Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-03-20

A SAD HONEYMOON. Albaugh was re-
Gently tried and convicted and sentenced in Ceye-
land, Ohio, for robbing the mail. The Columbus,
Ohio, Gazette says:
Charles Albaugh, is only twenty years of ags,
and the events of the past few months will fill an
important chapter in his life's history On Christ.
mas day he eloped with his landlords daughter. a
Miss German, in her sixteenth year, went 70 Alex
andria, Penn, and was married An effort was
made to keep the affair secret but it was disc overed
by the girls parents, who We're highly incensed at
their daughters imprudence
On the 2sth day Of January, Mr.. Prenti.a, the
q. S. Mail Agent, arrested Albaugh upon chargp
of robbing the mail. He was taken to Cleveland
tried, convicted and sentenced fore the United
States Court and upon reaching Ca dington, on his
way to the Penitentary; the young wifi. came aboard
the cars 10 bid firewell to her convict husband
The meeting was painfully affecting one.
The Washington Union. gives Mr. JOHN VIZ
buren, capital puff, apropos Of his rec mt speech
| at Tammany Hall. 1t says she is one of the mos
electrical orators in this or any other countr >
Judging by the shocks he has given the Democratic
party, from lS4S 10 the present time, We think tn,
| Union is quite right.-NeW York San.
| An English sca captain writes to the London
Times that while cruising near st. Helena on tn.
|
notorious sea-serpent, but which turned out to b,
an immense mass of drifting seaweed, so covere,
with barnacles, and moved by the waves, as to re
semble some mysterious mon ter Of the deep.
A wealthy Isra. lite residing near Selms Ark
has shekelwhich was struck in the mint Of Judes
seventeen hundred and Fifty years ago. 1t is abou
| the size of half dollei, b 1T containing SO mucl
alloy that its intrinsic value is but fifteen cents
though the owner would not take so many hundr,
dollars for It,
| The dimensions of the Richmond statue of Wash
ington follows: Height twenty feet Length
from nose of horse to end of tail twenty two feet
| The plinth upon which the horse rests was cas
with the animal, and is eleven feet long by FIVE alc
half wide, and covers the entire capstoue Of the
| pedestal.
A young lady of Ware, N. IT., improved tn.
| festival Of st. Valentine by sending au insulting
mssive to a FINALE rival Next day. the mott er I"
the off nded lady waylaid tie offender, and bea
her numerically with oomst ok.
Capt Hudson, of tn s.eamfrigste Niagara, viii
receive two Russian val officers on board hi
noble vessel to witness the laying of the bmarn,
cable Mr. Stroeckl', the Russian Minister, re
questcd that It should be done.
| Rachel, the deceased FRI h tragedienne, be
qneaihed to Napoleon III. her beautiful marbl,
bust o. the French Consul, and her own bust Il
Prince Napoleon who, il is said, has legally recog
/ Missed one Of her sons
Prince Tzi-Kusen, nephew Of the Emperor o.
Japan, l. on his way to this country, with corp,
ofJapanesc civil engineers, TO examine our rail
roads, and other imp ovcments.
A Boston lady offered to kiss any one who woult
beat her in skating on Jimaica Pond. Her prop
o.ition was accepted, and the kiss was won by a
"werry peckable cullered pusson."
The Tennessee Seuate has passed bill to punisl
swearing by fine and Imprisonment. he senator,
will be believed on oath
Long John Wentworth, Mayor of Chicago, hal
had "Big Jim," newsboy, arrested for calling
him small Bags"