New-York tribune., 1875-09-24
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Paul Du Chaillu is in the lecture field
again with his always entertaining talk about the gofas
and dwarfs Of Africa
Lady Burdett COutts presented drinking
fountain and cattle trough recently to the City OF Man
chester England.
-Representative Myers Of Philadelphia is
in Washington with the design 1t is said, OF representing
the Keely Motor Company before the United states
Patent Office
Parson BrownlOw, who was 70 years old last
MONTH attributes his preservation in the midst OF great
dangers and OF prison to the fact that lie has never
voted the Democratic ticket
The ViscOunt de Castillo, q Portuguese
writer both In prose and verse, and the translator OF
Ovid Goethe and Shakespeare died short time since at
Lisbon of cerebral fever at the age Of 10.
Mr. Bradlaugh, in speech at Northampton,
England on the 10th nst said that he was about start
ing for America but he would Immediately return in the
event Of there being vacancy III Northampton ~ld
contest the seat
Mr. L. w. Volk Chicago sculptor, has
new statue OF stephen A. Douglas nearly finished which
IA said to be different those previously executed by
him. all the copies of which, with single e4eepuon'
were destroyed by nre.
A Partisan gentleman who died recently, and
whose name is unknown, left 100000 to the Minister OF
Fine Arts condition that the sum be spent in the erec-
ton OF colossal statue France the summit Of the
Arc de Triomphe.
Mr.. John Thirlwall, son of the late Bishop
Thrlwa is opposed to the project on foot to establish
theological college in Wales in memory OF his father.
who he says, always lad strong olecuon W sucn az
institution.
Ninety Mussulman, Jewish and Christian
prisoners confined for debt in the prisons at CONSTANT
nope were recently released the request Of the Sui
tans mother, her Highness paying the hnes amounting
in all to about $1,000.
The Memoirs of Prince Hardenberg, which
on tho death Of deposited in the private
archives of State and by the orders Of Frederick vii
lam III not to be published Tor " years. are now
bpin
Admiral George Greville Wellesley of the
British Navy will arrive in this city this morning from
Newport The Admiral will be accompanied by his wife
and daughter the Flag Lieutenant OF the frigste Bel
lerophon and Capt Gore Jones Of the British Legation
at Washington
NJ. Theirs is indefatigable. He is preparing
in addition his other labors work for the future
guidance and instruction Of his countrymen in which
medicine geology, aud astronomy and his experience
in politics, military history. and commerce.
Capt. Webb was presented, on the 9th inst
in London, with gold pocket chronometer bearing
outside his monogram and the inside this nscrip
sion having performed the unprecedented feat OF
swimming the Channel by few OF his friends aud
admirers"
Mr. Gladstone, in an address at the laying of
the foundation stone Of the Kings School at Ches
ter, England said that this was time in which it
was necessary for all who connected with the COM
mercia and trading classes OF this country TO bestr
themselves II they wished to nahta ther P1so od as
would be to bring out OF the aboring community con
number @ G ThS wga De So a hs eona h
competition of manual laborers among themselves
ers was becoming. and would become sharper anu
sharper.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-Secretary DelanO
went to Mount Vernon, Ohio, last night.
ALBANY, Sept. 23.-Advces from Kinder
hook state that Judge John II. Reynolds is dying