Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-09

ID BY accounts from the Departments II ap-
pears that the cold has been very severe all over
France.
III Col. Inglis, whose defence of Lucknow is
likely to rank among the most memorable in
stances Of gallantry and endurance in English
martial history, Is son OF the late Right Rev.
Dr. John lngiis, Bishop of Nova Scotia.
To BIZ HUNs-Sherif Parker of New Orleans,
has received from Gov. Wickliffe the death war
rant of fitzgerald, who murdered his sister, and
kreppell, who murdered his old mistress, Mrs.
Schumacher. They are to be hung on the 18th inst.
VALUE OF YOUNG LADY's TKETH.-The Pa
ris Courts value young lady's teeth at 8 0O0f An
English governess was lately knocked down by
a carriage, and lost by the accident all her teeth
She brough t an action for damages and the trib-
unsl awarded her the above amount.
The KING WHO WAS GENrLENAN-lti Is re-
lated Of a certain king that on a particular
sion he turned his into his saucer contrary to
his custom and to the etiquette Of society because
two country ladies, whose Inequalities he was
enjoying, did SO. That king was gentleman.
Id Andrew Johnson, near Paydown, Maries
county, Mo, recently shot his STEP mother, Mrs
Johnson, wife Of w. H. Johnson, member of the
State Legislature, through the breast, with pis-
tol, instantly killing her. He was arrested and
made a confession.
IL The Amherst and Belchertown, Mass J
Railroad, has passed into the hands OF the bond
holders not being able to meet it's obi cations. A
small portion OF the road has been washed away,
has been put on.
III As soon the Ministry and Opposition
In Canada have ascertaned who are the real vic
tors In the late holly contested election for men,
bers OF Parliament, the great and absor ues-
ton Of the free occupancy OF the Hudson Bay
Territory will come before the statesmen of the
provinces.
ID Messrs. Blackwood, Of Edinburgh, have
In press reprint from their own magazine of the
charming Seaside Studies at Iifracombe, Ten
by, the Scilly Isles, and Jersey" now confessed
70 be from the versatile pen Of MIR. 6. H. Lewes,
The biographer Of Gothic, and the author of the
Biographical History Of Philosophy"
O The Lawrence, Kansas, correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette, says: MRS. Mary p
Canneld Is undergoing preliminary examina-
ton here, on the charge of poisoning her hus-
Band. There also rumors that she took the life
Of her infant child in similar manner Illicit
love II assigned az the motive for the horrible
deed. She Ia young and pretty, and the affair IL
creating great sensation
AQuIsTIoS OF FAcr.-The Spiritual Tsle-
gaPh expresses the brlief that the spirituaists of
Boston do not commit the improperly O. sitting
inquiry, and has as yet been unable to find any
person, either spiritualist or skeptic, who knows
or believes such thing has occurred.
ID Among the items Of theatrical gossip is
the intended marriage Of Mr.. (Dick Tinto) Good
rich, ems Of the authors of the .sPoor Of New
York, - and several other productions, to a Miss
stevens, young lady who left . comfortable and
luxurious home, to try her chances for fame upon
the stage.
III At hotel in Cincinnati Ohio. the other
night, man in the absence oftwo lady occupants
oil room; secreted himself under the bed The
ladies returning to their room late at night, the
fellow took one OF them around the ankle, which
caused her and her companion to scream loudly
The house was aroused, and in the confusion the
thief escaped.
/" The soil of Salt Lake Valley Is very fer
tile The Mormons have had an uncommonIy
fruitful season, and the Weld OF their land has
been immense. One mans wheat Welded -
bushels to the acre; another I'd bushels and O.
tatoes turned out COO bushels 10 the acre. These
potatoes all weighed from one TO 1--WE pounds
each.
RUNAwAY SLAvks.-The Albany correspond
ent Of the Journal of Commerce says that he saw
the other day six runaway negroes msrcbed
through the streets under the protection Of Ste
pnen Myers, black nan, who claims to be the
President of the g Underground Railroad, =" an
organization which occupies itself in running of
darkies from New York TO Canada