Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-03-12
A Column Of Interesting Personal Items.

wore adinistoQ att0rneys and counsell0rS Of
the Supreme Court of the United States on
Saturday last,
80. TheSNsw York Tribune says:
cat he post norton examination of the
body Of Poole, made by DR.. FinnelI, the sin
gular fact came to light that tho bullet, which
was supposed to have dropp,d cut of the
wound Mt the tine. was imbedded in the heart.
1t is wonderful that immediate death did not
ensue. Cases of life for SO many days after
wound In the heart are very rare"
80. Extra Billy Smith is now on his politi.
Cal electioneering walk, working with his &C.
customed industry to secure his re- election to
Con gress. He made O speech the other day
at Fredericksburg in which he declared his
hostility to Henry A. Wise, and deprecated
Democr attic opposition to Know Nothingism
Il is said if Edgar A. Snowden Is not cand;.
date for Congress, Mr. Smith will receive the
Know Nothing votc.
80. Duff Green, new bag, on The political
course, in letter to Senator Hunter, declares
his preferences for Know Nothingsm. Mr.
Green has been Democrat. Nullifier, Wing,
Democrat csuin, and is now Know Nothing :.
49,. difficulty, It appears, has taken
place between Roger A. Pryor, editor of the
Richmond Enquirer, and DR.. Easily, editor of
the Richmond Penny Post, growing on, Of
personalities INDUCED in in their respective
papers The authorities, fearing q personal
rencontre between these gentlemen held them
both, on Friday last, to bail in tho sum Of
$2 600 each to keep the peace Mr.. Pryor, in
lis paper on Saturday, noticing grossly per.
sonal article in the Post closes by saying:
They are content to meet this gross insul;
by words. Be it go, if they are satisfied am
Let tho public say where the poltroonry lies
Both Of us are under bonds and, as matter
OF course, controversy ends. So far as was
concerned, tho precaution was unnecessary.
Retort cannot wash out the stain of insult
1t will not out.
80. 1t is said that Mr. andrews, our Con-
stlat General to Canada, whose salary is
81, 900 per annum under the new diplomatic
and consular bill, is good Wing. Who will
now charge the Administratio with proscrip.
ton?
80. The New York papers are full of the
death Of Poole, a notorious pugilist, who was
killed in an ARRAY with some other rufians OF
the same stamp. One respectable paper give.
his biography, with as much laudation as i:
usual whom ssne Individual dies whose life
was made illustrious by public service and
private virtue The next thing will probably
be an eulogium upon tho life and public ser
vices OF JACK Sheppard.
80. 1t is reported on the Avenue that Sen.
asor Brodhead, of Pennsylvania, since the
publication Of Simon Cameron's letter to Mr.
Kirkpatrick, repudiates Mr.. Cameron, and
will no longer recognize him as q member OF
the Democratic party.
The editor of the Richmond ENQUIRE,
having written a letter to The Rev Charles A
Davis. asking him if Mr. Wise, in speech de
livered in the presence of the Reverend gentle.
man, made an attack upon the Methods
Church, replied in the following note:
RICHMOND, Va, March 7th, 1855.
DEAR SIR In reply to your note of thi,
date, have no hesitation in saying, that
was present and heard the recen. speech Of
DIR. Wise, delivered in the African Church in
this city. There was nothing in that speech
which could, with any justice or propriety, b.
considered as An assault upon the Methodist
Church, its government, doctrines, ministers
or usages should have been quick to de
10 t, and prompt to repel any such attack
whether made openly or otherwise, directly oil
indirectly.
Justice to Mr.. Wise, as we'll as courtesy Il
you, requires this brief note.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
c. A. DAVIS.
ROGER a. PRYOR, Esq, present
The Penny Pest seizes upon this note as
pretext for a. coarse personal assault on thu
Reverend gentleman.
80. Mr.. Vanderbilt has written to the New
York TRIBUNE long letter about the Collins
line Of steamers, defending the President from
any charge Of bribery in ,vetoing the Collin
appropriation bill, and declaring his willing
ness to carry the Atlantic mails in bettcl
steamers, for much lower remun Grafton, and
in twenty four hours less average time fol
each trip, than Mr.. Collins.
Some genius is dramatizing "tbe lif,
Of Greedy" Queer idea that We should
as soon think Of dr amatising yard of sausag,
meat or peck Of popcorn. We wonder wha
the next wrinkle will be? One o. our soup
houses, probably, SO. to music.
80. Mr.. Headley, the historian, and repre-
sentative in the New York Assembly from
Orange county, was arraigned on Thursday by
his associates TOR refusing to vote on the amend
ment added by the Senate to tho census bill
giving to the Secretary Of State tho appoint
mant Of che marshals A motion to put him
under arrest was pending when the House ad
Journed. Mr. Headley vas permitted to make
defence, in which he manifested degree OF
excl cement which was unfavorable to display
of his oratoriesl powers.
80. Tho Rev DR.. Pennington, ga gemmar
OBJ color" it appears was not allowed to hea,
Gen. Houston s lecture on the Indians in New
York. He paid so cents for q ticket, but was
told BY the door-keeper that he could not pass
Says the Doctor: "At this moment General
Houston and number of gentlemen passed
in. and tho ticket ma n exclaimed, Gentlemen,
will any Of you pass this MANI Several
looked at mo full in the face, but there was
no response After the party had passed in,
the man said to me- My orders are not to
pass colored persons.
80. The following about Harriet Martineau,
the English authoress, is an extract from a
letter from Parker Pillsbury, dated Feb 18th
Miss Martineau is in tho last stages of
life. The affection Of the heart from which
che has long suffered, seer almost to have
reached its orisis-a crisis always fatal. Last
week, she seemed almost gone She sent fare
wells to her friends, and sfTarsai for her
burial. This week che reviv.s little, and
may live, possibly, few months yet, though
her physicians assure her she holds her life
now only from minute to minute