, 1860-02-09
43 3ress Trihtttte.
FEHSON3L.

COMMISSIONER OF PArkx1s.~-The ruulor that
the Hon. SAMUEL Iugham .! Conn. was to sue.
coed Mr. bishop. us Commissioner Of Patents,
wes erroneous. T''at post has been offered TO
Ex-Governor Thomas Of MARYLAND, who has ac-
cepted it, uud will enter on his duties about the
lst Of March.-If. ]. Ntaos.
MAcArLAy.-The London -dfhesrms says
Lord Macaulay's publishers have paid to him
the revenue OF i PRINCE Ono single check from
the publishers to the historian was for the sum
Of E20,o
SouLocQuE;-A jamaica correspondent de-
MICS that ex.Emperor Soulouque is rich. The
ex-Empress is obliged to wash his shirts with
her own royal hands.
TRUE YASkEE GR1r.-A young lady from one
Of tue hill towns Of Massachusetts, is now
teacr'ng in Virginia. After the John Brown
nfluir, notice was given out that thc could not
hare any Of her letters from the Post Office uu-
til they had been opened and read in the pres
ence Of Witnesses, TO Zee If they contained any
t'ineendiary matter" She Immediately went
should be'delive.ed to lerunopenea. The Post
master looked ut her moment, saw that sLe
meant what she said, and delivered hcr letters
to her. See still remains there teaching, unmo-
Tested, but SAYS that all that suves her from u
coat Of tar and feathers is the fact that she is
woman.
CtAT AND pEssHc7oS.-A Lexington, Ky,
correspondent Of the Cincinnati Commercial
SAYS:
IN either 1s4l or 1916, Henry Clay became
embarrassed to sucll an extent that lie had
to mortgage Ashland. In the meantime, d
movement had been started in New Orleans by
his debts and relieve him from his cmbarrass.
msnts: and Mr. 4. Il. Trotter, the agent of tue
Northern Bank in New Orleans, was sent north 10
confer with Mr, Clay's friends, T3e conse-
quencc was that about fifty thousand dollars
were subscribed, and the Hon. VIM, Pennington
was sent 10 Kentucky with the money, and came
70 Lexington without scarcely any person know
ing him. lie walked into the Northern Bank,
and asked for Mr.. Scott, the Cashier Of the
Bank, and upon being shown that gentleman,
asked if there were not several notes OF Mr.
Clay's that were due in a few days. and was an
swered that there were. Mr. Scott was request
cd to give the whole amount OF Mr. CIay's in
debtedness, which Was done, and draft on one
OF the New York banks was handed him, aud
Mr. Pennington left the bank with a1I Of Sir.
CLAWS notes paid. In a few days Mr. Clay came
to town to arrange for q renewal Of the notes. il
possible, and was shown into the side room Of The
huuk After sitting few minutes be asked Mr..
| Scottif there cou14 be any arrangement made
| to run the notes for longer time. Nr. Scott
| looked at Nr. Clay to sec ii he Was not jessing
| and finding that he was not, told him that q
| gentleman from New Jersey had called yester
day and PAID all OF his slndeDtedness. Mr, CIay
started when Mr. Scott spoke, looked at him .
few seconds, burst into tears, and lett the bank
| overwhelmed.
| The vicissitudes Of business life in Cali
fornia arc striking enough. he gains Of Page
! Isacon 4 Co.'s branch bank iu San Francisco
ut one time, from interest alone, we're $G0,0Qo :
| month, besides the incidental profit on bills o
exchange and other operations. They failet
through speculation in Eastern railroads. Pal
,ner. Cook Co. failed for millions, paying littl
| OF nothing, and so did Adams & Go. All thes
firms would have accumulated great fortune
l,uI they but confined themselves to the legiti
mate business of banking.
A few days ago two or three gentlemel
from Philadelphia took q jaunt to the home an
grave OF the Father Of lis Country, and wer
ssudiously watched, as if they had come armc
with Ere aad sword, or as if they were resolve
to poison the entire State. On their return
having purchased threa canes cut from ii
| Homestead Of Washington, WHICH they ba
wrapped in blanket shawl, they soon discoy
cred that they hnd become objects Of suspicion
uu.l it became necessary for tl'cm to cxplai
:llat they carried no deadly Weapons. Ecar j
mind that the large Mt Vernon frud has bee
begged principally out Of the North.
SEWARD. Family Fair has the foIlowin
; chronological biography Of Seward, said to
by Southern Fire-Eater:
..ul4 3. c. Is born in Florida, New York.