New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-19
PERSONAL,
been revised.

Jules Simon Is said to have the best chance
OF succeeding NJ Guizot In the French Academy.
Twenty SophOmOres of Dartmouth College arc
afflicted with that cheerful and picturesque complains
known as the Inuunps
1t is proposed to give Mr. George Smith OF
the British Museum 81 900 out Of tho English Civil Ser
vice appropriations In recognition OF his eIplorai'asm
Assyra.
Prof. Marsh of Yale College has refused an
offer of the chair of the Late Jees Wyinan in Harvard
College, With salary cf $4,000 preferrtng to remain ta
his present position without any salary.
The Rev. David Swing has at last been finally
disposed Of BY the Chicago Presbytery. They had .
meeting on Tuesday last and after very soemn ond de-
missed from that body, but simply dropped"
A half length life-sizcd portrait of Mr. Robert
Browning has been completed by Mr. Budof Lehmann
OF London which said to give great satisfaction to ak
the friends Of poet The figure Ia saning the beah
slightly turned to tho right with the right hand resting
the hip The portals said to DO not 80 much 81 Mr.
hs irsnd. the poet ae Oh r a. nc
A small strip of parchment bearing date
Of l646, and signed by Gov. John Endic0tt OF Mas
sacLusets exhibited ct the recent annual meeting OF
the Massachusetts, Historical Society. The document,
witch was the commission of Roger Car lieutenant
10 the military service OF Massachusetts Bay 10 IN psrecs
rreservation. and the handwriting enre lesibs after
The cane which Senator Sur1ner walked
With during the Summer after he was assaulted BY Free
ton Brooks In the possession OF tho Csares sumner
Lodg. Of dFeows of Cleveland II was presented 10
nor ave H. MI Spauldng visited Br. sumner while hs
was In the Allegheny Mountains in searcs Of sen1n.
ing that be had cut and trimmed It with hs hands
Mr.. Stephen w. Kellogg arrived in town
promptly after TIE TGUsEs appeal to him to announce
what he was going do With the back LAY lying still sub
ject TO his order 10 Washington. Uo read the article
through with great caro- but was not heard 20 mako
rap1u xvha IN
given no information rs TO bis purpose ms IS naa.
Hs TRiDCss cannot undertake 90 prm an aros 81 'n
ought to DO able TO his mind with lcss pressure
Victor Hugo has taken his stand In favor OF
woman's Rights. In recent letter to tho ffence
Society tho Ameloraon of the Position OF Women be
said that all the efforts Of his life had been to secure
better lot for women and added Man hos been the
problem of the eighteenth century, woman the prooea
Of the nineteenth and 10 say woman is to say child thss
4, 10 say the future The question thus put appears In al
IL, gravity II Is In Its solution that Lies the supreme
social appeasal Woman can do al for manLnothng f9r
when she Is so powerful Let recognize that ferblc,
moss ard protect IT. let VA recognize thai power ana
intercst do not tire OF saying tho problem u p put
10 solved Whosfss Sss F a Z, Of the saSa
race is outside equality; It must DO made to rosner:
viii be one Of tho great gores OF our TO- The
rights OF the manthat Is to say. 70 put tne ia~s
equilibrium with the customs"
One of the Shah's daughters was married on
IAN 20 10 the Imam Jumch Of Teheran. Aoorrcspondcns
Of The London Acadeny writes that public opinion IN
Persia egaed the marriage another Ink OF the CHAM
with which tho King tries to attach himself to the ptcst
hood and then adds this description OF the festivities at
tending the wedding: The bride vailed. and covesec
With what looked liks o waving mass OF
molten gold, was taken TO her husbands houes
at half past nine soldiers. with candles 10 ths
muzzles Of tholr guns lined the road. The walls o.
the houses were Illuminated with Oil lamps and a. ths
princess left fathers palace guns were nred ana n
works let OF The fireworks went of very wc ytth ous
q few exceptions the roof where wo bad sak.n ~
our stand some hundreds OF rockets suddenly brs! on
ali burning many Of the spectators. ana some
and stars exploded just as the brides esrrss
passing frightening the horses aud burning tue unofs
OF rrony soldiers and servants To-day grand slv0 "
artillery was fired off, and some Festivities took p'see
the Great square"