Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-11-02
PERSONAL.

80. Hon. o. B. Matteson, who has been
nominated for Congress by the wings of the
Oneida district, has sued the Utica Observer
for libel.
80. Frem report of the Reverend DR..
Cheevers' sermon last Sunday, in New York,
which appears in the Express, we cut tho fol-
lowing:
lie set forth the Political as we'll as Chris.
tan Importance of the Sabbath, and argued
that it was being lost by rum. He then in
Voked organization against rum at the Bal
lot boxes, and urg ed his hearers to vote anti.
rum tickets. The Mayor of the city, Mr..
was hss.y ssSrf %s7 Gov
Ibis is preaching Christ and him crucifed,
with vengeance!
..'.Ihe Boston Daily Advertiser has let
ter from Leghorn, announcing the arrest of Mr..
ouln' an American in that city, for too free
expression of American sentiments. He was
thrown into the prison of the Austrian CARR
son. Upon hearing of the case, J. A. Binds
Esq, U. S. Consul at the port waited upon
the authorities and demanded his release
lie was told, however, that he must wait upon
the Austrian Commander in Chief. He uro.
tested that he had nothing to do with that
parsonage and left without gaining his suit.
On mentioning, however, that he should com.
municate the case to Commander Strinpham,
Of the U. S. Squadron, the prisoner. was re.
leased. 1t is stated that the system of essoin.
age Is carried on to an alarming extent all
over the country
80. Dr. Ives, late Bishop of the P. E. Dio.
cese OF N. c., is about to assume the editor
ship OF Roman Catholic Journal New York
city.
80. Hon. Scion Borland has settled down
at Little Rock, Ark, following the peaceful
profession of physician.
80. Hezekiah Hudson, who was arrested
on the South side Railroad, Va, few days
since, had in his possession about $40, 900 in.
counterfeit notes on the North Carolina banks.
80. The K. N.rExecutive Commute of N.
York, to whom was referred the nomi mating
Ct city ticket, selected five of their own
Barker, Ebling, White and
Mcintyre HE that provides not for his own
is worse than an infidel."
80. Rev. Charles Spear, of Boston, desires
70 nave 1t understood that he is in no way,
shape or manner connected with Spiritualism.
A mistake is sometimes made by confounding
the initials of John M. Spear with those Of
Charles Spear.
80. Miss Elizabeth Green, of Oldtown, Me-,
recently instituted suit against a Mr.. De
Wolf for $4,000 damages, for breach of bro.
mise of marriage Mr.. De Wolf argued his
case on the trial, but his arguments were COM
pletely upset by the production of some pieces
OF very sentimental poetry, which he had
to Miss Green, and the jury shocked
at such unparalleled depravity, proceeded with.
out delay to heal the lacerated heart of the
pialntid, by returning verdict of damages in
the sum of $l,626. to y 49, ..- --
49, ID. ). P. Gray, now Acting superin.
tendent Of the New Y ork State Lunatic Asylum,
has been appointed Superintendent of the
Michigan State Hospital for the Insane at
Kalamazoo.
80. Prof. j. Milton Sanders has been con-
victed at Memphis, Tennessee, of attempting
to aid in the escape of slaves, and sentenced
to the Penitentiary for three years. Amotion,
however, is pending for q new trial.
go. DR.. Tyler Thayer, who was indicted for
the murder Of Joseph T. Lesan, at Frankfort,
Me-, last July, and was adjudged guilty of as
,ault and battery, has been sentenced to nine
months imprisonment in the common Jail. If
such a verdict was handed in by Southern
Jury, We would never hear tho last of it from
such mon as Horace Greeley and the Abo-
litionists Of the North. It having been done
down in Maine, it makes it all right. -
n The city of St. Paul, Minnesota, now
contains between six and seven thousand in.
habitants. A correspondent says: "Our en-
igration this fall has not, in the history of
been equalled. 1t comes in con.
tinuous stream" ~ 20 t-es
D' The Albany Register calculates that
during the past season there were 700 cases of