Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-09-19
PERSONAL.

80. VIM. +. Stark, of Louisiana, T. ]. But
Ter, of Alabama, are at Wizards Hotel
-. Hon. Albert Rust, of Arkansas, is in
this city.
-. Com. Forrest, U. S. N Capt Patrick
Calhoun, A., and Major Deas, u. S. A :,
are at Willards'.
80. Hon +. G Fuller, member of the Can.
ada Parliament, and lady and Hon. George
Vail and lady, of New Jersey, are stopping
at Willards' hotel.
80. VIM Coleman, President of the
San Francisco Vigilance Committee, was ar.
rested yesterday, in New York, on complaint
OF James Maloney, on charge of his having
been instrumental in expelIing the latter from
San Francisco. Coleman was held TO hail in
$4,000.
80. Gilbert A Beckett, writer for " Punch -
and Police Magistrate of the CITY of Lon
don, died at Boulogns of congestion of the
brain Mr.. A'Becket was fayorsbIy known
as an author. His " Comic History of Eng.
land, gained for him seat on the Msgiste.
rial Bench
80. The privilege of American authors, un.
der certain conditions, to copyright protection
IN England, may soon be defnitiveiy settled
The English house, which publishes Mr..
Stoves new work, bred, lay claim to COPY.
right property, upon the fact of her residence
ten the last hundred pages in London. How.
ever, the book will be re- printed by Routledge.
OF London, who will accept the responS bilitv
and abide the result.
-. The Richmond Dispatch, abiding to
the fact that hitherto there was no monument
to mark the resting place of the ilIustrious
Madison, expresses its qualification upon see.
ing at the establishment of Mr. j. W. Davies
OF Richmond, beautiful plan for an appro-
pirate monument to be placed over tho grave
Of James Madison, which Mr.. Davies ia eye.
cutting at the expense of some liberal and pa
triotic gentleman of that city and State An
unknown lady lately called upon Mr.. ID to
contribute $50 to the object
80. Among the passengers by the Atlantic
was Mr.. George Peabody, who after an alb
sence OF nearly twenty years, revisits his ma
tive land. Immediately on the arrival of the
steamer, a number of the most prominent cit.
liens, together with Mr.. Samuel Lawrence,
and other gentlemen from Boston, went on
board to tender to Mr. Peabody their greetings
on bis return. After an informal but warm
welcome, Mr. Peabody was escorted to car
riage and conveyed to the st. Nicholas hotel,
where rooms had been prepared for him.
80. The Paris correspondent of the N. o
Picayune gives a short but interesting sketch
OF the early struggles and rapid rise of the
celebrated French novelist, Paul de Kock
He is now above sixty years old, though he
does not seem older than forty; is gay, frolick-
some, VeTVs, sprightliness, or sparkling humor
His first reception Of stranger is rather cold
and serious. He seems, when alone, to be con-
stantly observing or rejecting Nothing ride.
ulous, no striking point Of sentiment or char
scter, ever escapes him. He has sometimes
been known to remain for five consecutive
hours at his window looking at the omnibuses,
the actresses, the hacks, the Gonnes, everybody
that was moving on the Boulevard, observing
their carriage and physiOgnomy. He never
speaks OF his works He has face which
would be handsome and distinguished but for
roguish expression, which is so full of fun
you can scarcely look at him without laugh
ing.