Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-11-25
PERSONAL,


go. The Hon. VIM. G. Rives, of Virginia
Is among tie distinguished strangers now in
shis city.
go. The editors Of South Carolina are TAX
ing steps to erect a monument to w. II. Tsber,
recently killed in a duel at Charleston.
....Senator Douglas and lady ACCOMPANIED
BY their bridal party, ere now en- a visit to his
Senator Do venerable mother, in CanandA-
qua, N. Y.
- man turned his son out of door.
lately because he would 1t pay his house
rent. A striking instance Of pay-rsnt-al az
fiction
80. Lieut.. J II. Derby, e' John Phoenix, y
"SQuibbcb," &c. y was one Of the passengers
for aths East" per the Golden Age from San
Francisco.
80. Hon George Vail Of New jersey, and
Judge Gilchrist, Chief Justice Of the Court Of
elsims, hsve arrived in this city and are
stopping al Tillsrds'.
49,. R. w. Emerson, the sssayist, Of Con-
cord, Mass, is preparing q memoir Of his
townsman. the late Samuel Hoar, which will
appear in Putnam's Monthly in January
49,. Lieut. Maury refuses the Cross of the
Order Of Danneborg, On the ground that the
accepting q title from any foreign poteDtate.
1.-The following members of Congress have
reached this city since our last issue, viz :
Hon. Msssrs. Campbell Of KY, Vail of N. j.
and Edwards of ". Y.
The following o. Senators arc already in
This city. Viz Messrs. Sliden of La Clay
Of Ala, Allen of R. L, Seward Of N. Y,
Toucey Of Conn Yulee Of Fla, Iverson of
GA and Dodge of Wis.
go. Sylvester Waterhouse, LII D., has been
appointed Professor Of the Latin Language
and Literature in Antioch College, Ohio Mr..
w aterhOuse is a relative Of the eminent DIR.
Benjamin WaterhOuse, who was for more than
q third Of century Professor in the Univer-
sity at Cambridge He is said to be the young
est Professor in the country.
80. The Boston Transcript has news By the
Niagara of a severe accident to Mr.. George
E. L Duyckinck, the younger of the two we'll
known HtsT0teHrS of this city, now travelling
in Great Britain, His leg was broken on the
Greenwich Railway. He was taken to the
ST. Thomas Hospital, where his numerous
friends are betowiDg every attention to him
His return to New York is not expected be.
fore February.
....Smith, the celebrated razor strop
maD," has again taken to the street in New
York, and his sOnorous voice again mipgles
with the varied city cries. 1t is said that this
energetic vender Of 'strops," after having
made . snug little fortune in his business, wa.
1nduced 10 make an investment, by which be
lost his all and more too. But having Hmore
Of the same sort left," by which be made his
money, he starts anew in good voice and strong
hope.
-. A correspondent Of the New York Even
ing Post says that the authcress Of John
Halifax, Gentleman" The o gilvies ,""Aga-
tha's Husband" and "0live" is not Mrs
Granville White. but is Miss Eliza Mulock, a
niece Of the late William Mulock prominent
member OF the bar Of that city who died in
Europe about three years since. Miss Mulock
is not the nom de plume Of the authorizes, but
her real name She has never been in this
country, nor ID she expected here at present
6y her friends and correspondents, Of whom
she has many.
.... Rev. Mr.. Sturgeon, latest Liyerpool
papers say, hiss resumed the ocoupapy of his
own pulpit in Park Street Chapel, Southwark
Crowded suditOries assembled to hear him
amidst good deal Of the usual excitement
Mr.. SpuTgeon has quite recovered from his
recent indispostion. The London Star, of the
9th, says: " His discourse was almost entirely
free from the strange metaphors which have
rendered this gentleman's preaching so noto-
rious; and, probably, many who came to be
amused went away disappointed. 4 great
crowd awaited Mr.. Sturgeon s departure from
TIE chapel, and many eager admirers ran
aiter his carriage to kiss the hand which he
extended from the window of his brou CHAM. -