Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-08-04
Personal.

80. Senator Wihon has been elected Captain Of
the Natick Guard. The Generals ambition must
now be very nearly satisfied.
S...Joe Jefferson, the comedian, concludes not
ga9emelt with Smart and Bsurcicanh, Metro
politsn Theatre, My. ~
80 letter received in New York by the Oceas9
Queen, daeed London. 10Th, says hat nothing had
and IL wss feared that he bad tssn nescherousiy'
dealt with.
The Hon. Gerrit Smith, upon reading the
Hon. Daniel + Sickles's late letter in regard to
hiswife, az Vermont paper styles 1t, Immediately
wrote, says the Oswego Times that gentleman
letter approving the condonatien of his issife's
Offences, and bns ihSited hin and his wife 10 visit
PetersbOrO'.
$500 The Newport correspondents Of the Provi-
dence Evening Post, in a letter dated August
says: .On Saturday last there was an extraor-
binary nat.eIing among the fashionables upon
learning that the beautiful and gifted Cora de
Wiihorst had been compelled to apply for the In
tervention of the police to terminate certain mall
treatment to which she had been subjected by her
husband-the so-called COUNT '' --,
49,. The Independent SAYS that Rev Theodore
Parker's last book, % in egotism, maignity, ceu-
seriousness, and frreverence, must take rank with
the worst efnsion Of Thomas Paine - that he 10
. In the lowest grades OF infidelity, conceted.
boisterous, discourteous, declamatory, profane;'
and that DR.. Holmes is GO not one whit behind him
| In conceit and malignity against the Bible
III In the duel between Lieutenant Sylvester
Mowry, delegate to Congress from Arizona, and
Edward E. Gross, Of the q Arizonlan - fought at
| Tubac in that Territory on the 9Th ultimo, Mr.
George d. Mercer acted as the second Of the
| former. and Captain John Donaldson, United
States custon-house officer at Calabasas, of the
latter. The weapons were rifles Of the Burnside
patent, and the distance forty PAGES About thirty
| spectators were present, comprising nearly two
thirds of the American residents within a circuit
OF ffty miles Every man on the ground was
armed with revolvers and bowie knives, and
strong partizan feeling was manifested. Three
shots were exchanged without effect. Upon the
fourth round, the cap on Mowry's rife did not
| explode, while Cross's ball whfstled harmlessly
| past hts antagonist
Mowry held his ri q sti leveled an an cation
that he had not had his shot and many, not under
standing the code, supposed that he designed try
Ing II again Several grasp~d their pistols, if 10
shoot MIN down. and there were cries Of " H old
| your fire." - Don't shoot, Mowry!o Meanwhile
Cross stood perfectly calm, awaiting the result.
| Mr. Mercer advanced, when Mowry Immediately
| lowered his rifle and handed IL to his-second
| They still claimed their shot a right under
the code Mr.. Cross INTERESTINGLY expressed
his Willingness to grant 1t, but his second de-
INJURED. After comforting with several gentle
men FAMILIAR with the code, who agreed with Mr.
| Mowry that he was entitled to the shot, Captain
| Donaldson acquiesced, and MIR. Cross. handing,
him his rife, folded his arms, apparently uncon-
OF the proceedings the spectators became terribly
excited. Many, perhaps a majority, thought /,
| unfair, and some spoke of putting summary stop
to the whole affair; but pom learning that those
present, supposed to be best ac9uainted with the
luctantly fell back. At the word Of command
Mr.. Mowry fired in the air, and declared himself
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