Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-20
Personal.

-. The Hon. Daniel M. Barringer, late
American Minister to Spain, arrived in this
city yesterday
-. The Hon. Edward Everett, in coIse-
quenee Of Al health, has resigned his seat in
the I. 5. Senate to take effect in June tt
rumored thu. Gov Washburne has rendered
the seq: to Mr.. Choate
-. Hon. Rufus Choate, of Mass, is at
Willards Hotel also Rev H. Ward Beecher
and lady, of New York
The Boston Commonwealth. whose ed.
i'or does the dirty work CT the Boston aboli-
aonists, says that the Washington Star an
nouncos that Hon. Hiram Walbridge has
received the appointment of T. s. Consul to
Honolulu, and embraces the occasion to abuse
that gentleman. The Washington Star an
nounced no such thing.
The New York Mirror, of Yesterday.
in noticing Mr.. Fillmore's visit to that CITY,
says:
: HE Ex-President appears to be in excel
lent health and spirits, and elicits cordial
praise from the Wooiy heads sfHs a4i hnSss0EEs
celved very hattering letter yesterday from
Mr. Welsh, the Chairman of the Young Mems
Wing General Committee At his particu lar
request there will be no public demonstration.
tie was engaged this morning in visiting the
various public Institutions of the city
-. The following paragraph is going the
rounds of the newspaper press, to the great
scandal Of the clerical profession. 1t is as
follows:
"A - n
ion was held, in New Orleans, last week, in
the sum Of 81 900, to answer the charge of
abducting EmeIine Leon, a girl of only Ia
years OF age, and secreting her in a brothel
HOughton was arrested in court, where he was
suing for divorce"
The Rev. 7. Houghton" is none other
than B, T. Houghton, young lawyer of New
Orleans. The facts stated are correct, but the
If 1ividual and his profession are as we have
stated.
80. Horace Greedy, Of the Tribune is spoken
Of for Governor Of New York, and Raymond,
Of the Tunes, for Lieutenant Governor. A
strons team in truth. How it would SMELL
-. Miss Davenport. the charming actress.
is doing fine business at Chicago. The
Chicago Tribune says the theatre at that city
is nightly Literally packed to witness her
performances.
-. The editor of the Savannah Courie,
was Informed by T. Meagher, Esq, during the
recent visit Of that gentleman to Savannah
that the general impression in this country
that Smith OF rien has received his pardon il
unfounded.
-. The New York Mirror says:
The great Il ann Of the Herald announces
his intention OF going abroad, to supervise in
person his numerous corps of letter-vriters in
all the capitals of Europe and Asia. The
graniiioquent flourish Of trumpets by which
ne hsrsids his departure, very much remind.
usof the loquacious steward in the play Of
= the Stranger" whose correspondence at Con
stantinople and elsewhere was just about a,
extensive and mythical"
We think that Bennett could much bette
superintend his corps Of letter writer's, who ar,
located in the garnet of the Haraid Office, q
home than abroad; but let him 90, homes
men, who have reputation at stake, will breath,
free when he is gone.
Mrs. Mowatt, the accomplished authores
and actress, viii be married on the 9th Of June
at Rsvenswood, Long Island, of which plac.
Z SIC writes 30 pleasantly in her autobiography
The marriage ceremony will be very elegant
and the party very select one
"a man nsred Young Fuller was killed
with an axe by Mary McCraeken, in the Lau-
rens District, S. o., on the Sd inst The de-
ceased Was a nan of bad and dangerous char
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