Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-30

II Mr.. Smiley. of san Francisco. has lately
recovered S2BO damages, from a dentist having
been injured by the latter Ia operation upon
nis teeth ..
W Madame Ceradori made her debut in the
New GoI L Academy Of music on Friday evening
singing the soprano solos in the Messiah. with
complete success,
DISCHARGED The BrentsYille county our nal
says that Crawford, who has been connned in
ldll Tor some months, was on Monday last taken
before Judge TYLER writ Of hd6eas corpus
ana dismissed tom custody. He was charged
with having uttered abolition continents
IL VIM Altman, for biga,uy in North Caro-
was recently sentenced TO receive thirty nine
laSheS, 10 be imprisoned enc ddy, and discharged
on MS PERSONAL =FecognlZAu fOT his appearances
at The next court, thea be branded on the left
check with the letter b, in the presence Of the
court, and 10 receive another thirty nine lashes
II The London Morning Post says: In
America. there is a large recognised party who
MAKE business of creating SENSATIONS, VINO
MT In distress, and look upon commercial de-
struction in the same spirit that wreckers on bar
haronS coasts do upon hurricanes and their con-
seqnent disasters al sea -
AZ most horrible case OF lynching an inro-
cent man, IN saiano county, Is given ia the Sa-
cTamento Bee. IL appears that an aged man, Of
spanish blood, was wrongfully accused of horse
stealing. He could not speak English and wa.
hung without mercy by about forty scoundrelly
Americans, who subsequently, were convinced OF
his innocence.
A LONG TINE RUNNING One of the new An
thrdcite Furnaces in Cornwall, Lebanon county.
Ia was originally ''blowD inn Over two yeats
ago, dnd has been running ever since, under the
supeTintendence of Mr.. Wilhelm, without stop-
page This is said 10 be longer time than any
other new furnace in America has run continu-
uu>ly.
II The Albany Kuickerbocker reyiyes an in
cident in the life of Edwin Forrest On his ben
eht might, tremendous thunder storm came on.
Instead OF going on or dropping the Gu tain, Mr.
Forrest calmly folded bis arms. retired q step or
lRea.a Exa1 II =
He remained 50 uatIl the stoI IN abated Ii was
graceful acknowledgment OF a superior power.
NATIONAL JOKES" stupid as a conscTipt vet
unborn says Heinc tits Characteristic Of Ger
man funny stories that they generally turn ON
some instance of stupidity; cf American that
they are apt to nsrrdte adToit '.gouying;' Of
French, that they hint at-well--say some love
affair or quick repaHee; and Of English that
they set forth some breach Of etiquette toward
" the better classes''-the poiut being in the re-
Duke.
a UNITED STATES SOLDIER Sues AN Eprot
FoE LlBEL.-Some two or three weeks ago aCin.
cinnatI paper Published a statement that sol
dier at the Newport barracks had fallen heir 10
AN immense pToPerty-sOme SeOO go. Another
journal contradicted the statement and intiinated
that instead Of having received great a wind
fall, the soldier was trifing, loafinr and idle
sort of a person; whsTeupon the "bold soldier
eov'' commenced a suit FOR libel, laying damages
a; SO jCO. What gives the matter gteaIer int
est is The factthai IN, hTst report about the iIn-
mense legacy left TO the soldier is said be- aver-
liable truth.
III A oountryInan says an lush paper who
drew from one OF the Banks during the foolish
rum for gold, 500 soveregns, placsd them ia an
iron sk let TO avoid observation for frar Of theft
Going home be felt himself getting the ''worse tf
liquor" aud while he hsd his senses he Thought
II best 10 conceal his skii,t, and retuu for IL re
next day. for fear Of b"ing sRur-ly sGnk by tbe
time he got home. 1t no great distance fom
Alhlunkardbridge lac got oT his car, aud pio-
Get led into field on the road side, where be
ronceala Il his skillet containing. the ST. cCye-
| reigns. When be returned next day to look for
his treasure, be failed TO recollect where hr had
deposited IL, and 20 this day he remains without
j his money.