, 1876-11-19

t.,1a1tation fieldhand, and Instantly Is changed
tn "colored Democrat a gentleman and q
~cho1ar. in the eyes Of Mai. WATrKRsoa.
PERSONAL
III. Professor OF Chinese at ostsr&$ zs 4 has no
Students ,..::
rbIch be cals 'aIfss Aisanthso-
s1.dee sentence to three mon c1mment
:. thought in London to be pretty W
CAPT. Saree and his brothe1 Officers n n. late
Arctic expedition are now thre lions Of Londa,.
nr, sothern has been playing his new n,..-
..Three Boxes and stinge + "-in cincinnat; ~
snecese.
The Saturday Repiep say4 Rhoda Bnonch+o.,n
lust novels three volumes of folly, fippancy ans
coarseness.
Er-Queen Isabella Is said to possess an uneona,.
edcolleet'on Of laces' worth mtlliona. and Mira
cles Of beauty.
Miss Josephine Hoey, only daughter Of John
Hoey, was married to Charles Russell Hone, OF
Vail street, last Thursday
III. G. ". Jones, a deaf mute, enacted .Shylock
before IN assemblage OF deaf mutes at st. AIMS
Church In New York last Thursday.
The Trustees of Princeton College have ordered
the removal Of the billiard tables lately presented
to that institution Dr. AcCosh protests.
The intense gloom which prevailed in the streets
e.ry yesterday afternoon suggested thst the Board
of Canyassers in Louisiana had reached the negro
vote and were dspersing it.
G.sdstonc's article on his attitude towards Amer
1c, during the Civil War distresaes Of his late
colleagues. We wish he would not write 50 much,
md ereu aare to hint that he is losing his mind.
The Greek lectures Of Prof. Blackie before the
seniors Of Edinburg University were broken up
recently by the uproars OF disorderly students
The Professor, 1t will be remembered, is one Of
the first Greek scholars Of the world. =
Several Of the larger hotels In New York hare
begun to reduce their rates. The St. Nicholas has
come down from 81. 50 to So. 50, and the Metro
politan from 81. so and s. to $3 50 and So. There
will be no reduction at the Windsor or the Fifth
Avenue.
R:ztori has been taking LESSONS In English. A
correspondent who has heard her recitc scenes
from Lady Nacbefh in the new tongue says that
her pronunciation is faultlcss in the impassioncd
speeches, but betrays some foreign pccuarities in
qrleter passages.
Mr. unywarl, the author Of 1.-THE Art OF Din
ing has appeared in Bond street, which, Mr.. Jen-
nings writes. is sure sign that the season has
opened. This Wellington of dincrs-ou is Prince
Of good fellows and capital story teller, even
when little ''free.''
Porto Rico letter says: TIN country Of
Spanish origin superstition is matter OF course.
Thus the tempest which ut this moment deyastates
these splendid fields is not simple cyclone It Is
the dog Of Saint Aichael unmuzzled; and you hear
along the roadsdes de*pairing cries, San Miguel,
ararra tn perro&' Saint Michael, tic up your
dog:'
Among the rare books recently disposed Of 1t
the Menze sale In New York was copy OF Hig-
den, *Polycronion. Fynysshed per Ca1ton.
I.C.C .C.C.C.L.X.X XXI" It was knocked down
for 81. oo5 to ]. ". Drexel the banker. Jef1ries,
Of London, bid S. 900 for it. The only other copy
10 be found in this country is contained III the
Lennoz Library. 1t cost Sc, 500.
Its understood that Thur:nw Weed, the Rev.
DE. Chaplin, Eayard Taylor, Edmund c. Stedman,
and II. H. Bodwell have consented to perform the
duties assigned to them in connection with the IN
yelling Of the bust Of Horace Greeley, despite their
msny other engagements and The little time re-
msining to prepare for the occasion. The cere-
monies Of unvz'ling will take place in Greenwood
On Monday Dec 4.
Eayard Taylor, in OF his recent letters, says:
''When wss in Italy, eight years ago, rich
American could procure Baron for sou in-law by
settling on him about 81, 500a year. The average
SelaE Vi q NoAAk N1S 10s WV OGt 414uEG COAlA
not be had under SO, 900 year, and even more
was sometimes demanded. +" Mr.. Taylor has one
fair daughter, and, ii speaks trnly OF her. he
could not have prosecuted his inquiries from in-
terested motives. He will never have to buy a
Eon-in-la3.
II ia very amusing to sec the enthusiasm OF the
New YORK papers over Maurice Strakosch and his
proposed grand opera-house- Chicago had TINT en-
thusiasm once, when Mr.. Strakosch suited posi-
tiscly that he was going to build house in
Chicago, and gave the names of gentlemen who had
agreed to assist him, be hns done in New York,
and designated the location he had chosen here Us
b. has done there. SO in San Francisco he had
names, figures, and dates at his tongues end.
trust him not; he's fooling thee.
About this time look ont Tor rumors that prom
fncnt gentlemen Of both parties who are in New
Orleans watching the count have been shot. Look
ont also for prompt contradiction Of the reports,
and ocular demonstration OF their falsity. There
has already been one incident Of this kind, ex-
hoE CASTOR, Of Massachusetts, being the sufferer,
nd 11any more are likely to follow. There will be
shooting IN New Orleans Nobody wants To kill
dny ol the prominent men there from abroad. how
ever sansninary the disposition may be with refer
ence to the local celebrities. -,
MI. Stanley Jeyous' paper On tsThe Future Of
Political Economy in the November Fortnightly
is well spoken Of He thinks political economy is
now falling into fragments, IS and ''hopes" these
fragments may prove 1.-THE seeds OF new growth
Of bcncdcent scieaccs.'' Meanwhile he has his
doubts ns to laisse.Joire under the prevailing con-
strnetion Of that nazim and looks in the direction
OF certain ''extcnsions OF Government actiou.H
Oddly enough, almost identical train of thought
rms through certain papers which we receive to-
day, written by the leading socialists Of Mexico.
4 memorial service ,xas RECENTLY held in Grace