Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-04-24
Robblng an Actre...


Robbing an Actress.
Thomas CASTOR and James Barry await al
examination before Recorder Bright on a
charge of having stolen four diamond rings
valued at about $500, from Miss Matilda
Heron, the we'll known actress. The rings had
been left by Miss Heron OH the supper table Of
the s., Charles Hotel, late on Saturday night,
and missing them she went back, but they were
gone, and there is pretty good ground for sus-
picion that the two walters, who were in the
room at the time, took felonious possession as
soon as they discovered them.-M. o. Delta.
New YoRK OVER SIXTY YEARS AGo.-When
George Washington was elected first President
OF the United States, he moved to New York,
and began looking around for residence be-
fitting his rank and station. At last he fixed
upon the house No. 8, Cherry street, and soon
after took up his abode therein. This was in
l789, and great were the complaints that the
President had fixed his residence so far out Of
town, way off on the road leading to the farm
Of Mr.. Rutgers. The objections which would
be urged now would be rather different. The
house was situated at about the corner of Dover
street.
+ GOLD IN THE GREAT SAHARA.--According to
the Center algeria, the great Desert of Sahara,
which 1t states is not 80 uninhabtable as has
been described, is rich in gold dust. In the
month of January last the Tauregs, race in
habiting the Desert, sent deputation to Gov
ernor General Random, protfering their friend
ship and their protection to trading caravans
coming to their country, or passing through to
the Soudan or to the Land Of the Niger
Among the articles which they named as in
ducements for trading caravans to visit them
were gold dust, ivory, fragrant gums, DC.
Another Algerian journal, the Akh6ar, in
confirmation Of the report of auriferous depo-
sage from the works of Ebu-Khadom, the his
torian of the Berbers:
The King Of Maili (city of the eastern Sa-
hara) arrived at Cairo with eighty loads Of gold
dust each of three hundred weight. well
informed man of Sedschelmasa related to the
kings interpreter that in the country of Kaskas
lamong the blacks) the Sultan Dshata, sue
cessor OF Mousa- Mussa sold the famous rock
OF gold, which was the most remarkable trea
sure OF the sovereign of Mail 1t weighed
twenty hundred pounds, and was kept in the
same condition as when first discovered
CIcARs.-The finest tobacco in the world
comes from Havana. But there is only limi
ted area in Cuba in which that tobacco is pro-
duced so that whilst the Havana tobacco may
be Of excellent quality in general, the best may
be the produce of very small area, and is
chiefly used in the island, or as presents, a very
limited amount going into consumption. To
bacco, scarcely inferior 10 that from Havana
has, however, been brought from Trinidad, and
the Southern Russian provinces. Manufacture,
on the other hand, exercises great influence
over the quality of tobacco. In Algiers, where
the climate is most favorable, the cigars are
not smokeable, because they are badly pre-
pared. Again, some English,made cigars are
Of much greater excellence than many of the
cigars imported from Havana, and paying the
highest duty as manufactured tobacco; and
there is no doubt whatever that it is quite prac-
ticable to make cigars in this country which
shall be undistinguishable in appearance, and
not very distinguishable in flavor, from any
except those first class Havana cigars which
scarcely ever come into consumption From
limbs I" Things not GENERALLY known