Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-02-17

| Imports Exports
| First quarter Si7 SIS 90 SOL ,52e 90
| second quarter. 1855 90 4271O.OO
| Ihlrd quarter.-... Hi ,236 GO 81 9S3 90
| Fourth quarter.... 6,56S 90 COS 90
| s273, 924 90 s25s, SEQ co
Ihese imports are entered upon the Custom
house books at the foreign valuation and hence
the sum which appears above must be largely in
creased, TO give the actual value Of the i'm ports
As an instance of this, we may state that the
imported here is estimated In the above extract at
about S45 per ton ~ f -
The whole number Of vessels enterino this mort
direct from foreign ports during the ve,r VA
seventy, with a tonnage of 1878 tons The
whole number cleared, direct for foreign ports
curing Tue same period, was forty with a ton
During the year, there were entered at the Gus
tom House, as engaged in the coasting trade four
hundred and six vessels with a tonnage Of % $40
IONS; ana cleared. as engaged in the same trade
thiee hundred and sixty vessels, with TONNAGE of
9l1S3 tons a. "a
This, however, is but very small portion of
.ne trade OF the port as very few of the
vessels engaged in it are obliged to enter or clear
at the Custom House. OF an immense coal trade
whlch alone largely exceeds the whole coastwi a.
Trade given aoOve-and the statistics of which We
gave on the I'd of January-nothing at all ia in
cluded in the estimate.
CONCERT OF THE DISTRICT ScHooLs.-Tbe con-
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Schools, at the Smithsonian last evenirD ,,-.s
largely attended, and passed off TO the great ,at
lsfactiOn and delight of all present II Wa. under
lhe ulrecton OF Mr.. Jos. FL Daniels. The schol-
ars' neatly arrayed in white, were serted upon
the Platform, and presented fine appearance
Prof. Goodman Adams preside at the piano
ls would be as unjust as dithcult to sinole ont
those whom we might regard as deserving more
praise than Others when all performed their nar,s
so creditably, and shall therefore simply rrfer
70 those who seemed especially to CRAFTY the
audience, and the repetition of whose p eces were
called for. And first in this connection we mem
ton Miss NJ. Flenner, who sung a colo entitled
IL Pluri bus Cnum;" also a solo by Miss E Elem
ner, styled The Modern Belle which was re-
peated; 1.-The Cavalier" by Miss Laura Shedd
seemed as it We're to charm the large and toyy
Into silence, and when she had concluded there
was one universal manifestation of applause and
Its repetition called for. The audience was much
ente rtal ned by the song Of 'shr and Mrs Snibbs
by Miss NJ. Warwick and Willie Randolph The
solo, The Origin Of Yankee Doodle" by Miss
Hattie Magee, was sung with great spirit and
ELECTED much applause; ssThe LATEST Man ,, by
Miss Maria Davis, was as novel and intere,tino IN
ltself as the perfect manner in which 1t was su ng
was credltable TO the singer; My Happy Home, +"
oy Miss Il. Allen, deserves also particular refer
ehce Miss Laura Parsons, who had lust before
sung The Star Spangled Bannern by special
request sung ''Washington's Crave with great
eclat
VISIT OF THE Sons OF MALTA TO THE PRKs!-
DENr.-At about II O'Clock to-day the delegates
OF the sons OF Malta now in this city from the va
rlens States called in body to pay their respects
to the President They were received in the East
Room, Where, on the appearance of the President
Judge Carter. Of Cincinnati, Grand Cardinal of
the order, addressed him on the part Of the COIN
pany. The Judge simply stated who ami what
they We're, and assured him that in every one of
them he would find true friend of the President
and OF the Union
The President replied that he felt HIGHLY graft
fed by the visit. He did not know much Of the
order. but mad no doubt Of its charitable objects
and Its patrl otism. As for the Union, he did not
consider there was any danger of its IL ssolution
The people who had made it would keep it. He
concluded by SAYING that il would afford him
great pleasure to take each Of them by the hand
as citizens and representative from all parts of
the Union
The entire company were then individnally In
tTodnced to him by District Attorney Ould and
c. w. Boteler, Esq
REsCUED-On "Wednesday night. ONCE, West
rescued a Mrs. Diggan and her two children from
threatened death by fire, removing them from an
upper chamber by means of ladder The scene
OF the fire was small frame house on Ohio ave-
nue., between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets,
and it is presumed that the bed-clothes Caught
fire from candle, and as the door was locked
and the woman In state Of stupor, there no
means OF access to the room but through the win
dow: An energetic application Of water BY the
neighbors suhdued the fire before 1t had made
much progress.
The THEATRE-The fairy star Miss Maggie
Mitchell, has left us for the Sunny South and In
her place comes no less a favorite, Miss Jenny
farker. with constellation Of kindred stars such
as Mary Parker, Sam Parker, and VIM Bokee
The Dill for tonight is the play of "Al that Gilt
tiers is not Gold" Miss Jennie Parker as Martha
Gibbs, and the amusing farce of I" The Eaton
Boy Miss Parker as Fanny Curry and Stuart
Robson lwhO is a whole team Of himself i'm his
line.) as Dabster.
, PROTECTION or THE PoToMAc Fisheries in
.9e Maryland House of Delegates on Tuesday,
MI: Bryan having obtained suspension of the
rules, called up bill to amend the laws SO as to
project the Potomic fsheries-prevent the use of
glil,nets or large seines, and fixing the time of
nsiilng in said waters from March list to June LIST
Soo nor more than $500. Read a second time and
MADE the order Of the day for Monday
PARTY Last night, among the inmate, of
we gadr19ouse We're a girl of nineteen wears and
.nree ch,ldren all colored, whe were placed there
t6sS sr neephg learned this morning that
they were TAKEN under a plea of debt in TENNIS
see against Mr.. Bell The separation ~ tn
iamiiy was very severe, the afictiou of the nni,
ress being as painful that of the servants th.n
SeNeS' iney are IN the custody Of Officer Boss
ROssIrEE AND MIGNor's NArroxA, prc-r
the Home OF Washington after the War %
Messrs Philip d Solomon have made ARRANGE
ments for the exhibition of this great pictnre in
| w ashington, on Wednesday. Feb. ed the dav
apPoi nted for the Inauguration Of the eaurstran
| statue OF the Il ather of our Country ~
| WHERE THEY CANE FRoN-The Planter,s
ADVOCATE says:-''We learn that Col VIM ID;
! Bowie recently sold to the butchers in Washing.
| ton, some Of rs fine beeves He disposed of e We
| altoSether-two at 300 each-and the Others al
| $50 each-making $3.50 for the fyen
| SMITHSONIAN LECTURES Prof Bledsoe of IN.
University Of Virginia, delivers his leotnrs
at the Smithsonian this evening on the "SociaI
Destiny Of Man" commencing at a quarter L
eight before which time ii is desirable for all t.
be present and seated ~
CIRCUIT rouRr.-TO-day the Court Is engaged
by Daniel 8. Appleton agt Steuben r Rscon an5
John North. In relation 70 a patent paper cuttine