New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-05-17
PERSONAL.

Senator Edmunds is going to Europe with
his family at the close Of Congress.
The late Gardner Colby has left TO varions
religious and charitable organizations the total sum of
S46l, 200.
Mrs. exPresident Polk now lives in Jeffer-
son, Ind, and is said to be sprighty ana wellpre.
served old lady.
Dir. kassOn, it is stated, is coming home
TINS Summer not to prepare for Senatorial contest.
Du to rest and to get from the dangerous veunese
malaria which attacked MN last year
Senator Hampton is described as being yet
unused to doing without his amputatcd limb and as
standing erect with difficulty. He il an agreeable
pubic speaker having pleasant voice and a distinct
enuDclatI0n.
Mr.. Edwin Booth is quoted as saying of his
recent assailan that he is dangerous Iunatir-noth
Ing more ~ but the shock Of the occurrence be
SAYS, has been to both Mrs Booth and myself
that we have been unable to do much more than play
nurse TO each other since the event.
William II. Smith, the FIRST Lord of the
Admiralty, who has been satirzed in " Pnafors az
SIR Joseph Porter r. a. b. il accredited with the follow.
ing witic,m at the expense OIL Norman Lockyer the
English scientist and editor OF Nature M L0ckyer had
made some assertion not remarkable for or
lack Of sefcOnfdcncc, whereupOn the Lord Of tha Adj
miralty remarked: The only trouble VITA LOcaycris
that ne doesn't comprehend he difference between the
author and the editor OF Nature"
Mr.. w. w. Storys new statue represents
sardanapalus seated h1f reclining on a throneIke
chair, ndooDt and Indifferent, from safety but king
throughout and while al this il expressed with truth
to the historic record OF his character the details OF the
costume are correctly and deliberately rendered, the
wellcurlcd beard and rngleued hair proclamine the
Oriental p!easure-oying dosgot. The work now tom-
peted in the clay has passed INTO the mOu.der hands
preparatory TO being put into marble.
Mr.. Walter Cotton, the step-son of Mr..
Chttenden, is of the three great makers o; vons
now living lie was graduated from Columbia, studied
medicine, and then travelled abroad, where his fond
for the violin developed into passion. lie spent
much time in hunting up the most celebrated Old
volins, aud his return began % make Instruments.
al rt only for his amusement, and 20 give away 10 bis
friends but presently there demand which has
of late kept him busy. Ole Bal, Remcuyi, Wleimj,
and an the noted professional players com" 10 Dis house,
and send him their Instruments whtn iLry need Iria-
the instrument himself having coDuyed m.ny of The
tools he uses. and lie aDs 50 make OdI eutlI aunCf
Of ylOlius Ia the year.
The Emperor OF Austria has just been pre-
scented with a remarkable suit Of clothes The wool
from which the garments were made uuou Tie
sleeps backs eleven hours before the sui, was cone
peted. At eos the morning the sheep were hearei;
At GIL the wool was washed; az 6:37 dyed; ~ ESQ
picked; at 7:34 the last cardms process finished;
at II was spun at SD spoiled; at S:37 the warp
was in the loom; at s:l3 the shutes were ready at
11:1O seven ami three-quarCr els OF cloth COM
ploted. At 1908 the cloth was fuled; az 1914
Glshedj az IN spnhe1 4. d1Sn pa,I o az liz
pressed and ready for the shears ana needle. At
O'clock the suit consisting OF huutingiacket, waist
coat and pantaioons, was flushed.
4 picturesque incident is narrated concern
ing General Chanzy during the time his Imprisonment
under the Commune lie closely watched, and
when morning he asked for barber g. shave Inn,
that Individual only allowed 10 enter escorted by
two National Guards The day was dull and the light
bad, and the knight OF the basin moved the General
about several tunes. complaining thar be could not see
aud that guards were in the way. Grabbing, they
fell back little and the barber began his work Pres
emily he observed that be had never seen man more
difficult 20 shave and adding: How lo o your caeck
IL! Come General. Ia PyOraHrui p" De thrust Biz
thumb into the Generals mouth o. pres, Is cheek out-
ward The prisoner for the instant naturally en-
ragged and about to protest when -e s anne aware
that some small object lying on LIS tongue. The
shaving finished and his visitor, gone bee placed himself
the only position IN the cell iu wl.c- De- could De
seen and took from his month what proved go De H,tle
roOf paper, on which was written; Keep mp your
courage You not for gotten. This will NOT last long,
SAIsSErb II was "a true prediction IN few days the
General was liberated BY an order from toe Central
Committee.
Mrs. Cults, who lately fell dead at tile jersey
CITY Railroad Station a lady q interesting historic
descent being in the direct line fIom tie famous sir
william PcpperoD the hero Of Lousburg, Who SAID 10
have the only native OF NevEnglaud raised 10 the
baronetace. HIS daughter married Colonel suarhaWk,
and it was through this marriage that Mrs.. Cutts Ge-
rived her descent from SIR william. a her home in
Bratioboro' W. she had a large collection Of Pepperel
relies many OF them particularly interesting. They H.
cluded picture OF sir william, SOME OK hs gala at
tire and nne pieces OF real Old American made
plate very article iuasmuch rs most of it was
melted down in the Revolutionary War. The spoc-
mems which have survived are in many eases Of ex
trelncly elegant design and admirable execution
Especial value attaches to that bearing the stamp Of
Revere" and turned out OF the workshop OF the re
nONnel Paul aud his father. hue specimen l. ~ POI
session OF "A gentleman IN this city, ana would make a
Boston collectors mouth water Tie Pcpperru barou-
ctcy long since became extinct ami Their large Amer
can possess were cOuGscated-they being LuyaStS
at the Revolution. TIL Poppercls were oi Cornish
origin, and were IN common with the cats family
settled at AppledOre. which derives iis name nom
North Devon (Eagand harbor, toward tie cosc o. lie
seventeenth century.