New-York tribune., 1874-09-07
PERSONAL.

Mr.. A. 4. Stewart left Queenstown yester-
day in the Scotia for New-York.
Mrs. Rev. Thickston of Waverley, Iowa, Oc-
cuples the pulpit Of her husband, absent IN quest OF
health.
Geo. Singley Of Appanosse Co., Iowa, aged
100 years and the oldest man in the State has emgated
to California.
Mr. Gardiner Brewer, prominent merchant
OF Boston, said be dangerously Ill at his Summer
residence in Newport.
A telegram received in Ottawa from Rome
announces that Father Duhaimee of st. Eugene has
been appointed Bishop Of Ottawa and Father Racine or
Quebec Bishop OF Snerbrooke
Mr.. j. A. Froude has started on his tour OF
the world. He sailed on the 23d ut from Dartmouth.
England. board the waner Castle bound for the
Cape Of Good Hope.
The French Minister of the Interior has, it
is stated, instructed the newspapers to abstain from
speaking of the pecuares Of the King Of Bavaria who
is handsome. Du not happy looking resembling as mucn
as German can resemble, a Frenehwonan. the late
Mile. Descee.
Ex-Secrectary McCulloch gave this answer
to reporter of The Chieaeq Tribune who asked bm II
ihsre was any truth in the report that he had been
offered the secretaryshp OF the U. g. Treasury None
whateyer-not particle OF foqnaatlon. NeVF lnousns
OF it. You can say as much II 1t pleases you"
Tie Order of st. Stanislaus, with the addi-
tonal DECORATION of the Kughthood conferred by the
Car OF Russia on Mr. McGahau, the correspondent of
The Neuc. York Herald duSng the Khivan campaign OF
1873 the distinguished parU dkeh pl ni ~ nat
paign has been received at th6 usslan Legation aud
forwarded to Mr. McGaban in this elt,s
Messrs Jos. Ii. Blackfan, Superintendent OF
the Foreign Mail Department at Washington ana W. L.
Rambusch OF the office, who Saturday last loft
for Berne Switzerland. United States delegates to
the International Postal Congress, have been instructed
by the PostmaserG General after the conclusion OF tho
Congress 20 several European capitals for the pur
pose Of making themselves acquainted with the dfer-
ent organizations Of postal affairs.
A private letter from the Rev. DR.. New
man. former Chaplain OF the United States Senate has
been published Washington. 1t dated at st. Peters
burg. he thinks he has visited the veritabo
OF Eden that he has been among the ruins or
BeshaZzsrs palace has had his hands on the granite
was cast into. and VIII bring back brick from the tower
OF Babel After passing the Winter in London he thinks
Of coming home.
Lord Dufferin, GOvernOr-General of Canada,
has Just returned from extensive Of his domin
ions, and in recent speech this account OF his
observations among the people have learned that
the people are satisfied satisfied with their in
diydual prospects, and with the prospects OF their
country-satsted with the Government, and with the
institutions under which they prosper-satlshed 10 DO
the subjects Of the Queensaisied to be members or
the British Empire"
Gerrit Smith is becoming famous for tho
distribution OF sl 900 checks. There has not been
worthy charity long time that has not heard from
him that way. His latest act OF this kind is the for
wardlng OF the usual to Gov Osborne or Kansas,
for the sufferers by the grasshopper plague. DE
moved TO the act by the fact that while III Con-
gress he worked hard 10 Kansas from the Dlghb
Slavery, and that In saving herself from that
she also sayed the nation.