New-York tribune., 1878-04-18
PERSONAL.

The Duke of Argyll owns 1914 acres
and has pleasant yearly income OF S252OOO
Mr.. Emerson will deliver a lecture soon on
"The superative" In aid of the Old South Church fund
Governor Mcclellan is said to be persistent
and accomplished collector of ceramics. He mas Deeh
visiting the potteries in Trenton, with Dr. W. C. Prime.
Christian Kiefer, who was member OF the
German Revolutionary Parliament OF 1s4o, and VINO
was for a time at the head OF the movement U'u 'A
Philadelphia last week
1t is surely with true reverence ana sor-
row that lady Portland, Me- ON every anniversary Oh
the great Presidents assassination, Grapes her hose
inside and cut, III mourning
Senator Cameron and Miss Sherman are to
be married in Cleveland, the 9th of May Miss sher-
man is stil in this city, engaged III that "ofA peo'eu
by women, a." shopping
Madame FOurnier, the wife of the French
Ambassador TO Turkey, lately invited TO dinner
with her husband by the sultan she is either the nr''
or second Frankish lady who has had TINS hohor'
"Esouimau JOer has been engaged to go
ao,n into the North Polar regions in company with the
expcdltion OF search for the Franklin records The
party will sail from New-LOndon about the middle OF
June.
The report that the commission for the Lee
statue had already awarded untrue 1t sup
posed that it will be given in the Autumn The collection
OF funds for the statue being vigorously pushed III the
South
The original seal with which President WASH
lngon authenticated his private and State papers Is
said by writer in The Educational Weekly to be owned
by Mr.. Bushrod d. Washington, Of Watseka, H. IL Is
supposed be the seal impressed upon tue ueatn md
rant OF Major Andre.
Governor John Lee Carroll, of Maryland,
has accepted the OF honorary president OF large
musical festival which it is proposed to hold IN Bat-
more in May Professor Asgar Hamenk is to be musical
director and among the musical societies expected TO
take part in the performances are the LederEranL Ger
mania, Mannerohor, Arion, Harmonic ana bdllmoFe
Glee Club.
"Poor Dumasw said COurbet OF the elder
novelist to Miss Charlotte Adams who writes concerning
the artist in Lipplneoh Poor Dumas! We lived to-
pether one Summer at Trouve, and he, as you Know
nrded himself on his ability to cook We used to cook
oysters and always quarreled over them and Dumas
would have his way, and generally burned them 70 u
crisp. Poor Dumas!
The late Prince Napoleon Lucien Murat once
lived in Jefferson County this State. He built mills on
the Indian River and laid the foundations OF town 10
which he gave the Of Joachim" The name sun
olings to the place, but nothing remains 10 marx IL
except the bridge across the river ana @ t9e % T be
dam. Joachim dld not hOuIis"' anu 'N0 A " Wv
prince gradually wasted away
The Hon. s. S. Cox delivered a lecture in
Washington recently on "The Poetry OF Mechanism"
Reterug 70 the ancient Pantheon he concluded as ol
lows: "If were permitted in oftier Pantheon, TO
make niche the tenth Muse should be FOR the Muse
of Mechanism meditatng upon the miracles, mutations
end naenifcence Of the material Universe, and lifting
song in which all should loln OF praise 70 HIN VINO Is
the Fountain OF all force and the Giver OF all grace
Some yers ago-it was in 1S67-the elder
Mr. Bepnett of The Herald sent for Of his editorial
writer's aud in great rage scoded him for repeatedly
using the prefix Mr." when speaking OF Horace Gree
lev whom The Herald then urging on the Legisa-
ture as a candidate for United states senator be
illustrated his meaning by asking the question, You
youdn't sneak OF Mr.. Socrates would your GTeeleys
a greater philosopher than Socrates ever was" Inc
sbashed editor promised never TO repeat the offence
"At eighty" says writer in Harper's Mdgd-
,;ne /" gentleman in New-York City commenced trying
70 walk up the stairs Of the Evening Post Building, and
there are eleven flights of them Of which there are nine
from the street TO his Office Any OF the elevator mon
will fell Won that when the elevator Is at all fuii on he
will 90 cheery up all the nine flights seemingly none
rho worse for H. Within year. he also told the writer
thot he sl continued dumbbel and club WORK before
bTeakfast daily" Long may Mr.. Bryant keep up these
exercises!