Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-10-21
PERSONAL.

| -. Governor Bigler, Of Pa, is in Washing
ton, at Willards'.
49,. The Albany Knickerb booker says MIR
Ullman, the. Know Nothing candidate for Gov
ernor, leaves New York next Monday, to yisi
the different Councils in the State, for tn,
purpose of proving his progenitors' birth
place, He meets the Order in this city o,
Monday evening" ...
| ~. Among the ladies who have achieved
the ascension of Mont Blanc the past season
| was French woman, who, after reaching tn.
summit, caused herself to be lifted upon til.
| shoulders of her guides so that she might b.
able to boast Of having been higher than any
| man in Europe. .r. g-
-. Texas negroes, Of late, are in the habi,
of running off to Mexico: in droves, -tempted
thither by wandering tribes of women, wan,
dering about like gypsies. So is said. ghe
shareholders, however, are organizing, to pre-.
vent continuance Of the stampede.
80. Powers, the sculptor, has given direc-
tions for the purchase of real estate in the
new city of Leavenworth, Kansas.
80. A Presbyterian clergyman in Louis
county, KY, states that there are now organ
lied in that State, twenty anti slavery churches
and that there is an increasing demand in that
region for anti-slavery preachers Where is
Theodore Parker? Where is Rev. Sam May =?
Where?
80. 1t is stated that DR.. Townsend, of New
York, has donated four lots of ground, valued,
in the aggregate, at $4,000, as a site where
upon to erect building for the &c Christian
Home for Female Servants in that city. y
....Hon. John (Long john Wentworth closes
his report of the recent election returns in the
Chicago Democrat as follows " Taking Judge
Douglass course as the Democratic platform,
about what year of our Lord will he be sworn
into the Presidential chair?''' ,..
-. Nine. Tedesco has been paving one of
the musical critics of Paris 5000 francs year
for favorable opinions Of her performances
The fact becoming known to other critics, one
"grande bouleversement'' among the news
paper fraternity was the result A show was
made of supplanting the writer of the puffs,
but the Minister of State, not wishing to see
the reputation of an Imperial organ suffer,
managed to have the matter hushed up-the
critic retaining his place. The French jour
mails wore commanded to say nothing about
the matter.
80. The Crusader Father Gavazzi) is stir
ring up the Protestant community" to make
a consolidated effort" at the next election to
overthrow the "popish influence in the United
States. This, the editor thinks, can be most
efectually done by defeating what it calls the
Seward ticket, and electing the regular Know
Nothing candidate for Governor Daniel I'LL
mann.
-. The Wings of the Second Assembly
district Of New York have nominated Robert
B. Coleman, of the Astor House, for Assem-
blyman.
-. Hon. George W. Peck, editor of the
Lansing Journal, has been nominated for
Congress by the Democrats of the Fourth Dis.
trict Of Michigan. Mr.. Peck emigrated to
Michigan about fifteen years ago. He is a
man of fine talents, and if elected will make q
figure in Congress.
'''' Auo ot. LOUIS papers announce the
death Of Hugh Garland, formerly member of
Congress from Virginia, and for the last few
years a resident of st. Louis. BE was the
author Of the Life of John Randolph, publish.
ed year or two since by the Appletons.
-. Married, at Carmel, N. Y, on Tuesday
October II, by the Rev. II. G.. Livingston, DR.
James H. Merritt to Miss Antoinette Brow
So the Rev. Antoinette Browne is married
at last