Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1927, Page 79

The Old Glory has joined the host of craft that have sailed out, never to return, news dis- patches. concerning the project- ed flight to Rome indicate, thus adding _vet another ‘“ship” to King Neptune's roster of mys- tery tragedies. In this plane were Philip A. Payne, Lioyd Bertaud and J. D. Hill. They took off after the following story had been written, and the world fears that their fate is the same as that of other sail- ors of the sea and air who never made port. Feaws for the safedy of the Sir John Carling. which flew out of Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, Wednesday, on the London, On' tario, to London, England, flight, continue to grow. In this “ship” were Capt. Terry Tulley, pilot, and Lieut. James Metealf, igator, who, it is :ared, have joined the other ng airmen. BY WILLIAM .A. MILLE! ING NEPTUM deep, has again risen in his power to smite craft that have | dared enter his cherished do- | main, this time aiming at man’s newest vehicle of transport: tion, the airplane, leaving the world only with that cryptic message of their fate, “lost without trace. Witness the mystery that shrouds the whereabouts and latter days of | that gallant eagle of France, Capt Charles Nungesser, and his dauntless colleague, Capt. Francois Coli, who set out from Paris last May for York: of Miss Mildred Doran, Michigan school teacher, who gave her name to the plane, Miss Dc and was a passenger in the * that hoped to secure honors in tne Hawaiian air race; of the monoplane Golden Eagle, likewise a competitor for the $25,000 Dole avia and of Capt. William P anl Alvin Eichwvaldt, navigator, tock off in the monoplane pilot. who ‘WHEN THE L'INSURGENTE WAS OLD PRINT. T monarch of the | New | Dallas ' THE SUNDAY Neptune’s Record of Lost American Craft Grows in Flying Age | l | | »’ Spitit to search for the planes lost in | the Pacific. Paul Redfern, who started from | | Prunswick, Ga., in the monoplane | >ort of Brunswick, aiming to make a non-stop hop to Rio de Janeiro, 4,600 | miles distant, was numbered among | the missing fivers soon afterward. A tale that might well intrigue lh(“ i jon of a Jules Verne or a| n Doyle it is, for King Neptune as long since been dealing thus with craft that have flnown the Stars and | ripes. Yellowing records in the Navy | partment tell part of the story of | nearly a score of ships that have | sailed out of ports into unfathomable mystery. The other part of the en- gaging tale is in the keeping of the men who sailed forth, blithely bent on new adventures, who have never since been heard from. These ships b been spirited away, as it were, from | the very face of the earth, sailing to | thefr doom with Old Glory whipping | in the breeze, and indeed not | even a trace of most of them has been found through the years to give a bit of a hint to their fate King Neptune began' his work mystery with American vessels short before the ink with which the Declar: tion of Independence was written |could dry. Great names and great hips are listed on the roster of those | nkee naval vessels that have never made po d have never given more | than a shred of evidence of what be me of them—three of them whisked {away in these days of radio and mod- | ern conveniencs | | The young republic recoriled its first | THE [loss in this fashion when the brig| __ 11, with Lambert Wickes as its | skipper, sailed in _September, 177 never to return. Indeed, September seems to be an illfated month for the De- of nd while mo: ips" were last ion of the West | Unitea s of the heard of in CAPTURED BY THE CONSTELLATION. PHOTOGRAPH FROM AN {crew of 140 men, under the orders of {1y, STAR. WASHINGTON, over whose treacherous, | wastes Redfern winged his "' the distant Atlantic and. Pacific ns have claimed their toll. "he ship Saratoga, a craft of 18 guns, under the command of Capt. John' Young, sailed from Cape Fran. ois, Haitl, on March 20, 1781, with a convoy of American and French ships. The Saratoga became separated from her consorts and was never seen again. One of the Navy's new air- plane carriers that wiil be ready shortly for active. duty will bear the name Saratoga, reviving memories of the eighteenth century craft that is steeped in mystery. The Gen. Gates, a vessel of 18 guns that had been built in 1777 was lost. The Pickering, a revenue cutter brig of 14 guns, with 90 men aboard, sailed from New Castle, Del., for the Guadaloupe Station in the West Indies on August 20, 1800, under the command of Lieut. Benjamin Hillar, What happened to her is a secret of the “wandering flelds of barren foam.” On April 29, 1802, Congress passed a bill for the relief of the families of those lost on the vessel. * ok kK VE of the greatest unsolved mys-: terles of the naval service shrouds the fate of the U. S. S. Insurgent, equipped with 36 guns and carrying a crew of 340 men.. She sailed out of Baltimore _July 22, 1800, down to Hampton Roads, Va., and on August 8 of that year left that port to cruise in the West Indies in search of the Guadaloupe privateers. Capt. Patrick Fletcher was her skipper, but what his story is remains one of the secrets of the bounding main. The Wasp Number Three was a 2o0d ship of 18 guns, with a merry Master Commandant Johnston Blake- The Swedish brig Adonis, return. ing from Rio de Janeiro, reported hav- ing seen her in October, 1814, but what happened thereafter to the D. €., SEPTEMBER SSER-COLI PLANE, SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN LOST AT SEA, PHOTOGRAPHEI) BEFORE THE ATTEMPT TO CROS! globe, King Neptune erted sovereignty when the U. S, S, Eper- vier, with 18 guns and 128 men, sailed out ‘of the Western Straits into an unknown fate. Lieut. John T. Shu- brick, her skipper, was intrustéd with | an important mission. Aboard vessel were Master William Lewis, bearer of dispatches from Commodore Decatur and Lieuts. Neal, Yarnall and Dru The vessel passed the Straits of Gibraltar July N 1815, for the United States, bearing a copy of the treaty with Algiers, and carrying 10 United States citizens that had been liberated from Algerian prisons. She was last seen by a merchant vessel August 8, 1815. It was rumored that she went down in an engagement with the enemy, hut the Navy Department is without offi- cial confirmation of this, and lacks accurate information concerning her last days. In 1817 Congress author- ized a measure for the relief of the widows and orphans. The U. S. S. Lynx, a schooner of 6 guns and carrying a crew of 50, in Jan- uary, 1820, sailed from Saint Mary’s, for Kingston, Jamaica, on the way to the Balize. Lieut. John R. Madigon was in command. e, too, a place on the roster of ships that have never reached their destination. The U. 8. 8. Wild Cat, a schooner of 3 guns and 31 men, under the direction of Lieut. James E. Legare, sailed from Cuba for Thompson’s Island, off Flori- da, in 1824, The craft was a member of the “mosquito fleet of Commodore David Porter, employed in the West Indies for the suppression of piracy in 1823-4, but disappeared- here? The brig Hornet No. 3, of 18 guns and with 140 men aboard, under the command of Master Commandant Otho Norris, disappeared in September, 1829. She sailed from New York in February, being ordered to cruise off the coast of Mexico. The last letter from her skipper was written off Sandy Hook, Y., on February 5, his Wasp is a blank. HE CONSTELLATION IS PICTURED AT THE RIGHTA In a far distant section of the 1829, In September of that year she driven from her moorings oft Tam- his | Commandant | 11, 1927—PART 5. Navy, Almost From Beginning of Republic, Has Contributed to List of Ships Which Disappeared Without Trace—Luck Attended Service for Several Decades—Some _Famous Cases Have Mystified the Federal Authorities ras the Sylph No. 2. She was employ- ed in protecting the timber supply along the southern ¢ A schooner ® one gun, under the command of Lieut. H. E. V. Robinson, she is sup- posed to have foundered in a gale in the West Indies, but this entirely un- | official. The U. § pilot b tion. S. Sea Gull w She was equipped with two guns and carried 15 men and was com- | nded by Passed Midshipmen J Reid and F. She left Valparaiso in_company with a ve: named the Flying Fish on April 1839. They parted | the night and the Se: : | posed to have perished in a severe gale that came on during the darknes from which the Flying Fish took ref uge under False Cape Horn, but here | again official news is lacking. In 1841 the U. Peacock was lost in the Columbia River, but the cause is un- known. / The U. 8! S. Grampus, of 12' guns under the command of Lieut. Albert E. Downes, left Norfolk early in March, 1843, to cruise on the coast. She wi off Charleston, . March 11 to 1 She was last heard of through a létter mailed March 14, 1843, at Charleston, stating that the shrip would be at Nor- folk between April 8 and 15 ha a never heen asc . In June, 1844, che ) Department abandoned all hope for her safet One of the mos Neptune ever struck ! Navy was when the Albany No. sloop of war earrying 22 guns and men, vanished. ~ Her skipper Comdr. J. T. Gerry. The v from Aspinwall, Panama, September 29, 1854, for New York. The steamers Princeton and Fulton were sent in search of her, but no tidings have ever come to Washington, or elsewhere for that matter, to tell the fate of the Albany. The U. w. for affling blows King the Ameri THE ATLA 1 & A. Photos. €. ht by P. W further has been { heard from or of her. An anchor was found on the shore n Tampico, November 2, 1829, credited as belong. ing to the Hornet, but this is one of the very few vessels posted as “miss- |ing" whereof any trace ever been found. Yet another of King Neptune's toll pico 3 . 8. Levant No. 2, a sloop n‘nllr‘r to the Wilkes expedi. | el sailed | s of war of 18 guns, of 792 tons, under the command of Capt. William Hunt, sailed from Hilo, Sandwich Islands (mow the Hawalian Islands), for Aspin- wall, Panama, on September 18, 1860, when the storm clouds of the Civil War i“ e gathering over her own United | States. Vessels of the Pacific squad- ron searched for many months for her, I;Ill the only trace ever found was an oar and broken spar, suppo:-d to have | belonged to the Levant. FHor officers and crew numbered 210 souls. * % k *x NEPTUNE, survering his of nearly a century of | snatching American naval craft from ken of ankind with all hands . apparently relented, for f nd just before the Civil War few vears. before the World War threw the world into chaos aaval | annals do not record the loss of a sin I gle ship that cannot be officially e plained. The Monarch of the Main lea ng ol n's new invention Ned ' thought he would spirit awa equipped \}llh this device, and G work lio, ships | he_did. The tug Nina. under the of Chief Boatswain John S. Croghan alled out of Norfolk, Va., on March | 15, 1910, never to be heard from again Best known among the Navy's “mystery ships,” perhaps, is the cele Drated case of the collier Ay whose loss is considered to he one of the greatest naval blows suffered by the allies during the War Built by a Philadelphia fir of 500, the keel of the Cyclops was Iaid in June, 1909, and she was launch ed and commissioned the year follow ing. A vessel, of 19,360 tons, she had a_length of 542 feet and breadth of 65 feet. Early in her career she was based on Hampton Roads, doing duty with the Atlantic fleet. When the United States entered the World War assigned to the Naval Over command 1918, the Cyclops took a cargo of coal to Brazil, discharging {it at Bahia. At Rio de Janeiro she loaded a commercial cargo of 10,800 tons of manganese ore and sailed February 16, 1918, by way of the Bar- badees for Baltimore, where she was due March 13. She arrived at the rbadoes March 3 for coal and left (Continued on Fifth Page.) T CYCLOPS, LOST AT SEA DURING THE WORLD WAR. Two Wars F OU have not come to the end of the Washington theater story, but trudge on with me and you will reach the end. I believe you have interest in this matter. 1 believe this because it interests me, and it is one weakness of man to believe that what interests him should interest everybody. The fellow whose taste is not our taste is an ignoramus. Our taste is best; our understanding is best. What we know is really worth knowing and what the other fellow knows is not. | He has a batch of information, gath- ered from unreliable—even unrespect- able sources—and it is impractical knowledge which the world could well be rid of. But our knowledge is the real thing. It is not a new think himself wise. & compound word for the malady— doxo-sophis—“wise in his own con- ceit,” and _another—moro-sophos— “foolish wise.”” The Rambler assumes your inter- est in the theater stories because you have told your children that you were & devil 50 yvears ago; were a first- nighter at every show; drank Han- cock’s punches with great actors and took actresses a-driving in a hack. Your wife knows that you were a fourflusher, but she hates to give you away before the children. I believe you are interested in the old theater stories, because they bring you recollections. When 1 write the mame of David Garrick Smith, the monstrous tragedian, 1 can see you take your glasses off, wipe them rem- iniscently — wipe them reminiscor- like—sigh, and say to yourself, but also that the family may hear, *“Alas! Poor Da How well T re. member thee! We were like brothers —except—that we go on well together! ‘Why, we were such chums that after trait in man_ to The Greeks had Daye played Richard Third we went out for some refreshments and slept together in the guard house! Them was happy days!” Let us resume our reading of A. T. Mudd's paper, “Early Theater: day: Mr. Mudd: “The players never failed to honor the anniversary of our National In- dependence, and, on each Fourth of July, patriotic and appro- priate performances were given. Dur- ing 1812-1815 a part of the evening’s entertainment was frequently devoted | to the commemoration of the victories of our gallant little Navy, and trans parent portraits were shown of the| naval commanders, Commodores Perry and Decatur and Capts. Hull | and Bainbridge, who, by their heroic deeds in defense of their aided in the preservation of and earned the everlasting gratitu of -unborn miliions of citizens of tI great Republic, which today stands in the foremost rank of the nations of the earth and has won the admira- tion of all civilized peoples. “Those who lost their lives in the game great cause were not forgotten, end feeling tribute was paid to the | memory of Gen. Covington, who fell | st the head of his troops at the battle of Williamsburg: Gen. Z. M. Pike and the ‘gallant and lamented Lawrence | and Ludlo: “On July 12, 1813, the theater was again offered for sale. A few days Jater the British forces that had for gome time been in the lower Potomac Svere reported to be on their way, up the river to attack Washington, wnd July 17 the public was info there would be no more performanc nt the theater until further noi The report. however, proved to be in- oprec and 10 days later, when Rtieh had left the river, the 1} the meason closing Se 'l" er recurring | the | ‘Washington | * where we left it last Sun JAMES E. MURDOCK, AS “THE STRANGER.” N From a Drawing By Leonebel Jacobs. Mrs. Bartley, from the Royal Drury Lane, London, began a four-nights’ engagement, supported | by Mr. Bartley. On the night of March 12 she appeared as Mrs. Bev- erly, in Moore’s celebrated tragedy of “The Gamester' and at the end of the play recited a_poem written expressly for her by Tom Moore, entitled ‘A Monologue,” expressive of the effect of national music on national character, _which was introduced the airs of erland, Spain, Ireland play called | actres: of Gen. | Theater | ber 13 Bunker Warren.® with Hill, a patriotic or the Death * % % % HE season of 1811 began June | 16 and closed August 13. A few days later the city was capt by the British forces, It is not necessary to state what damage was wrought by | them. The theater, however, escaped destruction and the season of 1815 he- n June 20, Mrs. Placide, Mr. Ent- eward making their appea ington, | [ eral performances were given by the| ‘March Thespian Society for the benefit of the | and famil { poor, and 3 t one given November 23 | formance | Gen. es na Amer 1819, President Monroe tended a benefit per. en to Mr. and Mrs. Rus- : iy > | sell, on which occasion ‘The School of ]nf\\m‘x‘l“r‘\‘r:f;‘ yn‘ ;Iumiz m.,,"“\"f,,‘ e | Reform’ and “*Matrimony’ were per- written by Mr. Lathrop of George. | {OrW This appears to have been | town, was delivered. 1In 1816, 1817, |the first mention of a President of the 1818 and 1519 the same company | United States attending the theater in Washington. President John Adams played during the Summer and in 1818 % - 5. Philadel and 1819 the theater was opened in | Visited “The New Theater’ in adel- the Winter and Spring under other | Phia, February 26, 1800. management. “About 7 o'clock on the morning of “Mr. Charles Incledon, the famous|April 19, 1820, the theater was dis- singer {rom the Theater Royal, Covent | covered {0 be on fire. In n very few rden, London, being in Alexandria | minutes the entire building was in lw iting for passage southward, was|flames and in 15 minutes the roof fell engaged for one night only and ap-|in. A slight fall of snow the previous peared February 26, 1818, as Bellville | evening partially protected the roofs |in the opera, ‘Rosi During the |of the adjoining buildings from the he also sang Gay's ballad |showers of burning embers. Repre- 3 and a new patriotic | sentative John Culpepper of North | aon composed by Mr. Clifton of Balti. | Carolina_and several eitizens atood-on more, called ‘Here’s Columbia, For-|the roof of the house nearest the |ever the Glory and Pride of the burning bullding and extinguished the ! #1A." March 8, 1819, the celebrated flames as they cauelt on the roof. It was not known positively whether the fire was incendiary or accidental, but the final opinion was that it was ac- cidental. “In June, 1821, the old theater, with the ground on which the walls stood and some adjacent ground, was of- fered for sale, and then, or later, was purchased by Mr. Lewis Carusi, who rebuilt it, and in 1822 opened it as the ‘Washington City Assembly Rooms.” EE 'HE Rambler is tracing the Wash- ington Theater through the early 60’s, and from The Star, Monday, Jan- uary 5, 1863, he copies this advertise- ment® “Washington Theater—First appearance on any stage of Miss Addie Thompson, a young lady of this city, when she will appear as the Duchess de Torreneva and Nan the Good for Nothing. Mr. E. H. Brink, Mrs, Gaspard Maeder and Miss Chest- ney will appear. ‘Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady,’ Duchess, Miss Addie Thompson; Ruy Comez, Mr. E. H. Brink; King Charles, Mrs. G. Maeder. Tuesday—The Honey Moon,' Miss Thompson as Juliana.” In The Star, Tuesday, January 6, it was sald: “Miss Addie Thompson’s debut was a decided success. She evinces much dramatic ability and with a little experience will achieve distinction. She appears to- night as Juliana in the ‘Honey Moon"."” It would interest as many readers as the Rambles have to know what be- came of Addie Thompson and if she has descendants. While this was going on at the Washington Theater, Grover’s Thea- ter advertised “First appearance of the celebrated and beautiful actress, Miss Mary Prevost, alded by the Great American Excelsior Dramatic Com: pany. This evening will be presented for the first time this season Tom Taylor and Charles Reade's great comedy of ‘Nell Gwynne and the King's Rival; or The Court and the Stage.’ - To conclude with Leonard Grover's comedy, ‘Cape May Dia- monds.’ * In The Star of January 7, 1863, was this: “Notice is hereby given of tHe dissolution of partnership here- tofore existing under the name of Leonard Grover & Co., which is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All bills unpaid contracted for Grover's Theater will be pald by Leonard Grover, and all bills unpaid contracted for Canterbury Hall will be pald by W. E. Sinn. Leonard Grover. Wil- liam E. Sinn.” The following was in. The January 8, 1863: “Canterbury was again thronged last night. fore the hall was improved the man- agement was often obliged to turn away persons who could not gain ad- mittance, It was supposed that in- creasing its capacity would obviate thissdifficulty, but now it appears that the hall is not yet large enough to accommodate all those Wwho would witness the varied entertainment nightly offered by the Canterbury troupe.” Lucille Western was play- ing Lady Tsabel in “East Lynne” at the Washington Theater January 12- 17, 1863. items in The Star of January, 1863, which caught my eye were that James E. Murdock, the sctor, gave readings in the chambers of the House of Rep- resentatives and the Senate. Here follows part of an advertisement in The Star, Friday, January 9, 1863: “To the Hon. H. Hamlin, Vide Presi- dent: Mr. James E. Murdock, a patri- otic citizen, having kindly offered his services to read to his countrymen for the henefit of the sick and wound- ed soldiers of the Republic, and hav- ing been allowed the use of the House of Representatives for this pur- pose, we, the undersigned Senators, wonld recommend that you allow him Star Hall Be- » the use of the Senate Chamber for one evening for the same most laudable object. H. S. Lane, Joseph A. Wright, John Sherman, Ira Harris, Preston King, Charles Sumner, R. Field, James Dixon, James Harlan, John P. Hale, M. S. Wilkinson, Daniel Clarke, L. M. Morrill, J. R. Doolittle, Henry M. Rice, §. C. Pomeroy, D. H. Brown- ing, J. B. Henderson, W. J. Willey, Milton §. Latham, J. N. McDougall and B. F. Wade.” Consent to use the hall of the Sen ate was given, and there was a full attendance at 50 cents a ticket, Sat- urday evening, January 10. Mr. dock recited “Poetry and Patriotism,” “The Fight at the Ford, or the Battie of Brandywine,” by James Buchanan Read; “The American Flag,” John Rodman Drake; “On Board the Cum- berland,” George H. Boker; “Italy Shall Be Free,” Willlam Culien Bry- ant; “The Oath,” T. B. Read > Bozzarls,” Fitz - Greene Halleck “Count Cand®spina’s Standard Bear- er,” George H. Boker; peroration of Robert Hall's great sermon on the threatened invasion of England by France at the time of the first Na- poleon; “Our Defenders” (a war lyric), T. B. Read. The Star had an editorial on the en- tertainment, the closing sentence be- ing: “The opportunity of hearing the great tragedian and elocutionist and at the same time aiding in so good a cause will surely be eagerly em- braced.” The entertainment was suc- cessful, and Mr. Murdock gave an- other, in the Senate chamber, Mon- day, January 19, 1863, reciting selec- tions from Shakespeare, Longfellow, Browning, Tennyson and Dickens, This form of gentle entertainment was in vogue. Some persons said they liked it, and it was believed that some listened to recitations from Longfel- low because it was thought more re- spectable and literary than to be seen at the Canterbury. e PEAKING of these entertainments | to which so many of our people submitted, T hand you this advertise- ment from Thé Star, January 8, 1863: “Miss Elida B. Rumsey will give a Grand Union Concert for thé benefit of the Soldiers’ Free Library at Wil- lard’s * Hall,” Tuesday evening, Jan. 8. The songs will be Root's ‘Ship of the Union’; Drake's ‘American Flag’; Wetmore's ‘Ellesworth’s Funer- al’; Root’s ‘Battle Cry of Freedom’; “‘Not a Single Star Shall Be Taken,’ and other choice vocal and instru- mental pieces. Dr. 5. M. Landis of Philadelphia has_volunteered to re- cite ‘Washington’s Ode to Freedom' and ‘Our Country's Flag.’” I am thinking what a crowd that show would draw tonight! But Wil- lavd Hall was crowded and the enter- tainment was “repeated by request.” In The Star, Monday, January 19, 1863, was this: “Madame Lizzie Bell, assisted by Emmie Lincoln, has the honor to announce* that she will give an-evening with the poets and drama- tists this evening at Odd Fellows’ Hall, Seventh street. Benefit of Home for Orphans of Volunteers.” Notice that most of the advertisements call on patient people to attend these song and recitation entertainments for the sake of charity: “Charity shall cover a multitude of sins.”—I Peter, iv:8, But under Madame Lizzie Bell’s ad- vertisement was this: “The Old_Original Campbell's Min- strels and Brass Band—M. C. Camp- bell, manager, direct from the Paiace of 'Music (Fourteenth _street, New York). Will open at 0dd Fellows Hall on Wednesday evening, Jan. 21, and every evening until further notice, in Week Commencing 2Monday, December 8th, ENGAGEMENT OF THE conmnx.u«, STUA R Ro B%(gq AND COMPANY OF PLAYERS, § Onder the Pirectionor - - /f:i - W. R HAYDEY. Saturdav Evening, I)e«:ember 13th, Lasr MIR. ROB’SON, On which occas OLIVFR GOLDSMITH'S Greatest Comedy in o Arpea 5 She Stoop s to (‘ onquer. Cast of Char: acters, Su' Charles Marlows Asnts, i e Mr. Chapman Edward J. Ratcliffe: _Learge S. Woodward 1§ . Stanislassd Stange Stuart Robson (| ‘ she L. Wooderson i b @ Hastings ... Tony Lumpkin. wfi:fibym Hardeastie. . Neville. Hardcastle ‘Musmmy Bu by b . Miss May be;m 3 i o Mis$ Olive May /895 ;fiO‘fl)AY DECEMBER l&ths | | AN ALBAUGH‘S OPERA HOUSE PROGRAM FROM THE COLLECTION | OF EDWARD SCANLON. | direction of Capt. Joseph M. Simms in | storing grain in the three-story ware- | house of Messrs. Smoot & Spedden, on | the canal near the corner of N street and Third street east, the chimney was heard to ecrack. The walls fell and Capt. Simms was killed. The American Hock and Lad- full particulars see Mammoth Posters. Frank Edwards, business agent.” ‘The Rambler has picked from The Star of January, 1863, certain| of the old city. Under date of Janu- ary 8 he found this: “Yesterday after- noon about 2 o'clock as a dozen or their unrivaled Soiree d'Ethiope. For more colored men were engaged under | der Company, police and citizens »~ | could | Wednesday, | saloon of Henze, | arrested | pany: President, Robinson. T. Mar-h, B. F cob Dyser and John I’eabod; urnish Background for T heater Tales by Rambler brought out’the bedy of Capt. Simms, which was buried under the wreckage and 30,000 bushels of wheat. The re- mains of Capt. Simms were taken to the house of his son-inlaw, James | Carroll, on L near Third southeast Capt. Simms was born in Charles County, Md.. and had-lived in Wash- ington 19 vears. Continuing, The Star reporter wrote: “The house was one of the oldest in Washington, having been built over 50 years ago. It belonged to the es- tate of the late William Spedden, whose son, with his partner, Mr. Smoot, a short time since reconverted it into a warehouse. Monday, January 12, funeral of the venerable William M. Morrison, bookseller, near the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and a-Half street, took place afternoon from his residence, on Four- | and-a-Half street. A very large num. | ber of people attended to pay the last | sad honors to the respected dead. Sev- | eral of the Supreme Judges and other | distinguished characters were present. The funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Morsell of the copal | Church, and an_excellent biographical | sketch of Mr. Morrison was read by | Dr. Sunder “Anothe | heeves reached here y |B. & o Iroad, and were driven to the Monument ( | _“For somd time past Mr. John M. | Kilmon, corner of Twenty-second and | M streets, missed large quantities of cabbage.” A watch was set, “and on Sunday morning about 2 o'cloc | women, Mary Kienan and Eli | Walker, got over the fence, and securing as much cabbage carry they started off.” | rested and committed to jail You remember when it a citizen to escape being | with a gold-headed cane” January 14, 1863, J. F. Brown, alderman from the third ward, was presented with that kind of a stick, the presentation committee being Job W. Angu: C. Richar J. F. Hodgeson. G. Alfred Hall and C. The Star said “The cane is got up in Sam Lewis’ h(’sl style.” zens became fndignant and told as now. Listen: 16, 1863—“Editor of The Star: Can you inform your readers of the seventh ward why it is allowed that whole acres of ground lying just north of James Creek is permitted to he the receptacle for mules and other ¢ that die from disease in that the city, or, rather, it would seem from the num ber to be from all parts of the city?” Signed “An Old Taxpayer and Reader of The Star.” Same date—“Attention of the police alled to the sarbage thrown out on the street in front of the lager beer Menzel ‘& Mertlein, Eleventh and 1863—“The e drove of fine ¢ by the at_once ounds. ter they Ar s hard for presented Well, on on D street between ‘Twelfth. “Mrs. Eliza Latham of Vir; at Alexandria by Col. Tait *»¢ attempting te take sontr na gocas through the lines.” Committed to the Old Ca,. Prison, Star, January 3, 1867 officers of the Columbia nia was Tiecuon of Fire ol Thomas H. Robin son; vice president, Jacob Dyser; sec- y George Hitz: treasurer, James | McDermott: corresponding. see retary, Marcellus Marceron; librarian, W, | Hicks; marshal, Isaac Beers of engine, Thomas Marsh hose, James R. Dobb; engine direc: tors, B. F. Beers, P. Roach and J. P. Keith; hose directors, R. B. Tait Daniel Barron and W. Mahone: - gates to the Fire Department, T. H Hk.’er!. Ja ptain of &