New-York tribune., 1875-08-18
PERSONAL.
the change.

Mr. John Bright denies the truth or the
statolt n that lie engaged in writing lis memoirs
The Hon. Alexander Mckenzie, Premier of
Canada, who has been travelling III England Is expected
to return home this week.
Ex-Governor Vance of North Carolina Is to
deliver address before the southern Historical society
az Grccnbrer White sulphur springs Virginia
DR.. Herman Grocsbcck, son OF the Hon.
VIM & GracSbeok " Cincinnati. has been made Fellow
of the Ncdcot thirlrgica Society OF Edinburgh, Scot
land
Gen. Crook returned to Omaha from the
Black Hills last Thursday IIo apprchends no trouble
with the miners, and thinks they VIII leave the country
PHicy.
A statue Of tho late Lord Mayo. who was
while Governor 'ncral Of India. will be I'M
yalrd at Cookornouh, En.anl, on Thursday by Lord
Napirr.
Mr. James T. Murlock is coming East to
look after hi, contemplated Publications. He proposes
il related t" settle permanently III one OF the suburbs
Oi ClhcluDat,
Mr.. James Lick of California has not yet
decided where he S place his mountan observatory.
lie recently a'cended Mount Saint Helena and was
fayOmy impressed with H. BAT h- drsir'n u ascend TO
the summit before coming to ihiil decision
The Convent of t3le Capucln Monks, IN a
corner Of the Piazza Barbcrni in Rome, admirably
described by Hawthorne in his Marble Faun" has been
dslnautled by oraler of tho Italian Government Tho
mork, some 2O0rn nuiaber were pen,ioncd ana dis
missed anj let their old haunt' with little apparent re-
ctiuce. with the suppre Of i, convent another
the long stan ling curoscs OF Rome fades rio the
sight Of the tourists
The military note book of MajOr-Gcn.
BENJAMIN Mooers Revolutionary soldier has just been
discovered IN Troy AT tho date Of the record l77775
Gen Moocr, was the st, of Cen George Washington
Daring the time covered by these records Gen Washing
ton hcadquartcr, were valley Forge. The book Is
800 pages written in very neal hand and The rectds
nadc with great care aud precision The names OF
Iaiayetr and OF many other distinguished soldiers
oi the Revolution appear ia thus book a. ASSIGNED To-
various duties. The record is undoubtedly OF great
historical value.
Two volumes, entitled The Papers of a
Critic have lately appeared in London They camprse
tho contributions OF Nr Dixie. grandfather Of Sir Charles
Dixie to The AMsoG,rni and to Notcs and Queries Mr.
Dixie tho friend OF Keats Lamb, Proctor and most
of the literary OF tho past generation several orig
ina letter, f6 Keats and UtEcrs inserted. Tho fol-
lowing passage shows how rcsoute Mr. Dko wa5 III sac
r,rn much in order to maintain his jeurpaiisc inde
pcndtmce: "Whhe Mr.. Dixie waseditorof me AheaGum
he made 1t no MOI 10 20 INTO society OF any KIND In
order to avoid making Literary ncquaintanoes whion
might either prove ANNOYING to him or be supposed to
COMPROMISE the in niclcnd'nco ~ bi, Journal" From
1916 1919 Mr. Dixie ated ~ manager OF The London
Aews
The Montpelier (Vt) Freeman denies that
granddaughter OF Ethan Allen be living westeru
Ma,saoh at the OF sears 1t gives Allen
pedigree follows EShan Allen married ia 1862
10 Mary Brownson Their only son, aph, died at tho
age of IL. They had five daughters. viz. Lucy who
married Samuel Hitchcock and the mother of the late
MiUo.-(ien Hitchcock: Parmea. who married f. W;
keyes OF BurlDg DgOn; Lorraine Wh" died unmarried and
Mary Ann, 1iy his second marriage in l7si. to Mrs,
Fanny Buchonan Allen had three childron Ethan Alien.
L. (. A., died AZ Norfolk. Va in lsij. leaving son
Ethan. now resident of New York another son Hou-
niha. who died ~ Norfolk and dauS,t"f Fanny, who
died In convent in Montreal. Tie CcntcLnial Grand
/ daughter 10 entirely upocrypha.
| That was q wise recommendation from the
French Minister of the Interior o his employees to write
their signatures cgby. II reminds Prof Egger OF the
SorbOnnc that there IL nothing uHher the lie
writes the JoUrd des Debats that 1000 years ago
Minister Of Of the Pto emes, whose has not
trnnspred" also commandedhis official staff to writo in
wcormcd characters The Professor adds that the pub
lie documents s eKtant on Egyptian paPyr bear wit
tO the need Of this advice IL 10 said at some hier0
gyphcs, more difficult TO dccipher than those Of the
Egyptian clerks exist among the MSS In the pOsseSsion
Of Oi the hrs publishers In Paris who Is the owner Of
S0ndhas isst work. This purpOrts to bc history In
three vounos OF Napoleon L. and Is doubtless pcio i-
OF extraordinary merit The MS is, however, absO-
uely llegibe. The best ledcrs from the press have
! tried to dociphcr It, but Ia vain
Mr. G. Henry kinahan Of the Geological
5uryey Of Ireland that project Of iuundan the