New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-18
PERSONAL.

less tDiiu Udil uOItu h'OciS N"'sN', NNt's
N. Y, who while doing so much as publisher, to
furnish good books for the public, employs his able
pen in spare hours to help this noblest and most com
plete work of the American Press" Mr. Carter, the
publisher here referred to- is the senior partner OF the
weknown and substantial religious publishing house
of Robert Carter g. Brothers, but we have not before
heard him mentioned among the authors Of the Cy-
clopadia.
Judge Singleton Mitchell died on Tuesday morn
ing at his residence at Manhasset, at the age OF
eghty-seven years. He was brother OF that ex-
traordnary mas, Dr. Samuel Latham MITCHELL emi.
uent rs a naturalist and remarkable for the tenacity
with which his memory retained the facts collected
in an extensive course OF scientific reading and the
astonishing readiness and comprehensiveness with
which he applied them. Judge Mitchell was much
in public life and Was honored for the fairness Of bis
mind and the excellence of bis character. He had a
seat on the bench of the Queens County Court for
six years, during two Of which he was fret Judge
beside filling other stations of minor importance.
After his eghtieth year be became somewhat inhrm
in body but he preserved bis mental faculties TO the
last, and died of natural decay after long life, in
the midst of universal respect.
General Tom Thumb, about week ago, shot a
deer, near the forks Of the Kalamazoo 10 Mehigon.
The circumstance is described as follows: " On
arriving, the General placed himself in thcke near
the river, anxiously watching the approach, of the
desired prize. He had not waited long whe o a noble
buck came bounding along toward tbe stream,
and, when within about ten rods, the General
discharged both barrels Of his piece, the contents
taking effect just back OF the should ,r one ball en-
tering and breaking the back bone. The buck made
one bound and fell. He measured 6 fee, from tin TO
tip, and weighed I4O pounds" One bind.quarter
AM the hide has been sent to srnuu. The skin is
to be mounted for the Museum .s tropbv of General
Tom Thumb.
"A DC" psh Vi owl" ire power steam-engines,
made Tor MessTs flsh & Green's cotton.mi at
Bury, Lancashire, Er .sland, was recently started,
and ehristened, by as Fish, Barnum," in COM
piment to the primo q Of showmen.
VIM H. $40 Re, esq., of Saratoga, son Of the late
Col. WIN L' zone, of The Commercial Adrertiser
IN tins cry, nd nephew of DR.. Francis Wayland,
late fresf Ient of the Brown University, is writing
the bog apply of Sir VIM. johnson, than whom per-
laps o man WAS more intimately connected with
tie carly history of this State. The author has Tie
aceayitAge OF numerous original Ms. documents no
, iHOisTto Known or referred 10.
in the Royal Court, Jersey, on the III, an ac
til III was brought by Mr.. Stephen Bishop agains
Miss - Quertier, 10 obtain the sum Of e2OO as in
decentralization for loss which he sllegs he had sus
tanned on furniture, plate, and othe' articles which
he had purchased in contemplato'l Of his marriage
with the defendant, according t@, promise made by
her, which she subsequently efused to fulfill. Or
the motion for ordering wns in proof of the
spective pretensions Of the parties, advocate MCu
loch, on the part of the defendant said that there
should be added to the act of Court ordering the
hearing of witnesses words to the following effect
part of the pretensions of his CLIENT "The conduct
of the said Bishop toward the said Quertier having
justified her refusal The Queens procureur, OF
behalf Of the plaintiff objected to the general term.
of the proposed order and conended that the defend
ant bound to specify the conduct of the plaintiff
which she pretended justified her refusal The Cour
having deliberated, ordered that the words abov,
cited should be added to the act for ordering the hear
ing OF witnesses.
1t appears the number of Lord Mayors of Lon
don who have died in office during period OF OF
years has been %. The last that died during hi
.mayoralty was the renowned William Bedford, citi
zen and ironmonger, who was master OF that com
pany in 1853. lie delivered TO King George III
thai. famous speech recorded ON bis monument il
Gudhall, and was Lord Mayor in the years i76,
and l770, in which latter year, on Thursday, JUNE
81, be died, bequeathing an immense fortune to hi
son William, who built with it the princely Fonthill
was the author of "Vathek," and who died in 1914
near Bath.
The ex-King of Naples was, at one period con
sideredthe greatest gourmand in the whole world Not
many years ago, he invented particular kind Of
coasome for bis own particular enjoyment, the mode
of making which was as follows: You took round
Of beef, into which you introduced round of veal
which, in its turn, served an envelope to tur
key, while inside the turkey lay fowl inside the
fowl lay pheasant, then partridge, then wood
cock, then I'm ortolan, and last of all-what think
you Why, last of all, just filling up the almost i'm
possible small space, an anchOryi Here lay the
great art, and certain famous cook, named Beppo
was the individual whose special business it was IA
send up to the King, once day, the phenomenal
eacupfull of gravy produced ar the above mentioned
cook Of cooks used to observe "by an anchovy en-.
cased in an OK
-Ansmusng bit Of gossipis afoatamong press men
in London with reference TO Il distinguished member
OF the profession. The proprietor Of leading penny
paper, in anticipation OF the abolition OF the paper
duty, bound his editor under heavy bond not to con-
tTibute TO any daily paper except hs own. Shortly
after the above contract wac entered into daily OF