, 1866-08-08
PERSONAL.

English papcra aay that Ristori Is to receive
S1o0,dG0 ior unc years engagement in the uuiled
States.
The people Of Raleigh, n. C., arc 10 erect d
monument over The daughter Of Robcrt E. Lee,
wAo was husied in that State.
Sir Bcllingham Graham, who died recently In
England, aged sescnty.seycn, was the hardest r.
der and hardest drlnkcr IN England. A eix foot
wall or Six bol1cs Of port were ''basalclics" With
him.
The Secretary Of the Treasury bas appointed ].
Ross Browne commissioner 10 collect mining sta
tisties III the States and Territories west OF tho
Rocky Mountains. He will proceed to tho Pacific
coast by steamer, on the 1fth Inst The appoint
lncnt IL au excellent Que.
Commodore Heed Cooper, of the Liherian navy,
died nj his farm OIL the ST. paus River On tlie 18th
of Fchrunsy last, aged eixty.four years. He went
to Liberia from Norfolk, Va, in 1872, and com.
inalled III. gunhoat Quail when sue was attacked
by Spanish WIT steamer few ycars ngo.
It Is saId that Lord B.cugham, in his younger
days, being pressed for money, prevailed upon
Mr. jeffrey, then editor Of the Edia1urg RtrIec,
to alvnncc him thousand pounds. which he was
10 repay In contributions to that periodical He
was "a good as his word. aud actually within six
months wsote the whole Of two successive Issues,
or one entire volume. The articles covered wfdo
variety of subjects. and ranged from an elaborate
treatise the political economy OF ancient Greece
10 comprehensive srrfew, on acren eloscly.rrinf-
cd pages, OF tie Statc Of 1tthotomy at that time.
The French Empress has iust presented 10 The
Imperial lfhraty Of Paris largc Rible The thir-
teentll century, In two volumcs. It IL written on
.cllum, contains many valuable marginal notes, Is
illustrated in very curious manner, aud IL alo-
gclher splendid specimen Of old works Of this
kind. WAS recently brought from Arabia.
There has been quarrel between john Norris
scy and tic Lc1an1s. 3IorTisecy charges the no.
tcl-kcepcrs hrrc with being mean, because they
would not subscribe for purses 10 be
given during the race week. The
| latter rciort that the Euce week In
lnrcs the p,aec, because Of the operations which
| McrisscS connects with II, that while they may
! gain for one week by the patronage of the hnrsc
people ltey lose for mouth the business OF huu-
drede Of respectable families.
lord Lyons, British Ambassador to CONSTANT.
nopc, s nctiug the part Of Sir ssrasford Canning,
one Of his predecessors, and cxcrtfns strong In
AueMcc in behalf Of full religious liberation IN
! Turkey.
! Count Dc Fsahault, the Chancellor OF the Legion
Of Honor, has proposed 10 the French Emperor
TIC creation ofn new order, to he conferred cxclu'
Hiyely Gu women. ns rccomrcnse for striking acts
OF courage and Charity. Il L. to be called the "Of
der Of Eugenic."
The Central Church In New Haven hare raised 9
fund OF $4,000 for the benefit Of their retiring pas
rointcd professor III the New Haven Theological
Seminary.
The Cardinal dc Reisach has gone on mission
to Germany, but With what object is not generally
known. uc simply remarked, on leaving Rome
that he should travel In company with his friend
Cardinal Cullen.
\ special 10 tho New York Tines eays: "Tht
paragraph concerning Gen. Dix ,nd the missiot
10 the HAgue. published day or two since. wa:
l trhnftE hno {H m
way d!spasagcd the lender Of this mission nor CT
pressed ans other feeling than one Of qualification
that It was offered hiul. And far from rejecting
ii II known that he Intends to accept It." Al
though the mission to Hague Is second-clnss Il
importance, II Is regarded as one Of the pleasant
CIT on the diplomatic list.
Dr.. Randolph, tho co1orcd man from New On
lcans, who thinks Senator Sumner snrbbcd hin
aud his colorcd schools, il evidently an energetic
fellow. He arrived at Washington on July sUth
on duly 9Th he had secured the names nnd inau
cncc or the principal members OF Congress- Ii
Cabinet and the President for The colorcd school
OF Louisiana on Jnly 25th lie had secured f5,0O
toward them; on Jniy ssth <7 800 more was prom
iacd him on july S7h he was the recipient Of th
degree Of liz D.; on The samc day he received a
offer Of - GU0 sterling if be would 60 to Enslan
to lecture he decliucl, and Is abort to canvas
the North.
Professor Agtssfx returned 10 Boston last wee
from his exploration In Brazil. he has been At
ecnt little more than year, and during that tim
l,aa muac many important discoveries In geotoe
md natural history. finding abundant evidence
establish his fayotsc theory Of glacial actlou an
adding to the classification Of the animal kngdn1
several hundred species hitherto unknown or III
described. We hear that he Will at once begin th
prerarntion Of ectcasifc ueuaotr, cpabodyang Il
rrsn, Of his investigations, and work Of popul.
character from his pen, entitled. t'Tfarels in Br
zil,'' If already announced bs Tietnor Fields f
| publication In the fall.