New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-27
PERSONAL.

John II. BallOu, the first c0l0red man adj
mted to the Rhode Island bar is lecturlng COnnect
cut "Thc Present Age"
Mr.. Murat Halstead of The Cincinnati Com
neyeiGI arrived Washington THURSDAY evening lie
informed Mr. by telegraph that he his
way unarmed.
DR.. c.. III. F. Peters, who spends his time
careerne about the frantic search planets
has just found his twenty,eventh; and yet In is not
happy--he ~ hunting Tor more or them.
Jacob G.. Hazeley, a native African from
Cape Pamas. has been ecurng on the land Of hi birth
at Baltimore. At the Sailors Bethel he sang hymn
in the African tongue which he arterwari rendered in
English.
Cambetta is an invalid, and his physicians
give hiu but twomore years life. But in spite of his
suffering said that rs OratOy is like food Of lava
liquid of molten fire He il all action his voice
rises and sinks with his emotions but in the tempest and
whrlwnd of MS passion he never loses MIS- sepDsses
sion. With all his ynhemCncc Gambcta IL logical and
cble in his reasoning and IN every respect dam
gerOus antagonist
Mr.. Lancaster Hodges of BrOwnvie, Me- ia
gentleman VINO has attained the rather mature age Of
LOG years The other day youth Of 40 appeared tho
c,ntenarians home. taking up his fiddle enthusiastic
cally played divers Old-fashioncd dance tunes like
Money Musk" Presently the old gentleman of 100
began to lift his head with an excited air. and in
ive minutes he was the middle of the floor cutting the
pigcon-wing aud other figures In hilarious and scientific
fashion, which could not be SURPASSED by any youthful
yoiary OF MI SwiycCr's favorite exercise the May
Mr.. Mullett now appears as a kind of second
hand ait patron He has heard that Dir. Willard Car
peucr Of Evansville. Ind, has died, leaving money for
library arte ilery. aud statue Consequently he writes
recommending Dir. Larkn ]. Meade as the fashlouer
of that statue Mr. Carpenter being quite the reverse OF
dcad-n excellent heath-the Mullett recommendation
will not at present attended to- This is the second
proposal which has been made for the contract OF erect
ing The Carpenter statue. ard The ErdaSeiHe Joerna!
payully says to the anXiO. sculptOrs of tGe cOunrY
penters lifetime. aud that gentleman looks as healthy
young man OF twenty. 90 take your tiine' Miss
S1ssns. ALL
Herr Richard Wagner, in conducting the re-
hearsals OF his works. has shown himself aster
pertinacous tres-ndeod. almost hypercritical one
day summer during rehearsal OF one or the scenes
Of The Ring of the Ni5olungs" he greatly annoyed
the splendid Br7tanhitde Frau Materna by small cri-
cisms importance. The German prlma donna sings
mpusiyely and with ardor and, absorbed in the beau-
nj music OF her part was constantly cxaspeted by IN.
tcrruptons referring to some tring gesture or move
ment OF the head. She endured 1t long possible,
tl n she burst INTO storm of and sobbcd out the
declaration that she would sing no more unless Herr
Wagner for,bore those Interruptions; ana thereafter
Bsunnhdes lyric enthusiasm suffered no check from the
COMPOSER. who WAS apparently So much less lnONtd y
his own won irous WORK than was lis Interpreter.
William II. Seward had Damon and Py-
tas of friendship with Judge sacket of Central
New-YOrk After the expiration OF Mr. Stewards term
as Governor. he in great pecuniary distress and
likely TO lose all his possessions. He struggled with The
perseverance characteristic Of the man to relieve hm'
self but unsuccessfuy. He must raise $4,000 or got
tic wall. He applied to many Of his hir-weather
friends but by fiat refusal or cold ndifer'
cncc, till he called Judge Sacket who said, "fou
kuOw | have little or money, but can furnish you
with something from which you realize the Needed
sum-" and he forthwith executed mortgage on his farm,
and on this was raised the $4,000 which saved bis for
tune aud he after relieved his friend from all anx
iety that anything disastrous could grow out 0i MS a
ton. lie SAID In substance. There no seNlce SIcu
can render this small or great, which should OI
Will be- refused and such service as TINS hig wen
make grateful and devoted friend Of Its recipient
Miss Dickinson has been playing in A Crown
OF Thorns lat Utica, Syracuse, and Auburn. inc
Ctica Observer throws a urd light upon her clothes
Ii says: ave d, not think that Miss DicAnsons acF
ing last evening gained her an additional admrer ~
an actress. lost her one friend as pluck! h''s
woman bound succeed. The fourth AMI last costume
IL not the traditional black velvet IN which queens ae
supposed to go their deaths, but study IN ltse
IL smber vet full OF passionate suggestion Of intense
hut snothered fire, typed by blending OF black Lace
giving the effect Of the running lava OF 'eSu"us
showing here and there through Its coneealed surface
in voice gesture ana movement and the critics nave nvs
found fault with her stage business
and The syracuse Courier declares; were " 'sS a6s
son 70 place herself under the Instruction oi c'dD
dramatic mentor. aud secure ne services 0, ,Ion
Ia write for her play especially sulcu 70 'H' 81
ment of her peculiar iaent she might "'h''c d INV"
crate success"
The sad Smith sisters Of Glastonbury nave
addressed plainve petition 10 the General As''"'"
OF their native state. II is dscursNe and lmtVo"'
document and shows that the lives OF these p'',
creatures are indeed miserable They say LuAu'! a
intellect never 90 together. We have thr R0da eP'D
before our eyes. During all thr Centennial Tine u J"
i,cing for the honor and glOrilcaton OF these '"O
principles for which we contcnding, We Nv" "o'n'
In the middle Of this state unprOttV'o"
IFS laws have hyed continual lear wv
from so-callcd robbcrs-aganst them We "'wu
get help-but greatly worse. from our own reno" "
men and citizens who stand ready 10 20 to the Sr
their own laws, aud beyond ihon. against ~ quo i,sL
IA our long lives lave ever sum req any ti"-
thr,uc fear OF town officers the whole SlhH at
ferr of one MANTLE new cOlicctOI-almcd 4 = ~ U,
olire Nv authority OF the state OF Cunncti'ot -
ulpnsrd of our property. and az much, Du' ~ M Jg
nobody what ne would take, AID should nos Uu Va
watched every man through tie windows tl"' ,~fs
near our house, but the cViUct,: did not tono ,;,s
middle oT October, Tor Ne could make double %
THAI time. This took OF all desire for any S'SH'SN
the world ever able 10 get up
Feminine preudices and jealousies are song
what unl easant when they make tleis "a' Il'' 20,
cal circles At one OF the later receptions " Pseso'
Mac Mahon. Madame Jules simon the VIE OF t''
Premier was presented for the irst tune sue -
ALWAYS been kno Sn Tor her extreme ridc'li'h' W.
carried her 80 lar once as 20 nGaos her 10 smuss' h
frt's Lanterne FROM Belgium across the iT'h'''' 81
Franco She also has the reputation OF haSnG nl'Pi
her husband with good deaf OF hiS ~.
snoh a personality was by no means acceptable " ="
anccstrally rch Nadine Ma dahon 'ofh ~ -,
aad who is, moreover. strongly fap.l anu o'"
IN her pr,possess.ons Tho guest Vas to4of"D9 ''-