American citizen., 1879-04-19
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

fEhSONAL AND fOLII1CALs
GEN. BEAUREGARD denies very en-
phatically that he ever paid or offered Geo.
ID. Prentice $500, 900, or any other sum, to
espouse the cause of secession.
PRor. MAYER EPSTEIN, formerly of
the University at Hechigen, Germany, died
Mt Fort Wayne, Ind, on the 9Th, aged So.
Prof. Eppstein was Hebraic and Oriental
scholar of rare attainments.
PRoF. DANIEL VAUGHN, well known
throughout the United States and Europe as
an astronomer, linguist and mathematician,
died at Cincinnati on the 9Th, aged 5S. Prof.
Vaughn was born in Ireland, but came to
this country when quite young, and for the
past % years was resident of Cincinnati.
FRANK NEvINs, Springfield Qll.) cor
respondent Of the Chicago Tribune, has been
committed to the County Jail for contempt
Of the House, in refusing to answer ques-
tions regarding the source of his informa-
tion for certain dispatches for that paper.
PROF. GOERING of Leipsic, who has
been engaged on the third volume of
Kritische Philosophie," )" committed suicide
at Eisenrath from over study.
JACOBS, Republican, has been elected
Mayor of Cincinnati by about 1000 majority.
THE Pope has declined to receive
Archbishop Purcell's resignation, on ac-
count of his long service to the Church. He
has been authorized to select q coadjntor,
with the right OF succession to the See of
Cincinnati.
THE President has nominated j. r.
Hollowell for u. s. Attorney, Kansas, and
Arthur L. Thomas of Pennsylvania, Secrc-
tary of Utah Territory.
PROF. CYRUS THOMAS of Illinois has
been rendered the position Of Entomologist
Of the Department of Agriculture, made va
cant by the resignation Of Prof. Riley, but
he has declined the appointment.
CORNELIUS j. VANDERBILT, q disso-
lutte son of the old Commodore, borrowed a
good deal of money of open-hearted Horace
Greeley at various times to help him out of
his scrapes. Young vanderbilt's notes were
not reckoned among the negotia-
BILE assets of Greeley's estate, but
a few days ago, the Vanderbilt family
troubles being happily settled, and Corne-
Illus coming into possession Of few hundred
thousands, he astonished the two daughters
Of old Horace by presenting them with GER
titled checks for $s1 900, being the amount,
with interest, Of his Indebtedness to their
late father.
NJ. T. F. OAKEs, late General Super
intendent of the Kansas Pacific Road, has
accepted the same position with the Kansas
City, Fort Scott and Gulf and Leavenworth,
Lawrence and Galveston Roads.
THE Atchison (Kas.) Champion learns
that A. Byram, Esq, Of that city has sold a
half interest in his Utah silver mine for s.,
0OO, 900 cash, and has given the purchasers a
Co days. option to purchase the remaining
interest at 81 900 900. He bought this mine,
a few years ago, for SIS 900, and has since
taken out of it precious metals on which he
has realized profit of $500, 900.
JACOBS, Republican candidate for
Mayor Of Cincinnati, has majority Of 412.
The total vote cast was Al, 1863.
PRESIDENT HAYES will not, after all,
go to the Pacific coast during the coming
summer, and says he expects to pass most
Of the season at Washington.
Mr.. HENRY M. STANLEY is now on
his way to Zanzibar with a commission
from the King of the Belgians to reorgan-
ize the hitherto unsuccessful Belgian expe-
dition.
CINCINNATI is now agitated over the
question whether or not their Mayor -elect,
Mr.. Jacobs, is a citizen of the United States
and eligible to Office. The Democrats will
contest his election on the ground that he is
foreign born and has not become legally nat
uralized. 1t is also claimed that Murphy,
elected Prosecuting Attorney, and Setchell,
elected Police Commissioner, are ineligible
on like grounds.
THE President has nominated Robert
z. Wilson of Pennsylvania, Consul at Mos
cow.
GEN. RICHARD TAYLOR, son of Pres
dent Zachary Taylor, and brother-Inlaw Of
Jefferson Davis, died in New York City on
the 11th. Gen. Taylor served in the Con-
federate Army during the late war, and
had just published book of his personal
memoirs.
A COURT-MARTIAL for the trial of
Gen. David S. Stanley, on charges preferred
by Gen. w. B. Hazen, convened at New
York city on the 18th. There has been q
personal difficulty Of long standing between
the two officers.