, 1870-12-22
PERSONAL

General T:ochn IL A2id TO be descended from
the great dramatic writer and poet, Racine.
Ellen ToTnkcnd has made free Gtst TO the
city OF NtWto1t, X. l., OF 4 valuable Is1m. on
whlth 1T elected hoys may ba Instructed IN the
way CT getting an honest living.
Al baltimore, last week, q woman named
Mckay Was beaten to death by aer husband 4
fsw minutes before expiring. she RAve olrsh to
child. The tests1ouy taken By tho Coroner
thcWs that, during several montha past, MCKAY
bad been ia the habit OF Elcklng the deceascd
about thrte lines II eek, In order to cause her
dfa'n. Stlhaut making II appear that he mur-
deIed her.
The Irish are a.teady making bids for having
Lord Lorue In Dublin, Gu5 have discovered taa,
his great grandmother WAS an ffl:h woman. A
ne9fer Ink with shelE country lies In his being ree
9ftAt nephew ut one OF the bfSt and most popu.
LAT Of their vtouroya-tae late Lord Carlisle.
=" laxt1kT is suffering At West Polnt Cadets
4. E. Ffank and j. II. French have Just been dis
nlssed the service for harrRss!ng, moltstiug, or
injarttg new C sdets ou the night OF Nor. Ia, and
Cadets II. IT. Howe. r. Smith, and 4. ?. r.
wainwright for Interfering with cadet scatioets
upon tte same blight
John Bennett 4 resident OF While Creek
Washington County. n. T.. n reported to have re-
Gently ftrced / Is wife TO hand over 10 him the
sum Of s., ,1Dr, A. soop Aa he fecefved luflm1tton
3N~~
ssturtng tiTclce from hi'1 IN the Rrunud Of Ind.
deity. lie thought that the best xay to atop TIC
psott e6fLGs was to Withdraw from her the means
Ct psy'ng legal cxpcrets-
Nine. PatePa-R Rnta WAY recently surnttsed md
Rratlted by the receipt Of the following no,e rub
scrtbed b. N OF ehip-b1oktrs In New Yosk:
"Dtar Madame: We hare been called upou II
give nstne 70 vessel. and, not haviag tine 70
rbts'h your consent, have taken the ubetty OF
ca'l'ER her the Parepa'-srussing that the name,
so h0Iofe,i AID beov. i In America. may be 10 the
'FArepa tGkea OF the Aucctss which 1t fepte.
Eenis"
-Ln IexRs lawyer pAmcd Williams Rot Into q
quartet with s,tte 6enAtnr, and tnceeu,,9n soos
hln- Then Judge and ShGtiN, with poste. at
emnfed to Arrest h'tu, when he shot the judi
*ud Was himself shot by policeman A loca.
authority says sna.1 +Puoao sentiment Is a4.ins;
| W1lliams." :.
~ -chare s,lor y 4aam :Uhanveas t IL. D.;w6ose
death Il 81. Paul, Mimi, on December Is. aa.
BEEN announced, wsa born In Pni1al.lpa;a 10
fs90. and RI8drated at f2.e College Ia 1870. In
lsA1 he nas appoints rrutcssor Of Ms1nenstlcsio
The uuit< staua Navy, nEd was Chief 1ost1uct2.
o. the School at Midsh1pmen a the United S1ases
Naval As5luna IN Pn,adtiphla. On the estaosa-
ttnt OF the United States Naval AcademF At
Annapolis Md, be vas placed It the head Of that
Institution. and vas made Professor Of Astrono-
wv. Ael8a1u4 IfoIu lac En1ted Ststc9 service
about 1857, ne Was appointed Chancellor and tro.
lessor Ct Astronomy as " asologton University.
St Loais, Mo-. and tlled t2.s posilou uutil bis
deceast. Chancellor Chsasenes razked among
the most distinguished rnathemar:c:ans and
ass1enomers. Of the Cntted STATES He cog
tf1nuted Mrxc1y 10 the Ap1erean Journal ar Sci
ttets INC the a<r1cdA At1eno,aedl Journal aad
Was co1aoosator in the preparation Of the Cai.td
ssofs EPht'ae'is, published under the auspices Of
the government, for which ho furnished new sat
o'igtnsf methods Of n1dlng tho longitude b. lunar
oo"e1Taftons- He vas tie aatnor Of :. Treatise
On Flame and Spherical Tftg anomesry,r wa!ca has
Fasfed through many etil1lons, and Is considered
The most complete work m the subject extant tn
TIC knelith language. lie was also the author CT
TIT atise on +PracucA As.souo,uy." In tvn
large oc'1vo volumes. which has rectIyed HIN
prAise tor its nefsts, both In The Tinted states
sId IN Europe. He was member Of mans leara.
I'd societies. and Has also rsesdent OF the Amet1-
can Association for the Advancement. Of Science,
Al the tine of hts death, Chancellor Cn2u1cces
waa offered the Frofe,korshlp Of Astronomy in
Yale College, bat decliaed TO accept tho poainou
tn consequence OF other engagements,