New-York tribune., 1874-07-03
PERSONAL.

Senator Ferry of Connecticut is said to be in
better health than he has enjoye for years.
Secretary Bristow leaves Washington for
Louisville to night to attend the funeral Of near
relation.
The Rev. A. r. Van Nest, pastor of the
Union Church at Florence, Italy has resigned aud viii
return TO this country.
A monument to Martin Luther, to be set up
in Paramount Park, Philadelphia during the Centennial
year. is talked OF by the Lutherans.
Chief-Justice Waite will spend the Summer
at ST. Albans. VT, instead Of at Lyme. lie has arrived
at the former place with bis family.
The Handel and Hayden Society of Brook
yn congratulated upon Its good sense 10 elect
ing Dr. Leopold Damrosch conductor for the next season.
DIR. Damrosch has accepted the office.
Whittier puts an end to the controversy over
this line in his poem on Sumner: " He saw hot snals
cloud and fame" by writing that the word printed
"hot" should be noG," since that Is what he wrote
Gen. G.. p. 7. Beauregard has received the
appointment OF Chief Engineer Of the Argentine
Republic with salary OF $oOc0 in gold per annum, and
he will sail from this city for south America within
few days. He will have charge OF the defensive works.
River.
Miss Susan f. Dickinson, a sister of the
brilliant lecturer inherng her full share OF the talent
OF the family, is about to make her appearance also on
the lecture platform, Brought up among tue Qlaksrs
she has frequently addressed large audiences Already
but mainly heretofore IN churches aud on themes nos
calculated TO challenge newspaper notice.
Private letters from Berlin speak of the
great satisfaction with which the promotion Of Mr..
Nicholas Fish First Secretary OF the American Le
CATION is received In that city. "Mr. Fish," writes
Boston Clergyman, "has worked very hard here, noe
even taking the vacations which the law allows him;
aud he and his wife very highly esteemed IN Berlin,
and besides are very attentive 10 Americans"
Gen. William Myers of the Quartermasters
Department Col s. c. syford Of the Ordnance Corps
left Washington for San Francisco where Wednesday
they the Of July IL for Japan. These
officers will have charge, with instructions 10 present
in person the Mlkado, complete assortment OF all
uniforms, arms and equipments In use by the various
corps OF the army The object OF this mission to re-
turn in some degree the many presents sent 10 tbls
Government by the Japanese authorities.
An extract from private letter, written in
Rome to gentleman in Boston, and published in Tho
Boston TranScrip gives these interesting particulars
concerning the excavations at the Coliseum AT
depth OF 80 feet below where We used to consider the
level Of the arena teshave reached the original pave
GeAt, which Is OF bricks set up edgewse. Underneath
that is immense cloacs sewer. large number of
marble and granite columns have been found. with
finely carved capitals, all broken. some into three or
four pieces. Many mutlated statues, aud much else
that ragmentary and OF interest Is being continually
unearthed. Everything 10 10 be removed down 70 the
original pavement This will take at least another year,
when another OF arches VIII then be visible inslde
IL 10 evident that there pre- giOus building on lbs
site and that or these runs under this mOnsTOu
masonry belong to an almost prehistoric period"