Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-19
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n NONSlDEhAIE NEhDlCT.-l0 ne SOrO-
ners inquest into the deaths caused bv
the fire of the military, in Montreal, du-
ring the Gavazzi riot, have returned a
verdict, in which they disclaim intending
any reproach upon the military, but rec
ommend that in the next riot where their
services may be needed, that the interval
between the order to fire, and the discharge
of guns shall be ''long enough to allow
all persons exposed to the fire to get safely
out Of reach"
ADoUBTFULC CHANCE. When DIR. Frank
Inns mother-in-law discovered that the
young man had hankering for her daugh-
ter, that good old lady said she did not
know SO well about giving her daughter
to printer: that there were already two
printing offices in the United States; and
she was not certain the country would
support them. 1t was plain young Frank
lin would depend for his support on the
profits of third, and this was rather
doubtful chance. If such an objection
was urged to would-be son-in-law when
there were but two printing offices in the
United States, how can a printer hope to
get wife now, when the present census
shows the number to be 1867.
TBE EFFECT OF A TIMELY ADMoNI-
T1oN.-An individual, who was cheated
by grocer out of a pound of sugar, by
that quantity of sand being mixed with
the material, put an advertisement in the
paper, stating that if the rascal who
cheated him did not make restitution bv
sending him seven pounds of good sugar.
he would expose his rascality. The next
day he received from nine different grocers
nine seven pound packages of sugar.
. DTA singular mode of betting is re-
sorted to on Sundays, on the western
waters, on which days there is no card
playing allowed. The gamblers sit around
a table, each having before him a lump of
loaf sugar stake is put up by the play
ers, and be upon whose lump the fy lights
first wins the "pile." They also make
side bets among themselves upon this
important event. The excitement often
wakes high, as the fly hoverS over and
around the sweet morsels, undecided upor
which to feast
ELEGANT EXTRACT.-The annexed beau
tiful lines are copied from tombstone in
the Protestant grave yard at New Orleans:
There's not an hour, or day, or dream
ing night, but | am with thee: there's
not wind but whispers of thv name, and
not flower that sleeps beneath the moon,
but in its hues or fragrance tells tale of
thee"
ILLNESS OF LAMARTNE.-Both Larmar.
tine and Lamennias are suddenly unwell.
Lamartine had lately recovered from an
attack of rheumatism, and these constant
of what appears to be the
same complaint under different causes, in.
spire his friends with good deal of un-
He left Paris a month ago for
his country seat at Macon.
MoMoNS IN TRoUBLE.-The Mormons of
Malmac, in Norway, have been summond
by the Minister of Justice to appear be-
fore the Court of Lund, and to answer the
numerous charges reported against them.
They are twenty in number. Their
chiefs, three priests of that sect, have been
accused OF many ln1amleS and sent to
prison.
u Two butchers in Cincinnati en-
5aged in quarrel, few days ago, during
which one of them seized clever. and
With one blow severed the arm of the
,ther from the body. Their names are
Joseph Blong and Mathew Ryan. Blong
vas arrested.
EMBRACING CHRIsuANrTY. This is
What the King of Siam said the first time
lie hugged an English girl. Not bad
,ut In, that.
" Hon. David R. Atchison, Senator
rom Missouri, is stumping the State.
The war between him and ''0ld Bullion
ages with increased fury.