New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-03
PERSONAL.

The widow of Charles Hugo is about to marry
| M. LOckroy. French Deputy.
The Hon. Galusha A. Grow has given $500
| to complete the soldiers monument at Nontross
Mr.. Moody has kind feeling for Gen. GAR.
! bald. He says OF him. 81 don't know az admin. n.
Judgment in all things, but he Is such an enthusiasm.
mani"
| Mr.. Willard Carpenter of Evansville ia poino
to begin the building OF his public library almost I'M
medatey. Is to be Of the Corinthian order Of arch
| tecturc.
The question of having John A. Elder paint
portrait OF Gen Joseph f. Johnston for the virgni.
state Library Is under consideration by lezislatv.
committee.
j. c.. Jacobsen is the name Of a benevolent
brewer Of Copenhagen who has given whole million Of
crowns for the promotion Of mathematics natural sc-
ence. phiolOgy. history. and philosophy.
MThe King of Holland has paid very great
compliment to the French actress, Sarah Bernhard He
has presented her with grand medal Of honor accom-
panied by letter IN his own handwriting. both being
handed 10 her by the Dutch Minister to France.
The late DIR. George Bcrmies JOcelyn Of
Albion College, Michigan. must have been strangely
precocious for obituary him declares at 10
years old he teaching lower classes 10 pay the
tuition Of himself and sister at the village school in New
Albany, Ind.
Three of Harvard's Professors are lecturing
In Baltmore-James Russell Lowell, Francis j. Child
and Charles E. Norton. During February, Saturdays
and Sundays excepted, Profs Lowell and Child will do
liver daily lectures at the Johns Hopkins University
Prof Lowell will talk about Dante and the literature Of
the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries Prof Childs
Architecture delivered at the Peabody Institute.
VIM. II. Seward once wrote to his wife con-
corning Thurow Weed: a politician, skillful in design
and persevering in execution whose exciting principle
personal friendship opposition and not selfinterest
that is just Thurlow Weed How much more like him
than should he was selfish and avaricOus, you know
me well enough to form opinion. He Is warm In his
attachments He gives for charitys sake is generous to
fault, kind beyond description open hearted and sin
cere beyond most mems sincerity"
Somebody once said to Johann Strauss that
the danube Beu" puzzng title: why that
colorf know az well as you" replied strauss that
the Danube is ordinarily green, and sometimes yellow,
but never blue could not, however, have called my
waltz the Green Danube the Yellow Danube.
would have taken to the title while the Danube Bleu
has slight tingc Of poetry which nleases and thus the
Of the piece has been great" Tat nyi ing and
nspiting music hardly required striking title TO b
successful.
Judge w. w. Campbell, writing from Cherry
Valley tells the story Of the invitation given to Mr.
Stewart become Secretary OF the Treasury He saysi
Z" dined with Mr.. Stewart in company with Gen. Grant
on the day when the invitation TO become Secretary Of
the Treasury given personally 10 him. As we passed
from the parlor to dinngroom he pressed my hand
saying only, 1t has come After Gen. Grant left Mr.
stewart opened the subject saying that though the nv
taon had kindly and earnestly gwen he could not
possibly accept that his business was so extensive 10
could weeave it, and besides he had no political ex
pcriencc and while he might DO able to manage the nan
cia department. lie would not be able TO meet the poit
ica wishes Of the Republican party. After hours OF
earnest discussion 1t finally agreed that II Bancroft
Davis who had expressed wish to he Assistant seere
tary OF State (Which office lie obtained and ably ied
could induced take the place Of his assistant IN the
Treasury he would accept" After IL was discovered
tnat an old statute forbade his holding the office Mr.
Stewart said to the Judge that in his Judgment the
he cred TO take with his mercantile business
would have been substantial compliance with the aw
that he had carefully matured system IN his mha iof
carrying the department., and added, 81 would nave
taken the oath of Office"