The New York herald., 1874-12-22
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

thirty.
Colonel II. 8. McComp, OF Delaware, IS registered
at the Brevoort House.
Governor E. M. McCook, OF Colorado, is sojourns
ing at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Mr.. Jerome B. Parmepter, OF the Troy Press, 70
staying at the Westminster HOTEL
General George W. McCook, OF ohio, Is among
the latest arrivals at the Windsor Hotel.
has 1t been settled who wrote "Beautiul snow"
and is it quite certain the snow IS beautiful?
Comptroller Nelson X. Hopkins arrived IRON
Albany last evening at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Algiers has resolved to organize On inter.
national exhibition, to begin IN November, 1875.
Mr.. Charles Bradlaugh returned to this city from
Chicago yesterday, and Is at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel.
Naval Constructor ". l.. Hanscom and Professor
Asaph Hall, United States Navy, are residing at
the Union Square Hotel.
Albert Durer Is to have statue. The work win
be eight Ieet hign and will he executed BY
Schmidtgruper, OF VIENNA
Inspector General Randolph d. Marcy and Cap
tain +. d. Baker, United States Army, are
quartered at the New York Hotel.
beautiful decorative painting OF Orpheus has
been discovered in .he ruins of Pompen. Orpteus
strikes the Tyre with his LETT hand.
Dr. Ltvngstones book was announced for tho
18th inst. The edition Will consist OF 1900, Of
The Marquis de Clermont. Tonnerre, formerly
Secretary OF the French Legation at Washington,
has been transferred, with the same RANK, to ST.
Petersburg.
Important frescoes, attributed to Pcrugno, have
come to light in the Cathedral OF Corneto. The
Italian government has ordered Bompiout the
painter, 10 examine them.
In Belfast ladies' ske.ching club has been es.
tablished The course or instruction is more
thorough and complete than II the government
schools, as proved by results.
Among 129 new books registered in the Punjauh
India, Is one "In Peaise OF God the Prophets, Her
Majesty Lord Lawrence, Sir Robert Montgomery
and the late Sir Donald Macleod"
MIS- Rousoy, the celebrated English ,rcss, ar.
rived yesterday on the Baltic She was accom-,
panied by Manager Grau. Her nrst appearance
takes place at the Lvceum. January 4.
Russia intends to thoroughly Russia nize nei
German provinces, Esthobia, Livonia and Cour.
land Prussia disapproves, ana this only opens
Gortschaxo's eyes clearly to tue necessity OF
the case.
NJ +. Houston, executive GER OF the United
States schoolship jamestown, lett the city yester.
day by the steamer CITY OF Toxic for San Fran.
cisco via Aspnwall The jamestown has been IN
commission for two months at San Francisco.
Dublin has established permanent classes fol
drawing from the living model. qualified students
viii be permitted to study in these without
charge. And with all our boasted educational
advantages students In New York have to depend
on private efforts for their instruction.
Germany has asked the Italian government for
casts OF the celebrated works In marble and
bronze, notably OF the "venus de Medici," 1.-The
Medlcean Vase" Cenls .Perseus' and the
celebrated rIezes which Donatello and Robbice
sculptured for the Duomo but which are at
present III the Museo Rationale.
william Hart has just given the finishing
touches 10 an important landscape, the sccno
being laid In Keene Valley. group OF cattle
form an interesting feature in the composition.
Several smaller works-autumnal scenes with
brilliant foliage and harmonious skies are In
their lranies receiving the last touches.
It's stated that there mas recently been discov.
cred In Paris record OF the proceedings or tns
English House OF Commons during considerable
portion OF the seventeenth and eighteenth cen
turies 1t is believed that these records, which
are very carefully written, were supplied by suc
cessiye French ambassadors to the government OF
France.
Two French sdrdns have presented to tho
French Academy OF Sciences the result OF thetI
experiments upon nlmo produced ny the
mixture OF sulphur o; caroon and boxde OF nitro
gen The light produced by u Is so intense as tt
quite eclipse the sun. BY the hep OF 1t photog
rapners Will DE aoc 10 do their WORK at any hour
or the day or night and in any condition OF the
atmosphere.
over hundred people are reported to be stop
ping at the hospce OF 81 Bernard in the Alps
unable to proceed into italy or Switzerland on &C
count OF the recent heavy snow storms. Great
fears are entertained that the provisions In tho
hospce nav. given out. Seven men were recently
lost in the snow wnile making their way TO Inc
hospce and a short time back letter carrie,
with letters and large amount OF money was los,
In the nelghbornood OF Andermatt. tee nearest
village to the hospice.