New-York tribune., 1879-12-18
PERSDNAL.

General Sherman il sad to be the most per.
sisten hcatregoer OF all the public men ia Washing
| ton.
a committee of the citizens Of Philadelphia
has been appointed 10 collect fund Tor monume nt to
the late Henry c Carey.
DR.. Leonard w. Bacon, of Norwich, is build
house which II G. DO with California red.
wood hngies ana Is 10 Lave the chimneys standing on
The Duke Of Rutland recently accepted the
notco' to quit their farms sent IN bv fifteen OF his ten
ants, and when rent day directed bis
turn the whole Of the years rent 70 Of bis
hnts except the fifteen who hsd given notice.
General Grant is reported to have received
IN addition to the presents In the keeping of Mr.
Chlds-gIns enough TO nll eighteen dry-goods boxes
which are their way across the continent The
Generals rooms at the Continental HOtl in Phladel.
phia. pncturesqnfy described ornamenied with
$1,000 worth of brca brac IN the shape OF vases and
piacaues AMI clocks. His hedstead is the one upon
woich the EnDeror Pedro reposed during his VISIT
PhlGd'lphil. Oh paintings-not chrom0s-aDd flags,
cover No walls.
A Washington dispatch says that General
Noyes Intends to resign the French Mission aud
turn home early next Spring. he does not deslre
longer residence abroad and IA anxious take part IN
The coming Presidential psign The dispatch adds
that it believed thar the Presidents knowledge OF
this prospective vacancy has caused the delay 10 nng
the Missions. and that Of the three
Wili be r1yeD to Ono man. Ia an EasteD
man, aud the third To somebody from Tire Northwes.
VI. Edmond de GOncourt, the French novel;
ist lives IN "A beautiful nous" Pans filled with
old tapestries. drawings. memoirs. porccains,
auogra phs broBzes. worries. embroideres, etca col
lection remarkable that he is publishing catalogue
full OF picturesque auecdote under rhe title OF ne
House Artist" NJ de Gonoourt and his brother
may be called the Samese twins ~ literature they
write together taking up the pen The other lay.
u down sometimes IN the midst OF a sentence-and
Their STYLES much alike that the seam can never
10 found
The late General J. c. Davis, in talking a
short tme before his death with correspondent OF
The Cincinnati Co1mercioi. warmly upheld the patriot
Of Robert Anderson. When asked n Anderson felt
That his forced surrender OF Fort Sumter would be
construed By the North ~ treason Gen
cral DAVIS answered Tue only thing that GeDeral
Anderson said to Ine on The subject that would
Justify answering the question this: Captain.
the officer who in the hrst contest IN war on
either side Will never reap. even II h. should wr
He SAID day. in talking about his re'nsal 70
obey the summons 20 surrender from Charlie ton: IL
tunes. Now the time to siay the DIVISION, and 1t
musi be DO re II II Is done with blood"
Ii Is said that there is something very
touching In MTs. W. T. Gladston care OF her ustriOus
husband. She has once left his side all through
The Scotch campaign. and beng near him she never
takes her EYES OF nim. SIe wraps him up whrB he
leaves room. places char for him when be ontersis
careful bin. I'm short ifhe her only and
still in pelucoats When Mr. Gladstone making MS
great speeches IN Parliament the foreign policy OF
tne Government he used 10 furnish much innocent
nerrImeui the elbers abont him Oy the production
of wLat looked like IOmatum-pot, the contents OF
which h. from time to time absorbed. Night
alter night he brought TINS crOckery with hin,
.olmllv produced 1t from his coattail pocket,
ami placed Wthia reacn the table.
Then everyone kn ihat he WIS going 10 make great
speech Aftnr ID -ru-si0n and OF curiOs-
ty ~ bis PfhamerfarF brothers vcDtured 10 ask
FIa.f .rafaH q . IA r
very frankly told him tAai simply egg beaten
up u siss II sherry though why 10 should have been
carried about 10 pOnalmpot remains unt Explained 10
this day.
Providence, r. l., Dec. LITTLE Rev. Charles
II. Ma CON- d. D., formerly OF he Baptist dcnomna.
ton and lately secretsry of the American Peace Society.
was admitted today Deacons orders Ia the Protes-
iant Episcopal Church. by Bishop Clark, IN Grace