National Republican., 1877-09-04
PERSONAL

A LErrER from Rome, dated August Is, says
that the Pope Is fairly we'll He preserves his men.
that happened over night and hssalarming attacks
Of syncope. His legs viii not support him. Strong
as :. his constitution. his physicians do not think
HERE are Liszt and Wagner strolling in
friendly con versaton through the park at weimsr;
Liszt In dusty old abbe-cOst, his long, white hair
NJ he rsIs sIs Of aCS SS
graphs had given US no hint; Wagner, IN marked
contrast TO his iathern law, short aud sturdy with
a most genial smile on his fine open countenance.
MARX TwArs's birthplace was Hannibal.
Mo-, and Me house in which he was horn, miser:
able wreck OF building, u still standing on Third
street, between Bird aud Hin. Il is the residence
ing furniture. Marks bedroom is reached by q
crazy ladder the moor Is fill OF holes the plaster
place Is dcsolation.
CHASGARNIER was only afraid Of one thing
"A draught During an attack OH q detachment
OF Arabs posted ina narrow ravine Changarnier
crossed In the midst Of hail Of bullets LOOK
out. Colonel" said an officer; "you should take
%G,e r9S are Sspss y.ntn
the cause OF the others soliciludc. TIL mufiie
up" and he turned his coat collar up round his
ears.
A coUSTERFEIrER's philsnthrophy may he
genuine, and then again 4 may not. Thomas Bal
lard Ia now confined IN the Albany penitentiary
under sentence Of thirty years imprisonment, OF
| He wns convicted Of having In his possession
plate from which counterfeit notes were printed
| rived in his business, the application OF which, he
says VIII render the oounlarfeiting Of rs note. I'm;
easily woven in BY hand and he P Proposes to S eSn s
| str,ict machine which will manufacture paper
processes. lie aims to suPplantth rcd and blue
hbres and the local stripe Of color which now
marks the paper used by the Government by
eagles, liberty heads, stars and other devices which
may he selected To be struck from some substance
having metallic appearance and inserted In the
SU, n sSh %. a 70 os m nsns ,S hs TS
OF his plan Is to render counterfeiilns 80 dfcuii
that Others will he saved from suffering such pen
alties As have been inflicted upon him.
l SIGSoR TANBuRLANI, who was engaged foI
many years about the person OF the late Cardinal
Antoneili as chamberlain, has recently given test
mony Ia favor Of the claims Of the Countess Lam
expecting 10 he visited by lady he used to say "a
his valet, Angelo, am unwell to-day, do mol lei
was long time before he discovered the true
meaning OF Car-sinAl Antonelli's frequent Illness
but the moment he was shown the portrait Of tn,
| Contessa Ismbertini's mother, he recognized he,
as the lady who often visited the Cardinal In th'
Vatican. The Roman correspondent OF the Bdle
M slses Ss S DEPUTY VINO
informed by Cabinet minister that the Pope la,
written letter to the King Of Italy, entreatini
damaging case. The King Is said to have replied
that he was not in a position 10 influence thi
course Of the law. This Ii very doubtful story.
THE picture Of Andromeda, recently stolen
from DR.. s. D. surney, Of Circleyille, Ohio, and
purchased BY him Of he heirs Of Baron Rudolph
de steigner, who came to this country half = cen
niry ago from Berne Switzerland, covered a can
vas about four feet square. II the work OF nj
unknown hand, and from iu style was thought I,
be about four hundred years old. The background
is black precipice, showing . stormy sky and
troubled sea at the len Of the picture Chained 4
the rock by hands around her wrists stands the fai
maiden, her dark blue green mantle held by
slender. rosy cord but slipping below her waist o.
une side and almost 10 her knee on the other. Sh,
Is uncr0wned, save by the loyeliest golden hair
and the face Il attractive from its expression rathe
than from any ideal beauty. Attention was nc
Gently directed 10 the painting by an article In
Cincinnati paper, which called forth reply non
". a: Taylor, Of Pituburg. This gentleman a.
serted that he had purchased the picture from on,
b Of Gen. shermans "bummers," who had stolen
;. from the Rheu mansion, in South Carolina, sn,
that II had subsequently been taken nom hi
, once. These suicles have undoubtedly cAugh
~ the eyes Of thieves, who have imagined that tn