Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-08-20
PERSONAL.

-. The Tribune announces that the Hon.
Charles Sumner is at last convalescent.
80. Martin Farquhar Topper has written q
poem called The Opium Trade" SO true t.
It's purposes that Punch, while reading three
verses fell fast asleep.
-. Among the passengers per Baltic which
arrived at New York On Sunday morning were
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Florence, the celebrated
American comedians.
80. Among the requests of the late DR.
Treadwell, Of Salem, Mass, is a farm of sew.
enty acres to the Essex Agricultural Society
for an experimental farm ......
80. Augustus Schell, ESQ =, of New York,
D. NJ Leatherman, Esq, of Tennessee, Robt
A. Harris and family, Of Mississippi, Hon. R.
N McMillen, of Louisiana, are at Willards'.
80. An ardent Shaksperian has written a
pamphlet on the play Of " Hamlet called
/" An attempt to ascertain whether the Queen
were an accessory before the fact in the m ur-
der of her first husband"
80. The New York Herald says letters had
been received in Washington stating that Mr..
Soule had left New Orleans for Central Amer
lea. Many reports were in circulation as to
the object Of his visit
80. Thomas Fessenden, Esq of the New
York bar, died few days since at Orange,
M He was born at Fryburg, Me-, and
was the son of Congregational minister OF
that place. He was educated at Dartmouth
College, was the brother of Gen. Samuel Fes-
sender, of Portland, Me, and the uncle OF
Senator Fessenden, of the United States Sen.
ate. He was sixty seven years of age.
LAS Mr.. Alberquerfue, the Brazilian Min.
lister, was walking in the crowded hall of the
( Ocean House," Newport, on Tuesday even
ing, after Madame La Oranges concert, his
pocket-book was taken from his coat pocket,
containing ourhundred and fifty dollars Mr.
let containing about forty dollars Moral
Never carry much money in your pocket, es.
pecially in your cOat-tail pocket.
go. A gentleman in Newport has recently
received letter from Major -, who is &C.
cused of having ran off with a young lady of
this city, denying tho charge, and asserting
that the lady in question went off to Europe
" In the company of her friends. He adds that
he is " about to return to the United States to
commence libel suits against all the editors
who have denounced him for taking away an
old mans daughter"
80. The Philadelphia Inquirer Of Friday
says We published on Monday the melan
choly intelligence, received the day before, Of
the sudden death of Madison Rush, ESQ oil
this city, one Of the sons of the Hon. Richard
Rush, and recently lieutenant in the United
States Navy, who was drowned a few week:
ago in attempting to cross the Red Lake river
Minnesota Territory. The intelligence was
communicated, We hear, to the family by bis
friend and travelling companion, Capt Dray.
ton, United States Navy, who remains for the
present at st Paul, Minnesota, in the hope Of
being able to recover the body. Two more o.
Mr.. Rush's sons, We understand are now on
their way to st. Paul for the purpose of uniting
tai in ba al ooIo
effort, the failure to accomplish which thus fal
has naturally added much to the grief of the
afflicted relatives"
80. Charming "Belle Britain" pounces
upon us savsgely for vsnturing to intlmat,
that she aud "F amy Fern" stand in the same
| pair Of CATERS. Hear her:
The following libel from the "W ashingtor
| Star" has just been enclosed to me; and, al
they say in Congress, II rise to make per
sonal explanation -
"Belle Britain who writes the piuuan
| letters to the New York Mirror from Newport
is no other than the redoubtable "Fanny
| Fern, alias Mrs. Parton, wife of the mar
| who doesn't believe in Devil,'
L am decidedly not Fanny" nor I" tn,
wife Of the man who doesn't believe in the
devil" nor any other mans wife 1t is
| false, malicious and libellous public alton; and
demand both retraction and satisfaction :"
| She says further that she is likely to los
her feller," gentleman who has com,
= hundreds of miles to Newport to make he
acquaintance, through our Star notice, ,
and after announcing that there's a smel
Of blood in the atmosphere" she indignant,
. demands the amende due to injured limo
cence and virtue " Goodness gracious W.
hasten to apologize, and retract, right and left
Belle" isn't Fern" she hasn't Jim,
| and when she gets one he shalt believe in
| devil Is this satsfae tory, or must we 'smee
] you at the Clifton House. most bewitchipp
| belligerent BELIEF