The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-19
!, Per,onnI Notes.

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oYer.o Has he made another raise
1tlsiust now inquired what William M.
Evarts's politics are. The Albany Express
seems to want o letter Of acceptance from
him before hgis nominated for Governor VI
New York By the Republicans.
Commodore Vanderbilt is yet SO cheery
this hot weather that he replies To munro"
Weeds expressions Of revived nope OF seu-
ing him at Saratoga this summer: "eii'
we'lI see, we'll see."
eyes" said distinguished French poll
tician to a friend the other day, " WISH "a;
Timers occasionally now, for he is troubled
with bronchitis, and between two nus o,
coughing one can sometimes get In q "ora'
II the ladies of the period are as Just as
they are beautiful, they will contribute
something towards monument LOT hms
Canute. He was the person VINO or1glhailS
ordered the tide back Worta.
Citizens of Savannah, Ca, have pur-
chased handsome cane OF orange-Wood,
with a gold head, which Will be SENT 10
Governor Tilden as testimonial OF south-
ern esteem.
Sothern notes as remarkable 1acC tlat MS
audiences, in whatever quarter OF the "orlu
he has gone, invariably laugh at the same
Jokes and award the same amount OF ap-
plause to each point made.
Ex-Governor Sprague is working nara IN
his Providence mills to redeem his fortunes
and pay the firms debts due next feDrua-
| ~, When the dams were oVernoWed re-
Gently he went to work among his laborers
and as one OF them.
Mr.. Stanley, according to the Suns read
ing OF his exploits, is on a general man,
woman, and baby hunt in the Wilds OF Al
RIGA, with elephant rifles and explosive Daiis,
and there seems to have been pau mis-
placement of the destructive forces OF the
world in not having him with Custer.
How funny it will be half century hence
tn read in the dispatches: can old man,
supposed to be Charley Ross, was discover
ed to-day in this town, and has been taken
into custody. The authorities have commu-
nicated with his only surviving nephew IN
Germantown."- Graphic.
Mrs..Nellie Marshall McAfee, daughter OF
the late Humphrey Marshall, OF Kentucky,
has announced her intention OF adopting the
stage as profession. She will make her
debut in Louisville this winter, ana contem-
plates starring tour through the western
and southern States.
The COPY OF Beaumont and Fletcher
which Charles Lamb used in making his
selections for the specimens OF Early
English Dramatic Ppcrts;' was sold in Ln":.
don few Jays ago. 1t was printed in 1919,
and has markings OF the extracts and manu-
script corrections in Lambs handwriting
1t was purchased for the British Museum.
There is widower in Troy, n. Y, who
goes to st. Mary's cemetery every night and
sleeps upon his wife's grave. Sometimes
he is sober and occasionally he isn't, but II
is not probable his variableness in this par
ticular alarms the deceased, rs she became
accustomed to his pecuiarties while So
iournins here below. Whether he has an
antipathy to sleeping alone, Or IS actuated
by romantic devotion to the departed dear
one. is left to conjecture.
NJ. dePounat, the most scientific carver in
France, recently deceased at the age OF seven
ty-nine, was once asked by young snoD,
after an exaggerated compliment to the
cbeyalicr's deXtcrity, whether he had
learned his art at the Kings table or in the
roval kitchen. NJ. de Pounat replied: CAT
neither place; it was from having so often
to slice off the ears of insolent puppies that
acquired it, and You see now how L can
cut up goose"
4 CORRESPONDENT OF the Baltimore Sun,
writing from the Warm Springs, says: |
found here your old friend, james \. Cowar-
din, OF the Richmond Dispatch, who had
resortcd to the mountains as far back us
April. on account OF dilapidated health.
1But he is now again, Notwithstanding his
veteran qualities as journalist, so restored
as to be as juvenile and buoyant in spirits
as ever. He has just started on tour OF
seventy miles to the head waters of Green
brier river.
Madame Nilsson has received q souvenir
in the form Of silver inkstand from the
Committee OF Management Of the London
Hospital, for which she gave concert re-
Gently. 1t bears the following inscription !:
" Presented to Madame Christine Nilsson
Rouzaud by the Committee OF Management
OF the Hospital for Diseases OF the Throat,
Golden Square, W., as mark OF apprecia-
ton and gratitude for her kind services on
May "a, 1876, by means OF which sum OF
$1,000 was raised toward the building Of
that Institutions
In reference to the recent trial OF Rev.
Charles King, Mrs. Story publishes in the
Alexandria Gazette Il card, saying: wish
to acknowledge my thanks through your
paper to the many friends who sympathzed
with Inc in my late trial for the defence Of
right at Brentsvilc, and also for their kind
ness shown me and my family. And | wish
also publicly to thank my attorneys for their
earnestnesS in defence OF right, and their
respect shown me. ~ was Il stranger and
We took me in; hungry, and We fed me-
Christ says . Inasmuch as We have done it
unto one of the least Of these We have done
it unto me-"
Mr.. Henry Watterson, editor OF the Louis
vile Comier-Jou1pal, who was recently
elected member OF Congress, claims to be
able to take care OF himself, and asserts his
personal responsibility for his person with
considerable cleverness. Printing the jour-
nalistic comments OH his election, he says ::
at is the opinion Of those who have fair
means OF knowing, that the subject Of these
comments will not march down to the foot
! lights or fire off any horse-pistols whatso-
ever, but that he will try to do his share OF
the routine work, and may be able to resist
the Establishments OF the capital, in which
he was born and passed the greater part OF
! his life.''
Mr.. Tennyson will now conclude, with
out doubt, that his life has been failure.
Had he taken to comic-song writing, instead
OF composing poetry, he might have achieved
some measure OF success, and have been en-
rolled among the ''self-made men OF our
time" 4 music publisher testified in a
copyright case in London recently that
90.OO0 copies had been sold of the song
" Slap, bang Here we are again." and that
the copy-rig ht OF one popular comic song is
frequently worth from $4,000 to $4,000.
The London Echo adds: "Two things are
required for the successful writing OF a