, 1877-11-27

Henry Meiggs had q peaceful and happy
death,
Thomas 1Iartly'a new story Is called "TAo
Return Of tho Nat!se."
Senator Withers, Of Virginia, has daugh-
ter called Virginia secoasia Withsrs.
Tho lady whom Gov. Wade Hampton il to
marry lives In Now, Orleans, and owns largo prop
eFsy In Chicago. Sic IL widow.
Cless-tlay will probnbly pass of PLEASANTLY
onco moro at Harvard College, ~ tho Seniors hare
CHOSEN sheF oalcors without any quarfoltng.
It Is gaiA to 10 doubtful whether Con,
l1awoy will accept tho Chief Comultss!ouershlp 10
tho Pars Exhibition because hls wtfes health will
not permit her to accompany him, and because of
tho snalsaexs Of tho yalAEy.
An Secretary Evarts was passing tho Whito.
Iiouso with friend tho other day. tho latter 70.
married: ut IL dt and substantial homs for tho
Pressdcnt." 30 ycs." said tho Becretary; 's,t Is
plenty laEgo enough for ths President to lIvc Ia,
unless thu Senate tr!ca to llvu there too"
People who talk pf Mao3lahon's phrase
about tic Presidency. "J'y snls-|'y rcutc, /" for
get probably that It waa delivered when tho Mar
alal stotnaed tho Mnlakof1, and pcl4Xser, fearing
that It was mined, sent hin. word to ovacuase IT,
"lsn here-hese stay," replied MacAshon.
The controversy over Ton. Paine's death
has started discussion 10 tho color OF hls noae
The muse aeema, from good evidence, to Iavu bccn
slightly vsFnllon In hns, tho Itinghamtoa IN. ~
Republican quoting the following couplst which
street boys used to alng:
til Ps ke ksDna basns 1's sss1 af.r from s'aFt
Ex-0ov. Tildcn, Gen. Preston, aud Henry
Wattosson called upon Mary Anderson at tho Firth
Arcnuo Theatre on Friday to congratulate hor upon
her successfnl appearance In Now York. Admiral
Wotdon, William Cullen Nrysnt, and other nota.
biliics. IL understood, made arrangements to bo
present 10 witness ''Iiomea aud JuIlot" Monday
eysnlng.
Sims Reeves, tho famous English tenor,
attributes blu long lease Of voee 10 tho sage coan.
sci Of hts taasteE: ''Vs must Keep tho voice In
tho sntddtc This Il tho secret OF really ano tone,
oftho faculty os singing cantahie passages with
odcct. AMI Of making : coup on q high note when
!tts wanted. Nothlls u more Obstructive than
perpetual exercise Of tho upper segistoE"
The Doston Adoertasr ronarks, "The
confsrrtng of tho degree Of Doctor OF ctYil Law
upon Charles ttobcFt Darwin by tho University OF
Cambridge has been commented On a. M ludoe&e.
msnt ty the sncieut anivsEsty Ut tho Darwin
theory of Development. TIL. IL carsytng It too
far. On aha sans principle Harvard College mixht
b held responsible for Senator uaJafl's v!ows Ut
tho relation Of tho Htates to tho General Govern.
mont"
4 romantic sensation has been slapped in
the fase u London. Tha agsd Fseuchn,an, N. Do
Lally-To>lendal, who died Ut want In q co&l.holy,
was not, ssys tho AtaHoraai DIpiouasaqas the isss
surviving descendant OF ths herolo Laly, bshead-
ca for being defeated In tho East Indiea, but had
no rtGnt whatever u thu $tlls, aud under tho En-.
plta WIS not distinguished cavalry onlces, but =
polics'spy who had been snubbed for colofing hts
reports loo highly.
A correspondent asserts that tho Cause OF
Ar Nasts long vacation was tho objection Of MT.
Curtis 10 the publication Of the cartoon which rep
Isssntsd ths Democratic tiger and tho Isepabilcaa
laulb lying down together, with the lamb inside.
Mat refused to work untiI tho cartoon VIA pub
tlshrd+ Thu sales Of thu IsttkiY began 70 dsctlnc
and tho lfarpcrs ard MF. Curtis Wers obliged 10
yle1a II Will ba remembered that tho cartoon lslu.
ly saw tbs light, and Mr. Na4t has sincs bssa reg
playlY Ut work.