The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-04-03
PERSONAL

the United States Senate, as successor OF
Daniel Webster, December l. 1871, the same
day on which Henry Clay appeared In the
National Senate for the last time.
- The death q siin0unccd Of niece of Queen
Victoria of Engiand-the Duchess OF SAKE
| Meiningen,i the youngest daughter OF the
Queens half sister, the Princess OF Hohen-
lOhe, Of scarlet fever, at Meiningen. i q
In about two months from this time We
NAV expect visit to this country from
Nine. Lucca, the German contratrlce. We
shall be lucky to get her, for she Is said to
be as charming a woman as she Is iEcom-
parable IS an artist. fEa2'ls. d
1t is said that Miss .Enma Abbott, the
young Toledo, lady whom Clara Louise
! kellogg has educated for the lyric stage, has
and is about to be married. L OF fc0urse this
will impair her usefulness as a;prima donna.
Sir William Jenner, the British court
physician, has been invested by Queen Vic.
! tOria with the insignia of the order Of
knight Commander OF the Bath, in reccg-
milton of the value of his services during
the recent Illness of the Prince of Wales.
f. There IS very large company Of AIaer-
| leans ut Nassau in the West Indies, at pres
ent, including Rev. DR.. NintOn aud family,
and Prof. Charles Davies and famiiy of New
York, and Mrs. Samuel Hooper and daugh-
| ter, and the wife and daughter of Judge
\ Dwight Foster, of Boston. mn r...f, '6pi
John Bright's ideas are sound aud ,vigor-
| oUs enough. even il his health is good deal
| impaired. In recent letterto friend, the
great English Commoner says: al think
the great revolution Of opinion on many
questions which is now being witnessed in
this country (Eugland) is owing matnly to
.SAh
| is unquestionably the correct view of the
matter. '-'--'' 'f"''''H "''" .s1u
DR.. Loriny, in his speech at Pawtucl<et on
the changes in American society, said: 6 l
| have seen msny man who was proud of
the fact that his grandfather walked from
Cape Cod to Boston to enter upon a career
of honor and usefulness, and l think the
same pride viii be still more nobly display
ed when men, driven by misfortune, are
ready to retire cheerfully to the homes of
their ancestors, and to the honest industry
that awaits them there" our 8s".
The oldest retired Eaglish- officer now
living is Captain LahrbIusch. who for
many years past has resided in New \ ork.
Last Saturday he celebrated his one huu-
tdred and seventh birthday in the company
Of, q large number Of such distinguished
military men as Generals Joseph Hooker,
Barnard, "Cnlluui,- Wright, De Peyster.
! Wainwright, Sbaler; Colenei John Hay and
Major Bundy, all OF whom might have been
| his great-grandchildren. -,
Prince Henry, son Of the Crown Prince OF
the 6erman Empire, has been NJ prenticed
! tn book binder In Berlin. The Ieipsic
| Tdqeblatt states that the Crown Prince is q
coinpositor, and gives q song which was
1 sung by the men of the office to which he
belonged ON the occasion Of his marriage TO
! ~ NJ o{ IT, 10
ther, the present Emperor, was glazer.
/ Robert Collyer'senc efforts to secure
| the rebuilding OF his church have met with
Gratifying success. A large proportion Of
the necessary funds has already been raised
o plan for the building has been accepted
and work is to be begun at once. This is as
it should be, for such talent as that of the
popular clergyman Of Chicago ought to have
regular working place, and TO be kept
busy for the bene Of the people there. 10
Loui, Boehmes, well known aericultur.
] ist of Rochester, N. Y, has been engaged
by the japanese government to take charge
OF the practical details OF q Bureau of Agri-
culture at Yeddo. The same government
has secured H., NJ. Miller, United States
Customs Appraiser at San Francisco, and
Matthew Scott. Customs Examiner at that
port, to assist in organizing customs ser.
vice for Japan. These three gentlemen
sailed for Yokohama on the first of the
! present month.
Additional letters have been received In
England from Sir Samuel Baker, who is on
his way to the headquarters of the Nile in
command Of an expedition sent out by the
! Viceroy OF Egypt. In spite of the mani
expedition is making favorable progress.
i Sir Samuel describes the country thr ough
| which he has passed as msSnincent, and
says that he never before saw suca superb
/ forests of tamsrind trees as those which
cover it. ..- ~. .,....,. ..,.... ''s
The following autograph letter from Pres
| ident Lincoln was recently found In an old
desk formerly used by the late General Peter
Sweat, of Peoria, Illinois. The letter bears
| date April l, 1852: In looking over the
West for an additional major general, L. s.
/ A., can think Of no man better suited lor
! the appointment than yourself; and, if you
will accept OF the appointment, l will be
most happy to send your name to the Sen
ate. aud will Immediately order you to duty
| in General HancocS's department. Please
/ inform me at your earliest convenience
whether you will, or will rot, accept of a
commission. t.i. ,1.'F.
Mr.. Julian Hawthorne, the son of the
novelist, has tried literature for year, and
likes 1t so well that he has renounced his
profession OF civil engineer, and will devote
himself for the present to tOiwriting and pub
fishing. lie will soon return to Germany,
where he studied for year or two, and will
reside with his family In Dresden while full
filling his literary engagements. With fine
health, competent talents, and fair share
of culture and experience for one so young,
Mr.. Hawthorne has the promise ofa brilliant
future before him. He has access to several
magazines In this country, and perhaps in
England, where they are glad to get good
American writer's. - 's7'.-,E %.
Admiral Haza, of the Peruvian navy, is
now In New York, commissioned by the
Peruvian Government to examine and study
the Notifications, navy yards, navy and ord
nance of the United States also to report
on the merits of the different registers OF
shipping, known as Lloyd's books, and to
make general inquiry into the maritime re-
sources of this country. He has letters from
| the War Department instruoting the officers
In charge Of navy yards, &C., in the United
States to offer him every facility In the dis
charge Of his commission. From the Unit
ed States he goes to England, France, Prus-
sia, and other European countries, fora SIM
liar purpose. -
The last surviving son of the great Scot
tish poet, Robert Burns, died recently in
his cighty-second year. Burns had six chill
dren, OF whom three sons survived infancy.
The second of these-William NlcOl Burns
f-0utlived both his brothers by q number