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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-28

III On Monday last, the Legislature Of Vir.
GINA passed a bill for the erection of a work
house, 10 connection with the city prison at Pc
tersburg.
III On Wednesday afternoon, the 9th instant
at Wilkinsons mill, In Putnam, CT, a boy b
the name Of Albert Dl.ucy, aged Is years, was
riding down on the elevator from the mule-rocm
when a weight, weighing six pounds. fell f.onl
the fourth story and struck him on the head He
was instantly killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-28

IL The Alexandra Gazette learns that the
smallpox is prevailing to consider able extent in
the village of Amissville, in Rappahannock co e,
and is proving very fatal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-28

FkoN PoRr Az PRINcE-Capt Hines of the
schooner Corrine, from Port au Prince on the 10th
instant, reports that the yellow fever is raging
there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-28

ID The price Of gas has been reduced in Bal
timore ten cents on the dollar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-28

The WEArHER.-Tho following report of the
weather for this morning. is made from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution.
The time Of observation is about o'clock a. M. ::
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-28

REMOvAL.-We learn that DIR. Thomas r.
Everett, of New York, has been removed from
his position as an Exanir or in the Patent Office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-28

III CAHD To THE PU Bic.
AS the election for the new Code will he held a,
the Columbia Engine Bouse on the 18th Feb "a
ruary, the BOWMAN GUARDS most respect -
fLlly announce to their friends and the puLllc -
Ia genera thst they will give their Grand Ba ~
Hall, Capitol Hill.
Particulars IN future advertisement.
BY order Of the Guards.
/ an x7-T las n DORpyN G,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-28

The RECEPTION at Judge Douglass last
night was yet another of the many largely at
tended and gay affairs of the season. Dancing
to Weber's band was one of the features Of the
evening, and here as elsewhere, the new dance,
"The Lancers," was in the ascendant. Sir
WIN. Gore Ousely was among the visitors here.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

Bleeding and exhausted from his wounds
he fell back only TO be borne op The fem
pes; pillows when barge sank beneath
hhm 10 the rock bound shore, where he
was soon picked up in state of insensi
1'h'y 10y stranggling scout Of the Amer
can soldiers, who had been sent out by
Their commander to ascertain the cause
OF h'ng from the enemy's vessels, but
altar on the lake, Will" he made prepara
tlons for the disposition of his army. in
case a sudden eme,gcrcy .sbould REQUIRE
their service and bloody action with the
invading foe.
The intelligence which Wor,ley go;noa
IN his per'lous adv enture proved Of i'm.
mence advantage TO the American cause.
1t enabled the brave and gallant Scott
(row the renowned and war.worn renero
aD ami Commodore Perry to strike deci
slve blows for Free Trade and Sailors
Rights" on land and lake, and gave re.
newed glory to The Banner of the Stars
and Stripes" Perry "met the enemy
and they were ours"
Martha WoodviIIe was restored to the
arms of her gallant lover, Capt. Wortlev,
and blissful without alloy has been their
welded union.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29
From The 81. Louis Observer
Baptism Slightly 0verdone

Not long since, near where | now live,
there was certain young man taken
sick, whose sickness WAS thought to be
unto death. This youth, from some
cause, had not been baptized; and, having
been brought up under the immersion, or
Campbellite influence, the question arose,
What must lie done We'll the first thing
be must believe is, that Jesus Christ is
the Son CT God. This, presume, was
not very hard 10 get him 10 believe, be
cause he bad no reason to dispute it; not
knowing much about it, inferring from
his past life, which went 10 show that he
had never troubled himself much about
whether Jesus Christ was the Son Of God,
or not.
But, now, to make a long matter short,
his friends concluded they would not at.
| temp, to go TO the river Jordan, but sub.
stitute rain.trough, that was in the
neighborl'ood, and heat water for the
occasion. So, they got the trough, COM
menced heating the water and filing il
up, (something like butchers do about
Christmas times } but it commenced
leaking: and, not likely to make the
desired speed, they began to stir in meal
10 stop the leak, until they made what
weavers call sizing. Well might Jeremi'
all exclaim "They have forsaken me the
fountain Of living waters, and hewed
them out csterns, broken cisterns, that
can hold no water" However, they put
him in and took him out the same day
And, as have now stated the facts a:
they were, leave it for your readers tc
decide whether this suhjec: was sizeo
or baptized V. D. NJ.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

IN moment her heart stopped beating
and she had gone from her chi!dren foT.
ever. '''
Oh then how sorry was Charlie that
he had not minded his mother, and been ,
good boy upon the last day Of her pre-.
clous life. But it was too late now: ALI
'he poor lads tears aud remorse availed
no,hing-his mother could not sneak to
hIm, and Tell him that he was forgiven,
de knew that he should never again
listen TO her dear, loving voice, or meet
the glance of her soft mild eyes-bis
mother was eead. dead, and nc had
h""" r""ehty ~ Lo- H. ..--,- -. -.
that he had seen her in life.
My little children, whose place had
you rather stand in when your mother
d'es-the place Of Charlie or JOHNNY {?
Oh how very thoughtless little bows,
aud girls too, are in their treatment of
their dear, dear mothers. If they only
could reflze, as they can who are mother.
less, what dreadful thing it is to have
the mother die, they certainly would try
to be more dutfnl and affectionate to
that best, most tender OF all human
kindred.
Obey your mother, my children: be
always kind TO her; that you NAV no:
nave bitter remorse to sting you when
you can see her no more.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29
Why not To.DaY3

Reader, you hope, very likely, to be a
real Christian some time, and fit to 90 TO
heaven. You hope to repent and believe
on Christ, and have a good hope before
you die. But why not to day?'
What is to prevent you Why should
you wait any longer Why not this
day awake and call upon your God, and
resolve thai you will sleep no longer ? |
set before you Jesus Christ the Saviour,
who died to make atonenent for sinners.
Jesus who is able to save to the utter.
most, Jesus who is willing TO receive
lhe hand that WAS nailed to the cross is
held out to you i'll mercy. The eye that
"ept over Jerusalem is looking on YOU
with pity. The voice that has said to
many warderer, Thy sins are forgiven ,
is saying TO you, Come unto me- Go
to Jesus hrst and foremost, if you would
know what step 10 take. Think not to
wait for repentance and faith and a new
heart. but go TO Him just as you are
O, awake thou that sleepest. and Chris,
VIII give lnee ngnl. why not lo.uay
Sun, moon and stars, are all WITNESSING
against you they continue according TO
'Od o'u'h"hCeS, anu YOU are ever trans
crossing them. The grass, the birds, the
very WORMS Of the earth, are all witness
ing against you they ti! their places in
creation, and you do not Sabbaths and
ordinances are continually witnessing a.
gains: you: they are ever procIaiming
that there is God and judgement, and
you are living as if there were nome
The tears and prayers of gody relations
are witnessing against you; others are
sorrowfuiIy thinking you have a soul
though you seem to forget it. The very
gravestones you see every week are wit
Messing against you they are silently
witnessing that life is uncertain, time is
short, the resurrection Is vet to come, th e
Lord is at hand All, all are saving,
awake. awake, awake o, reader, the
time past may surely suffice you to have
slept. Awake to be wise. Awake to be
safe. Awake TO be happy. And why
not to day ?-Ryle.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

SWALLOWING NEEDLss.-Yesterday
morning little child in this city commen.
ced crying without any apparent cause,
and kept it up until late in tba evening,
when lis cries were succeeded by screams.
The parents OF the child looked into its
mouth and discovered near its throat q
needle sticking into its tongue, in such u
position that il was evident that IL bad
come from the stomach. The mother
then remembered that day or two be
fore she had given her work basket, con
tanning needle book, to the child to
play With. An examination revealed che
fact that the needles we're gone. An
emetic was given the child, and il has
vomiied several needles from its stomach
which NAV or may not be all. AZ any
rate, the chill is better to day. This Incl
dent should serve as a canton to mothers
to keep such things OFT Of the reach o.
their children Hartford Pres.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

a cotemporary, in noticing the appoint
ment of a friend as postmaster, says: q.
If he attends TO mails as well as he
does to females, he will make very at
tentive and efficient officer
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

Come, Bob, how much have YOU clear
ed by your speculation 2 said a friend TO
his companion.
Cleared! ! answered Bob with frown:
why, | cleared my pocketsr
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

II you love Others, they will love. II
you speak kindly to them, they will speak
kindly to you. Love is repaid with love,
and hatred with hatred. Would you
hear sweet and pleasing echo, speak
sweet!y and pleasantly yourself.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

: II is stated, upon the authority oftbose
who have heard it, that q cat, when her
tall is pinched between door aud post,
utters the voweIs a, e, !, o, u, with great
distincthen. II the injury is prolonged, she
gives W, and y, also.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

The marriage Of allowed child may
seem to parent kind OF death. Yet
therein father pays but just debt
Wedock gave him the good gift; to wed
lock, then, he owes IL.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

Il have turned many woman's head
boasted young noblemsn o: France.
Yes replied Talieyraud, away from
YOU
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

Mr.. Mcrheney, living five miles from
keokuk, Iowa, has horse four years old
which measures nineteen hands high, and
weighs one thousand six hundred and
twenty five pounds. He was raised in
Ohio.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

A tipsey Irishman leaning against
lamp-post, as a funeral procession was
passing by, was asked who was dead
81 cant exactly say sur" said he, "but
presume it is the jntleman in the coffin,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

'Holla, Rifton, that's pretty coat you
have on : farmers satin, is it not 2
No, sir; no farmer satin this coat,
can tell you. ] had it made for myself,
and got it new from the store.'
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

when Lady Holland wanted to get
rid of fop. she used TO say.
L beg your pardon, but wish you
would sit little further off; there il; some.
thing in your handkerchief which do
not like
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

Have you sisterl Then love and
cherish her with holy friendship II
you have no sister Of your own, we ad-
wise you to love somebody else's sister.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

A Western editor having published
long leader on hogs rival paper, in
the came village, npbraids him for obtru-
ding his family matters upon the public.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

Refusing to pay your printers bill and
robbing henroost are the same thiag in
Dutch, only little differently expressed.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

Gone ducking,' is the term used for
young Teller in Arkansas, who goes to
set up with young woman.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

A pleasant wife is rainbow in The sky
when her husbands mind is tossed with
storms and tempests.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

What is the difference between a ship
and hen The hen lays one egg, and
iLe ship lays TO.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

No earthly bank is half so rich,
How can then be poor!
lis when my stock is spent and gone
And ] Without II groat,
I'm glad to hasten to my bank,
And beg n little note.
Sometimes my banker smiling says,
why don't you ofiener come!
And when you draw little note,
why not larger sum!
why live 80 niggardly and poor,
Your bank contains a plenty;
why come and take one yound note
When you might have twenty!
Yea, twenty thousand ten times told
la but Lriiling sum,
+" what your Father has laid up,
Secure in Christ his Son.
Since then my banker is so rich.
have no cause To borrow
I'll live upon my cash to-day,
And draw again Tomorrow.
I've been thousand times before,
And never was rejected;
Sometimes my banker gives me more
Than asked for or expected.
Sometimes I've felt little proud,
I've managed things so clever;
But uh, before the day is gone
I've felt rs poor as ever.
Sometimes with blushes on my face,
Just ut the door I stand;
know If Moses keep the back.
surely mast be damned.
Should all the banks OF England break
And Cmrolna's smash,
Bring in your notes to lions bank,
fo"'l! surely have your cash.
And If you have but one ,mall note,
Fear not to bring it in;
Com. boldly to The bank of Grace,
The Bani er is within.
All forged note will be refused,
Mun.merits are rejected;
There's not a single note will pass
That God has not accepted.
'Tis only those beloved, by God,
Redeemed by precious blood,
That ever had u note to bring
Those are the gifts Of God.
Though thousand ransomed souls may
s,y
They have no notes at all,
Because they feel the plague Of sin,
So ruined by the fall.
This bank Is full Of precious notes,
All signed and sealed and Tree,
Though many doubling souls may say ,
There is not one for me.
Base nnbclief will lead the child
To say what is not true;
! tell the soul who feels selC-iost,
These notes belong to you.
The leper had alit,le note
''I.ord if thou wilt, you cap"
The banker cashed this little note,
And healed the sickly man.
We read Of one young man indeed
Whose riches did abound;
But in the bankers book Of grace
This man was never found.
But see the wretched dying thief
Hang by the bankers side;
Ale cried, '.Dear Lord remember me y
lie got his cash--and died.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

Joe Fuller says some young ladies are
SO artificial, that even in making love,
they use none but artificial flowers of
speech.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

Thou canst not joke an enemy into a
friend, but thou mayest friend into an
enemy.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29
n UNI B Err 80.
Duriirtu.

Mocesty is handsome dish cover.
which makes us fancy there must be some.
ting very good 5eueath it.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

A MATCHMAKING MAcuINE.-A fash.
ionable mother with four manageable
daughters.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

An Irish attorney says: No printer
should publish death unless apprized Of
the fact BY the party decsssed.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

SNow SQuALE IN JULY.-The wife Of
George Snow, Of Arkansas, gave birth to
three children July 26th.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29
Selertta 5turu.
L II Z S P Y =.
A 7 A LIE OF E>ERIE.
BY HISTORICUS.

Tell her Of him whose lonely grave
Shall meet her dark eye never,
His pillow in the stormy wave,
The deep his home forever.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

This year the harvest moon occurs in
August, rising for six successive nights at
nearly the same hour.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

The four great evils of life are said 10
be standing collars, stove pipe hat, tigh.
boots, and tobacco.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

A lady, who was strict observer Of
etiquette, being unable to 60 to church
one Sunday, sent her card.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

What weapon does young lady re-
semble whose acquaintance pass her with
out noticing her? A cutlass.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

Why Is the map Of Alabama like the
barrel OF soldiers musketa Because
one end has bay on it.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

Sir you are just like the motions of a
dogs tall How so.' Because you are
a wag.'
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

Texas derives its name from an Indian
word, signifying beautiful.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

When the day breaks what becomes
Of the fragments!
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

When is clock on the stairs danger.
ous! When it runs down.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

Up jumped the Devil,
Looking solernn,
Aud set these lines,
To fll ihi. colum
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29
V Oh U NJ E VII.
Selett Hortrg.
The Firm Bank.

Supposed to have been written BY Rev.
Rowland Hill, alta time when public credit
IN 'reat Britain was shaken by the failure
of several Banks.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-29

i have never failing bank,
A more ahan golden store;
No earthly bank is half so rich,
How can then be poor!
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-29
~ Local Intelligence on thlrd page.

RUMsEY AND NEwooMB's MINsrRELs.- This famous
Ethiopian band gave their second performance last
night, at Concert Hall on Poydras street, which was
again crowded by an uproariously delighted audi
ence.
Great as this band was last year it is far greater
now, not only in numerical strength, but in musical
talent. Rumsey and Newcomb are great as ever, SO
is Little Bobby, without being visibly larger Harry
Leh shakes the bones and does the ngger to dstrac.
ton Leslie the ballad singer, is in splendid voice
and there is another ballad singer, Mr. Bidaux, who
quite equal to Leslie though his style is different
Little Bobby now sings in the choruses and his ring
ing boy-voice sweetens them wonderfully. The or
chestra force is much increased and is equally ex.
cellent in brass band and string band exercise.
The troupe have large budget of new songs, hu-
mors and travesties never performed here before !;
and their portfolio contains eighteen full programmes
each programme separate and distinct in its leading
features, from all the others. RuTnsey and New
combs Minstrels are now team, and no mistake
The opening of the new Fall with such an attrac-
ton, is great and event, which fairly causes
Poydras and Carondelet streets to clap their hands
with joy. Though the Minstrels suit their patrons,
the new Hall is much criticised. Its curious shape
that Of elbow with the stage in the joint, and the
seats ranged semcirculary to suit the stage excites
the remark of ALL Still it is neatly finished and gives
otherwise uttered.
The Mnstrels give another performance tonight,
with an entirely new programme.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-29

| The European adyiceq bro70Ft H., tto AZ, b,4
very 5tle influence an roari5sf ma tr,s.ti,,s
in cotton yesterday were free wftboT,t aTg e,raot
variation in prices The facilities err sbirri,,+
time free though exchange vs4tardau gss .ss,inst
buyers of cotton 1t does not apear to make y,uct
difference about foreign quotations This market N
pears to have great control over IfvarnooJ Is fne
factors have the call. 1t is often Observed that ,,ang
buyers positively decline to enter III ynariyot r
tending that prices are too high no chance for pro-
fit can't make commission With vario,s etf.r III
inncts. The first thing we know Or hear d taTE that
some parties have gone into market ana purchased
ten Of twenty thousand bales without yinteqenee
being at hand 50 the talk u.s. when the BEARS grovI
shar1 II NAV generally IL inferred tba4 m stanIa
will he moving It is prettv well known that tbe
fosses IN abot s5o ooO baIes IF cotton skinned tba
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-29
~ TsIegraphle news on hfth page.
sIIgIasIy Wrong.

We extract the following article from the Vernon
jackson Parish) Times, of the 18th inst;
SENATOR DOUGLAS IN NEW 0RLEANs-In the pa
pers of the Crescent City, find elaborate reports
of the enthusiastic reception of Senator Douglas,
who has recently got the idea into his head to make
a short tour through the save-hoIdng States. The
tremendous True DeIta,n the organ of nothing to
say and column to say it in, was ecstatic-com-
petey carried away with the idea of "the coming of
the Douglass as it so elegantly proclaimed Douglas
expected advent. Yes, it took the matter in hand
and sought to show 10 the yeomanry around what
was beftung occasion unparalleled as the visit
Of Douglass The Crescent, notwithstanding it's fa-
nous diatribes against Mr. Buchanan for his sup
posed squatter pToGlivities, steamed alongside the
True Delta craft and brstliug with all the inpIe-
ments Of modern warfare, sent out an ultimdtan to
Col Breckenridge, of the Courier, that Douglas
should have more than Democratic weleome,7 as
the latter indicated to be most appropriate. The
struggle worthy of better causes but as it was
the whole aar seemed to nearly akin to the semi
occasional outpOutings of fanRtcism at tie North.
Hero worship has seldom been sin with the South.
er people, and indeed to be consistent in their at
tacks upon the North it stands them in hand care
fully to avoid its temptations Our city neighbors
certainly carried their furious admiration beyond the
limit Of Southern decency, and as such are entitled
to the sympathy of us plain country folks. But the
most elegant part of the whole affair was the inter
mingling OF Democrats with the Known Nothings
who are still holding out against the principles of the
Democracy. Cheek by jowl they parto0k freely of
the ''Litte Giants Intoxicating mixture of States
Rights and FTees0ilism. Hand in hand they an
plauded the man who proclaimed the doctrine that
all territory is dedicated to freedom and must re-
main so until local regulation establishes the sl-
premacy Of the Constitution. What heresy and
what faithful adherens of the doctrine of equality as
applied to the two sections of the Union
The Times misapprehends the position Of the Cres-
cent We never said anything respecting the politi-
cal principles Of Senator Douglas never spoke about
his supposed squatter proclyitiesn or otherwise,
&