Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-11-06


THIRTY-TsREE VESSELS CRUsHKD ~ Lex
RKRGs-The ship Moses TAYLOR, arrived In san
Francisco from Honolalu aud Australia. reports
having BOARDED the water-logeed brig Shel-
chorP, from San Francesca, bound Cor Callao,
and found all the crew dead except the captain,
who was saved, though Ouly lust breath ing. She
reports a terrible disaster % the Arctic whaing
feet caught in the ice. 1hirty-threc vesscl~
were crushed or abandoned. The vessels com
menced arriving avs Captain ThaddstIs, on tn,
1t Of May. on the lst OF June the ICE opened
and iei Tie feet MP within sight q Care Nsva-
whales crossing the sea Of Anadyor, and IN Beh-
rings sea more and plenty; hut experienced
much trOuble from the ice; and when the heet
whales had passed through into the Arctic ocean,
whittier the feet followed. meeting with FAIR suc-
cess, until about the lst OF September, when Ice
nocs and eergs 70 agreateStent commcnced driit-
ing down, and by the 10th n number OF vessels
had been sunk. and the bulk Of the remainie-
were hemmed In by the drilling ice on driven
ashore and were abandoned BY their crews.
SINGULAR SUICIDE oF Two YorNe GtRrs.-
Great excitement prevailed In LeNtSton Ne,
ss, trasy ever aremarksele case OF suiciie,
~ which two young girls persisted. About one
O'Clock Ada Brown, OF Buckheld. and Anna
Wood, Of Hartford, were seen strolling along tis
banks OF the Androscroggin. toward the fails
They were engaged Ina earnest conversation AMI
there was nothing unusual I'm their appearance
70 attract observation. On arriving AZ The falls
they Invested themselves OF their outer clofhinl,
and deposited it cf~efullv upon the rocks- AfteSS
tew moments passed la deep meditation they
clasped their arms around each other aud si,ranr
into the deepest channel Of the river. Not A
cry ESCAPED them a. thew took the fatal lean
but with faces turned heaVenward the unfsrtu-
mates plunged into the boiling food. No cause
can be assigned for The rash act
A CALIFORNIA bach" has tins 10 say a,,or,
babies; :. baby Is not beautiful. It h. b. g-head-
cd, uniformed 90 limb, misshapcn OF trunk
bloated and pufiN ~ 60 COUNT nance. ana com.
Paratively hairless a. ca scalp. A baby " not
good. IL Is selfish, wantonly cruel. thoaghtless.
greedy, ana unsrateiul lt IL tmmOaest, more
over, and always executing some shocking
atrocity. A baby n not personally cleanly. IN
reyels In dirt, aud takes a sharp delight in being
grimy and smutted OF cheek. sticky OF paln..
soiled I'm It's Taiment, and generally lu-smeilinr.
write these several indictments more in sorrow
than In anger. and confident In tlEs Justice ami
truth OF them invite discussion. Sir. Won know
IT,"
Two HUNDRED AND FIFrY-FTvE YEARS IN
STATE PRIsoN.-The Grand jury OF the United
States Circuit Court have found seventeen in
dictments against Joshua u. Miner for counter
feiting. The punishment imposed for each Of
fence Is fifteen wears in State Prison m aking the
aggregate term two hundred and nfty-fve wears.
Miner Is said to be a millionaire, and has en-
plOyed able counsel, who are about 10 move for
an adjournment OF the trial, preparatory 20 Of
iering bail for the prisonerr-N. y. SsH,
-, 900 WORTH OF FRAUDULENT BoNDs.
The New York World is authority Cor the state
ment that = fraudulent issue OF the bonds OF
South Carolina 10 the extent of twenty millions
of dollars has been made by the financial agent
OF the State. The story is a. yet unoOnhumed.
COLLECTOR R0BBIs MORE TRoUBLE.-Col-
lect0r Robb has returned TO savannah, and l. in
charge Of the custom house. A bill has been
found in the United States court against him
for embezzlement and aiding in a conspiracy 70
defraud the government. He has been bailed.
INCREASE or SMALLPOX IN PHILADELPHIA.
The Philadelphia hoard OF health reports an
average OF fourteen deaths per day from small
Pox during Saturday, being a slight increase
over the previous week.
1Fourteen thousand families, or a bout GO Gao
persons Of all ages and sexes and COLOR are now
receiving aid from the Chicago Aid aud Relief
Society.
- The Georgia Legislature has recognized
Benjamin Conley, Republican, Ms Acting Gov
ernor, and a bill Was introduced for a special
election for Governor i'm December.
s]-A suit for $50. 900 damages has been insti-
tuted against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company In the circuit court for Mineral couu-
~, West Virginia, by young man named Fen
nell, whose legs were crushed by train OF cars
last spring.
~One remarkable exhibition OF charity
among the many that Chicago's calamity brought
forth was that OF the convicts Of the Massachu-
sets penitentiary, who sent 500 TO the general
relief fund.