, 1859-02-22

john Quincy Adams Ward, III fcutrtnr.
row resident in Washington, has just iiai.hed
his model OF the bust Of the gallant s0ld Gid
dioga-" Tbs likeness ia pronounced excellent
by tho friends Of the stout Republican and BY
artists lii. Ward is soon to eommsnco work
upon head Of Senator Wade, and On husts Of
John F. Hale and Rspreaentatire Mott.
The expenditures Of the Government dur
ing tho four years of Tyler's administration,
were only t8l, ,216, ,623. Thus in leas than ten
years our expenses hays nearly 9usdrupled-
The average underTJlsr wAs little over $2o,-
600; under Polk, &36,73o,o coo; under Fillmore,
as 900, 600; under Pierce. s5s.775. 900; ind un-
der buchanan, $6s, 500, ,ooo-all exclusive Of
payments upon account Of the public debt.
Mrs, Catherine Judah, who died in New
York q few days ago. in her s4th year, was the
last member Of a oncs wealthy and Influential
Jewish family, which was connected with the
great men Of the Revolution. The lady was also
the last of those elegant girls who, on the af-
ternooa OF the memorable day when Wathing-
toon took leave Of the army, received from that
lllustrions man parting farewell.
"A letter from Vera Cruz, which is now in
the hands of Secretary CRss at Washington,
states that Col. J. B. Twyman, from Psducah,
ky.. and now Consul at Vera Cruz, has shown
himself, ind il known to every person in that
city, to be q habitual drunkard, and scaace1Y
day passes without his being intoxicated. His
recent attack Of delirium tremena has brought
no change in his mode Of life on the contrary,
it appears to hare fortified him for stronger
drinka.
In the speech oE John Minor Bolts, before the
Opposition Convention at Richmond, Virgins,
the other day, he said that be hsd traced with
an 'unspariug hand" ~ with pencil Of light,
80 that erery man could understand it who
could read the Lords prayer, that the origin Of
every calamity, every evil and every ill that had
befallea the country during the last thirty years,
originated with the Democracy. He adds:
II ought, perhaps, to mako IN exception OF
the smailpa1, of the cholera and Of the yellow
fever. Laughter;l 1ouRht, perhaps, to make
an exception ot these-for, whilst think tex.
tremely probals they were ali introduced by
some Democrat into the country, have NO his.
torical dats upou which to base the fsct-1 would
not hazard the conjecture"
M. Prudsop, the we'll known 3ocialis. writ
CT, HAS some months ago condemned BY the Tri-
bunal Of Correctional Police, to three years'
imprisonment and 900 frans fine, for having
outraged public and religious morality, and de-
Tended, in his, work De Ia Justice dans Ia Esco.
tuition ct dans FEnglae, acts which the law de-
scribes ss crimes. Against that condemnation
he appealed to the Imperial Court; but when
the appeal came On for hearing he did not pre-
sent himself, and the Judgment was confirmed
BY default. He put in an opposition to that de-
cision, and tbs matter came on anew; but when
he was called be did not appear, nor did any ad-
vocste appear for him. The court accordingly
rejected bis opposition and sgain confirmed the
judgment.
"A correspondent Of the New York Iribuns
gives the following sketch Of distinguished q.
8. Senhtor:
"Ar. Judah P. Benjamin, in mere manner
manner and style, is ona Of the most polished
speakers in that body. He hes musical voice,
graceful delivery. bland elocution, always
repsys the attention he e)cits by the inlorma-
tion he imparts, and though truth and common
sense will not invariably give credence to his
facts nor follow implicitly his diction, cultivated
taste il grat!fed By his classic deduction and
the me1od,ous rise and fall Of his sentences. II
the object be merely to hear one who can dis.
course most eloquent music,' then listen TO the |
Louisiana Senator" |