, 1870-05-19
PERSONAL.

present the Hwotu OF Lopez.
Ida Lewis, the Newport heroine, is to be
Speaker Blaine's wife viii probably make
summer tour in Europe.
Gail scIlurz is writing history Of Ger
many and the Germans.
a biography OF Scribe, the French drama
tst, is IN preparation by his widow
With only two exceptions, brigham Young
is tho largest depositor in the Bank Of Eng
land.
General Henneesoy, who commanded a
brigade in the Union army during tho rebel
lion, now scr1pes casting in one Of the foun-
d1ies in Mauch Chunk. Penn
80 far recovered his health as to resume his
lectures, though unable to stand wIlilo speak
ing.
AT tho Woman Suffrage Convention. in
New York, the other day, Mrs. Hazlitt, OF
Michigan, said that but few wives married
their husbands because they loved them. :,
--phlladelphians have appointed a commit
teo to raise money for tho erection OF the mon
unent to Humboldt, in Fairmount Park, tho
corncr-stone Of which was laid last fall.
Tho last number OF tho FortnightIy Recielo
contains long poetical translation from tho
modern Greek, from tho hand Of the usfortu-
nate Mr. Herbert, who Was secretly murdered
by the Greek brigantls.
Frederick William III, OF Prussia, WAS
born one hundred ye1rs ago, and on August 80
tho event will be celebrated By the uncoveriug
OF splendid monument to his memory, which
was begun in 1868, in Berlin.
--Mnnton Marble, OF tho Now York IF0rd,
who was reported q abort time since as being
threatened with blindness, ID rapidly recover
ing, and promises soou to be fully restored TO
health
Madame OLYMPIC Audouard has boon lee
turing in Paris on the fonale characters OF the
younger Dumas drnmas- Her lecture was de-
"A n
HAmi des Fenimes."
Haydn is 10 have a grand monument in
the gardens Of the Esterhazy Palace, in Vienna.
The Emperor OF Austria, IS slight neknowl-
edgment OF the merits of the llustrious COM
poser Of the s.Austrian Hymn" proposes to
furnish tho metal for the work.
Senator isrownlow went to Nov York few
days ago to consult e1-Surgeun General Ham,
mond, who gare his case thorough e1aminA-
ton, and intimAted that proper medical trent
ment might possibly prolong his life some if
teen OF twenty years-
named Duffy, teacher Of languages, and for
merry one Of the leaders Of tho " Young Ire-
land party, died 1ately at Prague, whero he
had lived for upwards Of twenty years On ex~
anining lis dwelling aftez his death, number
q interesting lstters were found in mattress
filed with rotten STRAW, that had served him as
bed, and Fhich was suspended, hammock
fashion, by means Of cords from rings fastened
IN the ceiling: Nost OF these letters were
from Smith O'Brien, and tho other " Young
Of Mnxini and Garibaldi One communica-
ton contained the particulars Of Smith
OInien's arrest in 1s45. Duffy appears to
have been 63 years Of age at the time OF his
death.
In The District Court at Pittsburgh, On the
against the Rev. NJ 4. Donahue. to recover
the penalty Of fifty pounds Pennsylvania
currency" under an old act prescribing that
penalty for marrying minor. The plaintiff
alleges that on or about the Goth Of April, 1870,
the said defendant, ''being = person in holy
Temperanceyille, n tie county OF Allegheny,
did mary and join in wedlock, AMMO Nixon, q
minor daughter of the plaintiff, to md with
certain William E. Graham, without due and
legal publication Of tho names ard bang OF the
said Annie Nixon and William E. Grahann, and
the said plaintf1, Tie father Of tic said Ahnio
Nixon.
The Raleigh N. CO Standard Of the 10th
inst. says: ststephen A. Douglas, Jr., the
second son Of the lanented statesman, sena-
tor Douglas, Of Illinois, has been in our city
convention of the Republican party. Mr..
Douglas, Jr., Was born in Rockingham Coun-
ty, N. c., xnd has resided with his cousin,
Judge Settle, Of tho Supreme Court OF North
Ca1oliDa, for the}lAat twelve months. He has
been an active and influential member of the
Republican party in that region Of the State,
and, like his brother, Colonel 4. u. Douglas,
the Private Secretary to the President, seems
destined to make high mark in this country
In the recent convention be was mnde Secre-
tary, and, as further mark Of confidence, np-
pointed one Of tho fifteen on the Committee
on Platform and Resolutions Governor
Holden has commissioned him as Major in the
Seventiesh Regiment Of North Carolina Nj
litia."
s-Gcn. J. Egbert Farnum died in New York,
MAY 1G. He was born in New Jersey, april /,
1924, and received his education in Pottsvil1e,
Pa During tho Mexican VAT he was Sergeant
Major OF the First Pennsylvania Volunteers,
Colonel Wyncoop. He wus with Walker in his
Nicaraguan expedition, serving with tho fill
buster up to the date Of his capture General
Farnum's love Of adventure led him to take
service in the Quitman, Lopez, and other fill
bustering expeditions fitted out from this
country, and in al Of them he bore 3 conspieu-
ous part. He WAS also commander Of the
alave yacht W1nderer, of Savannah, and WAS
captured in his first attempt at landing cargo
Df slaves in Georgia. At the cut
break Of tho rebellion he entered tho
army Us Major Of the First Excelsior Regiment
of Dieutenant Colonel, and aftorward to that
If Colonel, and WAS breveted Drigadier Gen-
eraI for gallant and meritorious services. Gem
,ra1 Farnum participated in nearly all Of the
oattles in which the Army Of the Potomac was
engaged. and was severely wounded through
10Th legs at Wiiliamsbu1gl,, on the 7th OF Alay,
1862, subsequently he returned to his regl-
.ctive service and accept Colonelcy in the
Eleventh Veteran Reserve Corps. After the
var General Farnum held . position in the
Custom Houac."