New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-27
Personal.

rehearsal Of The CDof VI 'nO :. =
Trinity, in Brooklyn, under TIE d'reo.ion OF %[. ="
". Warren. "The sooists were MRS D. NJ Com
atock. Soprano; Mr.. J. NJ. Coms'ock, Tenor snc
Mr.. Charles Huntingdon Baritone, all amateu'f Du'
r,,saessing beautiful voices under excellent euiuVa
eon and ybs richly deserve the brilliant local celeb
r;tv thew have already attained"
A letter from Charlottesville Va, printed in 7f'
Richmond Dispatch, informs us that
The Rev William Hoee associate pastor With The
Rev Dr. Spring 10 New.Nok lily nnth nv mon,hs ps~'
C6urch us place end a,s I'd 70 escon sh much 5000
e. mine- Of Jesus Chist. II is also ieIosl may ".
Bsptists ere eudeavoriug TO get ihe Rev NJ hri ey o.
South Carolina as their pssoI This ces % ns 5 va
which Abe Iinooa is wsFnR srains he soTth causO ~
sesign and FetuIn home TO the land o. ms oi'h
"A telegrom from Paris, dated Nov. H. report
che death Of the celebrated French IsluI"n''
Geoifroy St. HiIaire, son Of the famous L L
5eofroy 81. Hilaire, who died IN 1871 'e %
Qeased was born at Paris in 1903. Inc eA"'"t. an
the teachings Of his father inspired him. even ID III
childhood with taste for the naiur" see noes 20 ln'
- g .rhi.b no devoted himself with uutIino
81. .,5 rorarksble success In 1926 he PRESENT.
e. ta T,s,i,ute nsemoire upon the mammalia, and
/. v,oe bpt twenty-ons when elected member Of
.Ie Academy. Which Was then presided over by his
fstber. Hs was succesi ely Professor Of Zoology n
tbe Museum, Director OF the Mendgere, Inspector
General, Councillor Of the University, sc. Among
the later movements with which bis name is more
especially connected, was the establishment Of the
Imperial Geological Society Of Acchmatisation, o.
which he was the President. The deceased has often
caused amusement, both in his own country and ont
of it, by the pertinaciOns efforts which be sde 10 IN
troduee the of borsefesh staple 6Tticle IN hu
man food; on more than one occasion be presided at
banqueis where horses supplied the material fOr
almost every dish.
MADAM Goldschmidt Lind was so well pleased
with her reception in Liverpool lately, that she has
promised to again visit the town, and siDg at pri-
vate concert to be given exclusively 10 the members
Of the Philharmonic Society.
1T IL stated that King Francis Of Naples has re-
solved 10 change his residence from Rome to Venice
aud it is certain that the Duke of Bordeaux bias
offered him the Cavalli Palace on the Grand Canal.
In any ease the Queen viii to Venice to visit
her sister the Empress Elizabeth.
Prince Napoleon has subscribed 900 france and
che Princess Clotbide 1900, toward the monument
Of Count Cavour. Her royal highness rites; " In
becoming Frenchwou az, by nv marriage, my beart
has remained profoundly devoted TO Italy. am
hsppy to show this to-day in uniting my name 10 my
husband in doing honor TO the memory Of Count
Csvour."
The Rev. e. w. Bliss Of 0swego has been
called 10 the South Bapds; Church Of Wiilismsburgh
end was duly installed Mr.. Bliss is young man Of
decided talent and ability, and be will undoubtedly
be tie means of great prosperity in the Church. Tile
Oswego Times thus speaks Of him:
We letr that the Rev f. w Bl.s late o. .he we,. Pap
Hs Church o. this city has received unanimous call 10 DO
Ss-sb Durios Mr. b. Tedtnes Of nrrly four Te5r.
tn city be has usde many Dds not only IN HI
eo1m9lty ~ soca ahd UHiy CHRISTIAN cba0c'eF united
with ability urd zeal IN The seCeo ealing ior him the
Nay hs abo in bis held Of usefulness reward him be
vel deaervea
-Tke Baltimore Clipper states that Thomas, the |
French ady," since lis Incarceration at Fort Nc
Henry has Lost bis reason and become crazy. At
times he will, with lead pencil adorn the walls Of
his room with flowers, and with watering-pot viii
eSturatc bis creations with water. When not in o
mood fOr horticulture, be will collect humber Of
matches, aud, dividing them, viii s,ick them into
cracks in the floor, tables chairs, &c. These he I
will arrange into regiments bstialoDs, companies. |
&C., and deuominate the sticks the Union al Rebel
armies. With a long stick be will perform all the
Sighting and finish TIE battle by gniting the matches
which represent TO him the burning Of Washington
BY the shells of the Rebel guns. Other faDcies are
INDUCED To- and SO pass bis hours.
The waggish correspondent Of The Progidenee
Post writing from "Camp BrightwoOd," across tie
Potomac, tells the following story Of of the men
Of the 9Th Rhode Island Battery: Not long since
one of the rider,, SOD of old Nepnne got unseated
from his horse. The commanding officer came up 10
him end reprimarded him, and asked him sternly #
be did not know how 10 tide. lie unhesitgtiDgy
sid " No." "Wbai did you then enlist for ?" asked
the captain To which tie sailor promptly replied,
"To shoot id Secessionists; not 10 break colts.
Tie reply 20 amused the officer, be rode of smiling.
All travellers upon the road from Virginia City to
Carson City, California have noticed that several
points on the road are narrow that teams cannot;
pass. One day, lately, team from California,
bound this way, met two teams loaded with quartz
going down. The parties finding that they could not
pass, aud being equally stubborn, would not back
out, and determined on q game Of endurance. Each
driver sat firm on bis load looking ike " Patience
On a monument" for half an hour But an outside /
pressurc in the form Of accumulated teams, com
PEELED thcm 70 clear the road, which done by all
three teamsters uniting and getting the California
team in such position that passage could be
effected The drivers then took a swg out Of a
rocket arrangement, and parted with the conviction
Chat they had met foemen worthy Of their steel.
Tie billiard contest between Tiemsn and Deery
for wager Of 500 a si6e, for carom game Of biz
Isrds, played upon one Of Brunswick fine tabet-
1,a0 points TO constitute the gan ecame of at Ne
lodeOu Hall, Cincinnati, last Tbursday. number