Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-31
THE WEEKLY STAR.

This valuable family paper, for the current
week, is now on our counter ready for delivery
to the public. A few among its interesting
contents are the following articles: War and
Love-a poem; The Cobbler's Temptation; A
Song for New Years Eve, by Bryant; A Noe
turnal Comedy Of Errors-A Young Wife in
an Embarrassing Situation and her Deliver
ence thence; A Washington Faro Bank; Frog
Showers; Spiritualism in Italy; The " Ancient
and Honorable" Columbia Typographical Socie-
tvs contemplated promedade Concert and
Ball; Wedding at Trinity Church; Baltimore
and Potomac Railroad; Criminal Court pro-
ceedings; The ork-house; Horse Trading;
The Dying Gladiator; Christmas ut the Gen.
trail Guard-house; Christmas Day in Church;
A Washington Preacher at the Sandwich
Islands; Supreme Court Proceedings; Another
Equestrian Chase of Depredators; Daring RoL-
berry in Alexandria; A Touching Testimonial;
Rev. W. Roby; Meeting Of the Board Of Mar
ayers OF the Washington Monument Associa-
ton; One Of the Cases; Washington Art Asso-
citation; A Deserter' Arrested but not Tried:
Probable Kidnapping Case; An Offended
Gentleman; Hop at Browns; Lamentable
DestitutiOn; Tho Smithsonian Museum; An
Incendiary Fire; The City Council Budget;
The River; Female Shoplifter; ational Guards
Ball; Rich Present; Arrest of Thief; A Dog
Story for the Holler-days; Go to bed Early;
Real Estate in New York; Death of a Veteran
Paris Rag picker; Sea Sickness; The Nicara-
guam Emigrants on board the Susan; Curious
Career of a Convict; Another New Haven
scandal-Women and Anger Holes; Something
like Business; A Chapter of Facts, Rumors.
and Speculations; The Opposition in Virginia;
Executive Appointments and Combinations;
Personal Collision in Embryo; The Affair be-
tween Senators Jones and Douglas; More
Facts and Rumors; The Watrous Impeach-
ment Case; The schooner Susan and her Emil
grants; From the Southwest; The Weather and
the wheat; New Titles-an amusing commune
cat on; Gross Perversion of the Truth; The
New Pension Bill; Naval Intelligence; Re-
ports, speculations, &C.; A Tempest in a Tea
pot Retiring Disabled Army and Marine
corps Ofleers; Interesting to Naturalists; Con-
sular and Diplomatic Appointments; Senator
Douglas; The Avenue Railroad in the Alder
mems Chamber; The Journal of Commerce on
the lmbrosiiOs Of Senator Douglas; Meteorolo-
gical Operations Of tie Smithsonian Ipstitu-
uon and the U. S. Patent Office; The Susan
Again; The Northern Overland Mail Route.
Inc MEXICAN Mission; Appointments confirm
ed; The (alleged) Dead Alive; Oregon; Public
Bale OF Lands; Onslaught on Senator Hunter;
Naval News; The Public Grounds; Mexico:
Later from Europe; Late California Items
Inc Latest News by Telegraph and Mail
several columns; The United States Guano
isiAnds; .Elopemsnt of Wife; Missouri; Fill
buster Canards; More about the Newburph
Murder; An Eccentric; column of interest.
ing personal items; The Tare on Coffee; Sincu-
iAi Dea'n OF Man and Wife; Winter Amuse-
ments-a poem; Letter from Senator Jones. of
Iowa, to Senator Douglas; Paris Fashions.
ivory " alt to wina-a poem; Still Later from
Europe; Additional from California; Later from
Mexico; A column Of late News Items. &c.
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