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his successor. In 1866 Mr.. Dayton wss nonni-
mated by theRepublican Convention az their
! candidate for. The V1ce-PrestdencY Of the
| United States, with BIZ. Fremont as the candi-
date for President. In 1857 he WIS appointed
| Acknowledgement of the State Of New Jersey
which o1t1ce he now holds,--Ibid.
= George 2. Mnrsh, appointed Minister to
Italy, was born III Woodstosk, Windsor couu:
| ty, Vermont, March II, 1901. He graduated
! at Dartmouth College in 1920, and then re-
moved to Burlington, where he studied law
| and was admitted to the bar. In 1885 he WIS
elected member Of the Supreme Executive
+ Council Of Vermont, and in 1919 became
representative in Congress, retaining bis seat
| 1Sa9, when be wus appointed by President Tay-
| 1or to the post Of Minister Resident at Con-
| stantinoplc, Which Office he cretitahly filed
for four years. In 1859 he was charged by
the government with q special mission to
Greece. He travelled extensively In Europe,
II 1858 he was appointed one Of the co!amis-
sionera to rebuild the State House at Mont
pelier, Vermont. In 1857 and 1850 he served
as railway commissioner in that State In
| lSf4 he was chosen one Of the Corporation Of
the University Of Vermont. He resides at
Burlington, aud is constantly occupied with
literary labor aud pathological researches. His
lectures on the English nguage, delivered in
the postgraduate course Of Columbia College
in 1859, and other productions, enjoy a de-
SERVED popu1arity.-Ibid,
The managing editor of one Of our sport
I ing journals was arrested anisht OR two since,
and taken TO the Fourteenth Ward station
house, on the charge o. knocking down m old
gentleman md rohbfng him Of bis gold speeta-
cles. The old gentleman-a very respectable
looking person-to1d his story: He had been
knocked down and his spectacles stolen. The
and had drank; further he couldn't say.
7"Why,'' said the Police Captain to the accus-
er, "now that yon have taken of your hat,
see your spectacles on your forehead" "God
bless my SOUL" said the old gentleman, so
they are: It was my watch the villain took"
not only that his watch Was in the accnscrs
own pocket, but that the accuser was decided
" drunk. The editor was therefore released.
much to the qualification Of q large circle OF
friends, who had been roaring with laughter
during the performance.-N. 7. Herald, March
18Th. =
= Billy Mnlligan, Esq, who WIS sent to
State Prison, 8 few months SINCE, from New.
York city, for attempting to shoot police
man, has had new trial granted him, and be
has been released from State Prison on bail,
on the following grounds:
The court now rendered their decision;
holding that merely pointing e pistol al a man
is not an attempt to shoot within the meaning Of
the statute; that as the prisoner WAS in pnb-
lie saloon, he had right to be there, md il
the officer arrested anybody, be should have;
arrested the keeper Of the saloon, inasnuch as
he kept gambling place, which Rrs contrary.
to law. The court, therefore, decided in favor
of MulEgan, md ordered new trial.
"A San francisco correspondent Of the N, ),
7. Times, gives the following religious personal
items:
"Go ye into all tie worN and preach the
Gospel to every creature" said the head Of the
Church So Rev.. Mr. Taylor went into the
Academy OF Music, on Montgomery street,
where several hundred Mission Sunday School
children we're gathered, and preached and
prayed for them. The Episcopal Church, to
which he belongs, summoned him to appear
before its Court to answer to the charge of
preaching and praying without permission,
and as violating the Canon. Rev. Mr. Hill.
once assistant editor of the Albany Ereninq
.7oa1aal-acted as MT. Taylor's counsel before
the Court, which convened last week in this
city, and 1s0 witnesses were summoned, in
cluding representative from every secular
paper in town Bishop Kip insisted 1ha. mono
but communicates should be allowed in the
courtroom, 30 the witnesses were all elected.
The presenters got in their testimony early,
but the defendant found all the early history
Of his connection with the Episcopal Mission
Sunday School ruled out IS soon as offered.
30 the defendant protested and Withdrew. The
Court then went ahead, and Mr.. Tsylor was
eeposed from the ministry.
Rev, T. Starr king, who gets $6,0o0a year
salary, and makes no little BY his lecturez, told
his people last Sabbath that if they would pay
| of the church debt by the 1st Of May he would
stay another year with them, and perhaps two
years. As they have paid off $4,000 Of debt
during the past ten months, and as there Is
but about 5000 more due, it is presumed that
| he will not GO back for the present to his con
gregatioa in Boston, who paid $500 salary .
| year. The .tlourjshing Sabbath School con
nected with the church, it will interest many
Of your readers to know, is to lose the services
| OF its Superintendent, s. Fl, Lloyd, who, hay
| ing b1i!t 1t from nothing up to q notable
| Institution, reti1es after seyea years hard
| work in 1t.
= Charles Francis Adams, the new Minis
| ter to England, GENES Of q family eminent in
| American history. The grandson of the sec
| ond, and the son of the sixth President of the
| United States, and himself honorably. known
| in American politics, he will be welcomed
| abroad as a worthy representative Of our gov.
ernmcnt. Afr. Adams was born at Roston in
thorough education. His first political prom
inencc was as 4 participant in the frte soil
movement of Isis, his views on the subject OF
slavery heing essentially those OF his illustri-
ou5 father. He presided over the famous
Buffalo Convention, and was its candidate for
Vice-Psesident of the United States. lie was
chosen to Congress in 1883 from the third Dis
| trlct of Massachusetts,, and was re-
| elected in 1850. He has occupied an in
tluentia1 position in Congress, and became
conspicuous during the Fast winter as the au-
thor Of compromise measure which took his
| name and created q discussion second only to
that excited BY the ta1hous proposition of Mr.
| Crittenden. Mr.. Adams is gentleman of fine
| social qualities, and talents uf q hi1h order.
! His wife is the daughter Of the late Peter c.
| Brooks, who died q few years since leaving an
estate yaluedat &C, &c OK, ,otu. The late Mrs Ed
ward Everett, was sister Of Mrs. Adams.
We ehronicled, yesterday, in our dispatches
from Washington, the nomination Of General
| Webb, tho senior editor Of this paper, as MINI
| lister TO Constantinople. General Webb is
now labozing under an attack Of sickness
which confines him to his residence, near
Tarrytown, but VIC are inforued thai on see-
| ing the announcement Of his nomination in
the morning papers of yesterday, he lmmetli-
ately te1egraphed to Washington, e1at IN no
e,ent Mould he aeeept Of such an appointment, if
rendered 70 him.
/ james u. Edmunds Of this city, fas been
| appointed Commissioner Of the General Land
| Qt1lcc at Washington. II President Lincoln
! shall make no worse appointments than this
| he will be entitled to commendation. Mr..
! Edmnnds is q gentleman of integrity and
| ability, and we should think well qualified for
! The peculiar duties Of this Office. He has been
City Controller for two or three years.-Dt-
stait Ere fstsA