Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-03-31
PERSONAL.

go. Hon j. e. Breckenridge, Of Kentucky,
is in this city.
80. The freshet prophesied by Lorenzo
Dow for the 9th of March didn't come off.
go. James c. White is the Know Nothing
candidate for Mayor of Portsmouth, Va.
.... Samuel Henly, of Rockingham county,
Va who lately refused food for forty nine
days, is dead.
80. George Law has placed Rev. Joseph
Scoville in charge Of the R egister at AL
bany.
80. Gov. Metcalf, of New Hampshire, has
appointed Thursday, the 10th of April next,
as the annual fast in that State.
80. Mr.. James NJ. Wise, recently appointed
adjunct professor of mathematics in William
ard Mary College, has rendered his resigna-
ton.
go. Messrs Routledge Co gave Sir Ed
ward Bulwer Lytton f20, 900 for the use of
the copyright of all his works for the space Of
ten years
80. The Rev. w. III. Milburn is lecturing
in Charleston, South Carolina, on "Sketches
Of the early History and settlement Of the
Mississippi Valley"
80. Judge David Wilmot, of Pa, of pro-
viso memory, is in w ashipgton, looking just as
young and comfortable as when in Congress
six years since.
-. Commodore McKeever, U. S N, is
quite ill at Norfolk, Va, having been sud-
denly attacked this morning. according to in
formation which has reached Washington per
telegraph.
80. We hear that Senator Bgler, Hon. j.
l. Orr, of S, c., and probably Gen. Joe Lane,
Of Oregon with one or two other Democrats Of
Congress, are to start this afternoon for Con-
necticut, where they have been invited to
in he OF
80. New York papers have story that
Louis Napoleon not only owes q board and
liquor bill a. a tavern in Hoboken, but cut his
initials, Il N" in the panel of a door,
with pocket knife, borrowed from the land
lord S son, which he forgot to return.
80. Bottessini, the great contra bassist, has
produced his now opera in Paris, L Assedio
di Fironzo," but not with transcendent sue
cess The subject is taken from a romance Of
that name by Guerrazzi, and is an adaptation
of drama by SignOr F. Monetta, of New
York, called Maria di Ricci "
80. Mrs. Rachel Rowean. cousin of Pres
ident Pierce, and mother Of Thomas Rowean,
Esq, naturalization agent, died, in Boston
on Monday evening, aged So years The de-
ceased lady was held in high and deserved
esteem By many of the most respected of our
citizens, among whom she was great favorite.
accident at Nashville in December last, was
so completely Frustrated in health while play
ing at Augusta, Ga, last month, as to be un-
able to proceed with the engagement, and it
was completed by Mr.. Cbanfrau alone. She
was seized with scarlet fever on the 18th of
February, and did not leave her bed until the
Sth of March.
80. Hon. Edward Everett gives his address
tomorrow evening, in Baltimore, for the ben
eft of the Mount Vernon fund. The Histor-
ical Society Of Philadelphia have prevailed
upon him to deliver the address at the Musical
Fund Hall, in Philadelphia, on Friday even
ing, the 4th Of April. The Society have is
sued only 600 tickets, so as to secure COM
Portable seats to those present.
80. Martin Koszta, says the San Antonio
(Texas) Reporter, has purchased farm on
the Medina, for which he paid $4,000. On
this the American Celt comments AS this
notorious individual was, two years ago, rep
resented in starving condition, we must sup
pose that his patriotism has found rather
profitable market" To this the Chicago
Democrat replies "That market, Mr.. CeIt,
was a rich widow of this city, who captured
bin, and there was no Ingraham to rush to
the rescue"
.... Mr.. j. II Taylor, who will be remem-
bered by Washington play -goers as a favorite
actor at the little &c Adelphi," under Cartlitch
It Brown, closed his theatre at Richmond on
Monday night. On that occasion the house
was we'll filled, and at the end of tho first
piece Mr.. Taylor appeared in front of the cur
tain, in response to calls, and briefly addressed
the audience. In tho course of his remarks
he said that he was loser, in a pecuniary
sense, by his theatrical efforts in Richmond.