The New York herald., 1874-12-16
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

There's some stun IN the Van Brunts.
Colonel Anson Mills, United states Army, II
quartered at the Astor House,
MIR. BENSON J. LOSING Is among the latest
arrivals at the Coleman House.
General George A. sheridan, OF New Orleans, 10
staying at the Ftith Avenue Hotel.
ConeI essman John McNulta. OF Illinois, IL r..
siding tenn porarily at the GIlsey House.
Ex.Stafe senator Aoiah W. Palmer, OF Amenas
N. Y, is sojourning at the Grand Hotel.
Comptroller Nelson X. Hopkins arrived rom
! Albany yesterday az the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
! From the jea ousy OF women and the music Of
amateurs good Lord deliver us!-Vie Partssenne.
Congressman William X. Roberts, OF this city,
arrived at the Astor House Yesterday from WASH
ington.
Commissary General Gardiner, OF the ritsh
Army, has returned to his quarters at tn, New
York Hotel.
General Franklin Townsend. formerly Gov
ernor Hoffman'5 stan, Is registered at he st.
James RoteL
Assemblymen George s. Batcheller, siith NJ.
Weed ana Harvey G. Eastman are at te Fifth
Avenue Hotel.
The bravest man bears the brunt o! evry case.
but there are iew burglars who would car to bear
the Van Brunt OF 1t.
General Caangarnier was a candidae In nis
tiuns, and was beaten.
II Charley Ross is found In consequence Of the
shooting done by the Van Brunts, hov much Of
the reward will they be entitled tor
DR.. Isaac Butt the "Home RUE" dember OF
Parliament for Lmerick, Ia about to lave Europe
for the United States on lecturng toir.
We never could have had the death penalty ap-
piled to Kidnapping save through the processes by
which "Time at last sets all things even."
Edward Aired Warren, OF the British Museum,
has just died. Although only tnrty-eght he had
been twenty years in the Museum, employed on
the catalogue.
Berlin and Ma0rid do not get on we'll in the
same boat, and Prussia will change her represen-
tatlve in Spain IN the hope to get on better.
Count Hazi ieldt Will 60 home, and Count Pergen,
o Bavarian may take hrs place.
Some Young men In Vienna have formed matr.
monial league. Every member OF the league must
be the son OF man OF property and must pledge
himself to marry poor girl one who has neither
dowry nor expectations, and must forfeit 5000
forms II he violates the pledge.
In England clergyman had had the smallpox,
but was 80 as to be aoout," and invited friend
to breakfast. His friend caugh. the malady and
communicated II to his wife, who died. There.
upon the friend sued the parson for inviting him
to bTeaktast, and recovered damage In 2l and tho
amount OF the wiie's funeral expensea
As 1t is announced that Governor Dix will IRE.
celve no more applications for pardon" people
may naturally inquire II IT IS optional with Cover
nors ol States to refuse attention to cases that
may possibly call or the exercise OF the pardoninR
power. or II tins Is duty, like any other, to b
taken in It's turn.
the Albany Evening Journal OF yesterday says
at Is understood that General Franklin Town
send OF this CITY, Adjutant General OF the safe
Militia under Governor Hoffman, Will be calIsd to
the same position By Governor Tilden, and that
General J. B. Woodward OF Brooklyn, wElbe In
spector General, and Colonel Charles Tyacey OF
this city, VIII be one OF the AIDES.
AT the Paris Observatory there Is telescope n
the course OF construction that Will be the largest
ever yet made The tube will DE fifty ret In length
and six feet eight inches In diameter IL was be-
gun by Leon Foucault In 1865, but tse construction
was interrupted by his death. In the troubles or
1901 no Frencnman had a heart for science.
Now, however, the completion Of this great in
strument has been undertaken by the astronomer
WOLF
Cuizot's heirs have discovered the suit which
was the last expression OF Guzot's pride. Hts
idea was that neither himself nor his family should
be Indebted to the Empire, which he hated One
OF MS amily was thus indebted and had accepted
assistance from the Emperor, and the suit was
that the Emperor's heirs should be compelled to
accept repayment from Guzot. In this material
time It is rare to see a suit maintained on one
side to compel the acceptance or $4,000 and the
otner upholding the right to refuse the sum-
Paris will make great occasion OF the opening
Of the new opera. The Lord Mayor OF Lon.
don and the Burgomasters OF Berlin, Vienna and
Brussels are invited BY the city authorities. The
music will be "Ovcrture TO La Muetten that Is, to
.Masaniello." as we call It; the first and second
acts OF Halevy's 'Juive." with Mlle Krauss and
M. villaret; the Cathedral act IN 'Faust," with
NILSSON and Faure, and the third and fourth acts
Of Ambrose Thomas "Hamat,r also with Nilsson
paurA