, 1869-06-30
Personal.

MeS. olou,tpo tfee Greeuouen1, Hn0 Is feBafued
In Paris as one Of The best Of living amsteur sing.
err, Is visiting her friends IN Boston.
The Rev. Grattln Guinness, who, some years
ago, made pulpit sensation In :hls country, crop
ped dead Oh the noor Of hta ot,ica at Drumeondta
Ireland, quite recently.
The owner oi tie largest personal estate in the
country is Cornelius Vanderbilt, the ayure being
8sb, ,000, 800 The Astors have only about Is 00o,.
eT0 In pers0ua! property.
The extreme temperance men III New Uainp.
shire very ac.ivc Just now, aud their leader l:
Colonel Henry D. Pierce, OF u,IlsD1rough, a bro,
ther Of cx-Prcstdent Pierce.
There Is 8 rumoE IN London that the Lord LIE :.
tenant OF Ireland and bis wife THE Earl auu
Countess Spelcer1 have 10th ;oloel the Church
oi Rome.
Sir Thomas Gladstone, elder brother Ct lie
Premier, w2s enc Of delegation who wa,tea upon
the Earl OF Derby to urge the House Of Lor,i5 tc
reject the Irish C1lrch BILL
Ms, Mayy soluervt!le, Of England, though 81
years Old. sun eHscges IN scientific reEesrches
and has ta!s year besn awarded the Victoria media
by the l.orloE Geat aphicsl Society.
GoEe7Ior Cls-tn Of Massachusetts,, when he
sigrcd tic Il s. Ttohlbito1y bill used two pens, Che
f0s WEl.am anu the other for Claim, 30 as 70 give
brace Of Ass.mhfymen chance 10 possess
themselves oi the utensils.
William Tf1den did In NeT York On Saturday.
He was the founder, and for 1aaOy years tho Pres
fdeat, Of the Pacific Bunk, yud established the
"Ti!den Fc.nale Institute, " at West Lebanon, hts
birthplace This lis tho largest Institution Of the
kind in Sew England
Az President Grant was driving TO the 1errr In
New York, few days ago, ne was recognized by
the driver OF car, who gaoutcd at the Top OF ha
voice: D." Do r6n molnd the dhron O. watfer gaEe
5e, forntnst the strnled poInes at Shpotsylvasia
Ccort House.
james ". Barker. formerly p.om.neu. mer-
Chant and politician Of Ser York city, died 1t
RAILWAY, y. j., On Saturday. He WAS the "AmeE4.
can candid 4te tor Mayor OF the city IN 1855, but
was beaten by Fes1ando Wood, Democrat At
the t!tue Of hts death, be WIS P1esIdenr Of the
E1ectic Insurance Conpaly.
CONT Rooert Heinrich Ludwig Va" der Golt3,
fer several years Rus4t:7 Ambassador at Paris, Is
dead. he died Of cante- IN the mouth. FoE
uany years he had been httcted with this terrible
disease, and his case has been much spoken OF IN
the medical circles Of Europe, lie recently Under
went an operation NJ the hands OF the eminent
French surgeon Selaton, bat was. IT seems, With
out ayatL
Major Morris Chester, colercd man who was
an oancer In black regiment dut.ng Cur m,e civil
war, and who is now aid-de-camp 10 the P1elldert
OF Lbera was the guest few weeks ago OF ne
Democratic Union OF FTnaItaTt, Germany. MAJOR
Chester had been introduced to them By letter Of
Ea1l Blind, and was received with AL honofa He
made speech In English, on the state OF csSiltza-
tIon in Liberia, which Afterwards was Interpreted
By Mr. soDncmann, and greeted with prolonged
aprlarsc At the conclusion OF the speech the
meeting ruied Its thanks to Na:or Chester.
Sir Robert Clifton, who recently died at the
aye Of - left policies OF insurance on bis life 10
TIC aI,ount Of nearly, or quite, quarter Of .
million pounds. Most Of them ale n1ortgaeed
however Str Robert hsd for fifteen years carried
red bag given hin by fortnne-teleE, With an'
auucttons to look upon 1t whenever he Nas IN any
nuaucta1 embarrassment, and he would discover
the way out Of the difficulty. ST. Robert ioll7 BE-
ueyed In the bag. and often resottet 10 It Tor IN
splratlon sith, as he was convinced. satisfactory
results :. :
The following auccdote Is told In aet7 aiese-
kIels life Of BIsmat1, the Hecond volume OF when
has jest appeared at LEIPZIG: Hearing guest IN .
,,ve1n speak tusultnEly Of y member Of the ROYAL
larslr Blsruazk spsaug to his feet, and exc hmed'
"LeeE2 axe room! II you hare Lot left 1t before
this glas, rraosy, will break It oTer your head:
OF course wAa an upnaar. Al tne guests
rose and S.,.., shouting and gestIcu!ssinS. Bu1
B!smark ~ALu: empt!ed h's glass, and taea
smashed 1t OF the Offenders feai T!th such
hearty viii ths. '.e glass was IN shr rs, and the
head was left howinR. deep silence ,cilI I'd,
tn the midst OF which the vo; II Dis s.-'atS WAS
leard askllg unconcesnedly, "Wsitet, "a GOES
the broken glass coss." General apps =
drowned the answer. :,'