Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-01-06
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80. Hon. Sam Houston arrived in this city
yesterday and put up at Willards He says
he does not intend to resign.
80. 1--WE are informed" SAYS the Ciuoin nati
Gazette, "by the Hon John Scott Harrison,
that his mother, the widow of President Har.
rison, although very feeble and constantly con-
fined to her bed, has improved consider ably
within the last eight days, and hopes are en-
tertained of her becoming comparatively we'll
again. Yet she is in very feeble and uncer.
tain state, which renders the duration of Nr.
Harrison's absence from Washington a matter
of uncertainty, although he is extremely anx.
ious to be ct his post in the Federal City"
80. The Albany correspondent of the New
York Express says that all the officers elect of
the Now York Legislature arc members of the
Know Nothing order, and adds:
''The U. S. Senatorial question is to be the
absorb ing one of the session With the pro-
liabilities in favor of Mr.. Seward, there is no
is to be done to secure that end. Should his
election be secured, it will be-, as is said by
members of the Assembly, in the face of the
fact that majority are committed against i'm
to their constituents I hear that neither
Haroor Masters nor other nominations are to
be made until this question is settled, and lat
every thing is to be secondary to this one :"
80. One of the Buzzards, who gathers offal
here, fer "Old Nick's Organ" says:
"John W. Forney has possessed himself of
over one hundred thousand dollars during his
two years sojourn in this city. He has now a
single job in hand, which, if successful will
give him twenty thousand dollars in hard gold
the renewal of Colts patent Measures of
general national Importance are freely bar
tered away for vote in favor of the Colt OK.
tension
This is news at Washington, and would be
extremely gratifying to Mr. Forney's friends
if true. It is lamentable fact that John
W. Forney is poor man, not even owning
the house in which he lives. This. however,
is the best proof of his honesty and incorrupt-
able nature, for no man in Washington has
had greater opportunities to coin money than
he has, were he disposed to make it, by using
his great influence in helping through Con-
gress schemes of doubtful propriety. While
the writer's for the Herald are known to en-.
gage, for pay, in every scheme that Is pre-
sented to them, John w. Forney rejects and
scorns all such things as he does the ours who
are continually barking at his heels
80. It is stated that Mr.. Slow, the gentle
man recently appointed Superintendent of the
Armory at Harper's Ferry, is a Z. N.
....Dr. Graham, of New Orleans, convicted
of killing Col. Loring at the St. Nicholas
Hotel, New York, has been conveyed to Sing
Sing State prison, there to serve out seven
years, the term for which he was sentenced.
go. Sir Charles Napier is candidate for
Parliament in the borough Of Marlybone
His programme, forwarded per telegraph, is
sWar to the knife with Russia-extens;Ta re-
form-vote by ballot-shotter parliam IT'S
and general education"
80. The remains of Madame Sontag have
at last been shipped from Vera Cruz to Ham
burg. to be inferred in her native land. Her
late agent assures the New Orleans Picayun
that there is 10 truth in tho report that she
and Signor Pozzolini were poisoned.