National Republican., 1877-02-25
PERSONALITIES.


iafher.in. law, who left him a fortune.
| r.Schliemann's wealth Is estimated by those
| 100000.
Ex-senator Carl schurz, whose wife and
| loss Of his mother.
| Mr.. Creel, of Virginia, whose wife has been
mny marry now.
| Wsckeen Miller has written poem, "Love
me love; but breathe II low" That Is, "love me,
but draw II mild"
Sir W. Lawson says II is reported "that MIR.
Bass loses 10000 in one brewing when there Is q
thunderstorm coming on"
The Prince and Princess of Wales and the
Royal children have recently bcen vaccnated,
and loyal Britishers are expected to follow the
Mr.. II. W. Lonpfeliow, the poet, has BIT
| was written.
Il Is unders' ood that the Governor of Illinois
Viii appoint Robert I. Lincoln, son OF The late
President, on the new Board of Railroad and
Warehouse Commissioners of that State.
Worth has Just presented to Prince de Met
tcrnieh the Princess bill It is nero bagatelle,
slgo,ooo; " is said that Worth has agreed to re.
Princess is his best advertisement.
Mss Emilie Schaumberg, of Philadelphia,
the belle in Paris at present. Mrs. Hooper, who
Is blessed with a fair allowance OF enthusiasm
even for her generous nature, says tho young lady
was the mo,t beautiful woman at PreiIdcnt Me
Mahons ball.
the London stage m play entitled Napoleon
and Josephine" specially written for the occa.
sion; T,hnle to PeisOnatc Napoleon, while Vic.
dcrtakes the part ofHortense.
John Bright Is going, this season, to sreak
and and vote Tor bill to abolish the death penalty
He considers the hanging laws unchrlstlah and un-
ierent mode ot punishment (which mode Is NOT in
dicated) there would be fewer murders.
General Fitzhugh Lee, General joseph L,
be called the "Westmoreland." Its members
vii viii be exi,oonIederate army and navy oificers
Eighteen members Of the present Con rress
were born in Vermont, and Of the men who are
engaged IN settling the Presidential question,
tentative KassOn, EIr. L. ". Stipulation and fr Mr'
Mountain State.
Burglars have been having jolly time in the
houses of Charles Thorndike, Of Boston, Daniel
Torrance, General W. y. II. Sherman, Philip
sHa "a ssvs Soi
entered through the cellars.
Texas Jack expects to accompany the Grand
! uke Alexis on his forthcoming trip to the hunt.
The Texan stands In no awe Of the Russian. but
treats him as hail fellow, we'll met. A few days
sS9, se :! sId aid to y wonder What on
hain't got no answer"
Among men now prominent who Ia early
He had q prediction Tor the stage may be men.
Claude MeInoiie and other parts at the N tionai
Theatre for a week. He ut that time told com.
psnion that he meant either to become a grea.
actor or q great statesman. The Rev. DR.. Chaplin
also once belonged to a dramatic society in Boz
ton.
"Fact, I assure youn' George Fawcett
one hundred nights in the Park Theatre, New
York, last winter, and week in this city this sea-
son, and Miss Kate Girard, Cleopatra Smgihe in
Canada. Mr.. Rowe Is In New Orleans, paving
tho way for Fifth Avenue" He Is forty years
Of age and she nineteen.
Fletcher Webster, the second and last son of
Daniel Webster, was killed in battle near Wash.
ington, on the 3oth Of August, 1852. A meian.
choly remembrance OF the family was revived In
the Senate the other day BY the Introduction Of
thirty dollars to iifty dollars a month The % iniy
is nov sixty. 1--we years Of age and MT. Boutwell,
a condition ofactuai distress. "'' ~
Mr.. Benjamin, the eminent Q. c., who was
once United Senator, and who, during the OK.
istence Of the Southern Confederacy, was the
Minister OF War and Of the Interior, has set an
excellent example to his colleagues at 1.-THE Eng.
lish Bar. He returned all his briefs for the sit
checks for the fees which he had received on them
HIS rea son was that, as his time would be occu.
pied in Westminster Hall, he did not consider II
right to receive fees for business which he could
not attend.
Victor Emmanuel, It appears, came very near
being burnt to death while an infant, though the
Sss MANY ysaIs sso
He was one evening lying In his cradle and the
nurse ,, was Looking for Something, when the can:
fpd and the nnsse tSRnHnx Of Uny how ssefS 70
room and threw q quantity Of water upon him,
The nurses clothes took fire; and she was SO
badly burned that she died in q few days.
Whether at work or at leisure in his study, Mr..
James Russell Lowell occupies broad easy chair
st standing midway between the door and the fire.
baee & which is. holds % blazing logs In this chair he
a stiff piece Of pastcboard, conveniently resting
on his knee: One OF tho curioslties which Mr..
Lewelrs study contains is a pair Of silver sleeve
which were once worn by Robert Burns. MT.
Lowell is fond Of trees and flowers, and often
trian, never riding when he eau walk. He is in
erect.
Representative John Young Brown, of Ken.
who Is now with him In Washington. The boy
attended matinee by himself at the National
ton in the audience hs heard that the PresIdent
had entered box W ith his family. Bound to see
all he could, he went around to the Presidents
box, opened IL, and announced himself as John
Young Brown, Jr., Of Kentucky. The President
received him cordially, introduced him to his
fnmiIy, and the young man saw the rest of tn
private box.
DR.. Herman Adler, one OF the most emf.
nent Hebrew preachers Of London, and man of
profound and varied scholarship, has recently
given lecture earnestly commending Daniel
Detondd. He said that the author must have
read very extensively on the SUBJECT Of Jewish
life and prayer, but that would not wholly ac-
count for the fidelity Of her descriptions, We
must also ascribe 4 to that power Of ''divnation
which made Schiller give the most vivid des.
cription Of the Lake Of Lucerne, though he
never visited Switzerland. Names and allusions
often bespeak her familiarity with ancient Gus.
toms and little:studied literature When Or.
Adler had read few pages Of the book and
met with the name Of Klesmsr, he said to him.
self "The author Of this book Is deeply read in
Jewish folk-l0re.n The name Klesmer, com
pounded Of two Hebrew words, was given to
The musicians who used formerly to play at Je '.
ish weddings. Noapter surname could be ado pied
70 denote the Hebrew extraction Of tho clever
bohemian or Polish musician Of .the style OF
Rubnstein. DR.. Adler was OF opinion that
"George Eliot" was Induced to take her deep in.
tsrest N Judaism By the fact that she, in com;
to become Interested In faitb which, as she her.
self stated, has penetrated the thinking half Of
the world and mouldad tina farms ar thc wn.Ia'a