Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-05-14

ID little girl died recently at Rome, N Y,
nom the effects Of over-eqertion In jumping a
rope.
ID Th!rty-two thousand pounds of very hand
some polar whalebone have been sold In New
Bedford at ~ cents per pound, cash. ..r
II The Petersburg (va.) Express has been IN
formed that the chinch-bug campaign has fairly
begun in Amelia and adjoining counties.
" The Hagerstown Md. Chronicle saws the
sont, Mountain is on fire. and for several NIGHTS
presen,e. grand spectacle.
" Tbs .n.ingheld Reppblican saws that the
amount of mon, iavlsheo upon profigate fe-
All their churches, this the Massachusetts
morality that is to do so l. 9nch Tor kansas !!
IL proclamation of tn general government
Of New Zealand offers rewaI Is 70 .ne extent Oh
e. 600. '1for the discovery of Wcsen means Tor
rendering the fax and other fibrot. pants OF New
Zeuland available as articles of exp ON.
The MEMPHIS CELEBRATIoS.-Thrs Jubilee,
on the occasion Of uniting the waters OF she NJ
large portion of the press in the regions embraced
by the enterprise. All speak in glowing terms OF
the interest Of the occasion, socially and comme
cially.
The return train from Memphis made the trip
OF $50 miles, without changing cars, in ffty-two
hours.
u A correspondent Of the Mexican Extraor-
binary gives an interesting account OF the mines
of Sonora. Arizona, and Sisaloa, :. throughout
their whole extent, deep beneath mountain ridges
and river courses, one continuous chain Of gold
and silver lodes." The Apache Indians. accord
ing to the writer, have hitherto prevented the ex
ploration OF this country, whose mines would
I" purchase California with her mountains OF
gold A rich country, surely.
II A man once travelling by a stage coach in
Michigan, was unfortunate enough to be on a bad
road, where he was obliged to 90 on foot, aud
carry fence rail to help Pry the stage ont of mud
holes. Becoming exhausted and impatient, he
addressed the driver.
''Leok here old fellow, I've no objections TO
paying ten cents mile for nv fare, and no objec-
tons to foot, but III not caIry this rail
another rod l."
IL The morals Of Cincinnati do not appear 10
be better than those of Boston. A single paper of
that city Monday chronicles the desertion of
his family by a city functionary in company with
his wife's aunt; the elopement of the wife Of q
real estate broker; the elopement of the wife of a
steamboat captain, and the attempted suicide of
another wife on account of desertion by her ,hus-
tand and consequent restitution. This Is GER
tainly startling group of immoralities to become
public in a single day.
SNALI-PoN-Afauy districts Of the Southern
states have been more or less afflicted by small
Pox the present spring. Virginia has es pecially
been rife with rumors Of its presence In some of
her rural regions; and we observe the Columbus
(Oa Sun says that from the best information il
can obtain the small pox is slowly but GRADUALLY
extending at the points where it has broken out
In that State. In Warren county the disease has
extended to ten cases, all from one person having
come from distance with the disease in his sys-
TEN.
ID We are Informed that Baron Ward has
given notice to the Imperial Agricultural Society
of Vienna that he challenges all reaping machines
constructed in Europe America TO compete with
hi-1n improvement on Hussey's-patented in
Vienna. on the 10th of December 1855, for the
sum OF 40 iorins, to cut five Austrian jochs-
nearly seven English acres-next harvest on any
3Tour4 in the Austrian dominions which the ac-
ceptor may please TO choose. The acceptor has
also the choice Of rape, wheat, barley, oats or
clover; the only condition being that the prize
shall be awarded to the machine which does the
work IN the shortest time and in the neatest IN