The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-12-16
Personals

assigned TO the command of Louis
lana, is a Marylander by birth.
A young man, in Louisiana, was
lately bitten by a rattlesnake, ana
his life saved by a negro, who sucked
the poison from the wound.
The managing editor of the London
Times has a salary of E5.OOQ 80 ,OO0)
a year, which is something like a fair
\ compensation for journalism.
CAPTAIN Nathaniel Atwood, ofProv-
incetown, Mass, has been presented
with a fine telescope by the British
Government, for saving the crew Of
a wrecked brig, the Lone Star. =
The American Consul at Rome,
who manifested sympathy with the
Pope, has had several death warnings
from the Italian Secret Junta. He
ought to have one from Secretary
Seward.
Sir Morton Peto declares that he
only remembers one hotel in this
country at which enough water was
supplied to enable him to wash thor
oughly. 1t requires a good deal to
wash some men clean.
The Rothschild family originated
in Frankford. or rather their wealth
dates from that place. One of the
brothers, a Baron, now resides there,
welding a large political and financial
Influence.
The Rev. Father Lavelle, the well
known Irish speaker, has commenced
an action against the London Daily
Telegraph for calling him a conse-
Grated rufhan.
1t is not true that Pirate Semmes
has an intention of delivering, in
New Bedford, for the benefit of des-
titute mariners families, his lecture
on the " Cruise of the Alabama"
Charles w. Russell, who was for
merly a prominent lawyer of Wheel
i ing, Virginia, but left hat city and
joined his fortunes with the secession
lists in 1861, died recently in Balti-
more
The wife of ex-senator Latham, of
California. died recently at San Fran
cisco. She was a brilliant ornament
of Washington society, during her
husbands Senatorial career.
A rebel guerrilla, named Wells,
insists upon it that he was not hanged
two years ago in Kentucky, in spite
of an official record of that event in
the Bureau Of Military Justice.
The London Court Journal says
Queen Victoria and the royal family
will pay the customary yearly visit to
! the grave of the Prince Consort, on
the 18th OF December, and then 60 to
Osborne. The Windsor air has been
very beneficial to the Princess of
Wales.
A woman was so anxious to see
W stou. when he was at Edgerton,
OHIO, lately, hat she struggled her
seq Iato his room, and burst upon
him when he was almost puFiS ndtu-
r0ItJuS.
The age of the poet Halleck has
been inaccurately stated in the news
papers containing the notices Of his
death. The writer's were probably
misled by the incorrect dates in the
biographical accounts of him pub
llshed in his lifetime. He was born
OF the 8th of July, 1890, and was con-
s%equentiy Il years old at the time of
his death.
The King of Italy likes Rattazzi,
the late Prime Minister, better than
any other minister he has had, and
interposed his royal mandate to save
him from the contingencies of his &C
cepting challenges to fight from some
half dozen noblemen and gentlemen
whA h01 Aaon oN&oaIa1 -, AIo Gao.
dalous book recently published by his
wife. Neither husband nor King can
ma G madame, who dresses and
does in all other respects az suits the
within of the hour.
Il remember" says Lord Biden,
Mr.. Justice Gould trying a case at
York, and when he had proceeded for
about two hours, he observed, Here
are only eleven jurymen in the box,
where is the twelfth?' Please you
my lord" said one of the eleven,
:" he has gone away about some other
business-but he has left his Uerdict
NTH met"
Mr.. Anthony Trollope, Mr.. Ed
mund Yates and other English novel
lists are about to initiate Mr.. Dickens
and try their hand-perhaps we should
say their voice-at reading their own
works. 1t is not impossible that the
fashion may be imported to this coun-
try, and that we may presently hear
of Mr.. Beecher reading his W
Norwood" in place of a lecture to
an interesting audience.
1t Is asserted that although Mr.
Dickens has read now nearly five
hundred times, he never attempts a
new part in public until he has spent