Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-11-22

PnAYkRs FOE BHn PorR AnD UaCRcH.-s
The Most Reverend Archbishop of Baltimore
h,s 'ss ued circular TO All the chnrches Ia me
arch. dioorse (incIuoing the District OF Colu N
bal tor a tridaum OF prayers for the Pope aud
he Church. 10 commence ON the Feast OF tue
lmnacuiate Conception, the eth OF Decembsr
proximo, and continue untii the Tuesday fol-
lowing On each day the Litany OF the Sain .,
wi b the pray ers that follow, aud the Psalm
MiseTere v iii be cnantAd or recied, folio wed
by the Collect, Contra Prosecutors ct mate
sssuiees. beginning Hostium Nostrorun, aad
the Collect Pro Papa. When it may be
deemed more convenient, a third part o
me Rosary msy Dc rr ,,i ss nssaa OF me
day with the Benediction OF the lost Holy
Sacranen and in those churches where 1t will
be practicable or convenient 70 90 so, u Is rec
commended that during those days the Exposi-
tor of the Forty Hours should be made. The
faithful are invi-e ed TO approach the Holy Sa-
craments OF Penance and Euchorist, as we'll as
10 visit the church daily, and 10 pray accord
ing to the Intentions of the Pontif in order 10
gain the indulgence granted
An ANCIENT RRLIC.-On the 5th instant Mr..
II. W Clarke, Architect sf the Capitol Exten-
sion, presented to the National Washington
n on ument Association an IN 'eresting relic in
the shape Of the cap stone taken from over the
was built in the year 1916. The fragment is of
composition, about eighteen Inches long. and
about twelve inches wide at the top, and eight
or ten inches wide at the base. In front is q
carved head of MelpomeDe. Goddess OF the
Drama, srtisticaIIy executed. while beneath
the lower end OF the stone are the words,
"Coade, London, 1793." thus indicating
its age to be anumber of years anterior to the
time when 1t was inserted Into the Old Dap
itol building. The exact history of this stove
is not known, though 1t 10 believed to have
been sent here from London as present to
the United States Government. to be used for
the purpose to which It was applied. The
relic is curious in appearance. and will afford
another of the thousands Of inferes ing features
which will be embraced In the Washington
Monument when completed.
RAID ON THE FANCY.-Lieut. TAFT, Of the
NTH precinct, and posse OF men made a raid
last evening, between and O'Clock, on a dis
| orderly house on q, between 18th and 18th
| streets. where they arrested seventeen males
| and females, colored; elizabeth GLASGOW, the
| mistress Of The house. being among the party J
| who were provided with lodgings at the sta
| ton for the night They came out before JUS
| tice Harper this morning, when Elizabeth
| GLASGOW, charged by Lieut.. TAFT with keeping
| o bawdy house. was held to bail for court.
| The rest OF the party were charged with being
| at q disorderly gathering. from which three
/ were dismissed, and the others, whose names
| are ~ follows, we're fined IS each William
| Jones, Mary CLARK alias Stephens, Kate
/ Hagar, Mary, George and Sarah Smith
| Charles Wilson, Ida May, Jenney How
| ard, Kate Davis, Lizzie krooks, Lizzie
| Thomas, Cnristana Buchler, Thomas Hard
| Eliza Johnson, Mary Jackson, Kate Unger
| ana Mary johnson.