Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-05-02


ITMrs. NJ s Glenn died In Prattville. Ala,
on the 10th instant, from the Incorporate use Of
snuff.
IL Mrs. Bentley, female pedestrian, began
last Monday to walk thirty consecutive hours in
the New York Tabernacle, for the maintenance
Of her three children.
II wrought iron cannon has been manufac-
tuTed in Liverpool, England, which weighs -
tons and sends a ball Of $40 pounds weight a dis
lance of four miles.
II Samuel Allen, of Lake Mills, Wis, had
his whole orchard Of young fruit trees, 800 in
number, destroyed by applying lamp oil to pre-
vent their being gnawed by rabbits and mice. 80
much for doctOring.
IL The liquor dealers Of Albany have come
TO the determination to test the consttutiionaity
of the new liquor law as soon as any person in
the trade Is prosecuted.
IL Photographic Sl0's on the National Bank,
Albany, have made their appearance, but on a
close inspection they want the distipctness of out
line Of an engraved bill.
The BosToN SrEAHERs.-The steamer Will
liam jenkins arrived at Baltimore yesterday
morning from Boston with full freight. She
stopped at Norfolk and landed the officers and
80 men for the steam frigate Merrimac.
IL An artcsian well has recently been bored
for the paper mill of Thomas Colt, of Pittsheld.
After boring to the depth of two hundred and
fourteen feet through solid rock at great expense
water was struck on Tuesday, and gushed up at
the rate Of 200 gallons minute.
III Mr.. John Bright has forwarded his fare
well address to the electors of Manchester. Ii is
aspirited and manly document. 1t has led to the
impression that Mr. Bright intends to retire alto
gether from public life-a step which his friends
deprecdte.
MOBILE AND OHIO RAILRoaD.-This great
work, connecting Mobile with the great North
west, is being urged on with comInendable en-
ergy, and Mobile exchange anticipates its CON-
pletion to SIbby river in time for the next crop.
II The New York Tabernacle, long occu-
pied as place of public worship, has been closed
with appropriate public services. The congre-
CATION have decided to build a church up town
and the lot on which the Tabernacle stands has
been sold for stores.
10 Eggs, which are now abundant, can, it
IS said, be better preserved in corn meal than in
any other preparation vet known. Lay them with
the small end down, and if undi turyed they will
be as good ct the end of year as when just
packed
IL Northern Michigan papers complain of a
great scarcity Of provisions in their section Of the
State. Instances Of great suffering and almost
starvation in particular neiChboIhoods are re-
ported. Property has been sacrificed at ruinous
prices, and farms mortgaged to obtain the means
of subsistence.
JUDGE MAsOS's SUCCESSOR According to the
Annapolis Gazette the Governor doubts his power
TO I'LL the vacancy on the bench Of the MARYLAND
Court Of Appeals caused by the resignation of
Judge Mason, because the constitution says such
appointment must be made by and with the ad-
vice and consent Of the Senate.
IL The mail was robbed near Cumberland
Ind lately, by means of a forged order from the
mail agent, directing the boy who carrying
r..
The boy gave 1t up, and the man who presented
the order carried of the bags and rifed them of
their contents.
IL On the 2ist April avoiding party in North
BroOkfeld, having arrived within half mile of
the house Of the bride, were blocked in by the
snow, and it required the laborious services of
eight men for an hour, before the banks were so
shoveied away as to admit of passage through
which they could 90.
IL The Warsaw Western New Yorker of the
2lst April, says the snow storm last week was
most disastrous to stock. II mentions a number
on the head or died of starvation. Fodder being
so high-hay from SIS to S25 per ton-it was con,
sidered cheaper TO let the cattle die than to under
take to ''winter them through
II The Bristol Tenn J News states that more
than half the track of the East Tennessee and Vir
can be laid across the wstauua river (about
Iniles) coaches will run from the Watauga cross.
ing TO Jonesboro and also about the same time i,
Is expected that the road will be opened for trav-
al, to Bulls Gap; in which case the staging will
be reduced TO little more than 80 miles and this
distance will be lessened as the tracklayinp pro-
crosses. r.
IL The books, papers. drafts notes of hand
&c, formerly property of the United States Bank
10 the amount OF forty tons, have been purchased
Dy hesSrs. Bottom Co. of Trenton and are N
he ground up and converted into paper. The
True American says ten tons of this vast amount
il OF correspondence, autograph letters of the fir
statesmen, politicians, and financial men of this
Gnu other countries Drafts upon the Rothc hilds
LOT hundreds OF Thousands of dollars Certificates
OF stock transferred TO leading bankers in EuroDe
checkS and drafts from Clay, Webster Cass
ADAMS, Calhoun, Houston, Crockett &c AZ
an lie scattered, ready for the important trans
formation into clean, unsullicd white name
MS huSe mass of books and papers strikes IN,
VISITOR with astonshment ~