, 1861-02-21
PERSONAL.

:: * - PERSONAL.
-Hon. Francis Granger Of Canandaigua ms
been elected by the Legislature Of Ncw fofA
o,,e of the Pence Commissioners to Washing
ton in place Of Thu1low Weed, who declined
the appehtment. ~s:zz:> IN IN =
-Ra1ph Avery, Esq, Of WampsVtlle hsdl.
son county, New York, - about 70 send TO
Washington an Inauguration turkey which he
has raisad and presents II ;a freetwM offering
to ths Republican President. The gobblers
weight Is thiry-slx pounds, his age two years.
Mr.. Avery presented . Turkey to Mr. buchanan, : .
:dn the occasion Of his inaugu1atIon' the weight
being only thirty. four pounds.
1T is 1aid that Gov. Wood, one Of The Com
i6isslouers from Illinois to the washington
said 10 him: "You have disgraced yourself,
the party and the State; and If yon have any
manhood left, Jou will resign your seat and SO
ho1ne-n Kellogg: thereupon wa1ed Wroth. anq
called, Wood .,an impudent old puppy;
icen't hel that - he quietly replied, ~ am 2
spaiu4pqkea old man, and hare said just "nat
1.th1nk.',, -@:;s = :: -. II .,-:.1:
:Lucretia Mott, now eights-six years Of age,
.re,ppeaxed. on Sunday IS = public speaker AZ
the Friends meeting 10 Hester street. = iatge
audience, divided equally @bctween- Quakess
and st worlds people," Fas attracted TO tne
plain meeting house by the public announce.
ssnt snt taad staf M Il aGd S hoa to mott
iand spoke for an hour as 7fuently as II hef
:best days Her discourse; was dissertation
on the beauty of truth. =. Mrs. Mott wears ner
weight of years gracefully. Her appearance Is
/. ttat Of awoman Of fifty, and her sharp angular
face ID relieved by an abundance o. 9ek naa
with great neatneas. As she MA preacn1nk
more or less since she Was twenty -sI ears o,
age, she speaks without embarrassment, M IN
talks well, using elegant and sometimes elo.
quent Language. Her discourse S Wa ftano1, hssnon
she preached IN Brook1yu:-=E r Ford.
Mrs. Harriet Lane has invited Mrs. Lincoln
to accept the hospitalities Of the White House
immediately on her arrival on Saturday next
At Washington ,.-
-Hey. j. l.. Corning, of the First Presbgte-
rim Church, preached bis farewell sermon on
Sunday. We hare heard it spoken OF IS an
sa Of ansaa, eaes s 1o Gbease
to oilcinte. :afzea,ikse Sent6sa..
Gen. Amos ?. Granger publishes card-in
the Syracuse papers, Offering to he one Of Ten
10 make up 81 GOO for the relief of the Kansas
sufferers.
A poinful sensation has been produced at
Washington bY the announcement OF the
| death, b. suicide, of Commander Edward e.
! TItoD, Of The e. 8. Navy, who shot himself
| through bis head at his residence In that CITY
on Friday afternoon He left the table where
| he was dining with his family, and without
the slightest warning retired to an upper room
and committed the fatal act. Commander Til
| ton was native Of Delaware, md entered tile
| naval service rs long ago IS 1822~ lie bad peen
r.. Sv,+t$1 roffn
brain, md was about fifty years cid ut the date
Of his untimely DEATH
| Victor Emanuel is more Of a soldier than
| king, and has sense enough to KNOW it. Be
| fore he gave hts orders for the advance of
Piedmontese army into the Marches, he Is re-
| ported to- have said to counselor, who ven
| tured to point out that he .Sas putting his
crown in jeopardy, that he cured not-he
| could always find employment, some - here or
! other, as Colonel OF cavalry, and that YVES the
| position he in his heart preferred, even to
throne.
Col John Johnston, q venerable and well
known citizen Of Ohio, died suddenly at the
United States Hotel In Washington, on Mon
day morning: He was S. years Of age Col.
J. came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1888 "a
an attaehe to the Quarter Masters Department
of Gen. Wayne's army, He frst landed upon
the site Of the present city Of Cincinnati, then
consisting Of few log cabins. IN the winter
Of 1874 q, he was made M4son at Bourbon
Court House, now Paris, Kentucky, in Lodge
working nnder authority Of the Grand Lodge
Of Vlrginfa, Of which Washington was mem
i ber Soon after be returned to Phlladelphla,
and was for some years in the employ Of the
Government in the War Office He frequently
| Eoa1 ~ I'm In T f]crn.
room and at other places, and heard WASH
ington's Farewell Address" to his country
lncu, AS Secretary Of 4 Lodge in Philadel-
phia, he marched in procession, and partic;ra-
ted in tile funeral ceremonies in honor Of the
memory of the departed Patriot in the winter OF
1900 In The year 1900 he Was scut out as United
States Factor to, Fort Wayne He was alter
wnr1s appointed Indian Agent, which post lie
held for the extraordinarily long period of
twenty. eight years. striking evidence Of the
confidence reposed III him by the various Ad'
| miuistrations and which divested their action
of anF party considerations. His station Tas
at Piqua. Millions Of money passed through
lis hands, every donar Of which was strictly
accounted for. lie made the last treaty with
the Wyundotte Indians, in the years 134l-4422
for their Reservation, after Which they were re
moved west .oi the Mississippi. The Senate
hesitatcd to confirm the treaty, rs he had, viii
his characteristic love Of Justice, allowed ths
Indians full value Tor their land, instead Q
: taking advantage Of their ignorance, as is tct
|>often done. It was finally, however, confirmed
| Thus the last tribe Of Indians were. removed
! from the State. His object, in visiting Wash
ington recently WAS to urge claln amount
inS to about SIS, ,00O due him for services IL
Indian Agent. lie was, throughout his Ion:
intercourse with tho Indians, great 1aSorit'
with them, and exerted q decisive influence Il
inducing number OF tribes to aid the Atnerl
cans instead Of the British, in the war OF ISL