Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-12-28

TEL In Hoboken I'll health, and the priyations in
cident to his profession, have sorey affected his
mind and body. We presume the mere mention
Of the sufsrings Of this veteran artist will be su'
cient to awaken sympathy in his behalf.
Some days ago we stated that Messrs. Dates aud
Cowles had agreed to make an arrangement by
which their controversy in relaton.to the seat on
the supreme court bench, vacated by the death Of
Judge Morris, IN. ~ might be carried at once be-
fore the court of appeals for final settlement After
hearing argument, the supreme court at general
term, decided that Judge Cowes is entitled TO the
seat.
Mr.. Edwin Forrest is playing at Marshall's Wal.
nut street Theatre, Philadelphia. Mr.. and Mrs.
Conway are at Wheatley's Arch Street Theatre.
Welsh has opened the new National Theatre and
Circus with a full company. NAHUM, or the Night
Owl, is given by a pantomimic troupe headed by
Mons. Wcithoff and Mad'lle Zoe.
Mr.. Barry has produced Shakespeare comedy Of
the |" Tempest" at the Boston Theatre, with good
effect. Mr.. II. Farren and Miss Louisa Howard
arc playing at the Howard AthsnGutd.
We had tho pleasure yesterday, says the st.
Louis Pilot Of December 18th, of meeting Mr.. NJ
A. Otero who arrived in this city Saturday last
direct from New Mexico. Mr.. Otero is en- route
for Washington, whittier he will repair immediate.
", to contest the seat Of Gallegos in the House Of
Representatives. We are Informed that he has in
his possession full and satisfactory proofs Of the
illegality Of Galegos' election.
Gallegos representa- the Mexican in contradis-
tinction to the American interests, and it Is affirm
ed that nearly one thousand Of his votes were cast
by Mexicans not entitled TO the privileges Of the
hallot-box.
Mr.. Otero obtained nearly the whole vote of the
American-born population. He is an intelligent
gentlement and having been educated iii the Uni
ted States and resided many years among US, he is
thoroughly acquainted with our instructions, and
imbued with democratic principles. Mr. Otero
has therefore our best wishes for his success in the
object which now takes him on to the Federal
Capitol
MacAllister ia performing at GAINESVILLE, Ohio
Rev. Henry Giles Il lecturing at the West.
Mr.. Buchanan was born April IL, 1871.
The Batemaa children are in St. Louis
Hon. John g. Miller is confined at home ON ac-
count OF sickness.
The item Of recent foreign intelligence which
e1cites the greatest antcipations is the death Of
Robert Schuyler; which event. it is confidently as
serted win lead to startling developments tonch.
ing the couf5e of several Gothamite fnanciers.
Schuyler has been in adying condition for several
months. In the summer he wrote to one of his
relatives here, complaining bitterly of the utter
neglect of the family since his flight, and asking
permission to have his remains deposited In the an
cestral vault at Rhinebeck, on the Hudson. He
then described himself as so feeble that he could
only move from bed to sofa What picture for a
psychological novelist, like Balzac and Hawthorne,
would be the closing days of such life, breathed
away in moral anguish and exile, amid the orange
groves, and rosy mountains, and blue sea, that so
often make the Genoese landscape glorious.
PLAIN TALK roR THE LADIES. - The Western
editors are certainly very free speaking individu.
ais, and their rhetoric, like the bowie knives Of
some of them, Is sharp and to the point One Of
them, speaking of lownecked dresses and short
al.