Evening star., 1863-04-27
THE EVENING STAR,
Joe Brown.

Joe brown.
Joe Brown was nice youns man, generally;
Int he had his faults and who has not1 When
whtskey was in circulasion, 5ee never refused
bsttsr Of him but 10 do Joe justice, it did AXE
IN awful quantity o. whiskey 70 turn him
fool. He got married lately, and started little
home OF his own. 1. used TO be krs. Joe's
practice to have Isatc Of something nice wait
hg on the table when he got no ne late at night.
One night he got home jus, blue enough to
ny % open the door with a flye cent piece, and
FsH on HE boots with iooth-piek butstll he
va. hungry and no. very drunk after all. He
Found the table and seated himself "What an
cid brute am, {hc. any way, TO go and get
Shis) such nice plate OF cabbage" He pulled
bs plate up, AMI after seasoping it TO suit his
taste, began with knife and fork 10 cut the
.Ieabbage;"b but .'nary gash', could he make
He sawed and ewore, and sawed and wore
again He took it in his hand aud tried to tear
II; but In vain. He began TO saw and swear
again. He took 1t in his hands, and, at last he
sither cut or swcre piece OF. He put i: in his
ncuih and tried to chew but tha: was no CO.
He laid down the cabbage and began to swear,
which scon brought his wife from her dreams,
and into The room.
tWhats the matter joe =
AN after enough, thici Sally, can't eat his
cabbage"
"W hat cabbage, Joe Nothing there as
can see, but my two nght-caps soaking in >
plate OF starch 80
..Oh thicJ Jerusslam! Sal, lets 20 to bed
They went TO bed. but the Joke too good
to Keep, and soon leaked out. He had been
nearly an hour trying to ea: two OF his wiie's
night caps, that she had put 20 soak in @ plate
Of starch before going to bed.
TIE CoUnr OF GLAiHs.-As inquiry con-
hnnes to he made respecting the proceeds of
TIE Court Of Claims under the new and en-
hrgsd powers with which il has been clothed
by the recent !Pvisia.ion OF Con gress, jt may be
proper for us 70 repeat that The Courr will con-
veDe on the 4th pro1imo for the purpose Of di-
grsting such rules of practice as shall be con-
fOImable to the nature OF its duties and shall
give sytern to Its operations. When these rules
shall have been matnred they will be promul-
gated in due form, for the information Of the
profession and Of claimants who wish 10 bring
suit against the Government.
l. is hardly likely, We think, that The Court
will 81. for the trial Of causes before the open
ing OF The reg ular tarm fixed by the new act OF
Congress, according TO which that tarm is ap-
pointed 10 begin Oh the first Monday of Octo-
Der in Zach year. This is point, however, on
which we can speak only from conjecture, as
no decision 10 This effect has been form all =
NJ; 6c by the Court, though such q decision
seems TO be generally anticipated, as .~el from
the terms Of the law as from other consider.
atiCns preliminary to the efficient organization
of this tribunal on its lew footing. and to the
maturing of the business which viii be regu-
larly brough; before il in October next-Intet-
hgencsr.
81 "Ciaii Hamilton talking OF husbands,
says ~ want him TO BE- submissive, but !
~ :
isn't il rather 90 much 10 ask To be hen
pecked and yet TO carry himself like & cock Of
the-vak is more than is quite possible to any
male bjlred, with Or without feathers. That's
60, my dear.
~among the significant financial facts
winch attract attention at present as q conse-
guence OF the easy money market, the n. y.
Post instances that i cOnside ra bla number OF
mortgages are being paid off il all parts OF the
country: and, secondly, that Misunderstanding,
enterprise is being developed with amazing ra-
piiity.
IL New York paper noticing the magni Fl =
cent iron clad just built in New York for the
King CT Sardinia, deplQres the fatuity which
allows this important branch of industry to be
diverted TO the service OF foreign governments
and neglected by our own.
81 ID. de la Rccl,rjaTuplin is said recently TO
have called Prince Napoleon in the French
SrnaSf, "a professional liar" Plon- Plon chal-
}engcd HIM, but the Emperor stopped the scan
dal by making Roche apologize.
aS The Troy Times says thut an ex-Member
OF Compress in that vicinity has us; sold to the
paper manufacturers over IL ton of documents to
be- reconycrted into paper. They broughtto
the ex-Member Of Congress Sl2O.
EF Sea weed has long been used by oil mer-
chants ia New Bedford, to cover casks OF oil
When stored in the open air, and the same T.
Hcie is now coming into use in New York, "
protect petroleum stored in the same manner.
81 The people of Choctaw county, Miss,
have established an independent government
sion.
ga shoemaker in New York, under arrest
Tor numbering his wife, cut his throat Sun
day, very probably in order 10 save legal ex- :
peDsss.
81 Nicholas, Montgomery Bath and Bour-
hon counties, KY, long the lurking places of
rebels, have been almost cleared of the traitors
by the efforts of the Union men.
50 The ST. Louis Democrat thinks the lumber
Gf siSv eholderS iii Missouri to be nearer ten
thousand than twenty thousand.
~ The Chattanooga Rebel calls Resecrans'
army the backbone OF the subugating anacon-
da.
- 1t is stated that Mile PiccoleHini is
about 10 return TO the stage for fe w nights.
She is jealous of Patti.
SBrigadier Generals Geo. A. Mccall and
Louis Si@nker have been mustered out OF the
service of the United States.
S good deal of excitement has been created
at Nashville, Tennessee by the arrest of many
individuals there entertainn g rebellious views
eSA national butchers convention is to be
held in New York on May 2Cth
~Nne persons were arrested in Cairo this
week fer @rarng copperhead badges.
ga gentleman i'll Maine, named Searsmont
has nine sons in the army.