, 1876-08-20
PEOPLE WE KNOW.
Something Said Concerning Sev-
eral Celebrities.
Vanderbilt and His Sons.--Frank Moul-
ton ---Bowen ---G Gen. Kittary---
Emma Abbott--.Anna Dick
inson---" Leander "-.-
"0rpheus {. Kerr"
The SullVaus.

cause he is the centre OF great interests whc
| rise and fall with the daily bulletin. The ol
gentleman clings to life with tenacity whic
surprises those who do not know that he has
frame as tough as that OF one Of bis locome
tives, rendered extraordinarily enduring an
flexible by great regularity Of habits and ute
temperance. He is cheerful and even hopeful
and when one Of his daughters, Mrs. Thorne
stopped over his pillow the other day prior t.
leaving for Saratoga, the plucky old railroa'
king said: "Tcll Thorne to move into my cottage
! shan't want 1t till next summer !" It recall
the question of Thad Stevens to the blacka
moors who were CARRYING his palsied frame VI
stairs to bis seat in Congress, "Boys, how shal
! get up these steps after you are deada" !
Vanderbilt makes up his mind to live, he prob
ably will live, aud 60 to his Saratoga cottage
next summer. When man with an iron will
like Vanderbilt's takes a grip on those nerves o
vitality which centre at the back OF the head, he
can fight oil death and the doctors
/ HIS CHILDREN.
Commodore Vanderbilt has ten living chill
dren, two sons and eight daughters; some
thirty odd grandchildren, and half-a-u ozen great
grandchildren, ,-one, Il son Of William H., being
| 4 man grown. The probable shape Of the will
lam II. Vanderbilt, the older son, will be well
provided for, and endowed with a large part Of
The railroad interests which his father has mar
| aged with such consummate skill. This city is
full of gossip concerning the probable provision
J. Vanderbilt Those who believe the Commo-
dore TO bc man OF stern justice think the sec
ond son will be endowed with some important
railroad interest, while others accept the cur
| rent rumor that he will be classified with the
daughters, and, like them, receive only small
| portion Of the vast estate. Cornelius is q man
! Of perhaps 40. For thirty years Of his life, be-
| ginning i'll infancy, he was the victim Of an
attliction from which few ever recover, and
which entirely incapacitated him for any exer
tion whatever: Some eight years ago he began
to throw it oil, and his constitution has now az
quircd nearly its normal tone. He is tall, about
6 feet, and = slight stoop OF the shoulders be
trays mark OF the disease which he has con-
qucred. He has thin, high head, clear blue
eyes, facie speech, earnest manner and quick,
expressive gestures. He dresses with neat
plainucss, and looks more like Methodist min
commercial millionaire. &c has a very good
education aud how he attained it with his dis
abilities is 4 wopdcr), and much more literary
taste and ability than any other Vanderbilt lie
is social, ainiable, atfaDlc, and popular, and
much liked BY wide circle Of acquaintances,
who, like the buzzing city outside, wonder
whether the stern old man will brand him as a
social pariah or give him liberal ''setting-up
in business. Public opinion inclincs to the lat
ter conclusion. Perhaps the sequel will reach
you before this letter does.
"NT DEAR WON MoLTKE."
Coming home from my office to-day, drop
ped into the salt store presided over b. Frank |
Mou1ton,-the man whom Henry Ward Beechcr
embraced and said in letter "God had lifted |
up' to hide his sins for him. found the Alu- |
tual Friend submerged i'll pile Of Ms, and [ !
actually had not the brass to ask him whether
it was d brief Of his pending case or a treatise !
just come in from the three days international
yacht race; he sailed in Ben Buffers gallant old
yacht America, which beat the Countess of
Dutferiu in her holiday rig without half trying.
his tremendous shock Of fiery hair seemed to
have gathered redder tinge from exposure to !
the sun, and it was full Of wind and stood "si1
ways for Sunday.' He is in prime health, hope
all come out at last, and that an average
jury will sec it and heed it. did
not hug him, but I felt like it; for
believe him to be one of the most
that this country has produced,-p1ucky and
yet tender, Of chivalrous, magnantmous, and
truly heroic temper.
This Is the honorable nickname which sar-
castle Plymouth Church now applies to the man
+ ho built it and lett it when it had become
1cmoralized and corrupt,-hcnry c. Bowen.
net one Of Mr. Bowen's sous in the street on
Saturday, and asked him if his father would
defamation OF character "Certainly he will"
Mr. Bowen promptly replied, "if he Is sum-
noned, and, il the truth can come out, mark |
ny words, lie will be completely vindicated."
t is believed that the Patriarch will make the
ur fly il he is allowed to stand up and tell bis
tory With the protection OF 3 court OF justice.
The old gentleman, who is such terror to
is spending the summer at his
picturesque countr}-seat eat at Woodstock, Conn,
lr. Clatin tried to induce him to "explain to !
mean something else" He has been there since
une ]. On tile Fourth he threw open his beau- :
iful Roseland Park aud has celebrated the :
onccrts. with music by the Putnam Band. The
ark includes 50 acres OF land, with ample
Toves, with boating, bathing, and sporting IA | :
iiities, and 5000 people from the country
lr: Bowen will stick to his pleasant retreat 1
18th his family, Keeping clear of scandal-lnon-
crs.
CONFECTIONERY.
What is the most expensive candy you ever a
aws'' asked Col. H. S. Olcott as dropped in Il
n him the other day. 1venturcd several an- y
wcrs to his saccharine couundrum, instancng 9
u unsusspecting young man who received a =
ape1 Of ea5o!ncls from lady, and was e
xatses esa and R nSamerab1c sGG 'assh ssia
des. ''Not on the track of the solution" it
lid Olcott, for that youth probably received
i, pay as be went along" H. then said he It
ems that Gen kittary, the Centennial Com n
issioncr from Russia. while calling on the :
ountess Blaratski in this city, received from -.
lend in Moscow boz OF bon-bons, ns,--candied +
'1its,-just a pound. They are sold for 81 at
If candy stores. The charges were US follows,
ID the polite diplomat, with an internal shrug L
d gFlmace, footed the bill and persplringly
ID the sacred box in the lap Of his wife: :
II. n.bons--=E3pressage from Moscow to an
New York g M !
rid at Port Of New York. I.60 sh
stom- House brokerage ...-.... .......... 800 =
Etage in New York. rk.........-............. SO
e consignce being not only Centennial -
but also member Of the Priyy
uncil OF the Russian Empire anu Professor u Il
chnology in the University Of St. Petersburg,
I'D not afford to make protest, SO lie merely
sscd the box around, and expended his in
nation upon the weather! Howcycr,-to be | II
tdid, ,-$l4 . pound is too much.
MISS EMMA ABBOTT.
)ne word about the new American prima-
lna~ /, among others, was mislcd by the |
rent stories about her mrrriacc [ haze