Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-09-08
Condensed Locals.

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street Park.
Condensed Locals.
A Catholic literary assOcis lion was organized
af Carroll hall las. night.
The south wing OF the Navy department, re-
Gently injured by FIRE, has been put in order,
and will be occupied this week.
Mr.. l. A. Copyright is warmly pressed for the
legislative Assembly by many friends in the
18th district, without regard to party.
Two fine lots in a rapidly imDroving section
OF the city are offered for sale in exchange for
the Per cent. bonds Of the board Of public
2 District Controller Baker returned to this city
this afternoon. after an absence of about one
month, and will resume the duties Of his Office
Dr. Thomas l.. Everett, a well known patent
agent, and formerly connected with the Patent
ofce, died at his residence on NJ street, between
9Th ard 10th streets, on Saturday last.
The game Of base ball between the Athletics
and Washington club, played in Phiadel-
yhia on Saturday, resulted in an easy victory
for the former, by a score of II TO 2.
The first union picnic for the benefit Of st.
Martins new church will be held in the White
Tot, tomorrow. There will be q sack race and
other amusemeHts-
Major Richard Harrington arrived this morn
ing from the Patuyent marshes, below MARI
borO', with COO OrtOlan. the victims of his own
and the tOwiing pieces OF Col. a. Webster, Sam.
Philips, Dick Smith, and Col. W. +. Moore.
Company A, first regiment National Guard,
will visit Governor Cooke to- morrow afternoon,
with sixteen pieces Of the Marine band. Com
psny II, of the same regiment, will visit Fred
erick city, Md, in october next.
On Saturday evening Willie Mccoy, son OF a
laundTess employed at the National hotel was
crossing Pennsylvania avenue in front of the
hotel when he was knocked down by a carriage,
one of the hind wheels passing over his breast,
and seriously injuring him internally.
A large congregation was present at the He
brew synagogue on Sth street yesterday morn
ing, TO witness the dedication of a new reform
prayer book by DR.. b. Sold, of Bait more, and
the Inauguration Of an amended form of wor-
ship. Dr. Sold preached an interesting ser
mon, taking for his subject, What is the duty
OF the Jewish congregation IN the present."
"LEssOSs OF THE wAwAsET" was the title
of discourse at Lyceum hall on Sunday morn
ing last by Alfred Crtdge, in which he MAIN
tanned that the legislators of the territory are
mainly responsible for the loss of life on that
occasion, resulting from anti-bsthing laws,
TCgUiGtire. The right to water as to air on land,
he claimed, was one of the means of I" life, lib
erty and the pursuit OF happiness" and there
fore its denial was a blow at the foundations of
the government. With so extended a river
front, and much of il so isolated, all the re-
quirements of decency could be met. he said,
by simply authorizing the police TO restrict
bathing TO unfreguented parts. Swimming in
stead of being prohibited, should be certainly
enc0uraged-perhaps compulsory. In some por-
tons of Russia il IL said 10 be a part of educa-
ton. Our legislators apOtheOsised dirt, between
which and spurious sanctity there was a
natural affinity. Jesus saw that the body loves
more than raimeut; our legislators reversed this
MahOmed made cleanliness a religious duty;
our legislators crime. Bathing in rooms was
very poor substitute for swimming in open
WateT-the more healthtul, pleasant and invig-
Grating Of all exercises, besides its use in saving
life. One man on the Wawaset who could swim
saved two lives besides his own: thirty swim
mers would have saved the whole. Eight lives
were casually lost i'll one day at various places
tAugrst 2jth) By drowning: this exclusive of
Wholesale massaSreS like those Of the Wawaset
anu Atlantic, or about 1 600 per annum. our
Juggernaut Of mock mOdGsty is much worse
than the much-denCunced JUggernaut of Asia,
who this year only crushed 10 death eight VIC
tins against our deIhaTsJ two thousand.
TIE CASE OF DErUTY COLLECTOR RAMS
81 kG--On Saturday afternoon o. ). Ramsburg,
OF the District collectors Office, whose arrest we
houcSd on Saturday, visited Georgetown in
~ secured the services Of Col. s. s. Henkle as
attorney. At O'Clock he was taken before
CommlssloneT johnson for preliminary hear
ing, ana through his counsel waived an eX-
animation, and gave bonds in the sum of $4,000
bond.
This morning Mr.. Jacob Ramsbury. the
Iather OF the accused, had a conference with
Dr charles II. Cragin, one of his bOndsmen
and Colonel Cook, attorney for the District, and
IN ORDER 10 secure the losers, made over to Dr.
Cragln and Mr.. G.. +. Baker (the Controller of
Inc Dlstrict) property in Georgetown he esti-
mates worth from so goo 10 $50 900, and which,
II TINS Is the case, Is ample to secure the tax
payers from loss. MIR. c. F. Peck, who is, with
Dr Cragin, OnV of the sureties on the bond
selng absent from the city, he was represented
by his brOther-in-law, Mr.. HOlbrook and the
latter eOncurTed in the course adopted Only
one Dill receiPted by Ramsburg was presented
today, and that the -rty stated he had paid
last fall and obtained a discount Of 10 per cent.
thereon This amount, however, appears 10
nave been credited on this years taxes only a
few days since.
HE CRlNINAL COUET-TTenty Of cuisines, in
TToSpect.-On Monday next the June term of
the criminal Court will be resumed, and from
appearances there Will be work enOuSh to keeT
Tue jury emf lOyed until the next term. There
are several cases Of murder which will come mn
among them Henry Young. alias William.