Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-14
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DeCduSc Hc was OppOSeu W ueT attending
the night meetings. The preacher, who
was holding forth on the occasion, was so
enraged at this seeming impudence of Mr..
E., that he sprang to the door, whereupon
a rencontre took place, in which the old
gentleman was much injured being fell
ed to the ground and dragged some TWEEN.
ty feet by the hair of his head. After
this the old man was imprisoned for s.dis-
turbiDg religious meeting" while the
pugnacious villain who dispensed the Cos
pei of peace to his hearers, was allowed
to go unwhipt of justice.
UThere are in the California Legisla-
ture seyenty-fve manageable bachelors,
thirty eight who rejoice in the possession
of wife, and one. who is q widower.-
The age of the oldest member of the Le-
gislature Is forty-si1; that Of the young
est twenty-three.
u The Magnetic Telegraph lines in
America extend over forty-one thousand
miles, and cost nearly seven millions of
dollars to build. Telegraphic Companion
sets down the various lines as follows ::
Morse line wires, sc ,972 miles; House,
$3.50 miles; Balm $40 miles. Total,
Al ,392 miles. The capital stock in the
Morse lines is SIS, 545 800; House, 1856.
900: Balm, SILL 900. Total capital stock,
S6,61l 800.
U Fifty thousand born subjects of
England are employed in the merchant
marine of the United States.
UA petition is in circulation in New
York praying the Legislature to repeal
the charter of the Tammany Hall Asso-
citation.
UAn Umbrella Greatcoat" has been
invited at Paris. When required, air is
blown ints the coat, the skirts are ex.
banded, and the rain falls off beyond the
legs aid feet.
q An extensive bed of porcelain clay
has been discovered On the line of the
North Carolina Central Railroad; and
valuable copper mine has been discovered
in West Fairlee, Va.
UAt the celebrated clock manufac-
tory in Connecticut, two hundred and
fifty men are employed, and the clocks
are manufactured at the rate of six hum
dred day. Each clock passes through
about sixty different hands. More than
half the clocks made in Connecticut are
sent to Europe.
cT"Jim, believe Sans got no truth
in him."
'.You don't know nigga; dare's more
truth IN dat nigga dan all de res on de
plantation.
'.HoB do you make dat?''
Why he never let any out"
20 Creditors never annoy a man as
long as he is getting up in the world. A
man of wealth only pays his butcher once
year. Let bad luck overtake him, and
his meat bill will come in every morning,
as regular as breakfast and hungry chill
dren.
UIt is said that the Russian govern
ment threatens to retaliate for the publ
cation of the secret correspondence, BY
making public English letters, among
them some from Prince Albert. 1t has
been officially denied by the ministers
that Prince Albert has written any such
letters as were charged upon him.
UThere are about sirty divorce cases
pending before the Supreme Court of the
little State of Rhode Island.
UThe paper on which the New York
Tribune is printed, cost the proprietors
1900 more than was received for it.
at two cents per copy, during the last
year. s-
GTTwo thousand ladies, at least, at
tended the great race at New Orleans on
the LIST.
u The bay of Ventosa on the Pacific,
1t is said, will furnish an excellent harbor
st the terminus of the route across the
Isthmus of Tehauntepec.
q Protestant progress in Turkey
within the last quarter Of a century, is
proof of the advance of liberation and re-
form within the Ottoman Empire. Dur
ing this time the Bible has been consider
ably circulated. so much so that writer
IN the London Christian Times thinks it
impossible that the work thus begun can
ever be destroyed.
UDurable or indelible ink may be
made by disOlying couple of drachms
lunar caustic, and half and ounce of gum
arabic, i'll gill of rain water. Indelible
red ink is made by mixing aud reducing
10 fine powder, half an ounce of YER
million, drachm Of the salt of steel,
and linsoed oil enough to render it of an
consistency Of black durable ink.
OThe Canada Times says that should
Prince Albert have his health, and the
Queen survive for ten years to come, the
Island of Great Britain will have to be
sold to defray the expenses of the royal
faHil y. -.. . 49,.
u The bill for the abolition of slavery
in the Republic of Venezuela has passed
the Congress Of that country, at the sug-
gestion of the President, Monagas. By
this measure some sixteen thousand slaves
are set free. -rf.y .-lrf.-.r- i..-t
" A fire broke out on Friday morn
ing, on WHAT'S known as Bakers Wood
Cutting, in Anne Arundel County, Nd,
which burned over 1000 acres, and de-
stroyed much valuable timber and wood.
The wild animals suffered severely, as
many Foxes, COons, Rabbits and Squirrels
were seen badly scorched. 81 .D5al
~ Sunday labor must cease upon the
canals and railways of the State Of New