Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-05-18

times prescribe, is murderous. We have seen
male children so overloaded with furs hanneIs.
blankets, buffalo robes and India rubbers- that il
required two men to pull them along in a small
wagon The lists of mortality in this city show
mar the deaths among male childsen are fifty per
cent. more IMAM among females. This, though
Suf1ciently startling, leads to reform, and
hence We have concluded that the days OF our
sex In Philadelphia are pretty well numbered"
The GREAT RAILROAD CELEBRArIoN-Once
or twice of late we have referred to the mag
,nifcent Railroad Celebration to come of short
ly in ST. Louis and on all hands we hear of
preparations being made on a grand scale to
participate in its festivities. 1t is already evil
dent that thousands on thousands of the leading
men from all sections of the country will be
present. By way of giving the reader some
idea of those preparations, we may mention
that the managers of the following railroads
have agreed to pass free, there and back, hold
ers of tickets of invitation to attend the cele-
bratiOn. Viz:
Baltimore and Ohio; Buffalo and Erie; Buffa-
10 Division of New York and Erie Central Ohio:
chicago. Alton and st. Louis; Chicago and Rock
Island; Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Cleve-
land and Toledo; Cleveland, Columbus and Gin
clnnat Cleveland and PittSburg; Cleveland and
Erie Covington and Lexington; Evansville and
Charlottesville: Great Western of Canada: Great
Western of Illinois; Hudson River; Illinois Cen
trail; Indianapolis and Cincinnati; Jacksonville;
Little Miami. Columbus and Xenia Madison and
Indianapolis; Mad River and Lake Erie; Marietta
and Cincinnati; Michigan Southern and North
Indiana; Michigan Central New Jersey Rail-
road and Transportation Company, and Camden
and Amboy; Norwich and Worcester; New AL
bany and Salem; New York Central; New York
and Harlem; New York and Erie; Pacific Rail-
road of Missouri; Philadelphia Wilmington and
Baltimore; Pittsburg, FoIt Wayne and Ohio;
Pennsylvania and Pittsburg Steubenville and
Indiana; Toledo, Wabash and Western Terre
Haute, Alton and st. Louis; New York and New
Haven.
1t is understood that two (f not more) men,
here ef the Cabinet will be present on the occa-
sion. We trust that the Cabinet may be thus
represe uist there, because it is well that those
who compose it should be thrown as often and
as freely as possible in immediate contact with
the people, other than seekers after office, and
others not identified with or seeking identified
ton, direct or indirect, with the Government.
NoNsESsE.-The New York Herald of Sat
urday last contains a rigmarolc story-nomi-
nally from this city by telegraph-prufessing to
detail with great minuteness the diplomatic
and financial plans of the Administration for
the acquisition of Cuba. Its pith is an alIega-
CATION that the Rothschilds are to be interested
in the scheme on behalf Of the United States
and that Mr.. Auguste Belmont is to be trans
ferred to Madrid in MIR. Dodges place. that
all the diplomatic appointments are to be made
with reference to the single point; that one
hundred and twenty millions is to be the price
paid that the Pope is to be enlisted to per-
suade Isabella Government to accede to our
wishes, &c, &c.
Of course this story is made absolutely Of
| whole cloth. There is not word of truth in il
| from beginning to end. We believe, as we sim
cerely hope, that ere the close Of the Admins
tration of James Buchanan, Cuba will be ours
| honOrably and satisfactorily obtained. Yet
| nothing will more embarrass the earnest and
| sagaciOus efforts Of the President and Secretary
of State for its acquisition than such foolish
| publications as that on which we comment
above, the effect of which should be to impress
on all necessarily entrusted with knowledge of
the diplomacy OF other confidential plans of the
Government, the necessity of keeping closed
mouths. without which. on their part there i
little chance for success IN such an undertaking
The WEATHER.-The following report Of the
weather for this morning is msde from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution,
and will be continued daily when the line is in
working order. The time of observation is
| about O'Clock a.. m: