Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-09-15

disposition to make any concession in prices to
effect sales, and the market closes steady. Sales
include IS hhds. vacuum pan Demerara At 15k
cents, 81 hhds. do. do, on terms not transpired,
IFS hhds. grocery Porto Rico in lots at ii 4 ala
cents, IS hhds. Cuba do. at 11k cents, and 80
hhis fair refining Cuba at SO 56 per 100 lbs
Whisky-Prices have favored sellers since
the date of our last weekly review. and the
market closes strong, with a fair Inquiry and
reduced stock. Sales foot up 200 bbl.. Country,
mostly inferior packages, at s2.3laS2-32. $50
bills Western in bond al 50 36aS2 81, and Job
hing lots do. al 81 3eas24O. To-day 81 IS was
demanded for round lots Of Western.
SHOWER OF INsEcrs-The Nebraska tNtv
News Gays shower Of minute insects visited
that place on the oath of last month. The
News says: The air was filled with winged
insects, resembling In their flight the blow of
the cottonwood, borne by the winds of spring
When viewed in the rays of the sun a heayy
fall Of snow seemed impending. These Gu
rlous little insects were in two etrats-;he up
per stratum passed a direct course TO the west
impelled by the stiff east wind which mad been
prevailing for some days. The lower layer
was moving In every direction. Some Of them
would strike against the house sides, others
again would sail towards the earth as il with
the purpose OF alghtine, but IL any lit upon
the ground, they could only be seen while
looking towards the sun"
ANOTHER ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH PROJECT.
AT the late meeting of the British Association
route of the proposed North Atlantic TeIe.
gIaph. There are 10 be four SD BIN arine lengths.
the first. from Scotland 10 the Farce Islands
of 21O miles; the second, Of 250 miles; the third
of 6i2 miles; and the last Of III miles IL will
ne laid with much less risk and at less expense
than the cable between Ireland aad New
foundland; and the author calculated thar
messages 10 America could be Transmitted al
something like half a crown a word. short
discussion followed the reading Of this paper
IN the course Of which the scAsme was spoken
of as most promising one by Professor Hem
eesey, Mr.. Narley and Captain Maury.
THE WILL OF A WEALTHY Mantle will
of Henry Ames. OF st. Louis, Missouri who
died recently from paralysis, makes the follow
ing requests: s2OO,0cO to his widow, S5u,OOO TO
her daughter by her first marriage, and SIOG GOO
to The OEallon Institute, which is liberal in
stitution OF learning, something after the plan
of the Cooper Institute in New York The
balance OF his property goes 70 his only child,
little boy eight years old. The whole estate
rs valued at S1,5O0,OCO. The chief items OF
property owned by Ames and his brother, who
survives him, are the Lindell Hotel, a valuable
block on Fourth street, called Vocanah row,
and an immense amount OF stock in Belcher's
Sugar Refining Company.
SCENE IN CoURr.-Q ueston-what is your
namei Answer-Nel, calls myself Fred but
may BEL don't know-itis Yawcup You see
Chudge, mine mudder she have two little poys:
one was me and one was my broder, or one
was my broder and tother was me, don't
know which; and vas chust So old a. m ~
broder vas young. or my broder was chust 30
old as me, i don't know which. and mine
DE- e sns uov one OF US vas named Fred,
the other Fred, don't know which, az one of
ms got died-but mine mudder she never could
Tell whether II was me or mine broder what got
died; so, Chudge, don't know whether i am
Fred or fawcup, and mine mudder she don't
know
WHERE THE WATERFALLS Conx FRox
"A gentleman in Waterbury, Conn, discovered
tnat SOMEBODY was roboing his horses tail OF
.ne means provided by nature for protection
from the assaults of the winged insects, and
finally set a watch for the rogue. The expe
dlent vas rev ardea by catching a Young lad v
OF progressing appearance In the act of strip
ping me tall OF us hairy appendage. She was
arrested, but begged so hard that she was let
on. She gave rs an excuse, that the outra
geous price Of hair made IL impossible for her
20 meet the demands of fas hion, and she mad TO
resort 10 this ingenious and move, way 10 keen
up appearance
NERVOUS wIrNxss-The Sunreus Ind;
cial Court for Hilisboro' County, N III is now
m session at Nashua. On Thursday afternoon
sn eio man from Manchester being upon the
witness stand, actually became insane under
The excitement Of examination. He rushed
out or the court room, throwing awav his
POCKET book; and other effects, followed by a
crowd OF policemen, lawyers and spectators.
He ran full mile, evidently aiming for the
merrimac r1yeY, before being caught He was
carried by force to the Indian Head Hotel, re-
marking on MS return that Gin five minutes
more he would have been where be couId nor
have been captured"
Az OLD GENTLEMAN living in the interior of
Misslsslppi, some years ago, sent his son 10
New orleans 10 accept a mercantile situatisu
offered him He was youth Of high moral
character, and his father took great pains 20
aequaint him with the fact that vice IN r,s
most attractive garb, would surround him CON
sianty. "But." said he, remember INV son
that your religion Will carry you throush safe
ly- Only resist the temptation to do wrong
and you will not fail 10 reach heaven al Ia,,.
and he man who goes TO heaven by way of
New Orleans deserves the highest reward of
the righteous"-N. d. Picdmne
TIE WHITES AND BLAcKs OF Mxxp.,s
Ire memphis CTenn-) Post says the colored
Ifople OF mat city have become Possessed of
the IDEA that the white people ara poisoning
me wells and cisterns, the neal dour and
otneI provisions sold TO them. According to
ne POst one OF them says she has found thu
holes made in the watermslons where the vhrts
folks put the rat bane in them to poison the
darkies We believe that the same notion mas
prevailed during the existence of former
epidemics, but not so gene raIiv as now To
such an extent does this ridiculous idea nre.
vail, That many of them hardly dare to eat or
drink" CIV Vi
FREAK OF A LUsArIc.-A crazy German
named Adoiphus Baliouf, formerly soldier
IN The Sixth West Virginia (IJnion1 Infanrrv
and now residing in Wheeling Va hec.me
impressed recently with the idea that his sister
was In the habit of taking the form of a rat. AND
In that guise devouring all the bread and
cheese in the house. Labor ng under this de.
Iusiop he attempted TO kill her, and, had not
timely assistance arrived, would have suc
cteded- He claims 10 be q relative OF the kin o
OF Bayart3, who, ne says. has despatched q
sfip 10 this couatry laden with money for
him.
WOMEN wASrED.-A New Zealand paper
says: The census returns show, as all the
preceding STATISTICS OF the colony have done,
That ibe great want - very large in fusion OF
robust, vigorous and ndustrious women The
number OF males Of European descent in New
Zealand In december, 1854. was-exclusiye of
ne nilirary-lo6.6oe, or 81 81 per cent of the
whole population The nsmber OF females
was tS,35s, or 81 % per cent. A systematic
course Of female emigration ought to be
moral grounds"