Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-08-24
Varieties.

give our readers an IDEA oil the extent to
which the adulteration Of certain articles
is practised in England:
I'm the course Of the proceedings in
the Bankrupt Court on Friday, some Gu
rious statements were elected in reference
to the adulteratior of coffee with chicory.
The bankrupts had been very large man
ufacturers of the so-called coffee, and at
trlouted their stoppage to the treasury
order prohibiting adulteration. In reply
TO questions from the Commissioner, they
stated that when the trade was in n
heGltky state, and they were able to get
Cd to l0d per Id. for their so-called coffee.
they made it up half chicory and half
coffee; but that when the competition of
other houses ~ had reduced the price to
Cd, it was made up II os. Of otickory ond
2 o.. of coffee 10 the pound. 1t was not.
however, asked how much chickory was
IN the chickory."
1.-THE following is California
story" which is charged upon the San
Joaquin Republican, simply because twas
first found in that paper 1t says: "a
capital story is told Of two residents of
Contra Costa county, one of whom, by
the way, is relative of Zachary TAYLOR.
The two gentlemen alluded to went out
nceto practice with theirrifles. Taylor,
who is dead shot, offered to make a bet
that he could hit potato Mt forty PAGES
Ia William Tell, the potato to be placed
on the top of his friends head. The bet
was accepted. They took positions, and
the rfieman carefully drew "a bead" on
the potato. Just as he got the object
spotted, his friend fwho had his eve fixed
upon the weaponl cried out Not so low
not quite so low" At the moment,
"crack" went the rife. and the potato
was cleft in twain. The target, however,
was right; the aim was lcctle too low,
the bullet just grazing the head.
ErGeneral Arista. of Mexico, now in
London, having been misunderstood and
reported to say that good land could be
purchased in abundance in Mexico at
three half pence per acre, has addressed
letter to the Dmly Ncrs. in which he
thus accounts lor the mistake Sir
Roderick and | conversed in a manner
which might easily lead to a misconcep-
tion-he in Italian and in Spanish, with
only such guide as the analogy betwixt
the two languages might afford. In this
manner | answered several of Sir Roder-
ick's question; and | told him as curl
Gus fact, that [ seid on the frontier, near
the river Bravo, for S35 200, an estate of
100000 acres Of the very best land. We
made a calculation of how much this
came to per acre IN sterling, and we erro-
neously made it three halfpence instead
of three pence half-penny, which is the
exact rate"
ULate foreign papers say: The great
est anarchy is said to prevail in Syria.
Some deserters had seized on Turkish
mail in the village of Dimas, near Damas-
Gus. The conductor was robbed Of l50,-
600 piastres, and afterwards killed. The
Christians arc leaving Antioch and Aleppo
with their families, and coming to the
seaports. The Christian and Druse in
habitants Of the LibanUs arc taking up
arms.
UNot long since, the commiSsary of
police at Paris was called in to inspect
the body of man who had died in
state of the most deplorable misery. For
some time past his poverty had been re-
lieved by few of the neighbors who pit
led his distress. He had no wife or fam
lily. On inspecting his miserable, dirty,
and gloomy room, he was found to be
possessed of no less than GS4,000-or
about 420,000Awhich he had boarded
up.
A FULL Dose FOR TIE DocroRs.-The
celebrated DR.. James Johnson, editor Of
the London Mcdioo Chirurgicel Rerie,r.
thus unboSoms himself:
Il declare as my conscientious opinion
founded on long experience and reflection,
that if there was not single physician,
surgeon, apothecary, man mid wife,
chemist, druggist, nor drug on the face of
the earth, there would be less sickness,
and less mortality imam now prevail" "
UMiss Dix, the philanthropist, has
lately made an offer to pay Gl500 to-
wards Lunatic Asylum in Newfound-
land, provided the citizens Of St. John
and vicinity subscribed f2O00. The offer
had been promptly responded to, and a
subscription paper opened, on which the
Governor and two leading merchants sub
Scribed fl00 each.
GA letter from New Orleans, states
that family Of seventeen in that city
(inclCding ten blacks, had been all at.
tackled with yellow fever, and though some
were brought very low they all recovered
One reason for this was, that the suffer-
ers received early and &C ntinucd attention
until out of danger.
UA new kind of steam wagon has
Just been introduced at MarseilleS, in
Franco, the object of which is TO take very