New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-08
PERSONAL.

Ex-Postmaster- eneral Jewell has been visit
ing Montreal.
Ex-Gov. Bullock of Massachusetts, will 20
10 Europe next month with his wife and youngest
daughter.
Gov. Carroll of Maryland has gone to his
country residence in Howard County FOR the Summer.
He will be in Annapolis every Wednesday to attend to
official business.
Mr.. John b. Cough has farm at Wsrces-
ter containing 125 1t Is saircay observed that
he Obliged to lecture hve tines week, his fee being
S20O IN order 20 sustain tins farm.
Gov. COnnOr Of Maine is improving his
mind, and the minds Of his wife and daughter and II
number OF his friends. They are travelling through Mas
sachusets. visiting the Institutions OF tat humble stle
Ex-Gov Hendricks friends in indianapolis
have decided to make tie farewell meeting tns evening
a. non political possible. Senator Mcdonald viii pre-
side, and exCongrcssDan ID. W. voorhees, wall deliver
the address.
1t is now denied that DR.. Crawford y. Long
OF Georgia, the aneshetica discoyerer, Is Old and poor
aud oppressed by the necessity of supporting his family
He is comparatively in the prime Of lfe has an excellent
practice and is altogether pacdy content with life and
its CUTS.
Mr.. Charles Francis Adams, among his other
eXceliences and charms. has a capacity Tor growing
wonderful strawberries He has at tnis moment some
delicious Clifford berries nearly three inches III crcum-
ference his garden at Quincy They are said to be the
modern Athens.
The address by Gov. Vance at the Univer-
sity OF North Carolina tomorrow will be Oh The Life
and Character OF the late David Lowry swain" Gov.
swain was at one time Judge OF the North Carolina su-
preme Court, and from 1882 10 1888 was Governor Of
he state From 1885 TO the tiae of his death the
Fall OF 1865, he President Of the University.
Sully's original study for his portrait Of
Queen Victoria is exhibited in an art shop in Phil
adelphia At the time il made the Queen was
pretty young woman of 10. The figure IS graceful the
hair glossy brown the eyes lustrous gray, the
Grecian and the mouth lovely. The Queen
pleased with Americans work thar she him her
autograph which is framed and hung under The portrait
i sdsn d r to og nS BY o a American T artist
The late Mr.. John LothrOp Motley and Mr..
Tom Appleton OF Boston fitted for college Dr.
Cogswells school at Northampton and they gradu
ated at Cambridge in the same class with Wendell Pail
lips That was before Motley 1s At G0ttinsen he
had Bismarck for fellOw%tudent. Into his novel OF
"MOrton's Hope he crowded great deal of his Coffin
gen re and may be that the characters, some
one the smoking sword swinging Jolly philosophical
students may stand for Bismarck. The novel was not
successful but was far enough from being very poor
Mr.. William Henry Smith, the General Agent
of the Western Associated Press has declined about
10 Decline the Colectorshp OF the Port al Chicago Ii
understood that this the second third Office which
las been rendered him by the Administration. MI.
Smith is the gentleman TO whom President Hayes, when
colonel in the field the letter declaring that any
man who should ask furlough at such time 70 20
home to electioneer for Congress ought 10 be scape
He has been resident OF Chicago for many years, ands
regarded by the Western Associated Pre- an inds
pensable necessity at las headquarters there but he was
long a newspaper outor in Ohi0 and was aiterWildW
secretary OF State for two terms.
Gov Bedle of New-Jersey has a grand-aunt,
Miss Betsey Doret who will be 100 years old next week
Her birthday will be formally celebrated by religious
ceremonies and family gathering She lives In Villa
situated on King Georges highway which runs from the
waterspout on the Highlands 10 linton Falls near Red
Bank It is situated at the base Of Rutman's Hill, down
which the fugitive British troops after their defeat IN
the battle of Monmouth. Miss Betsey born at he
Dorset homestead ut Holmdel, distant couple OF
miles She remembers well the capture OF her father BY
the British troops and the vain efforts Of his slaves TO
save him from being taken TO New-York, where he was
ncarcerated In the sugar-hOuse Her political remns
cences are many, and she speaks with enthusiasm Oh
Senator Garrett Wall, whose political courage she
greatly admired She was also known "a persistent
newspaper reader she has curious stories 10 tell she
speas with pride Of MddetCwn being " the twelve
villages IN New-Jersey hOnOred by having pos.-Ohee
and the crowd who used TO see the postman 60 ~ ge
horseback forthcoming celebration some fanny
relics will be exhibited. Miss Dorset possesses ltefaiy
talent and on tie occasion OF the golden wedding Q,
Gov Bedle's parents couple 0f years ag0 contributes
poem She has never yet travelled by rauIO-d Ou' Las
seen the cars
OMAHA, Neb., June 7.-Senator Morton ana
party passed west this morning.