The New York herald., 1872-10-31

Secretary Belknap leaves Washington for Iowa
Saturday.
Colonel Lyman, Of Montreal. is at the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel.
Rear Admiral Boggs, Secretary OF the Light
house Board, is very sick at his home In the ma
tlonal capital. Visitors are excluded from his
room by the physicians.
Arimori Mori the Japanese Minister, yesterday
arrived at the st. Nicholas Hotel, with two Of his
Young countrywomen, whom he is about to place
In an institute OF learning
The Earl and Countess Of Caithness were pe.sA,;.'
gers on the steamship Java, that c.mn In vester
day. They are now at the tn. ""-cv6ort House, where
they VIII remain for Rome days before beginning .
tour of the country.
General Sh ,rman was out yesterday for the first
time since his recent sickness he rode to the
War Department In the morning and devoted
some time to Official business, returning homo
about noon. Great solicltude has been manifested
relative to his health, and during his brief illness
many distinguished PERSONS including large
representation from the diplomatic corps, army
and navy, called to make inquiry about his health
Miss Nelson, the accomplished English actress,
arrived here by the steamer Java yesterday She
Is accompanied by her husband. Mr.. Lee, by whose
name she is not generally known, as on the stage
she retains that cognomen under which she ac
much power. She has taken apartments at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. Miss Nelson will shortly ap1
pear at Booths Theatre in the character OF Juliet
and submit to the anectlonate caresses of Romeo
In the person OF the dubious Bangs.
DR.. Edward Young, Chief of the Bureau OF Sta
tistcs at Washington is at the st. Nicholas Hotel
He arrived from Europe on the steamship Italy on
Tuesday night His visit to Europe was caused by
his appointment by the government to attend the
International Statistical Congress that lately held
Its sessions at st. Petersburg under the patronage
OF the Russian government. DR.. Young says that
the proceedings OF the Congress, while important
in their results, werc yet marred by the tmprao-
tical views advanced by some Of the delegates. He
was one of the vice presidents OF the body and
member Of the committees on Commerce and In
dustry, through which he reported to the Congress
a great deal of information concerning the COM
mercial and industrial condition Of this country.
William M. Evarts, the distinguished lawyer and
associate counsel with Mr.. Caleb Cushing on be-
half OF the United States at the Geneva Arbitration
Conference, reached this city at late hour on
Tuesday night, and went Immediately to his home.
at the northeast corner Of Second avenue and
Fourteenth street. He has been absent about five
months, and reports very pleasant passage by
the Cunard steamship Java, which was ten days
making the passage to New York: Mr.. Evarts M was was
lands greatest law lords lord Tenterden), and
the United States was not compelled to
lower its eagle crest before the British lion
debates. Mr.. Evarts is in excellent health and
spirits, and was called upon by representative Of
the HERALD in regard to the labors OF the Amert-
can Commissioners at Geneva. at his residence.
He declined very courteously to be interviewed.
however, stating "that it was too near the cleo
tions and that he did not deem 1t wise to say any
thing at this juncture, when political affairs were
so very much mixed. Mr.. Evarts has. no doubt,
received full and complete instructions from Mr..
viewers, by cable telegram as the venerable Secre>
tary OF State ere this has had cause to appreciate
the energetic enterprise OF the HRRALD.