New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-23
PERSONAL.
diplomacy.

Louis Blanc has retired from the editorship
of the Paris Journal fHomme Libre, and has been
cecdod by Ernest Hamel.
The Old South fund in Boston has received
50 600 from Uric CrOcker and ~ 500 from George c.
Richardson Writ Dexter of Chicago sent it $3.50.
COL Ingersol had cordial reception in
Providence T. L. being escorted to the lecture hall by
battalion of Boys in Blue, with music, torchlights and
fireworks.
The gentleman who has been lecturing about
as the greatgrandson of Tecumseh said to have
been about 40 years ago a very competent and pros
porous tailor OF Kentucky named James Stewart
Ex-senator PomerOy Indignantly says that he
has not turned actor that he has no intention of doing
SO; and that ne has been inside of theater but
twice in his fe which is melancholy reflection for the
thcaters
Principal Sharp of the University of st. An
rews is another candidate for the vacant professorshp
Of poetry at Oxford Mr. Sharp may manage to exist as
a critic but ne is Il very unmpOrtant and dscouraging
sort OF poet.
Mr.. Hamilton Fish has received the distin-
guished appreciation of The saturday RecetC-whch he
certainly deserves 1t talks about his vgor and astute
ness and softly mentions the Washington Treaty and the
Alabama Arbitration.
William Shakespeare his chair, lately sold
at auction in England brought only 1929 good copy
of the old folio edition Of the plays of 1923 sold at the
same time for SsO5 This would have been larger,
were in fac-simile part of the last leaf supplied with
the tapicce, and there were some few reservations in
the title-page.
A Chnaman, Ly-ChaO-Pee has been giving
an interesting Of lectures on his country in lee
ure-hal in Paris. He expresses himself in French with
ease and vgor and with hmOr that is infectious. He
gesticulacs good deal in speaking, and he pronOunces
his yowels ESPECIALLY o. as II they had circumncx
1t is especially curious to near MIN rectc prayers
and poetry, and chant III Chinese
\ D,;o -bn hoe
a book about "The Two Americas" says that he has
seen in NewYOrk pretty women in shorter Sace
of time than any other he has been in. He adds
american society socable charming. and delightful
and experience tells one that the shoddy representa-
tycS frequently met while travelling IN EurOpe are but
very poor specimens OF the incest people in Newiork
Washington, or the HuD "
Ex-President Grant says that he has no
preferences as the countries through which he is to
travel but thinks however. that lie will spend much OF
his time in London, as the English people are more
like our own" In speaking Of his retirement from pub
lie life he said that he now knew what 1t was to be a
sovereign that he greatly enjoyed his relief from the
cares and responsibilities OF governing forty millions OF
s0vcreigns.
Edhem Pasha, the present Grand Vizier of
Turkey must be poor statesman, for he Is poet lie
has written dramas two of which called "Sem III"
and Johanna Gray" He has finished volume OF
poems which about to he printed in Germany Another
Gentleman concerned in Eastern middle Is also liter
ary-ths is Gen. Iynatien, who intends to publish his
ramnscences as AMBASSADOR at the Golden iIorn The
hook is 10 series OF sketches descriptive of the
dition OF the Porte and the Ottoman Empire
Herr Joachim can now call himself "Mus
Doc and possesses the precious privilege of wearing
virtue OF that title long scarlet robe and white hood
The degree bestowed at Cambridge the other day in
the presence OF brilliant npany. The Public Orator
OF the University, Mr. sandys describing Prof Joachim
ophsH spoke Of his nc in the gors heds
Uhnam ipsa eaD' adesset Euiydiee. meaning thereby
the noted contralto singer Amao OWelSs Joachim.
Miss TOru Dutt, the young native poet of
India, very clever person She speaks and writes In
English and French luently In native tongue
Her l>her passed some years IN Italy, Franco. and