Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-11-06

PERsoNAL.-Among the literary marriages
OF late date is that of Mr. George Ripley OF
the New fork Tribune, TO Madame Augusta
Louise Schlossberg. 1.-The New York Citizen
says: ''Gottschalk, the pianist, having led the
career of the Wandering Jew, and exercised
all the vices of that dark and shadowy person
age, has been driven from San Francisco for
seducing little school girls a business at w HIGH
he Is an adept. He practiced it with rare
patience In Philadelphia, and has three or four
Hmes barely escaped with his life" 1.-The
hlchmond Enquirer has an article upon the
part taken by the writers of the South in the
late war. William Gilmore Sim1ns remained
al ms home in South Carolina until it was de.
stroyed by fire, when he removed TO Columbia
where he devoted himself to writing articles
Ior the literary papers which were started
curing me war The work which attracted
most atenton was a humorous novel entitled
'Paddy McGann, or the Demon of the Sunni
which appeared in the Southern IUusfrdtsd
NeHs.z Beng prominent Mason, Mr.. Simms
appears TO be active In promoting the utilization
OF his order in the two sections lately dissey
cred. At the breaking out OF hostilities, John
"a. thompson was appointed assistant librarian
OF the State Library of Virginia. At the same
time he assisted Governor Letcher in writing
With n ,hs Sdaie IaPFIpp cGf Under the nogc
sfnms of snxic,'' con Iributed many poems to
tne AeSSengT and the illustrated NeioS, wrote
prose articles for the daily papers, and after
1ne estaollshment of the Inde1, the Confederate
organ ID London, became its regular n edmond
correspondent. He was also the editor o. the
hecTd' weekly paper started in Richmond
IN IN 60, and which had brief existence. Under
These arduous labors his health never robust
Hnaiiy gave way, and he obtained from tne
confederate authorities permission 10 visit
tngiand: a few months spent in the moun.
lAlns OF scotland sufficed to restore his beoIth
ana returning to London. he accented an az
pointment on the editorial staff of the TuSSr,
ana there remained until that paper exnired
mse on one ,bs OF The cause Since the de-
an EDITORIAL association with the london H.
aid James Barron Houe entered the service
o. .ne very commencement of the war, but
owing 10 an organic disease of the heart VS.
compelled to retire from the field and TO accent
subordinate position in the uuartermasferi
Department. Paul Hayne entered the CorSsd'
sTals service and remained in 1t. job 80.
Cooke served on the staff of Gen. 7 n E sue,
art and when in winter quartz 4. D. stu
te me pen Of the racer snd po',rb
poems 10 the Hs.snnlp al sketches and few
tTdted Netcs. He and the Southern Illus
Stonewan Jac also published a life of
the South. ~kson, which sold largely in
York as and was republished in New
itor o. ne work OF John NJ. Daniel, the ed
Car the Examiner. The war being over.
Ptaln Cooke passed the summer among his
IeIauSes IN the Valley of Virginia, and oscu-
PIE lsG himself IN writing '.Storfes of the Strug-
gIe, LOT the New York World. DIR. Bagby the
euItor OF the Southern LITERARY HessengsT en-
ieIeo me army as private in a COMPANY of
Mlahtry, ont being of infirm constitution, was
discharged after a few months service and re-
sumed his connection with the Nesssnoer He
pusied himself during the war in making a col
neeuon OF the heroic, pathetic and humorous
ahecoo'es ana occurrences which marked the
memorable contest. Campbell, the historian,
~ al MS nome in Petersburg, teaching school
new,son, the historian of the war, is in Rich
inonu' praeticing law. Edward Pollard, at
last accounts, was in Baltimore Oliver p
bdloWln, the ell-known lecturer, is now con-
n ne edltorially with the Republic newspaper
OF richmond. s'P. w. A." the army CORES.
Ponoen1, was in New York city fe w weeks
ego; his object in visiting that city was,
uououess, TO prepare his letters for publica-
non. Porte Crayon" was on the staff Of Gen
nuhier, OF the Federal army, as Colonel of
Lnslneers He is now General Strother, Ad-
Julant General Of the State Of Virginia under
the flerpont administration, and is said TO be
uevoung himself assiduously to the educa-
uonai interests OF the Commonwealth s.
george Tucker, the author of .Hansford, tale
OF Baeon's Rebellion" died at Ashland Of
mp fever, in the third year of the war Mr.
Z att Richie sailed for Europe before TN.
Nov. an, and, her health failing her, was mn.
war be- urn. Miss Evans, the author of
able TO ret. manned in Alabama during the
'Beulah," Tt published war novel. named
sMacaria: OF Altar F
duced a sensation.