New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-05
PERSONAL.

| Prof. Seelye, the scholar in politics, has given
his salary TO the town OF Amherst the money to be ex.
| pended In sidewalks.
| Ex-President Theirs says that his health ia
very good considering his age. He works and walks
good deal TO guard against the III effects which attend
sedentary life.
The Baron Gustave de ROthschd has no
gorgeous peacockdecorated In his Paris mansions
but he has a salon OF light carved wood heightened with
gold and ornamcnted with scenes from Tassos Jerusa
| lem Delivered" y exqusitely painted
The Pope, in acknowledgment of the So. 900
lately presented him by the Count de Chambord has
sent him splendid mosaic onehalf representing Pagan
Rome in gloom and clouds and under the shadow of
death the other half Christian Rome illuminated by the
| light OF Truth.
Miss ThOmpson-Or rather Mrs. Butler-exe-
cuted long time ago clever sketch Of a number OF
French seminarsts at recreation time and sold IL 10 her
solicitor for S75 The solicitor has disappeared
from his usual haunts and his effects about to be Put
up for sale. weknown habitut OF the auction room
has received commission to buy this work of Miss
Thompson for prlntseer who proposes have Il en-
| graved. the limit OF price being $500.
| Gudin, the great French marine painter. ia
threatened with tho loss Of sight. He has written
pathetic letter to his friend Jules Barber at the close OF
which nc asks Barber TO find him young secretary To
whom he can dictate his letters. "Alasw he adds ct
| cannot dictate my pictmesw Charles Marchal. a
painter distinguished for his Alsatian pictures was
lately driven to suicide by the anticipation OF approach
| ing blindness.
| Mrs. Ann s. Stephens had, it is said. a fat.
ering way OF embaming her friends in her thrilling
! tales or these friends Mrs. Gaines was one and the
heroine OF the law courts remembered in novelette,
entitled "Myra' wherein the romantic history OF tho
lively ltigant given at length The little book
was published during Mrs. Ganess battles before tina
Supreme Court and helped TO bring her before the
public and raise sympa1hy IN her 6ea, Mr. stephens
frame fresh and wellpreserved face.
Princess TizianOf and other Russian ladies
OF good family Jealous promoters OF socialism Thess
fair conspraOrs disguise themselves in the garb OF the
peasantry and enter manufactures simple worglrls
and that not for the mere within Of few days. They
pass whole months in this rude labor walking with bare
feet filing the cOmm0nest offices OF servants and using
every effort to conceal their origin No sacrifice appears
them too great for the end which they have in views
they their fortunes and II they have stake In the
paternal heritage which ia detained by their parents,
they do not hesitate TO resort 20 fictitious marriage IN
order to obtain it, so that it may be handed the
community.
Henry Clay was talking one evening in '37
to friend who said to him. is it strange that Mr.
Dallas Old he H. and with his standing at the bar
should accept that Russian mission" He laughed, and
replied: He evidently thought would think so too,
for met him hotel in Baltimore and he seemed to
avoid me, until | determined to him. when he
said: Il presume you think 1t strange that accepted
this Russian mission but the truth is am poor and have
educate and establish In life" replied: "I
presume experience will induce
them not to enter public life until they able TO live
without its emOlumeDts"
The Emperor William was visited by a
great many royal and pncey personages the recent
anniversary OF his birthday. Among those who to
Berlin for the occasion the Grand Duke and
Duchess Of SAKE, the Duke OF Saxe-Meinngen, Prince
Wadeck Prince Reuss Prince Frederick OF the Neither.
lands the Hereditary Grand Duke OF Meckenburg
litz the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Hohen-
zoern, Prince LuitpOd Of Bavaria Archduke Carl
Ludwig OF Austria, Prince Schwarzburg Rudostadt,
Prince and Hereditary Prince OF Schaumburg-Lppe,
Duke and Duchess of Anhalt, Duke OF SaXeAtenburg,
the Grand Duke and Duchess and Grand Duchess Dow.
ger Of observation-disclosures, Prince Wied, and Prince
Benthelm Steniurt
The Emperor of Germany received Bruns-
wick sausage feet high for birthday present. also
gigantic aquarium containing OF tran sparent Jelly,
with so fishes ready for the table, and Easter
egg Of corn flowers aud hyacinths reaching to
the roof OF the hall. The German SOvereigns
presented to His Majesty huge oil painting by
Werner commemOrating His MIesty's Proclama-
ton as German Emperor at Versailles the 18th OF
January, 1871 The painting contains several hundred
porraits Among the other gifts the Emperor there
was au engraving by Prince Henry and book bound by
Prince WaldemaI, the two younger OF the Crown
Under the thrifty habits Of the dynasty each Of
princes order TO become acquainted with the
lar aspect OF life has TO learn craft The Crown Prince
is a c6mpOsitOr, and the Emperor himself glazicr
OTTAWA, April 4.-The Earl of Dufferin, Gov
enor General OF Canada, has far recovered from his
late accident as to be able to drive out
PARIS, April 4.-Mr Layard has arrived here
from Madrid, on his way TO London. He dimes with
Lord Lyons, the British ambassador, tomorrow. The
French Minister has been invited to the dinner.
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