Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-12-07


upon soldiers letters, the following poetical in
scription, written In delicate feminine hand,
was upon letter that reached the Washington
city post Office a day or two ago:
Letter: HE thee on thy mission; straightt Camp
Tennally go;
Keep myself in good condition. and let no, thy
On your way pas. through the city that's called
Washington, ID C;
Find out IL Mcciellan's pretty, then communicate
Then proceed to Camp Tennslly; hunt the An
derson Zouaves
who Pm certain win no, daily, bu, be found
among the braves.
Then ind out their young Lieutenant, Henry 8.
Elder by name;
Tell him then, il tits convenient, you will with
To safety the curiosity about our gallant Com
msnder-in-Chief, expressed in the above, the fair
writer 10 hereby Informed that In the opinion IF
eidedly good-looking.
The following comes from some town "out
West" Of course:
Way over to Washington quickly ny
10 the brave Michigan Third, Com pany;
mere let gallant young soldier, Alfred M. Gard
ner by name,
Be the FRS. to unfold your contents and read the
sameD
lett:r reached the ofice the other day, a.
tnousands OF others do every day In the week,
1ndennlteiY addressed that could tell
what 70 do with IL. II was sent to some camp at
venture, and next day was returned with the
ionowtng peremptorY aud slightly Hibernian
II back again-mind that!r =
The following, received In this city from a
ksn'ss p. III shows that the schoolmaster 10 not
abroad In that country yet:
"Dear sir Il 10 with shame that / send you these
few II Ii to Let you no that Don't understand
maxim out the quarterly account curent have got
alowyer and a Doctor and som farmers to make
out and none OF them understands II so thaugbt
weuld try this nv self have Don II the Best
Could i am no seoller hardley 20 II you will make
one Plain like these we have and send one to me
sol Can tell how to Do II l want to Do write IL
node how II there are any miss stakes 1t amt
at Kansas
We note some material Improvements which
have been effected at the post office recently under
the superintendence Of Postmaster Clephane. de-
signed 70 facilitate the operations Of the office,
and also TO make the employees comfortable as
possible In the discharge Of their duty.
The delivery windows being situated on the
north, and consequently the coolest side OF the
Post ONCE building, the clerks of the delivery
nave hitherto suffered not little during the
winter month. Of the year from constantly stand
PUSHES through, to the serious detriment of their
health. To obviste this thick panes Of glass have
been set Into grooves at the sides Of the exposed
apertures, so constructed to slide up and down,
the lower edge Of the sliding pane having piece
cut out in crescent shape, through which letters
ages are to be delivered. the movable pane is
pushed up, where II 10 caugh and held by a
spring until II is thrust down again. Thus the
A most acceptable improvement for the benefit
Of the ladies has been achieved In the construction
OF an enclosed entrance or ANTERIOR to the ladies
window, which Is TO be furnished with heating
apparatus and appropriate furniture. The ladies
window opens Into this ante room, which is pri-
yaie and for the especial behoof Of the fair sex.
Gentlemen calling for letters for their lady friends
receive them at the window formerly devoted to
the ladies.
When the City Post Once was frst built Il was
generally believed to be large enough for any
possible contingency that might arise But the
architect never dreamed that II was to be the
Of such extensive postal operations as have been
instituted there since the breaking out of the
great rebellion, and therefore did not make his
plan with reference TO the receiving, asserting,
and supplying Of mail matter to army Of a
quarter Of a million Of men, to say nothing Of a
resident and floating population amounting to at
least one half that number during the intermis-
sion Of Congress, and added TO that again the
huge extra demands upon the ONCE consequent
upon the Congressional sessions. The tremendous
tnhuK and afiuX Of mail matter thus daily ac-
curing, not only requires large clerical force,
which has been provided, but also an enlarge
meut Of the ONCE, the necessity for which grows
more apparent day by day. Postmaster Clephane
hss promptly taken the initatOry steps towards
erecting this important change, and asked the
department for more room, and has been assigned
several convenient apartments In one Of the ad-
joining wings Of the Post Once building. with
these Increased facilities for serving the public,
the immense bulk Of the mails now transmitted
hither and sent away daily will be distributed
and forwarded with proportionate economy Of
time.
ALL ABOUT A BONNET Last night, Patrolman
Crown rushed into the Office Justice Dom, close
ly followed by several females, who wsre very
much excited and each woman irving to get the
Squire's attention FIRST. The trouble seemed to
be, when the case was sifted, that one of the
ladies, Mrs. White, left her bonnet with Mrs.
Behrens, milliner, 70 be fitted up, and though
abe bad called over ard over again in I've weeks,
she could not get her bonnet. 1t was exactly
such aggravation az that received by Mrs Pill
licoddy at the hands Of Mrs. simcox. Last night
she went sgain for her bonnet and could not get
II, finished or unfinished In a moment Of anger
she seized upon a bonnet In the store, and re-
marked that she would take that II the other
was not given up. One Samstag jumped up and
her. Mrs. White, the lady customer, accused
the German, Samstag, with assault and battery.
stealing the bonnet, and Mrs. Behrens, the mil
liner, wanted to justify herself. Justice Dom
ordered Mrs Behrens, as she could not bring the
bonnet herself to-day, Ut being her Sabbath,) to
with the money 70 pay for 1t and samstag TO
keep his tongue. The parties went OF, not ex-
actly satisfied, but determined TO make things
right In the morning.
DEATHS OF SOLDIERS Since our last report
the following deaths have occurred:
jeremiah Schsfer, company d, 6th Pennsylya-
MA Reserve corps, at Camp Pierpont.
Daniel Schwartz, iss Long Island volunteers, at
camp.
VIM. A. Mcdowell, LIST regiment District Of
columbia Volunteers.
Jos. Bakely, company ID, 9Th U. 8. cavalry, at
Circle hospital.
Thos. Burke, company I, sth Pennsylvania cav
airy, at Union hospital.
d. B Oaks, company 6, 44th New York volun-
teers, at Union hospital.
VIM. Hill, company A, S5th Pennsylvania vol
unteers, at ST. Eliza beth hospital.
Geo. Robertson. nth regiment Maine volun-
teers, at Erupuve Fever hospital.
J n Mason, company G, 43d New York vol
unteers, at Union hotel.
August Fri,h, company B, ID U. 8. cavalry, at
Circle hospital.
cavalry, at Eruptiye Fever hospital.
Private J. B. Kitchen, Company E, Fifty-sec
ond Pennsylvania Regiment
@. w. Gist, I'd company First Pennsylvania
Cavalry.
An ABusE.-EdffOr star: Considering your
journal the rest for exposing violations OF law or
encroachmens upon the rights Of citizens,
would respectfully ask you 70 notice the follow
Ing facts: On the 3lst October, 1861, while my