, 1869-04-08

nc Rusaian ihront he VIII prefer his Sister to any
OF his brpthera,
II Is ruuored that Victor Hugo has 1t least q
dozen novels ready for tho the prnaa, but thai he
viii publish them only At long intervals IN order
To obtain Is ln1ge copyrights for them ~ posalble
The oldest living white nativo Of the present
State Of Ohio Ia Ars. Evan ". Thomas, Of PHIL
Adefphia, . Wido 6ed l1dyt md daoghter Of Gen.
css1 Josiah Har1naz, United States Army. She WAs
BON IN Fort HGmSz, In l767.
The daughter whom Miss Howard bose 70 the
Emperor Napoleon has recently married Captain
Of the Imptrta, Guard. The Emperor Eaye her q
duwe9 oi to 900 francA Sho waa married as Mile
de Beaaresasd She Ia not admitted to Court
ctrrleA
paroncs Tyllie, widow Of General WHILE, A.
D. C. to the Duke Of Wellington, and formerly
prrnde uaitrsssd 70 Queen Amelie Of 0reccn IL
dead; and 30 nre the brothers Gouet, French it,
e1azJ men, one OF whom committed suicide beside
the deatnbed Of the other
Charles Sn0Nten Fairfax, Of Virginia, tenth
Baron Fatrfax Ia the pccrage OF Scotland, Is now
lying Te1y III II BaInnme Hotel Baltimore With
pulmonary disexSe. He VA formerly CLERK Of the
Supreme Court Of California, and Last summer VA
Chairman OF the California delegation to the New
YORK Democratic Convention
A number Of John MuughzmB D frtends Eave him
dinner ut the As.nr House last Sunday night,
coionel A. C. stetsou presided, supported on the
right by VI. Brou2tAm and On the leo BY Nj. Ed
win Adams, with Judge Bradford for rts-o-rfs.
Among those present were Lester Wanack, E l.
Davenport ". II. Huribus. stmon Stern, Barney
w1luAmr, Edward Il. 1louse, and Dan BRYANT.
Maurice Strakosch has sold the copy light OF Ros-
stnis "Mase Soltnnelle," for England, France
and Italy, on very advantageous terms BE gets
asaout tnousand dollars hight out Of the per
formances In Paris alone He Ia now building .
colossal concert room In that city, to cost million
dotlas1, hAlf Of which sum ha4 already been sub
scztbed
John Brown, al eccentric co.ored barber OF
Akron, Ohio, died last Iuesday, leaving prppe-sy
valued at s5o.ooo In TIC Jear lsAo, when colored
children were refused ad1nittanee Into CON mon
schools, Nj. Brown erected 4 school-house IN
Cleveland At his OWL expense For soma time he
hrd teachers and paid them, the school being lrce
to the children OF hts race.
John C. Clatk died lately In Wharton County,
Texas, leaving an fnnense estate. lie WIS a siI-
gle ruan md leIt no WILL Hia estate waa] sold by
administrator and the proceeds were turned over
TO tho State Treasurer. Under law Of the State
his heirs can BY auit recover the assets. Who his
heirs htc Is involved In much doubt
Gooselln, one OF the wealshlest Paris book-sell-
cn4 has just been sentenced to three years In
prisonment md = nne Of I'VE thousand frznca for
smuggling into France and circulating anti -DonA-
partlst publications. I1e has applied for a new
ttal. and viii probably get IT. on the ground that
tho Judge who tsied him WAS an Interested
party. being personally rdfcnled In one Of the
obnoxious documents.
Among recent deAths arc those ot Paymaster E.
II. Gushing, United States Savy--a nephew Of tho
Hon Caleb Gushing; Henry A. Tal1msdgc. OF War-
ren, TTumbul County, ohio-a grandson Of Colo
mel benjamin Tallmadge, who was m ot1oet Of
General WaahiDg1ons stan, and who had the Gus
tody Of Major Andre, and Colonel Peter AcLen-
nan, Of ComIllas, n. T., who served with distinc-
tion during the rebellion
l. London, England, has = sensation preacher In
the person Of Ned Wright, 4 converted burglar.
His language Is 80 striking and 80 effective that
Ms. SpurEeon stands no chance against him with
the female portion Of the audience. lie has lately
been preaching nj the Midnight Mission houses In
London, and With such force that many women
fell lnsenslblc, and had 10 be, removed on
suetchere-
Frederick Hanlon, the sJmnas', onersIto race
any se!oc!pedist In the country for q thousand
dollars side-and championship. The race to take
place IN New York city or Brooklyn, half-mlle
heata, beHt two cut Of three. The tme between
the heats to be ten mlnu.ea The pa1ty accepting
the challenge to choose his own velocipede, tho
fore wheel OF which shal1 not exceed thlrsyse
inches. except it be Dernarest In which case the
| 1ortNheel Rhau not exceed forty-one lncheA
| day week, aged Il yea1s- The income Of his
property, amounting to nearly 81. 600 year, goes
exclusively to Nrk Thompson tor life Al her de-
cease It Is glycn, under the management of t,us-
tees, equally to the town Of Brs1t1eborough, Vt,
and Hhinebeck, N. T., to Be appropriated exclu-
Blrely for the benefit and assistance Of women who
arc dependent upon the needle for lisin8, Nj.
| Thompson, It b said, WAS never In railroad cal
| or on steamboat
l h%r %hr xn511
| nounceucnts In Immediate succession:
Aar7ied-on Sunday, March q, 1853, at Amlte
City, La, hy tho Rev. Mr.. Gfau1t, William Henry
Co!buaier 10 Fanny, daughter Of the late George
"on Sunday. March II, 1850, u Amlte City. La.
| BY the Rev. Nj. Glrault, nenfy Sands Addison "a
May, second daughter Of the late George 7. Dun
!" Med-At Amlte city. l., March q, 1860, ,n
late George T. DUNBAR"
Breves Bnsadler Gesesal R. c. Wood, Asslstan,
| Surgeon United States Army, died IN New York I
few dAys stuce- WITH. the exception Of Genera
| Satte1tee, General Wood was the oldest oucer II
| the Medical Department Of our army, having en-,
tered the service the 96th Of MAY, 1894, nea1iy
| half century Ago. Ills nr1t station was At For
Smelling, and his last oNlcial duty waa In conneo
ton with the Retiring Board, with which he WA
setrtng 1t tho time Of his death. General Woo
was connected NTH the late President Taylor
| KQD&E 1AnEhtef ne nAiffeu3 ana VIII JcGef8oI
| Davis who IVES the husband Of General WoodI
6tster. One OF his daughters L. the wife OF Barut
Gr1baugh, the Dutch Minister to veucIuclA
! Robert Smith died In Addison, Champaign Coun
y, O., March "a, aged 7s years, His brothe
George, In 1901. established the nrst newspaper Il
Dayton, and Robert set type Oh It. Nj sn!t
served during the war OF 1919. He voted for eyes
N'hig Presidential candidate from John Qulnc
Adars down TO General Scott, and WIS among h
| f,wn Jrn rt]t1y ft,n II
had twelve children, nlne being sona Ill Of WHOM
fought for their country during the rebellion. Nj
s and his nine sons marched to the polls in solt
rhalaux IN 1854, and cast their votes for Abr1na1
Lincoln. At the last Presidential election, he IL
sisted upon being taken to the polls notwithstand
Ing he was In very feeble health, and deposlte
| his ballot for General Grant