New-York tribune., 1876-08-10
PERSONAL.

Gen. William S. Bartlett is quite i'll, 1t is
| reported, ut Pittsfeld Mass.
| The London Ne,rs announces authOritatvely
that exCo Valentine Baker has accepted commission
the Turkish service, and leaves at once for the East
His camp equipment and Arab charger have been shipped
| for the seat Of war.
DR.. Schliemann has been compelled TO post
pone his excavations the site Of ancen: Troy ae
count of the hostility of the Pasha He will FOR bs
present lore Tiryns, Mycene, and the treasury Of
| Minyas at OrchOmenus.
President Clark of the Massachusetts Agu-
cultural College, who went to Japan to aid in establish
ins similar Institution that country has been heard
from The japanese authorities gave him 2 cordial
cepti0n. He speaks encourtHDgy OF the prQspecls OF
tho college, which will be opened in September Ihe
buildings ready and 30 young men are prepared to
enter.
Mr.. George Jacob HOlyoake's health having
become good again. he proposes 70 make new venture
in journalism and will take the editorial charge of
weekly paper to be called Tie Secular RegeU The first
number will appear in London in few days. According
TO it, prospectus ID will he new journal or new sub
iects testing familiar questions by new principle d.
yestinc that which Is secular completely with that
which il atheisc. ana generally aiming 70 reGast Oh
forms of prOpa -audsm IN moral social ana political AZ
fairs Vbch exhaust earDestnesS without producing
the frult OF advancement"
George EloSs novel of Daniel Deronda is
now all out in England with the exception of one book
The last book published Is called Mother and Son." aud
ts contents are thus summed mp by The Athen1nm'
Mr. Grandcourt "a dead killed! Gwendoen's own
account of the death makes It an accdent-he WAS
knocked overheard by the sail in coming about when
only the two of them were out sailing She might have
saved him by throwing him rope, for which he cried
she did not and is haunted by his drowning race ohe
loves DerOnda but still without admtln9 ~ cOihpISlcy
o herself DcrCnda loves Mirlh also without iuil sc
acknowledgement DeronGa has had an interview Wlth his
mother Princess almEberstein JcwesS Dy race ana
formerly "A great singer Her first husband was aJeW,
and ronda their legitimate son, Trough Deiohia
is not his real name" me AhenGum prOhounces 40
book failure and unworthy Of tine powers OF george
Eliot The Spectator Of different OplnlOn however
10 OF her previous bOOLS nave pccH 80
fully constructed in point or pOt, anu I'D none OF thc
has there been "A religious element fath an .h ON
niscient higher power developed with such surprising
force and skill
The Office of secret surgeon TO the Pope, lett
vacant by the death of DR. VceEzo Sartori, has been
filed By tho appointment OF DR. Ceccare Concerning
the Pope and physician, The London Lancet has
the following: For his introduction TO the vatican Dr.
Ceccarell was indebted to Monsgnor dc Merofc whose
fractured leg he skifuy reduced and who, out 0i graf
tudc got the Pope to consult him. although his Holiness
had already two competent medical advisers IN DIS
yalc and Constantin Regrctting 9s he does the
death of Slr,o who was nearly contemporary with Blm
scIf and whose sagacious Judgment he Oft IN had recourse
=, in other matters besides lis bodily ntllnities the
pOpc has had good ground TO be 5atlShed WIN MS new
secret surgeon His health was never better thdn AZ
uirscnt The same restorative treatment IS observed
rAe strong cnpOn sOuD followed by glass OF the pest
OF Rhcui>n (sOncilmes alternating NltH i'oiihtt,
C0nt or CyprIs Of the COmmaldery), sIsians MS
strength In the prevalent heat ne AVOIDS lhe salucs
f the Vatican and takes his daily walks IN the spacious
and cguaby ventilated halls 0f the palace ltse lie
visits regularly the Gallery OF the Ge0gaphlcal 1lap
soft of war in which takes lively interest He sur
priscd his attendants the other day by mounting the
stairs that lead TO the gallery IN question oat tno @
of the staff winch is generally his support ana n'aIlaDy
his companion