Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-15
PERSONAL.


.... Hon. @. ]. Faulkner, of Virginia, and
Hor. j. CLANCY Jones, of Pennsylvania, are q,
Wilt1rd's Hotel. hT9~.-
80. The Boston Telegraph says that the
Rev. d. A. Hearn, Catholic priest of Taunton.
man weighing about 800 pounds, fell on Sat
urday distance of nearly fifty feet from the
tower of the new Catholic Church to the floor.
The shock was of course severe, but not a bone
was broken, and he was able, with but little
assistance, to walk to his house, and is now
apparently doing well.
-. 1t appears by the Boston papers that
there is no hope of Mr.. Lawrense's recovery
indeed tor several days hia physicians have
expected o fatal termination Of the disease
with which he was Frustrated ten weeks ago
....Dan'l Mace, NJ c., of Lafayette, Ia, is
recommended for Speaker of the next House
In some Indiana papers He is what is called
by some people an "anti-Nebraska Demo.
crat ~ -.-s. ....- -
1.-THE Utica Observer says the Rev. J. S.
Davenport, formerly Rector of Christ Oh urch.
Oswego, having Joined the Irvingites, has been
deposed from the ministry Of the Episcopal
Church by Bishop De Lancey -8 - :. {.
....Dennison, recently convicted at Chicago
for robbing the post Office in that place, has
been sentenced to ten years Imprisonment.
....Rev. Archibald Alexander Hodge, son
of the Rev. DIR. Hodge of Princeton, has &C.
cepted q call to Fredericksburg, Va. -
Rev. Z. H. Chaplin recently had his
spectaces stolen while he was submitting to
the operation of shaving in BARRIERS shop, on
Broadway, New York.
....Is is said that Mr.. Balfe has siguified his
willingness to cross the Atlantic, provided his
terms are complied with, which are-that he
will superintend three performances Of new
opera, composed Of course by himself, for the
sum OF $1,000; that the expenses out ard
back again DE paid, as also, while here, the
expenses Of himself, family, and three ser
wants; and that the copyright of the opera re-
main his own.
-. In letter to friend, Judge Gardiner,
after reiterating his determination to retire
from the bench, adds: Il am raising pota.
toes. 1t has taken a time for me to ascer-
tain my true vocation. If you could see my
crops, beautifully submerged by the late rains,
you would never talk to me about office"
-. Thurlow Weed retires from the editorial
chair of the Albany Evening Journal lie
commenced life as q cabin-boy, was afterward
promoted to the printers case, and subse-
quently became one of the most influential
end effective editors Of the country-a vocation
in which he was engaged for many years.
....A correspondent, writing from Sarato-
ga, says: 1.-The blind chaplain, Rev Mr..
Milburne, Of Washington, b. c., has been
here Poor man! he can inhale the fragrance
OF flowers, eau fe ell the summer breezes upon
his thoughtful brow, can listen to the descrip-
tive beauties of our valley, can hear the mu-
sic OF the groves, and catch the Inspiration
that in another world he can view the bles-
sings that await him; but here, alas he can
not see the charms that Nature has so CRATE
fully and lavishly bestowed He gave an
elaborate discourse in the Presbyterian church,
seeming to read the hymns, but really repeat
ing them from memory. He has TRULY q gift
ed mind, and soul that nobly bears up un-
der his sad affection. Many others of dis
tinction have visited this place the present
season, but none interested me so much as the
blind preacher.
-. The Winsted Comm Herald says that
the Rev. Mr.. Eddy, of Canaan, is reported at
the close OF his morning service last Sunday to
have advised such of his congregation as mad
hay cut, to ''go to work and get it in, for it
looked likely to rain This is different from
the blue law spirit.
-. A young girl in Pawtucket was lately
found lnhaling the OdOr of a bottle of chloro-
form liniment which had been left within her
reach. Itwas taken from her, but some of its
contents were spilled, and she lay down with
her face upon the saturated bedclothes, and
was found half an hour afterwards dead