Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-05-14
THE WEEKLY STAR,

Full to the brim with good things sketches
poetry, news and gossip, is this week s edition
of the Weekly Star. To those who have friends
abroad nothing could prove more acceptable
We name portion of the interesting matter
which fills its forty columns:
PoETRI.-The Reign OF Nav Charity in the
Nineteenth Centuryi Stand up for Jesus: Clasp
Me Fordly; The Queen of VI AZ; and to CROWN a III .
A Metricai Glance at the late Fancy Ball of the
iadv Of Senator Gwin.
Miscellany .--O'Conn on D'Israeli; Dick
ems story Of the Origin of Pickwick; Mai Noah
a." Marriage; Extraordinary Trial Of Rev sam
1iel smith and MS Wife; Soldiers Life IN Wash
ln9ton Territory; Death of Loan Of Arc; Hiuh
life in Washington; The Woman that Lives
W lthOut Eating; GOTeioH Police Statistics; Par
aGglv, 4 suCCiEct history and description of Tia.
country aud people Against whom TIE President
has been authorized To Use fnFuc, if necessary to
Arcure justice Timely article, DR.. Hare Turning
COppeTS to Gold; with an assortment of interest,
in minor miscellany.
WASHING ToN NEws AND GossIP.-The recon-
Struction Of Parties; The charge against PostInas-
ter Weller of San FTaucisco Senator Clinguan;
me visitors to West Point; The latest RooTbaC X;
new Party; The Aqueduct; Swamp and Over
flowed Lands, The French Spoliation bill; The
Oath Of Senator Evans; Frauds on the Pension
ONCE; Appointments and Combinations for the
week; The Nicaragua Treaty; Enlargement. of
The Capitol Grounds. Hon. Mr.. MAYNARD and the
Lobby; The Officers of the Utah Expedition: The
BIDS Tor The Treasury Notes, the amounts, rates,
ana bidders Tne Advertisements of the Govern
Inent; y Mares Nest explOded; The Admission
of Min sofa; Mr.. Cling man's Views; The game
OF the F;hbuSters; The Settlement of the Kansas
Question Private Concert at Lord Napier's; The
Pasha; California Appointments; The Bribery:
The Fort Smelling sale case; Thurlow Weed and
the TaTlh investigating Committee; Poking fun
at IN; The Twiggs Court Martial; More charges
Territorial Business; Navy Surgeons; A Petit
nent Question; Naval Appointments.
Local List Of Members OF the American
Medical Association; The City Prayer Meetings
no
Schools; Proceedings of the Criminal Court;
Trial of George CTeager for the murder Of WIN
Farrell; The Trial Docket of the Supreme Court
OF the Elted states for the week: Carusi:s Nav
Ball; Grand Entertainment 1T the Residence of
Senator Douglas; The Exhibition of the Junior
Class OF Columbia College; Sales of Real Estate
burglary; The new arrangements on the Balti-
more ard Ohio Railroad; Music at the Presi-
dents; Exhibition OF the Mission Schools; The
Court OF Claims; The Chesapeake and Ohio
canal Company Attempt TO Assassinate; A Boy
suicide, &C, &c., &c
GENERAL NEws.-Foreign immigration; Gen
eIAl Conference of the Methodist Protestant
church at Lynchburg General Assembly Of the
Presbyterian 90. : Church at New Orleans !;
Officers of the American Association for the AID .
yanceDlent Of Science; Accident on the New
York Central Railroad The Woman Murdered
anu BarIeled CP; Inauguration Of the Mayor Of
PhlIadelphIa; Crops III the South Late CaIifor-
ma News 10y the star Of the West; Fraud on the
lineage, - Louis and Alton Railroad Company;
The Anniversaries in New York.
FOREIGN NEws.-FTOm Mexico, West Indies
south AHcrica. England, France, Spain, Italy,
Austria, China India.
fEkSoNAL--NOtes of the movements and Incl
dents OF some two hundred Ind viduais occupy
liII share Of public attention
Conc RESsInSAL.-A succinct history of every
thing of interest in Congress this week
IHE MARKETS -FuiI and accurate accurate
Quotations of the markets Of the Northern cities
All this, and much that, in looking over we
pass by, is offered to the public in our weekly
Issue Ii may well challenge comparison in
point Of typographical execution matter, and
everything else that goes to make up a news
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