New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-18
PERSONAL.

Tie Porfsmouh journal. an excellent weekly
published as New Hampehire's only seaport, records
the Death of Mi. Jacob Brown, Il the age oi "! AZ
sixteen lis father gave hun yoke Of steers a st4t
in lf rot unusual in thai day N the ucgh6orhood OF
Old Strawberry Bank uS Portsmouth was then styled
Yourc Dr,Cp sold the steer for $lu0. This SUN he
mt nj interest a the New Eug land rate Of six per
cent rrsol,ir to keep il d,uc FROM his other prop
eIty lie adhered to tins determination strictly, and
entered upon manhood a tenant on the farm ot au-
other. receiving onehhlf Of the crops for his labor
and ,napag enrut-uol touching his si0O, but remain
ng a tenant until lie hecauc able to buy the farm
AT tie age of 80 his sN0 had become $1,000, aud at
the time Of his death ii had reached $6 no0 His en-
tire properly, accumulated during 40 years oil active
I,, nuounts to abuu, SO 900, which, IN his own IAN
gunpe il "thc result of temperate and frugal but
not purslmouiuus habits and looking carefully after
those little leaks through which property frequently
disappears" This calls 10 mua the familiar problem
of note for cent, at compound interest oa'ed
A. D. Ito pay which in 1872 w"uld require P'ke's
Peak nugget larger than onr elob" itself. AT tins
rate who would desire to bnd his heirs and assigns
to pa, the public debt of England 100 years hence
Col King Of New. Orleans accompanied by his
body servant, was arrested just us he stepped oil
stean,boa at at Pittsburgh by couple of sharp police
men, who were on the lookout for II. Clay Pate, with
negro whom lie recently stole from Missouri. 1t Is
a qu, s:ou whether the colonel III the " stars were
the most surprised at the blunder.
Mrs. Mary L. Bryan, cdiiress of The atlanta
Tcsltrancc CfuSadc,, has heel elected principal OF
the Belles-Ler,s Department in the Griffin Gal Fe-
male College, aud has accepted this position.
The Niagara, which sails to-day from Boston will
carry cut among her passengers the Hon. kuius
Choa,e aud SON. Mrs. Fanny Kensic and daughter
and Joseph Proctor the tragediab.
A letter from the Rev. Theodore Parker repre-
sents i'm es improving il health. lie expected 10
leave santa Cruz yesterday, in al English steamer, Tor
Southampton, England.
- The Rev. WIN. Butt, Methodist minister, who
preached freedom in Kansas through all tue troublrs,
AID was prosecuted b! the Border Rutians Tor his
Ere, state sentiments. has oeen transferred to TIE
AlkaLsHs Conference and app tinted Presiding Elder
If the Texas district.
Count de Richter, Russian Minister at Brussels,
died suddenly II, PaIis where he was on visit re-
Gently On his return at midnight. with his wife,
frvm party he taken III with pains IN the heart,
and two hours after, he was dead.
The Rev. Alexander Gregg Of South Carolina
has been unanimously elected Episcopal Bishop OF
Texas, by the Episcopal Convention al Galveston.
Baron James Ro,hschild has, in consequence OF
the war resigned the Austrian Consulship which he
| has held for many years.
MIR. j. Smart Of s.. Paul, Min, was recently
prosecuted by young widow Tor breach of promise.
| He sei,led the difficulty by marrying her. He made
| her Smart lest she should kin.
The following is list OF visitors appointed to a.
tend the annual examination q! the Military Academy
| IaS+ Point Iune l. lStg.
Hon Aususa. Haucs Of Maine Col Johr Heard Of n,:
..lu..,,. 60. Ruu. Baker VI COuasccut Gen George r.
II N.yYors t;rree W Iass Z Pvnns ylVania. Capt
Tbops, Lr, Il MaIyaod Hon JOAN krr Of NoTth CaTna
Fh I.r >rsrus "a Cecilia, Col John johns of OHIO, M
Wi,m beard of Louisiana l. r. Page u Mississippi; Dr.
I.bp Il Barn.s Alabama; Y r al Aat"rrP 9i les
Cls,s Eldridsr II WIS, ouSin; Gen b'away Smith OF
Fsrda Gen ; b. LouIy ci Minnesota; kheSeFt h!heen OF
| Orvgoa:
| - On the Ri ipst. Mario made his irst appearance
| this season at Cuvent Garden. The opera wa
Rigoletto in which he sustained has weiEkno~n pa''
| cfthe Duke Of Mantua. He was received oy Tue
audience says The Ners with all the honor due 10 st