Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-07-10

Braniey. HSSre-de. Grace. l40 tons OF coal,
| George l.. Sheriff; schooner pesst, Williams
Havre-oe. Grace, li3 tons Of Slate for NJ.
Waite j Cn.
Riiey,s n1orf-Arriycd ycd-scnooner o,,svia
! Ellen, ElIotf, HaVre- de Grace, coal for Ben !
| T. Clark; schooner Shiloh, Hubbard, George
| town, s. o., lumber, for Church Il Co;
! schooner Sarah Lonlsa, Ben b Williams,
| Philadelphia, COAL for :. @ Magrudsr,
! SaIled-Sch oener James Kent, Crawford, for
Baltimore, light; schooner I'd ignonette, Caiver-,
/ for CbIckahominy river, To load with lumber.
/ The steamer Columbia, Harper, sailed for
Baltimore, with merchandise, for merchants
of thai place
/ Ftlr1cr's HEcrf.-Arrived-S Schooner Pslace
: French. Rockland, Maine, lime, for Sulhv an
Crouck's Wkarf -Arrrved-Schooner Kate,
Freer, Upper Machodoc, wood, for J. Fraser,
steamer Virginia. Gregg, wood, for Freeman /.
Salled-Schooner Eidorado, -, Port Deposi,,
light; schooner Great Western, Connolly, for
Occoauan
! Ssrth Street Wharf f-Arrived-Schooner Nary
Jane, -, st. Marys, wood. Tor w. II Gun =
nels. Sailed-Schooner III Munson, Day ton
for Georgetown. 70 load with coal for Hudson n,
N Y; schooner ]. Z. Writers. s. H Bsyliss,
for Georgetown, to load with coal for Hud-
son, N. Y.
REAL ESTATE SALRs.-Messrs. Cooper &
Latimer, auctioneers. yesterday sold part o.
square feet, corner of 5th and l. streets. to H.
Comrades. al GO cents per foot Also. lots p
and 90, in square &c, containing 1898 square
feet, on 20th street, between X and l. streets
Were sold az - and - cents per foot, to Johu
ii Shnchcomb, Jos. L. Roche and H. Ross.
Messrs. Green Williams, auctioneera, yes
terday sold lot Il, in square 30i, on Maryland
avenue. between Attn and 5,h streets east, to +.
l.. Richards, At 90 cents per foot. Also, an old
frame house to f. Dallah for Sls5.
*. NJ. Hail, at his real estate exchange on
Yesterday, closed the sale OF the farm Of Il .
Williams, opposite the Insane Asylum
gronnds-14s acres-at sl9,732. Purchased by
A. r. Shepherd and DIR. Nichols.
PROPOSED NEW RAILRoAD-a Meeting OF
citizens favorable to the construction OF a
street railroad along Connecticut avenue. to
on Monday at the real estate rooms OF r. NJ
Hall. 1t was ascertained that the amount
requisite to build the road would be reacily
subscribed by property holders on the line OF
the road and 1t was decided to at once open a
subscription and take measures TO secure
charter. The road will be about a mile in
length, and can be connected with either the
avenue road or the + street road.
A
BASE BALL.-Yesterday afternoon the first
match game between the National ana Union
grounds. the Union being the challenging
club. The day was favorable to the sport,
and about thousand visitors were on :he
ground. Play was commenced about half
past four, and continued unnl quite a late
hour, when game was called, eight ipumgs
navfnE been played-National.i IL: Union, l6.
The play was generally good, though not a
few hrst-class uufIs were made.
PLUMBKRs AND GAs-FIrrKRs UNION
adjourned meeting Of the iourneymen plumb
ers and gas filters was held last night at Iutz
Hall. The organization OF the association wa.
completed, and the following oflcers elected:
Augustus s. Dent. president John Monoxhan.
vice president; Wallace Burch, recording sec
retary; John F. LInkins, treasurer.
LOST OvERBoARD:-A few nights since,
was coming up to the city, hand, name un-
known,wA as struck by the shifting sail, Knocked
overheard, and drowned. The acciden: oc-
curred between Alexan dria and Washington
and up to last accounts the body OF the un-
fortunate man had not been found.
SALE OF MoNET-At the meeting OF the
First National Building Association, FRIDAY
last, the s2d month, % shares were sold az 8
premium averaging AK per cent. A. the Cen
trail Building Association, last night, pa
montn: 40 SHARES were sold tapreRium aver
aging 49, per cent.
THRMAesIFIcENT IRON BuILpIsG of T. ii.
harvey, Esq, corner of l1th street and Penn
sylyania avenue, designed for his wholesale
and retail oy ster business, is rapidly approach
Ing completion. When finished il will be one
ALEXANDRIA AND VIcIsITr.-Ths Gazette
OF yesterday says:
The District Court of Appeals for his Judi
cial District, commenced its session in Frede-
-ricksburg, this morning. Many members 81
the bar in this city will be in attendance, and
ecScIdl CdSes Ol considerable interest, among
them that OF the lessees of the Washington,
Alexandra Georgetown Railroad Com
Pany vs. Davidson, ct al, in which he oues-
an t.on OF me authority OF an incorporated rail-
road company TO lease its road is involved,
will be discussed and determined.
Messre. Bonnels, of New York city, Colonel
James R. O'Bierne, and Q. A. Stevens. CT
Washington, and j. H. Bryant, OF Alexandra,
having purchased the right OF q newly in
vented Press Brick Machine, will establish n
mandatory Of pressed bricks, on the line OF
0S Inn e. q arT3 RIO =
two miles frem this place, and commence ope-
rations at once
We understand that the question of imposing
a tax upon the colored portion of lie popula-
ton, who were not citizens last year, is 10 be
brought before the County Court ar its SESSION
on Friday. when the whole subject Of me
County Levy Will be considered.
A frame building on a brick foundation, leo
feet long bv 50 feet deep. to be used as school
house for colored children, IN process OF
erection Oh Alfred street. between Princess and
Oronoco.
Mayor Latham will leave here to o-morrow
morning 10 represent the city's interest in the
and Ohio Canal Company, to be held in Balti-
more on that day.
The rrst new wheat received here his sea-
son was offered on Change to-day by Mr.. H.
4. Winship. 1t was grown in this State, and
was taken for shipment 10 New York. The
quality was very good
CHRss.-The Paris correspondence Of the
London Daily News says" There are chess
tournaments held every evening in rhe confer
ence saloon or in the in ternational concert room
Of the club. The most celebrated chess play
ers join these contests. Among the foremost
are Andersen, of London; Neumann, OF Ber-
lin. and the champion of Prussia. Mr. Nor
phy-the king OF chests to be here, and has
announced his Willingness to give odds TO the
greatest among the great, so that there is no
doubt that The chess congress of 1857 will be
one OF absorbing interest, and will be 4 mem
cradle one in the history of this noble game"
Morphys discrimination 10 give odds doubtless
excludes him from the congress. but will give
extraordinary interest to the meeting Of great
players. We have no report OF aEy games by
Andersen. The New York CHESS Club ;s
nightly playing its telegraphic match with the
Detroit Club. The first game is not ended.
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