Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-04-28

ID The Courts OF Cincinnati have taken Of
hclai action on the McMicken will, by fixing the,
bonds of Executors.
ID The people Of Texas are In fright at the
rsmor that all the troops are to be Withdrawn
rom the Texan frontier.
G3- Mr.. Kilgour, whose death In Cincinnati
We recently noticed, it is said has left property
valued at a million of dollars.
III Eleven prisoners, among whom were two
murderers. escaped from the calaboose at Leav-
snworth, Kansas, on Saturday night, the 18th in
slant.
" At their late municipal election, Cincin-
natl polled 81, "a votes, s. Louis 10, 236, Chi
eago 49, Milwaukee ,G20, and Albany Polled
8, $40 votes
ID Philosophers say that shutting the eve
makes the sense Of hearing more acute. wdg
suggests that this accounts for the many closed
eyes seen in our churches on SUNDAYS.
III The Dubuque Northwest, edited by Col.
Heath, and a supporter OF the admission Of Kan
sas with the Lecompton constitution, has been
selected by the Common Council OF that city
their oficial organ.
III Poets have always been poor. Chaucer
had no tobacco to chew. Spencer was without a
great coat Goldsmith's Jewels were his writ
ings only. What an ungrateful world as the
man said before the coal was used.
IL In Bastrop, Texas a band of "Regulators''
have recently given notice to a citizen. esteemed
says the Advertiser, as neig hbor, as a citizen,
as a friend, and as u minister Of the Gospel, to
leave the country.
IL A correspondent OF the Daily News states
that Orsini's sacrifice of himself for the rrdsmp-
tion Of his country has raised amongst the youth
of Italy, and the Republic party in general, an
intense excitement.
H. German, named Hawzer, came very
near getting himself into difficulty, by prophe-
sying beforehand all the fires in Grand Rapids,
Michigan. The Eagle, of that place, says Mr.
HawEer Is quiet, inoffensive man, and this
power Of fOretelling coniag rations belonged 10
his father before him.
ID We have seen ma nv hard rubs in our day.
nd q hat - 10 ,taf 1.,,t
an old settler near Bloomington, Illinois, has
seen the toug hest times Of any many we ever
heard Of He says the winter OF $3.50 was remark
able for the scarcity Of money; much so, that
one man W no was elected Justice Of the Peace.
couldn't raise enough to pay an officer for swear
Ing him in; so he stood up before d looking glass
and qualified himself.
wIDows-POor things, for the best wife in
the world may be a widow, and M fault Of hers,
aad are subject TO all manner of rude Jokes sam
uei Weller was positively savage on 'em. and the
old satirists fierce as Dickens Western
writer defines a widow 80 one who knows
what's what, and desires further information on
the same subject"
III Madame Orsini had left Paris to return to
the Italian village, where she has long been
tdblishod as schOOlmistTeSs. Friends of Italian
liberty ped to administer all the comfort that
lay in their power, subscribing Handsomely 10
the widow and the fatheTless, and d sum of 500
francs was placed in Madame Orsini's hands at
the moment OF departure, to which the prime pal
subscribers were English In consequence of thu
sympathy exhibited by d large body of the STU
dents OF Padua for Orsini, and their recent re-
monstIance In attempting the performance OF a
funeral mass for him at the cathedral, an order
emdnatlng from vienna has been received, diTec t.
ing the dispersion Of the students to their homes
and the suppression of the university.