Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-05-28
THE WEEkLY STAR,

We ask an examination of the annexed syn
opsis Of what may be found in our Weekly
issue, now ready Mt our counter, and a com
parison OF it with any contemporary issue Of
the same price. To the citizen Of Washington,
and every one far or near, interested in Wash
lpgton news, 1T is invaluable; while TO the
general reader it offers many items Of surpass-
ing interest.
TGbie IF CoBffHfs
WASHINGTON NEtvs AND GoSSIP-Tba CS,en.
sion Of the Capitol; The Proposed Neyad, Ter
Titory; The Proposed New Hotel. The Eieciion
Decision; Board Of Visitors 10 The Nara, Acad
finy; IN. Treasury; The Weekly List ol Patents;
Illinois; Vacant Public Lands; The New E0npS.
THAN statue; The Session; The Outfnres IN tI,a
UnIi, rhe ln'er-Ocea"ic Canal a Veteran
Iiilin, Naval Intelligence; Summer aud tho
Ra!i u@ds: BARKING Up the Wrong free: III,
Appointments and Conf rmatIons of the Week.
The British oEtrages; Changes Under the Door.
Keeper; Honor To the Dead: Fraud on tho Post
Once DcraItment Officers Ordered; A uichi-
gan Railroad The Atlantic Telegraph; Pho,1p-
Iaphy and Its Application to the Arts; The Wa
yer pSnt Question: The Army Departure; AdnIi-
rails IN the Navy of the United States; An ArtIl-
!eTY School, Tie Removed Assistants of the
DcorkeepeT; The Proposed lunboats: Tn Sen.
MES Einpioyes; The New Election Law; The
D'"fkscpeT' EmI iOyPs; Army O .ders Eng lish
Opera; An Important Article: The steamer wa
ter Witch; True Progress; Washington Aor,.
GnGt Contracts; The Georgetown Question; ric
the Coast Survey =!
Local NEws-The weeks doings Of the Cit
CUT Court The Odd Fellows Celebration; A
rad Fire Department; sabbath School Eybibi
Ton OF the Methodist Episcopal Church south.
Arrest OF Van Loman Johnson; The Mount Yer.
non Fund; The Reoecca; TIE Anniversary Cele-
bration of the Washington SUNDAY - hooI Union.
Proceedings Of the Criminal Court; A most hi.
graceful Outrage; Costly Mistake; Potomac Fish
e,les; Inc Savings Of Mrs Penelope PartIngto
about w ashinSton; Fire; Music at the Capitol:
Inc Rhetorical Relieves at the Capitol: Fir,t
Baptist Sunday School Exhibition: Wedding
Dr. Thomas Maury to Miss Georgie Parker Rad.
" Beaten; The Proposed Horse Railroad thronph
The MayOralty. >''
GENERAL News adjournment of the Pre.bv.
terian General Assembly; Dramatic Cowb!din1
Mathews and Davenport; Another Outraoe. :, q
ustics of the Religious Revival; The Rri,isb ont
RACES; The Jews preparing to acknowl-dne
ChIis'; Murder in New Orleans; Utah; The Ma
sies OF France and England Serious Riot in the
Ashland Coal District; Conviction OF Mrs card
msIi Conviction OF w. NJ. Connolly; Capture o,
IaHlHico; Another American Vessel Fired Lotto.
Las rom Kansas and Santa Fe; The Southern
Ala Society; Sill Another British Outrage: The
american Tract Society: The st Louis Murder:
hdhses EuInois Of a Massacre; Movement OF
rIooPs Tor Utah; Weather at St. Louis; New
England Tract Society
foSEIGS NEws.-By the steamers Washington
ard Africa from Europe and ASIA By the stealner
Tennessee, from Mexico
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Union. fully and correctly reported
CONGREGATIONAL NEws.-The Stars usual nc
cihct report OF the sayings and doil.s OF l,otI
encs CT the Capitol for the week
MisctLLANI-Techncal Words; Partisan Cos
siPi a Jesuit Missionary among tie MoTmoos
Luther, Icy Carlyle: Mixed up Lawsuit: Tamino
Horses The Doctors Bride, by Emerson Ben.
rex cut LovengOod's version of Old Rurns
Bnil Ride, aTesl Tennessee yarn; Silas WriDbi;.
wealth; Old Times; Tall Men; Firesidr SIMS
household canonization; The Wife, lJi<tate
* iOFa cItnr. l..
among Tie Juveniles; The Blue Laws Major
Browns Coon story; Romance of TyycIye
Lines Religious Ideas; poor NoIwe,rfa.,,
Church; TIE Life of an English Prisoner bv hi,
nnScfnGilS; The SheTiff's Story by win IT,
Two Ways of managing Husband: The Nine
builal What Hoops Conceal; Curious Spriny
III Alabama; Sociaiism; British Filibuxte,js,u
POETRY fun Of b-auty; Ode 70
hapdeI; The Coquetle, by Chas swain A Vision
hScHingj w ood Thoughts, by Reid Thorn
ton; 10 the Moonbeam, Nv SHELLEY.
All Of which, together with the usual inter
estng and piquant Personal, ;" and a thousand
ard one little items Of news,-the condensed
history OF the country for a week-may be had
at the Star Office and Of the periodical dealers
Price sl.2j Per annum single copies cents
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FROM HAvANA.-The mail steamer isabel ha.
arrived at Charleston with dates 10 the 10Th in
slant "
The ship Clarendon wa. total wreck
The English steamer Styx, which has 80 rouph
~ OVerhduled 4 number ofAmerican vessels. WI
al hey West on the I'D
Sugar had advanced half real, aud molasse
was scarce and advancing
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