Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-01-05

Wills uIeadlul OiSeaSe 10 every household that
may adopt it, as certainly as vaccination will
prevent tho smallpox. Ten cents will pur.
chase years supply of any of our Homeopa-
thists. wet finger applied to globule and
then placed upon tie tongue &c n child or
adult, Is all that is necessary to be done to
prevent the spread Of thi5 diS4se."
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E Tie Legislatures otPcnnsylrania, Del.
aware aud Now York meet to morrow.
6' The City Exchange of Petersburg IVA }
has been sold for Sll $50, to K. J. Alfriend
b Lucy Stone is lccturing at Harrisburg,
Pa on Woman'S Rights, OF course.
Il There wore los marriages in Petersburg,
Va, last year, and ~ in Alexandra.
D" Punch says j. requires "a carly start,
now days, for a man TO get round his wife.
Ey Harrison Soule, Of Fairfield, Vt shot
himself in fl of dependency.
IL Hog killing is over at Louisville About
2i5 900 head have been killed tLcro and in the
vicinity this season.
.R The Canadians propose building n Pa
chic Railroad across the British North Ameri-
can Possessions.
EsT' 1t is stated that several Of the Nicara.
qua recruits deserted at Norfolk after the ar
rival OF the Tennessee there
Ey' Sailors who have followed the sea for
years say that they can tell when they are in
the vicinity of Long Island-by the Sound.
IT, How to sweetcn solitude: Shut up a
boy in cellar, and giVo him free access to
the molasses cask
T. The new factory at Laurel Prince
Georges county, Nd was tHaucnratra on
Thursday last. There was ball in the even
ing.
u The Chicago papers tell pretty good
story of a panther living twenty-one days
without food The panther had been left in
a mensgerie wagon by mistake.
e. The Presbyterians of Ohio have de-
cided upon West Liberty as the site for their
new college, the citizens OF the town sub
scribing thirty FIVE thousand dollars
Quick PASSAGE The Hamburg sbip Carl
Auguste. Capt Sanderman. arrived at Boston
after a short passage Of GIL days from Chilli
This is not quite so short passage as some Of
our clippers have made, but is exceedingly
good fOr a foreigner.
~ very singular circumstance has re-
suited from the destruction of Christ's Church,
Montreal Mr. Warren, for Is years the or
ganist. became SO depressed by the destruc
ton Of his favorite instrument, that he died
suddenly on Friday morning. He had been
previously apparently in good health.
t-g1 Frank Alexander, alias Vim T Sharp,
has been arrested. and confesses that he killed
DR. Cleveland at the hotel in st Louis, but
says it was in self defence. He looks like a
boy Of eighteen, but has been in many bloody
scenes in Texas. He is nephew of tee Col
Sharp who was killed by j. o. Beauchamp
many years ago.
THE LYoNNAIs PASSENGERS BY the schr
Nancy j. BraytOn, from Kingston, ia, it is
ascertained that none Of the Lyopnais passcn-
gers had arrived at that port, as reported.
One of the steamer boats, however-a square
stern boat, apparently i'll good order-had
been picked up by the brig Beauty, and from
this, probably, the report of passengers saved
arose
New KIND OF BRsAD.-A man in Berkshire.
England, is calling attention to his manufac-
tory, whore he makes wine and bread from
mapgel wurtzel. Tho vino is really good, and
may be produced 1t about six per cent per
quart. In making bread, the mangcl wu.tzeI
IS mixed with -four, (abOut 80 por cent? and
although it is rather too moist for tho palate
it is sweet and good.
tE' A few counties in Kentucky, says an
exchange, in common with several in Ten
nessee, Indiana, Ohio, &c grow the mulberry
and produce raw silk to small extent. 1t
has been very satisfactorily demonstrated. es.
pecially in kentucky and Tennessee, that this
crop will pay better than tree-fcuyths Of all
other farm productions.
II The inha bitants Of Halifax, n. S are
rejoicing in tho reception from England, by
the steamship Niagara, of a large quantity of
copper cOins-penco and half. pepce-fron the
scarcity Of which they have for some time
past suffered much inconvenience. The coin $
ere in such demand that the Receiver Gener.
aps Office, whore thoy are to be procured, has
been quite besieged ever since their arrival.
HUSTINGDoa's LAST SUPPER.-Arrived at
Sing Sing on Friday night, Huntingdon, still
In custody Of the Deputy Sheriff, went to the
St Nicholas Hotel i'll that town, and ate a
jolly good supper-the last of the kind he will
enjoy for four years and ten months, unless be
is pardoned out. He was then delivered 70
the prison officers, and locked up in his cell.
II is suggested that in choosing a work. shop
for him, he be put to the forging department.
e. "Bowery" fashions are not permissible
ia the National Theatre at Cincinnati. The
following notice is appended to the newspaper
advertisements of that establishment: "No
person will be allowed to whistle, yell, or
make improper noises Peanut eating most
positively prohibited. Efficient police officers
will be in attendance, and rigidly enforce the
above regulations by the immediate election
OF the offenders"
1--WE are indebted to an exchange for the
following good one
renowned gentleman, not a thousand
mules from this city, lately preached rather
long sermon from the text, Thou arc weighed
and found wanting After the congregation
mad listened about an hour, some began TO
get weary and went out others soon followed,
greatly to the annoyance of the minister
Another person started, whereupon the par.
son stopped in his sermon, and said That
Is right. gentlemen, "a fat ~ you are weighed
pass out He continued his sermon at some
length after that, but no one disturbed him