, 1876-08-08
PERSONAL.


John Tranzcn, born on the Rhine ia 17no, whose
boast It was That he had rerycd under tho First
Napoleon, died Mt Northampton, MaBs., last week.
lie was at Moscow nnl Lclpslc.
Prof Whitney, Of Yale College, has In course Of
preparation an Enel1ah grannar for achoo1s, which
II .s hoped VIII redeem this branch Of study from
the dtsreputu Into whicl. 1t hus fallen,
Desiring to pay a compliment to our nblc con-
Temporary, The 3SHlts, Of London, we observe that
II always contains Soma interesting mattcr whom
thero Is Eoonl to spare for 40 frivolous thing.
Not lcss !ncongruous than tho company aesom-
blcd ut Frank Ltsilc's summer residence Ia that
which gathered at the house Of Joseph 8. SPIN
ncy. Narthatn Vineyard. on Sunday, when Ira D.
aankey. tho evangelist, and "Fighttng Jo''
Hooker sat down nt the same table.
Prof. Karl s!mrock, ono Of tho conspicuous
lights Of dcEmnn literature, died ut Bonn July II.
Ills most fmportant works Transitions Of tho
Nlbcnngcn Lied, Of the Scandinavian Eddn, and Of
Shakespeare, whtlu tho romance, the mythology
and the hlstnry Of lihincland wero tho study nol
the delight Of bis life.
Ground was brakcn last Wednesday for the
church to he erected at Oartlcn City, l.. L., in
memory of tho late A. r. Stewart. Judge Hilton
mat1s m a.ldress appropriate to the OCCASION re-
fcrrlng to Mr.. Stewart as one who held to firm
md mistaken belief In tho great doctrines Of
Christianity, while rejecting tho distinctive fca-
tureA Of scctar!an!sm.
IN conversation With Ills pastor. the Rev. Dr..
Deems, last week, Commodore Vanderbilt spoko
Of a curtain wide aud comprehensive achcinc OF
hcncaccnco connected with tho wcll-bcfng Of work.
lngmcn, thu detatla Of which arc not to bn n,ado
public until after his dcath. Tho Commodore has
frequently Ut late spoken freely Of hlJ spiritual
condition, expressing tho hope that he Ia worthy
to bo called Chrlstian.
A corrcspon!ent d. tho Ncw York Sun nilcgcs
that our Minister to ENGLAND, 3{r, Edwards Pierre.
ront, chnngcl his namc, many ycar4 ago, faom
Jostua Monson to the ono !1o row bcarB. Wo he-
1ieye the statement to 10 erroneous; for II Mf.
Pierrcpant Ind n.atlo tho change referred to ho
could havo no motive for desiring to connect tho
Now England PlcsEcpnnts With the noble English
family, which, It was shown in tho correspondence
Of tho fraudulent medium, Flint, hp was very anx-
ious to accomplish.
Mis-. Iou,a n uc,do, tbo aoof ,,r+o ,yho r,,ta.
thu non, ia NUNS NJ ~ .i1nwar,, Gtyndon lin. Oh.
ta,nel sona celebrity a. a newanunor eorresnond.
ont, IN shortly to 10 married, AZ noticed In rus
Tribune Of YESTERDAY, 1t ID not generally known
that Miss Reddcn Is ono Of tho very few deaf
mntes who. ut tho expense Of almost nconeetvable
exoston as learned TO uxo her yolcc in addressing
her fFcnls ghe canuot, of course, sneak plainly.
but those who are accustomed 10 lcr uethods Of
articulation cxncrIcnce llttIo difficulty IN under.
standing hcr,
1Jent, Rudto. of tbc 1tuttcd atate. Armv. IA one
Of tlIco consn;rators WIN at,smnscd In is5B to
,nto thc lin NJ S.no,cnn III hv m hrowtug hand,
Creun,1r. lrto If. cnrr,nro. Tho comrnnions of
Tnato wcro c1er,t"d heInc ronv;ctcd IL IL .s,d.
4s"o'o mcio ease'Iat oe!ns co"se,cu' ~ ~ .".u'
on eV'aenee furnished W nm, wh'eh was AZ AZ s.'o
lately cop,o into prominence In connection With thu
nae
tmn,inent peril Of Ills If'' as related in tn' news
inven.sd now ,tylo Of walking, which tho ribaM
ase sssn plsn,sa to call 1.-The
eheksn's.op promises ESQ 10 safpass IN e1osesaus
ness sno amons .sesn pena any Of lhe Mest,
e wo0" who ee spSsea to Try Il a1s ds1sa e
IL tho middle Of s h. %a't,; . !'ss gracefully o. ii.
Ge.1eo se y w NJ. an nostao
srf % a,,a)jncd n to exhibit In nub1lc. N~' A''
~. ,',,na Swiss rirl w,,aIn m oa,Dt =, finn n.o.
n tah1o cover oxouisItely WORKED viii y nc, n,Su
hat' .vn n r~piI tno ,.s."n wv ". ne. Wv"
tic present In expectation u getting something In
herself "a ullud {,jrl In switzerland :" rhe ol,i
ncr Of asnd'ay That ho cauxcd lhu German Minis.
ter III Switzerland to ascertain tho glfl's name and
address. add %heteupon h. s:nt her valuable brooch
n.,u norEt Ann.yA!:s.
Senator, rickneyyilis, III! ihe lion i. T. Thorn.
ton. Cincinnati; the lion. ". r. Davidson. Con.
narsyiIl1: tlu lion. y. r.. llergan, Jucksonylo;
thu Iin.l. j. II. ilubl Pike; tho lIur, j, u. Manu.