Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-02-18

~ A majority of the Judiciary COMMITTEE
of the ke ptueBy State Senate have reported
against he ratification Of the constitutional
amendment abolishing slavery. Four OF the
committee are for rejection, one for compensa.
tOn, and one for unconditional ratification.i
~The shipment of treasure from San
Francisco last year amounted to nearly fifty
SIX million dollars, the largest amount ever
shipped in like period. OF this five million
dollars were on government account.
IL The whole number Of sick and wounded
in the different military Hospitals through
out the country, on the 3lst of January last,
was little over seventy nine thousand.
4D-It is computed that there are In Europe
$685., COO, Gee worth of United States bonds.
II General Pegram was married in Rich
mond the week before he was killed.
IC-The Rothschilds have again intermar.
lied. Very close corporation that.
II The New York and New Haven Rail-
road used over three tons of white paper tor
tickets last year, costing over sl6,OOO.
IL The small pox is raging at Eewberr,
n e., and bids fair to carry away quite as
many as did the yellow fever in August last.
1t is the sickiiest town on the entire coast
II The Philadelphia ice house are all filled.
tits the first time for eight years that the larg-
er houses have been fully supplied.
IL The Franklin, VT, Co. Court divorced
nine couples last week.
HIT here are now In existence, and In the
course of formation, no less than five hundred
and for ,v-lhree petroleum companies, with an
aggreg ate nominal capital OF over three hun
dred and fifty. six millions OF dollars
IL The lumber business OF Burlington, VT,
last year amounted to four millions of dollars
IL One of the large incomes in Albany is
That OF Erastus Corning-about $40, 800.
II dold in only 4i00 per cent. premium in
Richmond.
- Italy is In hot water over her finances
Her national debt is already enormous, and
her expenditures ann ualy exceed her REGENTS
by many millions. Recently she NEGOTIATED a
large loan, and now although in a state of
peace, she is again In the London monev ,,ar
ket begging for S40,000,0GO
Massachusetts has l.92s miles Of railroad
iE2engines, and $50 passenger cars. Dur,ng
the year 1864, there were 1S,2 COB passen gers
carried, 13 killed, and 80, 736 paid for removing
snow and ice from the track.
1-The people of Turin are much OUTRAGED
al the removal OF the capital of Ital5 10 Flor.
euce. az d recently greeted their King Victor
Emanuel, with storm OF Kisses up IN his ap-
peafanCe at the theat.r.
IL Mr Grinnell, member of Congr from
Iowa, is i'll with erysipelas.
HAN exchange says Jonah was the first
man on record " no struck oil.
IL Anti malt tax meetings are held in Eng.
land, and trouble instead Of ale brewing.
u Recruiting is said TO be going on In New
York city at the tate ct 100 men per day.
II The sum OF $40 667 has teen subscribed
III Boston toward the Edward Everett sta,ue
IL The Lincoln College is the name Of q
Topeka, Kansas.
AN EDITOR ON TIIAL.-Daniel Flanagan,
editor of the Mason County (Ohio) Democrat
is on trial at CINCINNATI before the miiitarv
nnteer en]istments, and counseling Resistance
TO the draft.
III The cards OF invitation to the court n n,
at the TuIleries are about seven inches by fonr'
and of an orange color.
IL Austria reioices in $50 600 mobiles.