Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-04-10

WNThe Maine House Of Representatives has
aPPointed committee to consider the expediency
Oh removing the seat Of government to Portland
III Judge Wilton, the Republican candidate
Tor Chief Justice of Wisconsin, has been re- elect
ed by decided majority.
~The gentleman who thought he could make
PORK out OF pig iron has given the matter up as a
69-Dr. Edward Townes has sold his farm, i,
Mecklenburg, Va, for so GOO-an adyance of one
hundred per cent on the price paid for il five years
IL The New York Tribune of Thprsd,v s,vs
the noot and shoe market is growing in activity
southern dealers being the princi pal BUYERS with
good demand from the local trade.
IL The ice is fast passing out of the Andres.
sosxin and kenneoec rivers. In the Kenduskeay
hfteen or eighteen inches ~
W In the town OF Blackjack, Pa, last Thurs
DAY, Mr. Peter Maxim fell upon an aye. cnttiny
himself so severely that he died He was TO have
oeen married three days after
~ Gov. King, of New York has rs,,-n.a -
the president OF the Hudson River railroad a free
pass that had been sent TO him. and decIines 70
receive this delicate attention from the CORPORA
UFrom Key West We learn that the sc,er,;so
etPedition sent out BY Williams College leff mai
place Tor Bahia Honda, in the schooner Dew Dron
on sne Ie'a uiiho. They had beeu highly sue
eeSslui IN thPlr researches In natural history
IL The Bristol county Agricultural Soc;.,ri
OF massachusetts, have offered three premiums
Iorthe Most successful experiments in the Guilt
me Chlnese sugar Cane, Of not less than
ohe-iourth OF an acre viz: First premium SoO.
second do, SIS third do. $40
"AkckiSG VESSEL FOR SEsAsropoI-rhe
schooner silver Key, Capt Currier cleared at the
Custom House, SATURDAY., for ConstantinonI. 80 ra
the Black Sea, to aid in the Operations ~ X R
ION submarine Company in raising the sunken
Heet IT Sebastopol
PoPCIATIoS OF MINxEsorA-rhe 6, p,nl
Advertiser corrects the misstatements ~, 80
been published abroad concerninU the non,i
OF Minnesota. 10 SAYS that there 3ys NOR an. 49,
a1sa and Jtffy thousand people an Minn,s
mere cannot, by any possibility, be more.
III Bishop Doane visited ST. Stenb.n,s cbr,ch
aillourn, ". J. last week and on Tbursdav con,
nrned n1teen persons, and on Friday insfitntea
Kew. Horace Hall Reid, Rector Of the Church
attenSsncs ihciudlng the clergy, Were in
III The Democratic canyassers in The ,o,vn =,
uloncester, X l., struck the names of the colored
voters IN that town from the lists before the eIec
az On tne Isl alleging that they justified
Scott. - 'h'e ea'e vi Urea
1T The New York papers fatty contradict the
IePoI, that the counsel of Mrs Clinninob,m and
- iei nave discovered the murderer Of BurdelI
anu III name him at the trial - establishinU
beyond controversy the innocence of their clients
Inc. O"iio' iihas
subscriber at Whitehall Post ONCE FredericL
county, maryland, dated on the 9th instant, SAYS.
ne wheat crop IN the northern end of this
county Is very short and looking very dead the
Winter having killed il. The weather having
en 'er{ uIy has kept ii back also; but IL is rain
ing al THIS time, which may serve to start il.
IL The Sandman Government offers q nri,e
OF lOOO francs $4,000 for the best rifle which
shalI carry exactly great distance with a small
cnaIge Oh Powdsr, and be easy to construct re-
Palr and load II must also be Solid and suitable
Tor nayonet nghting. Smaller rewards will also
be given for remarkable weapons other than Thai
~nlch takes the prize The opportunity is open
TO inventors OF all nations