, 1876-01-25

dinners, descant IN the nesnttmo on Tho Ytrtuss
Of Republican simplicity and pay tbs biI-xIth
Continental currency.
1u india, shcy my, It "a the custom Of rich tnco
to pay young follows to marry ahclr daughters.
Mormonism would thrivs there. In this country
certain false dc1lcacy prevents the arrangement,
Of terms bsfots marriage aud altar marriage
the pty Ia rather uncertain. We hare much 10
loarn from India.
Tho Nation. speaking Of Drorntne'a "Inn
Album" shyss "1t Ia growing more tifacu,.
evory yenr for Mr.. Dsownlng's old friends To
fight hia battles for him. and many Of thou will
fcal that on this occasion tbs causs Ia really too
bopctesa and tho groat poet must himself b.
an"werablc for ILLS tndaoretions."
Tho lady whom Mr. Jarnea Gordon Bonnott IA
about to lead 10 the marriage altar to sad to bo
Miss Ida May. tho second dsughtor Of Dr.. Tsed-
ertck May, lato Of Washington. Miss Ids ia a
young lady Of great poraonal attractions and 4
brilliant mind. Mr. Donnott nat her 1t Newport
last summer, and surrendered 1t oncs to he.
chains.
Tho lifc Of George Ticknor, author Of the
"H1Btory Of spAnlsh Literature" will shortly
DO published BY JAmea II. osgood / Co.. Of 1,os.
ton. Tue carrier part Of tho l1fo was written by
hr. George i. billiard, aud, his hoalsh not allow
Ing him to complete It, tho later portions wore
prepared under tho supervision Of members Of
Mr. Ticknor'a own family.
11oncure D. Conway inherited au satate In Viz
ginta just hftor tue breaking out Of tho Civil
War. With tho soil wont 4 lai9e nurnber OF
slayes. uo WAS opposed 10 slkveholding on
principle. aud proposed 1t onco to FREQ hIs cou.
tYAnkn1a and anffjo ff,nC1 In
sary that ho should i,avc for tho purpose milf.
tary escort through Tho City OF Baltimore, which
WAS thon In state Of intcnsa excitement all
qucationa pertaining to tho moral aspect OF tho
War. Conway apptiol to BtAnton for soldiers;
the rcquoat mas peromptoEily deniod, Application
Was thon mado TO President Lincoln. Flo fop!iol
INSTANTLY: "You shall 20. you shall 60: and.
you shall have m escort which will carry you
through, though twenty Daltmoras lay in tho
way"
Mrs. Fiske kept her eycH wido open in the
Brooklyn fcrry during the foglaat week, and sha
tc]la In tho st. Louis Republican what Ahe shm:
"sittfng bolt upright a. II she bad fed on starch
tho past forty years, storm and implAcsble, thero
wss Emma, thorib OF Henry Ward Deecher; and
who should come in judt a. the boat started but
Hrs. Tiltou. Mrs. T. has doprecatlng fashion
Of Siding along, looking askance 1t everybody
With hor littlo bead ares. That aho saw tho
white.facod erona.lior waa evident in III instant,
~ ahe nuahod up aud dropped in an embarrassed
way into vacant scat. Mrs. Docchcr turned
her rabbit faco towards hor With freezing ex-
PRESTON. but 8sgo no sign Of recognition"
Mra. Fiske remarks that this absoluto cessation
Of f1sondly rotations "to!d worry etraightfur-
ward Bsory to tho Intelligent onlookers.~
George Augustus Sails, whose serious Illness
Was latoly reported by cabo, livod wild. reok-
lcss, Bohemian life. Ho wAs tho special writor
and favorito Of the London Telegraph, just u
Dr.. Russell vAa Of tho London Tincs. His d.
scsipsion Of the funeral Of wellington Was pro-
nouncod by Thackcray = plecs OF word-painting
which cciipaod anything Maeaulay ever wrots.
Ills services In AmoricA during the Was no have
not 40 much reason to remember gratefully. Io
went to Russia 10 tho coronation Of Aloxandor.
Ho MAS on board the Great Esatorn when sho
laid tho cable; be Was present at Sedan ho wls
takon prisoner during the Commune; hs was In
Madrid when Alfonso entorod that city ~ King;
ho Hss In lsnty With 1ariba!di; in Prussia with
Yon Moltko; In the Qusdrilatorl With tho Aus-
triAns boforo 8olfcrino In Denmark With the
prince OF Wales. Ho WAS engaged 10 go to India
with the Prince, bnt sickness prevented and hs
is now lying on hia doath-bed ~ Liverpool.
a matinee performance Of "Jnilus Onsar"
will bo given 1t Booths Theatre next Thursday
tor the bonc1t Of actors and managers. Among
those who will DO ptcsent arc John T. Ford, of
Baltimore; J. Il. MoVickez, Of Chicago; Mre.
John Drew, Of Philadelphia; Mrs 1schol Ma
cauley, Of Cincinnati Lesser WAllsok, A. OAkoy
Hail, Fanny Davenport, Augustin DAILY, John
Mccullough, Mrs. HcottHlddons, N1lo. IItiens,
Mr. Mapleson, Of London, Max stsakoeoh, and
George Fawcott Rove. Among the Yale Boniors
who attended tho performance in , body Inst
Saturday night waro aons OF Judge Rogers, Of
Chicago, Senator Dawes. sx.speaker Blaine,
william z. Vanderbilt, Mr.. 4. 8. Hatch. and
Con. James Watson Webb, ! nophew Of tho
Hon. Hamilton Fish, and seyetal men Of shs
Yalo Unlversity crow. Tho receipts for the wask
wore about e18,o0o. shakspoaro ia not spelling
ruin u Booths just NOW.
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