Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-02

IL A mad dog was killed on Columbia street
Baltimore, yesterday.
II At Fountain City, Wis, ON the 10th inst
~ showed sufficient to whiten the tops of the
steamboats,
II Mexico supplies us with great deal OF
nlahogany, which is sold by the weight, averag-
ing S12 per ton.
II The Delaware papers say that the peach
crop bids fair to be more abundant than Il has
been for many years
III 1t is stated that rapid speakers pronounce
rom |VO 10 900 words per hour, or about two
words per second.
III Up to the present time, the heirs of DIR.
Name have been paid SIS, 900 bv the publishers Of
the explorers work Of the great Arctic Expedi-
ID Sowing several varieties of wheat toretb, =
Is hlghly recommended in France where 1t has
1een thoroughly proved that the product is large
ly increased q
IL Some genius has conceived the brilliant
idea TO press all the lawyers into military service
In case of war-because their Charges, are 50
great that no one could stand them
, ~ BY means of an apparatus invented by NJ
buIlOt, OF Paris, and in which electricity is the
only agent, six pounds of beef Were boiled and
ten seconds. '>'
Ur traveller in Africa declares that he met
whom Wee weighed monthly, the one who was
me heaviest being installed mistress of the house
Mold until the time of the next weighing
IL People in the vicinity of Albany. n V
are turning their attention to raisin" frors. The
g. TuenteTs of a single restaurant consume two
H. H. ner week Those who have visited AL
honu 81 tn. fleet is r,"rceptible in the people
thefe-they are in, @hi0iOus ma leap on all fours
NJ The telegraph now In rboU, az t nno
United State, consume ANNUALLY 'out Soo,oo9
worth of zinc. $1,000 worth of nitric dciu, ana
$50 go worth of mercury, besides other ;, '' it
sulPhuric acid, &c Taking the last item my IL
consideration, who will wonder hereafter that
brings us so many false reports
sTHAT's DERS'D GOOD "a hac k,yoOdS map
and his sweetheart, the other day, happened to be
IN drug store In -, when party of gents
called for and drank sOdawater. BaC kwOodS didn't
know what il was, but made up bis mind to try
IT, and after drinking glass of the cooling fluid.
ne turned To the lady and remarked. % Sal that's
dernd good, why don't you buy some -
VESTS IN HOOPs.-It is known to those who
are addicted to the luxury of early rising that
the planet Venus, now the morning star, looks
unusually large at this time-arger, brig hter and
more beautiful than IL ever appeared to before
a country editor accounts for the fact by saving
that Venus has taken to hoops. Another country
editor gives different theory in explanation Of
the expansion, but we won't mention il.
II The Troy Wing says the town Of Wilmot
HeTkimer county, runs far back into the wilder
ness. Its voting population numbers six Mr.
Lane, an intelligent lumberman, is the Super
visor take his place i'm the Board on Monday
he had to travel over eighty mileS--thirtv OF
which he had to travel on foot Such an Incl
S Sn.. would mot perhaps be worth nara,ng in
happening in the State of New York
SEVEN Tons OF SALMoN-We learn that on
Tuesday last not less than seven tons of salmon
passed over the Grand Trunk Railway, from
Quebec to Portland, and thence by steamboat to
Boston, in charge If MT. ScammOn the agent of
the North American Express Company 1t not
nnfrequently happens that salmon leaves Quebec
al . O'Clock in the morning. and is found on the
breakfast tables OF the hotels in Boston at
O'Clock the next mOTning-thus being transported
a distance OF nearly 500 miles in about 20 hourS
Portland Adrs6tiSsr
TRIBUTE OF REsPECT-At sunset on Saturday
all the bells in Salem Mass, were tolled by orde
OF the authorities, and on Sunday the flags on the
shipping, the aTmOTies engine houses &c Were
displayed at halt-mast, in token of the public
bereavement in consequence of the loss of Hon
Stephen {. Phillips by the burning of the steamer
Montreal. Mr.. II. was a member of Congress
from 1884 till 1873 subsequently the Free Soil
candidate for Governor of Massachusetts He was
one Of the most popular citizens of Salem and
recently engaged extensively in the lumber trade
in Canada.
tn. SPIRITUAL ExPERIAEs1s-The test ex
periments in regard to the genuineness Of the so
called spiritual phenomena, which have been
carried on during the past week by "eircIe" of
thirteen persons, including some OF the most
celebrated mediums in the country. and several
Professors of Harvard College, have proved fail
ure, inasmuch as no satisfactory result has been
reached. Two statements in regard to the ex-
periHents will be publshed-One by the medi-
1ms and the other by The uncOnvinced. The me
dlums ailege that too MANY restrictions were
placed upon them.-BOStOH AdreTtiser
DISPUTES WITH ANERICA-Lord John Russell
presided on Wednesday, the 10th instant at the
anniversary dinner of the Metropolitan Free Hos
pital and in proposing the health of the captain
ana omcers OF the American frigate Susquehanna.
said he had always found that whenever there.
was diplomatic difference between England and
America IL was Immediately smoOthed away if
50 fortunate IA to he placed i'm the hands Of an
English and American naval officers For in
stance, Slr George Seymour and the American
commodore had in very short time settled the
long -protracted dispute of the fishery question
IL They are substituting mules for the more
ar.tocratic horse In the omnibus lines and for the
express wagons in Cincinnati. The Commercial
SAYS they are equally traotable look not hand
somely, but well enough; their first cost is
twenty TO forty per cent less than that of horses
ihey consume forty per cent less food are thirty
thfee per cent. more durable; are precisely
adapted to the boulder pavements, and move with
steady, unyielding celerity-in hot weather, es-
Peolally-that recommends them highly to all
who have tested their merits DrayInan and
teamSteTs are Likewise being fdvorably impressed
with their virtues, and are beginning to consider
the economy Of testing them for their use