The New York herald., 1872-12-06
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

| Senator william Window, OF Minnesota, is at the
| Fifth Avenue HOTEL
| The Empress OF Austria spends annually $4,000
| 1Orins for her wardrobe.
New York city is to have the big Jubilee drum as
| sign for music store.
State Senator II. r. PersOn, OF Albany, Is stop.
ping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Edmund Yates leaves the BreyOort House to-day
for the West to begin his lecturing tour.
Six thousand novels have been published In
France this year, up to the 1st Of August
Count Andrassy, the Austrian Chancellor, Is so
near-sighted that he can scarcely read at oil.
Mr.. George Catlin the artist and delneater Of
Indian character, is lying dangerously i'll in Jersey
City.
Hon. Lewis d. Campbell is seriously i'll at his
residence in Hamilton, Ohio, with very slight hopes
OF his recovery.
The saloon carriage of Prince Bismarck is to be
forwarded free of charge on all German railways,
whether State private.
Henry L. Pierce declining the republican nomi
nation for Mayor OF Boston, the present incumbent
Mr.. CASTOR, has a clear field
The Boston Advertiser endorses Charles Francis
Adams for Secretary of State in place of Mr.. Fish,
Is Boutwell,, then, going out, to02
After visit of six weeks in England the Queen
of the Netherlands has returned home, and the
Bayard Taylor has settled with his family OF
Gotha to spend several years. He has had enough
Of rambling about, and means to rest.
The health OF the late postmaster at Dexter Ind,
is being much inquired after. He had voted for
Greeley, and lost his position-salary $l2 per
annum.
Mr. Alexander Mcdonald, President of the Miners
Association OF Scotland, has been presented with
check for f62O by the miners Of Scotland, in re.
cOgnitiOn of his services.
The st. Louis Globe fathers the assertion that
s'the Pope says he will die next year." Now for
the month, the day and the hour, and If possible,
further particulars in full!
Brigadier General Cook, commanding the Depart
ment of the Lakes will, it is said shortly retire
from service. He is sixty-two years old, and has
been forty five years in military harness.
Queen yictorias son, the Duke of Edinburg has
arrived OF Gemunden, on q visit to the family OF
the unemployed King George Of Hanover, who has
two daughters supposed to be manageable.
W. H. Hooper, Congressional delegate, yesterday
arrived at the ST. Nicholas Hotel, his way to the
capital He was accompanied by Bishop George
Q. Cannon, big gun OF the Mormon Church.
Ex-Governor J. Gregory Smith, of Vermont: Jay
Cooke and Franklin d. Gowen, OF Philadelphia, are
at the Brevoort House, having come on to attend
the meeting OF the Directors OF the Northern
Pacific Railroad that was held yesterday.
General Sheridan has returned to Chicago from
his journey through the Indian Territory. General
Phil loves the Indians much that he is sorry there
are not more Of them, as then fair fight might
reasonably get rid Of sundry pending difficulties.
| magnificent pianoforte has been sent from
London to the youthful Empress Of China. The
manufacturers, doubtful OF the musical abilities o.
the Celestial lady, have added "a grinding appa
ratus.n The tunes chosen are-"God Save the
| Queen.n the "MIserere," from 'TrOvat0re,r the
| .sLaucers' Quadrillei' and the .Marseaise."
| A MOhammedan female OF Belgaum has addressed
letter to Khan Bahadoor Nusscrwanjee Jamas-
ice, priest OF tho Parsees in the Deccan, in which
she applies to be admitted into the Z0roastrian
ligion. She states in the letter that for the last
twelve years she puts on shirt and sacred thread
according to the customs observed by the Parsees.
The holy man did not Parseeve the point.
The Cincinnati Enquirer was shown on Monday
last one OF the last Gf not the very last letters
written by Horace Greeley before his demise 1t
was letter of thanks to General s. f. Cary for his
exertions in the late campaign. The following is
the text Of the letter.
NEW YORK, Nov 10, 1872.
MY DEAR SR--I wish | might say to you how
gratefully and devotedly am yours,
General SAMUEL +. CARY, Cincinnati, Ohio.