Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-03-17
PERSONAL.

80. Smith O'BIien lain Sicily.
-. Capt, Benham was in Paris on 22d Of
February
....J. f. Hunt, son of the editor Of Hunt
Magazine. is now on . visit to Charleston.
80. Capt Daniel Dobbins, who was lieu
tenant at Perry's victory ON Lake Erie in
1872, died at Erie, Pa, on the 25th ult
80. Lord Clarendon is tall, well made
man, with white hair, persuasive physiog-
nomy, and very gracious N amer.
-. Speaker Enthusiastically, solemn, dry
and dignihed as Jefferson's Manual on legs.
30 says the fair correspondent Of the Tribune
80. DR.. Bellows church and parson age, in
New York, has cost one hundred and sixty
five thousand dollars.
80. Rev. DR.. Teasdale, of this city, has
taken a prominent part in a revival at Co.
lumbia, s. C.
80. The Princess Phillipa, cousin to his
majesty the King Of Mosquito, is a servant in
the house Of Smith, negro preacher, at San
Juan del Norte.
80. Lamartine has lost q considerable sum
by speculations In corn, and is striving to re-
pair hi, shattered fortunes by establishing q
new journal and a course of lectures.
.... Gel. Edmund Bellinger, distinguished
lawyer Of the Columbia bar, is preparing for
publication Digest Of the Equity Reports of
South Carolina.
go. Greer, the New York coincidence
man." has been sentenced to the penitentiary
for hVe years for obtaining money under false
pretences.
-. Mr.. Dickens would have been pleased
70 have received an invitation to the W ash.
ington birthday ball at Paris, but his Gamer.
lean Notes" kept him below par.
-. Rev. A. B. Van Zandt, D. D., of the
Presbyterian church of Petersburg, Va, has
accepted the call to the Ninth Street Collegiate
Dutch Reformed) church of New York.
-. Alexander Of Russia will be crowned
King of Poland in May. He knows that the
exiled Poles are Disguised with England and
France, and hopes to win the affections of tho
nation.
-. DR.. Trask, the State Geologist, in late
report to the California Academy of Natural
Sciences, states that Sixty-One earthquakes
have occurred in that State during the mast
i've years, eleven of which were in 1855.
-. Mr.. E. l.. Walker announces that he
will give 500 for the best popular song set to
music, and $50 for the best polka and schot.
tische; these to be published and furnished
10 the subscribers of the Musical Art Union.
-. Amos Holbrook, q teacher at West
brookheld, in attempting to punish scholar,
was Deaten oy the pupil. The teacher then
complained OF the boy for assault and battery
and had him fined IS and costs.
-. Gennin, the New York halter. defeated
the State prison manufacture of hats in the
Legislature at Albany, and then gave those
whose votes carried the day a chamns9ne
supper. Gotham understands lobbying.
80. Miss Bremen writes to Mr.. Putnam
that her new work " Hertha" will not he
ready for publication until the LIST of NAV
The American edition will be issued simuIts.
neously with the English and Swedish edi.
tions.
80. William Tremaine Clark, a we'll known
and much respected printer of Boston, for
several years foreman of tho Times office.
died last week, Of small pox, aged 80 years.
The deceased stood high in the opinion of his
gne was respected and be.
loved by all who knew him.
go. General Jackson McDougsll and Henry
Hoag, Esq. were thrown from buggy on the
evening OF the 10Th ult., as they were driving
through the streets Of San Francisco. Nc
Dougall struck the curb of the sidewalk,
breaking his right leg near the ankle, 30 that
the bone protruded through the flesh. Mr.
Hoag received fracture Of the ankle, and
was otherwise injured.