, 1859-01-11

One Of DC pleaasatesa possible souvenirs Of
the seasoD.Eas thAt pressrted = Fsw days aiacs
by souas it tbs f1isnds to tbs Rsv. 8. Tustin, in
the aha9a Of !arge En9Hsh Walnut decorated
With ribbons. On being opened ont rolled dftJ-
Eve gold dollars.
-Ds. Bright, physician extraordinary to the
Qaee8, has just died in his 10Th ysar, atter afsw
dkys illness. He WAS the leading authority on
au affections Of the kidneYs- One comuon aud
!ery. fatal form Of disease Of thoee orxaas. hsv-
ing been exclusively discovered By himself bas
tlwsys bean termed In tho profession IS Bright's
disease.''
Lord Lyons born in 1s17, Is two years older
than Lord Napier. At the age Of A.. therefore.
ha may be conlidered II desra'' man 1t
Washington, :sr ho is unmarried Lar
is removed from = ealazy Of "A, 800 in this
uy to one OF 81, 800 in Hollands uo.: ua~
doubted decieas;ou, the Causes of which Lave
yet to b ascer..ined and sta&ed. Lord Lyons
is saii to be positively advanced. He leaves
Tuscany, where he xas only Mird-eltss diplo-
Plenipoten.iay), to Assume the positioa ct
Washington, OF second els4s man, and 1i.es
from a salary Of ga, 900 at Florence, to one CT
e.. 800 year At Washington
Hon. l.. D. Campbell. Of Oslo, was assault.
ed, late at night in the stree: near bis residence
in Hamilton, few days ago, With s!ung shot,
aad dangerously injured
Mr.. +. B. Rhett, Jr, writes tha. bis f.:ber
will not stand as candidate for Congress from
the Third District Of South Carolina, because
"the scramble for seat in Congress would be
extremely dlstestefal to his feelings, acd descg-
tory to bis dignity
"A correspondent OF the New York 7imt..
wiring from the city of Mexico. giyes the fol-
living Incident Is having sakea place at mill.
tary incident there. He says it is fair indica.
ton Of public opinion there On the subject ol
American Intervention:
"The Presidents wife attended the dinner,
With hsr children. During the meal she Vas
seen in the lady. like operation Of giving her
children wl1e to drink, By sticking her fingers
IL wine Elass and then into the mouths OF her
youngsters. This caused some remark amooQ
the young officers. and friend del;ca,e1y called
her attention to what ske wss doing. tnstesd
Of being confused or confoanded At The circuu1
stances, she made merit Of it, aud said -
give mY children wine to drink to make them
}aakees' This patriotic remark VAS the cauee
oflong and loud applause. What have We IL
hope from people whose Ignorance and rul.
garity are excused when tbete things caa b.
construed 81 aimed against the ].okees:'
Hon, John Letcher, who Was Al adroea:e q
Emancipation, ten years ago, in recent letter
accepting the nomination for Governor, tender
ed him by "tte S,atss Rights Democratic Re
publican Purity Of Virginia." Gays:
ITO G7oid nll misapprehenaion. state in laa
guagc distinct and emphatic, that regard tbt
Institution of domestic slavery, existing in Y1r
g.nia AID she other slaFeholding States, morally
socil'F, snd politically right. trust that wit
te t. md ready to defend the institution, nne
| 10 ress1 all e1croaehments upon it, 50 any mar
| in the commonwealth. In doing this l will b,
defending and protecting, my own interests ant
| property. Is vel! as the interests and property
| of my fellow cisizeos.'
Mr. Letcher lives in Western Virginia, uher
the attachment to slavery is generally muc|
feen1er than in the Eastern part of the Stats
Before he had become prominent as publ
man be expressed On opinion inst the resers
Of that aboEe quoted namely, that slavery i
"maraly. socially, and politically" uron2
The Goyernorship is poor exchange for tba
sound ard independent opinion.
"A correspondent Of the London IFeei,
Es3:+tsr st.:cs that it ia confidently asserted b.
marT Tractariars that Dr.. Pusey has teen ma.
riei 10 Miss Sellon. better known as "Lydia :
Superior" Tna NetlEy Rt2;,:fr Gays that Il
statement Las reached them from other SOURCES