Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-07-23

the text in Acts IA" These all continued with
one accord In prayer and supplication, with the
women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with
his brethren"
Wesley ChaPsI-In the morning, the pastor. Rev.
Mr. McCauley, preached, on the subject Of right
eousness, TO large and attentive congregation
AT night visiting minister from one Of the west
ern conferences, preached from the text of Genesis
s. And God said: Let there be light, and there
was light"
81. PanPS Lutheran Church The pastor, Rev
Mr. Butler, having returned from brief visit to
tne country, preached in the morning from Psalms
ga, and in the evening from ID Corinthians
5.l4-'' For the love OF God constraineth usn
Warrington AsylHu.-Rev. DR. Gurley preached
rom First Timothy, 2, is. A committee of the
Young Mems Christian Association distributed
tracts as usual.
MORE ABOUT THE METEOR Mr. Editor: wit
messed on FRIDAY night, at OK O'Clock, most re-
markabie electrical phenomenon. A brilliant
meteor suddenly appeared at small altitude
above the horizon, moving slowly from West TO
East parallel with the surface of the earth giving
a brilliant and steady illumination not unlike
tnat OF a SKY rocket After pursuing a direct
course for about 90 seconds, the nucleus divided
equally, one portion shooting in advance, the
second following in its train, advancing thus for
ID seconds, when the rear portion split with an
apparent explosion, radiatng coruscations of
most vivid description, thus forming three sepa-
rate and distinct bodies pursuing the same course
at an equal distance from each other After re-
naming visible for perhaps one minute. they
passed In rotation from view behind a cloud
VIII some of our Washington Swans give us an
explanation OF the phenomenon! SPECTATOR.
THLT METEOR.-EdttOr Star: On FRIDAY even
Ing gentleman was sitting on his porch on Tenth
street, near u, when bright light appeared, ap-
parently behind the Academy Of Visitation ne
thought 1t was a fire In an instant that splendid
meteor appeared, and gliding eastward was soon
lost to his view by the Patent Office One of the
clerks at the Post Office It, and he lost 81 bit
OF IL behind the buildings east of the Patent
ONCE number Of persons (the writer among
the rest) were sitting their porches on Fifth
street, below T., when suddenly this meteor ap-
Peated, as though from + street, and gliding
rapidly along was lost for moment behind the
lnhrmary and again appeared east of It, when il
seemed to go under cloud; but It was seen still
farther east by some persons on ID and near Second
street, where II burst. To each of those who saw
1t 1t had the appearance of a double star as If
linked together. Ii was very low as the Infirmary
you know Is by no means high building and Il
ma II from our view. Did any one see it west Of
Tenth street. If so, will they not communicate il,
None OF those who saw ii ever witnessed ANYTHING
like il before. ONE WUoSLU Ir
Our Northern exchanges abound In accounts Of
ana correspondence concerning this meteor II
vas seen throughout the country as far north as
New OK at any rate, and the descriptions given
OF II accord very nearly with those given by our
own correspondents.
ton OF the male and female departments of the
Third district School took place on Thursday
and Friday, the 18th and 14th insts In the male
department, the number on the roll is 49, present
at examination, 40. The studies are spelling
reading writing from dictatio on with punctuation
mental and written arithmetic, grammar geogra.
ply, and history. There Were present on the
part of the trustees, Messrs RandOlDh Ironsides
Fort, Willett, Walsh, Miller and McKnew; also
a number Of teachers of the public schools ma
rents OF the pupils, and friends Of education
Ibe examination was conducted by the visiting
trustees. assisted by the Rev. DR.. Sampson Presi-
dent OF Columbia College, and gave entire salts
facton 10 the examiners and visiters At the close
OF the exercises Messrs. Miller and Ironsidts adj
dressed the school In manner appropriate TO the
occasion, and encouraging to the pupils The
examination Of the female department of this
school (Miss BOggs, teacher) was very interesting
In addition to the gentlemen present at the ex-
animation OF the male department on the day
previous, we noticed an increase of two lady
teachers, MIR. Hyde, of Georgetown and a num-
Der Of parents Of the Young ladies and friends of
the school equal to two or three times the pacity
OF tue room such was the press Of visiters that
Tue trustees were obliged to examine the classes
IN their seats, and in many instances to do them
injustice. In addition to the studies in the male
department, Miss Bogos has class in ALGEBRA
and one in physiology; these classes aco1itted
themselves IN manner highly laudable TO her
and pupil. The classes in reading writing from
dictaton, With punctuation and spelling, were
excellent. The examination as a whole was pro
badly unsurpassed by any In the city.
AN UNPLEASANT INcIDENT.-Yesterday. two
young ladies came from Virginia in a buggy to
visit their friends in this city The buggv was
an old-fashioned one, with the top extendi no far
over the front cutting off the view of what was
passing, e1cePt IN front; While driving slowly
by the corner OF Second street and Massachusetts
avenue, they were suddenly surrounded by an
excited crowd of persons, some CRYING sitake
them out, and others interfering in their behalf
The matter being explained, II appeared that
their wheel had passed over a child which was
playing In the street, and bruised It's arm slight
lY In obedience to the suggestion Of some Of
the less excited, they drove to the office Of JUS
tlce Johnson, followed by a host of persons Ju,-
tce Johnson heard the statements and decided
TO dismiss the case, so far as the United States
was concerned Captain Goddard was called,
and he also decided that case could be main
tained by the Corporation The Young Iadie,
Were very respectable, and the accident occurred
from no fndiscretion Of theirs One of the wit
nesses who testified In their favor female was
threatened when on her return home She har-
pened to be spirited woman and her reply
being ominous Of i'll to her assailants they re-
turned to get warrant, but did not succeed I'm
having her arrested.
THK JAPANEsE PRESENT FOR THE POLICE
Editor Star: | send you calculation Of what each
policeman and each city gets of the japanese gift
IN your paper or the 18th instant there is a state
ment copied from the New York Herald but it
contains several errors. BY comparing the state
ments, yon will see that Baltimore by tie Herald's
petS over ~ more than entitled
\ on can make what use of this you like.
FILL. Professor Of Mathematics
Washington, July 16, 1860.
The police get 66 39i-9iI cents each per dav.
The Washington police get 81 6j6 "A 766 Oil
SO 81 446-94l to a man
Baltimore gets s265 81 453-94l-66 39i-9ll cents
to a man.
Philadelphia gets s., 3O5 IS -oil-s4 81 $40 al
to man.
New York gets sl3,7 81 769-9i1-ss. 60 Az s41
TO man.
Total, SIC, 600. The fractions amount to 3 cents
ABUSING HIS WIFE John Row was arrested
this morning, by Policeman Yeatman on charge
OF assault and battery on his wife. He was taken
before Justice Johnson. 1t appears they are but
year or two married, but this is not the first time
she has made the charge On former occasion
the Justice persuaded her to try him again She
now declares that ii is possb for them to live
together. He did not deny the charge but re-
fused TO give security, and sent to Jail by the
magistrate Subsequently a friend became his
security in $500, and he was released.
The MAYORS POLICE morning a
guardsman went into the Office of Justice DOM
and inquired If there was ''any mag srates office
about" He was told by the persons present that
he was then in Squire Donn's office. This intel
ngent officer, 1t seemed had never heard of Squire