Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-30

FACTS, REPoRrs AND RUNoRs.-It is stated
that President Buchanan has determined te
make q tour through North Carolina next sum.
mer, and to attend the commencement a,
Chapel Hill College.
Great efforts are being made here to hum.
bug the Government and Congress, and by
newspaper correspondents to dsIude the people
| about the fabulous mineral wealth Of Ariz,n
While 1T must lie conceded there is no coub;
that good silver and copper mines exist, which
| require the application Of large capital and
mining skill, am assured, on tho best au thor.
ity, there is no evidence rs yet of auriferous
deposits or washings," as in California, 10
reward individuals without capital" So say.
the correspondent Of the New York Herald.
writing from this city under date of the 18th
inst. We may add that the Efforts from this
city to get up gold and silver fever about
Arizona are so persistent and glaring as to
satisfy most men Of common sense hero that
there is big speculation at the bottom Of
them The puffs on puffs are doubtless to be
continued until green 'uns may rush to buy
the lands or mining stocks ut fabulous prices
to yield them, eventually, only "the bag to
hold
The contract for the engines of the new sloop-
of-war now building at Norfolk has been
awarded to Murray & Hazlehurst, of Baltimore.
The official returns from the two important
emigrant ports of Europe Bremen and Ham.
burg-show that the number of emigrapts to
the United States was Al ,344 for the ten months
and half previous to the 18th of November.
TINS Is considerable less than during CORES
ponding period Of the year previous.
1t Is said that when the Senate occupies the
new hall, on the reassembling of Congress all
persons not members of Congress or officers at
the Capitol will be excluded The enforcement
OF this salutaIy rule will of course give rise 10
no little grumbling.
According to latest advices from England,
Lord Napier's successor, Lord Lyons, will not
reach here before about the LIST of March.
Advices have been received hero that the
United States sIoop-ofwar st. Mary's arrived
at Guaymas on the 10th just in time to prevent
the expulsion Of Col, Stones surveying party
from Sonora.
NAVAL NEws.-The Navy Department is in
receipt Of dispatches containing the following
interesting intelligence, to wit:
Inc Saratoga arrived at Tampico on the "a
INST In thirteen days from AspinwalI. Com.
mander Turner had gone up to Tamn;co in !,
boat.
The Fulton left Maranham on the I3tb u,t
arrived at Pernambuco on the 18th, and von,d
san thence on the 10th for st. Catharine's.
The Water Witch arrived at Pernambuco
from Clara, on the 23d ult
All these vessels had lengthy but safe trims.
being 30 days in making a distance usually
accomplished in 30 or IS days. ...a
, The Harriet Lane arrived at Pernambuco
on the 10Th ult.. in six days from Marsnhsm.
ohs was to leave for St. Catharine's ON the
18th nit. --- - -, Wv
Tho fennimore Cooper, Lieut.. Brooks com.
mandins, arrived at Honolulu after a cruise of
10 days, during which she visited various no.
siuons' alleged to be dangerous, between San
francisco and the Sandwich Islands. on N.
route to China, but perceived no Indications
OIL land, shoals, or rocks. Various soundinp,.
VA" wi esep-ssa leads we're made, and a .p.ci.
Meh OF water taken from q depth of three and
'"e-elgnth miles, which is presumed to be from
se.,sr depth than any has ever beretofoie
'o ~. oo.a'nsd. ESQ cog sou erafpy.
Inc cyane, bound for tho p.e;s. ,,,;,,
y A'' on the 18th inst, In afty. tbr,. a.vs |