New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-19
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Parsn Stevens, who keeps the Fifth Avenue
Boel in this city, keeps also the Continental Hotel of
Philadelphia the Revere House and tue fremont House
of Boston the Battle House Mobile, and the Point
Clear Horse, Point Clear, Alabama, in all six first
class hotels involving capital and current expenses
Of several millions. Mr.. Stevens is a native of Clare
mont, n H.
The grandfather Of the Hon. John Covode of
PENNSYLVANIA was picked up at Amsterdam when
child Of three or four years, put on vessel, and
brought to Philadelphia wlere be was sold by the
captain as a "redempdoner until he vas % years of
age the captain giving him the name Of Covode. He
was sold to man in Chester County by the name OF
Miller He never learn.d TO read or write. After he
had served cut his time he married the widow OF
British officer the officer having died at York, Penn
There was one son the i-sue of that marriage and the
Hon John Coyods is the Oldest son of that SOD his
father having died about the time Of his first election TO
Congress. Some time since an effort was made to
trace the family in Amsterdam, but no name OF the
kind could be found there ea1ing to the suPPofion
that the captain gave the chi name of bis own con-
irving. At another time the American Consul at
Amsterdam was asked to inquire concerning child Of
that age lost at that time but so many had been stolen
and carried off that nothing could be learned OF that
family, and the search is now abandoned.
Calvin P. Bailey, esq, of Perry, Wyoming Co.,
n y died at Lis residence, in that village, on Satur
day, the 9Th inst aged IS years. Mr. Bailey was one
of tbs pioneers of Western New York, and had at
different times hedmany positions Of public trust de
was most esteemed by those who knew hun most H.
tinately.
"A letter IN the Nord says: " A daughter Of Add
q Kader has recently arrived at Paris for the pur-
pore Of entering the Order Of the Grey Sisters When
the Emr her father resided at BrOussa, he sent the
Young lady to Cons.antiDople to be educated There
she occasionally met with Christian women, and was
10 struck with the admirable sefdevOtedDess Of the
Esers who attended the hospitals during the Crimean
war, that she determined to join their Order. Her
f.tter, who is capable of approaching the sublime
features Of Chrtianity, consented to her wish and
che is now in Paris passing her novitiate.'
The LgaeLJarg VugiaiaH of the 18th is chiefly
filed with comments upon recent speech made IN that
place by Mr. Roger A. Pryor. Before demohshing him
politically, the editor gives the following personal
sketch:
mVVe 5o mn, bssitate 10 accord to Mr.. Pryor speak
ipp talents of high order, he demonstrated 10 ms
auditory on that occasion. He has many OF t1e gits
and Rraces Of the orator. He rounds his PERIODS VIII
winning grace lie is well up ia hls tropes ana meta
rbors BE ia fluent ard choice in his language, ana
ready in bis classics. His manner good, aud hls ap
pearance progressing. His erect and graeelai IOm
hanc some and Intellectual cast OF features, long, ny
periOn locks and pleasing attitudes, are srlkg CHAT
scterigtics Of his persOand and we readily mag
inc how susceptible young LADY, seated IN the audi
epce with her lornette brought 70 bear on the speaker
rvouid have become much fascinated and illustrated
tine possibility of such thing Glove at fret sight
But love and politics very different THINGS and
while Mr. Pryor might have convert IN the
busrg maiden, feel every confidence that he won
M rotcsI convert TO his questionable faith the oc
cssiou of which we write. The pyrOechnics OF ora
,ory nav dazzle, bat they will scarcely convince The
goyeJe of rhetoric may please, but they will not con-
vert unless founded on truth and rght'