Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-01-29
PERSONAL,

.... Geo. n. Sanders, of New York, is in
town.
go. Mrs Collins, an old resident of Norfolk
Va said to be lO2 years old, is dead.
80. The Parkersburg, Va, Courier come:
to US dressed In mourning for the death Of lis
senior publisher, j. G N Creary.
80. Lord Napier, the British minister, who
is shortly coming ts Washington, is a bsche-
lor, IS yearS Old. Look out girls
80. DR.. John Harris, eminent among the
Dissenting Ministers of EDglapd, and author
of "MammoD," The Great Commission, .
&c. died at his residence in London, on the
2ls! Of December.
-. The Charlottesville, Va, Advocate
says: eve are panied 70 les IN that the Hon
Andrew Stevenson, who has been confined by
i'll health at his B!enheim estate for several
months, now lies very dangerously i'll, and bu,
little hope is entertained for his recovery"
.... John T Ford, ESQ, was nominated
last night, by the Twelfth Ward American
Council Of Baltimore, as the American candi.
date to represent that ward in the first branch
Of the City Council, to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by the resignation of James W. Alnu,t,
Esq
80. The eccentric Orientalist, NJ. Hammer.
Purgstail. who has did recently in Germany,
was exceedingly attached to his wife On one
Of her birthdays, when she CHANGED to have
been confined tc her bed with serious illness
he presented her with her tomb-s,one-da ate
and age left blank.
80. At recent private meeting Of noble
h!ernen and others, held Mt the residence of
Lord Shaftesbury, in England, il was resolved
to employ Mr. Hart, the American sculptor in
Florence, to execute a bust of DR. S)uIhwood
Smith, as memorial Of his services in tie
preservation Of the public health The bust
is to be presented to some public Institution.
-. The new Senator from Michigan Hon.
Aachariah Chandler " g in a treat upon the
occasion OF bis election but one of his dark
Republican friends, Attorney General How.
ard, instead of attending sent the following
LANSING, Jan. H. 1857
Mr. Howard has received Mr. Chandler 8
invitation, and respectfully declines it''
&C.. At the Christmas meeting of the "Essex
Head Club, in London. our countryman, Mr..
Murdoch, was, by a unanimous vote made an
honorary member Of the same, as the resolu-
ton sets forth, in token Of the high apprec:-
alton entertained for his talents as an artist
and his estimable qualities in private life. "
The President Of the Club, in submitting the
motion, spoke in high terms of the professional
So cess of Mr.. Murdoch since his appearance
in London.
go. Alfred Hyde, formerly manager of tho
american Exchange Bank" Georgetown.
ID. e and recently connected with the Amer.
lean Bag Manufacturing Company, New York
city, arrived at Chicago, ILL.,, on the 10th in
stand, in custody of officers, having been ar.
rested at Georgetown, on the 18th. He is
charged with illegal banking, for which his
partner, c. Maitland James, has been con.
victed and sentenced to the penitentiary.
80. The new English Quarterly Review, in
sketch of Mr.. Buchanan's personnel, says
" He has the habit Chat historians attribute
to Alexander the Great Of holding his head
somewhat inclined to one side, and sometimes
partially closing one eye, as if to prove, what
was undoubtedly the case during his mission
in this country, that be could see vast deal
more with half an eye than all our Minister:
when they opened both theirs to the fullest
extent, as they had to do more than once, il
all tales be true, during the course of their
transaction Of business with Mr.. Buchanan. ~