Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-02

IL Joseph Gadd, Esq, a distinguished citi-
zsn Of Leesburg, Va, died on Tuesday last.
ID The apple crop along the susquehannah is
III PRAYER meetings are held In "a engine
houses II Philadelphia
III The consumption Of coffee in this country
is eight times as great as In Great Britain.
IL Sunday is the golden clasp that binds the
volume Of the week.
u Barry NorvaI, a government civil engineer,
died last week near Louisville, Ky.
u The Mobile papers announce che death of
Col. Thomas McGrand and James r.. Brooks,
prominent citizens
IL The cotton planters convention is to as
semble AZ Macon, Ga, on the second Tuesday in
September.
III Somebody thinks that because Il woman
sent the first word over the OCEAN Telegraph 4 it
will be talking all the time.
IL The tsnnel the East side of Hoosaic
mountain has t.sched a section of very soft roc x
and is progressing quite favorably.
IL Vigilance Committee, for the suppress
sion of incendiaTism md the arrest of incenda-
rles has been organized IN Rochester.
o. F. Gleason, of BoStsr, - about to engage
in the publishing business, from which he re-
tired some years since
90 The Albany Express says That Hepubli-
can editor in Albany choked an American editor
in Congress Hall, on Thursday
III Kirk Anderson, the correspondent Of the
50. Louis Republican has all the traps fasd for
the publication Of a GENTLE newspaper a: Sails
Lake.
IL An old lady Of our acquaintance cannot
conceive what necessity there Is for uniting Eng
land and the United States, when much trou-
bic was taken some time since to separate them
III The State road in Georgia has received
the name of the "Cherokee Baptist Railroad !"
from the fact that none but persons Of that per-
suasion are appointed on II
III The officers In Covington, Ky, have cap
tured good Hooking girl, Is years old, who was
dressed N male attire and has been living in the
,sN F1r~ ,k<..
stolen poultry md provisions.
AT a camp meeting in Loudon county, Va.
last week, the ''committeer seized upon ons nm
bred and forty gallons OF whiskey being veGded
in the vicinity, and poufsd alp out on the
ground
IL An Irishman was about to marry Sodth-
ern girl for her property:
Twill you take this woman to be your welded
wifeen said the minister.
"Yis, your riverence, and the nagers, too,n said
Pat.
IL On examining the waters of the artesian
well of Grenelle, France, with reference to the
gassss present, NJ. Peligot has ascertained that
they contain not the least trace of air. SubterIa-
mean waters ought, therefore, to be 8rated before
being used as an ailment, and accordingly they
are about 20 construct at Grehelle a species OF
tower, from the top Of which the water will de-
scend In innumeTable threads, to present as
much surface as possible to the air.
III The bark Laurens, of New London ar.
rived home on the 18th inst, after absence OF
only one year, with a cargo Of 400 bbls. of - q
elephant oil: Between August IL, 1857, and Au-
gust 10, 1858, she has sailed more than 2O,WC
miles, and obtained nearly 5,0OO bbls. Of oil
Less than four and half months of the time was
occupied in whaling, or taking oil, the balance
Of the year having been required TO make the
passages An exchange thinks this the greatest
voyage on record.
III New Orleans police officer, named Leg.
gett, was recently charged with an outrage on
the oath Of fair-haiTed little girl of twelve
The indignant people were about ,nching the
accused, and he was a. once kicked out of Office
but on the Eth inst, when the case came MP fol
TRIAL, the girl confessed that she had peIjured
herself In the first instance, at her mothers In
stigdtion, to sxtOrt money from Leggett, and
that be ~as entirely innocent. Judge Lynch.
court has one hasty killing less to answer for.