Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-08
PERSONAL.

go. ncn. C. II. Conrad, of Louisiana, and
Hon. John SeGinnis, Of Illinois, are .. Will
lard's Hotel.
....At the celebsstion Of the Te-dsun, in
Paris, the Archbishop thus addressed the EN-
psror: .
sIRE.-Ths national JOY is increased by
the thought that Heaven, after all these tri
umphs, prepares for you in addition domestic
joys. which will be much more delightful to
your Esart ~ they will be also for the public
good"
The birth CT &" sovsreigns' in this country
- 80 common, that no particular joy is inspired
In consequence, save In the hearts Of mamma,
and papa, and the immediate household.
....Gen. Peter A. Sarpy is the oldest inhab-
itart Of Nebraska, having resided in that por-
ton Of the country thirty-three years.
-...The New York Herald of yesterday
contains another long and graphic letter from
Nike Walsh, in which he describes, in his Pc
culisr manner, the sights which be has seen,
and the various phases Of human characters
encountered.
1.-THE Soft Shell County Convention met
In New York On Saturday evening, and nomi-
mated the following ticket: For Sheriff, j ames
G. Willet; County Clerk, Richard B. Connel-
y; Cvroners, DR.. K d. Connery, DR.. VIM.
O'Donnel, Robert Gamble, and DR.. Joseph
Heire. Thi, makes the fifth county ticket
now in the field.
....Hon. John L. Dawson was invited by
the Legislature Of Kansas, previous to its adj
journnent, to pay q visit to that Territory.
He has written a long and able letter in reply,
reviewing the difficulties of the Kansas ques-
lion, and discussing matters in connection with
the general subject of slavery.
Ion Wednesday, Miss Lander of Salem,
Mass, who is said to have gained an enviable
Tspution as . sculptor, sailed from New York,
in tie q. s. mail steamer Baltic, en- route for
Italy, a order TO perfect her style
80. On Thursday evening, in New York,
John B. GougS, the celebrated temperance
lecturer, delivered . lecture at Concert Hail.
upon the subject of temperance, and so great
was the desire to hear MS first lecture since
his return from Europe, that many persons
We're unable TO gain admittance to The hall.
....It is said that for Professor Agassfs's
great work, which will cost sl20 per set, there
are already nearly 1000 subscribers in this
country-a fact that will amaze the savants
ct Europe.
....A0rdsur o. Dslepisrre has written an
essay to prove that Joan of Arc, or Jeanne
Dare, as she Is sometimes called, was not
burned at the stake. History says that she
was burned at Rouen, by the English, for
heresy. but u. Oslspierre has discovered re-
cords showing that she secretly escaped to
krion, IN the duoby Of Luxembourg; that she
there married Aessire de Hermoise, knight,
and that she was alive In l444, thirteen years
after the assumed burning. NJ. Delepierre's
essay has bson privately printed In Paris, un-
der the title Of Douts HIstovsgus.
80. Mr.. Jos Carr, well known as a keeper
of several eating houses in Boston, recently
n u in hat l.
liar circumstances Some six weeks since Mr.
Carr complained that corn on one Of his feet
gave him great pain, whereupon a gentleman
Recommended him 70 put q clam-skin on it.
which, he said, was q sure cure. The direc-
ton was followed, and the pain extended over
his body, and. it is thought by his friends,
produced bis death.
LIT is said that Gen. 0stensaken, whose
military career extends over forty -eight years
who has assisted ut more than one hundred
battles and eonbats, in which he has usually
been found in the first ranks, has never re-
eeived the slightest wound.
1.-The statement that Marshal Redetzky Is
the oldest general in Europe is contradicted
That distinction Is claimed by General Des.
peaux, OF the French service, aged "a, who
entered the army in 1776, was appointed een-
eral Of brigade in in 1873, and general of d.
vision IN the following year, so that he Ia a
general Of 81 years standing, while Marshall
Radstzky, aged 80, Is only OF 50 years stand
ing. s.-t
Fon JApIS.-A splendid pair Of chandeliers
for the Emperor Of Japan, being portion of
the presents authorised by the United States
Government, were yesterday put aboard the
United Sta.es steamship San Jacinto, from the
establishment Of I. v. Haughwout, to be for
wardod 10 their destination. They are in
bronze and gilt, and cost about S500.-N. T.