
to go to Bladensburg, Md, 10 release a colored
girl named Deborah Conway, and inquire into
the cause Of her arrest. From the Justice John
w. Scott, Esq, they ascertained that she had
been brought before him as a nonresident free
negro, and the fine for such entering the state is
twenty dOllara The uf ri said hat II