The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-31
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Lord Lyons according to the latest British adviccs
will reach Washington about the LIST Of March.
Col 9. II. Mott sent by tho President as special com
missioner to Investigate the facts connected with tho
Oregon Indian wars debt, has returned. #s&
Alexander Calls clay model of the statue of Jefferson
ordered for the University Of Virginia. is now completed
at Florence. ~ tgEt sssI s#aass saE.rr
Mr. Charles Brews one of the survivors of the ILL fatcd
Austria arrived on the 18th November at Victoria "
T., where ne is organizing police force
Gen Lamar, the American minister, has boen spending
some time in Costa RIGA. On November the President
of the republic gave him grand dinner.
Mr.. Speaker Orr, Senator's Douglas, Benjamin and
Houston, Hon Beverly Tucker, and other distinguished
gentlemen, are now at New York.
Mazzni has written long letter. The object of which
appears to be to convince his followers that the Pedmon-
tese monarchy can never give to them the unity they
demand
I John Nugent, esq , who was appointed commissioner
to settle grievances between our citizens and the British
authorities the northwestern coast has returned to
this city, and is at the Kirkwood House. III Er yals
Mrs. Fanny Kemble has intimated that she will this
winter read in Philadelphia next winter In New York,
and the winter following in Boston, after which il is her
intention to take final leave Of the public
Hiram Powers has made SO 900 on his two statues of
Webster. The first, which IL will be remembered was
lost at sea- brought him $4,000 The reproduction of
the work brought him $1,000. Certain insurance
expenses and other claims however reduce this amount
to SIG, 900.
Hon sherard Clemens Says the Richmond Wh) rap
idly recovering and will probably be able to leave his
room in the Central Hotel about the middle close of
January The thigh bone which fractured has knit
together but it will be necessary for him to crutches
for some length of time.
Mr. Henry Turner, young artist Of Virginia,
studying under Leutze, at Dusseldorf has been for about
year at work upon large picture the subject taken
from incident in the life Of Chevalicr Bayard 1t
highly spoken Of by the ellow-arsts Of Mr. Turner, in
Dusseldorf and will, when completed, DO sent to this
country. LAY tea g..
Mr. S. II. Packard, jr formerly of Rochester, N. Y,
while travelling horseback recently from Sioux Rapids to
Dubuque Iowa, got lost upon the prairie in wsorm
during which his horse persisted in morass and Mr..
Packard wandered in starving and freezing condition for
two days and nights, until found by hunting party in
dismantled hut, with his feet badly frozen. He was
taken to Fort Dodge, and was likely to
Mr. NJ ". bly, lectured at the Melodcon, Boston on
Monday evening" for the purpose Of exposing j. " Mans
field and Mrs. Coan, spiritual mediums Tho meeting
noisy aud excited and there any amount OF
cheers Misses and confusion The lecturer demonstrated
apparentyt the satisfaction of his audience that Mr.
Mansfield has been in the habit of opening and Iesealng
the letters he has answered and that Mrs. Coan reads
through the paper the she processes to trace by
spiritual vision
Charles Dickens recently presided meeting al
Manchester convened for the purpose Of witnessing tho
distribution Of prizes to competitors at examination
of pupils Of the Manchester evening schools which
attended exclusively by mechanics and aborcr Before
delivering the prizes he made very good humocd ad
DRESS audi referring TO the questions in history geog
ply, grammar, mathematics, &C., propounded to the
pupils said II felt most devoutly grateful to many
Of them that they had not been submitted to me to an
swer." H & y.