, 1859-05-05
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Theschuyler (nl.) cassn announces the death
Of Ar. Anthony Iessrsr IN old citizen Of sohuy-
Ter County. :.
- II is said TINT If Paul Morphy IL candidate
for tho Presidency, Nike Pbelan will b. brought
out against him.
Gen. Pillow Eas in Memphis on the 3oth
nt.' ans| passed down the river to search for the
body Of his unfortunate son, who WAS lost on
the st. Sicho}us.
Tho Queen Of England has been pleased to
grant the dignity of knight Of the United
Kingdom, unto Brenton Halliburton (Sam Slick,
Chief Justice Of Nova Scotia.
William Chambers, the famous Scotch pub
Usher, has given $50 900 to establish at Pcebles
his native place, public museum, gallery Of
art and library.
II. butler King, Of Georgia, California snd
Texas, llus taken the stump in the First Con-
gressionnl District Of Georgia for Congress.
The Prince Of Wales visited Miss Hosner's
studio ut Rome, and was delighted, Of course.
The London INustrated Tim<s has an engraved
representation ct the editors visit to the studio
Of Miss Hosmer, at Watertown, Mass.
Mrs. Julia Branch, who won some notoriety
by Frce-Lose speech at the Rutland Conven-
ton last summer, was married in Connecticut
Inst week to a New York reporter, said to be
some years her junior. The btide has buried
two husbands.
Senator Slidell, it is said, has changed his
residence to Natchitoches in order to escape the
objection at the election next year, when his
term Of office expires, against hu1ing two Sens
tors from New Orleans, where his colleague,
Mr.. benjamin, resides.
AIR. Bridges, the managing Director Of the
Great Western (Canada) r. H., has contributed
$500 to the fund Of the Detroit Fire Department,
as an expression Of the sense entertained by the
Company Of the services rendered br the Fire
Brigade at the fire in Windsor, on Sunday morn
ing Of last week.
The special Washington dispatch to the
New York Herald says: "Lcttcrs which hare
been received in diplomatic circles, by the last
steamer, from reliable sources, state that
change in the English Ministry is inevitable,
and in that case, a new Minister in place of Lord
Lyons is very probable.
1t is said that a Sandusky (0hio) billiard
player has just made run Of 200 points, carom
game. The balls played were not moved over
three inches from their first position during the
run, and at no time were they ne rer the end
cushion than fifteen inches, aud the side cushion
than twelve inches.
--Gcn. Jas. D. Gardenhire, In communica-
lion 10 the St. Joseph Ga:<te, arro-slavezy jour-
nal, contradicts its statement that BLACK Re-
publcanism was crushed out at the recent
municipal election in Jefferson City. Gen. Car
dcnhirc further adds:
possession Of the public mind, and far sooner
than your partisan associations will nllow you
to admit, will control tile policy of the State:
and when they shall, its destiny will excite the
1audablc enthusiasm Of every good man in it,
because ministering to q just pride, and increas-
ing beyond all present conception, the multi
piled blessings Of human life.
Tho letter of Governor Wise, recently pub
lished, contains much truth. The position Of
the slavc-hold;ng section at this time could not
be more truly and compactly stated than he
states it:
We are strong on the ground ofequality. We
relinquished that in attempting TO assume more
thun equality, and we lost all character for JUS
tice. We were wise once in demanding no more
than onr due. and We hare been foolish since
and Of late in trying 10 deprive others Of their
due.
Mr.. Bigelow, of the New York Errning
Post, writes from Rome about the library Of the
Vatican:
When passed through the famous library Of
the Vatican, and walked nearly hnlf mile with
out seeing single book or meeting single
reader, must confess that felt for moment,
aud for the first time, desire that the present
controversy Of tile European powers over Italy
| might not eud until the secrets Of this great
storehousc Of knowledge were unlocked, and
made accessible ut least TO the historian and tue
student. At present the Vatican library and
manuscripts are Of scarcely any more value to
tho world than the collection Mt Alexandria,
which the famous dilemma Of Achmet consigned
to the flames.