The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-09
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

General J. B. Stonehouse, Of Albany, is at the
Aston House.
Ex-Governor J. Gregory Smith, Of Vermont, Is at
the BrevOOrt House.
Congressman william Williams, OF Buffalo, is at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Edmund Yates arrived at the BrevO0rt House,
from the West, last night.
King Oscar, OF Sweden, has accepted the title of
admiral in the DGnish feet.
Ex-Congressman c. v. Culver. of Pennsylvania,
is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
District Attorney William Hammerdey, of Hart
ford, is at the Brevoort House.
Edwin James, it is rumored, is about to petition
to be restored to the English Bar
The rance Of His Highness the Gaekwar Of Ba-
roda has given birth to a daughter.
Congressman II. H. Harrison, of Nashville, is
staying at the Grand Central Hotel.
Count Won Stahl, of the German Legation at
Washington, is stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The coffee house agitators in New Orleans are
beginning to subside. was it tempest In a tea
pOts
Gh0lam Mahomed Khan, Khagwani, Extra Assis-
tant Commissioner, is transferred from the Pcsha-
wur to the Shahpur district, India.
DR.. Gtisseld, the glacial explorer, who is to lead
the Congo expedition, subscrbes $500 to the fund
OF the Berlin Geographical Society, and the fund is
likely soon to Be raised.
The old conundrum, "Can q church exist without
a bishopa" Is changed to 'Can kingdom exist
without Mrs. Bishop ?" in the case Of the present
political situation In the Sandwich Islands.
Tenison. the "blue-b looded Irishman." lately
imprisoned on a charge Of bigamy, at Pough
keepsie, Is at the Aston House, meditatng legal
revenge for the sufIerings he endured in being held
on false charge.
Some pleasant words were spoken on Monday
Judge Ward Hunt from the Commission Of Appeals
to take his place upon the bench OF the Supreme
Court OF the United States.
Supervising Special Agent Nudge, of the Treas
ury Department, received telegram yesterday
from Jacksonville, Fla, announcing the fact that
Collector j. 8. Adams, recently reported az missing
from Jersey City, is at present at Tallahassee, Fla
The Pope was presented, on the Jete OF the I'm
maculate Conception, the 9Th ut., with an album
containing the autographs and monetary offerings
OF the Count de Chambord, the ex-Kng Of Naples,
the Dukes OF Parma and Modsna, and other titled
ultramontanes.
Colonel McComb, OF the Credit Mobiier inquis
ton, is said to be worth s5oOO,O0O. when he ted
the Hon. Mr. Alley, the ether day. that II he Alley
were twenty-five years younger he weuld comb
him down In more ways than one," he certainly
did not mean to curry favor with the venerable
Congressman. The remarks may be characterized
ias McCombs dam. -
Ex-Governor Holman, with his family sailed for
Europe on the steamship Parthia yesterday. It
lad been intended by number Of the Governors
personal and political friends to escort him down
the bay and vent their enthusiastic regard for him
in speeches, cheers, &C. on the way. He, however,
desired them not to carry out their project as he
wished to be known now only as private citizen.
A few of his near friends accompanied the Govern
or to the steamer and bade him hearty farewell.
Mr.. Clark Bell, in his inaugural address as Presi-
dent Of the Medico Legal Society OF this city, set
forth the lack OF proper facilities for reference to
works on medical jurisprudence. He urged that,
as none Of our libraries embrace good collection
of these works, the society should take measures
to have procured the one thousand volumes, more
or less, that comprise them. Since the time of the
address nothing has been heard OF the matter.
The revival Of the Wharton case at Annapolis
should renew interest In 1t.