New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-06
PERSONAL.

The Hon. Charles Sumner eft Boston for Wash.
ington Wednesday. in orGerto attend to his Sela-
toiia duties at this important crisis.
w. r. SandeTson, an eminent citizen OF Frederick
Mdresident there for rearly sixty years but born ia
week much respected and lamented by large circle
Cf friends.
Mr.. j. II. Wolco.t left Boston on Wednesday a.
ternoon for Washington, to testify before the Inves
gazing Committee in the sS7 900 affair.
Mrs. Mcmahon sent a letter inclo-ing three-ceut
piece, max Of her appreciation {, The Editor Of
TAe R.hmOad IILig, which paper r'ide fun Of her
Lady Ttsze in " TIE School ior Scaudai.'
The illness Of Bishop Waugh &C the Methodist
Episcopal Church has much eba,ed a. TO relieve
tile apprehepsion- of his friends and medical adviser
TIE crisis his Oi,ease has passed and he i ap
preaching couvalesceDce. Bali. Pat. Feb. g.
1t is said that Nr James Ru, sc Lowell il the
editor of The dtlaH,c MJH.hy
1t is laid that the District Attorney Of Boston has
al length entered no.. prOs in the case Of Common
wealth sgt. the Rev. I. ). Kalloch.
1t is stated that the late Mr. Bennerhssset Of 81,
Louis, who's mentioned as the nepucw of the Hermann
Bennerhasset who made 50 famous by Writ,
had in bis possession the manuscript journal kept by
Hermann throughout all BIZ TRANSACTIONS with Burr;
the same document from which Mr.. Davis. 10 hs Life
Of Burr, has given several extracts John Mitchell
states that ii is the intention Of a member of the
family at 81. Louis to edit aad publish that journal
together with some letters throwing light trans
action IN which American people, especially OF the
Wes,, will never cease 20 take an interest.
-7ke URioR regrets that the Hon. William Smith
Of Virginia has been detained at his residence in Vr-
giDia By ndi-pOsition. He expects however, 10 be
ebe 10 resume his duties member Of the House Of
Representatives in very few days.
- The Baltimore Patrol cay that Thomas Winsns,
esq, Of that city, has recovered claim of five nil
lions Of dollars against the Russian Govern n IT,
which makes hs share Of the proceeds from freight
and passenger travel over the railroads Of that codn.
try reach tie .sum Of seventeen mLions-drafts for
which on the banks cf Europe have been brought on
20 him. II appears that in his contract with Russia
he 10 receive certain per certage on all freight
and psss pger travel, but it thought by the Gov
erLuent that they exempted from this taI when
applied to the transportation Of soldiers 70 take part ID
tie wal il the Crimea. He accordingly engaged the
services OF John Ii. b. Latrobe who went on and re-
covered the claim by que course Of law, and &C ac-
count Of the many thousand soldiers transported. HE
prc portion swollen from twelve 10 seventeen NIL
ions. Mr.. Latrobe uuderStaud, received a fee o.
sl0,o00 II onth, independent Of his expenses, and
upon reaching Baltimore, ana announcing the result u
hIs labcrs was presented with check for 800 001
The Patriot says that he has purchased tract OF
land with water front e Canton, where, having re-
eeived contract from tts Russisn Government, he
will proceed TO the construction of number OF mag.
nihcent vessels of war.