Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-05-21

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Table of Contents:
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GossIP-Tbe Door
keeper Of the House Of Representatives; The I'm
Pufation ola the Hon. Henry NJ Rice; Mr r w
Latham and the Wiil@tt's Point Case, Wanted
Quorum; Ragged at Last; The A ppointments and
Combinations OF the week; New Commander of
Marines at the Washington Navy Yard; The Fl
fects OF PartiZan Misre presentation; The Florida
War; The Police of the CITY; The ProI osition To
Increase the Pay of the Officers Of the Army; The
New Solicitor; The Doork ee pership; The District
Orphans Court; Rara Avis in Terra; Completion
81 thirty five miles Of an Iowa Railroad; The
Nomination for DoOTkeeper; California SURVEYS;
The Mormons; Attacks On American Vessels;
The Fort Smelling Sale Case; Utah Intelligence;
OutTa5es on American Vessels; No Opposition
The Tariff Case Investigating Committee; The
Tribune and Senator Douglas; Being Commits
stoned; Naval Intelligence EX-PGesident TYLER;
Death OF Gen. Persifer F smith; A New Loan;
Works -'''
Local News "A Presentation to Commodore
Lavalette; The Proposed New AImshouse: Pc
sentation; Circuit Court Libel Cases A Paid
Fire Department: Public Schools in the District
OF Columbiai The Safety Fuse Experiment at
AnalOsian; Libel Case; Fatal Accident ON ,bs
Alexandria and Washington Railroad: Navy
ard Matters; The May Festival at the White
House; The German Festival near the PARK: The
jewish Feast Of Weeks The Oratorio OF It Pat
TICKS Choir and the Sacred Music Lecture OF
Rev h ID. Lyman; Second Trial Of John Essex:
Tor the murder OF Owen t{ui1Iey, aud the Ven
dict; PToceedin-s OF the Court of Claims fer the
week The District PIeshytery: MrtropoI tan
Mechani.s = Institute, odd Fellows Celebration
sales of Real Estate; Duel Prevented
GENERAL NEWs.-Srttlem1 NJ Of the Slavery
Dlhculty In the American Tract Society; Pro-
Greetings OF the General Conference OF the Meth
odist Protestant Church at Lynch bur9-the Gen
eral Assembly of the o : PRESBYTERIAN CLnrcb
al New Orleans-snd the Methodist EpiscopaI
CbuICh South at Nashville The Verdict In The
Sauduoit Bridge Disaster Gaze; From Utah !;
The Anniversaries in their Monetary ASPECT
The Financial Operations OF the French Gov
eminent; Commerce Of San Francisco; jim
Lane; Exports OF Treasure; American Mer-
cEantmcn Preparing 10 Resist British A ssauits !:
Tue Turkish Admiral; The Executive Commu,
nI"ation On British Outrages; Western Trade
with I'm Ope; The Southern Commercial Con-
venrion; Search of American Vessels; Another
Railroad Accident: Arrest for Forgery; Kansas
Rniofs AnOtLer British Outrage; Transfer OF
Prnnsy lSania Railroads.
foEEIGN NEws.-By tie North America on
tnr I'iE, and by the Niagara on the 10Th. f1OIn
Great Britain, France italy, Spain GERMANY
Turkey, Northern Europe and India: by the
Blafk Na'gior from Cuba
CoMMERcIAL NEWS The Produce Markets OF
The Northern cities up - the latest Incmpnt
MIscELLANY SUIT LOvngood At Sicily Burns
WrddlDg; The inpromptu Misunderstanding
how charles got a nice little wife The New
STATE OF Ontohagon; Advantages Of L. muerance :.
The Catholics in Canada Remark,IIe Con
version; M,DiiBess Of Speech; An Internal Al
chine; Preserving Flowers; A Personal Nara
i've; The French Fashions; Chicago as seen bv
an Editor; The Iron Masters Of France
POETRY "A W ord TO the Wise Nav Inv Iiept
Gibson, u. =. N; Silence: Spring Weather
PsRsnSAL-Concerningt two hundred indiyid
nails, and veIy Interesting 10 the public
coNGREzsIoNAL.-Ac complete synopsis OF Ma
tionsl Leg isiation for the week past.
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