The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-05
personnf Notes.

Don Carlos, OF Spain, has saiieo LOT Ely
land.
Ex-Emprcss Eugenie still wears hne
clothes.
president and Mrs. Grant are the guests
or Mr.. 4, Il. Corbn, at Elizabeth, \. j.
There are thirteen North Carolinians in
the House OF Representatives in Texas.
Brigham Young has reduced the number
of his wives to eighteen, and feels almost as
lonesome aS q widowcr.
The statue Of Lafayette, the gift OF
France TO America, is to be inaugurated on
Wednesday in Union Square, New York.
The president of the Keokuk Board OF
Health is Dr. &. n. Seidlitz. The propriety
Il holding the Office is quite aperient.
\ Dutch clergyman has printed "ZaS
Naandcn in Amcrika' six Months in
AncrjcaN. The author, DR.. Cohen. Stuart,
: an enthusiastic admirer OF Americans
and American liberality in religious mat
tiers.
Professor ". II. Smith, late of the Uni
yarsi,v OF Michigan, has been elected Pro-
fc>sor oi Natural History in the University
O. North Carolina.
II is generally felt that Babcock is the
safest burglar whose liberty was ever en-
danrercd bv true bill. His trial in Wash
inrton will result as did his trial Ill 81.
Louis. lie will be gloriouSly vindlcated.
VI. Larecau and NJ. Louis Say are about
10 undertake another expedition into North
Africa: the GOAL Of the former this time
will be Timbuctoo, and OF the latter Ahag-
car. the elimination Of the Central Sahara,
which. it is said. has not hitherto been visit
cd by any European.
james Miller announces for publication
during the fall q new volume OF select mis-
ccllancous poems by Martin Farquar Tup-
per. the author OF "Proverbial Philoso-
pihy." 1t is Mr.. Tuppcr's design to take
IN his abode in New York in a few weeks
and personally supervise his work during
It's progress through the press.
Ex-Sccrctary Bristow told reporter OF
the Boston Globe that he intended to return
to the practice Of law at Louisville. adding !:
a profession / love, and which was
taken from by accident, not choice. Politl-
cally. have no aspirations and prefer to be
lrt entirely alone.'
Mrs. Rebecca Camfcld, who died recently
III Georgia. was an aunt OF General Long
street. and the last remaining child Of Will
liam Longstrcet who, the Augusta Chr0ni-
Gle saws. ran 4 miniature steamboat OF his
own construction up and down the SaYan-
nah river. opposite Augusta, ten years be-
fore Futon'S invention was heard OF.
Abdul Hamcd, the new Sultan, is de-
scribcd as tnn and sincwy, with flashing
dark eyes and aquiline nose. He is a bro
thcr of the Sultan Murad, just deposed, and
i thirty-fo,lr Years OF age. His habits are
represented as not bad for Turk, he being
temperate in his drinking and saving Of his
money. Though early familiar with the
dcpravties OF the harem, his life, since he
reached manhood, has been rather eXem-
plary, and one wife maintains the supreme
cy Of his affections. With the exception Of
his icz. he dresses like a European, his
clothes being made in Paris, whose people
he admircS and initiates. He has turn for
statistics. and has fine collection OF maps.
His love of pets is particularly strong, and
he even INDUCES in stuffed animals. AS to
his religion he is very orthodox, and is q
hatcr of the progressive party. He believes
that no Greek is honest, but looks upon
other Europeans with tolerance.