Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-02

An [ NHEALTHY PLACE.-The temper
nee law of Massachusetts, prohibits the
ale Of liquors except for mechanical and
aedical purposes. The liquor agent of
" Bedford has just published his quar-
Y report of the work done in his de-
rtment for the three months ending on
e Odd of January, from which it ap-
ears that l,785 gallons of brandy, rum,
gin. whiskey, and alcohol, were sold
during the three months for medical and
mechanical purposes. Also 1884 gallons
Of wine, ale, stout, porter and beer. dur
ing the same period. As New Bedford
carries on mechanism but limitedly, it
mist be an awfully unhealthy place. The
number of doses of liquor-medicine swal-
lowed during the last quarter exceeded
100000. and that by population of less
than $4,000. As the whale oil is the
principal traffic of the place. perhaps the
ale, whiskey, and wine is mixed with the
spermacoti for the mechanical purpose Of
spiritual cubration.-Louisr1lle Journal.
PRETTY CooL.-A gentleman ON the
country, now stopping at one OF the ho-
tets, entered into conversation it'll one
Of the boarders, asking question about
the fair, &c. After few mimi es CON
veTSatiOn, the boarder drew his eli ar case,
SAYING
= VIII you take cigar, sir.
& Wall, don't mind if do vas the
rep'y.
The cigar was passed to him, ,lso the
one which cur boarder was smo'ing, for
the purpose Of giving him light. He
carefully placed the cigar first handed
him III his pocket, and took his knife and
CT off that end of the lighted one which
rad been IN the mouth of his generous
friend and commenced smoking the re-
maindsr, saying ....-
4 aln often that a man from the
country r,ins afoul of as clever fellow in
the city as Fou are"
C0CRT DREsS.-John NJ. Daniel, U.
; Charge at Turin, in a recent letter,
speaking Of Court dresses, says:
e have put myself to great deal of
t-oCbip abou. this very thing, because /
WISHED 10 establish the freedom of the
dress here for all future Charges, and
after = delay of several months, was
I other day presented to the King of
tins country in a suit of plain black
which ! have often worn in Richmond.
attended the first court ball of this sea-
son, 1T he same dress, and these are
tas oni times L have appeared at court
~ al. Since then have received an in
tIiHa-Iol1 that it would be esteemed the
civil thing if would hereafter adopt a
uniform; and as I do not wish either to
- 81 or appear uncivil, the probability
: hat shall keep away from the palace
hereafter as much as etiquette will allow
me-"
ICE.-it Is Judged by competent persons
that more ice is housed in New England
~ the present time, than was ever before
Faroed. Mr.. Wyeth, at Fresh Pond,
'am3F1d-e, has near $4,000 tons packed
O. his ice houses at Fresh Pond and
Aza5c-. The Wenham Ice Company
have upwards of 10000 tons and Gage,
'it'lnger x Co, have upwards of 12O 900
MS packed away, or in order for ship.
N, al Fresh Pond, Groton, and Troy,
y. Il. Mr.. Tudor, who few years since
was considered the ice-king in this quar-
ter, has lis houses full at Fresh Pond,
but his business is now on a small scale
compared with the aforementioned per-
sons. Ice for shipping is now selling by
ne cargo for about fifty cents per ton
boston Times.
tNTEBN ARRIAGE OF BLOOD RELATIONS.
C fredericksburg News says:
IL ne country in which we were raised
j twenty generations back, certain
-arll'y OF wealth and responsibility have
-Ltermarrled until there cannot be found
= -hree or four Of them a sound man or
17oman. One has sore eyes, another
zcroiuIa, third is idiotic, fourth blind,
. fifth bandy-ltgge sixth with head
about the SIZE OF turnip, with not one
Sat Oh the number exempt from physical
u mental detects of some kind. Yet the
ianJly perseyeres to intermarry with
each other, with these living monuments
constantly before them.
TIE RULERS OF EARTH.-There are at
present III the world Emperors, count
M Faustin the LIST; Is Kings, counting
JaUiaco, king OF Mosquito; 5 Queens. in.
Guiding Banavola, of Madagascar, and
queen Ponare; Is Presidents: 10 reiening
Princes; Grand Dukes; 10 Dukes; /
Pope; | Nardoni: 2 Sultans, (Borneo and
Iurkcy;) , Governors, Entire Rios and
Connetes;l ] Vice King, (Egypt;) l Shah,
tPersIa:l l lmaum, {Muscat;) l Enir,
tCabul:l Bey, (Tunis;) / Director, mi
caTagua') and | Dictator, Mexico.
How many Of these gentlemen will be
4eH az The end Of the coming war e
IhE WAY THEY SING IN AUSTRALIA
The following is Specimen of the songs
Inc Queens loyal subjects sing in air
Tns British Oaks rare old Tree,
But iarnalion old and tough. ~,
Z, viii not flourish here d. -. '
hlckory's The stuff, Ell