, 1877-10-14
PERSONAL.

In the archives Of Kenyon College, CAM
bcr. O.. is the lcttc, OF President Nheclock. of
Dartmouth College, to Daniel Webster, retaining
the creat orator in the celebrated Dartmouth
College case Tic letter is dated the 5th Of Au-
gust lsl5, and it incioscd $50 as retaining fee
the inaugural nddress of DR.. ". W. Pat
ton, formerly of Chicago a. President of the How
I'd University ut Washington, was delivered Tues
G.7 night iIc took for his subject, Tho Rela-
uoa O: Higher Education to Civilization and the
Elevation CT Depressed Race in This Country"
IL. Edmund Yates, in replying to an arti-
&c n the last Contemporary on ''The Newest
Ih:a. in :ouruaii=u.,' takes occasion 10 admit
list bis attacks on Thackerar. mace twenty years
20 were '.silly and unjusiii2blc on!y 10
re excused by his youth and to be atoned by Inc
!apse Of tine.
The London -icaden1y says: We under
sand that Mr. Delanc has resigned the editorshlp
ot toe Times. and that Mr.. CheneFy. the Lo'o
Al.1ones'e Professor OF Arabic at Oxford. Will oc
Is successor. Prof. Chcnery. to whose chair no
saary snd no duties arc assigned, has been con-
2ecied for many years with the stat Of the lcaon"
JOURNAL
Tie London -4t1enRum Of the Goth ult.
says: ''since the F1anco-Geyman war, German
officers src expected TO add knowledge OF Knssiah
tohe:r linguistic attainments. Our government
t:sag now resolved to follow THIS example the
Russian language will hereafter be included among
taesabiccts upon which candidates for commits
s:uns arc examined"
Tie Paris CORRESPONDENT of the London
1sadsmy writes: I'm Muscc Rcvolutionnaire, 10
not be frightened at the name! The museum IS
VI: llr:a.y and collection only d1stantly connect
Cd with the Chamber Of Horrors at Nine. 1us
taats, and the man who made it, the Marquis &c
Lesriile, . thinker and scholar, belongs to the
best socety. II circumstances are favorable IL
will no doubt, one day be officially recognized.
IL Anin is due to a decree of the Municipal coun-
eli Of Paris, ordaining the foundation OF colcc-
uou Of books, manuscripts, anu other ooJccts
oesflas directly the history Of the French kes-
o!r,ion.n
In d libel suit at New York, brought BY con-
factor against Nanton Marble. late proprietor OF
Aae "oTld which paper said some uncompi.naent-
III thtnss about the contractor when his house
osnoled to pieces and killed q lot Of people VINO
"efe passing i'll the street, Judge Fullerton made
neal point The contractors counsel had once
peen employed to prosecute the contractor IN case
"hefe tue contractor WIS charged with adultetat-
ny liquors and fraudulently pa'msng oil chemical
sompoEads on his customers, and Judge Fullerton
III his summing after declaring his inability to
would read TO the jury the estimate placed upon II
o. man who knew the contractor better than he
os,-tAe contractors own lawyer. Up jumped the
oppcs!as counsel, and endeayored to stave oil The
s.1pesate oy objecting to the speech being oncrcd
4ne'ioencc. II don't offer it as evidence an
t"e!ed the Judge, with his courtliest bow. - b1t
- Ase!oquencc." and he proceeded TO read it amid
,ae fo.:f of the audience. The moral is obvious,
oo1h 10 clients and lawyers.
"A recent letter to the Boston journal from
Saeocc gives this interesting social intelligence:
A'' Fred Gauthicr, eon Of the former Consul
osAe'al OF France at Quebec, and Aide de-Camp
~ ,'l:eut,-Gov. Lctellicr Of that province, was 10
aase been married yesterday to Mile. Clothldc
.aaSesln, wealthy heiress. niece OF Archbishop
,AoecSin =. and Of the Hon. Hector Lancevin c1-
+'ae1cs OF the Crown. The preparations were
e'4!pe@e, and the family OF tho to-bc bridegroom
.441feo from France OH Sunday to be present at the
'emony. On Monday there appeared suddenly
r-0 tht scene Mr.. Aumond, IN extensive lumbes'
An VI ottawa, with letters aud gifts to his daush-
-. HUN u. Gsuthler, giving unmist:kaole ano
s4.'tuns evidence that the gay 1othaEio Ind been
9eslhs simultaneously in two serious aTd'rfs dt
49, 1hs evidence was presented to the parties
A4os' deeply interested. The mother Of the cx'
4eeant or1ce went into spasms aud the latter. II
s9 accordance, went into dead faint II !:
Aeeo4ess to say that the wedding did not come ot,
saa mat NJ Gauihier WIS left to sadly reflect upo1
tasl1s OF the somewhat hackneyed 1daGe, !
sao IN The aand is worth two in the BUSH Ih'
eenouement is anxiously awaited. The bride
tAeoAa mother is known to be . lady Of Grea
eplomatie talent, and it Is rumored this Afternoon
- aoniEeal twhcnce went two bridesmaids las
saturday that the marriage will eventually b
co1suuuatcd nf