The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-25

PERSONIk PdRA(IHiPILS.
GIDEON b. SMITH,
Baltimore, Nd.

The Rev. Dr. Dowueys last jury stood six for aoquitta
and %ix for guilty of murder in the second degree.
Crammond Kennedy, sometimes called the american
Sturgeon" aud the ''Boy Preacher" is on a southern
tour for health and was recently in Atlanta Ga
Lieut. General Scott is the guest Of G. Fellows esq .
at New Orleans, His health has been improved by his
southern trip.
Hon. w. H. B,rnwe of s. c.. desires to return again
into civil life his ministry in the church having closed
and he offers himself as u candidate for Congress
Prof Mitchell at tho request of many citizens of Al
bany, will deliver three lectures astronomy in that
city next week.
Rev. Dr. Hail. of the Third Prcslytc Church Ro-
chester, lost the little finger Of his left hand ON Monday
last The wind caused the door Of car out of which he
getting to shut catching his hand and inicting the
injury.
Mr. Buters celebrated poem, s'Nothing to Wear has
been beautifully illustrated in series of screoscopc
views 10y the American Stercoscopc Company The pic
lures illustrate Of the most interesting characters
and incidents in the poem.
Alfred Hampton Preston, eldest son of Hon. John s
Preston OF South Corulina died at Rome the 10th
ult lie graduate of Harvard and whio studying
in Germany fever settled his lungs AMI he died of
consumption. His remains their way to rest in
Columbia.
Dempstcr the vocalist has just set to music the beau
tfu lyrics in Tennysons Princes of them mt least
and will probably sing them in public Among
them is the famous BuGc Song, which is of those
poems that have music of their own and somebody
says, sing themselves
Hon w. d, Reed minister to China, started from
Hong Kong the S,h of December Last In the Min
nesota Mr. Reed will return home by Singapore Pin
ang Point de Gale Bombay, Muscat and Alden; there
taking the English mail steamer the Red Sea- Egypt
and the Mediterranean lie will join his family in Italy, with
which he will make the tour of Europe 1t will there
FORE be the close of this year when he reaches tn
United States.
Mr.. Everett is not newspaper writer and never can
be. With all his immense talent he could not make a
daily paper live six months unless said paper was
sustained 10y outside of its legitimate income The
remark will apply to Washington Irving Long
fellow and all the other we'll known literary gentlemen
in this country The least readable daily paper issued in
this country is the published at Burlington by SAKE
the With st poet in Vermont SAKE Is a wit scholar
and of genius, and yet he could no more make
readable newspaper than he could oycrtun the Pyramids
Lord Cowley, the British minister in Paris has occa-
sional annoyances. Lord Moun "a gentleman whom
nature failed to provide with legs wished to be presented
at court with his wife and daughter The morning of
the day which the presentation to take place the
Emperor sent word TO Lord Cowey that he could not re-
ceye Lord Mtoun, he heard he had legs and that
he must sit while the Emperor stood Lord Cowley was
much vexeJ but sent attachG 10 convey the disagree
able TO Lord Miltonn. Meanwhile the Duke dc
B,ssano himself to Lord Cowlcy tell him that Lord
be instantly taken away and that its egcos owner could
not be received This rather moTtifyng to the British
miaister, but the Emperor was nhexibe.