, 1859-05-04
PEhs0.%.9k .1.7I3 POLITICAL,

Barnum has left London, and Lois Moutez
takes his p'ncc in the ]ecturing field.
Senator William II. Seward will leave New
York for Europe in the steamer which sails to-
day, the 4th inst
Paris hna been astonished by the announce
ment Of the death Of Alexander Dumas' wife.
Nobody knew be bad wife.
- Bishop Cobbs, Of Alabama, has sent 1866
to the County Treasurer nt Huntsville, as pub
lie funds stolen and returned at the confess
sional.
Miss Fanny J. Yates, niece Of the Presi
dent, and occupying almost the position Of IN
adopted daughter to him, died last week ut Il
water cure in Cleveland, Ohio.
Mexico, since its establishment Is Repub-
lie, which is tlirty-seven wears ago, has had
ifty-si1 Presidents, an average Of one and
ha1f Presidents annually.
MIR. Ten Brock, the American Jockey, was
welcomed by the ringing Of the village bells On
Ills recent return to his present residence, near
Newmarket, England.
The account Of the massacre Of the whole
OF Capt Ford's Company Of Texas Rangers, by
the camanche Indians, is pronounced by the
Austin State Gd-rtfe, Of the 15tl, ut, to be all
false.'
DR.. 4. Gerald Hull, one Of the earliest prac-
'itioners Of Homeopathy in this country, died in
New York city, last Monday. As the editor Of
Jahr's Manuel he Was widely known that work
being the "vade necum" 10 every physician Of
that school.
Augustus ". Smith, Ill. D., formerly of
the Wesleyan University, at s1iddletown, Con-
nectcut, has been appointed Professor Of Nat
nral and Experimental Philosophy in tue United
States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Mary
land.
The Louisville Ionrt<r contains tlrce or
four columns daily Of slavc.code slang editorial
The editors talk Of the honor, rights, glory,
maSnificcncc and splendor Of the South and
preach the universaiity Of ofnggcrisln as the cor
ner stone Of the grandeur Of 4 free people.
The campaigns in progress in Kentucky
and Virginia seem to be sickly. John Letcher,
tic Democratic candidate for Governor in vir-
glnia. is seriously i'll. Linn Boyd, Democratic
candidate for Lieut.. Governor of Kentucky, is
i'll. Joshua F. Bell, Opposition candidate for
Governor Of Ky, is sick.
Charles Fenuo Hofliman-so long an u-
mate Of the Pennsylvania State Lunatc Asylum
is in good physical health bu. terribly an-
noyed by illusions IF sight and hearing. though
Ut 'imcs very pleasant and sociabe- biting
MI is MD fra md
past scenes and memories most astonishing to
I'LL who hare known hit,.
The Governor of Louisiana hus tle rood
sc''sc to refuse to appoint delegates to the yicks-
burg Disunlon Convention. as requested " by
tie Executive Committee under whose call the
said Convention is to assemble. All the other
Gulf States will probably BE- represented. ac-
cordng to the Committees plan, and Louisiana
even. by ready volunteers.
-Browns"n is getting disguised with Drlno.
erac,y. lie says in his Quart<rly:
whatever party succeeds in 15Gu. ~, trust
II VIII not be called democratic, and any marty
III tile country, not called BY that name. will
prove il gain. Nc do nj, svi,patllizc viii! tie
icpHbl1can party, 50 calcd-it is not purely re-
Publican III contradistinction from Democratic
t':'s too many democratic principles and tende.-
c'cs,is tincured with abolinnisll mud is crrn vet
LITTLE woody headed; !; but il has !: good maine.
ani il II succeeds to power under that au,e,
VIII be forced to eliminate IFS democratic elr.
n'ents, and develop in j constitutional scnsr.''
Recorder Summers, Of New Orleans, las
dismissed the proceedings against til. Frencl,
Consul, Count Mcjan, arrested for harbo.ins
neEsro, but the P""yah< apprelends that the
matter will not end here. as the Consul thinks
his dignity has been insulted. The I;tayune
says:
The Consul, fortified by tie joint protests
ot the foreign corps Of Consuls III New Orleans,
las, we understand, made complaint to the
French Minister at Washington of the indirnitv
put upon lin By being held subject to ot.r State
laws. The French Minister l1,a1c his represent
atlons tn the Secretary Of S,A,c and the Secrc-
1ary Of State sent on for i special report oG the
facts. Tile telegraph has been kept quite busy
!" working li-htnin. reports to and fro If this
small atfair, which seems likely tu be t,a.nied
int"a +.rotts'luc Importance unless Il l.tl. COM
Nun SENSE is '1ladc to prevail uver absurd pune
tiIins"