Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-07-21
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| ....John c. Myers, editor Of the Berk
County (Pa.) Press, offers himself as an indie
pendent candidate for Congress. The free ant
easy footing which characterises the inter
course between Mr.. Myers and his we'll known
father, should have due weight with tho world
renowned constituency of Alt Berks, whe, by
the way, are still voting for their present pop
ular representative, Hon. j. CLANCY Jones
| Mr.. Myers has handle to his name in thu
shape of Colonel" which his father Away.
! uses when speaking Of, or speaking to, his son
The son, with true republican simplicity AMI
ilial respect, invariably addresses his father
not as "pap," or as ''dad,'' or as the ssold
man, /" or as the s'old boy" but as Sam, II
| is Sam before his face and Sam behind hi
back Sam in company and Sam out of com
pany. We need hardly add, that SAM and
the Colonel" are as inseparable as the Siam.
csc twins.
His excellency, Gov. Lyon, of Mary.
land, and lady, arrived in this city last even.
ing and took lodgings at the National Hotel
....Governor Seymour has rendered to Lo-
renzo B. Shepard, Esq, the Office Of District
Attorney, of New York, now vacant by the
death Of Mr. Blunt a.-.. F
....A full dressed and apparently well
drilled corps Of negroes made their appearance
in the streets Of New York few days since.
They numbered about seventy muskets and
were preceded by white band. We would
suggest the propriety of christening the lew
company the h Giddings Light Infantry"
80. The ceremonies attending the funeral
Of Madame Sontag, at Mexico, are represented
to have bean Of the most imposing character.
A letter writer states: 1.-THE ceremonies Of
the occasion were regulated by the German
society, thirty.two Of the members Of which
carried the aofin, followed by procession Of
one hundred and forty.seven carriages. The
funeral service was chaunted by both. opera
companies at the church Of San Fernando, in
the evening, and three eulogies were delivered
over the remains. =" ~ 49,
80. The English Consul at Jerusalem pub
fishes letter denouncing some Yankee named
eouoS VINO lHteiy SVJOuKuoV LII lA0 Aoiy Slty
and turned penny by chipping off with a
hammer pieces of the " Holy Sepulchre," the
ssTombs Of the Kings" and other famous mon.
uments, and selling them to travellers at pretty
high prices, to be carried bone.
80. The President has issued his proclama-
ton announcing the signing and coclusion of
convention between the United States and
the Sultan of Borneo. Owing to the crowded
state Of our columns this afternoon, it ia with
difficulty that we make room for the name of
his highness, the Sultan. Here it is. Read
and perbend 81.
"His hiehness Omar Ali Saifeddin ebn Mar
houm Sultan Mahomed Jamalil Alan and Pan
jifan Anak Murin." ono. .l.bg...- -.rs
The Sultan of Borneo would have no diff
Guilty in obtaining the Presidency Of . Bank
| in the United States, for who could or would
take the trou6ls of oountsrfeiting such name?
-. It is our painful duty this afternoon to
announce the death of Con. Nathan Towson,
Paymaster General Of the United States Army.
He had been An invalid for many years, and
his death, therefore, was not whelly unexpected
] by the public of Washington. He expired at