The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-09
Personal.

OUAOnCA DdAOdAs VI
staff, is writing life of his chief.
Mr.. G. i. Mead, of Jackson Coun-
ty, Alabama, was arrested by the
! United States Marshal last week,
charged with violation of the Civil
Rights bill in purchasing negro sold
by order of court.
Mrs. Gen. Williams, formerly Mrs
s. A. Douglas, is again the cynosure
of Washington.
Rev. DIR. Thomas, of Dayton, has
accepted call to the First Presbyte-
rian Church of Cincinnati.
The Prince Imperial of France, who
is not quite eleven years old, is said to
be an excellent compositor.
The fathers of Generals Mcclellan,
Grant, Sherman, Sedgwick, and Mans
field, were born in Connecticut
Gen. Morgan L. Smith, who was re-
Gently married to Miss Genella at
Vicksburg and set out at once to
assume the duties of his consulate
at Honolulu, is claimed, also, by
Mrs. Mary Ann Smith, of Newport,
Kentucky, who informs the Gin
cinnati Commercial that she is his
true and lawful wife.
William Wreford, the famous En-
| glish wrestler, died in London on the
I'd inst, aged seventy-three. He had
contest, in 1925, that lasted an hour
and twenty minutes, resulting in his
first defeat He was a well informed
/ ,ol hnarfa1 old full Of
| detes of celebrated wrestlers and of
scenes of the old coaching days.
The London Court Journal an
nounces that her Royal Highness, the
Princess of Wales. is -; and that
the Princess Helena also is -. In
the first case, early in the ensuing
year, and in the latter in April"
are the specified occasions. The
Princess Clotilde was to have -,
about two weeks before Christmas.
| Brothers Hazleton, Wagstaff and
Murphy belong to an organization in
Troy called THE Praying Band"
They and some forty others hold
themselves in readiness to go into the
country whenever aud wherever they
may be invited to pray Their labors
are said to be invariably followed by a
powerful revival.
A newspaper correspondent at Flor
ence writes: 3" Italians inquire with
interest as to the success In America
of their countrywoman, Nine. Ristori,
and are much pleased to hear that it
is so great. Ristori is not so well off
in respect to fortune as is supposed.
Her fine on the Arno, built a
few years ago, cost much more than
was anticipated and is not yet paid
for, and it is hoped that the profits Of
the American enterprise will be sufi-
cient to relieve the property of in
cumberance. 1t is a matter which
every one speaks of here, and conse-
quently there may be no indelicacy in
mentioning it"
Gen. Howard, Superintendent of
the Freedmens Bureau, has had two
long interviews with Bishop Wilmer,
the new Episcopal Bishop of Louisi-
the freedmen. The General says that
| Bishop Winners views on this sub
ject more nearly coincide with his own
than any one with whom he had com
municated. 1t is likely a plan of
operations for Louisiana will be de-
velored which will benefit all classes
greatly.
| Miss Siddons, great-granddaughter
of the celebrated Mrs. Siddons, made
her debut in the Theatre Royal, Dub
| lin. on the 18th of December, in the
character of Rosolind in ''As You
Like IT, She achieved complete
success.
At small private dinner of four
teen plates at the Breyoort House,
New York, the other day, there was
an array of titled distinction, viz.
one prince, one duke, one lord, two
barons, two counts, one marquise.
The latter, the only lady present was
the wife of the returning French
Minister Most of the persons were
guests of the house, which is the only
one in New York where such bril-
liant party is likely to assemble.
Mrs. BurdelI Cunningham, who was
reported among the lost of the Eve
ming Star, is at present residing in
San Francisco, where she, seven years
ago, married a gentleman named
, Hayes.
At the banquet given to the Con-
gressional party in Nashville, Tenn.
General Frank Cheatham, late of the
], rebel army, when called on, as Presi-
dent Of the meeting, for a speech, re
!, fused, but offered as toast, . Here's
: to the Union"
General Jubal A. Early's promised
history of his campaigns has beer
written, and is now in the hands o.
the publisher at Toronto. 1t will
make a hnnk or rather namnhlet O.