, 1870-05-23
Personal.

It Ia now reported that r. r, Darnum is /.
manage" Miss Ei1ssonta American concerts
/ 9alasha A. Grow is manufacturing porcelain
| in Philadelphia
Brigham Young's small family ia broker
ont with the neaslcs.
General Longstreet has been appointet
Aojutant General Of the Louisiana militia.
-Dr. Hawkins, q blind chemist of Philadel
| phia, invented soda water in 1872.
The Prince OF Wales has had present o1
q metallic Chinese joss, Weighing ton and .
| half.
Tho Popo has apologised to tho British
Minister at Tome for the recent expulsion oi
English ladies' from the Eternal City.
Since the Mcfarland tIial, contemporary
thinks Cain must have been morally insane
when he killed Abel.
DE Eolia, Of the Parepa-Rosa troupe, is Ia
nnny Eliza Wethernby, the Lylin Thompson
DIR. ]. S. Bigelow, aged IS, and George q.
Emc1son. the noted botanist, aged se, both Of
Boston, are on on frolc to the pncifc slope.
-rLongfellpn is q greater favorito in Eng
land thAn Alfred TsnnyBon and Tenpyson Is
unable to conceal his jealousy
At PATHS recent failure in Paris, in the
'tuuguenots," sho was not hisaed, but the
audience lett the house. She has taken the
Jasper: Morgan, Of 1liddletown, Conn,
never called doctor until May 10, when he
was in his 85th ynar- Then he called one, and
IL gatherad to hin fathaE,s- 50 ---~'
Count Bismark suffers nov only from the
weakness consequent upon Lis late illness. Il
is supposed, however, that he will DO unable to
return to active work for long time to come.
AIrs- Martha Haines Butt Bennett, Of Nor
folk, Va, declines the honor Of being Vice
President Of a~Woman's Rights Convention,
and denounces the pe1aou who nominated her
to the position as " 8 flend in hunan FORM"
The Emperor Of Austria has conferred
upon Baron Anselm Rothsclild the rank of
First Class Of the Order Of the Iron Crown, in
recognition Of the long and remarkable public
scryices OF Lis house.
dieuces in the House Of Lords, are at present
engaged In preaching in various parts Of Eng.
land-Lord Radatock, Lord Fa1nham, and
Lord Teynham.
Mrs. Lloyd, sister Of one OF tho victims of
Greek brigandage, being N reduced carcum- u,
stances, King George presented hnr with
Il 900 out Of his own prf7ato -pnrse previous
!, to ler departure from Athens. The Greek
community. in London are also collecting
money for her.
Tile France states that the Marquis do
Moutholon, formerly French Consul General
in New YORK city, and subsequently Minister at
Mexico and Washington, is to bo recalled from
Lisbon and nominated to the Senate. Madsme
Montholon is mn American lads, OF st,--Lo
family ::
: -dcneral Ames md Miss blanche Butler,
married soon, unfortunately fell out the other
day. fortunately, however, neither Of them
were much hurt, and We presume the wedding
viii come OF just tho same. They waro cut
riding in a carriage at the time, in Lowell.
Masg;, and the horses became unmansgeable.
The death ia announced Of Mr. Thomas
AshwoTth, whose nsIne has been closely cot
uected with the salmon fisheries in England
for many years. Ho is, peEhaps, best known
81 the successful restorer and cultiyAtor Of the
Galway fehery, which Le purchased when al
most worthless NJ q salmon river, and brought
he modern system OF river cultivation to bear
npon the property. By opening up : free access
for the salmon to the upper waters. be in
creased the product until it became worth
many Thousands Of pounds annually.
Mr.. Benjamin II. Hal, counsel for the widow
Of: the late General George Il Thomas, ap-
Piled to Surrogate Strait, in that city, for let
ters OF administration on his estate, and that
on Wednosday tue request was complied with.
(: The amount Of his personal estate is about
$40, 600. BE left no will His brothcEs, John
W. Thomas and Benjamin Il Thomas, are
etin living, and also Lis three sisters, Judith
E., Ann, and Frances Thomas, Eho reside on
q plantation near Nowsam's Depot, Southamp-
ton County, Va
Ut 1861, aB one o. the Confederate Gommis-
sioncrB to Mr. Lincoln's Administration; he mat
General Goicouria, with q puzzled smile on bis
face- As they graspe1 hands, he said .'AYou
area very queer people in this country. Eere
yen are in the South in revolt against the
pf tho pronHnciande,llo, quietly walking the
principal ayenue Of the power against which
you have rebeued Why arc you not N prison?
Why don't they garroto you 2"
a lettex from San Francisco, May 13, Says:
:..1r: nisha1dzon, Mr. Greeley, Mrs. Calhoun,
nd md all In ~
Of the trial have been worked up into
r. four-act drama, with the realistic
effects Of an actual pistol-shot, police
men in uniform. and = jury Of twelyo
hupes, the whole interspersod With
comic eonge and an Irish fachon fight. The
Pacific Theatre, On Kea1ney street, has had the
play written to order, and would hare pro
dnced it week Agu, only they were uncertain
whether to hang or acquit tho hero /; but the
Telegraph tonight ended their suspense, and
Mcfarland is made 70 clasp q si1-foqt son to
leave the court-1oom amidst weeping 11wye1s,
green fire, and thnnders OF applause"
The new Prime Minister Of Portugal, Joas
Carlos, Duke Of Saldanha Oliyeira bann,
Was born at A1enhaga, in 1880 He is . grand
son OF the celebrated Marquis OF Pombal.
When the royal family fed to Brazil, be re-
to the French rule. In 1910 he was sent to
England as q prisoner, and, aftor q EhoIt resi-
dence there, returned to Portugal. In 1895,
be was appointed Minister Of Foreign Atari,
by John VI.,-af whose death ha became
Governor Of Oporto, and etrectually repressed
the Miguelist Disturbances. On the change Of
the Cabinet, in 1927, he retained his portfolio,
but, being suspected by two members OF the
Regency. resigned soun afterWard, and retired
to England. Don. Miguel, having usurped
power, Saldanha returned, and, at the head OF
4 liberal movement, 1aised an army HIS
troops deserted him, and he agaln escaped to
England. In 1882, with Don Pedro, sa1danha
arrived in Portugal, and, as GeneEalissimo,
compelled tho capitu1ation Of Don Miguel, At
Fyora, Fur some time after this he intrigued
now with conservatism, and then with the op-
positiop, In 1885,, the accession Of tha new
kinr. Don Pedro Il, occasioned his downfall.
He thsn nut himself at the head Of tho oppo.
eitiou, and has now succeeded by coup d e1at
;n-makinc himself Primo Minister.
"a letter from Anna Cora Mowatt lhtcMe,
dated London, April q, to the San francisco
1hro4,icLe. says. "1t is reported that Qaeen
Victoria ia about to bestow her hand On
Prime OF the House OF Sch1eswig- Holsteln- a
near relative OF Prince Christian is mentioned
ns fhe favored suitor. The Queen's partiailty
10 Pines Christian is well known Indeed, It
,saE said that it was the hand OF Her Ms
iestE. and: not her daughter, whom
Prince Christian eought, and the Queent in re-
fusiur him, bade him transfer his affections f9
ber farorite daughter. Be it Remembered
that Prince Christians years we're far more
.uited to a rnion with: the 1nother. At ~
events the Queen oyer Shelned the Prince win
nuarfs Of distinction, and greatly excited her
English subjects by comforting upon hiM sne