New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-06
PERSONAL.

John Bright is expected to unvel the statue
q, Richard Cobdon at Bradford, England, THIS
Week. ''''''
Prof. Max Miller is having printed the eighth
edition Of his popular "Lecture' on tue Sco"'' Vi Lam
guage"
Roron Edmond de Rothschild has purchased
t ,ooi, ~ Ueumeres in the Seine OF Marine for the
SUN Of 100000 ,.r
Mr. Gladstone has consented to SIT for llfe-
size statue Of himself be placed in the Manchester
Town Hall
The aggregate value of the Jubilee offerings
70 tbs pone ~ estimated on good authority at nearly
S3OOO000.
Wendell Phillips will devote four months TO
lectnrinr next Fall and Winter. Part OF the time VIII Do
given to q Western TOUR =,
Mr.. Lester WalIack is cruising along the
coast Of New England in his yacht Columbia lie WIS ut
New Bedford, Mass, Monday
Mrs. Livermore will have two lectures ready
for the next lyccum The subject Of one WI" p
Harriet Martineau" and OF the other Inc coming
Man"
James Russell Lowell has been engaged for
a course OF five lectures on English Literature" by the
Cincinnati Wesleyan College Inc nfst lecture u " o
delivered September ID
The Postmaster at Savannah, Ga, is giving
the President practic3l illustration Of Civil Service ke
form letter addressed to Rutherford D. Hayes Is heid
terc for poatage aud unless threc-censamp Is forth
coming II Will be sent 60 the Dead-Ietter ONCE
Congressman Townsend of Troy was made
an IL d. by williams College ten years ago. A. the re-
cent the degree was conferred upon
him again. 80 he now write after MS name
LII. DID. ,.,
The Centennial anniversary OF Gen. IL
liam Barton's bold exploit capturing the British Gen.
Prescott will he celebrated 81 Portsmouth. T. L. next
T,ca,iay by the Providence Light Infantry: Prot. D.
Lewis Dman OF Brown University, VIII deliver orAlon
At the dedication of a drinking-fountam III
Pltisfeld Mass, Wednesday. Senator Dawes M'de d"
address, accepting It, saying that he " mad iouhd IL easier
not 10 drink auor al all than to drink moderately now
ever innocent and harmless hat might be 20 others He
tbourbt the women ought to keep erecting fountains
iii every turn they would take the place oil corner
groceries.
Col Bob Ingersoll has been lecturing in CAL
ifona for few weeks past ana his peculiar DeeIs nave
called ont some pretty comments from the pnps
of that state Last week ho criticised bis critics before
large audience in san Francisco He underworld 10 sup
port his theories by tostimon and tho lecture IL nn
scribed OF the wlttest ana spcie't nc mas 'i
cred the Pacific slope.
Mr.. Augustus G.. Maverick, one of the old
vheelhorses Of the NewYork pfess has been spending
II. past four years in Brooklyn Apparently ne LOOKS
nuon these as the vhie-harcl Westerner did, who IN
siscd on the witness stand that he only thirty. bus
more years spent on the Eastern skore OF MTylahd'
be- wa, sure mo LORI did rot count against MN
At any rate Mr.. Maverick has rcpent'd ~ MS wander
ing and returns 10 ms old place next week. Oh te cur
tuiia STAFF OF he Co1ibiercsm 1deeTtSH'
conferred the degree of a. NJ upon Artemas Martin Of
Erie Pa set tho arid OF that town TO nquiring
sucn a person really dwelt there. The resnt OF inc
search il a illustration OF tho toXt tbat " prophet
is not without honor IN his own country ana among
hi. own kin ana in his house." Mr.. Martin was ais
covered 20 be- market gardener living on t'rn near
tine city OF Erie, through tho streets Of when he sells
v,,cablrs t,gIcc week. Besides his occupation AZ
farmer n VA. found that he regular cotfDtpr 10
some Of The hist known foreign Americ cdu au"h
Of rui,li cni IONS ENUfUfObH
London. England. At his modest home - SuI i1
mathematical library ~ several hIdIei 'OuheS' ZIG 40
4 barhe ~ II and self-educated
"Lord Uoughton." says Cdssclrs Magazine,
sometimes been called the deconas " tho age; bu II
that description too strong. he has st done more
than perhaps airy other person OF hs time 70 Drn9 10
perfection strug cling talent IL WAS he who boiiended
David Gray and many another worthy asprant IN the
nai OF literature, while the genius or Mr. swinburne
norman. owes it, first appreciation to his friendship
wherever merit has been brought TO his notce-no mat
ter what the condition of life In which was discovered
The uosscssor Of N, hidden found friend in
Richard SfOnckton hnrS. IN whose heart IeIt.y J1i
ousy mas no place Ner" IL on ihls "cc"nn1 aio &c
sne would cherished by those 10 whom genus !,
Tr.n conturrlv aud neglect Next producing works
which hear upon them the -6lmp Of immorta ATTY is tn
rrut1riou Of HIM vino, far ne in MN lies, enieFOis
Ia secure the justly -eryed immortality Of Others
During the Presidents visit to Rhode Island
TWO very pleasant Incidents occurred Just after he ar
rived in mat STATE. word was conveyed To MN through
GOV Van Iaudt tndt worthy srutltibhh vi ii"'"''
desired to have SIR. Mrs. Hayes inspect a very old
bellt AMI also that be desired thai they might rest
hcneath H. President Hayes Immediately granted per
rssiu for the article he brought, when Mr. Conrad
rcrv of Providence produced very large azure satin
hed,uft not particle faded, and IL good condition,
which WAS made in the year 1857 By direct ancestor OF
Mr. william Elery, who tie sgner OF the Dtclara-
ton az Indcpepdence from Rhode Island. Mr.. Conrad
Elery tae present owner is grandson oil lho siSner
The ,,agn,1cent article has never been used sine
II covered The form OF tho first President OF the
Unitad STATES George Washington. On the occas on
Of hi, LIST visit to Newport jnst subsequent to the
Revolutionary times, when he slept in what was
then the Eery House. the Claiming House. ana at
present occupied by the Engineer Department since
Wa,hIngton's sleeping there on the last occasion
the quilt has not been used, although the
friends OF Gen. Jackson, when he visited Rhoie
Island requested permission TO have him sleep
under It, bat the owners, being such stern RepuDi
clincd accele to the request President anu
Mrs HAYES did sleep under it, and Just before the PFts
DENTAL party left, VI llaves penneh an autograph ci-
Ter 10 Mr. Conrad Eery thanking Mr. Elery most heart
la FOR mis- kindness and trouble The second incident was
thr using of cut-glass wash-bOwl ana pitcher when
were brought from Northern Europe by an ancestor oi
GOV Van Iandf, in whose possession they now are The
last fine these used IN 1888, when Andrew
washed his fingers in the bowl, upon the Occa
sion or his being cnterta ned by Lieut. GOyernOr Collins
VINO was grandfather Of the present Governor 81
kbole Island TINS been used until last FRI
DIV when Mrs. Van Zandt filed he bowl with Uagnli
cent roses for Mrs Hayes wAO If er tthuk Tho ror'
from H. requested the President to waer ,. M.-'is
wh.,a lt ii m the pure rose-water
POLITICAL NOTES.