Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-27

u The Philadelphia Ledger publishes
from its books list of its circulation
for every day of the present year. The
lowest edition printed was fifty-one thou.
sand three hundred and sixty, on the
18th of January, and the highest, sixty
thousand, on Saturday the 18th of March.
This is an enormous circulation, and ex-
ceeds that of any other paper in the
world. The London Times prints about
ZOO daily, the Paris Constitutional
$4,000, and the New York Herald claims
over $4,000.
q The best parts of human qualities
are the tenderness and delicacy of feeling
in little matters, the desire to soothe and
please others, the minute of the social
virtues. Some ridicule these feminine
attributes, which are left out of many
mans natures; but have known the
brave, the intellectual, the eloquent,
possess these gentle qualities the brag-
CART, the weak, ne5er. Beneyolence and
feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
U7" In short-ladies and gentlemen, -
said an overpowered orator, 81 can only
say beg leave to add desire to as
sure you-that wish had window in
my bosom that you might see the emo
ton of my heart" Vulgar boy from
tine gallery" Wouldn't.a pane in your
stomach do this time 2"
u Richard Thomasson, residing sew
eral miles frow Georgetown, KY, shot
his brother, On Monday of last week,
causing immediate death. He fed, but
was in a short time arrested going towards
Lexington. The murderer is man of
considerable property, but held in univer-
sal detestation for bis bad qualities. Last
summer a negro woman, provoked to
desperation by his cruelty, very nearly
killed him, by hewing his head and upper
portions of the body with knife.
U Life is made up, not of great sac
rifices or duties, but of little things, in
which smiles and kindness, and small
obligations, given habitually, are what
win and preserve the heart, and secure
comfort.
70 A Mrs. Barker was recently buried
In st. Georges burying ground, Dublin,
and as the grave-digger was filling in the
earth, he heard a voice proceeding from
the coffin. He Immediately began shovel
ing out the earth, and succeeded, after
some delay, in getting to the body, which
ne found to be quite warm, bnt life was
extinct.
N Barney Williams and his talented
wife have received the handsome offer of
seven thousand dollars. from James Wal
lack, Jr., for five months service on the
London boards.
U The report of the Inspectors OF
State Prisons disclOses the fact that OF
the large number Of convicts now in the
prisons Of the States, there is not single
printer, while nearly all the other occu-
patlons are represented.
q A droll minister sends the name Of
new subscriber, recently baptised con-
vert, to the Western Waterman (Baptist)
and remarks: Il erred in letting his
hair get dry before Impressed upon him
the duty of subscribing for the Watch
man, and of paying for it always in ad-
vance,"
U There is young lady in Balti.
more whose breath is so sweet that the
storekeepers hire her to 60 out in winter
to freeze the same, which they sell for
candy.
U The yacht America, which won
such triumphs in sailing, is advertised to
be sold in London, in April, at auction.