Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-10-08
THE WEEKLY STAR.

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Table Of Contents.
WASHINGTON News AND GOSSIP. - Bobbin'
Around; California; The Engines for the New
Steamers; That Bombshell; New York Custom.
House; Letters by U. :. Vessels; The Captain OF
the Echo; Minister to Denmark; Hon. Sherrard
Clemens; Land Warrant Frauds; The United
States and Texas Boundary; New Granada AT.
fairs; The Pension Once; The Paraguay Expedi.
ton; The CahOodling Of Last Session; A Noble
The Society Islands; At his Post; Doug lass Re.
pudiatiOn OF the bred Scott Decision; From Utah
Ihe Coast Survey; Florida Railroads; The Ru-
mored Ousiey-Nicaragua n Treaty; The Militia;
The Aqueduct Pipes; Public Schools; the Fill.
buster Walker; An Admiral in the Navy; Minis.
ter to Spain; California Mails; The Washing ton
Aqueduet; Opera; The Department News; Army
and Navy Intelligence for the week
LOCAL NEws-The warrenton Homicide the
entire evidence in the case-Green sent ON for
trial. The strike of the Capitol PlastereTs Letter
of Capt Meigs-The Plasterers Reply-CaId OF
Messrs. Manke and Beckett; Shooting Affair;
The W leather; Delivered to the Mayor; The Re-
suit; The Examination Of the Heiberger Shoot
ing Case; Emeute; Marriage at:Browns'; Teach
ers' Association; Religious Meetings; Accident
on the Railroad; Attempt at Suicide; Union
Prayer Meetings; On the Island and the Arsenal;
Police Report for September; Musical Notice;
Charge Of Horse Stealing; High School; Chas
II. Barrett; Real Estate; Picnic at the Park;
Screens for the Jail; Bushnell Alive, &C.
GENERAL NEws.-Execution in Virginia; Pre-
sentation of Trumpet to Lieut.. Maxwell Wood
hull; How a Lady saved her Life but lost her
passage Money and Jewelry; A Slaver's Crew;
Trial of Slavers; The New York state Fair;
Railroad Accident; Shilling of the Niagara The
Yellow Fever; Romantic Marriage; Extraordi-
nary case of Elopement; Gold in Nebraska; Dou-
bic Elopement-twO brothers of with two
sisters; The Dangers of the Sea- Later from Lieut.
Gilliss and the Astronomers; Marine Losses for
September; Accident; Pacific wagon road Expe-
dition; Finances at Boston; sea LOSSES Interest
ing from Syria; y Fugitive Slave; The Nicara2 ua
Line; Negro Excitement; The Last Word from
the Atlantic Cable; The Destruction of the Crys-
tai Palace, &c.
FOREIGN NEws -From Europe, Asia and
Africa by the steamers Hammonia, Nova Scotia
and Canada; fGom Cuba by the steamer Black
Warrior; ffom Mexico; from Japan from ia
maicd, &c.
Personal NEws-On- dts about Gen. Scott.
Martin Van Buren,, Edwin Forrest, Gen Tom
Thumb, u. X +. James, Senator Gwin. Carl
Formes, Sberrard Clemens, and many others
COMMERCIAL NEws.-An accurate synopsis of
the foreign and domestic markets.
PoETRY-The Sailing Of the Mayhower by
II. w. Longfrllow; Three Rcses-sweet and
touching; Surnames-very cute and funny; The
Comet-very beautiful.
MrscxLLisr-Paris Fashions: The Railroad
Compromise; Spread Of the English Tongue;
The Philosophy of Pain; Ye Organ Grinder;
Gold turned to Copper; The New Soul of John
Markham; New Fairy Tales; Lord they never
heard of, &c, &c.
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