National Republican., 1877-08-16
PERSONAL.

IN consequence of the death Of q near rcla-
tive Vice President Wheeler viii not bc able 10 at
tend the Bennington Centennial to-day
Mr.. MACKENZIE WALLACE, the clever
writer on Russia, has become permanent CORE.
spOndcnt OF the London Times at 81. Petersburg
Gov. SIR JAMES DOUGLASS of Vancouver
Island, who died recently was very much liked
by The lower classes who nhcctionatcly called him
"Old Jimmy Douglass"
Coy. MCCREhRY Is said to he the youngest
ruler Kentucky ever hal He Is described rs very
handsome, very ambitious and very refined. He
wants to be senator. say the correspondents.
THE Rev. Phillips Brooks tells the suggestive
speech of n bAckwOOdsman who heard bishop
Mead preach without manuscript IN frontier
church. lie Is the nr,t OF them hnc fcllcrs" said
the homcly critic that have ever seen who could
shoot without rest"
WHEN Macrcady was once rchcarsing "Wil-
liam Tell he spoke the line, DO you shoot%' In q
very natural and collolulll tone, which threw the
raw actor he addrcssea Oh his guard "a little he
MacreNdy, though I'm death on gun"
A LETTER received in this city>by the Rev.
John Mclean from Dr, William A. Elder, who is
the family physician OF senator David Davis, of IL
inos, states that the reports In regard 10 the scrio'
Illness Of the Senator are entirely incorrect Hi.
Illness was very slight being butt light attack OF
aguc and chills.
The French Sport tells a good repariie Of a
ScnEc grace whom @ mentor rsminded rem thai that his h
more submissive to tho wishes Of his relative. The
young good. nothing did not take much heed oi
the sermon, but when his creditors were mentioned
he, he cried; YES, VS., my aunt paid my creditor,
but what has she done for mc2'
lT is not so many years since Owen Mere
di,h sang that
Marie has n tenor note
Would charm the souls In purgatory;"
and now Figaro cOntradiCts story that the wild
over fGrS is acting NJ prompter in the s. Peters
burg opera by telling us that he Is custodian Of the
museums In Rome. Sir trdnsi gloria mHndil
Rev. DIR. SAVERS, u London preacher Of the
gospel, Is what they call "a rattling good fellow
whom you would never suspect Of being priest
| them with charming familiarity. Recently he
wound up charity sermon In these words: my
brethren, this is n charity sermon I'm preaching
and want rupees, mind you'll want rupees; not
dirty pieces of paper In tho bug. with 'Saycrs old
cock, how are your written on them. won't have
4, mind yonm.l won't have 1t; Eve stood that game
long cnough'
THE Crown Prince Rudolph, who Is but
nineteen years of age. was declared Mt Vienna on
the 2th Of last month by imperial decree, u have
to Austria In dispatch to the Department Of State
says that the warmest sympathies and sincerest
wishes Of the Vienna press were toward the Prince
on his departure from the theoretical into the prac
tlcnl school Of life. \ solemn religious service
took place on the occasion In the chapel OF the
imperial summer palace, where the grand cross o
the Order of st. Stephen was conferred upon the
| Prince.
THE London correspondence Of tho New
York Tines tells a good story of Coyent Garden
Opera House. The other day q friend introduced
to Mr.. Gye young musical critic the clever GOSSIP
ofa clever paper. but paper not appreciated at il
null value by Mr. Gye. II should like to have
stalls or u box occasionally, Mr.. Gye," said tn,
critic. Certainly, and you shall" said the cour
teous impressaro, 'On one condition" Name It :
responded the critic. THAT you neither mention
Ine nor my theatre In your paper" The condition
| seemed rather sighting one, but the critic ac
copied IT, nevertheless A few days afterward, NJ
| of night OF the opera approaching, night when
small audience was expected, Mr. Gye sent to tn,
l lon hut an r,ra
senting his card ut the doors the attendants woult
show him to a box which had been set apart 70
him. The regular attendants of the opera and tn
critics in the stalls noticed that three boxes hai
been converted Into one, which Is usually done 70
royalty OF distinguished foreign visitors. The
kept their eyes on the box wondering who the nota
blities could be, more particularly on the occasio
Mr.. Critic presented himself at the doors, M
C" said the chief attendant, with humble OF
sequiousness certainly, sir, will you do me tn
honor 10 step this way2' Other attendants joine
the chief bowing before Mr.. c., and conductln
him q III: tsiple box on the grand tier. Then tn
lutte knot OF critics ana scnson-ticket holders
the stalls saw the door of the grand box open an
} small gentleman was ushcrcd into it and lie
: alone In his glory. Mr.. &. looked around the bo
In dsmay, and then. covered with blushes sOupl
its furthcrmOst corner, sat there trying in vain
G appear uncOncerned as all the lorgnettes in III
| theatre were levcled at him. "who can II bel
n somebody asked. An envoy from Austrn?' N
= no "A Prince incos?" mol Then applying pre-
l man In the stalls recognized distinguished co
league, nhd In the midst of the suppressed laugl
ter Of the friends of the discoverer Mr. c. LEFT Ii
triple box and rushed out of that hateful theat
, cursing the name Of Gye and yowng yenpent
against the whole tribe OF operatic impressari