New-York tribune., 1878-06-29
PERSONAL.

General Grant is quoted by the Paris cor
respondent OF The Cincinnati ERqUirer as saying thas
he is " Thoroughly tired Of public hfc"
Vice-Admiral POpOtf, of the Russian Navy
and the inventor of the circular rorciad bearing his
name was attacked gh partial paralysis while paying
an official visit, recently, to the docks at Scoaieh
Mr.. William WertenbaleT. librarian OF the
University Of Virginia is eighty Years old, and Is
said to have held that post for dfy-tw2 years his
commission having been signed by Thomas JEFFERSON
The King of Italy has conferred upon Prince
Charles OF Roumana tue Grand Gordon OF the Annun-
ziaa the highest decoration in the gift OF the Italian
Government Only eighteen Italians have received this
honor
Count Gyula Andrassy, the representative
OF the ro-Hunglrian monarchy at the Berlin Con
gress is said TO be extremely ato1t've 20 tie tres
Of the toilet He IS not brilliant ator but has re-
marl,able faculty for improvisation which gives an at
traclivc interest TO hs speeches
MIR. De Peyster in a recent address before
the Historical Society, recalled the fact that T2l was
the original amount paid by the DU.ch for Manhattan
Island aud made the interesting comment that ttat
sum paced at compound interest would have TeaeAed
by May, 1878, the PHEASANT total Of S6O95lOOCO
Among the presents sent by the King of
Spain aud the late Queen Mercedes to their god-
daughter and niece, the daughter Of the Count and
Countess de Paris. a cradle formed OF heradic
feur-de-ys in silver flagree the trimmings being in
Barcelona lace fixed by closed crowd and all the other
accessories Of lace Manufactured in Spain.
Mr.. William Winters volume of poems re-
ceryes this delicate and acute appreciation from The
Morning Post Of London Mr. William Winter Is an
Anne rican poet who only needs as well known in
England as in his own country TO be equally
admired in either hemisphere. Most musical,
most melancholy his verses. The tragic
aspects OF life, its fraglity, its evanescence.
its swift mutations its wild yicissitudos the shadows
that darken its gayey the ruu that its beauty
these and the neable mystery OF the grave possess
for this poet an irresistible fascination His muse is
elegac in her saduesseegac t0O in the decacy OF her
fancy and the tender grace aud plantye harmony OF
her dctiOn. Except IN the case Of one smaH compost
tion entitled The Predestined. which hears palhiW
resemblance to the agonzing verses OF Co"per
called The Castaway verses not TO be remembered
without a snuddcr-the quniliy OF sadness IN lhsso
poems is not strained lt has DO talnt OF aM t,i
ana heathful uerance Oi mind peusiYey oDSeryantO OF
te caamtOus TO which all mundane atts are
subject but which. amid all sfIONS aug W az
ories and bereayemeuts. still holds tDat OF heaNeuB
blessings the dearest and the best - 10 love ahd hOs
forrnt? In a word the land OF Henry LOngfei 0w aud
Wendell HO mes need not be ashamed of William winter
YOKOHAMA, June 7.-General SaigO Iari-
mecbe the Japanese Commissioner TO the Phiahelpha
Exposition has been appointed member Of the lmpe-
rial Council ana Minister OF Public Instruction
Admiral Kawamura, who was long the hlni'-
ter of the Navy, has been appointed inS Minis
ster and Member OF the Imperial Oou"0i.
| Mori formerly japanese Envoy nt "ashuEIon anu
lately Minister at Pekin viii soon DC A"ue 'no 'aSo
nj Foreign Affairs. The son OF the late Minister oAuoo
nho ,os murdered May IA, and the son OF the ate
,,n,stor KIDD. who Ged a year ago whhe
IN thc Emperor's personal service. have uSen
| nror,oted 20 the class of hereditary hopes'
rn pIv property left by Minister Okubo was Tlto Ia
Japanese currency He lmd rSeens 8oo which he sent
Sriyote residence to make mp the foUJV mn M - 80
lust before his death to satsnmS 10. IT, S % % var ar p
! schools and the relief OF sunei''' ~ ' WV w. ~
| year % , NJ.
| so, and sion are at Yokohama.