Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-03-01

ID The bill limiting bank notes to SO and
s2u has been defeated ia the Virginia Sena te for
want OF . constitutional majority.
IL Three fourths of the gas consumers of
Wheeling have rebelled against the gas compa-
nv, and declared by pledge which is published
that after the 18th instant they will pay no more
than two dollars per thousand cubic feet. The
present price is three
ID The Gardiner ME Journal says that the
Manufacture Of sugar boxes Is largely carried on
In that city this winter, and has enabled all the
mills to keep at work al remunerative rates. 1t
Is estimated that S25 600 worth will be made
there during the winter.
IL man named Malo, of Montreal, had a
note against a man, with four good endorsers
for $3.50. He presented Ii for payment, when
the maker swallowed IL. He was arrested, taken
TO the police, and a doctor sent for. and he was
forced to swallow an emstic In the hope to make
him disyorge the note-but the note would not
come up, but remained In a fair way for dges-
ton.
REBELLION IN ScHooL-A few days since,
George Smith, teacher In a public school at
Perry.ville, Allegheny county, Pa, while en-
deavoring TO enforce order In school, was assail-
ed by several of the larger pupils, both male and
female, and severely injured. On consultation
with the directors, Mr.. Smith went TO Pittsbury
and made Information against five boys and two
girls, ard warrants were accordingly issued for
their apprehension, to answer a charge Of assault
and battery.
IL Two remarkable conversions to the cheap
press have just taken place in Ireland. The pro-
prietor Of the Dublin Freeman Journal has com.
menced the publication Of an evening edition of
that paper, price one penny The Northern Daily
Wing, (Beifast,) which formerly appeared on a
single sheet OF gigantic dimensions, and was
published three times a week is now transformed
Into much less terrible (but certainly far more
usefuD three halfpenny daily.
|" The Hurkasu mentions, on the authority
Of private letter ffom Cawnpore, dated the 18th
December, that great discovery had been made
there. 1t appears that Nena Sahib, before taking
TO Hight, threw all his treasures and Jewels into
HNnyO o.
been observed very busy about the place, the
localities were examined, and the concealed
riches discovered This will be glorious haul
OF prize money for Brigadier Grants force.
ID The Federal Council of Switzerland have
received Information from the Swiss emigrants to
Brazil that their cOnd tion In the country Of their
adoption Is not what they Were led to anticipate
Their condition is similar to that OF the serfs in
recognized by the Government while the emf
grants complaints are UNDECIDED The Federal
Council have consequently adopted measures 10
prevent emigration from Switzerland to Brazil
cLEEerNES AND FANCY SrocKs.-The New
tork Express SAYS, one Of the profession who
has evidently read the s.money articles recent
~ made application to well-known firm of bro
ksrs, with a sum Of money which he desired to
invest, soliciting at the same time, the advice OF
the broker.
"Ohio 6,s or Missouri SIS are perfectly safe and
pay good interest"
ooh mo-" responded the parson, sI don t want
thar kind, want some Of them that go up and
Gown, making at the same time, very sig nin =
cant upward movement Of the hand
SPEcIK.-The Brownsville (Texas) Flag saws
mar thirty-two thousand dollars in specie arrived
on last Monday from Mont Grey. This amount,
added to what has arrived here from the SAM
place within the last three or four weeks. makes
tne enormous sum Of SiO2. 0C0 Within this short
time the Rsnehero has brought nfty packages
and bags, besides some loose silver rom Roma
and other places on the river to this place, the
exact amount Of which II would be difficult to
l4CGH4lQ These anAh
nous amounts, ranging from thousands to hum
oreds OF dollars We verify believe the min =
Of the sierra Madre cannot be surpassed in the
woild Tor r,ehness In silver. The great abund-
ance that has passed through this market within
Shis year plainly proves the mex haustable wealth
Of these mountains