Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-12-24

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race will bc the one finally selected for the
4 aabut OF these transatlantic fyers;' and, if
T Fludango and job MarsOn, or Melissa and
Alfred Day, cannot make mincemest OK them
oye- its fearful two and half miles equal TO
any four on the fst,) we shall be content 70
own oar Brother Jonathan 20 DC as great IN
horse-hreeding as he is in locks, and yachts,
and artificial legs. "-Porter's SptTtf of the
Times.
E There was a slight sprinkle Of snow At
AoultOn, Ala, on the 5th inst.
tRTho citizens OF Potsdam, New York;
have just raised S555. for I" bleeding" Kan
sac.
w Tho Missouri, Upper Mississippi ard
Illinois, are all goTged with ice, and the navi-
CATION suspended.
IL Turks Island dates Of Nov. s state that
there were then 2O0, 600 bushels salt on hand,
and quoted at l8 cents.
Ey' The Savannah correspondent Of the
PiJtsburg Express estimates the cest of tho
bail 10 tae Southern Convention at $40, 600.
[y@ The aduIteration and even manufsc-
ture Of guano are practioed in France 60 al ex-
tent which has provoked complaints in the
journals.
r. remarkable instance OF longevity is
meAU.oned il the Mexican paptrs-thst OF
lady WHO died 1T Actotopan, at the age of I3s
years.
E6~ Tho Sacramento Valley Railroad, the
pioneer VI It's kind in California, was at the
last acc9Urts, doing an immense freight busi-
hess
BANK OF EAST TEESEssEE The Knoxville
Whig of the 18th, says that the Bank Of Eas.
Tennessee is giving gold in exchange for all
bills payable at Knoxville.
kY=-ho jury in the case Of Lane Va The
Western Baptist Education Society, tried at
Cincinnati, have returned a verdict for the
plaintiff, and assessed his damages at $4,000.
EP The shortest day Of the year is the 2Ist
Of this month The afternoons of this week
are the shortest Of the yesr-shorter even than
the 2lst will be.
E9 Locking over tie returns Of the Iowa
electon we frd that Fremont beat Buchanan
in Buchanan county, while Buchanan beat
Fremont in Fremont county: Whats in a
Lame!'
Es An editor in Iowa has been fined
$3.50 for hugging girl ia church. Cheap
enough - We once hucged girl in meeting,
and it has cost us thousand dollars year
ever since.
E A correspondent Of the New York Even
ing Post suggests the establishment Of an
academy FOR the education of cooks, and sug-
gests that SlO0 900 would be a sufficient fund
for the purpose Not bad idea.
"a The Law report in the London papers
contains record of an instructive case, Z" Col
verwell as Sidebottom," showing how 9 very
young man gained away So, 900 in London
hell.
YOU'VE bHERICA-Anxious parent, who has
just finished whipping a child three years old.
" Now, my child, / hOpo you will be good, so
that shall not have to whip you again"
Child --'' II you must whip any one, you'd
better whip one Of your size" Fact.
FAt Monterey, California, between March
and the middle Of November eighteen whales,
producing I6 900 gallons Of oil, have been ia
ken by the fishermen along shore. The oil
was worth, in San Francisco, from $40 900
to Sl2 000
~ There are 551 rice plantation in Geor-
gis North and South Carolina, each raising
2O, 900 pounds and OveI. There are l6, ,745 to-
bacco estates of 5000 pounds each, and over,
in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. TheIs
are I,726 in Maryland.
r The Savannah Georgian announces
thai Mr. S. P. Hamilton has retired from his
editorial connection with that paper Hc is
succeeded by Mr.. A. X. Lamar who has be-
come associated with Mr.. R. B. Hilton as pro-
prietOr and assistant editor.
Ia Extensive preparations are on foot for
building a new city at the mouth OF the ONO
river, 10 be called Emporium. The smountof
cash realized from the first sale of lots was
500, ,OO0 large number OF hands are en-
gagged in constructing a marine railroad, and
numerous other heavy improvements
r A blind hand-orgsnist in Rochester
who went about the streets Of the city with a
little daughter, has just fallen heir TO an es-
tate in Wales, estimated to be worth million
of dollars Appointment legal Arm in ROchss-
ter is now e1gs ged in making out the necessary
papers
r. Referring to the tremendous speed OF
railway trains, Thsekersy says, not without
reason, that we do not travel nowadays;
We arrive at places" and Ruskin, In ms late
volume, SAYS railway travelling Is NOT travel
inc AT all IL il merely being sent TO place,
and yerv little different from becoming par
eel >
Pppop IN THE DATE "A servant girl fell
,ca;nst a hot stove in such q manner as e.
bssnd upon her arm the date which happened
to he on the stOve-IS0g. A surgeon was sent
for, who, however, happened to be absent,
and in his place an assistant came but when
he saw the date he shook his head and said to
himself: There is no longer any help for
this it is toe old an injury"
PAT AND THE THERMo4KTER.-In Auburn,
last winter, an IrishmaR walking along one Of
the streets saw q thermometer hanging at the
side Of the door on the front Cf the house.
Stopping a moment, he looked az IL, then sp-
proscbing it, raised his shela'eb, and eK
claimed, can faith, and yJu re the little
crether what keeps the wether SO eowld, are
ye!" and with a terrific blow, secOmpaI ed
with the usual Irish oath, brought it in
thousand pieces TO the ground