The New York herald., 1872-11-29
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE,

Major e. Wilkes, Of Utah, is at the Honmao
House.
General A. G. McClurg, Of Chicago, is at the Sc.
Nicholas Hotel.
DR.. F. Reynolds OF the United States Army s at
the St Denis Hotel
Baron Won yersen, OF Berlin. is stopping at tho
Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Bayard Taylor has settled with his family at
G0tba to spend several years
Colonel Steele. of the British Army, arrived yes
terday at the Brev0ort House.
Chief Engineer J. W. King, OF the United States
Navy, is at the Albemarle Hotel
w. James Perrie, of Belfast Ireland Is among
the late arrivals ut the Everett House.
Thomas H. Nelson, United States Minister to
Mexico, is registered ut the st. Nicholas Hotel.
Mr.. James w. Pinchot fthis city, who, with his.
family, spent the Summer in Normandy is now In
Paris.
John Holmes, brother OF the witty and wise
autocrat, will spend the Winter with James Rus
sell LOwel in Paris.
John b. Cough IS making efforts to raise testi-
monial to George Cruikshank, the temperance
artist, and has subscribed $500.
Mrs. Heath, the sister OF our Consul at La R0-
chele, France, is in Paris studying for the concert
room. Her voice Is reported to be very 1ne one.
The Bourbon straight candidate for the Presi.
dency did not carry single election district in the
United States In nearly 5000 polling places ho
did not get vote.
Gideon Wees corrobOrates In the December
Galarv the claim that Chief Justice Chase wrote
the closing paragraph OF the emancipation procla-
nation, containing the grand invocation to Heaven
| for It's success.
| John Hay talks of starting new evening paper
in st. Louis The Chicago Post thinks that uness
he has two or three greenback factories to draw
|
III that locality.
| The difference between tweede-dum and tweede-
| dee may be seen in tae fact that Miss Sojourner
Truth, aged ninety nine, was denied the ballot at
Battle Creek, Mich, but MISS N G. Stewart, aged
eighteen was permitted to vote for herself for Uon-
| gress at Gadsdcn, Ala.
The FyGh Arenue Ioarnsas has published this
| week spirited cartoon of Henry M. Stanley. The
distinguished explorer is seen mounted on swift
pacing camel, which bears around its neck the
words NEW YORK HERALD. The likeness (of the
| explorer, not the cameD is excellent
| There is anxiety in some quarters to have IL
stated that it was The OConnor Don, M. r.. accom-
panied by his brother, O'Connor, NJ P and not
O'Donovan Rosa, M. p, who was on the stage
Tuesday night at Father Burke's lecture. II it 10
important to know this we make oil three gentle
men concerned present Of the information.
Mr.. Elic0tt, son of the Bishop OF Gloucester,
England, has just performed pedestrian feat Of
some Importance. Leaving Gloucester at six A. NJ,
he walked to Swindon and returned to GlOucester
in excellent condition toward ten O'Clock the same
evening, the whole journey-a distance OF sixty
two miles-having thus been accomplished at the
rate of four miles an hour.
According to the Cincinnati Commercial, when
Mr. Jesse II. Grant entered the C0vington Post
Once on Monday and saw Mr.. Easton there he ex-
planned the situation in the following amlable
way:-"Ain't you gone YETI Now, look here, II you
don't leave here you'll get hurt-youn get into
other rumpus sure. I'm going to clear this Post
once OF your presence If it takes me all Winter
and next Summer, toO."