Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-07-14
PERSONAL.

80. That modest young gentleman osi.,
+. Dodge, the vocalist, was married on the lth
at Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Elite Lyon. = Il i
not stated whether "the vocalist y viii pref,
his Wife's name to that Of his own. g
-. Morrisey, the pugfiist who fousht viii
Yankee Sullivan, has bean sentenced to psy ,
fine of $1,000 within one week, or sixteer
months hard labor in the State prison.
-. Professor Geo. H. Cook has been ap
pointed Assistant Geologist for the survey O
New jersey. Survey what?
-. The well posted up Washington CORE
spondent of the N. Y. Journal of Commerce
speskirg of the Presidents intentions in re-
gard to the New York district attorneyship
says:
The President, In spite of q tremendou;
outside pressure, has exhibited in this matte,
unusual frmness, and the appointment NAV
be regarded rs exclusively Of his own maxine
As soon as the resignation of Mr.. O'Conne,
was received, he declared his intention of ap.
pointing the most competent man /; and while
decent respect was to be paid to the opin.
ions and wishes Of others. he has never for o
moment shown the slightest hesitation"
-. The Colt investigating committee have
commenced their labors with great earnest.
ness of purpose. Hon. Mr.. Clingman was ex-
smined yesterday. Col. Samuel Colt arrived
10 Washington this morning. We hear from Mr.
Clingham himself, that the telegraphic cores.
pendent Of the New York Herald, has wholly
mistaken the purport of his conversation with
reference to his movement for this investiga-
ton. he said in that gentleman's presence,
that though he regretted the annoyance which
the investigation might give to some of his
personal friends, more especially as coming
through himself, he believed the result would
justify all he said on the subject in the debate.
This much Mr.. c. wishes ua to state. We
may add, however, that in Washington, the
---y s-----i i.p-.ssion Is, that the labors of
this committee will result in "great CRY and
little wool" Nous verrous.
80. Matt. F. Ward will shortly sail from
New Orleans for Europe a..
80. Senator Stewards disposition of the
"know Nothing" question has produced as
great sensation in New York as it did in
Washington. The Herald says:
Mr.. Seward defined his position on the
know Nothing question at full length. Brush
ing OF the Know Nothings with as little COM
FUNCTIONS as one would disperse a swarm of
buzziDg noxious insects this hot weather. the
coquetting Senator seized a metaphorical shil-
lelah and " went i'm
-. The Hon. r. G. Scott, of Richmond, Va,
now Q. S. Consul at Rio de Janeiro. has ar.
rived In Washington, and is engaged at the
State Department in consultation with the
authorities there
....Ex-secretary Conrad, at present the
guest OF Mr.. Fillmore, is slowly recovering
from serious illness contract at Niagara Falls.
....Leon Javelli, the famous rope dancer of
the Ravel troupe, died in New York yester-
lay, after an illness Of only twenty-four hours
DE Vargas, Ex-President of Venezuela, died
at the same time and in the same city.
....Kossuth has been seriously indisposed.
to the last advices from LIVERPOOL
be was slowly recovering .' 49,
THE italian opera at Castle Garden.
New York, has failed to attract the million.
1.-THE illness of Archbishop Hughes has
assumed an alarming character, and great
ears are entertained in reference to his ulti-
nate recovery.