New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-03
PERSONAL.

The statue Of Gov. Winthrop has arrived IN
Washington and has been placed in satuary Hall The
formal presentation viii be made today
The Brown University Alumni residing IN
Boston he their fifth reunion in that city on Tuesday
evening Mr. Frank ". Bird presided, and eX-GOv. Gas
ton and Attorney General Train were elected members OF
the Executive Committee
Gov. Rice, Mayor Cobb, the poets LongfellOw,
Lowell aud Holmes and many other prominent people
in Boston, have proered complimentary benefit to the
widow OF Thomas Barry, tho actor at the Boston Inc
alter, TO take place March 10.
Caleb p. Marsh, whose payments to Secre-
tary Belknap Just provoked impeachment has been
reunited a safe and shrewd business man. He was for
some years the moneyed partner in the well known fur
niture house OF IIerter Brothers in th city, Before
that he was in charge Of Tyler DaVldsohs DuSihes ,
in Cincinnati.
Gen. Comfy writes from Washington to The
columbus (Ohio) Journal about Judge Black: "When
odd Jerry speaks all the other cOunselOrs are in the
habit of leaving their hats outside the bar When the
divine fatulence the eloquent Jerry he do know
nectora tea like Vesuvius Jerry Is lank and thin,
though all the juices of his nature had escaped IN the
sputatlve shower which he squrts"
The Baptist Weekly has the following about
a pleasant occurrence in Philadelphia: VIM. Buoknen
invited the subscribers to the and magnificent
building OF tho Baptist bcatOn Society Monday
evening and gave beautiful entertainment Dr.
Griffith announced that the building had cost $4,000
more than supposed and that there was deficiency OF
SIO7, 900, and that the Buckne family. and Crozer
family, rather than have the building dedicated IN
numbered with debt, had paid the denc!ency, each
amily paying half. 1t was surprise par indeed ana
congrafnatOry addresses made by Bishop simpson
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the KeY. DT Deki
SON OF Virginia G. j. Johnson OF Illinois ana tue Iiesl-
dent Of the Society, J. T. Howard esq OF connecticut
The Washington correspondent of The Port
land IeJ Press draws this comparison between the two
senators from California: Among all the gentlemen
ng those Senatorial chairs there is not one attracting
more attention than the bachelor from California sena
tor Booth His erect figure and dignhed carriage give
him an air Of distinction; his perfect complexion soft
brown hair aud pleasant smile make him decidedly
handsome, and then If you know him you will find an
added charm In the low rich voice and cOurty manner
which eminently his own. lie makes Dut rev
speeches yet those few carry weight and he commands
degrer OF pleased attention which is never accorded TO
his colleague Senator S.rgent. senator Booth rises
nniev and stands easily; he never hurrcs in speech
manner mr. senator Sargent occupies his chair under
protest. he IL never happy unless ne Is on Ms ee on,
a and Even wbiIo writing Won can see his ears are
alert catch any tor dashng on MS eyegsses
and sprnging up like Jack in-tnc-bo1. Then he az
ness ia his composition in the physical or mental nc
eyerYbodv's net preudices while his words tumble
in such haste that all his speech is sputter.'
At the next meeting of the Yale Classical
and Pathological Society Prof L. b. Coe Is expected 70
read paper on an old French manuscript. IL is frag
men Of an old ChGnson de Geses and the French scho
ars who have examined it think that 1t written some
time In the twelfth century. It's subject ia the life OF
Charlemane particularly his youth, but Is not thought
10 be OF historical value, for the Old poems OF that class
are more romantic than historical The French Italian,
and German languages all have ancient uccns Of this
kind concerning Charlcmagne, but they are all Thought
to rest upon something still further back, and II IS tue
oplnon OF those who have examined this fragment that
&c is a least hundred years older than these other p0
ems and the original from which they were taken ~ IS
in the handwriting OF the twelfth century, each teteI
being made distinctly by itself they were before te
invention OF the cursiyc hand There are nearly tno
sand lines OF the manuscript ana II Is lno9He ~ M &
small part OF the original. There are only TWO PAGES
50 lines to pagein succession IN any part ana ue
sheets OF parchment are thought TO be the outer ones Oh
several auires. The manuscript was hrst known laat
Simmer. gentleman In Paris iouha tnat 'ne Governs
ment witlng. Upon careful examination IT was tonnd
tn ne this very ancient poem The parchment Is much
ntlaed and i'm many places the letters have faded 50
that almost llegbo 1t published last Fail in
aria IN