Worcester daily spy., 1859-01-12
PERSONAL.


The Washington correspondent of the Bal
timore American denies that Mr.. Webster was
the author of the "Hulsemann letter." in the
following curious statement:
"Mr. Husemann, the Austrian Minister,
will return home in month, and close his es-
tablishment here, owing to the death of bro
ther. 1t is not yet certain whether he will re-
sumo the mission again. His principal diplo-
matte notoriety was derived from memorable
letter, addressed to him by Mr.. Webster, the
paternity of which, since his death, has been
ascribed to Edward Everett. As the fact is an
historical one of some moment, it may not be
out of place now to say, in this connection,
that the letter in question was not written by
Mr. Webster or Mr.. Everett, but by William
Hunter, the modest and able Chief Clerk Of the
Department Of State. The original draft of that
paper was submitted to another person before
it was ever seen by either of the parties whose
names have been so habitualty associated with
it in the public mind and though it may have
received, and probably did receive, certain
finishing touches and turns of phraseology
from the hand of Mr.. Everett, it is now sub
stantially what it was when it left the possess
ion of the real author, who never permitted
even pretension to be suggested, when the
production excited so much comment and ad-
mlratlon, nor since then. The information
came to me by mere accident, and is now dis
closed without the possibility of any knowl-
edge on the part of the person most interest
ed"
The Hon. L. ID. Campbell was assaulted on
the night Of the 4th inst, and very seriously in
yured He was on his way from his office to
his home, in Hamilton Ohio, between the
hours of II and l o'clock, when he was ap-
preached from behind by some unknown per
and ctr, Il, |,
some similar instrument. He did not recover
consciousness until about o'clock, lying in
the street some two hours His injuries are
very serious, the skull being broken in On
the 9TH inst. it is stated that he conyersed ra-
tlonally only at interva S, his mind wandering
most Of the time.
Mr.. Groux of Hamburg, the gentleman
whose heart is exposed to observation, was, on
Thursday evening, presented to the members
OF the Warren Club, in Boston, where his case
excited the interest of all present. This Club
is made up of gentlemen from the more liberal
professions and callings, and numbers about
sixty members. The Hon. Edward Everett as
Its President, added his autograph to the list
OF distinguished names from many parts of the
world, which Mr.. Groux's album contains.
Mr. Faxon, the local editor of the Buffalo
Republic, lays claim to a piece of poetry ent-
tied Autumn" which has been extensively
copied, credited to William Cullen Bryant
lie says ne wrote it two years ago, and sent it
out under the coors of the favorite poet to
prove that there is something in name and
that by this means a waif was welcomed to
general popularity, which, but for the device,
would have been neglected on all hands.
Mr.. Douglas did not appear in the Senate,
last week. The reason popularly assigned is,
writes the correspondent of the Tribune, that
an attemptis being made to reconcile his differ
ences with Senators Jones and Slidell.
DR.. Bright, physician extraordinary to Queen
Victoria, has just died in his seventeen year
after few days illness. He was the leading
authority on all affections of the kidneys.
Old Sam Jones, chief of the Florida Indi-
ans, is dead, and Tiger-Tail has been appoint
ed chief in his stead. The latter expresses a
desire to remain in Florida, and is willing to
comply with anything the government may
require OF him, but he asserts that, unless COM
PEELED, he will not go west.
The wife of Mr.. Brooks, at Homer, N. Y,
the other day threw a knife violently at her
husband, which put out one of his eyes The
amount OF her conjugal grief may be meas
ured by the fact that she said afterwards she
would have given five dollars rather than have
had it happened.
The New Bedford Mercury says that Mr..
Benoni Hillard, who is rs years Of age, on his
birth day recently, walked out three miles
from the city, and slaughtered COW, return
ing on foot showing him to be vigorous man
for his years.
DR.. Matthews, Deputy o. S. Marshal at
Chicago, who recently absconded with $4,000,
has returned from his hiding place, and given
himself up to the officers of the law, having
become weary of his vagabond life
Thomas Crompton, the Lancashire (Eng.)
paper MAKER died worth between four and five
million sterling.