Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-14

ID The Republic, journal for fremen has
been started In a neat way at Boston.
III The Democracy of Springfield Mass .
have carried that city completely.
IL The Catholic Fair in Boston has inst ter
minated, with profit of ten thousand dollars
IL The hog cholera is prevailing at Blawen-
bnrgh, N. J.
ID The Palo Alto Rolling Mill, at Pottsville.
Pa, resumed operations last week
W The Emperor of France is busy at Com
peigne, hunting stays by day, and seeing them
cut up by toTchlight
IL Rev. DIR. Bellows. in his lat. lecture. in
Boston, strongly urged the necessity Of early
marriages.
U-It is said that the subscriptions to the new
work on Natural History by Professor Agassiz.
amount to 81 ,225,OOO
III Last week Fanny Kemble read ssThe Mer-
Snan' OF Venice" in Boston. to audience of
1,2oO, in aid of the poor
IL The late Handel Festival at the Crvstal
Palace, England, shows profit Of upwards of
~ The extensive axe factory of ID. simmon,
q Co, at Cohoes, Me, resumed operations last
II Manufacture of cotton in Switzerland has
Incr S, In 1880 they had 4OO,OOO spindles
IL the South Carolina legislature has pass
ed suitable tribute to the memory of the late
Senators Butler, Cheves, and Hamilton.
IL The production Of gold in Australia for
the past year Is set down by the best English au-
thorities, at one hundred millions of dollars
NJ Swiss, by the name of Burkee has been
death.
ID The Fredericksburg IVA Recorder states
that Col. Dudley Mann's scheme for the Atlantic
steam Ferry Is progressing most favorably
III Robert s. Condit, prisoner in the Essex
county IN. y Jail, committed suicide on SUNDAY
by cutting his throat with pocket knife.
III Peter Gales tried in Cincinnati on
Thursday for = trigamy," three women appear.
Ing In court and claiming him Is husband
IL Miss Christiana Brooks was burned 10
oeatn al Nashville, Tenn By her clothes taking
dre as she was kneelng at PRAYERS i'm her fathers
house, Thanksgiving Day.
ID A citizen Of Northampton recently plsced
bottle Of rum near bis bed for use during the
the cold night, and his wife filled il with burn
Ing duid. Result unknown
III A watchman named Hastings has been
arrested and imprisoned in Pittsburg. Pa for
Visiting house of ill-fame and slapping one OF
ths inmates in the face.
III There are twenty thouss nd children In
Cincinnati who run about the streets Instead of
accepting the privilege of education in the free
ID The citizens of Washington county, Ga :,
propose 10 send 900 pounds q flour to help 10
iseo the starving population of the North and
salIs upon other counties in the State to do like.
wise.
IL The Tampa (Florida) Peninsula saws that
the entire military force now in Florida has been
ordered out on active service Ii comprises about
2,oO men, and IL seems probable that they will
DC able 70 conquer the Indians.
u Baker Woodruff, Louisians planter. re.
Gently deceased, emancipated his slaves sixty I'm
number, by Will, and gave directions that they
should be forwarded TO Pennsylvania and pro.
vision made for their maintenance for a wear
BUTTER COMING Down The Rochester De-
mocrat says the quantity Of butter in the hands of
farmers Is believed to De larger now that at any
previous time Tor many years. The best roll l.
freely offered al sixteen cents, and frkiDs and
country store lots are d fcut to sell at fourteen
cents Even at these prices the article will scarce
Iy bear shipment to the New York market
ORDERED TO UTAH-We learn incidentally
that the artillery stationed Fort Smelling bav,.
received marching orders, their ultimate de.tin-
alton being Utah. We suppose that. since the
Indians are very quiet, and generally pom the
reservation, the force at Fort Rid.ely will also
be reduced, and probably have also marching
orders Tor Ctah.-St. Paul Pioneer, Nor %
An OLD" ONE-A week or two since a negro
was aPpIehended in the western part Of Nueces
county, Texas, on his way to the Rio Grande
and taken by the sheriff to Guadaloupe county
where he belonged. The same night of his ar :
rival home he stole one OF his masters horses
and again broke" for tue magnanimous nation
higher up the river; was again inte7cepted
brought back and lodged in jail By this time
the sheriff had returned from his rst trim and
was ready for another; but the next moI ming
da!key was again among the missiny-and ais,
the sherif's horse Sheriff thinks he nav
a make the trp''-he has a good horse under
him, - certain and sure -