National Republican., 1877-08-10
PERSONAL.

THE friends Of Senator Conkiing announce
that the trial of the Sargent lock case is the true
cause Of his sudden return from Europe.
Miss ANNA LOUISE CARY has been i'll In
Maine with q serious bronchial trouble She Is re-
covering and will depart to California August Is.
CAPTAIN the Hon. II. q. l.. Creighton, son of
lord Erne, has invented a military saddle which
competent judges agreed that ID Is In every way
superior to the old regulation saddle.
A FRIEND of Marshal MacMahon, who does
not agree with Mr.. Bigger that he Il "an ass"
"The 36S will come back 40: dissolution will i'm
mediatey cnsue, and the Marshal VIII govern until
the end OF the septennate by the aid Of the army.
THOMAS ALLEN, the grandson of the "fght-
ing peron' Of Remington, Is going to the ccnten-
nia celebration of that battle. and will leave Pitts
ield, Mass, on the lath; and pass over the same
ground which his grandfather did Just one hun.
dred years before, aud, like him, In his own car
riage.
HIsToRICAL people appear to he strongly
drawn TO Texas Here Is a lineal descendant OF
the brave sir Francis Drake, mariner dwelling In
Dcunison. snd-alas' nAnagnga boarding-ho
II Is breathleSsly whispered that this lady has In
her possession diamond kncc'buckle once worn
nearly saO0E
Mr. GEORGE II. BouGHToS has been very
busy with picture for tlc Corcoran Gallery. 1t
illustrates the smoking episode In the history of
New Iork's worthy Dutch Governor, William the
TcSty. The grnyc men Of the city are seated around
the Governors doostcps smoking in defiance OF
his prohibition and with all their might, while
that choerlc gentleman himself nishes eXpostulst.
ing from the open door. The women and lads are
gathered behind in sober enjoyment of the scene.
IRIS STATED Dauthoritatively that Sir Charles
Tempest. whose wife recently sloped with Mr. n3l.
means which the Catholic Church allows to free
himself and his family nom dishonor, and win
to Paris in quest q the fgltives. lie remained al
| his home I'M Northamptonshire. and was thus liter
ally the last to hear of what had happcnel-so little
| A. f..
enee OF anything wrong. The faithless wife and
| her "frlend' were last heard of at Paris.
! A NEW Sheriff of Mecca has been installed al
| Constantin0ple. the successor Of Abdullah, being
his brother, WHO has resided IN cons!anlinoile 6l
state. The ONCE Is hereditary In the family. hui
the choice of younger OF elder rests with tho Sui
recommended himseifas an sssid,lous coulter. bu
II would be ridiculous TO suppose, a. some have
that he was selected IN order To facilitate the hand
tobe accumulated at Mecca tor the defense o
Islam this fact being that no such treasure exists
though the inhabitants Of the holy places, Meoci
and Medina arr individually rich, being recipient
Of the bounty OF the faithful, for whom they vi
cariously perform certain religious Offices.
SIR FREDERICK Corr OusELEy, baronet,
nephew Of Sir William Gore 0uselcy, who marie,
a sister of the late MTs. Judge Roosevelt 0f hi
: city has private musical conservatory OF his owl
Of Temhury-a sleepy, beautiful old town In IN,
sire to get them 10 Tenburv on reasonable terms
and twice year Messrs Broadw place is In
yAhcd by the boys and their friends. The trial
il SIMPLE enough. The musical baronet-he
prpiessGi ol music al Oxiord-sits down at tn
piauO.i0ric aud strikes note amer note. and tn
young cocalisis Uf the future sing the notes as the
are siruck The boys are given numbers. and b
those numbers moi by their names, they are know
during the examination. Here Is an example 70
Miss Kellogg.
THREE brothers Of noble blood sat carou,
Inn itttlt, I'm iu n 40
, near Frankfort. hs they drank they talked pol
tics aud they sang; the moon shonc, and two oi I'll
rio were very merry. hut the third brother bega
tn feel that all was vanity and yeNstion OF spiri
Rising IRON the table lie leaned alone over the ia
apct and glonmly mOraliZed, whlles the mtir
chorsc. grated harshly upon his car " was
4 critical moment-one OF those moments when
/, tGtuic career Al this moment a priest came by
u priest of marked features, the tip Of his no
5 sla>hed off, and a lOw.crowned, brOad-brmme
:, hat, adorned with black, red aud gold cockail
. | pressed down over his brows, Approaching with
quick nervous step his eye fell upon the moral
4 ing student. He al once grasped the significant
, | of the moment-the carouslng, the hhlmy eGcnln
the solitary student with troubled expression q
a his cOuntenancc. plainly furnished the key to II
position, aud without hesitation he seized II, an
& entering Into conversation with him led him awi
| ffOm the scene. The result was that his pup
abandoned the study 0fnedlrine returned To n
t. faith of his mlhers studied theology and is now
. | prominent member Of one OF the monastrrics
y | the Rhine The priest was the cure of liopste
Emanuel Baron kctclcr, the future Bishop Of Ma
G ence, who has lately died. aud Of whose acum,
u and energy and Of his faculty OF AT once diyiIii
| the pi~t Of question aud Immediately acting up,
IT, This In, idcnt wa> thoroughly characteristic