New-York tribune., 1879-01-04
PERNONAL.

4 daughter of Lew Bartlett, Of Boston,
uromlses 1t Is said. cndOw char OF mental phOso-
phy and mcaphy sics in Dartmouth with the sum Oh
$50, 900
There Is an absurd rumOr printed IN a British
newspaper that Queen Victoria has decided 20 IeIlh-
gu.n the reins of power Ia dFOr OF inc Icc Vi hdeo
as Prince Regent
Sir Edward Thornton and his wife will go
TO Canada next week the Marquis OF Lorne and
the Princess Louise The Misses Thornton are to enter
society THIS winter
Prince Leopod, of England, is said to be
an extremely agreeable and rhncd perSoh' greatly re-
seu,bhng his father his mental constitutions tie is
,oo, ,nsicisn and has very Higa Church views 1t Is
proposed to MAKE him DnKe OF ork
Professor David Swing is described rs look
ing haggard and overworked The Professor is said to
receive ~ 900 year salary No collection IA taken
M IN church All the expenses Of the current year are
rovded for and there 900 surplus IN the treasury
large haO 9 10000 Is to be built iot Professor
swings use during tue coming year
Ex-Governor FOOte, Superintendent OF the
Mint is because peOpe will insist thl he Older
than he really s sir" he quoted saying the other
day WIS born in lS04 and consequently am mol IS
wears OF age Neither am | so mtirm IN body as som
people have represented why sir, am accustomed to
walking every morning from Alcxdudild 10 NtshlhhtOh
abont eight miles. before breakfast
Ex-Secrctary Usher says that he once spoke
10 Mr. Lincoln the danger Of assassination Lincoln
was careless he altlS. le "oh'u ko oul VI MS
house at night and walk to the War Department.
wnerc Stanton was receiving dispatches unattendt d.
sad TO hIm: Lincoln, you hayc no business to ex-
nos, Yourself in this way. 1t is known that yOn 20 out
u midnight and return here sometimes at o'clock m
the ,unruny from the Wa. - Department. Il would he
very easy TO Kill you The President replied that II
ANYBODY desired 10 natc MN he dd not suppose
aGy amount OF care would save hlm''
OF Bayard Taylor, Colonel FOrncy's Progress
saws that he Was literary mdn hrst ana last. lie
lived IN the world he studied pol teness and was jour
n,lia he noticed the pccuarites OF cerain forms Of
soc,cy and lie founded novels upon them and when lie
went as Minister Germany, hc cong atuI tea hinsc
upon the advantages would galn IN writing MS Lie
of Goclhe' IL is claimed tor Bajard Taylor tha ne
WAS genius except far as he proved NIHess denl-
tion that genius Il the power Of maGng use OF materials,
but he had a wide aud wclltounded reputation a- man
of letters aad that reputation II rStY due 10 tue dc
that II he was men ntY were ol one family, ana
steadily worked toward one object
The friends of the Chevalicr De Luca, late
General of Idy the UH,ed states, viii learn
with pleasure that he has just been promoted 10 the Of
flee OF Mnister Resident and COnsul-Generai 10 Gina
As IN the foreign service OF Italy the dip
lomaic and consular functions are distinct hnd
separate branches exception to the geheri RUE IN
favor OF Consul DE Iuca, mark OF hlSh dlslhcIoh
aud proof the satisfaction Be has gwen to Ills govern
mcnt in the discharge of his duties AT TINS post Tile
distinction il the more marked, coming, a. II
does from the Administration OF Carroll and
the party opposed 10 taat unler "hlch' tue
C,,e,,, y,,s amounted here The Italian residents in
Nry.York Vile rrgrcttug the departure OF Mr..
DE Inca will con sTatuiHc hDl on r'CtNlllS from MS
Government tus Lcw mara ot c"nhdtGce lh MS noHt}
Americans v no have known hlm during bis stay Ia this