Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-10-26
PERSONAL.

,.:,, Washington Irving has recovered from his
Balfe has set to music LongfellOw's poem
"Daybreak.n
sssi 1'T Ii New S: 3 M
-. Lords 8 rosveaor and csvesai.h hsvelef,
8 "a P a., asd gons On bufalo hunt on the
=. The late Duchess of Mes,msrency let.se-
quests 70 charitable institution. to tie amount Of
n go. The Court Journal states that the Earl OF
Derby is suffering from severe attack Of govt,
at Kpowsley.
.... Sir William Don, the amateur actor. has
been convicted at the Sunderland (Eng } Police
Court of an 'assanlt upon an actor, and scnteneed
to fine. ~ - .'f w - =
Letters from Verona mention the death, by
suicide, OF The italian poet Betteioni, who ii ap
pears shot himself through the heart with a pis-
tol, discharging the two barrels.
49,. "Coming events cast their shadows he
fore'' the Queen of England, the Queen of Por-
tugai, the Empress Of France and the Princess
Royal of Prussia.
-. Hume the Mesmeriser, figures as lion in
the Russian saloons. He wears a fantastic dress
and Scotch cap and feather which he never
takes OIL in any sdlOon--there Is magic in 10.
....Archbishop Blanc is rapidly recovering
f'om his recent accident The wound In the leg
is nearly closed, and the fracture Of the bone Is
so far cured as to enable the Archbishop 10 sit up
In his chair.
| 80. London jeweler has designed and mount.
ed a mag nihcent d laden for the Princess woron-
| zoG, OF Russia 10 is made of nine brillauts of
enormous size, surmounted by smaller stones
the whole costing saOO, 600.
| 80. Piccolomni, II Is said, is accompanied by
her father and mother, sister and brother, and
| two servants, and has twenty i've large travel.
| ing trunks. Her salary is 81 go per month for
| twelve months. '...'
| 80. Mrs. Estelle A. Lewis, the poetess, is the
| guest Of the Baroness de Bellecote in Paris and
| most distinguished literary persons. At soiree
| at Madame Fagnani's she met several of the popc
| ular authors of the capital.
| .... The Petersburg Press Of Monday saws -
| We are sorry to be Informed that the condition
| OF Hon. Sherrard Clemens Is most critical. The
statement to us precludes all hope Of his recove-
~; and it Is even posi- Bile that w lille we write
| he has breathed his last.
| -. The Austrian Emperor's younger brother,
Carl Ludwig, Governor Of the fyrol, is about to
| retire to a monastery. The young Archduke from
boyhood had a strong tendency to lead a life of
seclusion; the loss Of his conSort has strengthened
these morbid desires to fy from the world
| 80. The New York letter Of the Charleston
| Evening News says that Lola Montez has a
charming retreat at Fort Lee, few miles up the
| Hudson river, and that Captain DeRiviere Is q
constant visitor there; moreover, that he was in
| duced to turn lecturer on the Eleusinian mystic
Ties OF love, from the fact that he became drunk
in the inspiration Of her anecdotc eosrersd one
| 80. Powers has just finished busts Of Mr. Jared
Sparks and Mrs. Gen. Wadsworth. Mr.. J. T.
Hart has nearly finished his statue Of Henry Clay
modelled statue Of Henry Clay, for one Of the
public squares of New Orleans Mir. Gait is
| engaged upon q statue of Thomas Jefferson to
| be placed in the University OF Virginia.