New-York tribune., 1876-08-21
PERSONAL.

Gov Cheney of New: Hampshire has been
seriously iii at Manchester but somewhat better on
Saturday.
Secretary RObeson joined his family at Little
B0ar's Head Rye Beach, Wednesday. He went flom
Washington TO Boston on the United States steamer
Despatch.
The baltimore Gd.ette learns from private
sources that william Winter jefferson, the infant Of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jefferson, christened in tho
Church at sraforonAyon IC adds that both the par
cnts and their friend Mr. Winter dear 10 Bl nore
people that it cannct refrain from recording the occur
renee.
The following statement of the Sultan's con-
dition was tclegraphed recently from Consantnople to
The Vienna POltcqt Correspondence: IL becomes more
apparent every day that the illness Of the Sultan is OF
chronic nature The danger OF catastrophe seems ~
have disappeared In accordance with the Oriental
there Is question OF his resgninS, Gs chango IN
the person of the sovereign only cna1e ~ the event
OF death. In tne mean time the Sutan connuesto be
inaccessible TO the members Of the d lomauc body.
his Majesty, whose nerves are very much affected, must
not De exposed 10 any excitement"
Mr.. Charles Dudley Warner relates the fol-
lowing incident of his visit 20 Jerusalem in the scpte
Der Atlantic We had guide who knew every sacred
spot in The city, who never failed to satisfy the
curiosity Of tho most credulOus tourist Whose tOmbs
are these we asked That ia the tomb OF Joseph Of
Aumatca. aud hat beside il Is the tomb OF Nicodemu
How do you know How do | know You ask me
how know. Haven't | always lived IN Jerusalem
born here Incn perhaps You can tell US, II thiS
tomb belonged 10 Joseph Of Arimathe and this TO Nco
drnts whose il this third One Ol. yes, that other
replied the guide with only moments paralysis ot his
invention, that Is the tomb Of Armathea himself
Mr.. NJ. ID. Conway Is visiting France. In a
letter from Calais to The Cincinnati Commercial he
meuts on TIE large number of able authors France has
produced and the small constituency OF readers they
lind among their own countrymen. He says: "There is
no country in which there many able, learned,
earnest who write such excellent books for the peO
plc whose audience Is to such extent beyond the OOr-
dcTs Of their nation. lt would at tins moment be
worth inhmta ly more TO France than MacMahonS Re
public II every IN IL could be induced to read sel-
Ousiy that study Of French history whlcn
has Just appeared, VI. Tame's 'LAncen Regime. le.i
while thoughtful men OF all conditions in England ana
Of French booEsiorcs 3 IMre in Cas the BOOKSELLERS are
not aware that such book has appeared"
The late Miss Martineau's will was proved
recently in Birmingham. England Is is dated March
TO- 1854 and has two codicils dated respectively 1868
and 1872. All her manuscripts, private papers, aud
copyrights are given To her nephew, Mr.. Thomas Mart-
neau with this Injunction: IL cmphatcaly forbid the
publication of any private letters written by me. and do
strictly enoin upon my executors to prevent by all
means at their command any such publication" Her
autobiography Is to be published by Dr Thomas Marli-
neau III conjunction with her friend Mrs Chapman late
of Boston, Mass, who n authorized 10 make shch DO
graphical additions size pleases. ana 10 whom loutth
sbare profits of the work ls bequeahed together
legacy editor The viii contains one pe culihr
provision which should be mentioned as indicating the
character Of the testatriX IL s my DESIRE she sly g.
from interest In the progress or scientific hNesils
ton that skull be given tO Henry George Athsoh OF
Upper GloueestoishiIc-pace, London, ana nso MY
U his then prcsunt abode To enable HIN 10 nave IL IOr
purposes OF scientific observation" IL" tho second