Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-12-26

Eg The total free white population Of ST.
Louis is l22,3l3; free colored. l,239; slave,
l,649-totai, 125 pol To this Is 900 is added
for tho estimated floating population, com
posed principally of those who follow the river,
making tho total population 10000.
NICETIEs OF THE LAWN the Municipal
Court at Boston, Mass, few days since, a
nan was under trial foT stealing certain bar-
rely OF mackerel, ard discharged OF the
ground Of flaw in the indictment as the tes-
timony went to prove that they were halt
bGrrsLs'
TEE SUBLIMITY OF IMPUDENcE Tho pIes
OF insanity is set up in defence Of huntington,
the New York forger, and, to strengthen il,
MS counsel states that his operations in forged
paper during the year amounted to near
S2o,OeO 600 Such plea is fagrant insult
TO common sense.
tB@ The navigation Of the Ohio river is
nOw greatly impeded by ice, if not actually
Suspended, at many points Of trade connection
with Baltimore Wheeling and Zanesvile az
last accounts were suffering in this respect,
and there is httle doubt hat the same may be
said Of the Western ports generally.
a GooD SALE.-Mr. James Mcclure, living
abou. four miles from Fincastle, Va, sold his
farm at public auction, on the 1lth Of this
month, to Mr. John Brugh for the handsome
sum of 5000 per acre. This is said TO be the
highest price ever paid for land in Botetourt
county.
t1y@ The North Carolina Legislature have
passed an act repeating that clause in the con-
Sututlon Of the State, making a property
qualification 10 voters in the elect;On Of State
Senator'S. The act submits the change to the
people at the general election in August next.
Ihc Wilmington Journal ;says there is no
dCG5t Of its ratification.
APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE NoRrH.-The
bin Of fare Ofthe Pulaski House in Savannah,
where all the delegates ID the Southern Com
Incrcial Convention dined, contained New
York bee" " Round Of New York corned
beef" and Philadelphia Mutton" The
delegates had no scruples about receiving ap-
prOpriatiODs from the North for such internal
| improvements.
HA committee appointed to examine into
the grounds of the reported negro insurrection
| in Harrison county, Texas, found 'Ho evidence
OF any concert Of action, or any definite ideas
among the negroes Of what they intended TO
| do There had been some loose talk"
based upon the /" belief that they would be
| fres if Fremont was elected"
T The Reported Wreck Of large ocean
| ste amer off Barnegat, started by the New York
Herald AMI telegraphed to this city yesterday
morning, is contradicted by later despatch.
The European steamers due at New York are
the Hermann, which sailed from Southampton
on the Sd, and is consequently overdue, and
the Baltic, which left Liverpool on the 10th,
| and is now fully due.
IEP The Churchman reports that Bishop
Doane, acting upon the provision adopted at
the late General Convention of the Protestant
| Episcopal Church, has instituted shorter SER
vice in addition TO the usual evening and NOR
ming prayer, which service includes the Mag
nifcat and the NuRc DImttts,-the former,
tae Song of the Virgin Mary ss given by ST.
Luke; the latter, the Song Of Simeon, as also
given by st. Luke.
SUGAR.-The ThibOdeaux (Ls) Minerva
learns that all Of the planters without excep-
ton, are making a most excellent article OF
sugar, though the yield from the cane per
ac1e IS quite small. The saccharlne proper
ties Of the cane are said TO have never been
better, weighing, in many instances, as hlgn
as nine and ten degrees. Inc crop as pre-
viously stated, will be unusually small.
S At saltwater, Minnesota, Rev. A. q.
Nelson, Methodist minister, broke down IN his
Sundav morning sermon, and was SO con
f1unded by the unaccOuntable and awkward
dilemma that he summarily dismissed his con.
grecation and ran home lie got there Just in
in time to save his house from destruction by
fre, which was well under way. He consider
cd the event providential, and preached u
easy as usual in the afternoon.
T A gentleman who had been absent f5r
considerable time, and who, drrins bis trsV-
els, had cultivated a great crop " whiskers
aud moustaches, visited a relative whose little
litl had been his especial pet The little girl
made no demonstration to sslutipg him with
kiss as usual why, child, said the mother,
don't you give your old friend a kiss ;"
"Why, ma, - said the child, with perfect sim
! pli,ity, " don't see any place"