Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-11


ID The Boston Courier announces the fol-
lowing
at Is stated that Messrs. Phillips. Sampson <
Co., have made arrangements to commence the
publication Of an original American Magazine,
In which, however, they propose to secure also
the assistance OF some English authors.''
IL Advices received from Fort Randall state
that the band of Sioux Indians-the same that
committed the outrages and murders at Spirit
Lake-are now at the headwaters of the James
river, about sixty miles from Fort Pierre. IL is
probable United States troops will be sent after
them.
MISSOURI MARBLE.-A western paper makes
mention OF block of marble taken from quarry
opposite Caradean, Mo, fifty miles above Cairo
on The Mississippi The marble is described as
Of browning color, beautifully variegated, of a
very fne grain, susceptible of high polish and
excellent tor building and ornamental purposes
A SEA SA.MUS UP THE CoUxrRY.-The Lam
singburg Gazette says: Monday morning. about
four o'clock. while Joe King, the renowned Lam
singburg fisherman, vas fishing below the dam,
he caught sea salmon weighing over II pounds,
in his net. Joe says - he made as much fuss as
nifty shad.n 1t is the first fish of the kind ever
caught in this vicinity.
FATHER SHOT BY HIS soN.-tne night, last
week, Col. ID. H. Witcher proprietor of the At
lanta house, Ga, repTimapded his .nn. Youth
aged II or 20 years. for drinking, wherS the youth
drew pistol and fired. The ball unfortunately
took effect in the abdomen of the father, passing
through the left lobe of the liver and lodging in
the spine, causing his death on the following day.
The Parricide Immediately made his escape
MILITARY SUGGEsTION.-We learn that at
the recent gathering at Lexington, it was sU9-
gested by several military officers that graud
view OF all the volunteer companies in the Uni
ted states be held at some suitable time on the
prairieS of Illinois, and be reviewed by the Pres
ident OF the United States and General Scott l.nd
staff grand suggestion.
IL The cause of Rev. DR.. Ross and his sup
porters in seeding from the New School Assem-
bly, at Cleveland, meets the marked disapproba-
n 10 prpS hyta
In the South. The Southern Presbyterian pub
l1shed at Charleston, as the organ of the Church
In the South, has sharp article on Dr. Ross de-
Ginning to accept his leadership.
IL Henry Winter, an American Is al the head
OF the ship building establishment of the DAN
ube Navigation Company, one of the largest and
capital amounts to S17 GSIAe. They have at pres
ent I'm constant employ % side~sIieeI steamers
lSPTopellors, $50 barges, and $50 landing bridges
roads, and coal tenders all of irOn and they are
constantly adding TO their number.
IL 1t has remained for the present generation
10 witness the practical demonstration of the fact
that Niagara river is navigable for steamers from
the city of Buffalo to the village of Niagara Falls
and on Monday navigation was formally opened
between the two places with ceremonies appro-
PIRATE to the occasion. Three steamers loaded
Win people, trayersed the distance from the Great
Hydraulic Canal to Buffalo, and were received by
an immense concouTse of people, with cheering
and the firing Of cannon.
Id An amusing incident occurred recently in
u IO"tIs' flSneI Boy. A gentleman
who set high value on his copy of this graceful
work before eInbarking for Europe. had il care
fully shrouded in cotton and deposited i'm a boy
"A gang Of Juvenile burglars invaded his preIni-
ses, broke open his case, and thought from its
weight, TO find plate within but. when the white
vtsage OF the marble sleeper caught their eyes
by the dim light Of a lantern, think ing they had
disturbed corpse, they dropped their thievng
tools and incontinently fed, without particle of
spoil.
TUBING A MAN.-This is the latest crime in
New Orleans-or rather the newest style of
amusement Of certain municipalities of that re-
markable city. A gentleman is walking aIonr
the Streets suddenly seized, and in front of one
OF the public pumps is ducked in the pool of wa
ter The more splendid his clothes and the more
elegant his appearance, the more anxious are the
mobs to give their subject hydropathic treatment
we notice no attention being paid TO this matter
by the New Orleans Police They doubtless
think the whole population deserve the applica
tion OF water
ANOMALIES OF TRADE-The marine list I'm
saturdays Wing, chrOnicled the arrival az this
port, OF cargo Of lime from Maine a CARGO of
oyster shells from Baltimore, to lie used no
DOUBT, In the manufacture of lime; a cargo of
lumber from Albany, n. V; a cargo of herTin1s
from Halifax, and cargo of coal from Port De-
Poslt while the list OF clearances embraced a
vessel Tor Alexandria, and another for the CITY OF
New YORK, with cargOeS of bitumnous coal
rms paragraph will afford aliment for Thought
10 those who are disposed TO meditation. -RicL-
HoHd Whig.