Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1882, Page 2

Sy es A at ileal CITY AND DISTRICT. Entucational Invtitutions. ON FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. ment of tat seool year 13 at pupile Schools and some of the private schools began their fall term on Monday, S=ptem- Der 1th. Al pwever, will not open their doors untillater in the.season. Tue adver- tising coimmas of Tax Star present a complete G@irect@ry of the educational institations in the eity and tn the nelghbornood. By referring to them furtier particulars can be learned concern- g the schovls mentioned b “ge institute, 1212 and 1214 14th street, select school for young ladies and Ittle gittsopen3 Sept. 2kh. Miss Laura L. Osborne, 943 M street, has turned over to Norwoot insticute the goo will of her school, and recommends Mr. and Mrs. Cabell er former patrons Seminary for young Iviles and children, 622 18:h Street northwest, reopess September 2th, Mrs. eth Harris principal = spreparawory department for boys and girts, TH M street northwest, will Ge ‘< Mon 9 Sep tem! Mrs. M. Stovens Hart, Princip. awe 1 ¢ al dep irtment. 2 Autamn examination ud-nts will gin on Fritay, September 1th, Sip main the college building. Lectures com: Genes October 21. ‘Emersoa Institute, select classical and mathe. matical school for boys, 14th street, between Land a Wednesday, September 13, rincipal. classical high school, J. n its annual session’ on norta session room of the Santy Spring, Md., Will reopen September 18th, Lienry C. Hailowell, _ M. Pipi ¥ trad euahs 10H torn repens Sep- tember Stn, Re 323 K street northwest. ‘The West Wishington F street nortl.wes ool for giris, No 2023 sume September 13th. youn: men. Fall term of 1882 lith. “Burton McAffee, A. M., minary, boarding and day school for young ladies, removed ty T street nortawest. Session opens September Wt. Miss Lipscomb, prinetpal. For young men and boy: ish and classteat stal street, Charles E. Hliton, erm began September ember Ist. =Col Theo. Tesi tent, inary for young ladies, situated on pal, College Station, suined Septeuber Colltere’s_ English, r Boys will reopen rth west, principal. Fourteenth year begins on Wednesday, September 2). ‘The Misses Kerr will reopen theirsehool Wednes- Gay, September 2, 1882, HS 12th street northwest. ‘Mrs Condron, principal of Park Seminary, will Feesive her puplis at 116 € street northwest, Sep- tember 2. Howard. University, Washington, D. C.—Fall term opened S-ptember 12 Law Department will ‘open September 18. Capitol Hill Institute and Kindergarten.—sixth annual session opens Mondiy. September 18th. Principals, Misses Boyden and Gates, 22 3d street southesst. Columbian College and the Preparatory school ed On the 13th of September. Miss Hilton's Enslish and French school for young lwiles, 821 Vermont avenue, reopened Wed- Resday, September 13th. Wasiiinzton Collegiate Institute, a boarding and @ay schoo! for young ladies and children, reopens Septemb-r 18. Mrs.Z. D. Butcher and Miss M. C. Douglas, principals, 1023 and 1027 12thstreet north- ‘west. Georgetown Collegiate Institute for young ladies, 3100 N street, West Washington, D. C., Miss Lucy ‘Stephenson, " principal, opened’ September Mrs. J. L. McGee's school for girls will reopen mber Wth at 1323 K street. it. Vernon Institute, 1530 I street northwest. Eleventh annual session will commence Septem- ber 2th. Mrs. C. W. Palro, principal. Primary school of music, 1534 16th street north- ‘West, opened Sepiember 13th, ‘Miss Ball’s French and Enclish school for misses and ehtidren reopened September 11th at 716 Rhode avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bujac’s English and French Doarding and day school for young ladies, 1013 17th Street northwest, reopens September 21st. Mount Vernon Seminary, English and French Boarding and day school for’ young ladies, 1100 M Sireet nortawest, Washinzton, D. C., fember zth. Mrs. J. E. The Misses Tiffey will re-open their school for and little boyson Wednesday, September 1436 Coreoran street. Capitol Hill Instithte and Kindergarten, sixth @nnual session, opens Monday, September 18th. Misses Boyden and Gates, 22 3d street southeast. Law school, National’ University, will re-open Monday, October 2, at 6 p. m., 925 F Street north- ‘west. ‘The school of elocution an dramatic art resumes: $8 stuties October Ist. Mrs. Adeline Duval Mack, ‘79 13th street northwest. Double Track the Baltimore and Potomac Hailroad. PROGRESS OF THE WOKK—PROSPECTS OF A SPEEDY COMPLETION. The work of grading along the line of the Baltimore and Potomac rallroad for the double track 1s being pushed forward vigorously. When the work was given out early this season there Was seventeen miles of double track—87 miles ‘at this end, from this city to Wilson’s, and 88 at the other end, from Baltimore to Winan’s—besides 1,000 yards, passing points at Odenton, Bowie and Severn. In the grading the contractors use, be-, sides horses and carts, dump cars, which are ¢rawa on temporary Harrow guage tracks by horses. On some parts of the line, they have had Much difficulty, as some of the soll’ is Of so tena- clows a charact=r as to render It necessary to blast itout. —— Places the cuiverts had to be From Winan’s to Severn, a distance ; selves in the streets and on the sidewalks. €64 miles, the work of grading 1s Very ne te. “At Severn, new platforms have been laid and the sidings chang for the new order of Leaving Severn the grading 13 complete Yery nearly to Odenton, and the new track livered to within 1% miles of that place, a dis- tance of 2% miles. This stie of Odenton the ts not complete. Near Bowie tucre are Some heavy cuts and fills, and the bridges and culverts, of which there are a number, including She Big and Little Patuxents and Rogue Branch, need to be enlarged. This w: Ukely prevent the entire completion of the trac forsome months. Tais side of Bowle, however, the work fs in a forward state. There 1s a fair Piogpect that defore winter sets In the tron will down over the wole line, with the exception Of the seven miles between ‘Bowle and Odenton, Where the bridge work may delay the other work. Ie fg stated that on the first of Octover there will be some important changes imade in the run Of traias, and that the Baltimore apd Poto. ‘with the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal ‘Will constitute one division over which trains will Fun solid from Washington to Philadelphia, and pony sgeed Wil be more through and local traius on. a track aoe ‘The District Fire Department. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER. Chief Engineer Cronin, of the fire department, W his annual report to the board of fire commis- aioners, gives aparticu!:rized record of the alarms Of Mire; of the actual fires, a Insurances % 1 during the la that oF the 1 135 actual fires, of which y fires in echimneys,leaving. ‘WS for fires of more serious character. The agzre- losses were $141,625, of which average for the precoding Amevery case, save one, Bulldings in Which they ori; UNSUITABLE QUARTEES FOR FIREMEN. Respecting the eight houses in use by the fire Gepartment, the report states that “the condition Of Six of them 1s good, the remaining two being ‘the engine-houses No. 4 and No.5. The situation ©f No. 4 ts objectionable on account of being so” Acadomy,Chester. Twon- | | throned. hi , principals of Froebel | Washington's Greatest Need. To the Editor of Tim Evextxe Stan. We notice, in the annual report of Sanitary Onicer Connell, one item upon which we cannot in from saying a few words. He calls the attention of the authorities to the necessity for the erection of an inebriate asylum in this city. Yes, unpleasant and sad as the truth may be, more than bronze or marble statues, sparkling fountains, library or court buildings, or even the reclamation of the death-dealing Potomac flats, the greatest need of this fair city to-day is an asylum for drunkards. The hearts of thou- sands of mothers, wives and sisters, and even of the poor victims themselves, will respond to the truth of what we say. We mean a re: place of confinement for those, who, through the indulgence of the terrible appetite for strong drink, have lost all control over themselves, whose will-power has become so weakened that they no longer have the strength to break away from the shackles that bind them—with whoin it has become a disease that is swiftly and surely leading them to destruction. No en- treaties of mothers, fathers, wives or dearest friends are of any avail. They make good reso- lutions and pledges but to break them, for with the terrible and diseased thirst, the very sight, smell, or even thought, of the liquor is madden- ing, and all else is as nothing. And how can the sight and smell of it be avoided when one can scarcely go a step,—cer- tainly not a square,—on the principal streets of this city without passing the yawniag doors of saloons,—truly.the very gates of perdition,—with their tempting array of the enticing poison, and the stroug and maddening amell issuing from them! What hope is there for the weak and tempted ones, many of them noble and promis- ing young mea, the idols of loving mothers and sisters, or the husbands and fathers it may be, of fair young wives and little innocent children? sad experience has proved there is none, ani some asylum can be provided, where they could be placed by their friends, kept away from temptation, surrounded by pure and good in- fluences, and, above all, be under judicious medi- cal treatment for what in reality has become a disease,—a place where they can be confined, if need be, for years, or until the terrible habit could be broken, and they could go forth freed from the chains that bound them, and strong to temptation. a asylum as this is as much a necessity are hospitals for those otherwise diseased, or nsaae asylums for those whose reason is de- We wonder that this erying necessity been so long unheeded by the citizens of ington, or that some public spirited men, of ample means, have not before this made donations for founding such an institution. With judicious management it might be made self-supporting, and prove an untold blessing to thousands of unfortunate ones. Any one who doubts the urgency of the need or thinks the picture exaggerated would do well to seek an interview with our worthy chief of police, or some oificer of the force, and request a few facts in the case. The tales they could tell of constaut and nightly visits from heartbroken mothers, wives and sisters would wring the heart of any one not hardened to ail tender influences. They come to entreat their assistunce in looking for their loved ones, (fondly loved still, tho’ so de- graded,) whom they know: from sad experience are lying somewhere in the gutters or slums of the city, or to take home, under cover ot the darkness, those who have already been picked up and lodged in the station house. They will tell you that many of those thus picked up are from the best circles of society—handsome, well- educated. promising young men—who, but for this one deadly habit, would grace any station and be the pride and joy of their homes. Ifthis is not sufficlent, go to the superin- tendent of the District workhouse. He will tell you that there are not only one, but many young men belonging to refined and highly respected families who are placed in confinement there by their friends to keep them from the deadly oison that is swiftly and surely raining their lives and bringing disgrace upon themselves and all who are anything tothem. It isa sad alternative—a choice of the least of two evila— but how much better would it be (unless the curse that drags them down could be banished entirely from our fair city and land) to have a decent asylum for such unfortunate ones; a refuge where, instead of the society of the low and vicious, they could be surrounded by pure and retined influences, provided with suitable employment; where it would not wring the hearts of their friends to go and see them, and, above all, as we have said, where they could be under the best medical treatment. Will not our city authorities or some public- spirited citizen possessed of the means take the matter in hand, and see that this pressing need is supplied at an early day? ANON. << Let Rowdyism be Suppressed. To the Editor of THE Evestxe Stan: The editorial article in last Saturday's STAR so clearly and forcibly expresses the state of things not only in Washington, but in George- town, and comes home so painfully to the busi- ness and ms of the victims, that it merits more careful and constant attention than it may receive from an ephemeral perusal. It is desir- able, therefore, that you will give it or the sub- stance of it repeated and conspicuous insertions until speciai consideration is aroused to the se- rious evil it portrays and the remedy it sug- gests. It is emphatically true that in George- town “there are,” as you vividly describe it, “not afew ngighborhoods where the lives of the well are made miserable and those of the sick put in peril by the manner in which gangs of rowdy boys, ranging in age from six to twelve years, [in Georgetown from eighteen to twenty years,] habitually misbehave them- Whooping, yelling, swearing, ranning and stamping, seem to be the whole pursuit in life and the special enjoyment of the hoodlums. They are at their worst usually from dark until 10 o'clock at night,” and so on to the end of the article. Giving the police due credit for suitable efforts to prevent these execrable offenses committed in contempt of the laws and against the peace and happiness of well-dlsposed and law-abiding persons, and characteristic of an uncivilized condition of society, yet the fact that they do exist, and are increasing in fearfal proportions, proves that the police are not efficient for their suppression, and that, as you recommend, there should be vigorous and united action on the part of citizens who suffer from this abuse te enforce a reform at the next session of Congress, to the extent, if need be, of securing a judicious Teorganization of the police force, in order to render it more useful, aud capable to deal more successfully with the turbulent juveniie black- | guards in the streets, and other abuses of like character. Civis. a ‘The Assault on Capt. Gabrielson, | To the Editor of Tax Evexixa San. Smrruvinig, N. C., Sept. 13, 1682. For some time past circulation has been given reputation of Capt. Eric Gabrielson, of the U. 8. revenue cutter ~‘Colfax.” The facts have been so completely misconstrued, perverted and exaggerated that a plain statement of the case seems only due in justice to the officer con- cerned. While Capt. Gabrielson was on his way from his beat to the hotel Brunswick. at Smithville, N. C., he was surprised and assaulted by a man named Thompson, a native pilot, who alleged | that he (Gabrielson) had made use of certain language detrimental to his (Thompson’s) fam- lly. After passing a friendly salutation of the day, and while the captain was thus thrown en- tirely off his guard, Thompson in an underhand LETTER FROM WATKINS GLEN. One of Nature’s Gems—The Free Thinkers in Council—Marriage of ‘Artists.” Special Correspondence of Tas Evextxe STAR. Watkins Gien, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1882. EN ROUTE. Leaving Washington last week at 4:20 p. m., on the Baltimore & Potomacrailroad, your cor- respondent rushed along with lightning speed till he arrived in New York city after 10 o'clock that evening. Taking the Pavonia ferry boat at 9 a. m. the next morning, our party were soonseated in a comfortable car of the Erie express bound for Niagara Falls. A few moments after, and Jersey City was left behind, and on we went through northern New Jersey, passing by Pas- saic, Paterson, and scores of villas and towns till we reached our stopping place just as the evenjng sun had set. At Port Jervis we reached the Delaware river, which is about 80 miles from New York, and for about 100 miles afterwards our train ran along the banks of the Upper Delaware. The scenery all the way was very fine, and much of it even grand, with high hills and lofty mountains equal to anything we have seen on the Baltimore & Ohio railway. The country is beautiful and in a high state of culti- vation, with every spot of land utilized. Our eyes feasted for hours on the everchanging pano- ramic scenes of this beautiful landscape, which is in its richest and loveliest dress at this sea- son. The river is as crooked as Jordan itselt, and our long train of cars often assumed the shape of a snake, the engine and the last cars often coming into close proximity. Leaving the Delaware, we next entered the lovely Wy- oming valley with its many bewitching spots along the north branch of the Susquehanna #0 well known in history and to the artist’s pencil. After trayeliing a distance of nearly 300 miles we reached Elmira, changed cars and in an hour we were in this place. THE BEAUTIFUL GLEN. Watkins is the chief town of Schuyler county, witn a population of about 8,000. It Is located at the head of Seneca lake, which runs to Ge- neva, forty miles north. The chief attraction of the place is the celebrated Glen, which lies south of the town and runs east and west for about three miles. This is one of nature's most remarkable freaks, with a weird wildness and grandeur scarcely surpassed. It is impos- sible to give, ina letter of this kind, a correct idea of this awful gorge, with its grottoes, cas- cades, caverns, and hundreds of scenes so diverse from each other. And yet, celebrated as this place is, it is not twenty years since it began to attract public notice. Up to 1863 it was a sealed mystery and unknown to the world. But since then it has been opened to the public gaze, and at a great expense. It can be traveled in perfect safety from Glen Alpha to Glen Omega. Every year witnesses a large in- crease in travel, and this year is the most suc- cessful in its history thus far. On one day the week before last over 3,300 passed through the Glen. Until this season the premises were run upon the most rigid Puritanical principles by well-meaning Friends from Philadelphia. Your correspondent was here only a few years ago, when the Glen was sealed up on Sundays, and the sound of a piano was never heard in the hotel. Not so now, whether for the better or worse. People pass through this temple of nature on ali days. The guests are entertained each night in the week inthe music hall, and on the Sabbath the music and exercises are all in keeping with the sacredness of the day. A lovely spot is “SUMMIT LOOK OFF,” 800 feet above the lake. Here the eye gazes for twenty miles up Seneca lake, and on each side of it are to be seen fields and farms in the highest state of improvement, with orchards and vineyards in great abundance. The excur- sion season’ will not close here for nearly two months. The travel is large at present, and Washington, Baltimore and tne south are well represented at all times. Watkins is on the way to Niagara Falls, and very few ever pass without remaining over a day or more. Hence, the coming and going from this place is remark— able, and the place is full of life and social en- Joyment. But there was a fresh impulse given He the life of the place over a week ago, when e NATIONAL FREE THINKERS’ CONVENTION met in annual council at the opera house. Not being here until after it closed, your correspon- dent has received his impressions of that gather- ing from what he has heard from those who were present, and what he has read in the Wat- kins’ Ezpress and Democrat, two excellent weeklies, and the Elmira papers. From all these sources the inference 1s the convention was an utter failure, and pronounced to be “weak, uneuitured and unprofitable,” without the sym- pathy of a man or woman in town, and repul- sive to the feelings of all. Every allusion made to God or His Christ, the Bibie, or anything sacred, was held up to ridicule and scoffed at. The Christian religion was the sum of all that was infamous, and its ministers the vilest im- postors and ‘hypocrites, paid hirelings who fleeced the dock. And yet none were admitted to these gatherings without paying a fee of ad- mission, and on Sunday it was to be raised to a dollar admission, only that nature (rain) op- posed these advocates of freedom. The gatherings were small, the delegates were shown no sympathy or _ hospitality. Nearly all the noted speakers advertised to be present were ‘conspicuously absent,” Mr. In- gersoll being among them. George Chainey, of Boston, and George C. Miln, of Chicago, were the only speakers of any ability. The latter was rather moderate in tone tn his remarks upon the Christian church, and was frequently hissed at when his tongue lacked poison. The women always brought in the subject of “woman's rights” when they spoke, and tried to depict their ‘‘worongs.” The most prominent of these femaie orators closed her address by saying: “Woman is to be the engine which will over- throw the church.” A small engine, then, for very few were present. ‘The songs of the con- vention,” says the Express, editorially, ‘‘were in the main execrable and disgracefal, being paro- dies on Jow and ribald productions, with such disgusting titles as “The Devil Is Dead,’ ‘Jesus Will Pay the Bill,’" &c., The secular papers are all severe upon the works and words of these Free Thinkers here, and as to religious papers, the writer has seen none of them since leaving Washington. The convention is to meet next year in Saratoga. The Watkins papers tell the zood people of that fashionable place not to be the least worried, and for the press there to keep cool, as the meeting there will be perfectly harmless. BARNUM ON DECK. The other event of additional interest here was the arrival of tne Prince of Showmen, Barnum, on last Saturday, and his prince of elephants, Jumbo. Thousands of people came from all parts, some a distance of a hun- dred miles, it !s said, and the town was crowded and packed all the day. The circus left that night for Pen Yan. but all of the party did not. We had avery fashionable wedding here on yesterday of two connected with the circus, ‘hey spent all the day here and were married by a minister who fs a guest of the place. The groom is Mr. Thos. King, 8 native of Melbourne, Australla, who six years ago Joined the English part of the circus in London. The bride is none other than the beautiful Zoe Vinetta, the world’s wonder in her terrific feats. Her proper name is Marguerite Kerr Ross, a native of Glas- gow, Scotland. The happy couple will continue with Barnum until the close of the season, which will be at Chester, Pa., October 14. The happy pair left this morning for Pen Yan, after Many friends in Washington af both the writer and subject of the following lines, will be glad to read Sam Ward's tribute to his old friend Gen. B. 8. Sanford: ESS We follow to the grave to-day A friend, with fervent sorrow, ‘Who never to distress sald “nay,” Or, “Well, 'll see to-morrow.” But on the spot his kindly eye ‘The needy supplient scanned; d, Where deserved, his sympathy ‘Was shown with generous hand. ‘With humor gay and mind serene, Whatever fate befell, He envied neither king’ or queen, And wished the whole world well. ‘While throngs of friends to-day, in prayer, Around his eofin'press, Assad a multitude elsewhere ‘With tears his soul will bless, A ss THE FAR NORTHWEST. Life in Washington Territory—Its Lights and Shadows—“*Ge West, Young Man;’? Stay Exnst Old Man—Prosperity and Prospective Growth, Special Correspondence of THe EVENING STAR. Watta Waits, W.T., Sept. 1, 1882. THE COLD TRUTH. Numerous letters of inquiry from the states respecting this remote country,—its climate, soll, productions, population, &c.,—have in- duced the writer to present to the public, through the trustworthy columns of THe Szar, a few sober facts based on personal experience and observation. There are, of course, two sides to this question, and, as usual, the truth lies between the extremes of exaggeration and detraction. The climate in this territory is notably capricious and changeful. In the sum- mer season, the thermometer at midday often Tanges from 95° up to 105° in the shade, and by midnight the temperature will be so much re- duced as to require warin blankets for bed coy- ering. It is not uncominon on a winter morn- ing to find the ground covered with a couple ot feet of snow, which by noon has melted away into water and slush before the Chinook winds. A calm and clear sky is suddenly darkened by fierce wind stortas, which drive the dust and sand before them like squadrons of combatants rushing to battle. These sudden changes of weather are the womb wherein grow all man- ner of muscular and nervous disorders. SWEAT OF THE BROW is the condition of success here, as well as in the states. Even in this fat virgin soll the proverb of Solomon is fully verified: “The idle soul shall suffer hunger, and he who will not plow by reason of cold shall beg in harvest and have nothing.” Indeed, more labor is required on this coast than in older communities, because new settlers must begin at the very foundation to build up their fortunes. He who expects to enjoy a life of elegant leisure in this western land must either have abundance at his com- mand or favored friends who are willing to support him in his indolence. THE EXPENSES OF LIVING in this new country far exceed the expectations of the people of the east. Dry goods and groceries are more costly than at the capital of the nation. The item of transportationeacross the continent is immense. Moreover, mer- chants exact the largest profits from their sales. A suit of clothes that would cost $25 or #30 in Washington city would be worth at least $50 here. Then, too, the MORAL AND RELIGIOUS DISADVANTAGES are not inconsiderable. The Sabbath is phenom- enally a day of popular amusements, consisting of fishing, hunting, horse racing, ball playing, etc. Buta paucity of the population attends public worship. Drinking and drunkenness, which prevail to an alarming extent all alon; this line, impair the securities of person an property and augment the burden of public taxes. Finally, this promiscuous population is largely inoculated with the virus of bold and blaspheming infidelity which seeks to subvert the solid pillars of human society and to inaugurate 8 reign of boundless licentiousness and terror. But thts is simply the shady side of the sub- ject. Let us now look at SOME OF ‘THE BRIGHTER TINTS in the foreground of the picture. Purerair than this we have never breathed; richer soil we have never seen, and ¢heaper and more productive lands the sunnever visits. No country excelsthis in the productionsofgrass,grain,fish andfruit and in all the varieties of fowls of the air and beasts ofthe field. The scenery of mountain, valley, river and sky is sublime and beautiful beyond description. All the industries of life are bounti- fully rewarded here’ and all public enterprises generously supported. SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES ARE SPRINGING UP on every hand, and shedding their light abroad like stars from a firmament of darkness. On the compietion of the Northern Pacific railroad and other lines in progress the elements of a highand better civilization’ will crown this coast as a dia- dem. Along the lines of the railroads and rivers numerous towns and villages are bursting into life and beauty, like buds in the spring, and these will constitute the great cities of the 20th century. Among these we might name within a radius of fifty miles from Walla Walla, Milton, Weston, Centerville, Pendleton, Waliula, Waits- burg,Colfax and Dayton, and then farther away, on the N. P. R. R., are the flourishing towns of Sprague, Cheney and Spokane Falls. All these are eenters of growing trade and Influence, and are worthy the attention of emigrant travelers. Their present population ranges from 500 to nearly as many thousand souls. Let us now hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Those who are young and vigorous and without means and employment in the states, would do well to tollow the star of empire to this far-off land, whilst those who are on the shady side of life and enjoy the conventences and comforts com- mon to mortals, had better remain contented on the eastern side of the Rockies. Ww. pada DBAS eects Street Cries, Again, To the Editor of Tar EveNING Stan: Sellers of produce are very useful, and their cries necessary; but they would be much less annoying were they to cry out plainly and dis- tinctly, instead of their unintelligible bawling. Nor isthere need oftheir very frequent, almost in- cessant, repetitions, making a continuous bawl- ing which few can understand, and very dis- tressing to many, and especially tothe sick. And suffer one more hint to these useful and indus- trious venders: When two or more are near to- gether, they will be better understood and more highly appreciated if only one will cry at a time! To mix the cries of “Hard-head cab- bage!” “Ripe, soft peaches!” and “ Melons, five cents apiece!” from three throats in one hoarse yell, is neither intelligible, nor useful, nor very musical! ‘A hint to the wise.” ANTI-NoIsE. The Habit of Observation. From the Phrenological Magazine, Observation is not so much a faculty of the mind as a common term used to express the results of the action of several mental powera, prominent among which are those of perceptive- ness, conception and attention. The act of ob- serving springs from the natural desire to know. This act. in turn, reacts on that desire, stimu- lating it and increasing the power of observa- tion. A child whose powers of mental uisition have been perly exercised RELIGIOUS NOTES. — In Chicago the Lutherans have 34 churches: — The Methodists have 1,500 ministers and ‘720,000 members in Canada. —Ex-Bishop Kumber, of United Brethren, died at Dayton, Ohio, recently, aged §2. — Rev. R. H. Williams has accepted the call to the First Presbyterian church, Annapolis. — Rey. John McMillan, of Philadelphia, (Pres- byterian,) died recently at Nantucket, Mass. —Ina namber of places in Cumberland dis- trict M. E. church revivals are breaking out. —Rey. J. L. Grice, (Congregationalist,) of Howard University, has accepted a call to Meredian, Miss. — Hon. Joseph Sleeper has been superintend- ent of a M. E. Sunday school in Boston for 53 consecutive years. — Rev. J. H. Brittain, of Moorestown, N. Y., (Baptist,) has accepted a call to Fuller Memorial church, Baltimore. — Rev. W. M. Frysinger has entered on his duties as president of the Centenary Biblical In- stitute, Baltimore. — W. W. Sleeper has been ordained by the Congregationalists at Worcester, Mass., as a foreign missl —Rev. I. P. McUurdy, (Presbyterian,) of Frederick, Md., has declined the presidency of Oxford College, Ohio. — During the past two weeks Rev. A. B. Simp» son, of the 23d street (N. Y.) Gospel tent, has baptized thirty persons. — Rev. Peter Akers, of Jacksonville, Ml., was 92 years old on the Ist inst, and preached in the Centenary church on the 3d. — Rey. M.W. Hanna, of St. Matthew's Luthe- ran church, Brooklyn, has accepted the call of the First church, Baltimore. — Rev. Chas. A. Mattingly, a Catholic priest at Nanticoke, Pa., died at St. Mary's hospital, Philadelphia, on the 4th inst. —Rev. C. H. A. Buckley, of the Presbyterian church, will enter on his dutiesas a professor in Howard university October 1) — Rey. Mr. Green, of Raleigh, 'N. C., is called the champion immerser, having immersed 140 persons recently in 70 minutes. —In consequence of the prevalence of the smallpox at Paterson, N. J., the Sunday schools suspended sessions last Sunday. The basement of the new Catholic church of St. Monica, in New York city, was dedicated by Archbishop Corrigan last Sunday. —Rev. Dr. James A. Dean, of New York East conference (M.E. church), hasaccepted the presi- dency of the New Orleans university. — At Dayton appointment, in Rawlings cir- cult, Cumberland district, 17 Beovan ous were recently received into the M. E, church. —Rey. W. H. Van Doren, of the Presbyterian church and the author of a commentary on the Bible, died at Indianapolis on the 8th inst. — Sister of Charity Mary John Coughlan, a native of Quebec, died at St. Mary’s Orphan Asylum, Baltimore, on Tuesday, in her 25th year. — Archbishop Gibbons confirmed a class of 69 at Doughegran Manor, Howard county, Md., on Smasy last. Two-thirds of the class were con- verts. — Bishop Borgess, of Michigan, has issued a pastoral forbidding the marrying of Catholics and Protestants under pain of excommunica- tion. —Mr. Moody, the evangelist, is said to con- sider the Rév. George O. Barnes equal to Spur- geon in his eloquence and command over the people. — The late John Magee, jr., of Watkins, N. Y.., left $50,000 for the erection of five Episcopal coats New York, Pennsylvania, and Vir- a. — Rev. J. T. McFarland, pastor of the First M. E. church at Peoria, Ill, has been elected to the chair of belle-lettres of the Iowa Wesleyan University. — On the 8th instant the upper story of the “Homefor Aged Members o7 the Hebrew B'nai B'rith Society” at Mt. St. Vincent, on the Hud- son, was dedicated as asynagogne. * — Rev. Father H. L. Geveney, assisted by Father John J. Murphy and other priests, will conduct the two weeks mission which will be commenced at St. Aloysius to-morrow. — Mrs. Richard Baxter, of Boston, has pre- sented the Channing Memorial Church, at New- port, R. I., with a magnificent memonal window, commemorating her husband and daughter. — Rev. Homer A. King, of Springfield, Mass,, is holding revival services at the 44th street M. E. church, New York. He began his work by showing 1,000 square feet ot Gospel paintings. —In England a memorial chapel is to be erected to Bishop Asbury at his birthplace, Handsworth, near Birmingham. It is proposed to raise $20,000 of the $45,000 required in the United States. — The synod of the Church of Spain recently held in Madrid comprises over 20 churches which adopted a Presbyterian organisation. Twelve ministers were present, four of whom were ex-priests. —The secretary of the Chautauqua Baptist association is alleged to be a defaulter to the extent of $10,000; and an investigation is now going on. This association -has no connection with the Chautauqua assembly. — The Rev. H. W. Thomas, D. D., of Chicago, who was recently cast out of the Methodist church for his heretical views, is said to be making great success of his “People’s church,” whose local habitation is Hooley’s theater. —The Rev. Joseph Cook left Sydney, Austra- lia, on August 10 for this country. He intends to visit the Sandwich Islands on his homeward voyage, and will probably not arrive at San Francisco before October 1. It is announced that he may resume his Boston lectureship. —Rt. Rey. Bishop Moore, of St. Augus- tine, Fla., is the guest of Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, and will accompany the latter in his circuit of Montgomery and Frederick coun- ties, Md., which he will commence to-morrow at Rockville. —The Episcopal Clergymen’s Insurance League in the last thirteen years has paid $316,000 to the widows and orphanséf deceased ENGLAND’s DECISIVE VICTORY. THE BATTLE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR. How the Day Was Won, GRAPHIC STORY OF THE FIGHT. A cablegram to the N. Y. Herald from Tel-el- Kebir, dated Sept. 14th, tells the story of Arabi Pasha’s crushing deféat by the British as fol- lows: “The most complete success attended the attack upon the enemy's position. Not only has Tel-el-Kebir fallen into British hands, but the Egyptian army has ceased to exist. The first move was a short one, being only to the sand hills above the camp. There the arms were piled, and the men lay down on the sand or sat and chatted over the coming fight. At one o'clock word was passed round, and they- again fellin. Never did 14,000 men get under arms more quietly. The very orders appeared to be given im lowered tones. Almost noise- lessly the dark column moved off, their footfall being deadened by the sand. it was an im- pressive march, which none who shared it will ever forget. The silence was broken only by the occasional clash of BEFORE THE BATTLE. “It was a certainty that the great struggle would commence with the dawn, and the ex- pectation was that at any moment they might be challenged by Bedonin horsemen far out in the plain in front of theenemy, There were frequent halts to enable the regiments to main- tain touch and allow the transport wagons, whose wheels crunched loudly over the sandy plains, to keep up with us. On onrright was Graham's brigade, which had already done good service by twice ‘repelling the assaults of the enemy. Next came the Guards, the brigade which was, when the action began, to act in support of Gen. Graham. Between them and the canal were forty-two guns of the Royal artil- lery, On the railway itself the naval brigade advanced with a forty-pounder on a truck. South of the canal the Highland regiments led the advance, followed by the Indian troops in support of the cavalry. The horse artillery had started due north to make a long detour and come down upon the enemy's line of retreat. . THE ATTACK. “By early dawn the troops arrived within a thousand yards of the enemy’s lines, and halted there a short time to enable the fighting lines to be formed and other preparations to be made. Perfect silence still reigned over the plain. It was dificult to credit the fact that fourteen thousand men lay in a semicircle round the enemy's lines ready to dash forward at the signal at the low sand trenches in front, behind which so many men slumbered unsuspicious of their presence. As usual in a movement carried out in darkness many detached parties alto- gether lost their way, I with some mounted policg among the number; for while we com- pletely beat the rest of the force we went hither and thither ail night until daybreak, and nearly stumbled into the enemy's lines. The attack began on the left. Nothing could be imagined finer than the advance of the Highland brigade. The 74th were next the canal. Next were the Cameronians, and the Gordon Highlanders con- tinued the line, with the Black Watch upon their flank. The 46th and 60th regiments formed @ second line, THE HIGHLANDERS CHARGE. “‘Swiftly and silently the Highlanders moved forward to the attack. No word was spoken, no shot fired until within three hundred yards of the enemy's earthworks. Nor up to that time did any sound in the Egyptian lines be- token that they were aware of the presence of their assaliants. Then suddenly a terrific fire flashed along the line of sand heaps. A storm ot bullets whizzed over the heads of the advan- cing troops. A wild cheer broke from the High- landers, and in response the pipes struck shrilly up, bayonets were fixed, and at double quick time they dashed forward. The first line of in- trenchments was carried, the enemy scarcely offering any resistance. But from another line of intrenchments, behind which in the still dim light one could scarcely see, a burst of musketry broke out. For a few minutes the Highlanders poured a heavy fire, but it was probably as in- nocuous as that of the unseen enemy whose bul- lets whistled harmlessly over head. The delay in the advance was but short. Then the order was given and the brigade again went rapidl; forward. Soon a portion of the force had between the enemy's redoubts and opened a clergymen, and of this sum $15,552 was paid during the past year. —The Independent has the following very neatly turned paragraph :—*‘ Brother Van Meter wants to go back to Rome as a missionary, and as no missionary organization now in existence cares to send him, he hasappointed a committee to open the way for him to go.” — Of ninety-elght Presbyterian ministers who died last year, the oldest was 91 years of age, .the youngest 82. Twenty-one were between 80 and 90, thirty-one between 60 and 70, twenty- three between 50 and 60. Thus 76 of the 99 had nunwered more than three score years. — The Tokio Christian association makes the remarkable statement that “a large proportion of the Japanese who went to America became Christians, but not a single instance was known to them of one who had gone to Germany, France or England becoming a Christian.” near to end having directly in front of it the many Failroad tracks of the B. and P. company; beslaes ‘Which its position 1s low and damp, therefore tn- ‘The District stables of ‘the horses are tm close proximity, a circumstance additionally disadvanta;cous to the health and comfort of the Members of the company, so much of whose time must be spent there. If the butiding could be diverted to some purpoce us:fui to the District government, or disposed of aitogether aud the | from any provocation or biame, and convicting Proceeds applied to the procurement of a new site End suitanly coustructed. eng-n--house, a Judi- ious improvement would be made. {“Bogine house No. 5, on 324 street, becomes lesa ‘Mt for present purpose every year. It nasof ] ed that the front iis ae zu, long sed by the old used by the old cor Zatlon of Georgetown. The constant growth of ‘Me city northward tndicaies the urgent necessity for the organization of a new company and house, somewhere z street north, and be- FIRE ESCAPES. manner allempted’ ® personal assault with a heavy ___ sticl Captain — Gabrielson turned the blow, and threw his assailant down. At this point friends interceded and released the parties, no one having received a bruise: The disazreeable affair culminated in an action brought by pt. Gabrielson before a civil court | which result in thoroughly exonerating him Tennis Sepensd werent toner Ulan The enalty ing] was not the full one prescribed 5 the law, and an appeal has been taken to a higher court for a new trial. The whole affair was the offspring of a jest that had been misunderstood and garbled by a foreign gentleman who was not conversant with the English language, and who innocently blundered into inciting what might have proved a serious affray. These are the plain, unvarnished facts In a making many acquaintances and becoming very popular with our hotel guests. A.D. A. ——_—+e.__ Riven TRapE.—Harbormaster Sutton reports arrivals at the river front as follows: Steamer Sue, hn de beg Merchandise, Stephenson Bros. ; stmr. Norfolk, Shropshire, merchandise, J, H. Johnson & Schr. Adele Thacke ‘inney, 1,000 tons ice, Great Falls Ice Co.; sehr. Grace Ax: drew8, Andrews, 890 tons do., same; schr. Carrie . Norton, Hudgson, 805 tons do., same; schr. T. E, 2 000 feet lumnber, E.R. Jackson Co.; sehr. Peal Lagu nd or J. E. Clem- ican ushels rge Wm. Diber dune. 804 tons coal, G: it; barge Housatonic, Donaldson, 250 ‘do. do., C. H. Burgess; barge A. J. Donaldson, Dot ‘son, 307 do. do., same; do. do, 5 L. Blake; bat 0, Mi ‘nington, cord wood, J. 0. nut-siell, and the distorted accounts that are going the rounds of the press are uncalled for and without a semblance of truth. Ashton, cord same: + Kelty. 1,200 melons, Golden Fe jo! After treating of the condition of the apparatus, | EvE-Wirxusses OF THE ASSAULT aD Paesexr | Wit. W. Evans: sloop Agate Gibson, 160 ‘bush 4 ¥ ———_>—— z Getting Ready for the Cyclone. ‘Bram the Chicego Times, Sevt. 13. M. Vaile, the star router, ins deeded to ‘@ Fesidence a& Independence, Of $22,000, his Mo., tor a com aT THE Trial. itd SEER AT ‘The Better Land. + ey ag oe I know not where the beams, ‘So marvelously fatr; T cannot see the wa’ = ving hands that I cannot hear the rapturous song ‘Of dear ones gone a dimmed and bitnded earthly eyes, ‘Washed clear by contrite atm market; | sfoop goun Wititame, wil uire the habit of observation, and thus inerease his ability to gain knowledge. To observe is not merely to see and -hear and feel, but to see and hear and feel with such attention as to perceive clearly and accurately. The more the observation is thus employed, the more will be brought into the view of the mind by sensations and percep- tions. Observation should first be employed upon those qualities which act directly upon the senses, since the more these are noticed, and the more ideas of them afe associated together, the better will be laid the foundation for future knowledge. In the works of nature there is much more to excite the observation of children, as well as much more that can be made the sub- Jects of pleasing instruction, than in the works ‘of art; but the judicious instructor will not be’ at a loss to find numerous objects within doors, as well as without; to thus In the process of mental culture, ly such as will stimulate the mind to a observation of nature. Those who have been Pheig cle business of education well know the of ae oe degrees — Rev. G. A. Hobbs, as presiding elder of the Cumberland district, at Frostburg, Md., on the 3d inst., held the quarterly meeting of that charge, conducting a six a. m. prayer-meeting, a nine o'clock love feast—preaching three ser- mons and administering the sacrament twice during the day. —The Rev. Granville Moody, of Ohio, popu- larly known as “the fighting parson,” has re- quested the M.E. conference to place him on the superannuated list. He takes this step because of failing health and caused by a dis- ease contracted in the army, from which he has never recovered fally. — Rev. T. H. Lewis, who for over five years has been the pastor of St. John's Independent his farewell M. P. chureh, a ore, a sermon there last sain] Heteyttelnessew Es his duties as i eer ee now succeeds Mr. Lewis at St now of John’s. — The last census of Canada shows: Roman percent; 5 among Pha | flacking fire. This was too much for the Egypt- Jans, who took to their heels and fairly ran, suf- fering, as the crowded masses rushed across the open, very heavily from our fire, being literally mowed down by hundreds. THE ROYAL IRISH. “Meanwhile fighting began upon the other flank. The horse artillery shelled the enemy's extreme left. Here the Egyptians were more prepared than on their right. Fora time they kept up a steady fire. The Royal Irish were sent toturn the enemy's left. At the word they dashed at the trenches and carried them at the bayonet’s point, so turning the flank of the de- fenders of the position. Next came the 88th regiment. then the 84th, the Guaras being close up behind in support. These regiments ad- vanced by regular ryshes. For a short time the enemy clung to their line of intrenchments, but their fire was singularly ineffective, and the British troops got fairly into the trenches. Then the enemy fought stoutly for a few moments. The combat was a hand to handone. Major Hart shot one man as he was.trying to wrest a revolver from his hand. This was even after the trench had been turned by our advance on their flank. FLIGHT OF THE EGYPTIANS. “Then, as the British poured in, the Egyp- tians fled as rapidly as those upon the other side of the canal had done before the Highland- ers. The fight was now practically over, the only further danger arising from the bullets of the British troops, who were firing in all direc- tions upon the flying enemy as with loud cheers the whole line advanced in pursuit. The Egyp- tians did not } iat the slightest semblance of order, but fied a confused rabble at the toy of their — As we descended the hill ‘ead ing to Tel-el-Kebir station we captured the standing camp with immense stores of forage and piovisions. At the station were two trains which were filled with fugitives who m to get away before the troops came up. An engire, however, which was on the point of starting, was blown up by one of our shells. The victorious line of troops advanced cheering across the enemy's conn snd halted at the sta- tion where Sir ‘olseley soon after ar- rived. Immediately atterward Gen. Lowe, with his staff, rode up, having cut across the line of retreat of the flying enemy. A good many were killed by our rifle and artillery fire. ‘THE PRISONERS. “Immense numbers threw their arms away ‘and delivered themselves up as prisoners. How many were taken I cannot say, but certainly far more than we shall be able to dispose of. Qn the bridge over the canal Gen. Wolseley dictated his orders to Gens. MacPherson and Lowe. The former was ordered to move with the Indian on . the latter to continue the work of the total dispersion of the enemy. As I write the the are cheering generals, Alison and Graham. who rode into the trenches at the head of the Highlanders; the guards are making themselves comfortable in the abandoned Egyptian tents and preparing to snatch a few hours’ repose. The cas- ualties at present are unknown, but are ae Those of the enemy are very OVER THE FIELD. “A ride over the field after the battle shows that the enemy's loss was extremely heavy. In- deed it is dificult to understand how so great a number of men have been killed in the battle, which lasted but a briefhour. The enemy's po- sition consisted of lines of solid intrenchments, bound together by wattles. It was four miles Tong frome fan ¢9 dante At intervals bastions, mounted by guns, ject gpa oe trench whiclt had been carried, but, cheering loudly, they pressed forward, carrying one doubt after another shooting and bayoneting foe as they ran. At one point only was the ad- vance checked for a moment. but the first line was reinforced from bebind, and with another the enemy from before them. At some of the bas- tions the resistance, although unavailing, was desperate, the Egyptians being caught as ine ve by the rapidity of the advance, themselves to the last. 53 and there a Highlander lies stretched among them, lying face downward, as if shot im the of charging. Had the Egyptian fire been any wa: tremendous. As it is they are marvellous; slight when the nature of the works carr! perry number of their defenders is con- sidered.” IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THB WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1883. the gg RES Reale eS 8 Ls §P71f not th they will be sent A ne “pray gene they > LADIES" LIST. Allen A: it Hattie Aen Lyd im Roo Miew nderson is Adaline Armstrong Millie Lee Bettie Ashley Mollie Lee Fannie Brebeny Annie Lannon Jennie Butier Annie ker C ‘Cora Lauiner Mary Bolton Carria ‘Lostwood Mi Barten Eflen Lowe Mollie? Broughler Ettie dau. 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