New-York tribune., 1877-06-25
PERSONAL.

It is reported that Mrs. w. w. Belknap is
leading society In Kookuk. Iowa
President Bascom of the University of Wis
consin will spend three four weeks Of his vacation In
the Eastern States.
Memorial exercises in honor of the hate
Judge Edward Kent will he held in t4e Courthouse at
Bangor, Me-, tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Partridge, Minister ia Brazil, has shaken
present all OF business from his aud mas
sought Carlsbad where Lee hopes to regain his former
health.
Mrs. Stuart, the widow of the late Gen. j.
f. b. Stuart suffers sings and Of outrageous
fortune, like too many Southern women she Will teach
in girls school al Staunton, Va, next sessi0il
Mr.. Mckee Rankin is the latest personat0r
of Mac5eth and because the Thane says his way OF life
has fallen into tho scar, the yellow leaf, Mr. Rankin
dresses and plays him in the if act an old man.
John Burroughs writes to George Edgar
Montgomery: " glad that at least one OF oar young
poet; u not afraid OF science. / think science
must the bone Of great poem OF our day the
fesh and blood and the vital spark must como from the
old, old sOurcc-the creative Imagination"
Tyenty-seyen boxes of Confederate archives
left az Union g. c. by Jefferson Davis ltly de-
sroycd by fire. The Federal troops pressing Mr..
Davis hard during his retreat sOuthward that he was
compelled 10 leave the archives with Col. Young at
Union The latter had carefully preserved them, and
about send tncm To the Southern Historical So
cety ut Richmond when thcy were destroyed.
The Rev. DR.. Agnew Crawford, pastor Of
the Presbyterian Church, Chamberlain T. Pennsylvania,
ia 10 ill Dr. Halls pulpit for several Sundays tins sum
mer He has ust entered upon his usual Summer vaca-
ton Cbambersburg, having preached his ast sermon
for the season ago. IL completed his tenth year
as pa tor Of that church The local papers report mis-
sermon and speak in warm terms OF his ten years sue
cessiu labor.
That literary New-England lady, Mrs. Abba
Gould WOOlson has been having Shakespeare Picnic"
near Concord, ~ II. Ii was in beautiful wocd, and
after luncheon-which was cooked by the assembled
blue-stockings-" AS You Like 1t" played with a
great deal OF effect, the songs OF the play being
sung by Of the company. Aferward came a scene
from IzaalI Walton's "Anger," represented by two
young men IN hsnsrmens dress, ana Dy t%o % yysng
the ent rtanment was the reading OI merry original
poem by Mrs. Wooson.
The late Queen of Holland was lady of a
swift and excellent wit She read well Greek and
Latin and spoke aud understood thoroughly German,
Dutch, Russian English and French. She had literary
tastes divers magazine articles. 1t asserted
that she also had irrepressibe tendency to dabble In
the politics Of the Dutch kingdom which, according to
court gossip, led TO domestic infecy between her and
her husband. who did not share her viows Of public
policy Indeed il the authority may be credited
the King several occasions administered cOrpOreal
correction to his wife for her interference In st affairs.
The Dutch do not like Germans, and she consequently
quite won the hearts Of her subjects. she was
good and considerate woman, with, however, the eXag-
gerated ideas OF German etiquette.
Like his relative, the late Rear Admiral Louis
NJ. GOdsborough Commodore Johu r. Goldsborongh
who died at Philadelphia Friday, rst distinction
In engagements with Greek pirates In 1880, while yet
mdshipman he captured, with the aid Of IL men. the
pirate schooner Helene. carrying guns and So
During the late he rendered valuable service, bloch
aiding tho ports Of Charleston and savannah, while In
command Of the United States steamer Florida His last
,sha ifat
Mare Island Navy Yard, Cal He retired In 1870,
with the rank Of commodore and has since resided ia
Philadelphia He was nearly 90 years Of and had
22 yeais Of service. His shore dutJ
cred nearly ~ years Ills funeral will take place Phil
adrlpha tLls morning.
Mr. Murat Halstead writes O manly and de-
leor respecting the mission to France He says
tAat ae never desired The French any other non