, 1877-03-10
PERSONAL

Tho granddaughter OF Daniel Webster, Mrs
James 0eddcs Day. IL whiting sr "reminiscences OF
his carly homo llfo At Mastadcld.
Mr. Densiow, OF tbs Union College Of Law,
Chicago, has au article in tho Ind<nsndent on tha
subject Of responsible ministry and dissolvable
Leclalaturc. :,
Tho London Acadtmy speaks Of tho t.to chaun-
cey Wright, Of Cambridge, bfass., ~ having one Of
tho hnest philosophical minds that AmesIea or any
other country has produced
Petroleum Y. Naaby has retired agstn from the
Toledo D'adt, rslsinng on!y tho weekly edition ~
hts property. lie has aoll tho daily edition to
Alexander Heed and II. D. walbsldgo.
Asyruphony by tho celebrated Swedish composer
srensdcn will shortly be brought ontla Now York.
The work IL Jet In manuscript, but Il recently
produced befuro King Oscar In ChflAt!aua, and was
accorded high honors oy him.
Tho newly stected rsofeasor of Greek 1T Prince.
ton, Dr.. Orris. has sAlleI for. Europe. EIe will
spcud six months In Greece, whittier ho has Rnno to
perfect himself In tho living Language. lie already
haa knowledge of modern 0seek comprising AZ.
erythIng except ability to sprak thu language.
BIT. uergh has constructed an ordinance for Tho
rre'eRtton OF cruelty 10 females. tn which he de-
scrbos cestain parcels s'uot exceeding ono square
foot In volume" Tho World justly objects to the
Phrase and refuses to 10 taught By Nj. nsrga that
cubic capacity can bo expressed In supcracla!
terns.
-Four asudenis Of tho Presbyterian Lad!os' Col.
legs at Melbourne have put forth An adaptation Of
Mr. Tennyson's "Pflneess. In which they t4ks a
wholly different view Of "WomAn's Future " from
that which Tho Old World post had adopted They
convert ths lrtpco by = course ct Lectures At thu
Ladits' College.
The Columbus Glee Club latsly paid \ visit to tho
President and Mrs Hayes 1t .ths Whlte House.
They sang number Of lltties In tho corridor, At
tho close Of tho second song l1ra. 1tayes made =
special request for her favo1to tunea. Among
then. wsd "1et tbs Lower Lt2hts be uurning, ="
written and composed by Tho lats r. p. Dlifs. Of
Chicago.
The Ncapotltan asttsta gave farewell breakfast
to tho painter OeEouae. and on returning to his
hotel, ho found an officer OF tho Royal household.
charged to give him. In the nsmo OF Victor Em.
manuel, tho cross OF Knight Of tho Order of So.
Maurice snd Lazarus. n. Goupi9. who aecompa.
nfed n. 1erome, was decorated With tho cross OF
tho 0sdos Of tho Grown Of Italy. J..
Tho Cincinnati Commercial fears that II ex.ssn.
stor Key becomes Tho next Postmaster. q euesal 10
will not set up the Republican National Coaven-
ton Of 1880 In the !nsfsak uf certain persons who
particularly wsut to hAse II 10 eat up. This would
be, indeed. sad thing, A Postmaster. General
who actually attends TO auch aaAll tuattefs
Fyia2 ctteEs and delivering than will nerss aAs-
II the 'atatesmen OF this country.
Reference Waa made in ihia column yesterday 10
tho percentage Of Saxon MoFds Ia Nj. Aaodya SER
nous. We ob4eEye that ilke search hss baon
made by Prot. conon, Of Cornell University,
through tho writings Of Tenuyson. mo living
poet, says Prof. Corsou. ''hss woysn bis song 10
such N extent out Of tho Saxon vocabulary ~ Al.
ftad Tenpysoa has done." ilis SIN Memprtam, II
though it trsseFses tho wildcat circuit Of thought
aud feeling In search Of santmeus to Iss mood, u
exhibits, perhsps, greater percentage Of Saxon
words than any other poem Of the sama extent IN
The literature Of the nineteenth century.
"lt says something 10. tho margin which fres
country gives 10 genlus," remarks thu Londan
correspondent Of the Nsw York 1mss, !" when
tho son OF Jew i4tsFa&f4r rules EnxlAnd, snd tho
daughter Of Jew vocalist leads tho world Of fash-
| ion. and IL the centre OF Why assemblies" Tha
fsst pcrsoa referred 10 will be universally recos-
n1zcd; the second il tho Countess OF Waldeyraso,
watc Of Lord Csrlingfosd, and dauxhtsE Of MI.
urahana. the tenor. Lady Waldegravu u woman
Of gEeat beauty. shs has bad four husbands With
t ono exception, each OF tho three deceased had 4
tttls. and eaeh left ha1 lsrgs fortune. shs !,
iuameasely rich, and hM 10 children.