The Morning herald., 1876-07-15
Personal and Political.

1
Pendleton's family is at Long Branch.
Longfellow is seventy, and worth $3.50,
600.
Old Probabilities Thursday sang "Ninety
and Nine"
| Speaker Kerr is worse and has given up
all hope of returning to Washington.
In California the thermometer has for
some time indicated 10 degrees in the
shade.
Mr.. Lennox, of New York, is occupying
the Newport villa of Mr.. Hatch, of Fisk &
Hatch.
Sir Sidney H. Waterlow, NJ. P, Centen-
NAL Judge for the printing department, lis at
the Windsor Hotel.
The Shah is about to revisit the land of
Of the West. and will travel incOgnit0 as the
'Duke of Tabiz."
| Mrs. Esdaile, the daughter of the poet
Shelley by his first wife, Harriet Westbrook,
! has just died at Clifton.
George Eliot thinks that the world would
| be very poor affair if it contained nothing
| but common sense.
The Marquis de Rochambeau, of the
French Centennial Commission, has arrived
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
An attempt to manufacture champagne
from the vineyards at Cashmere is now be-
ing made by the Maharajah.
M. de Lesseps is anxious to make the
canal between the Atlantic and the Pacific,
across America. Nicaragua is the favorite
route.
The Rev. J. s. G. Abbott, of Fair Haven,
Conn, the well-known writer, is lying In a
very critical condition with but little hopes
of his recovery.
Lord G. G. A. Hamilton, of the 18th
Hussars, has become Catholic priest. He
served with Lord Napier in Abysinia. He
now leads the choir of the Carmelite chapel
at Kensington.
Peter Cooper is still running for President
but where is General Green Clay Smith!
Hayes clubs, with the emblem of pitch
fork ,are the latest campaign novelty at the
West.
"Most Northwestern States can be counted
certain for the Democrats" says Lane, of
Oregon.
George H. Pendleton is president of the
Third Ward Tilden and Hendricks Club, of
Cincinnati.
The Republicans of the First District, of
Minnesota have nominated Mark H. Dunnell
for reelection to Congress.
All! what a noble trait is patriotism
There are three Maine statesmen already
after Mr.. Blaine's ysse4J sat in the House,
California Democrats are enthusiastic
over the st. Louis ticket and platform. All
the Republican papers in the State admit
this.
Ohio Republicans are already urging that
Mr.. Garfield must be the next speaker of
the House. A very good choice; but first
get your Republican majority, gentlemen.
General John f. Farnsworth, of Illinois, |
has taken the stump for Tilden and Hen
bricks. He was one of the earliest aboli- |
tionists in Illinois, and was a jealous sup
porter of Mr.. Greeley in 1872.
A dissatisfied American citizen has had
filed in the Senate, petition calling for a
revision Of the Constitution by Constitu-
tional Convention to be composed of dele
gates from each State and Territory.
The Republicans of North Carolina have
nominated Thomas Settle for Governor, and |
William A. Smith for Lieutenant Governor.
Mr.. Settle was president of the National
Republican Convention in 1879.
The State Central Committee of the ere
form party" in Michigan has passed unan-
imously resolutions in favor Of Tilden and |
Hendricks. This party cast about 5000 |
votes for its State ticket in November,
1874.
Mr.. Bristow has written to friend in |
New London, Conn.,, to say that he hopes
to take the stump in Connecticut for Hayes.
His hope is pretty sure to ripen into GER
tainty if the Connecticut Republicans will
put Jewell at the head of their State ticket.
Out of compliment to Senator Morton
and to help the party in Indiana and Ohio, I
Jewell is dispissed, according to repor-
ter. The President will begin to hear the
crash of crockery if he keeps on this sort
of compliment. Cabinets are not con-
s.ructed for compliments but for the pub