The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-21
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Hon j. Clancy Jones and family will sail for Hayre
from New York. on the sth of January.
Rev. Dr. DEEMS of North Carolina, has received calls
to the presidency of the University of Texas and also to
a church in New York
Chevalier Wykof is managing the Mt Vernon Acadc-
my of Music Festival in New York to night and o-mor-
row night.
William Lyon Mackenzie is to have n homestead pre-
sented to him 9,l78 SO is the total amount of the
sum already subscribed.
r. H Eruni, Of Wilcox, Ala has been elected G. NJ
Montgomery is Grand Secretary
Charles b Flood is TO commence the publication of a
new daily and weekly paper in Cleveland Ohio the
first of January 1t is to be called the National Demo
cra and win support the administration through thick
and thin.
+ Major IT, Day, u s. A., Hon S. r. Mallory. of Flor
ida, and Capt. Maddox U. S. NJ c., are at Willards'
Hotel Hon. Hill, of Georgia, is at Browns Hotel
John Ct Saxe esq, of Vermont, and Mrs Julia Dean
Haync are at the National Hotel
Mr.. George Scwa of the engineer corps of the navy
left New York Yesterday in the Moses Taylor for Aspn
wall whence no will proceed to California to supenend
tine construction Of the machinery for the paddlcwhcel
ssoop-ofwur now building at San Francisco
Judge Boariman, of New Milford Ct, who completed
his Goth year December s. in the full enjoyment of all
his faculties, pursues his close habits of study and
trbuted TO the last number OF the New Highlander
view of important historical work--,John O. Hamil-
tons life OF his father, Alexander Hamilton
DIR. VIM T. g. Morton is to receive national testi-
monial the discoverer of anasthesa The spbscrpr
tios beginning very liberal SCALE Amos A. Law
giving thousand dollars. John r. Cushing five
hundred and the Massachusetts General Hospital thou
sand.
Miss Abigail Gardner, who taken by Ink-pa du-
tab band Of Indians in the winter of 1856 81
sides at Hampton Iowa 1t will be recolected that the
males of the party killed. and that the four women
compelled TO wade through the deep for many
weary mile bearing heavy burdens and being subject
ed to the most horrible indignes at their hands Miss
Gardner and Mrs Marble rescued but the others fell
victims to the barbary of their savage tormentors Her
story told by herself interesting and affecting In
the extreme. She has since been married. and is living
in peace among her friends.
Mrs sigourney and Mrs Senator Dixon propose up
series of tabeaux at Hartford Conn., representing
in the life of Washington beginning with his childhood
the story of the hatchet and the cherry tree in which
the children could take part t will be for Christmas
entertainment) with other from his youth Pro-
oeedng to more romantic and sentimental affairs they
will represent his woong of the fair willow Curtis while
his steed stood waiting at the gate. His wedding and
his court and Lady Westinghouse court, would make
stately The receipts will BIO given to the
Mount Vernon Association and Mrs Dixon says nCon-
ncctcnt distinguished in the days of Washington no
other State before her; let her not be behind the
others in the procession to Mount Vernon to redeem the
grave of the noble sleeper thcre-hut lot her lay her
wreath Of immorte woven Of her wealth. on his tomb
and hta be as beautiful as that Of any other STATE "