Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-03-16

~ Oregon now sends 70 q, 'alifornia consid
erabIe quantities OF butter, bso> W, eggs, and
smoked meats, which latter sre much fresher
than tn Sc cured in the Atlantic St, ates. They
command the highest prices.
H On Thursday night, two serrsa. girls
in the employ Of E III. Mann, residing on tho
Hudson River, N Y, made charcoal nre IN
their bedroom, and went to sleep They new
er aWoke. IL was a painful sight, that of the
two dead girls locked in each others emb brace.
II The Edgartown Mass } Gazette records
the death Of Mrs. Nancy Michael, in that
town, a. the age of about one bundered years.
She was generally know as g Black Nance" I"
She was looked upon by some as a witch, and
had acquired considerable influence over q
certain class of people.
DETERMINED TO HAVE THE NEWS rIRsr
The New York Times recalls the story of the
country editors, who, finding the body Of a
man hanging to lamp-post one night after
his own paper had gone to press, cut it down
and carried it home, to prevent bis rival from
publishing the news, and was himself indicted
for the murder.
1 Passing throug b the quiet little village
of Saline, in Indiana, fellow passenger point
ed out q weather beaten house Of worship as
the place where he once heard, on q rainy oc-
casion, the following prayer from the staid
preacher: "We thank thee, Lord, for the
art here also, Notwithstanding the inclemency
of the weather"
n A crazy man caused some constsrns.
tion few days since, by entering q passenger
car on the Central Railroad, near Rochester,
clothed in hat. cloak and q pair Of boots
only. A sudden flush Of heat caused him to
attempt to hang up his cloak and " cool off,
which caused some screaming, little fsiutipg,
| the stoppage of the train, and the return Of
| tae lunstic to the Asylum where he belonged
T :: Madam" said a doctor one day to
| the mother of a sweet, healthy babe, " the la
| dies have deputed me to inquire what you DO
/ to have such a lovely, happy. uniformly good
| child?" The mother unused for q moment
| over the strsngoness of the question and then
l replied, simply and beautifully: Why. God
| has given me a healthy child, and L let it
| alone"
| SICK HEApAcHE.-I have known the Sc
| yerest headache to be helped and the nervous
headache cured by some sympsthising perez o
rabbing with the hands from the top Of the
| head down, and Of the shoulders, after the
mesmeric manner. The mos. intense pain
can be soo.hed in few minutes by this sim
pie remedy, remembering to carry the hands
further away from the head when the down
ward pass Is made. This will also help the
/ toothaehe nine cases out Of ten -OkiO CKlt.
RocKAwAy TRAG EpY The village Of Rock
away is in mourning A schooner employed
by the Insurance Companies, for the relief OF
vessels with about thirty men on board, sll
married excepting three, has been missing
ever since the late January storm. From cir
cumstances which have trapspiredI tnefe Is
but little doubt that she was run down oy q
steamer off Cape Eatteras The mass ana
some of the wreck were seen, and IL Is iesreu
that not q soul survived. .-.-.
F Mrs. Patten, who savsd the insurance
omnauiss Of New York large sum OF money
bv navigating the ship Neptune's car 70 eah
yIauci.co, after her husband had eeen aEa-
bIed by disease, defeating the Efforts o. tne
| mate to procure q revolt. and securing I.
L GOOD will and cooperation of the second OH
Ger and crew by her intelligence aud eourage,
received a complimentary letter from the In
| snrance companies interested, with q remit
| lance of a thousand dollars, q short time ago,
| and her answer, thanking the Companies is
| published, in the papers IL Is SIMPLY sIo
| testify written, and short, too.
| DROWNED BEEF There has been quite an
excitement in Albany, N. Y, arising IRON the
| fact of the proprietors Of one OF the sisusnI
houses in that city having cut up, saItsa sua
l nscked down the carcasses Of the os'
4 5rovne5 in the ISte food. The posru %
health of Albany visited the slaugns sbst they
question, and describe the scen ~,,sme The
| witnes ssed as Disgusting IN tne meeting.
\ hoard of health afterwards ne a.nss,ons
| deciared the meat o nuisance M ~. ~. no
to ths nublic health, and ofaSi'1 ~
il lice should destroy 1t fortns'' l'