Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-01-04

Ter King IN THAI CITY KN ~
Mon. Sarteges's leave Of absence expires this
week. so that we may expect to have answ French
/ Minister soon.
Hon Henry Hubbard and James NJ. Rix, Esqs.,
(both Pierce men, have been chosen delegates to
the Democratic National Convention at Cincinnati.
Judge Cane, Of Georgia, declines being dele
gate 70 the Philadelphia Convention.
4 Mile Rachels brother has written TO the Figaro
to state that the receipts Of the French company
for the two first months Of their acting In America
lat New York and BOSTON, amounted TO upwards
of f2l 900.
Miss Eliza Logan, the actress, Is about to make
! Madison, Wisconsin, the place OF her permanent
residence. m
Gen. Joseph ]. Chambers, it is said, has resigned
his Office of Harbor Master, at New York, and bis
military position in the Governors staff.
John b. Cough is lecturing at Chicago.
H. A. Perry Is playing bis fourth week at the
Athen@um, Cleveland.
| Phelpss Ethiopian Opera Troupe is in Chicago.
John ETsler is playing the Naad Queen, and
other show pieces, at the Cleveland Theatre, of
which he is manager.
/ Coroner White, Of Louisville, recently found a
baby in a basket upon his door step, with note
from the mother, that this little body contained
more life than all the bodies he had held inquests
upon for year and requesting him and his lady
to adopt the little stranger as their own
Miss Eliza Logan closed one Of the most bril-
liant engagements ever performed in Cincinnati, on
Saturday night, at the Peoples Theatre. It lasted
| four weeks
| Prof. Spencer is lecturing in Harrisburg.
The richest man in Congress is said to be Hon.
VIM. Aiken, of South Carolina. His property is
estimated at two millions of dollars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Williams are about going
to England, being engaged at the Haymarket The
atre, London ass
John Duncan, soldier of the Revolution, died
in jackson county, Ga, on the 9Th ultimo.
Robert Fulton was born in Lancaster county,
Pa, and Delinger & Reigart have recently issped,
at Lancaster city, handsome Autograph OF his
birthplace. #r
Noah administer, soldier of the Revolutionary
war, died at Dixmont Maine, on the oath ultmo.
in the esd year of his age. He was born in NAL
den, Massachusetts,, in the year 1853, and at an
early age volunteered into the American army, at
the commencement Of the war at Bunker Fill,
witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne's army, and
was with the army under the immediate command
of Washington, through one whole campaign 1t
was his boast that he served year on board the
first American naval vessel and aided in capturing
several English armed vessels one in the English
channel. The deceased has resided for more than
half century in Dixmont.
SpIRIrs RUNNING LocoMoTIyEs.--The Old Colony
Memorial published at Plymouth narrates an incl
dent which is sufficiently marvellous to please the
most ardent believers in "signs and wonders" II
states as matter of common notoriety in Ply |
mouth, that during the last summer months, be-
tween three and four o'clock in the morning. there
was regularly and distinctly heard upon the rail
road the whistle Of an approaching train. As
it was well known, however that no train passed
over the road at such time in the morning, four
gentlemen at the Samoset House determined to |
investigate the mystery. Accordingly, unknown
to any one, they one morning about two o'clock |
stationed themselves on the railroad track about
mile from town, and awaited the arrival OF the SUI
pernatural visiter., @ as
They did not watch long, nor wait In vain, for |
Immediately they distinctly heard, far off in the
North the sound of railway whistle and pres |
emily g the distant clatter of wheels was heard
louder, nearer, still it canie--the click o.
the rails in their chairs; the rush of steam wa
plain in their as if the lantern gared before
them-the shrek of demon.whistle. r,oaa :.
hand, made them leap from the tracx. NJ the tro;n
Numbered down the grade--the not breath Of the
painting steed was in their very 1aces a. Il nossed
as the unearthly scream cer 1sed. thew heard tho
brakemen screwing up their brakes, The tnkle Of
bell and sound OF NEE ding cars, as If the nv;s.
BILE spectre monster of the road had reached III,
journeys end"
About month f1fnce, says the Memorial one of
she watcners Wis ted spirit circle in Boston where
ne was an entire stranger 10 ali nresent save enc
to whom Nd had never revealed the summer Incl
DENT Wien the engineer Of the spectral train held
spritlai converse with the astonished company
"A protracted sitting was suddenly brought to a
close, by the communicating spirit announcing that
he mus go.
Where and for what ?" some one asked.
To run The train was the prompt answer
The sitters looked each upon the other. and what
train 7" was the universal exclamation.
| The Old Colony train, was the reply
| DO you mean for us to understand that at this
hour of the night train Of cars passes over that
rai!~sygn
There was long pause. Slowly and deliberate
| y, as IT making no common revelation, the arm of
the medium moved at last, and the pencil wrote
! these words: r#
In life was an engineer upon that road. At
stated intervals train, unseen Of mortal eyes,
takes the spirits of pious dead to the pilgrim home
they consecrated by their lives. Mr.. -, who Is
with you, win say whether he has eoer heard or
! knoWs auyht Of that train. 1t is not for mortas
1 to know more"
| The Memorial vouches for the truth of this won
derfu narrative. Ii is little singular we win SIM
ply hint that spirits who can enter rooms with
closed doors, and who ever present at the call
Of mediums, should require train of cars to trans
| port them TO Plymouth