Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-07-03

II The dry goods trade Of New York city
conHnuts moderately active, jobbers doing a fair
business all round. There 10 a speculative feel
Ing visible In wool and cotton, and percepti ole
Improvement has taken place. Printing cloths
which have been sold low for the past week OF
30, are now generally higher. Prints are selling
freely at fnit prices. Foreign goods quiet, az
the present importations are mainly fall styles.
IDA meeting ofthe numerous members The
sChaPin fam lily throughout the United States ha,
Deen arranged to take place at Springfield, lass
on the 18th Of September: The Chaplin family is
Is numbered by Thousands. All OF the name In
this country, II is said, descended from Deacon
samuel Chaplin, one OF the early settlers ofSprng-
field
IL The japanese ambassadors created a
sensation at the International Exhibition by
going TO the chief restaurant, and, contrary 70
rules, bringing out their pipes. The police re-
quested them TO stop smoking. but the No Kamis
paid NOS the slightest attention to Them and con.
tnued pufnng into the faces Of the police The
latter not daring to forcibly eject foreign embas-
sadors, were obliged to overlook the trangression
BIOGRAPHY IN SENTENCE AT the steropticon
e1hlolnon In Portland, one night last week, the
operator, after exhibiting divers nkenesses OF
military celebrities, with appropriate comments
upon each, at length came to Gen. Mcclellan,
simply announced-" TRs nas thar MIND, ktS
oeH bEsissSS-" high eulogy, uttered In curt
phraseology.
In Boston the "TempIe Church, is occa.
Iionslly let for rope dancing and comic singing
Theodore Psrker's church is let for a 0Rarey
shcwi" the Park street church has let Its base
ment 70 the "Philadelphia Ice Cream Co - and
Winter street church, to "hoop- skirt, corset
and dTess-maker." All these churches were e.
voted 10 prominent "isms'' of the day
SENATOR SMnoss.-The severe comments fin
all the newspapers on the agency Of Senator Sim
mons In obtalning contract are read with no
pride mere The opinion in Rhode Island Of the
ransacuon does not difer from that en- tertained
elsewhere. We grieve that his ofncial record has
such q aclose.-Providsses JoxrnaL.
DrThe Syracuse Journal says that the Salt
company are now whipping more than 20 900 bar
Tels Of salt per week and that this does not near
" supply the demand; but the pressure n now
being relieved. Nearly a million and a half
bushels Of salt have been inspected and shipped
and the production Is increasing. Toe dry
weather has been very favorable to saline fields
u The Pennsylvania Bible Society received,
during the months OF April and May, the sum OF
AOil u. During the same period, the Society
,old and distributed li,1aa Bibles and Testa-
Serman, French, Welsh, Spanish, Portuguese,
swedish, Italian. Latin, Hebrew and Greek
III The Londoners have discovered method
Iauecting turpenttne from petroleum ana say
can De thus obtained At one-third the pnce ths,
a4s oeen heretofore paid for the same article from
as CaTolinas This discovery will transfer 70
ae Nortn an Important Item In the list OF south
ern resources.
O- The stock Of cotton at presen. held in Liy.
eipOol-and indeed throughout Europe-com.
psres very unfavorably With the stock al the cor.
,esPonding period last year. According TO pub
hshed ttaiement, there are now only as 600 bales
against ,of4 ,ooo In hand the 1sf Of June 1851
W Sam Houston 10 said 20 be living In retire.
mht eht on ns 2lantaiion on the San Jacinto River,
reIas He is said 20 be the chief Of a secre
ol'o1 Mems society, which IL ready 10 come out
Oa. w Ne fe"o''
y Th~ Adnt,yille (AIs )R=viIle says th at the
run o that the ntucky and F-nn-.a.- 81
.,'- a. in TIE Cnq'edsrass srmy have 10 he ran
Tt E7stdrd 20 prevent tuem from deseftinv
Gs.,,.SaaJ +" daily eosfooorsied by prisoners aud