, 1870-12-23

Among the Americans Anus ND In Paris are n.
Mary Z. Putnam, daughter cf Putnam, the NeH
irIk publisher, md VINO WAS lately elected to q
PeofessoEshTp in the medical college NJ tho latter
place, ard Dr, Frederick II. Humphreys, a!so Of
New York. 10th arc aiaEng the French cause,
n surgeons.
Ono Petra Valencia. lately gave b!rsn. At one
time, to four beautiful gtria, IN the District Ut
Tecnyo, Is1tc0, bat sht died OF WcakEe4s. Cor.
nello cauo, I s,ous man. whs had died une or
TWO mccsha before. When 20 years Of age, was the
fashcr Of these children.
jefferson Dayi- lately addressed the children
at The pEesa1teran Sabbath School a. jackson,
M:s3 Ard atIhc c,o,e OF tho anaresx, teaoltrs
and pupils shook hsnds with the speaker. aud, rs
= loea! paper sass Each rctis.d xf.er friendly
grasp, KIND word, Or adect,onate kiss from the
distinguished vtttsor.~
-F.ede,ick Douglass wxa At the New Eueland
dinner in washtnRtou, the other nIxa, aud made
speech, In which he declared, As a Historical,
fAcl, thatthc MaTnawaf which brought over the
Pur,tans subsequently brought over q cargo OF
efavee, and that AZ one descended from that slave
cargo, hs had right TO celebrate the landing pf
the Pilgrims equally with his white master.
-Mnlst&r Curtin writes that he recently visited
Sebastopol. and examined the condition OF The
Etav68 Of American soldiers who fell IN the Rus
sian service dunng tho c.lmean WAY. Four phys
mounted By monument Of red marble with the
Appropriate Inscriptions: "To A. A. Marshall, Q
CAllforn1a: Henry clark, OF New YORK; b. I.
Jones. II Mlylan4: c. A. Deintnsei, OF Pennsyl
vania."
Commodore William II. Gartner, whose death
IN Phtladelphia. On December Is, has becn AZ
nuuured, wa1 born in Maryland, about 1900, and
entered Tie United Gtates services on December 8
1slk He wAs In the United 6f4,e4 Navy for lfsJ
FNA md RI y = I
wete epeut In servlca on the sea, and twenty year
and tight months a shore or other duty. Ill
served auccsasively In the Brazil, PaCiGc, ant
Home squadrnns, and. having been commissioned
| II Captain on September IL, 1855, was In CON
mann Of the tteam frtgale Colorado in 1882 30
| lie Was Commaudant OF the Ntre Island Mar,
Yisd, California, IN 1861 and. h8stuE been coa
| mIsatoned ~ Commodore On July IL, 1862, wa
subsequently placed On the Ietlred list. lie w1
then made Light uouAe Inspector At Pnt!adelpats
/ and te.vtd in that position from 1858 to 1852.
| -CotpuGl Samuel Price has nnde 4 move In tht
G'1.s .sepaeGs Of 1aqsasssE. RI. i2 sompe aees esat
| IL stnteteeted, heGdea its claim for taxea. II
| knowing hos much OF IN estate Mr, Steven
left behind him. Under certain contingencies tn,
whole estate Is TO 60 toward the building. With,
our city, Of grand institute Of some Kind for thl
beuc1t OF our African cillxrna; and The counctl
are RB1toua to know the value Of the estate. 40 n
s.itute IS to be accommodated win = marble pal
| net, or only 4 ffuEe shanty.
"a View Turk paper says thRt Kit Burns, %tni
rtt.pIs Keeper Of Water streer, rose rrun hi bed
the night hefufe hls death, and wEIked ao,oss tn,
/ lpon1s ssft1e, "By -. III tramp the onld band
b'1 onct t0oFr-" - He then" says hIs h,og1sphe,
fell back e1haAstsn."
| The {ndtpsnarnt learns, "tbruu2h priyAta
sources, that John Bright still Kept in absoIus,
/ tFEh1
uial village tn Wales: where, pJ biz physician, b,
y fotoldden - sec the newspapers or to hold mn
conversation About toptcs which would lead d
| cerebral excitement. Some fifteen yeAri aao. Nj
| Bright was menaced with the awful disease tha
has now once Eote approached him, snd TN
thtfasenR, Is In the cases OF Dean Swim, O
sonthey, and Of other eminent men, to ecupsa hi
Intellectual light lung before his phyaeAl power
| haFe beKun to yield TO decay, Il Ia said that hi
general health Is most excellent Ills hair has
Within four years. turned perfectly xhlse."
| Mr. Seaton, Of thc OLD Aafto,adi Iateltietneer.
Visited New England 10 1896. and tn letter ffor
Northampsoa-rhere he .spent The Sunday With
AZ. Hqncroff, aud ate- q GrA1d dinner-uow trs
,publshed In bis biography, he said: "And wha
! would 1ous or wh1t would kuy rxw Sou&herrel
have thought, had ho entered After the cloth Fad
been removed, and the wine had circulated snor
| umcs to see ! large company Standing up 1t q
pubic o!nne1s anu with one voice singing hJmu
to the tune Of OLD Handrcd7 declare to you ]
never was 70 Impressed IN MJ ftfc.n
turner's 4nd ETnnh&fs have good example
o1nn*hell exercises 91ven By Mr.. Pennck be
fore The New fokAthicI1c Club the other evenlnz
The club ct1ered II 900 to the member who coult
most successfully ecyate ten.po1nd dumb.be,
at arms length over tie head, bring down both tt
the top OF the shoulder, and then hold the weigh,
ont at the full length OF the am In front Of thk
kNAr knA Ah+n.
\ Of not less than twenty-five umes per mtuu,c
Meesrs- r. Schaak ant Pcnn1ck competed, the
former weighing 40 pounds and the latter liz
pounds. Sctaak sepcatcd the motion rs times, q,
the rase Of twenty-nSe times per minute, and Pen
nick made s,:al elevations IN four honrs It tweu.
ty.seyen per minute, and dropped in I dad faint