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

Tom Ginge-" in the News, pokes lots Of
fun AT Alderman Pepper.
.... Daniel Webster used to relate that II
q suit he received eighteen dollars for a vas
amount of labor, nj afterwards WA employ.d
IN an exactly siEilsr case, and received s.s
OF nVe Thousand dollars, though he used Tn,
same brief that he bad used in the first case
Mayor Wood is "down" upon tina for
tune tellers in New York. Ell. has instructed
the police to hunt them out and report then
10 nlm Ii the Mayor keeps on, the stone,
OF me streets will rise and call him blessed
go. Lieut. Hultsr writes to the New YORK.
Tribune admitting that he has been cashiered
By the Preside ut, an complains of the act a.
arbitrary because it was done withou, the me.
dun OF Cou INA ial. He says that had he
been In the Austrian service Court MARTA al
would nave oeen necessary, but belonging to
atree government ne Is, "without ceremony.
aroitra rily dis missed by il for conduct which
IN ny humble alignment, L deemed necessary
for the honor Of ~ flag"
Upon which Ire Baltimore American re.
marks:
Had Lieut. Hunter been in the Austrian
service, he night Lave been Court MartiaI.d
out the resuI would undoubtedly have been
an execution at the yard arm. 1t strikes n.
tnat our Tree COVE nment has in this case bee
OF eminent uss 70 1im in prolonging his life. ~
80. Senator Houston attracts great attene
ton in the Senate chamber by writing With
an enormous quill In full feather. probably
taken from al American Cd lie
80. The Albany Evening Jeurual savs-
G. q: Foster, author Of New York in
ohoes, &c, was married on the 18th in Nova
mennng prison, % Madame Marsarittas ,, ~.
were under tee Impression that Foster had a
WIG ana Msrgar;tes husband already.
80. The sdvsLt of Tom Paiae's birth d.v
was celebr ated ~ Cincinn ati on the sysnine
, OF the 18th uit. One Of the orators of the oc.
casion was Peter Clark, . mulatto.
.... Rev. John P. Donelan, formerly of this
city, has been invited BY large numbsr ef
the citizens Of Fort Tobacco, Nd, of di6ersnt
religious dissemination, to deliver a course Of
Lectures 10 that town. Mr.. d resides In
Charles county, rhere he is the rector of
Catholic church.
49, The Clipper asks the following pointed
question:
was Foster ever divorced from his first wife.
VINO oy ms ofuei issertion 10 aov compelled
.c,;h ei hrough the country soliciting SUBJ
eciioers TO New York Journal 10 suppoTt bar.
sen and children whs knows'
'.''lne Nsw York Times has long article
on Ien- Sam Houston, closing thus:
.,;, das'ues as a soldier; his general.
snip, marked BY pr Idsnc. and ution .s a
leader; ana nus hu nsnisy as a victor. are as
lie of which be Is ,bs oss's - the signal bat.
habits IN soci 81 and domestic life IL W, n lie
best at one tins afori an example Of tbo,on ,ns
reform, entered upcr with penitsncs ana IS
termination, aud Pc, severed in, by the bssn
Of an iron will, which 10 entitled to commsnp
dstion and respect, ii not to the restoration of
entire conndeIes IN As moral phase Of his
character"
''.' The vaul. al Weimar, which ID the
6urying place Of the Princes OF the Grand
puch family ani III wnich the bodies Of Schil-
broken into BY thisves. Who opened three of
ne cothnsb and cari.d away all the orna.
nenG In gold, ss veil az the Jewels and gold |
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