New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-01-29
PERSONAL.

Norfolk, Va has contributed $1,269 81 IA
tho Lee monument fund.- liberal portion Of which wa.
subscribed by tho c0lOred citizens.
Capt. Cullen Bryant. nephew of Mr. VIII.
liam Cullen Bryant, has been placed in charge Of thu
Department Of Ordnance at the Watervet Arsenal nes,
Albany.
The late Rev. John 8. Aver of Bangor, Me-.
wled $500 to the Preachers Aid Society, and aboui
25 900 the Missionary Society OF the Methodist EpI
copal Church.
The recently reported misfortune to Anton
Rubnstein, the pianist, ia cOntradicted by Theodore
steinway in the following cable dispatch TO steinwayA
Sons: Rubinstein Is not blind Please contradicIs
The same house has received an autograph letter from
Rubinsten, under date OF ST. Petersburg, Dec. II Ia
which he says he is enjoying excellent health.
The Rev. Z. d. Winslow, the Boston forger.
made his last public appearance preacher at Au
burndale Mass Sunday morning OF last week. when
he delivered a sermon which is described by those who
heard 1t q mastery production full of eloquence.
pathos and high moral sentiment, It's theme being the
good tnat il to be found among men, tbs n0beness Of
human tture and the duty Of men 10 their felowmen
In afternoon he addressed the children OF tue
He last appeared a pubic dinner at the annual dinner
ously to the toast OF 50 Original SIM"
The design modelled by Mr.. J. L. Smithmyer
OF Washington for the Lee mausoleum Lexington va
is described In The Richmond Dispatch; 1t is be Of
modernized Greek architecture, with vestibule SEN
tneed by two caryaiides representing Peace and Glory,
the coat of OF the Lee family decorating the lDc
OF the door, ana the whole OF the building appropriately
decorated. From tho yestibnle Is immediate entrance
into the ma1sO.eum proper which IL dOmed and fcs-
TONED in such manner that there will be most
White marble marble of the Within "H @ % viii
be placed Valentines statue OF Cen Lee. The design as
not yet been acted upon by the committee.
Walt Whitman is living quietly in Camden.
working steadily and unObtrusvely, and occasionally
appearing In public for charitable object lie gave
reading tie other evening for the benefit OF the poor Of
the town In prefacng his entertainment he said: Ny
dear friends young and Old propose to read to you the
ballad Of The Diver, written by great German poet
whom you all know. His name Schiller and he was
one of the greatest geniuses that lived To under
stand IT, You must back into the feudal ages-o
the old pes-ntO the open air. the fields ana forests
bring yourselves knights and maids, baron. aud
fOrtresses" lie Caden Press speaks oil hitm ins Old
black and deSOatc since tine magazines cilSe ms
contributions, and English abuse Of him Is copied far
aud wide. Inc Press adds But the poet himself - moro
resoute and perseyering than ever. 'Old poor. and
zed he has twelyemontn past been occupying
himself 10y preparing largely with ms own handwWk
here in Camden. small edition OF his complete works IN
two volumes, which he himself now sells, partly 10
keep the wolf from the door in old and partly 70
give before he dies absolute an expression as may Do,
Of Lis IDEAS l. OF Grass Is manly the
same volume previously issued. but has some sila new
pieces and gives two Characteristic portraits OF Iw~
Riyulets,' lie has printed the newer parLs here II
Camden"
PEsTH, Jan. 28.-The physicians attending
upon VI. Deak, the Hungarian statesman, say that bis
recovery hopeless and that his death may be ekpea cd
moment.