New-York tribune., 1876-05-18
PERSONAL.

Judge David Davis arrived at his nome III
Bloomin gton, Ill. last SATURDAY
The Rev. DR.. Manning of the Old South
Church. in Boston, u seriously Ill
President Clark of the Massachusetts Agri-
cultural College started for Japan last Monday.
Mr.. Sidney Woolctt, tho popular reclter OF
plays and poems has to England but Is to return
hitner neNtSeptenbrr. 80 ,
The Rev. Dr. Duryea of Brooklyn will adj
~ the .tudcuts of the Ynle Theological School at the
anniversary in NewIIavon TINS evening.
Mime. Christine Nilsson has consented TO give
concert London next week for the bcneht oil Tue
Mr. John G.. Whittier has declined the invi-
icce 10 deliver a poem ut the cxt Commencement
George Eliot will spend tho Autumn In the
-outh of France delaying her departure from Londoh
until the apl earanco OF tho last pooA o Dan"'
DcrOnda.'
Mr. w. Clifford Pagrave, author of the
travels la Arabia" has been appointed BRUSH cohsul
for the Philippine Islands. probably on account OF MS
fuuIiiIy with Arabic, iansuag" "ilch !" no slo@ci
there. fhey manaso these matters better In FRANCE
Lord Macauay once gave the following can
did criticism portrait Of himself: It Is the face OF
man of ,r,blc mental powers, great bOdness and
!fankcss. and quicA rcsL ior pleasure " 10 ho nnto
Mr fOX's III general expire sion am qiIc oohon' l"
have such "a pny siognomy.'
Maior-Gen. +. II. Smith, Superintendent OF
tho Virginia Military Institute in general order accept
ing the JacksonIope Acdal Fund. says that tho IN,
will be- suliici'n nj To procure Two so he's VI
Inc two distinguished graduates Of the Institute
Prince Bismarck received nm address re-
Gently from tadcsm"n. complaining of the dlness
of trade In reply the Prince a ter-c letter saying
thai c was not whit better of, t"a lac produce Of bis
estates sold ony at un:cmnncrniNe prices. ana con
cuded by oxhortug his Fellow shno.ef' 10 p"'Io'c pa
Ieuco IN expectation Of be ',r days.
The Hon. w. ID. Wishburu and family of
Minneapolis Mimi. arrived Ia Ao city on Tuesday after
a seven months visit t. Europe. Mr. Washburn passed
much the time at Paris, with his broth r. the Hon
Eihu h. Washbunc, the American Minister, WHO says he
uay make a short yis home III tne Fall n oricr 10 he
counted at tue Presidential election. MIR. Washburn
SAY all the Americans abroad, save those who nave
et teir cOuniry their cOunrys gOot are humiii-
ated by the political of the past fcw months.
and heartily III sympathy with the ioioih move
/: is stated, upon COOL authority, that Lieu
cnant Cameron contemplitos - second journey into
Equatorial Africa at distant period ia which event he
will start from the Coast and proceed up the Congo.
taking with him natives OF Zanzibar, who. In this case,
Will bc working homcward from the comnencehent
The great advantages ~ this plan are NJ once obvious as
not only Will new ground Do broken almost al tho outset
I'm tedd Of the tVeler tas IA no ease III Starting from
lhe East CoisD DOING over u track for some hun
drcis of mile, before an unknown ana therefore more
Interesting region s ~ ichcd; but the fact OF WORKING
daily will stimulus with the followers of the ad-
vcutarOus ana cnterprlsins crploior.
Mr. Joseph Jefferson on the concluding night
" bis engagement London called out " the ap
plause Of tue audience, when he made the following
pleasant response: conclude from the warmth OF your
approval and the sound Of yor applause that you
anxious should address few words to you this the
Last night of my engagement at this tLoaer. | very
clad ~ deed have the opportunity ut cordially thank
you for your reception and your Kindness To me
To England at,r an absence OF ten years.
,rIrc Won that am unwilling To detan you for any
length time with set or formal speech, but can
hot help hoping That when return again may meet
with tho same smiling and aiiectonae faces OF the
friends To whom 1 now bd most grateful adeu"
At "A meeting Of the Bunker Hill Monument
Association hold in Boston on Tuesday the committee
appointed To examine the accuracy of the historic
sites OF the battle-ground reported that many OF the in
scriptions mark the various points Of interest
were eroneousy located and needed replacing. The
port concludes follows: "fhrco stones on the
grounds; two bear tins inscription This stone marks
the remains Of the brcastworks erected June IL l775'
The other stone In the northwest OF the grounds
has this inscription Here fell Warren June II, l775
This about 200 feet from the s OF the first monument,
which II intended should stsbd On the spot where
Warren fell. The committee recommend that these in
scripons be removed aud that there bc placed on the
grounds other stones namely: ono with ths inscriptions
Southeast corner Of the redont. thrown ~ the
night OF June IL, l775. having opposite, westerly,
A, nal point Another, eight rods slant, with tins In
scripton Northeast corner Of the rrdoubt thrown mp
the night OF the 18th OF june l775 having opposite
To IT, westerly. signal point. These stones VIII mark
the easery side o the redObt At the norerly end of
this line stone with his inscription The brtastwvrk
thrown up the morning OF the 17t of June l77j
the grounds stone with this inscription The rail fence
and grass line OF proteoOn formed after tho British
troops landed. goo feet In the the base of
Bunker IIi On Bunker lillst. Is stone with this III
scripton The line OF rail fence and grass protection.
formed after the Brtis troops landed the l7th OF
June extended In this direction tO Mystic River The
spot where the frat monument stood Ia laid down on
plan OF Charlestown by Peter TUFTS Ia 1918. IL out
side OF the grounds In Concods Astone on the grounds