Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-20

NEWS ITEMS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
The proprietor of bar-rorm advertises for
young man who ,s pleasing in his manners,
honest. and S0brr. 10 attend at the bar Thi.
Is the coolest thing yet. A pleasing Young
man keeping himself sober. that he might ntt
fail in extending 10 other people 4 chance 10
part with their Sohriety.
y German writer says that /" the people of
the United States can burst more s,esmboats
and chew more tobacco than any other fya
nations on the globe.
Quinine is said to be used bv many of tho
Mobile physicians. as 4 remedy for yellow
fever. The patient is given but one dose-s
large one-20 grainS-taken soon as symr-
toms of the disease Income apparent Ii re-
leyes the racking pains in the head and back.
puts the patient 10 sleep. and he wakes Up in
pcrspiratiun, cured.
The increase Of the Custom House reyenue
for the present year, in France. has been 40
considerable, that the difference between that
for the whole of the past year. and that Of the
seven months of the present amounts TO not
quite 5000
The Boston Traveller say, that artizan.
were never in as urgent demand or at as high
wages as at present in that city GOOD ma
chlnlstS command s. - Per day; hailcr ma
kcIs and blacksmiths 50; carpenters, 50, and
20 on. Ten hours are days work
Trr pecan crop Of Texas promises to be un-
usually large this year. This is a crep that
docs not usually yield well oftener than every
third year. Last season the crop was confined
to very small portion of the trees.
The lext Congress will contain more new
members than any previous one. Nearly two
thirds of the whole number have never been
| in Congress before.
Even fool, when he Loldeth his peace is
Z NtaI l.
esteemed a man of understanding
! young woman was married in Boston n,
Sunday, and died on MondGy
The property of James Forman, recentlv
deceased in Cincinnati. long of the firm Of
Strader and Forman, il valued at $500 O0O.-
Mr. L. was bachelor, and died without a
VIII. His sister. residing in New York is the
only heir at law, and is now in Cincinnati
preparing to take possession of the estate.
Compulsory vaccination is enforced in Enr
land, in the case of ali children born after
August LIST, 1858. II must be performed with
In four months after birth, and the child
brought before a medical officer for his GER
tlhcate OF the success of the operation.
The Mayor of Montrca! having been indicted
for bis alleged criminal conduct at the time of
the Garazzl riot, re :ently rendered bis resip-
natien. but on the question coming before tb.
City Corcil-" Shall the Mayors resignation
bo accepted :" it was mega ived bv Il vote of
10 ayes 10 ) nays, tighferH N-tes in the affirm
ativc being the required NJ nber The Nor
srcal Guectie states that Lieut.. Col Ho-arth
and Capt. Cameron 26'h Regiment have been
arrested on the affidavit oi IL soldiers fnr
murder committed by giving the word to FIRE
They gave bail in one thousond rounds each
these soldiers are the same no. after the
Coroner 9 inquest were placed under arrestb
their Commander, Hosartb, under charge of
perjury.
A number Of the stone -masons about Liver
pool. have recently adopted the mcus;ache NC
protection against the fatal efects If dust.
i'll the exercise of their craft, and with sslu-
tary effect. 1t is undoubtedly an important
provision of nature tor ths protection of tho
lungs.
The French Minister. Count de Sartiges. bs.
addressed the Secretary of State in reference
to the Universal Exhibition of Fine Arts 10
take place in Paris in 1879, at the same time
as the Universal Industrial Exhibition. He
desires the designation Of m agent TO repre-
sent the American people at tie Exhibition.
Dir. Marcy expresses a solicitude for the sue
cess of the exhibition, hut states that tie Gov
ernment has no authority TO make the appoint
ment desired.
China proper contains I.009 600 sousre
miles, and the dependencies which cover an
area Of about 4.000.0G0 square mics. max.
the area of the whole empire about } SEQ Oea
square miles Though the dependencies con-
Sstlng of Chinese Tartary. Thibet Little Ru-
charia and the peninsula Of Corca, ere three
times the extent of China Itself in other re-
spect5 they are vastly inferior to it. beiny i'm
great proportion comparatively desert.
with struggling AMI RI i.aciouS population
perhaps altogether not one-tcnth in number
Oh those Of China proper.
The London ia s.fte of the ID instant c,n.
taius proclamation by which il is urdereI
that the gold coils of the United Statos hall
be legal tender in he British West India colo
nies, at The following race. viz: the eagle M
the rate of for, y-cAe 81 ;ars sterling: tho
half eagle nj twenty slIiii.n.s and siT,cnce
sterling: the quarter c-lr II ten shillincsnpd
three pence sie.iing; :! "a the gold dollar at
four shi!llngS and one penny sterling.
Multitudes of strangers from the country.
says the Boston AZ dicaf JO"mat, are hockiDg
to Boston on very Singular business, consider.
ing the boaSted intelligence of the age Itis
"a consult two professcd astrologers. One of
them. as announced by circulars of the most
eNtravasant character. prescribes magical
medicine, Their services arc in the highest
demand-and :hey arc a!most overwhelmed
with patronage. Both are forei -ner. Their
daily receipts, even making dedaction of 20
per cent from what rumor reports, far exceed
the Income ot any four physicians in the city
The wheat production of Ohio is estimated
to average 25,oG0-0n0 bushels per annum. of
which i3,aoO,O0o are surplus 1t is said that
only about one-ftih OF the land in the State
Is Under cultivation. While some of the pre-
MUM corps exceed 80 bushels to the acre. the
average yield of the state will not exceed I6
bushels
The Syracuse StaEG9rR says II is rumoyed
about The city that Arnold Woodward. Son
Co: enc OF or largest dry goods firms. have
>usr eide payment. The amount OF their
failure is said to be between $500 900 and
500 OGn 'R