Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-21
PIX RSONAL.

: -. David Pingree, Esq, for long time
President Of the Naumkeag Bank Salem,
Mass, Qhs Manchester Mirror tells us) failed
about two years ago for largo sum of money.
He then owned o large amount of property in
that city, ships at sea, immense timber lands
in Maine, aud any amount Of wild lands from
that State to the Mississippi river He got an
extension, brought up his own paper, and his
property has risen so fast ON his own hands,
about two millions Of dollars
80. The Syracuse Standard says that tho
separation between Susan Denim Woodward
and her husband is final, by mutual under
standing-neither desiring reconciliation.
The lady performs few engagements in the
Atlantic States, and then proceeds to Australia
to join her sister. . ...--..
-. The Pennsylvanian wo'r.
H. oranS.. -spout . fes.' for his airtations
with the Know Nothirgs. -s-a.- ST.. ....
80. The Governor Of Massachusetts has dis
banded the Bay State Artillery, of Boston, IN
Irrsh company. 3d.. .. 'a
-. FL Tribune, one of the Madrid journ ais,
states that Mr. Soule, United States Minister.
has resigned. -~a.: g. .,.... 7sa. ~
...Governor Johnson, of Georgia, has of.
fered to relieve. the people Of Savannah from
the State Treasury, trusting to the generosity
| OF the people to ratify his course.
-. Mr. Treat, of Portsmouth, N. H., has
just completed monument of granite, twenty
! three feet four inches in height, to be erected
to the memory of Judge Woodbury., in the
family enclosure of the cemetery in Ports
! mouth.
1.-The Buffalo IN. W Advertiser saws:
There is a rumor in town that negotiations
are pending for a sale of tho Ebenezer Society
property. The Trustees, it is said, ask
$4,000, 900 C) for their possessions, and the
company of spectators offer s., 5OO, 900. ..
....Thomas G. Coffin, ESQ.,, an eminent
lawyer Of New Bedford, died in that city On
Tuesday last. .e-.asr.f s~.
-. Among the passengers in the Africa,
which sailed for Liverpool yesterday, is John
n Bradley, Esq, late proprietor of the Bos ton
Mail. lie goes out bearer Of dispatches.
go" Tournaments" may now be regarded
as one of tho peculiar institutions of Virginia
AT the one at Buffalo Springs on the 7th inst.
the number of ladies and gentlemen present
was estimatet at between 700 and 1000, and
the local paper says " there some Of the most
magnificent and splendid, some Of the softest
and mildest, and some Of the most brilliant
and dashiDg beauties ever seen on this little
globe, not to say anything of other places
After four rounds, Mr.. Samuel Harris. of
Mecklenburg, having taken tho ring three
timessucoessiyely, was proclaimed the Cham
pioa" of the day, and further trial of an
hour or more resulted in the success of the
following gentlemen ]. E. johnson, of Hall
fax, LIST Knight of Honor; w Hunt Townss
of Clarksvilie, End knight of Honor; ]. A.
'Heartwell, of Brunswick, Sd Knight of Honor
About O'Clock, p. M, tho Ball was opened in
the presence of dense crowd Of spectators, BY
the GROWING of Miss E. Haskins, of Bruins.
wick, "Queen of Love and Beauty" Miss
- Edmundson, of Halifax, LIST Maid of
Honor, Miss Ann Plummer, of Warren, N. c.,
I'd Maid of Honor, Miss Susan Haskins, of
Brunswick, Sd Maid of Honor Every body
was delighted with the ceremonies and pleas
ures of the occasion. au',-t.
-. In late number of the Lexington (Ky.)
Observer We find the following letter from
James B. Clay, the son of Henry Clay:
/" Mr.. WIcKLIFFE-Dear Sir: I am told
that paragraph has been going the rounds of
the papers to the effect that Mr. George Law. |
Of New Yors, had sent an agent to Kentucky !
to purchase my place, Ashland, and have had |
frequent inquiries az to the truth of the state.
ment desire through your paper to saw,
hat never having offered Ashland for sale, /