, 1876-09-11
PERSONAL,

Mf. Walter, tho proprietor Of tho London Tina,
has salcd for New York.
e;Ms. Bcceher has chosen Lyman Abbott, emo Of
bis most useful partsans, 10 be assocatc edtos Of
tlo chE4stiaa Union.
Mr. Dayard Taylor has seen every Worlds Fair
over yet held, And considers tho Centennial Exhi-
billion tho most Interesting aud complete Of them
all.
The LoutayIl1o Courier Journal thinks aiaj. uen:
Pcrley poosu should pledge himself In advances rot
to cargo extra lieaga for biz colon II THO people
Of AlaasachusettQ should SEQ nj to eject Litu to
Congress-.
~ hays no hope Of h!a recovery; know hts ply.
stc!an vury we'll, said Uncle Danfo1 Drew when
asked Ills opinion OF Commodore Vanderbi1t's
prospects, cntrely unconscious that he was making
very neat met.
The London Spectator says of Wagncr'a styte:
'1t Is music for Drobd!gnagians endowed with i'm
mortality. not for poor llttls ants with only some
IL. 00o days Of maturity" How horribly exact tho
fellow u with hs days!*
Dion Douclcault Ia keeping mp the Fentan e1clto.
1ucnt to tue bust Of Ills ability. He rceoiscd tho
exics at Ills hotel lii nrooklyp, Friday, And psom-
ieed to play ''The Shaugfaun" for their bantut
sosuo timu during the present month.
Ex.0ov Henry 4. Vile, Of Virginia, still lln.
gers. though MI hope Of recovery was long ago
abandoned. lie Ru1ors much pain, and Ia c,naci.
nted to skin aud bone, but Ills mInl rnmaina cleas,
and 10 exhibits great fostltudo.
When tho Prince Of Wales landcd ut Portsmouth,
tue crowd WIS no great that ha could hardly paas
through It, until ut lust IN inspired band master
struck up ''Tonmy, Make Room for Your Uncle, II
whessupon the people good,naturedly laughed aud
gave Why.
a rarsa correspondent Of tho Now York Tribune
writes that ii. wadd'ngton's schemes OF popular
cdncation although thwartcl by tie Assembly,
have ~ commended him u public sympathy nud
respect that ha II now generally ookoa upon IL the
coming Premier.
Tbs subscription fund for the relief Of tho Wild
ows autl orphAns Of the men who died with Gus
ter, atartcl Bix weeks ngo BY Col. W. c. Church. of
thu Ar1Ay and Macy Journal amounts to 81, 500.
::5. In onc week over $1,000 MAS received, prIu-
cipnaly from officers 4nd enlisted men In tho army
and Aayy.
J.C. Flood, Of tho San Francisco banking 1ru
OF Flood o Ohrien, asrtycl.ln New York Thun-
day, ana Immediately engaged In very mysterious
consultations with William Ward, President of the
Mtning Doasd. Tho reporters serm to Lc coNstl.
crably distressed at Ito rotlcenes of Mr Flou and
TO hold q low opinion Of hiln IN account Of H.
The ltsv. Ransom Hetanno Welch, D. D., LII. D.,
al presunt Professor Of Mental Philosophy in Union
College, has been cAoaoa to dl tho chair Of Chria-
ttan Theology In Auburn Seminary, left vacant by
thu resignation of Prof. lIull. Or. WcleA gralu.
atcd at Auburn Seminary In 1859, In tho samu
claBs with Julius II. seelyc, E, D. Morris. and Il.
II. Bootha.
Iu view Of the eminent success Of Mr, Edwards
rlcrrcpont In England, II has been suggested thst
ateps ba akon. soon nftsr ths Gloss af the Pres
Dental campAgn u possible, to I'LL al! uus 1nts.
e!uus abroad wlrh arst.clasa humoststs. THO
"cnd.1nan "of tAe Chicago 1fmes thinks there
would b. chnncs for him II this plan should b.
adopted. VS. belteyo all who know him would uso
ther utmost cxetuons To get hia position absoad,
ltis aaa that ex.Col. Valentine Daker carried
lciters OF recommendation frum tho Prince Ut
Walea and the nuko. uf Cambridge to tho latu
ifusautn Ayni, tho RsEassinatcl War Minister Of
Turkey. Partly on account Ut theau letter., but
chilly. Of course, account OF hls brilliant repu-
tatlou ca . rayaIFy ofdcor, Uakes received m up.
polntment In ths Turkish army, and his excellent
qualities have donbtleas been turned 10 good &c.
COUNT bcfuEu this.
NB arc pleased to SEQ warm praise Of Mr, Nc.
Wicker In tls ST. Louis Repubiican, called forth
by tho statement Ia this paper that thu prlces Of
admission to the galleries Of h!s Theatre had beun
reduced. Ths Repubttean suenss. however. to
lMyc proceeded Oh ths erroneous bsiief that the
prices 10 the lower part ut tic theatre bad eIso
been recently reduced Thts IL not the canu. MF,
McFlckcr, for number Of year. past, Las charged
81 fur rcsefyed seats IN ILLS parquettu and o.ches-
traclTcsc Wllth Il 30 cents less thaa tho price OF
similar SEATS In tho principal theatres OF Now
fork.
Sa!athtcl Ellis haa SIZED tho Howe Bowtng.
Machine Company to recover tho yalue Of the
bronze stasuu ot tho late Elias lows now at thu
Centennial Exhibition. The Company has pald but
SIS. 0oD. Is. and tho sculptor cams ths remainder
of SO, 600, which 10 alleges waa promised h!u.
This Company complains Ut tha sotul want Ut
dsapesy about thu utatus asserting serious
artistic hlcmsh; but thu sculptor asserts that ho
only did In lhl. respect llc was ordcrud, having
bera especially directed to produce Nj, llowu III
h!s "asosu'clothes. Tho history Of this statuu
las been amusing from tho slart. Tbs Company
at first had tho lmpAdsnce 10 propose that Ito poor
sswtux.womsn. who have been 70 greatly bcneatel
BY Mf, llaws's. discovery, should dctray thu &x,-
pcnsea OF tbs monument; hut the poor sowing.
woluen, singular 10 relate, wcrs nut sufficiently
grateful 10 do anything Of Tho kind. tbs statue
when completed Sas offered tn tho Central Park
comm!sslouors, who decided that Mr. Howe was
not OF consequence enough'to Aayo place In
public station. where tho accusation Of auretIalu8