National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-12

- Cora Pearl IL coming to New York.
-"GeorEc Eliot" has made $4,000 by "Mildle-
march,"
John L. owens is drawing immsnse audi
ences at New Orleans.
Mario does not satisfy the public where he
has been trying to sing at the South.
A. T. stewart pays tl,23I.3O taxes on the
Grand Union hotel property, at Saratoga.
- beneft will shortly he given In Boston In
aid OF the family Of the late Juhn II. Sewyn.
- Spectators demand $40 and $500 for u sit
ting in the Grand Opera, st. Petersburg, on
"Patt nights"
-CapOul, in consequence OF some mysterious
pecunlaTy squabbes, has left the Theatre ltalien.
lie Ia going to Rome.
Miss Louisa King Is the female Bergh OF Au.
gusta, Ga. She enfOrccs all the laws for prevent
ing cruelty to animals.
The soprano in the largest Roman Catholic
church In New York was until lately an actress
at the Grand Opera House.
- Edwin Emm, of Southampton, England, who
has been arrested three times on account Of mis-
taken Identity, has gone MAD In consequence.
- The Empress Rugenie's answer to King
Williams message Of coincidence was In the fol-
lowing brief terms: ~ appreciate the sentiments
OF your Majesty"
= Mr.. Robert stoepei, the musician and com.
poser, has gone to Europe under four yelrs'
Engagement 10 Mr.. Bateman. He expects to
produce In London some OF his own wOrSs,
which he had no opportunity Of producing here.
- The London Times has surprised the literary
who was author Of the Coming Race as well as
the sparkling 'Parislans,' now coming out In
'BlackwOod,' and happily, as we understand, left
nearly finished"
- The Hon. Eliot Yorke Is soon to he married
TO Miss ROthschill, at Lord lIardwickes, in
Cambridgeshlre. Miss ROthschild Is one OF
those divine, rare creatures, more often sought
than found, who have more money than they
know what to do with.
- The yIsltoTR who saw the corpse OF Napoleon
III. noticed two wedding rings on his left hand
one Of these was his own, the other was that OF
Napoleon !. During his lifetime his majesty used
TO weaT.a third wedding ring-that Of his mother,
''la Refine IIOTtense." This latter ring the En-
press has kept Us souvenir.
- Bayard Taylor, concerning Horace Greeley,
writes: "There used to he paper In New YOlk
called The Ertnhg mirror, edited by certain
Hiram Fuller, afterwarl 4 blatant but not dan
gerous secessionist In London. lie Imagined his
little sheet TO be the most important journal In
the city, and was in the habit OF asking his ac-
aualntances; "Haye YOU read the Mirror to-
day7" At an editorial dinner he addressed this
question 10 Mr.. Greeley In my presence. The
latter, with an indescrbahle dTawl, almost 4
whine, replied; "Why mo- mover buy the Mir
rori Fin afraid OF exhaustlng the edition !"
80 There IL u hoy In Austin, Texas, who Is de-
slrOus Of knowing who he II. lie does not even
know his name, and yet wishes some family to
claim him. Two boys, white captives, were
taken from the Indians by Gen. Mckenzie at his
recent Victory. one OF the boys has been recog-
nlzed as Temple Friend, the son OF John Friend,
now Of EllOradO, Kansas, lie was taken AT
massacre four or Ave years ago, 10 which sey, ,N
hoy was scalped, but recovered. The grand
father Of the boy spent about 1ye thousand dol.
lars TO effect his rescue, and had given up all
hopes OF ever seeing him again. Tue other boy
has not been claimed,