Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-02-21

....A Paris letter writer says:-The engage
msnt with Mile Rachel to yi.i. the Unite.
States has been signed by all parties. She
will be paid 200 200 francs for two hundred
REPRESENTATIVES, 20 be given wherever may DO
deemed proper; that IS TO say, six thousand
francs, 81 200 flr each representation. SIX
hundred thousand will be deposited at her
bankers in Paris before her departure which
In case Of ter being shipwre.kcd reverts to
her family. But ii Mile Rschsii dies during
the course of the two hundred representations
since she literally belongs body and soul t.
the eRtrspreRears, they have O RICH. TO e.
pose her eOrss from city to city, to wkoe, er
nay desi:e to see it And this property net &
not be rendered uI.til i. shall have procured
the two hundred receipts specified by the con
tract.
....S:nia AIZa's sizter has retired to a
convent.
....A lets:r fr0a Paris, Ky, sayE:-"Col
SebOu!sr, ediio- Of tie Cincinnati Gazette. Il
n. Corwin, Of Ohio, John W. FinnelL os Gov
ing;on, and o;hsr politicians have beau he:s
since Saturday,, on q visit TO Hon. Carr ct,
Davis Il is supposed that Sam was in TIE
crowd, ana some know nothing wiIe-woIking
q gong on. hr. Dayls's friends arc daily Ii.
receipt of LISTERS .IoTn all parts CT ,be Union,
urging his claims, and they claim 20 have tie
most po*iiTe Assurances that be will rccei 60
the An1" Hottin5 no-Ei lation for President. -
....Ex-GOv. Merton, Of Mas. was receive d
10 the COMMUNION Of tho Episcopal churci. il
IsuatCn, tA;ass) on the 4ih insr.r the sasra-
pent was adIGiristersd by his scn-iu Law
PisE, 7 Lee, Of Iowa.
....A Lew born dasgLter Of the Countess of
Trcrani, vas eksistered on the 9th OF January
at Naples, with the brief name of Maria The
ressa F.rdinanda ImmaIcuiate Corcep,il.e
Sa0e'ia DEcisna PhiIoIania. Tho Queen Of
tie two Settles was her spoLssr
80. The merchants Of New York are de-
Louncin. Mr.. Eish, orc OF the United States
Senators, for dup! city, fer his Immigrant Pas
ssbger BIZ" which they say Is 'prepoztorous
ard UnIIacticable." and lot What the usr-
chants OF New Yoik wanted; that the bill that
ley had prepared, and which BIZ Eish ucr;
opposes, was lot objected TO by him when sub.
mitted TO bis confederation. They rrqucs. Mr.
Seward to take their bill in charge. -.
.... &r. Newcomer, Ct Naehcs, Miss. with
aIifs having at Improvement of his own in.
NentiOn, ct the distance of 220 yards, placed
i've ceessiye balls within the circle Of which
the radius was less than IN inch.
90. In the Missouri legislature, en- The 7th,
Mr. DCniphGn presented memorial praying
that the publication OF abolition sentiments
10 made penitentiaTy 1fsnce.
.... AinZesota papers are deuouncirc lie
sheriff ef Ramsay County Tor charging $500
for hanging an Indian. 80
80. A female has been detected St louis
in forging The name Of Bishop Kenrisk "a CT.
dOrser CT prOEisory notes for s240o
80. Gen. Sam Houston, on Monday oven
ing, delivered 6 Zee ure lsfcre crowded
audience at Niblo's, New York. at the ter
mination Of TIE lecture gentleman in the
third Ter proposed Three cheers for ''Sar, /"
the next President Of tho United States, ~
which was loudly responded to. II a vote b sd
been lad, "Ssm" 10 doubt would have teen
elcctet-in that assembly, at any rate.
80. There is 4 runner In New York, that
tie U S. GoverImen is negotiating with Mr..
Barton, for the purchase OF bis theatre In
Chambers street, for the purposes Of @ General
T fost otAce- Ii is also rrmored that Mr. Bur-
ION las secured tie lease Of the Metropolitan
IhsaiIe.
80. A SOLEMN requiem nsss was celebrated
on the l4.h instant, in st J,hn's Church. MID.
, 6lstowD, Tor the Iepcss IF tee soul of the ven
erably 'father Brady, late pastor Of st
Patrick's Cathedral in Hartford. CT Thu
beautiful church ia Middletown was ,lens,Iv
crowded on the occasion, and mauy of the
Hartford people were present, to do honor 10
lhs memory Of their deceased pastor From a
ssry early hear Of the morning upto half past
p,ns, tho several elergy men that came offered
up 10 sgcrsssion tae holy sacrifice CT the mass
1T both altrss Of the church. -'
-. The Philadelphia pn Of yesterday has a
strong editorial IN favor Of Simon Cameron
for seat in the u s. Senate. Politics makes
strsrge bed fellows. It Is said that windy
Josh" and " the chisf of tins Rinasbsgoes. u
nov slesp together. az E. Il - q. 7tr
THE City Councils Of Baltimore have
rejected some Of Mayor Kinks principal nom
ibatioDs for Office.