Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-08-18
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80. Miss May and Signor Bri2noli will sing
In concert at Nahant on Saturday evening next
- George Watson, Superintendent Of the
Great Western Railroad, died at Springfield.
Ill on Sunday morning.
-. Chief Justice C. Pinckney Smith has been
selected at the bar OF Jackson, Miss, 10 pro-
nounce eulosy on Gen. Quitman.
49, Vienna letters mention that the son OF b.
ron de Bruck, the Austrian Minister, has becotne
q convert to Catholicism.
80. A. A. Holcombe, late Of the United States
Navy, was found dead in his bed at the Prentiss
House, Vicksburg, last week.
-. The Hon. e c. Clay, who has been So
1oufning for some fortnight or 80 al Point Clear
made brief visit TO Mobile on the 9Th inst
-. Gen. Pierce and lady are now In the south
OF France, and would arrive in few dav, al
fars- Inc distinguished traveller will be the
guest OF the American Minister, Mr. Mason
.... A. II. Dawson is lecturinu i'm Nsuy vo,L
on Mount Vernon The Journal Of Commerce. is
Informed that his defence Of John A Wasbing
ton Is quite successful one. and it knows Of
nothing that good man could more desire than
the removal from his mind of unpleasant nrsin
dices against any individual esp. cialIv VIII,
those preJudices do that individual Injustice
-: NJ viliemot, the new rsdaeteur en- chef Of
the Pans Figaro, gives an amusing account OF
bis having PASSED twenty four hours In prison
dungeon NO ~ Tor neglecting a summons to do
duty as national guard. He was in BeIoinm
when the notice was lett at his house and mic hi
as matter Of course, have obtained the REVERSAL
OF his sentence by appealing. But he saws that
an appeal would have taken up the greater nart
of his time for a fortnie ht and he therefore dsIiI
erately resigned himself to dungeon No a a.,
twenty -four hours, as being the least of the two
evils.
Miss Blount ASSERTS unquaIifedIy that She
and DE- Riverie were lawfully marrisd - ~.
they made the tour to New York and lad Iiva5
as man and wife for weeks before the separation
The secret of his pertinacty, then, is simply 70
hold on TO the Prlze already won. The fact of
his having another wife now living in the state
OF pennsylvania, seems to be, in the nresen,
status Of the case, the only family obstacle to his
success. ''
-: The Columbus Sentinel thus describe. Mis-,
Ode Rivere) Blount: She Possesses what is called
IN common parlance, a sweet face Her mouth ia
small and delicate, and the under lin stands On,
In saucy and most defiant manner Hereves are
oark blue, with soft and melting expression
when al rest, but at moments emittinS a Ipminom.
nssn which plainly indicates that when aronssd
ns.i Is not without portion Of tuat boIdn mes, OF
rrrnsI mtIe men SO emlnently chsracterizes her ma
nai parent, and which has been jsplaved in !.
ahheI so cratic during the few months that shs
fscs Ss prominently before the pubic Her
ings de.n s1n.ed no doubt, by her suffer
80 q, shaoe OF melancholy seems Tn ner
vaoe IL, only broken by an occasjnn.I ~. W per
evs 49, $3.50 may be perceived under rach
thry generally do, really giv. ~ eI oeauty, as
enhances II. Her light brown fuahcy which
9usntty, was drawn back from her n,p .ol s In
head, ano Dressed ga ehtHoirs a s,rIa ano lore
few ladies adopt, as II is seIdorn Le which but
was very attractive and suitable To nm ing, but
lady '" thls young
Her symmetrical form is her great a,,,..,,--
she Is about i've feet SIX inches in heigb, ctlon
delicate wais as lythe and graceful in Ls shdIi
ments as the most ultra connoisseur couId 49,
Her carriage would elicit the praise of every nn
soeraeefui aud fairy like in her tread, that
As she moved along the sward,
hen the flowers crushed by her foot
would raise their heads to gaze at her
ne, ieet are snalI and beautifully shaped, having
that sracrful curve Of the instep which is onls
found perfect In southern chimes we cannot nv
deceived as 70 their beauty and size As she
tnPPed down the steps Of the hotel, accom- MED
by her escort, we had an excellent opportunity Of
satisfying ourselves on this point. -
Having the good sense not TO wear onIv Mai,
costume IN travelling, we need not give an elabo
rate account Of her toilette. We may not br no.
iIeved by the ladies, but Miss Blount was travel.
lug with only one trunk, and small one at thar ,
almost incredible to believe, and We assert
u with many misg ivings, but IL 10 fact.