, 1859-02-15
Personal and Political.

..-Chisf Justios Taney sbssaiua fssnn Ill soei-
~. 1vsn Lord hapisr wns EsssasJ dsaisd n
intsrvisw with hin, in sonssqasnss Of ags aaA
ia6rmikiea.
-Gsn Cass sroxa more snd mora teebls-
His family are greatly distrssssd by hin press1t
condition. Happily, hs IL surrounded BY those
dearest to him by his dsughtsr, his son-in.lax
HI. LedyaEd, md othsra.
Tho correspondent Of the N. I. Isn,<s says
there IL no truth in tho rumor that Mi1s Corco-
ran II to hs ma1risd this xintsr-that hsr father
u aseEae 70 thu consumnastion Of tho nuptials
1t this t1ne- She il tho ouly child, and the
heiress to little doscsxr Of fire million
"A clergyman IN Florids recently undertook
to prove In sermon that Africans had no soul
Prentice, Of tho Louisville Journal, SAYS he had
better be careful, Tor he can't expect his disci-
pies to consent to 60 to heaven If they arc not
allowed any nigRe1s there.
e:-Homboldt closes nota to Dr.. Lleber, dated
December Is, 1853, a. fo'loxs: "I an ninety
years. old-harzaased with correspondence be-
yond all lbounds-twenty-dv dve hundred le.ters =
year With truo friendship yours,
Al Hca7oInz."
The Democrats Of Michigan talk Of nomin
sting & Judge Wing. Of Monroe, u thsir csu-
didste for Chief JRstice, 1t thar State ConYen.
upn this week
There has been great falling ont between
the Tenneasee Democrats snd their Qatel5) fa-
Torlse Senator, Andrew Johason. Their jour-
nals are saying hard things Of him and his great
rival Postmaster General Brown Is stealing
the march on him At home as Presidential
| &spirank
Tho WMhington correspondent Of the New
! York N<.ot, says: 1t has leaked cut that = pri-
vate s2ent Of the Queen Of Spain has bean In
this country twelve months, and has had seye-
| ral private interviews with the President about
the purchase Of Cuba
Thu Evening Pott has curious story about
the famous Hrs. Cunningham Burdell, tho up
shot Of which il that she has recently applied
to the matrimonial office in that city in search
! Of husband, and was introduced 10 G. F. Eitz-
| gerald, Of st. Louis, who was after a wife, but
| they did not make an arrangement
| M. Fould, Napolen's Minister OF the house
hou1d, has made FIRE millions francs by tho fall
| of the funds consequent upon his masters in.
| temperate speech to tho Austrian minister, and
Morny, smother Of the cabinet, is said to hsve
been even more fortunate. Some arc 80 cenao-
rioua as to saY that Napoleon WAS only playing
with the stock market for the bensdt OF him
self and his creatures when be used the alarm.
| ing words.
Tho emperor Alexander Of Russia has re-
Gently shown bis love Of Justice BY severely
punishiug tho Couut Cy, great land proprie,
tor, for cruelty ill-treating Prussisn uphol.
sterer and his men. whom he placed in condne
ment and refused either to lst 60 or psy them
for their work. By the emperor's sentence the
Count is deprived Of his rank aud decorations,
declared incapable Of holding any public Office.
and further condemned to pBY fac of several
thousand roubles.
| IA story is told Of Il lady wit who dined at
the Presidents the other day, aud was seated
st table betweea q certain Representative from,
Tennessee Aud the Hon. Mr. Rufin Of North
Carolina Chow sre ron getting on. my dear
madam" asked the jolly bachelor Of the
| Whits Houss. Well u could be expected,
! with Savage On one side and Rufh(a)n On the
other," was the response.
Tho Washington correspondent Of tho Gin.
einnati Gasttts ssy that when the Pennsylvania
jackson and Forney played the somewhat heavy
roll Of Damon and Pythias, Forney, wishing to
secure property for his wite aud chi1dred, had
the legal title vested in Buchanan az Trustee.
Now, however, Foruey has not the same conf
dence in his Damon as before, and sests to d.
vest him Of his -srusteeship. The case is well
put in this wise: If ones country is not safe in
the keepipg Of this man, how can ones chill.
dren bs securef But old Buck positively re.
fuses, snd stands on this proposition: il l can
not truss Mr.. Forney, how can put this poor
WOMAN, and these innocent children at his
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