Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-01-25
Personal.

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....A letter from DR.. Bigslow, Minister
Ma'On's attending ph ysician, date Paris, Dec
81, says. Judge Mason has an effu,iop in,o
the right hemisphere The paralysis of the
LETT side, arm, and leg has been complete II
is now slightly lsss The hemorrag. [ cor .idst
to have been considerable aud the attack en-
inently serious. He is now in a yery satisfac.
tory state, and l entertain many hopes"
80. The Hon. Henry w. Hillisrd is an
nounced as an independent candidate for Gov.
ernor OF Alabama in the columns of the Ala
Dan journal. This is done with the know
ledge Of Mr. billiard who will yery soon sd.
dress the people, giving his views on the sub.
Jeets no" stfs2e il reference to State policy. !"
..'. A Washington letter writer saws:
Col Benton Is in spasm on account of the
almost certain defeat Of his fayorite proisct IF
railroad to the Pacific. On tlis subssct bs
was to-day heard to remark, "The Pac; "A
Railroad, Sir, is defanct from defuneor Ito
get rld OF, } yes, sir, dsfGnct, in the abstract
Congress has killed it, sir-kiIled it, Tbev
are the most stult6ed body in the world. sir.
yes sir, (from stnlfHs fool, sir ~ all Of them
SIR, except myself. solitary and alone. sir :
If L had my wsy With them cir, L would sx.
Punge their nenetRm the rolls of the House
iron szPNse, unt out)-yss, sir, every
mothers son Of sheh1, sir -
80. 1t Is said that Mayor Wood, of New
York, il In receipt Of sundry anonymou. let
tiers, threatening personal violence, If he Der.
hst 10 carrying certain measures against the
Thirty Of these latter have already besn IN.
dlcted, and some others are marked ont
Threats OF personal violence do not deter
man Ike Mr.. Wood from doing his duty.
80. The b. n. State Convention hs, been
called 10 meet again at Manchester. N. H IN
nominate candidate tor governor in place OF
new Mr.. Moore, who is found ineligible.
80. Allison Nelson has been chosen mavor
of Atlanta, Georgia, over the Knew Nothing
candidate
80. Daniel Tracy, brother of the rspra,...
tafive In congress from Vermont, fell into
soap boiler at Mr.. Ashton's manufactory at
Columbus, Ohio, and was scalded 40 an 70
cause bis death.
-. The Mercantile Library Association of
New York hav. presented Thom., n R,n,on
beautiful Silver Pitcher and SaIyer cost
500, as an acknowledgment of their obliga-
hsns 10 MIN Tor bis recent lecture before them
and the interest he has manifested In their
prosperity.
..'' Marx ". lizard, the new Governor of
Neo: aska, has twice been president Ct the
arkansas Senate and once Speaker of the
House OF Representatives Of that State vb.re
ne has resided for twenty-four years. He /,
native OF Kentucky, and said to be a Sns
specimen o! pioneer, being over six feet in
height.
80. Ell Governor Bigler, of Pennsylvania,
IL in this city stopping a: WillaTd's Hotel. lie
looks remarkably well.
80. Hon Henry K Oliver. fcrmsrIv adm
tsnt general of Massachusetts. in a vr;tts n
article sustains the current opinion that the
dlsoandiDg Of the Irish COMPANIES was con.
trsry to constitution and law.
zee. The Washington correspondent of the
New York Evening Post, saw:
" The dispatches received by the last s.esm-
or al Tie State department represent Mr.. Ma
SOD, our Minister 10 France, to be In a critical
coSaillon IRON DIS recent paralytic stroke, |
and leave but little ground FER the hone thai
he may resume his duties. The circumstances
preceding the occurrence are, that he went to
the Emperors levee on the Goth Of December.
and though considerably fatigued By the fes,
dvities Of the day, took part in a whist party
in the evening, by which he was engaged till
two o'clock In the morning. On retiring, he
was suddenly disabled by the paralysis which
DOW threatens his life. In this connection.
may mention the painful intelligence which
arrived also by the last steamer, that Mr..
John A. Dix, Of New York, who was expected
to ill the post held by Mr.. Mason, is at this
time detained In Rome, 4here his son, a grad
ua1e seme years since Of Columbia College. Ia
suffering from pulmonary consumption, from
which, it is feared, he cannot recover
-. We learn that Mr.. J. Bryce, formerly
editor Of the New York Sun, is now In this
city making active efforts amongst the Know
Nothing members Of the House to secure thu air
votes for the Office Of Clerk of the House. He
was candidate for Congress in the last cleo
lion in the 5ih Ward in New York CITY, but
was defeated by Mr.. Kelly, who is elected to
serve IN the next Congress
80. 1t is said that the Grand Council Of Wiz.
ginis Know NOthings, who, it 10 said, met in
Alexandria en- Thursday night last, nomin-
ated or expressed their preference for Hon.
james +. Strother as the candidate of the or
der for Governor Of the Old Dominion Mr..
STROLLER, upon being questioned as to the cor.
rsctness Of the report, replied II don't know"
-. Mr.. Rankin, 9 member Of the Can adian
fsrlament, has offered to the British govern
ment TO raise regiment Of 1000 rifsmen for
service IN the Crinea. l $685. NJ.
go. An American tenor singer. named
henry squires, Is described in recent mum.
Der OF the Naples QsaIs Journal Of Art, az
having created great sensation at Sorrento,
by bis vocal abilities. - '7'