Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-20
THE EVENING STAR,

1hI u Y Elm LINZ . a II.
~ The Boston Journal i, printed on paper
mace Of wood by new process. The paper
prNesnts Q clear surface, Is OF aoft aad e r.n
tsxturs, ana admirably adapted W newspaper
purpoees. The Journal sta.ee TIA, thls paper
Is rot FAIR test Of what the nan fscturers
propose 70 do, sut IL cerpRicly proves that tssro
are other materials thar IA Ss which can be used
suecs sefaily In the manufacture OF white
paper.
SPartsiaa goss;p relates that the ballet of
TIE Fee Maudite" w.s lately produced with
considerable splsn6cr At The Court Tkea.re,
Complsgna, the chief canaousc, being tts CsUI-
tPs-s Stephanie Teehcr and Madame De Toledo,
niSh, who also acted a. stage n anayar.
AurCrC.t the hgrrar'Cs were too daughters of
tae English Ambassador.
ga negro named Calender - awaiting
:rial IN Berkshire county, Massachusetts for
Iavishing a respectable married vossn named
Orts, and ,heH numbering her and her two
children Another negro named John GHGer,
kAif brother OF TN. other wretch. has lust been
s.ntsncHt. in the same county, To tha State
Prison for life, FOR ravishinS married woman
named Peaslee!
RyA contemporary mentions a cursous fact,
HAT Gen Scott, at the opening OF the war, pre-
tlcted that the decisive battles OF the rebellion
would be fought in opening up the Mississippi,
AND or these be judged Hsre would Ia about
eight Ee has proved SO renaT Eably correct
= prophet IL all hst rslate 10 The war that IL
would be well 70 bear his prediction in mind.
esTke Hon John Minor Bots has recently
purchased, in Oraege county, Virginia, an
SsEte OF 2,SSJ acres, for the OF IL, CO., and
r ieft the city to IA ke poss--sio of ne same,
with the intention OF 6evotnE the remainder OF
LIS years 20 agricultural pursGiss.-Rtcl.r .ased
ESasAiEsT
ay The Detroit Free Press notices tina, GOV.
BlaIr especially avoided all mention of the
slain drInocrstic onicers-Brodhead, Roberts
and WCodbury-in his message. hut took pains
10 euiozi1e The only republican, WisECr. Blair
" the gUillo'ineima1.
~ Tho Richmond CORES pondent of the / on
ten Times wrote in his last letter but one
"Ihe day which deposes Gen. Mcclellan and
puts Gen. burnside II his place Is the bright
est for the. Conf, rates since the commence
HSnt OF his weary struggle"
a<The town OF Adams, MAJ, has no town
kal!, no sIdev alks, no gas lights in STREETS and
never has OWNED a heaIsc, the one ROW in the
place seing al individual enterprise, procured
sftrr Tie citizens had refused TO purchase one
IN eci;Dy called To consider the Snbirct
HSThr Empress EuSrnie has ordered Il life
t..e portrait OF EGlIe. Patti, a. Ami. a. from
Win:cThaiter. Mryrraeer, too, il writing "A
scene expressly fer her. which Will b. pro-
eGesc en- the occasion ci her benefit, 1t the
opera IN Paris.
EAIeRATIos PROM LIvERPooL.-Ihe am nal
TetEETi- of the government emigration off Gals
80 Liverpool show The large Increase OF I0..ssl
souls IN last years emigration over that OF Ilji
81 The whole number OF eiuigTants 20 IS4 var-
sons cams 20 hi. country.
81 A man III New IoXk went TO led drunk
TIE CHER night, rolled out and broke his neck;
bis wife found him dead in the morning Nor
al-shUn the flowing bowl; Or else taxi the
back side OF The bed.
git IL stated that the Emperor threw bou-
4ect with diamond ris < IN il 10 little Patti re-
Gently at the Italian OrCra in Paris She was
not dis composed at the honor; quite the con-
tTaTy.
~Tne Brooklyn City Court hiss given a
Cr1t sOS G -
Company, for injuries TO a passenger caused
fy the refusal o. the conductor 10 stop he car
long enough Tor her 10 get OF.
60 There are strange stories Gaming from
North for contrabands Is sold TO them al high
prices. The '.tiiGronitps'' rhcrp male and fe
male, are lot popular with the army.
81 Ore of the English papers has lately
statsd that Great Britain has shipped about
thirteen millions OF pounds of gurpowder Ill
rect or indirect. during the first three meIths
Of 1862, 10 the South.
20 worthy and pious gentleman named
Bliss, of Brooklyn, n. Y, committed suicide
by hanging himself 10 the bannisters in his
house few days ago. Business anxieties
drove HIM 70 the act.
- The New York Superior Court has de-
cid'd hat an officer who arrests u nan for
preaching III the street, without warrant, IL
liable Tor damages for Illegal arrests.
- Ladies IN London are providing them.
selves with whistles 10 call the police in case
OF CANCER. LIE "LdUlSS Anil garOfter WllS-
IIe' - i.;e latest fancy article IN the shops
~ IN his recently published official report,
You'd estimates the total expense OF the Nsxi-
ear expedition during 1862 al e3,C0O,GD0f.
e. The New York Express suggests The fol-
loving &c az appropriate motto for our navy
Of Galveston: " Beware OF rea,s ID cotton
etching"
- Providence, X. L, did pretty well in
printing cloths Hast year; 3,6i6,fuU pieces were
Sold.
S-John Slidell "receiyed' on New Years
cay, iii Paris and was called on a good deal by
persons OF secesh inclinings.
~Heenan, the BeniCia Boy, has married the
pretty actress Sarah Ste YeHs, and both are liy-
iIg iii London.
HThe Supreme Court or Pennsylvania is in
session in Philadelphia.
ga Last accounts Paul Morphy was IN
Paris, but would make no matches AT chess
- In Ohio, the prospect for next summers
wheat crop Is very discouraging.
~Vanity Fair says the Pomp OF War is Ina
"IrrepIessible Niger