Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-23
NEWS ITEMS FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Considerable excitement exists in Boone
county. Ky, in consequence Of the alleged
participation of Dr. T. j. Trundle in Kid
mapping slaves. On Saturday last. Trundle
was arrested for kidnapping a number Of
slaves belonging to different neighbors. Under
the pretext of aiding their escape, it is charged
that he sent them, by his agents, to New Or
leans and sold them On his trial where Gov
Morehead and others appeared for his defence
the facts were so far established that the heavy
bail of SIS. 500 was required The public
excitement was so great that violence was
threatened to any one who should become his
bail. His trial will take place at the October
session Of the Court.
Soap or strong soap-suds, will destroy green
paint more readily than any other color The
ley has the effect on oil paints that it has with
grease. Many painted rooms, window blinds
&C., are soiled by carelessness or ignorance of
washer women, in the application of soap or
strong soap water.
penny, says Gregore's Commercial Die
tlonary at per cent. simple interest for
1900 years amounts to shillings and II pence
half penny, but at compound interest it
would be larger sum than could be contain
ed in 1000, 900 of globes. each equal to the
earth in magnitude, and OF solid gold.
Greek merchant named Barbakis, resi-
ding at Moscow. deceased some time since,
leaving his entire fortune, which exceeds
81, 800 900, to the Greek Government, to be
applied in aid of publication in Greece. The
money has safely arrived at Athens.
Among alot of old lumber recently sold at
auction, in Paris, was the guillotine of the
Reign of Terror, and the basket belonging to
it, into which the heads of its victims dropped,
under the bloody system Of Robespierre, in
Guiding the head Of that heartless butcher
Tram sliI
knife. aud basket, certified by Government
| officer. were sold at public auction. before an
immense crowd of spectators, for fifty francs;
and directly after the articles were committed
t. bonfire. amid the cheers of the people
The Republican .joUrnaI, at Belfast. Me-.
thus concludes a review Of the Worlds Tenn
perance Convention:
And now to wind up, we will state what such
an observation as daily contsct with the
world will show any one to be true of Maine.
Liquor is sold in Maine, and in large aunti-
ties. Nine out of ten of the larger hotels sell
| Sometimes 1t is almost common at the legal
| agencies, and sold from thence to be drank
under the noses of the law men. We think
az many persons drink in Maine as ever, and
| more young persons especially. People who
| never cared about such thing before drink.
| perhaps out of curiosity. and to see what this
| thing is that men make such a hulaboo about.
Inc law Is not specially enforced by temper
| ance men. We know no organization to en-
force it in this city. 1t is like other laws in
the hands of the constituted authorities
That miserable humbug, Millerism, which
few years ago dclu led and turned the brains
of so many weak and silly peraons, is again, il
seems, revived, and in some portions of the
| country finds converts. There are now two
societies in Nashau, n. H., according to the
Gazctte of that place, who keep up Hines
midnight cry or yell Some of them profess
to believe that the world will come to an end
in 1854, and none of them can stretch its ex.
istence more than two years from this time.
| A letter from Havana states that the health
of the city proper was good, but that the NOR
tality among the soldiers and marine employ.
ees was excessive, and that all the hospital.
were full of patients. 1t was reported thai
Canedo had been removed, and that his sue
cessOr was on the way