New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-26
PERSONAL.

II is stated that statue of Gen. Joseph
Warren Will be erected, in Charlestown Mass when hs
Tooth anniversary Of tue Battle OF BunAers hl oe'o
Drated-ln 1875.
Lady Frances ConyGgham of England has
Travelled overland from Mogador to Tanjier, and 1t
said she is the first woman who undertook such
journey III Morocco.
Don Ignacio Castor, lately deceased, at Sar
Antonio, Texas, aged %, soldier under Gen. JACK
sons command and participated in the battle Of New
Orleans, In 1915.
In Portsmouth, n. H., there is a patriarchal
gentleman who has just been presented with bis twenty
fifth child At the latest reports, he was donG as Weu
could be expected.
The King of Denmark has formally thanked
Prof Watson OF the Michigan University for having
named newy-discovered asteroid after his daughter
the Princess Thyra.
Count de Rem, it is stated has discovered
on his estatea property which formerly spprtaned y
the oldest Benedctine Convent in Francehe first Ms
OF Sidonius ApOllinarius.
Mr.. Swinburne begins recent poem
addressed to dead king with rather an abrupt INC
10 Go down 10 hell This end /, good to see"
A memorial window, commemorative oil Oh
John Franklin has been placed in a church In LONDON
OF which Sir John was one Of the founders and when
attended chiefly by sailors
The Knoxville Chronicle says that Senator
Brownow is in better health than he has enjoyed during
the last six years and mentions the speaking ae '1''
" his voice Is stronger than usual"
The Church of the Holy Trinity, at Sanger
ties N Y, will be adorned with stained glass window
representing the crucihxon, designed aud executed T
William Morris, the English poet
Mr.. j. II. Young has been commissioned 10
paint for the War Department, portrait Of Gen Knox
He WILL is stated make copy OF the portrait OF knof
that is IN Faneuil Hall, Boston.
The heirs of Rembrandt Peale have presented
XorkfO
TO the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association aud VIII no"
embellish the mansion OF Washington.
The Premiers during Queen Victora's reign
have been: Melbourne; Peel, 1sIl RUSSELL 1876; pero''
1885, Aberdeen. 1851; Palmerston, 1882 RUSSELL 1907
Derby, 1865 Disraeli, 1865; Gladstone, 1908
Col. f. l.. Drake, said 10 be the first borer
petroleum oil IN venango County, Penn Is we s'
a resident of Bethlehem, Penn, poor and IN teeO'
health. A pension is asked for him, from the state
II is stated that the statue of Franklin
presented to New. Orleans by Mr.. c. A. Weed, ana n
ported In February 1871 has remained In W
this time, unclaimed, aud Will now De SOFA AZ
DR.. w. Brydon, c. b.. of the Bengal Medi-
cal Service lately deceased was survivor OF the To
treat from Cabul In 1872, and In Jelalabad ane
afterward In Lucknow. when those places were oeSi'
MFR. James Il. Fields of Boston has been an
gagged slnce tho publication OF his yesterdays wiz
Authors" (which has already reached seventh eui'V
OH a course Of six lectures on Authors anu po'
These lectures said 10 be OF personal paturS
are TO be given In several of the Eastern colleges "
the present year.
The citizens of Birmingham, Alabama, have
presented 20 the founder OF their city. Col. james ~
Powell, a magnificent knife, made at Birmingham SA
gland 1t is composed OF gold from Australia s'e'
from Peru pearl from Africa, and steel from the moas
talns OF Alabama, IL was designed by Frsnsn - h.
aud made by a. English workman. lt Is thought " -
the handsomest knife ever manufactured .
DR.. Brown-Sequard lately lectured before 'n0
physicians of Boston, on diseases OF the brain hes
ported 70 have said TO the brain, that ono p
affected another and that pressure on one place
certainly relieve another" He asked ms nsa liz
20 make experiments IN the treatment OF s ina
eases after this manner, 70 compare notes anu s''
result OF Investigations 10 the sCienupe wVrlo'