Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-12-16
LOCAL NEWS.

sERExADR TO CAPr. WILKES Capt wilkes,
OF the San Jacinto arrived at hts residence Garner
OF Eleventh and streets, In thi, city, on satur.
compliment Of terenade.
The music wa by the Marine Band, and they
commenced with " Hail to the Chief" After
Zach in6Oauced Captain wilkes with the follow
Ing brfsf speech:
fskow-cit1ens: I regre. to inform you that
Crpssin Wilkes 10 not able 10 address you to-
NE BIT, a. he would Hike to, in response 10 the
compliment paid him by this unexpected sere-
made. He Is known 10 you; all his past career
stands out clear and ustrous IL 10 his last great
act, the seizure Of the rebel commissioners, that
AIDA special luster to his name. II 10 luster Of
which the citizens Of Washington have just reason
to be proud Allow me TO introduce 70 you Capt.
Wilkes, the hero Of the Trent.
cheers. when they had subsidized he spoke brief
ly a. follows:
Gentlemen and Fellow Citrens-f would like
20 say much 70 you tonight feel In my heart
that owe much 10 you for this unexpected CON-
Pliment. All our interests are Identified. CON-
Ing, a. this honor does from you, my fellow cit-
1ens and those who know me, / appreciate II
more fully than II 1t came from any other source.
1 attribute this demonstration to my having re-
Gently performed an act Of public duty. will
not refer more specifically to my course that
occasion, but will only say that should another
similar emergency arise l should do exactly the
same thing again. Allow me to bid you good
night. would speak longer were not labofing
under severe irdispcsition.
At the close Of Ca plain WILKES speech be was
repeatedly cheered. The band played several
more pieces and then withdrew. Among those
who were present 10 welcome Captain wilkes
Fas Commodore shubrick.
HARvEY's OYSTER SALOON ANpPAcx Housx.
The business Of pic king, preserving and packing
oyssefs has hitherto been carried on In q small
way oy persons engaged in Ii, but Harvey, by his
lfRha cd an atxr< htfrfn
The building In which 10 is carried on is never
empty from early morning TO twelve at night.
Some idea may be obtained OF the extent OF the
business by the following scription of the build
ing The lot fronts 50 feet on c street between
Teath and Eleventh, and runs back 100 feet TO B
street. The rear Of the lot 10 occupied by build.
where the bivalyes, fresh from their beds are de-
Posited In enormous hunks Tor use. From this
door leads To the shocking room, "a by 30 feet in
size, where thirty men and boys are constantly
where the apparatus IL placed, is Is by 90 feet,
and is furnished with a six horse power boiler
constructed by Denmead, Of Baltimore, and the
apparatus by Crosby, Of this city. Here, besides
tne managers, are eighteen men and boys en-
ptoyed as walters constantly at work The sd
doom occupies the lower story Of the front and the
entire length Of wing recently added to the
building, total length Of los feet, with coun
Ter 100 feet In length, capable of accommodating
nfty persons AZ sitting. The packing and store
room 10 ITO by is feet and here are arranged the
steam kettles for picking and preserving, all OF
improved Construction. The second storyis used
altogether as q sample and sales-room, and con-
tains vast Quantities Of all kinds Of pickles, pre-
serves and can fruits for wholesale. The entire
arrangement Of the establishment IL a novelty in
Washington, and visit In sufficient to excite
surprise at the immense amount Of labor which
Is required 70 satisfy the demand made upon the
house Certainly Harvey deserves success, for
neither war, nor blockades, nor consideration Of
expense has prevented him from supplying all
dsninds made promptly and satisfactorily,
A TRIPLE OFFEHDER-Cat KiItne, Tk.ft, A.
sdEIs and Battery An indignant and infuriated
female, whose accent and demeanor plainly indi-
Gated that she was nom the Emerald Isle, called
on Justice Thompson at his once on Eighth
street, some four weeks ago. to make a com plant
against a bad neighbor, a Emonsus crater,n (as
the offender was described by the complainant,)
Tor Milling her cat four pretty little kittens and
ane afterwards ommitting desperate assault" upon
tne complainant because she protested against
this Wholesale murderer Of the feline species
Aner hearing the complaint, the Justice advised
tne complainant to go home, and to have nothing
neignoSt again molested her, and put her In
poo .lY fear. After much reluctance, this advice
" an followed by the complainant, who, however,
returned few days ago TO the Justice, and ex-
hioited 20 him a broken head, a pair Of black
eyes, and divers bruises on her face, which she
alleged to have been Just inflicted by "the bloody
minded and wholesale cat murderer. The Of
fender being brought before the Justice by a con-
once which almost defes description. The two
belligerents, who are Of the softer sex rayed and
denounced each other In the most furious manner
Imaginable. The magistrate commanded the
peace, but there was no peace! The ladies
seemed inclined to keep up the war feeling and
have regular row-another Kilkenny cat ho,a,
on The s"or Of 81, once They putualiJ accused
stable the ladies were hnall- ELECTED: mot boyy-
ever, without gsntIs ir:,rnstion that thew wonId
cone agsin az an e-riy day and demand justice,
VICE. |. toeni1d them by the magistrate, they
could get "a less than no time from Judge Craw-
fotd' 9: the grand jury, now in session-a severe
visitation.
CRIMINAL CouRT-On Saturday, VIM Fowler
and Samuel Thomas, convicted Of riot and an
array In Georgetown, about the 9th Of last Au-
gust were each sentenced TO imprisonment In
The County jail i've months, and TO pay q fns Of
Robert Barnes, indicted for the larceny OF
quantity Of jewelry from Brooke Mackall, on the
Oh OF July last was found guilty, and sentenced
70 one years confinement In the penitentiary.
Patrick Sullivan. indicted for the larceny of
two pistols, valued at $50, from Mrs Henrietta
ClitE, in Septem Der last, was then placed upon
trial. An error being discovered in the indict-
ment, IL was returned to the grand jury for cor
rection.
Henry walsey, for larceny of % so in money
from Charles Hamilton, on the 10th Of October
last, was found guilty. Sentenced 10 eight
months Imprisonment In jail, and 70 pay q fne
CHAsE OF IScENDIARIKs Saturday night,
Roundsman Turner, while going around his beat
In the Fourth Ward, saw two men in the alley
running from Four-and-a-half street to Marble
alley. Pennsylvania and Missouri avenues In the
act OF setting re to stables located there He saw
them light their matches, and they were about to
apply them 70 the buildings, when they were
discovered, the roundsman creeping upon them
They started and ran, and Turner, calling the
patrolmen TO his aid, gave chase; but they had
too much start, and succeeded, by jumping fences
and dividing their pursuers, In making their
escape Turner, In the chase, drew his pistol
and Ried 70 shoot one Of them but the cap failed
One Of the men has been seen lettering about the
stables In that alley for several days past.
The SMITHSONIAN GROUNDS are to be lighted,
We are glad 70 bear, BY order Of the Commissioned
Of public buildings, B. French, ESQ. Lamps
are TO be placed along all the carriage-ways and
fOot-walks Leading to the building. The old
plsnking on the walk leading from the Institu-
ton to the Tenth street bridge, is also being re-
moved, and a gravel walk substituted for It.
These Improvements were much needed.
ACCIDENT Morris, a private in the
Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, stationed at
Lewinsvlle, Virginia, was accidentally killed by
the charge Of musket In the hands OF = COM
rsde, who was instructing him In the manual. In
handling the musket, by some means or other, IL
yHen oR conkpnfs-a ball and two buc r. hOt-