Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-01
ODDS AND ENDS.

@ ODDS AND ENDS.
AN ELOQUENT PRAYER.-The chaplain
of the Indiana legislature, recently open.
ed the session with general prayer,
which closed with the following eloquent
and sensible invocation:
And, o Lord, have mercy on our le-
gislators. Be with them and bless them
even if they know Thee not. Spare their
lives and teach them to glorify thy pame
Hasten them to their homes where they
may direct their attention to good works
and general usefulness among their fam
lilies and neighbors. May the people re-
solve to keep them there, and IN future
elect men of sound morals and temperate
habits, 50 that good may hereafter result
from legislation. Save the good people of
the State from the disgrace which must
follow if the same crowd should nagai
come here to make laws. Hear US, Lord,
and grant our prayer. Amen"
EXTENSIVE PURCHASE OF CoRN.-The
Cork Qreland) Examiner contains the
following account of an extensive pur-
chase of corn in that city:
We understand that on the receipt of
information of private and exclusive
character, addressed to the representative
of Greek house in Cork, the gentleman
connected with that firm purchased in
this city, on Saturday evening, corn
amounting to the value of 100000. The
purchases made by the gentleman referred
to included 1000 tons of Indian corn, at
fl2 to fl3 per ton, cash, less one per
cent; and 500 bbls. of Ghifka and Maria
nople wheat, at Abs. to 46s. per Dbl. cash.
At an auction of wheat held this day,
1000 barrels of Taganrog Ghirk were
sold at ABS. Cd. to As. per barrel.
MARRIAGE. -Mahomet, at twenty, mar
ried wife Of forty; Shakspeare's Ann
Hathaway was seven years his senior;
DIR. Johnston's lady was twice his age at
their marriage Howard, the Philanthro-
pist, at the age of twenty -6ve, selected
wife of fifty-two and Mrs. Row, the
authoress, was fifteen years the senior of
her husband /; Margaret Fuller married
the Count D'Ossoli, ten years younger
than herself, and the immortal Jenny
Lind is said to be eight or ten years older
than Herr Otto Goldsmith. And these
are what are called in common parlance
happy marriages"
STRIKE OF JoURNEYMEN PAINTERS
The journeymen painters in Memphis,
Tennessee, have recently held meeting,
and resolved upon demanding An advance
of wages from 81 Is to 50 Is day. 1t
was resolved by the meeting, that any
,journeyman painter who adhered strictly
to the rules laid down by the strikers
should, in case of necessity, be entitled
to claim support from the members of
the craft-and to meet the objects of this
resolution, each member who obtains EN-.
ployment on the terms prescribed, is to
contribute the sum of thirty cents per
week.
A STONY HEARTED TREE.-Mr. John
Toothaker, who is engaged in extensive
numbering operations about the upper
waters of the Umbagog lakes, writes to
the Pennington Chronicle that one of
his men, who was telling q pine-tree
near the interchangeable, struck hard
substance which rendered his axe COM
parstively useless. On examination it
proved to be stone, which, when taken
out, weighed thirty.three pounds. The
stone was four feet from the ground, in
the centre Of the tree-the tree was per-
fectly smooth, and over two feet in diam
eter at the place where the stone was
Embedded.
" In 1850, a trial took place in Con-
necticut under the section of the Blue
Laws, prohibiting kissing. The offenders
were Sarah futile and Jacob Newlice.
1t appears that Sarah dropped her gloves
and Jacob found them. When Sarah
asked for them, Jacob demanded q kiss
for his pay. and as the demand did not
seem extrayagant, she adjusted it forth
with. The facts were clearly proved, and
the parties were each fined twenty shil-
lngs.
U The small pox has broken out
among the pupils and inmates of the Deaf
and Dumb Asylum in Indianapolis.
Seven cases fully developed, are now
under treatment. Every precaution has
been taken to prevent its spreading.
" The neatest style of fashionable
pantaloons IN New York is described as
"a light grey ground, with the castle of
Heidelburg In dark blue, on one Leo, and
Mount Vesuvius vomiting forth FIRE on
the other"
u The Boston Journal says In the
town of Bergen, in Portugal, is an elegant
church, capable of holding one thousand
persons, constructed entirely-statuesa and
all-of papier mache.
u Miss Cummings story of the
''Lampiighter', has been dramatized for
the National Theatre, Boston, by John
E. purvi.gs, Esq. -sS,lssa