Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-12

IL One hundredi millions of gold annually
cross the lsthmus Of Panama
UThere are two hundred and Fifty vessels ly-
ing Idle in the port of Boston.
IUSix hundred barrels OF sperm oil have hsen
sold In New Bedford at 81 cents
III The Legislature Of Mississippi has adopt-
cd resolutions censuring Gov. Walker
IL The mails from the West come filed with
news of wrecks and loss of life on the Lakes
,OA cotton factory i, to be established in the
Choctaw Nation.
Ur The Chinese affirm that chess was known
10 them 30 years before the Christian era
III Recruits for Walkers Nicaragua army are
advertised for at st. Louis
~ Printing on this sentineat was frst used
In Mexico, In 1919
III The Cumberland Demoer,t n,bI;Shsd tv
4. H. Friend, Esq, has ceased 10 exist
ID Two fine shad were taken OF Tarrytown.
in the Hudson river, on Monday last. A rare
capture for the month Of December
" An English millionaire was in Cincinnati
Few days ago, seeking opportunities to invest
hall million OF dollars in property there
u The amount expended by American tray-
siers IN Europe Is estimated at S1U OOO OUO annu-
ally
u The Governor General of India has Offered
nns reward, Of 80 900, for the arrest of Nena
Sahis. "a ''N1
u Bears are quite plentiful in the southern
section OF New Jersey, and also az tho foot of the
Blue Ridge, Maryland
T.
ton, has attacked the deer In Ci.orUT, and they
are found dead in great numbers
=, " There are sixty steamboats,, worth a mil
non OF dollars at Pittsburg, and 900 men oIt of
IL The ID West India Regiment, consisting
OF eoiored men, has been ordered to India by the
British Government y '"0
ORey NJ. Kincaid, the British Baptist mis-
slonary, thinks the sptists in AInorica are 90
Ing rapidly into Episcopacyr
richest In,
gus Oh w estminster. His property is estimated
20 20 pc worth sl5O,O0o. 800. His annual income is
ID Eight car loads u. State. troon, n,s.sd
through Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday evening
last, en- route for MormOndom Several of th,H
attempted to escape '--'"
:, u young negro boy of John Stewart who
av NV. spou. zen miles from Lexington, Ky, while
OUT snort distance from the house after COVE
was slezsd upon and eaten up by bear
" In North Carolina fourteen mountain
peaks exceed in height Mount Washington
Thsir range Of altitude is from ,35 to some .6Ol
ID An English dentist in New York propo,..
10 teach females the art of dentistry II Is said
females.
einnati house of NJ repute, las, week ybsre h.
mad remained several days in q state of bsastly
into1ication. '
u young English woman, standing high
-sasnVI4Ic, Tenn. ana married at
that, eloped last week with the editor OF a nsnsr
named Wentworth
IL A lady stopped at the Madison House
SoVlngton, KY, with her husband and fLiTtv-
Jour chlldren Since then, the industrious Inatron
hao suued another one 20 the number
IL The highest moutain peaks in the United
states, east ofthe Mississippi, are to be found in
worm carolina, Where there are fourteen peaks
which exceed In altitude, Mount Washington i'm
view Hampshire. They range from S. .Ul to SIS
Iset In height and are doubtless of very noble D.
pearance, although the names applied to some Of
them, "Cat-tail Peak, >" Hairy Bear, ssPotato
Top, and dome Gap are not partic ularly suo-
gestiye OF sublimity and grandeur.
II William Hewitt has very sen.ibIe Letter
In the London Times about the manner in which
British thorOughfares repaired Loose stone.
are thrown upon them which carriage wheels
continually plough up, making barl5sr ous road
Tor horses end destructive one for C1Tri,0ex In
FRANCE The highways are kept in ine order They
simply draw heavy roller over the road m,t.
nal as soon as il IL laid down antil the renaired
portion - az solid aud smooth 80 the old road .
ana Mi Hewitt recommends the British To jfni
tate the French practice and save their horses and
carriages.
IC The Commissioners OF the sw York Cen
uAL fdfk Ia we got rid OF many lazy woTkmen by
putting them 10 work by the piece in break Ing
stone They are paid liked rate Der foot for Nh =
quantity Of stone broken. One man earned but
o. cents In a day, and The highest received II3
An Clo Corporation hand, who enormously .up-
posed he was working al tks rate OF 81 a dav
only made " cents in five days or a fraction les.
than nineteen cents per day He left the Park in
g'-at dIsg ust as many others have done ard now,