Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-10-25
PERSONAL

PERSONAL
.... Hon. John Kelly and Hon. E. b Hart,
Of New York, are at Willards' Hotel.
go. Hon. Pierre Soue arrived in New Or
leans on the 18th inst.
go. The Governor elect Of Florida is Col
Madison Stark Perry, formerly Of Fairfield
District, 5. G.
.... MIR James Hannay, an English novelist
Of some note, and great admirer of Edgar A.
Poe, has in press new edition Of the latter's
poems, with notes.
go. The Philadelphia Bulletin says that the
vote N the House of Bishops upon the restora-
tim Of Bishop Onderdonk, was twenty-four in
favor to eight against his restor alton.
.... Dr.. William Totten died in Little Rock,
Arkansas, on Saturday week. He was native
OF Pennsylvania, and served his country
through the war Of 1872, and was in the sortie
q. Fort Erie.
go. Thomas III. Stockton, the popular and
impressive pulpit orator, who has resided in
Baltimore for several years past, contemplates
removing to Philadelphia, in few weeks, and
to make that city his place Of residence.
80. The heroic Sir Charles Napier wrote
very beautifully and touchingly to a lady on
the eve of bis great victory at Meancee-s' If
survive / shall soon be with those love If
I fall 1 shall be with those / have loved.''
49,. The Fremont papers are getting out of
patience with the New York Herald. They
say il takes half dozen now to watch the
Herald after it goes to press, lest it should
change its politics, from the force of habit be.
fore the edition sees daylight
80. The Neuburyport Mass Mercury, in
announcing the death of Henry Barber, who
worked in that Office for IS years states that
Mr. B. was 76 years old, and during bis life
was never FIVE miles from home, and never
saw q railroad or steamboat except from the
windows Of the Cfice in which he worked
80. During the past few days, large num-
Der Of machinists have left Boston and vicinity
for Cuba, TO take charge Of the machinery on
the plantations. Among those who left in the
last steamer for Havana was W. p Houston
the vell-known builder, of South Boston, who
goes out to erect some large buildings on the
Island.
80. The Cindnnati Columbian states that
talented but dissipated Englshman, who
was recently picked from the gutter in that
city, seeing an advertisement for a pastor
in a country parish, brushed himself up, went
and preached as csndidate, and although
and is now regularly dispensing the bread of
life.
go. The Clarksburg (Va.,) Register says
that at the recent term Of the Harrison Circuit
Court the grand jury found an Indictment
against Horace Greeley for circulating in Hsr-
rison county his " Tribune which was con-
sidered by the grand jurors as incendiaIy in
its character Two citizens Of the county
were presented for aiding in the circulation Of
that print.
.... The King of Prussia lately introd uced
Baron Humboldt TO the Emperor of Austria
The Emperor, upon this, asked the King who
Baron Humboldt was, since be had never
heard the name before. The King Of Prussia
was quite astonished at such display of i'm
perisl ignorance, and emphatically replied,
He is the greatest man since the deluge."
80. George P. Bond, first assistant at the As
Economical Observatory of Harvard University,
has declined the appointment recently rendered
bin by the President Of the United States of
Chief Astronomer, under the act of Congress
of August llth, 1855, to carry into effect the
frst article Of the treaty of June 10th I846,
between the United States and Great Britain,
by running the boundary line between the
United States and British Oregon.
.... There is a deal of fun in this canvass
We clip the following from the Florida Demo
crat, sterling little Democratic paper printed
at Pensacola: "MsrTied.-In the city Of
Baltimore, on the 18th ult Mr. Samuel Know
Nothing and Miss Old Line Whig-the parties
have been privately married a wear or two
ago, but they had this public celebration of
their nuptials, to avoid an unpleasant process
Of Law +"
-. fine looking youth, named Daniel
Webster, was received at the Maryland Peni-
Tertiary On the 18th Of December. 1853, To
serve until the lst day Of May, 1861, for a
conviction Of manslaUghter in the Circuit
Court OF Somerset county. Hisextreme youth
and the provOcatiOn leading to the homicide
caused many Of tie most respectable citizens
Of that county to intercede for his pardon. and
on Saturday last they met with success "a on
that day the order for his libera alton was mailed
at Annapolis, and on Monday morning he wa,
discharged, TO the qualification of his widowed
mother and ether friends
80. The following is " going the rounds, Of
tie newspapers II is decidedly Interesting
II true: Mr.. Delspe, managing editor of
the LoIdon Times, it is said, comes to this
country to pick out an American editor 10
Place among the corps Of able writer's attached
10 the columns e The Thunderer''-tos eIec,
person sufficiently well informed 10 take
lse Vi american affairs in that farnons
JourhAl, ara write on that subject. with the
proper amount of knowledge in regard 10 orr
country, its habits, its population its in.ti,ul
uons, It's statesman, ITS policy. noI;,ios ~
polltlc1ans lie Is TO have six thonssrS anu
comfortable berth, q position of bono. year,
opportunity to do his native land a se,a anu IN