Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-11
IL The Mobile Register Acknowledges the
receipt Of plums ripened in MAY

IL The Mobile Register Acknowledges the
receipt Of plums ripened in May.
IL The rate of mortality Of all the Arctic Ex-
petitions since ls1s-exclusive Of that Of the mis-
sing e1PeditiOn-is actually less than X per
centum.
CoLORED FIREMES.-The colored fremen Of
Savannah, Ga, held their annual parade last
Week mere are ten companies In all number
Ing between seven and eight hundred men.
BONE SHARK.-The largest shark ever taken in
Providencetown harbor was caught there last
week. He was 30 feet long, Welding one and a.
half tons OF liver, which will ma ke eight barrels
Of oil; total value S2OO.-Ne,o Bedford Mercury
ExPUNGED.-It Is stated that the Alabama CON-
ference Of the Methodist Episcopal Church has
unanimously voted in favor Of expunging from
the discipline the general rule forbidding sbuy-
ing and selling of men, women and children with
an intention to enslaye them"
ID The American Institute of Homeonatbv
commenced It's fourteenth annual meeting at Chi
cage on the Sd instant. The meeting was called
to order by DR.. F. r. McManus, Of Baltimore.
Nd general secretary, after which DR. Drake of
Pittsburg, was elected chairman.
LARGE TROUT Chester Harding Of this CITY,
who is out fishing somewhere in Vermont and
Northern New York, bias sent here to various
gentleman thirty trout which weigh forty pounds
Seven of these fellows were tyo-pounders =
Springfield Republican
III The Galveston (Texas) Civilian, of May
18th. says: "A man named Staache jumped frorf,
the san Antonio stage, few DAYS since into the
Guadalupe, but was taken out by the passengers
and resumed his seat in the stage. On arriving
at seguin, he remained in the stage until the otbef
passengers had left il, and then blew out his
brains with pistol
u Housekeepers should know now that the
season Of pies and buildings is approaching and
sugar inoTdinately high, that the rhubarb goose
berries and currantS may be neutralized by put
tinS third Of teaspoOnful of soda in the frui,
and without affecting the flavor A less quantity
OF sugar will then answer to sweeten
~ The Partisan cabinet makers are said to
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OF Its combining so many elegant qualities None
other Is so full Of spots satiny Iusre and yarieoa
ted veins; 1t takes perfect and exquisite polish,
and the hues pass from a deep fery red TO those
manent. -'' Pe'-
ID A lady Of Yarmouth recently laid her
shs n misg our upon me grass Upon taking 1t in
Pearance OF which she could not account
yeaIhng helfer belonging to the place after
seVeIai DAYS sickness, died post morten er-
ANIMATION was made and the articles found in
her stomach, partially masticated, but dry and
wadded together. ""N
III lot Of fifty cattle arrived Yesterday a,
estneId, Mass, by railroad, from Cape Vincent,
N. Iney Were purchased in Canada by Con-
nectcut dealer, where the scarcity of fodder has
caused the death OF a large number from sta wa
s .io1, me price paid was 81 per head, to which
Springfield Argus, 9th.
POPLAR DREAD OF THE CoMEr-In ENGLAND
the fear OF harm from the approach of the eS1ect
"a COMET mas prevailed to an inc redible extent
not only among the masses but among the culti.
Nateo and the aristocratic. Many have believed
that the world would come to an end on the I3tI
OF June; the Scriptures have been anxiously,
searched Tor predictions of the event and the
priests and clergy have been tormented with
questions. " ''
CASE OF ASIATEC CEoLERA-The Boston
Journal states that considerable excitement erist
ed In East Cambridge on Sunday owing TO the
current IeP port that respected citizen IDEA Geo
Inevitably had been suddenly attac ked with cboI
era; About o'clock in the morning Dea New
hall was seized with sudden illness which so
alarmed his friends that he immediately sum
moned Dr. Hooker, who pronounced the symp-
toms In every respect similar to the Asiatic chol
era. A1
haR1cuLTr7E AND NAyIGAfIoS-The Nev
iork IiHes having urged the Yacht Club to in
stltute an annual pilot boat race under its ausni
cesl partly on the ground that the Agricultural
socletes OF several States have for wears bren in
The habit Of Offering double sets of prizes TO the.
own members first, and then to all the seafarjng
Worlo al large-the Courier suggests that tbess
prizes OF agricultural societies 10 the seafarin0
world VIII probably he distributed in the follow,
ing oIoer First, for blowing the sea second. for
masts that rake well; third, for the most harrow
Ing shipwreck-'' ~"