New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-27
PERSONAL.

And now Mr.. Swinburne is writing pam
inlet ON the Eastern Question: and its teaching Is not at
al that OF Mr. Carlyle's letter.
MFR. Scott Lord is about to take up his resi-
dence here The 9th of March, 1877 win see bm unlock
ing his new office for the practice OF law
MFR. William Morris is rather Enthusiastically
called by The Aheneun a. the Poetry-Smith of the
Northern Olympus" and IL adds that he Is soaked in
odinisn-his body Queen Square, but his soul is in
Ultima Thule.
A female lawyer IN London has just been
awarded the Joseph Hume scholarship in Jurisprudence
by the Council of University College. She Is making her
way In such active business Nc the law as allowed to
persons WHO are not called tho bar; and women are
not permitted TO aspire TO that rs yet
Mariana Fortlmy's heart is deposited in q
chapel at Reus In Catalonia, and beautiful scuptured
slab OF marble presenting his bust in relief has jas been
placed above with this not very original inscription:
Ills heart TO his country.
ROYAL authors are no longer uncommon per-
sonagcs In days there are Victoria, Napoleon,
the SHAH Dom Pedro the Bourbon Count OF Paris and
now appears Louis T. King OF Portugal who says that he
is at least capable OF good scholarly work by seriously
taxing up the task OF Transmitting Hamlet" into his
own language He s man OF good mind, and is sald 10
Gen. Dick Taylor is visiting Mr.. Abram s.
Hewitt at his house in Washington. The Mexican war
gave Gen. Taylor and President Grant the opportunity
20 fight their rst battles together and their friendship
has continued since with the sharp interruption
OF the civil war But their intimacy ceased In 73 when,
It ia reported the policy of the Administration in Lousi
ana caused unpleasant feeling Gen. Taylor very
erect aud slender With marked military bearing aud
his hair and full beard are touched by goody quantity
OF the frosts OF time.
Mr.. Simon Cameron has made his appear
auce In new character. The negroes Of Hilton Head
have named q chapel In his honor "saint simons
70 Ia tha In vbio zvlV mis-
fox" became canonzed In the Spring of 1865 just after
the close OF the war; number of Senator'S members Of
the Cabinet and other Government officials made visit
to Hilton Head, and Simon Cameron was one Of the
party. On Sunday they attended negro church, and
after the the minister made appeal for money
to pay debt of about $500 on the chapel. Cameron
became greatly Interested and proposed TO the WASH
isgonians to raise the money, ne himself contributing
the largest share This was done, and the negroes In
gratitude called the church st. Sm0ns Chapel
Mr.. Richard Grant White is complimented by
one OF the London weeklies American who speaks
like an oxford man and looks like guardsman. Lon
don correspondent Of The EUeling Post says: ." Few
Americans see England Mr. Richard Grant White
seems have It, In oil quarters and In all ranks Of
society from the highest down for ono hears OF him
all He the guest OF peers and county families in
various parts Of the eounry at Oxford and Cambridge
he was received with marked attention. The Shake
speareans made much OF him, aud no made homo
rary member OF the Garrck Club. He was thought to
resemble highly cultivated Englishman rather than
the usual idea Of an American. Alexander Ellis, late
President OF the Pathological Society," whose great work
on English pronunciation has made him the chief au-
thoriy that subject is reported TO have said OF him
that his English could not be told from that OF unver
sity-bred Englishman."
Mr.. Lamar, since 1872, has been in the habit
Of highly prasing Mr.. Carl schurz, although many Of
his constituents have considered the clever German
American Radical in disguise Gen. schurzs course
this year convinced them that they had been right all
the time and they repeatedly reminded Lamar oft he
was stumping" Mississippi during the Autumn.
Finally at one Of his meetings. some one in the audience
interrupted him with "How about schurz, whose de-
feat In Missouri you 90 sorry sbouts What do you
think Ct him nowr Lamar replied that Sohurxs
reminded him Of incident In his law practice Sally
his witness and the other side undertook 90
d,scredt her testimony Bill Jenkins called for this
purpose, and being placed upon tho stand. asked
what Sally saxe's reputation was ~ vcs'an Of truth