Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-04-25
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80. Major General Pillow OF Tennessee, is at
Browns Hotel.
go. Hon. Joel w. White of Connecticut, is at
Browns.
-. Hon. Geo Taylor of New York, is at Kirk
woods,
-. Rev. Henry Slicer. formerly chaplain of the
: House Of Representative, is in Washington.
DR. William Elder of Philadelphia, is now
engaged in writing memoir of the late DIR. Eli
sha Kent Kane.
the proprietor of the Herald of that city, and win
be merged in that establishment.
-. The Cincinnati Gazette is informed by
gentleman, just arrived from Kansas that Col
Lane was about leaving Kansas Territory for Salt
Lake.
80. Brantz Mayer, ESQ, Of Baltimore deIiv-
cred lecture in New Orleans on Wednesday
evening, for the benefit of the Lyceum library
fund
-... The New York Mirror saws that Senator
Hale, of New Hampshire has become a thin,
lean man under the ravages of the National Hotel
disorder.
-. The minds of Friends are disturbed by a
vigorous dispute now going on between the Will
mites and GuIneyItes-two branches of the Or
thcdox section.
M. Gaillardet, since his return to Paris
from New York, is giving to La PreSSs, a series
Of carefully written articles on Mr. Buchanan,
and the executive power in the United States.
-. Rev. DR.. Dorsey, who withdrew from the
NJ T. Church and associated himself with the
Lutheran Church, has taken charge Of the congre-
CATION at Jefferson, Frederick county, Md
80. That sarcastic wit Douglas Jerrold once
spoke OF the blood-and- thunder style of literary
composition as writing in the iugnlar vein -
happy hit, which would make the fortune of a
small satiIist.
- Mr.. Augustus schell, the newly appointed
collector Of New York, will leave for Europe in
the Persia on next trip to return before the ist of
July. the time designated for his entrance upon
the duties Of his post.
-. Rev VIM. T. CIapter, of Maryland agent
OF the Unitarian society of Washington, ID. c =.
was In New Orleans on Saturday last making
collections to aid the society in rebuilding their
house Of worship.
-. In the divorce of the Rev r w Girls
void before the Court of Common Pleas Phila-
delphia. the Court has refused the application of
Hbellant-which was to have decree of divorce
entered, on the ground that there was no evidence
that any decree had ever been entered.
-. Miss Alice Mann. Chicago lady, and a
candidate for hiStTiOnc honors is creating a SEN
satiOn in Mobile. AT her benefit in tina: CITY, a
fortnight ago the stoc khoders Of the theatre pre-
sented bel diamond ring, valued at 800 and
the audience exerted itself to carpet the stage with
flowers The lady is niece to Harry Placide
-. The Baltimore American says that that un
happy man Of genius. Edgar A. Poe, is buried i'm
the Cemetery of Westminster PRESBYTERIAN
Chnrch, at the corner of Fayette and Green SITS
The churchyaId underieS and surrounds the
building, under which, and in the family bury
ing let of his grandfather, David Poe officer In
the w ar OF the Revolution, moulders the frame
which was quickened by such splendid power
and broken to- dust by a cankefing frailiy. A
stone, appropriately inscribed to mark the grave,
IL now IN prePa ration, al the order Of relative
At ball recently given at the Hotter de
VIE faLls, group, among which was the Sec
retaIy OF Ferilk Khan, were discussing the merits
OF the EnphTates Valley Railroad. .9Your coun.
try said lady to the Secretary, will then bf
very near 10 us" 'Yes, il the project should be
accomplished ," "The difficulties of execu.
ton are very great and numerous s'Certainly
but the English engineers will surmount them
'Oh - replied the young Persian with an air OF
cunning, - there is one against which their sci.
enoe must fall all these deserts peopled with
ostriches." We'll well, these birds you
know, digest iron; they will eat the road up -
GENERAL exclamation, in which the Persian was
declared d spiritual fareeur,