Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-03-11
PERSONAL.

go. Hon John Cochrane, Surveyor of the
port Of New York, is at Wizards Hotel.
80. The Hon. j. E. Ward, of Savannah,
Ca, is at Wizards.
80. Hon. William II. Witte, a member Of
Congress from Philadelphia, is now in this
city at Wizards Hotel.
80. Powers Fillmore, who was private Sec
rotary to his father, is now practising law in
Buffalo.
80. R. G. White, of New York, has lee
tured in Pittsburg on "Holbien's Dance of
Death
80. Napoleon III expects to be papa this
week liza son, the juvenile is to be christen-
ed King Of Algeria
80. Rev. john Lord is lecturing in New
York on ''ths great fathers of the fourth and
fifth centuries
-. Mr.. Henry Thicker, at Marlborough
r. mt, on the Potomac, gathered, on Friday
last at three hauls one thousand dollars
worth Of fish.
-. William Holiday we'll known and
hlghly esteemed printer of Baltimore, and for
the last seventeen years foreman Of the Clip.
per office, died Oh Sunday morning
80. Isaac Adams, Esq -, of Boston, the eel
ebrated inventor and manufacturer of the
presses which bear his name is now In this
city, at Wizards Hotel.
80. Attorney General Clifford, of Massa-
chusetts, expresses the opinion that the eli
quor laws" Of 1852 and 1855, in that State,
have proved expensive failures
go. M. Lamartine has q new project be-
fore the public, having announced the publ
cation of work of popular instruction under
the title of " Cours Familier de Literature"
80. Joseph A. ScOville, who was private
secretary to John G. Calhoun, and afterwards
odt fnr nf W.
OF the Albany Register, George Law organ.
-. Among the distinguished strangers in
w ashingtOn we perceive Hon. j. NJ Mason, of
Kentucky, who was a member of the House of
Representatives during the Thirty second
Congress.
go. Rev. Charles Beeoher introduced the
moustache movement" into a church where
he preached at Lawrence, Mass Now the
deacons and many of the members have given
up using razors
80. Oliver Glazier, an old revolutioper.
died at NOrthborO', February Is, at the age
of ninety-three years. He leaves eight chill
dren, thirty-six grand eighty great
grandchildren, and two great-great- grand
| children.
80. The Countess Caumont Laforce, an &C.
centric lady, aged 40, who resided in the
Avenue des Champs Elysee, Paris, was muir
| dered by her groom few days since The
assassin stabbed her with pitchfork in cour,
of a violent quarrel, and then gave himself up
to the police.
-. Sir John w almsley's motion for open.
ing the National Gallery and British Museum
on Sundays, was discussed in the Commons,
end negativsd by vote of $40 against 4s
Lord PalmerstOn opposed the resolution, but
| with out stating his reasons
-. Commodore Perry sent coal from Japan
| and Formosa to New York, in the store ship
Supply, for purposes Of experiment. These
have been analysed and practically tested,
and found to be of superior kinds, SO far as
surface coal can be considered a test The
chemical analysis is now in progress.
.... Mr. Bentley, the London publisher,
has in press "Mrs. Fitaherbert's Papers"
1t has been whispered that these documents
include the proofs of that lady's marriage
with George Nv, a fact which was strenuously
denied by the ministry of that day, upon the
authority of that monarch's solemn assevera-
ton.
....Queen Isabella, Of Spain, has presented
a cloak, ornamented with garnets of the value
of 200, 900 reals (S25, 000) to statue of the
Virgin of Sorrows in one of the churches. The
King, it is said, is embroidering q chenlise for
the same virgin, the one which now adorns it
having become dilapidated from age. E-
-. The members of the Lyceum Hall of
the Georgia Military Institute have compli-
mented Hon. j. CLANCY Jones, Of Pennsylva-
MIA, by electing him . honorary member of
their association, as an acknowledgment of
their highest regards on account Of the noble
throughout the late contest for the Speaker
ship