New-York tribune., 1879-05-12
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Sydney Gruudy, the authorof f"Snowbah'
is tie son ot tla I.r. sent Mayor ol Manchester.
Senator Mcpherson IS about 10 return 10 his
s.at IN Congress- 3D.. health having been auD. entirely
restored by Ai,ysI to tuc Hot Springs oi AI-au.as.
Professor Patton, Of Chicago, it Is reported
Will accept cal To = London church Aii Caeaso
church is SAID 10 bc indebted to Li, and BIS s1aJ las
been puii l-.cguarP'
Mrs. Floyd, the widow of Ex-Governor
Foyd the sister OF General J. Preston o, -0G, Caro-
lima, and TIE sss,y-in-!aw Of wade Hampton mas J~'
uied IA Ni.Elnid
Mr.. Gladstone has twice att nded the per-
,ormanco ot Mr.. Irying's HaHllet recently, ana Ai'
Tennyson WIS observed the oaer night 10 applaud '"e
young actor witb greet enthusiasm
That SIgnor Salyini will act III the United
states m the Autumn is piece OF Roman nc"s "hl1I
viii greatly please those who have already hal as
fortune 10 witness some OF Tie lOolest performances On
the modern stage.
Alexander OF BattenberC, the newly-elee'ed
Prince Of Bulgaria. just twcntyJwo years Old lie
an extremely handsome and winning youth. accom-
pllsa.d aud amable. good rider, good dancer. an
good talker.
Mile. Adelaide MontgOlfer, daughter Of
the inventor balloons, IS stan alive az The age OF
ty-nine years. she is a very wealthy woman. sle
has gwen the museum OF the Acronauiica! Academy
a copy OF tho large medal executed by H'udon, and
reprr,cnnc her father and uncle who was associated
with bm m the invention Of balloons
Miss Kate Field is described as wearing
duIing her recitation % tie sna.cspSare festy IA
evening dress ruo and white Doir, antique. trimmed
with lace dead gold ornaments and blue leatl,rs "A
her hair AttIe close OF "Muc Ado About Nothing she
was called from tAe auditorium to sins "Gcd save the
Queen" and going upon the stage sang II with mrea
applause. STAFFORD journal referring @ tue work
done By Miss Field aud Mayor Flower In aid oi t-e me
muTlal
The ancient house in Paris in which oncc
dwelt the famous advocate Beycr - san standing ana
continues furnish home TO his coos. who served 'm
Tor eight and twenty years and to Tlom no LETT hand
somo annuity. She remarkable artist IN her profess
sion and after thedeatn OF the master whom She had
served faithfully, many most eGticinS oilers Wefs
made to aceeps fresh 5uauons. But sac repeed
them all with d,s.ianiGl toss Of TIE head. n.fS
been the cook oi Monsieur berryer' she SAID. " IN
vOiia assez."
George Eiot's books were especially faS'
cinatng to the late Prince Albert he particularly
fond OF novels character Mr.. Martin said that the
Prince rcycod In the humOr OF these books au1 oItn
quoted the shrewd sayings OF Mrs. Poyser lie Ikea
" Adam Bedo 50 much that no sent a copy OF 20 70
Baron st0ckmar saying: It will amuse you ny no
funess aud variety Of its studies Of human character
BY his siudy-yonr iaVonte one-i hnd myscH e'ep
day more ana more attracted"
"Gentlemen,n SAID Mr.. Lincoln one day
during wartime TO several Western men VINO called
npon him 20 cr ciso the Administration, suppose an
the property you were in gold. and You laa
put II IN tho hands Of Blondn 10 carry across tn'
Niagara Falls q ugbtrope would you shake the rop'
while no passing over IT, or keep shouting 10 IN'
Blondn stoop little more'' Go q ,it,lc fastert No
lam sure you would not You would hold your pte"'n
as wen as tongue, and keep your hands on nn ~
W., safely over Now, tho Government Is In the s'ns
situation, and is carrying across stormy oeei r. h.
mense weight; untold treasures are IL us
doing tlc 10 don't badger 10; keep sutusc ~
AZ Nlll set you safely over"
"What dotard says our poets deadi ,
Pore him cen cOnquerng Time must Sie"'
Though VIII no longer earth may tread,
lis spirit breathes IN Flower aud Field.
The literary executors of Mr.. Bayard Iaylo1
have been greatly annoyed ana mystided By me a''P
pearance OF the lecture Goethe nom BITS well kno"a
series on German literature as delivered at Corneh
University and IN Boston. New-YOrk and BookHH
Tho remaining manuscripts were found where tney Oc
longed carefully up and ready for the printer
Mr. Tayors intention always was 10 paoNsh tnei.
The Goethe has undoubtedly been lent TO some Ien.
who mas failed to return IT, II this paragraph snoI
meet his eye, he VIII greatly obge hFs Taylor " A