Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-05
MULTUN IN PARVO.

MULTUM IN PARvO
The temperance men in England are about
to petition their Parliament for prohibitory
liquor law.
The Jews of Wheeling have fitted up large
room to be used as a synagogue.
The price of Gas at Cincinnati has been
reduced to s2.3S per LOCO cubic feet
The Bank of France had not raised its rate
of interest, but the discount houses in London,
on the 10th ult., gave notice that they should
charge an advance of one quarter per cent in
their rates for money CALL which would
make the charge 3! per cent,
Spanish coin is not worth what it passes for.
Spanish quarters intrinsically are not worth
more than % cents, and some not 20; shillings.
10 to l0i cents; six-penny pieces, to scents.
Extensive forgeries have just been discov-
cred at Pittsburg. The forger is stated to be
a man named a. S. Bryson. Mr.. South,
| coachmaker, suffers to the amount of 81 800,
and various other persons for different amounts
besides n number will lose heavily by him on
book account.
The Rockville Jonyl.ai says: The corn
crop of Montgomery county is over an aver
age; potatoes have turned out badly; the Oat
crop may be set down as failure not much
| tobacco raised: the apple crop is an unusually
| small one. Owing to the scarcity and high
price of guano, we fear that many of our far
| mers will be prevented from seeding this fall
The aggregate amount Of tonnage now on
tho stocks at the port of New York is 81 COZ.
of which 1S, $50 tons are in steamers and 13, 357
tons in sailing vessels.
Gloucester vessel has been seized in a
provincial Fort by British cruiser, under
| aggravating circumstances it is said
The Newark Mercury says that single wo-
men, who were free-hOlders, voted in New
Jersey US late as the year 1900. In a news-
paper of that date is a complimentary editorial
TO the female voters. for unanimously support
ing John Adams for President, in opposition
to Mr.. Jefferson.
Ice formed half an inch thick at the White
Mountain Station House, n. H., on Thursday
| night, and all thu mountains in the vicinity
are covered with snow
A little paper, called "The Half Cent" has
been started in New York The newsboys
cry, Here's the Half Cent, give me cent,
and I'll give you half cent change
The books for subscriptions to the Pacific
Railroad stock already show over $34 600 600;
| of which $50 ,250, 600 were subscribed in New
York in one day. The whole amount required
for the undertaking is only one hundred mil
T.
subscription is bogus?
Il have good ear, wonderful ear" said
! a conceited musician, in the course of CONVEX
sation $50 has a Jaekass," replied a by
stander.
Strikes for reduction in the number of
hours of labor in factories are spreading all
| over the Union. The Louisville Courier says
| that the hands in the Wollen Factory at Frank
fort, Ky, have struck for reduction of two
hours per week in the time they work They
now work fourteen hours. They wish it re-
duced to twelve.
AS there appear, to be some desire to reduce
the large amount of surplus revenue in the L.
S. Treasury, correspondent of the New York
| claimants for French spoliations, hold gem
eral meeting, to adopt measures to urge Con-
gress, at it's coming session. to pass the bill to
! liquidate the debt so long due them.
! The constitutiOnality of the Liquor Law is
| to be tested in the Supreme Court of Massa
| chusetts, at Mddlesex county, in October.
| NJ. koszta. who was arrested ut Smyrna,
| held the rank of captain in the Hungarian
army. and was under the immediate comma nd
! of Gen. BEN, and he says has been in active
| service in more than twenty-five battles.
Several large iron furnaces and rolling
mills are about to be put in operation at
| Portsmouth, Dauphin county. Pa.
| The Boston Courier thinks that Macaulay,
in his History of England, ut the present rate
| will not reach George Ill before 1873 If so,
| he emit reach Victoria before 1850
The yellow fever has disappeared from St.
| Thomas, whore the crops are said to be large
GENERAL CARY.-The Cincinnati Euquirer
| says: In answer to our correspondents quos-
| tiOns where did Samuel +. Cary get his title
| of General! and wkat division Of the army or
militia did he command! ?" We reply that this
| very distinguished man obtained his title by
having held the office of Paymaster- General a
| short time, during the Gubernatorial term of
| Thomas Corwin. He was succeeded by Cen
eral Thomas Powell. late of this city The
| mill 1nfSa hot thaan