New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-01
PERSONAL.


Senator Ferry Of Michigan is again very i'll.
Mr.. Wi lam Cullen Bryant is at his old Cum
milyr III farm.
Mrs. Moody, the wife of the preacher, IS
teaching large cas. Of this Summer in ie sunday
school az North ED. Mass
Miss l.. l.. -c' .yler of this city has rented
the housa IN Newport IN which the scene Of Col Hsgh-
sons novel OF Mabono" is laid.
The cars that infest the day of Gov. Robinson
are many many that he has been Obliged To decline
an invitation to HE Bennington celebration.
Mr.. Walt Nhitman's portrait Is being painted
by one Of his admrcrs-a young English artist. The
,oet's health is improved. lie living farmhouse
near Philadelphia.
Mrs. S. II. Gray, the sister Of Wendell Phil
lips, and the mother OF MIS- r. sorrs OF brooklyn died
last week ut L. ngmcadow, Mass She was cultivated
and hdnde"me o'd LADY.
Miss Hale, the daughter of the Rev. +. E.
Hale Is said to be a promising artist. Mr VIM NJ Hunt
is reported to nave sal iha, her adelpha ce was
one Of the ucst thii - m the exhibition.
Mr.. Arson Lord was a remarkable Democrat
who has jlst d.ed IN Montgomery County at tho axe Oh
o. From OF bus maj rty 30 that Of ls death,
never alcd 10 cast ballot at every to"h S'do anu
National election
Miss T.. Stuart Phelps is not, as has been
para.naphtd, writing serial FOR the magazine O"ctA
Ho,th promised from Portland Ia tue FAN The story
- Is now writing SAID TO DO her bestso ar not TO ap-
ume IN OCTOBER by OaEoOd.
Mr.. John Burroughs, the naturalist, is max
ing hs visit TO Boston, Cambridge AMI Concord on
Lis way to Canada lie has crossed the ocean and seen
Old England. before i4ye!ims hundred niles nom DIS
home IN rural Nc"-Notk TO see Nc~-i-iGl4hd
Mr., \. II. Stephens IS going around with the
whirisls o; time. lie appeared Ia Court IN Georgia the
OF her day a. tie attorney of blind coJTed man. what
would is friends have said to him if lie mad done that
thing twenty YEARS asoi
MI James Gordon Bennett Is cOmpiimented
by Tie Newport sponient OF me Chieayo hlt'ee
who says that to him Is chiefly due divers Newport
tracuons-poo, the ste,piechascs, and the coming OF
the yachts And It is added honor that re kept
gambling from stee pcchases by lis direct ana posi-
tive opposition t. pcoPc Who popost", On ,'' ,,,,u
yl aa Of the 'n''''' 10 set up p'0''''s 0
Ex-Cov. Scymour's nephew, Mr.. Il. b. Mil
lcr has Just died Do Uica While seq was Governor
IN 1868 hc gave Nj. Miller the Office OF Pardon Ccrk-ln
onc. which he filed with efficiency and intcSity. A
member Of the legislature once applied FOR pardon Tor
one OF constituents. ana sought TO secure favorable
report ON MI Miller. " I'll tell You what IN do'' be
SAID with the rascal buutncss OfOne who believes hat
every man has his Iucc; III give you hundred dollars
n you1 gel tie Governor TO sign that PARDON Nr
Miller sc his Indignation. and with quzzical smile
on ms iace offered to attend 10 the business Immediately
Wen 20 night iu and tue Governor he said
Reaching tbs executive presence nir. Miller cemsr6cd
with great show OF interest, Gov seymour this s the
Hon. NJ. lie j. 1T hiDcr oI the Ir2sld' ule ana nc
" rt,l ,il,r- II IA .et i, tor hm. III 80 you haly,s
ON The money loc'n sn "a. InS Ss@n''"eu member
taxing IN the situation, frrclpItdtcly He'd
II is related that when the late Chlef-Justice
Chase was travelling through ONO during rsto~yass
for the Goyeruorslp. be was accompanied boy Sedate
ana retiring young friend, Dit Hayes 0f Cincinnati
IL was la q stageooach-and they talked Ar Chase was
iui OF what he believed to be his mission. VIZ: To fight
.iayery. There H. an end coming 10 all TINS Injustice
sad he The Fugitive slave Law IL felt by all classes
10 De an outrage and the violation Of Is thought TO be-
prasoworhy by best people OF the North. law OF
thi4 kind can never stand. what the end will be Is hard
10 tell How it VIII come cannot be ofetod; but that
There is yitabe conflict between liberty and free
dom-tho North ANA the SOuth-is evident to any one
VINO studies carefully the signs OF the times II may be
accompshcd hy HE ballot, but more Likely the bayouei
Win be nrces sary" And - tie conversation ran on.
Meanwhile young Mr.. Hayes, careu listener to every
word seemed ihe the young '@ul sitting 81 me Ice oil
Catiel lie said cut lite, bl. seemed greatly ~ rf-
ana instructed lnis Is pointed at 40 historical
scene.
The richest mining firm in the world is that
of Mess Flood O'Bueu, Mackey 4 Far in Ual.lor
ma Their Bonanza mines al the present
depressed prices, cannot be less, II - said, than
s23OOO,OOO. TDcy own the Bank Of Nevada, with
paid up capital OF $lOOUOO00, ana reserve fund OF
- coo 900 They are rcputed to own S2O,OOOOO0 in
United States bonds. Their real estate and other prop
eriy in sight cannot be worth less than e3.OOOOO0
Besides these Investments hoy controlling inter
est in several other mines. II is estimated that the
tire assets OF these four men would amount to
SIOO0O0,COO Next IN order Of wealth among CalfoI-
mans come four principal owners Of the Central Pa
cinr Railroad and the other connecting roads OF ClOr
nIa-Stanford Huntington. Crocke and Hopkins. These
men are the largest OF railroad property the
world Most OF this property il encountered by The issue
OF mortgage bonds But II Ii supposed uat heso four
men have = clear margin OF @1OUOO,OOO Is, sides Tti
road property thcy own great deal OI lana, town SIZES
alternate sections country seats, cly real estate and -
on. IL - said tha they are worth twelve ana hall mil
Ions apiece. pIo-peclnely they arc worth more
BERLIN, july 31.-llerr Kurd Won SchloZer,
German Minister United states, has lett here,
turnIns t. Washington
PHILADELPHIA, July 31.-Ex-GOy. f. +.
Noyes Of OLio tho newly-app0rnted United states
Minister to France arrived this city from Cape May
Yesterday He will leave IN the steamship Illinois Of the
American Line today for Liverpool. Con. FitZ JOlu
Porter and other prominent gentl,n arc with him.
POLITICAL NOTES.