The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-06-16

A picture of President Buchanan is
to be ratified for at Auburn, N. Y, fol
the benefit of the Catholic Church Of
that city
Two ex-United States Senators, Hon.
Solen Borland and Hon. Jere. Clemens
are now the editors Of the Memphis,
Tenn, Enquirer.
The New York correspondent OF
Philadelphia Press says Gen. Scott has
wagered FIVE hundred of champagne
that Louis Napoleon will never return
to Paris. .s ... -
Roger A. Pryor, editor of the States
the central organ of Douglas, is about
to retire from that paper to recon-
mence the practice of his profession in
Petersburg, Va.
Rev. Alexander Gregg, the new
Bishop elect of Texas, is one of the
youngest Bishops, being only AZ. He
is Rector of St. David's at Cheraw, S.
c., and was educated as lawyer.
President Buchanan has been ap-
pointed Doctor of Laws by the Uni
versity of North Carolina. Bishop
Otey, of Tenn, has received the same
honor.
Mr.. Frank Rowe, of Fort Dodge, late
Sergeant at Arms of the Iowa House
of Representatives, was recently shot
dead by the Indians while on his way
to Pixies Peak.
FARE REDUcED--The fare from
Columbus to New York, over the Penn
sylvania Centralroute, has been reduced
to $40, and to Boston to sl2. Cheap
travelling, that!
A correspondent of the Pontiac Ga
zette charges that a minister in South
field, name not given, recently married
a couple in Franklin while the man
was so drunk that he had to be held up.
Both parties were willing.
The locusts have made their appear
ance in Southern Illinois; also in Vir-
ginia, Mississippi and other Southern
States. They are also reported to have
made their appearance in Sullivan and
Knox Counties, Indiana.
Prof Winchell has commenced the
Geological survey of this State. He is
now engaged in Monroe county, visit
ing the quarries examining the rock
DC. 1t is expected that the survey
of the State will occupy about four
years.
Joseph Charles, one of the oldest
and most respectable citizens of ST.
Louis, was shot and MORALLY wounded
on the street on the Sd inst, by j. w.
Thornton, formerly teller of the Boat
mems Saving Institutions.
Adelaide Cortesi, a new prima donna
has been brought out in New York,
under the direction of Max Meretzek.
She sang in the opera of &c Saffo y on
Friday evening, and met with a great
success.
VIM. III. Robertson, formerly United
States Consel at HAVANA, and who
died there lately, was a volunteer aid
to Gen. Jackson at the battle of New
Orleans. and also in Florida.
1t is stated by a New York paper
that the disgraced, dishonored and no.
torious Mrs. Sickles is rusticating at the
country seat of her father on Long
Island, and preparing for theatrical
debut.
The oldest preacher in Philadelphia
is Rev. Geo. Chandler, who, in the
course of his ministry, has married 81
l66 couples, and performed funeral SER
vices over the remains of FIVE thousand
persons.
Messrs. VIM. L. Goggin and John
Letcher, the recent opposing candidates
for the Governorship of Virginia, have
both been elected life members of the
Methodist Episcopal Domestic Mission
airy Society.
The Catholic Mirror announces the
conversion to Catholicity of Mrs.
Blount, of Georgetown, daughter OF
Mr.. G. Key, author of the Star Spang-
led Banner, and father of Philip Barton
Key. Mrs. Blount is a niece of Chief
Justice fancy.
The Rocherter Union says that Mrs.
Stout, the mother of Ira Stout and Mrs.
Sarah Titles, is in a state of destitu-
ton bordering on starvation. She has
lived retired life, and endeavored to
obtain a livelihood as laundress but
the attempt failed as soon as those who
employed her discovered who she was.
A slave belonging to DR.. Sanders, OF
Holly Springs, La, was scared to death,
ashort time since, by an elephant. The
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