Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-09
INTERESTING FOREIGN ITEMS BY THE
LAST STEAMER

INTERESTING FOREIGN ITEMS BY THE
LAST STEAMER.
The Able Gerst, of Paris, has been
assasinated. While passing before the
church of st. Vincent de Paul, in Paris,
he was shot. The murderer, who has
beer arrested, gives no reason for his act.
-Omer Pasha has six aides-de camp.
They are all Hungarians, and are remar-
kable for the speed with which they 60
over the ground. They speak French
and Turkish very we'll.
The electric telegraph to st. Peters
burgh has been connected with the PruS-
sian telegraph near Myslowitz, and by
this means st. Petersburg is placed in
direct communication with the capitals
of Western Europe.
The Sabbath observance question is
reported to be making great progress in
France. There is an association in Bou-
logne, composed of both Protestants and
Catholics, who are doing their best, and
with considerable success, to put an end
to trading on Sunday.
MIR. Buchental, wealthy Brazilian
capitalist and Spectator, has gone to
| Chill to consult as to the means of form.
ing railroad from Valparaiso to the
Rosario, stupendous undertaking, inn
plying tunnel through the Andes.
"A gentleman of Manchester, England,
possesses beetle of such an extraordi-
nary character, that entomologists know
! not what to think OF it. 81 should saw"
observed Mr.. Curtis, at the last meeting
of the London chronological Society, lit
has the head of a tortoise, the tusks Of a
walrus, the legs of kangaroo, and GER
tainly the strength of giant-probably
hundred times greater, in proportion to
its size, than that of an elephant"
The present Emperor Nicholas, some
time since, driving along in his droshke,
observed an English gentleman move
down another street, apparently, as he
thought, to avoid him. lie sent an Of
ficer to ask why he had done so when the
Emperor was coming. The answer was,
"that he did not see his Imperial Majesty"
''Then desire him to wear spectacles IN
future" was the immediate command;
with which the delinquent was forced to
comply during the remainder of his re-
sidence in St. Petersburgh, much to his
own annoyance and the amusement of
his friends, for he was remarkably we'll
looking man, and piqued himself on his
clear sight.
| This is given as personal descrip-
ton of the Gar:
He is taller by head than most of
courtiers, while the outline of his form
is perfect. He is robust and muscular.
The head, though somewhat too small in
proportion to the rest of his body, is still
in keeping with his broad chest. The
usual expression of his face would suit a
statue. A fixed severity and conscious
ness of majesty are the predominant
characteristics. This expression certain
ly sometimes assumes more friendly
aspect but it does not appear in the eye,
which seldom beams kindly, while the
mouth never smiles. The latter feature,
indeed, is regularly formed, but the sharp,
thin lips indicate austeritv and harsh
ness. No sensuallty is observable there,
nor in any part of the lower face !; neither
do those lips tell that they have been
used to give utterance to words of mild
ness, while the corners of the mouth be-
tray too plainly contempt Of men, and a
reserve that never spoke word in the
fulness Of confidence. The overhanging
eyelashes lend to his physique something
lurking, even in simple conversation
When angry, his eyes glare terribly but
| they have no brightness, for softer ONO
tons. The finely chiselled nose runs
straight down from the high forehead,
denoting, according to physiognomlsts,
an incapacity for self-denial.
The Test Vote, 80 far, on the Nebraska Bill
The following is a list of the yeas and nays
on yesterdays motion of Mr. Richardson to GO
into Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union, in order to take up the Nebraska bill
| Yeas-Messrs. Abercrombie, Aiken, James
| c. Allen, Willis Allen, Ashe, David j Bailey
Thomas Ii. Bayiy, Barksdale, Barry, Bell, b.
cock, Boyce, Breckenridge, Bridges, Brooks,
Chrisman, Churchwell, Clark, Clingman, Cobb
| Colquitt, Cox, Craige, Cumming. John &. Da-
Wis, Dawson Disney, Dowdell, Dunbar, Dun
ham, Eddy, Edmundson, John NJ. Elliott, En.
glish, Florence, Goode, Green, Greenwood,
Hamilton. Sampson ". Harris, Hendricks,
HEM, Hubbard, Hillyer, Houston, IngersolI,
George w. Jones, Roland Jones, Keitt, Kerr,
hidwell, kuriz, Lamb, Lane, Latham, Let
cher, Lilly, Lindley, Macdonald, McDougall,
McNair, Maxwell, May, John G. Miller, Smith
Miller, MilIson, Noble, Olds, Mordecai Oliver
| Orr, Packer, John Perkins, Phelps, Phillips,
| Preston, Puryear, Ready, Reese, Richards on,
| Riddle, Robbins Rogers, Rufin, Seward, Shaw,
Shower, Singleton, Samuel A. Smith, William
| Smith, William K. Smith, George w. Smyth,
| Snodgrass, Richard H. Stanton Alexander II.
| Stephens, Straub, David Stuart, John j Tay-
| Tor, Trout, Tweed Vail, Vansant Walbridge,
Walker, Walsh, Warren, Witte. Daniel Is.
Wright, Hendrick b. Wright, and Zollieoffer
LOG.
Nays-Messrs. Ball. Banks, Belcher, Ben
| nett, Benson, Benton, Bugg, Campbell, Carpen-
| er. Chamberlain, Chandler, Corwin, Croker,
Cullom, Curtis, Cutting Thomas Davis, Dean
Dick, Dickinson, Drum, Eastman, Edgerton,
Edmands, Thomas D. Eliot, Ellison, Etheridge,
Ererhart, Farley, Fenton, Fiagler, Franklin,
Gamble, Giddings Goodrich, Grow, Harrison,
lIaven, Howe, Hughes Hunt johnson, Daniel
L. Jones, Kittredge, Knox, Lindsey, Lyon,
McCulloch, Macy, Matteson, Maurice May all,
Meacham, MiddlesNarth, Murray, Norton, An
drew Oliver, Parker, Peck, Peckham, Penning-
| ton, Bishop Perkins, Pratt, David Richie,
Russell, Sabin, Sage, Sapp, Seymour, Sim
mons, SHELTON, Gerrit Smith, HestOr l.. Stevens,
Stratttn, Andrew Stuart, John L. Taylor,
Nathaniel G. Taylor, Thurston. Tracy, Up
ham, Wade WaIly Eljhu r. Washhurn Israel