The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-02
Personal Notes.

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Personal Notes.
Miss Braddon, the novelist, has begun
her tour as an actress In the small cities OF
England.
DR.. J. C. Aver, the pill-man, is slowly re.
covering from his mental malady.
Mr.. Ezekiel has finished his colossal statue
Of 8. Religious Liberty" the gift of the
Jewish people Of the United States to the
National Government.
Mr.. Morse's bust Of Tom Paine is shortly
to be placed in independence Hall with adj
dresses and a poem from Walt Whitman.
Clara Louise Kellogg, while driving in
Barkhampstead, Conn, had the top OF her
carriage damaged by overhanging branches,
and she asks the town to pay her $50 for the
damage.
General Mcclellan has consented to de-
liver one speech for the Democrats in Ohio,
and will speak at Mansfield on October 9th
Ex-senator Trumbull will speak from the
same platform with him. ,5
Little Monaco has new ruler. Charles
III, who has long suffered from i'll health,
has bestowed the regency Of his prlncipalltY
upon his son, Prince Albert. He is twenty
eight years old, and has served in the Span
ish navy.
The New York correspondent Of the
Louisville Courier-J Journal says the statue OF
Seward in Madison Square, New York, is
firmly strapped to its chair, for fear it may
get up and make a speech.
The Adams family pay taxes in Quincy as
follows: Charles Francis Adams, 1884; ;
Charles Francis Adams, trustee, 1892 ;
Charles Francis Adams, Jr., S590.70; John
Quincy Adams, S1,257.52. The candidate
for Governor also owns about half mil
lion of real estate in Boston, and he is not
q spendthrift.
Cardinal McCloskey appeared in public
for the first time since his late illness on
Sunday last at the chapel Of tie Convent OF
the Sacred Heart, Manhattanville, on the
occasion OF bestowing the white veil upon
Miss Macarthur as an emblem OF the pro-
bationary period Of the Catholic sisterhood.
Emperor William, of Germany, visited
Leipsic on the 9Th Of August last for the
first time since 1913, after the great battle,
when he came as Prince William, with. his
brother, the young Crown Prince, Frede-
rick William, and their father, Frederick
William III.
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Russia's palace at Tsarskoe Selo is the horse
asylum, where the imperial chargers live
in snug quarters when they are no longer
fit for use. Near the comfortable stables is
the cemetery, where the history OF many a
famous steed may be read in the lnscrlp-
tons on the tombstones.
NJ. Courbet, who was heavily fined and
punished for the part he played in the de-
- ha TnIonnn Vnp6nma now
saws that he was the only person that op-
posed that destruction. The truth is, its
construction did not please him. What he
wanted was to take it down and put it up
again more in conformity with what ne
considered artistic purity. Il
Lord Lytton's recent fall over an Indian
precipice is described rs frightful sight.
He fell fully a hundred feet before he was
stopped by tree. Strangely enough, he
escaped without a scratch, was able. to
scramble up, mount another horse, and con-
tinue his ride as if nothing had happened.
The horse, too, was nearly unhurt, though
the workmen had to cut him road before
he could be got up again.
The indianapolis correspondent OF the
Courier Journal says: The most extraordi-
ary demands are now being made upon the
Central Committee for "big" speakers for
~bie" rallies between now and election
dav. Next Governor Williams, Senator
Bayard, Lleutenant-G Governor Dorsheimer,
Governor Gilbert Walker, Governor Hen
bricks, Governor Curtin, General Sigel,
Daniel w. VOORHEES,, and George W. julian
are in demand, and could each have an op-
portunity Of speaking fifty times in the next
ten days il flesh would stand it.
The New York Wortd thinks the best
thing in Mr.. Evarts's speech at the unveiling
of the Seward statue was the sentence in
which he said Of Mr.. Seward that "he be-
lieyed it is the consent OF the citizens that
makes the safety and greatness OF the ma
ton, and not the power that can coerce cit
izens." The World adds, however, with
noint: HThose who remember the tinkling
Of that slittle bell' may doubt whether Mr..
Seward quite deserved this particular
praise" -, .......
A Chicago dispatch says the demand fol
tickets of admission to the Moody and
Sankev meeting in that city Sunday, 1st Of
October, is immense. The tabernacle ir
which services will be held stands on ground
100 by 100 feet, and contains 5000 chairs
George C. Stebbins, Of Boston, will lead thu
great choir. Mr.. Cree, OF Philadelphla
manages the details of the meeting. T.W
Harvey is chairman OF Inc executive Soih
mittee. Moody's headquarters are at the
Grand Pacific Hotel.
MIR. Bayard Taylor writes to the Cincin
natl Commercial that he asked Professor
Huxley the other day if he had learned, ike
Dickens, to play '"upon that remarkable In
strument,'' the American 's catarrh.'
"No,n, said the professor" /" but i nave
scarcely yet recovered from the lassitudtt
produced by the intense heat which fount
here on nv arrival" Personally, MIR. Tay
lor saws, Professor Huxley has created tht
most agreeable Impression. "With hi;
short. stout figure, his massive head. steady
rray eyes, compressed lips, and habltual an
OF gravity, he might pass very well 1or
Dissenting clergyman; but when ne begin,
to speak, and his face becomes mobile ana
animated, the presence OF a larger, certainly
much more Independent, individuality Il
at once felt" .4. :aa
SUCCESS OF THE CENTENN1AL.-The Cen
tennial Exhibition will, Judging from pre-
sent indications, prove to be the most sue
cessful OF any international exhibition
Last Saturday was the 10th day. At that
time 4,071, 1913 paying visitors had been pre-
sent. The Vienna Exhibition was opeI
1856 days and the total number Of paying
visitors only reached 3,492,622. The