Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-27


" The rumor that the Blue Ridge IVA y tun-
mel IS TOO small to admit the Passage of cars is
oontr addicted.
ID The specie In circulation in France at
present exceeds 900 900 OO0f France has more
specie than England, Russia or Germany, in
Guiding Austria.
ID MI Richard Richter, Of Leeds, Hamp-
snirs county, Mass: was found, on SUNDAY last,
from the effects Of laudanum
II Two men of families. named Jas, PancoSt
ana John Schaefer, Were arrested in Cincinnati
tor most SIoien; outrage two little girls, Q
sno ~ yeas OF age respectively, on boaId of a
ID traveller by the great Northern Nornino
express srain from Manchester to London aff rms
tnat ne timed the speed on September %. and
formed az the tste of 81 mile. an hour
IL The ST LorJis Democrat says.-It ia ~,
mored in the city That the officers in the army
stationed in Kansas have petitioned the PTesf-
dent Tor the removal of Gov. Waller, on account
OF his Interference with the troops to induce them
to vote at the late election
THK CAUSE OF FINES IN PHILADFLPHIA-Geo
Hoover and James Dunn, well known runners
with a hose company in the Fifteenth Ward
philadelphia, We're detected on Tuesday last in
setting IRE 10 a building on the corner Of CaItow
hill and Twenty-third streets IL is supposed
one:naIi the hres that occur in Philadelphia
attributable To runners with the ''mash cens y
IL Mr.. Francis Dufield residing at Savr,.,
Neck, y j., was returning home a few evening.
ago IN his wagon, when he was stopped by
highwayman who demanded hi. money Mr.
u caught mp a half bushel measure which he
threw at the fellow, striking him in the head
and hooking him down. He then whipped up
and made his escape.
LIT me LADIES' BEwARE-Tbe Exrr.st till.
Of lady who, in her anxiety for ..cheap goods >,
encountered =. dense crowd tore her skirt half
OF, lacerated the lace her mantilIa and lost
her tempe, to secure a silk at twelve shillings
yard, which she did not want immediately and
which she afterwards found to be the same iu
Tye and pattern with one acquaintance had
bought fCr dollar and quarter in ordinary
times"
The CASE or Mics MADELEINE SMITH We
quoted Yesterday paragraph from the Belfast
Mercury in reference to the reported death of a
servant giH in Mr. smiths family, and giving
some - startling disclosures, which she had
made on her death-bed. we have now been as
sufed on what we believe TO b- =. reliable author
ity," that the story Is tissue Of absurdity, and
that Christian Haggert is at the present moment
Daily Mail.
III An agent for the American Bible Society
IN pcrdm bnating one Of our suburban towns FIR
the purpose Of making a free distributjon of
Bibles to the destitute, called on a family whose
household effects did not bear evidence of Gaze
and thrift, and made the usual Interrogation
" Have Won a Bible in Your house The head
OF the family replied, - Yes - whersnpon tbe
agent wished to SCI il, and after search the only
restd2e found was two leaves which the house
holder presented to the agent with the rem,Tk
that he was not aware that they were so near out
The DEEP SEA SouSDINGs The United States
surveying steamer Arctic has returned from her
deep sea explorations, completing her former snr-
Veys ana examining into the practicabiIitv of
othcf geographic extensions in connection vim
the great transatlantic scheme The first Mari Of
the work was completed successfully but in the
deep sea souBdings the sounding fine several
tnousand fathoms long, was lost. The plan pro-
posed was 10 make soundings and thermal obse,
vatlons, al intervals of thirty mile. het,y..n
Halifax and Bermuda, and thence home
CRUELTY AT SEA AS the crew of a Deal ho,t
Were cruising in the Downs they saw som. oh
Ject noatD2 in the distanc and on rowing 10 the
spot found, TO their surprise, man stTuy1ling in
the water and almost exhausted. Ii apDear, tbc
poor fellow had shipped on board an Americ,n
snip named the Commonwealth bound To Nal
oourD, and that owing to the brutal treatment q,
one OF The Officers TO which his body bore une-
qulvocal testimony, he jump+d overheard 10 o..
cdPr rom MS violence. Subsequentlytwo otbsr
OF the crew sought the same refuue bnt ,y.,e
Pleked mp By the ships boat
ASscDoTEOFT THE PREsIpExr-Nr Ruch,n.n
Is salo 10 DE- very punctual man The Wash
!ngoh correspondence of the Charleston NercuTy
illustrates TINS Characteristic as follow. n ,nns,
DC Promised that the President had taken A run
10 his home in Pennsylvania
mas the President returned TO Wasbi,,,to,,,,
sr gentleman to-day of a door krepeT Of IN.
SsuiJ department. - Yes sir - vs. a..
IoPIy' haven't seeI him, but he sail be,d
eouin, anu oi course, he's come IL ia ev.n 60.
oL Ix mt is as prompt General Scott him
scIi, anu ds PunctIlioHs in business epgaye,nsn,
as 'ne MOST scrupu!Ous broker on Wall stree,