The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-24

Brick Pomeroy is rusticating among the Buck
eyes.
Sir John Ham, Of Canada, Is at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel.
G. J. Bonaparte, of Baltimore, is at the New York
Hotel.
Charlotte Cushman is doing driving business at
Newport.
G. W. Grimm, United States Consul at Copenhagen,
Is In Cincinnati
Father GavazN yesterday returned to his apart
ments at the New York Hotel
Homer A. Nelson, of Poughkeepse, ex-Secretary
OF State, Is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Colonel J. @. Lewis, Of the United States Army,
has taken quarters at the Ast0r House.
George W. Childs, Of the Philadelphia Ledger yes
terday arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
John H. Davis, OF Wall street, returned yesterday
in the Atlantic from Summer trip to Europe.
United States Senator J. r. West, of Louisiana, is
again in town. stopping at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Albert J. Dowell, Jr., Of Washington, has &C
cepted the post OF editor of republican journal
In Nashville.
Baron G. Won LINGERIE, OF Germany, is at the
Metropolitan Hotel. Whether or not he will linger
long about the city is not known.
State Senator John r. Tompkins, OF Alabama Is
at the st. Nicholas Hotel. Mr.. Tompkins is among
the most eminent of the members of the Order Of
Odd-Fellows.
Rev. +. F. Brooks, Of New York. died at Elgln,
ILL.,, on Sunday last, while ON visit to friends.
The reverend gentleman had been in i'll health for
some time.
John ]. Knox, Comptroller of the Currency and
his wife and daughter, have returned to Washing
ton from Rye Beach, where the two latter have
spent the Summer.
Mr.. Russell Quincy the British member of the
Brtish-American Claims Commission, yesterday
came to this city from Newport. He is now at the
Brevoort House,
The Countess de Dion, Of Paris, yesterday ar
rived at the Clarendon Hotel. There are now a
couple of dyln' persons at the Clarendon yet both
are lively as crickets. Strange isn't ita
Mrs. Anna s. Dimick a pleasing correspondent
of the Boston Globe and authoress of high liter
airy attachments, has returned to her prairie home
in Milford, Seward county, Neb after an extended
tour through the White and Green Mountains
Canada, &c.
The Boston Transcript mentions the fact that the
Rev. Increase Mather, D. d., President of Harvard
College, was one of the most impressive preachers
Of his time. He prepared his sermons with great
care but never 1t Is said, took manuscript or
even a memorandum into the pulpit.
Sher Campbell, the basso, while lately at Aix.les-
Bains, France sang at a charity concert His part
ner in duo, during the performance, was a Russian
princess who Is said to possess magnificent voice.
strange story is told OF the marvellous change in
this gentlemans voice by one Of his old colleagues
in the minstrel profession. While very young he
joined troupe of Ministries in New England
town. He travelled with them for some time, con-
tributing by the use Of fine alto voice greatly to
the success Of his companys entertainment. But
one morning, while in California, he awakened as
the possessor or full, rich baritone. The wonder
at the change was great, as his voice had given no
evidences of gradual mutation, and he himself had
never alluded to It's variation II he knew that it
was occurring