The New York herald., 1872-12-17
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.


August Belmont arrived In Paris on the I'd inst
De Witt O. Littlejohn Is registered at the Astor
House.
Judge J. H. Bell. of Texas, is staying at the New
York Hotel
Judge D. Boardman. Of Ithaca, Is at the Grand
Central Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Williams, with their daugh-
ter are at Nice.
Minister Bancroft had private audience with
the Sultan on the 14th ult.
Colonel Isaac II. Bromley, OF Hartford, Is stop
ping at tho Hoffman House.
Ex-Governor r. s. Stockdale. OF Texas. Is regis
tered at the Grand Central Hotel.
General r. g. Drum, of the Uuited States Army,
has his rolls at the Sturtevant House,
Henry G. Parker, OF the Boston Gazette is among
the sojourners at the st. Nicholas Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Clark, OF this city, are In Paris
Mr. Clark is selecting works OF art for his collection
at home.
Ex-U United States Senator Alexander Mcdonald
Of Arkansas, is among yesterdays arrivals at tue
Fifth Avenue Hotel. =. ID
A Miss Alexander, said to have been member
OF Brigham Youngs family for ten years, Is TO leo.
ture on what she knows Of the same
Mr.. Charles K. Tuckerman, our late Minister to
Athens, is now in London, Intending to stay there
during the greater part q the the Winter; H..
Mf. Delpit, the author of the poem that was
lately crowned by the French Academy, Is an
American citizen and native OF New Orleans.
All the papers seem to like the election OF John
G. Nicoay, late private secretary OF President
Lincoln, as Marshal of the United states Supreme
Court.
Colonel stephen Chester, Of this city, is residing
at the Hotel dOrient, Paris. The noitre dh0tel
Is zealously following the command to ''charge
Chester, charged"
John Metz is the oldest living Missourlan not
missionary" Some missionaries become num-
mifed before they cease to labor for the salvation
Of the poor heather.
Thomas w. Conway, Superintendent OF Educa.
tion of Louisiana, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Very proper that through Conway the piccanin
nies should find way to con.
Ex-Governor william B. Lawrence OF Rhode
Island. who has been at the Brevoort House for
several days. starts for Washington to-day to begin
his lectures before the Law School OF the District
OF Columbia.
Jane Chalk, an English three stranded widow,
who has lost two spouses by death and one by
deserton, claims George Murray as being her hus-
band Number one, whose name was Francis Cot
ton. He don't cotton to her by a long chalk.
"rhose who know nice old Mr. wilson, or this
place, personally, will regret to hear that he was
killed." is the delicate way OF putting personal
item in Western paper. Regret that he was not
killed is curious.
Miss Nelson's speech at Booths the other night
reminds correspondent OF one of Fanny Esslers
at the Park Theatre on the occasion or her tempo
rary departure from those boards. viz :-"Goot
pye. 90 way now, but come back soon and take-a
you leetel doilare."
John Tyler, son OF the late ex-Presdent Tyler
and editor OF the Montgomery Advertiser, Is a can
didate for The United States Senate from Alabama.
Several parties however, stand ready to "head
him olT- as once was the case with his venerable
father when President
General Won Steinmetz, who distinguished him
self In the Austrian and French campaigns, and Won
Bettenfeld who led the Prussan right wing In the
invasion OF Bohemia are among the newly created
Prussan peers. SO Is the Rittergutsbesitzer
Count Guido Henckcl Donnersmurck.
Two Russian lades-Mlsses olga StoY and Sophie
Hasse-have been investigating the circulation OF
the spleen, by means OF ofinection and microscopic
examination. Their researches were made on the
spoens OF frogs. pigeons rabbits, mice, rats and
various other animals, as well as OF the human sub.
ect.
There is great rejoicing in Washington. An un-
expected event has happened. Society Is con-
yulsed to its foundation. Mrs. Secretary Robes0n
has another heir, and that ere Is . female baby.
The Secretary OF the Navy Is happy, and, consider
ing the time OF life when he entered upon the ex-
acting duties Of capital society, he regards his irst
season "a successful.