Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-04-09
THE EVENING STAR.
NEWS ITEMS.

woods of huntington county, n. J., 'atelo.
IU-Itis stated that 1t cost Mr.. Butler, of JEFF
ferson county, Va, about 81 100 to reclaim his
fugitive slave, Moses Homer.
ETThe Albany and Vermont railroad has been
scld to Troy parties for 1907 600. The original
cost Of the read was g., 0OO,OOO.
II An old woman died in Layard Conn last
Thursday, who for several years had been the re,
ciFient Of charity. After her death over $1,000
was found secreted in her house.
AT Knoxville, Illinois, minute guns were
Tired out OF respect for the memory OF uoV. Bis
sell. premature discharge killed TWO men,
Messfs. Morrow and Palmer
IL Milwaukee has gone democratic, electing
VIM. p Lynde Mayor. So, also, has kenosha
done-that is to say elected the entire democratic
ticket And FreePort, Ill, has been carried by
the democrats
DrOver one thousand acres on the Fishkill
mountains, in Dutcbess county, N. V, were
burned over on Saturday and Sunday last The
spectacle is represented as having been terribly
grand.
"The editor Of the Bellevue (Iowa) Courier
has tried the experiment of raising cotton in that
State, with considerable success. He has raised
some eight or nine POUNDS from a single strip
five feet long.
AMERICAN BIRLE SocIETY-The financial wear
Of the American Bible Society closed on Saturday
last, March 3lst. The past year has been one Of
great prosperity the total recep Si35 900.
and the number Of volumes issued, 752, COO
IL Governor Moore Of Louisiana, has with
the consent of the State Senate, pardoned twenty
four convicts, sentenced to undergo variety of
pUniShments, for crimes of all grades, including
murde:ers, inceEdiaries, &c.
IL The city Of st. Joseph Mo- If the state
ments OF its papers be accepted as evidence is
becoming "a perfect Bot ny Bay-a rendezvous
Tor thieves, pimps, black-legs, and precious ras-
Gals, both male and female"
IL Viscount CIeTc, aid-de-decamp to Prince
Napoleon, died suddenly the other day. He was
formerly, 1t is said, man of such enormous
strength that he could lift a horse with two men
on the back Of the animal.
II The Leavenworth tx. T y Herald SAYS
= The city is Hooded with emigrants bound for
the gold mines. Every day brings a large add
di,lon to the number. A large company of Geor-
Sians are stopping at the Merchants Hotel. Busi-
ness is looking up, and times are lively"
IL The editor Of the Council Bluffs Buple
has lately had his right elbow sprained his col
lar-bone broken, and himself otherwise put hors
saved by his hired man, who had also had a hard
Eight with the animal and came of worsted
ARRESTED -Two white men, giving their
names, respectively, VIM. Hall, of Alexandria
and George Huges, Of Petersburg, Va have been
arrested in Portsmouth, on charge of being con-
oerned in the burning of Saw Mill in that town
en- w tdnesday morning. They were examined
ana sent to Jail for further hearing"
IL The Richmond Enquirer Of Thurzdaysays.
The delegates from the fifth electoral district
met at Charlottesville Yesterday and selected VIM
n Farley OF Madison county, and Jas r. Cog
hill, of Amherst. as delegates 10 the CbarIes,0n
Convention. These gentlemen are said to favor
the nomination Of Mr.. Hunter for the Presidency
PocKEr PICKING BIZ WHOLESALE "A gang of
IlokPockets made descent upon Lancaster C1ty
Pa, last week, and succeeded i'm makinty tho foI
lowing robbcries David Lands lost Sa1I: Isaac
Miller, 81 $40; James PaSsmOre 81. 600; Mr. Den
finger, -, 100 Notes and other valuable na pers
amounting 10 some s Is 900, were also stolen An
fhgllshman, about forty years Of age, giving the
name John r. Froderberry. was arrested on sus
Pclon OF being one of the thieves
IL The Paint shop at Pensacola Navy Yard
tcoh nre rom the wadding of the morning gun
ut I'VE O'Clock on the 27th ult and was burned IN
me ground The officers and men attached TO
the steamers Crusader Vixen and Water Witch
assisted by the marines and citizens, prevented
the further progress Of the flames. The building
destroyed is said to have cost one hundred IA
eighty thousand dollars
IL "A project is on foot which will 90 into
enect HeAt week, for supplying the country with
we" fofh newspapers ahead Of every other con-
VeyanCc n Mr. Shears intends to run at his
own expense, baggage car and engine over the
hudson ri, rive, road to Poughkeepse, in order to
supply the North and West with Neu Vo,k
papers from three TO ten hours in advance of the
time they are now received
PRoPELLERs BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA .sp
NEW ORLEANs.-We learn, savsthe Philadelphia
North American, that line of steam nroneileys Ia
soon to be established between this CITY and New
Orleans The project is so far advanced that the
Sonudct Tor the construction of the sh ps are now
being given out. Two Of the vessels are to he
built at the shiP-yard of Messrs Bireley & LYNN
They will be thirteen hundred tons burden. and
are expected to be finished and ready for sea in
five months Their contract for m, h,;IIia,
was entered into by gentlemen from New Orleans,
IL A man in Canada has been CHEATING tho
benevolent with "Confdence'' game He works
thus: knoc king at the door OF a house he asks
IN SAD tones, to see its mistress When She an
pears he states that his child has lust expired
and that he has neither shroud nor money TO pur
chase one The sympathy Of the lady overfiows
and she sends him away with pair of sheets al
least On comparing notes, the ladies of a certain
section OF Montreal came to the conclusion that
tne bereaved parent must have procured linen and
Iouon enough to bury or marry regiment of
daug hters The Pilot unkindly calls this cyan.
kee' trick. "
oALEs OF PRoPERTy.-The paper mill property
OF Henry kOne, in the sixth district BaItimo,e
county, has been purchased by Daniel b. vii.
L. EnsOr, trustee
John b. Wisner's farm of 80 acres, in the same
District, was sold to Mr.. Cooper for s675 John
L. Ensor, trustee.
The property of the late Simeon Mickey. in the
same district, was sold TO George Alban for Sos
Per acre. John Shamberger trustee
I'D, Inc property Of the late DR.. Matthews. in the
MIN district, was sold TO Peter Fowble for SoG
per acre. John Scott, trustee