American citizen., 1879-03-29

Academy, Colchester, Conn, $4,000; Firs
Ecclesiastical Society, New Londsn, $40, 600
American Board Commissioners for Foreign
! Missions, $4,000; American Home Mission.
airy Society, 5000; American Bible Society
1900; American Tract Society, 5000. The
balance OF the property, amounting to over
100000, will go to foreign missions.
GEN. GRANT was at Bombay, India,
on the 18th of February, where he was ten
dered a banquet at the Government House.
Thence he goes to Delhi, Cawnpore, Lucia,
Lucknow, Benares, so as to be in Calcutta
| by March 10th; thence to Madras and Cey-
| lon.
! DIR. JOHN M. WooDwoRTH, Chief
| Surgeon of the Marine Hospital Service,
died at Washington on the 14th. He was a
resident of Chicago.
WADE HAMPTON, JR., prints a card
denying that he attended a ball given to
Gen. Sherman at Jacksonville, Fla, and say
ing: I" would certainly have avoided meet
ing the man who was guilty of the cruelty
of burning Columbia, and the cowardice Of
denying it,"
THE Belgian explorer Wauthier died
in Central Africa.
HON. GEORGE GOLDTHwAITE, ex-
United States Senator from Alabama, died
suddenly on the 10th.
REV. JAMES DEKOvEN, d. D., Dean
of Racine College, Wisconsin, fell dead on
the 18th while in conversation with a stu
dent. DIR. DeKoven was 4S years of age. In
1875 he was elected Bishop of Illinois, but
his extreme High Church views prevented
his confirmation to the office. He was re-
Gently elected rector of st. Marks Church,
Philadelphia, but had not accepted.
THE President has nominated Gen.
James r. Weaver of West Virginia for Con-
sui at Vienna, and David II. Bailey of Ohio
for Consul at Shanghai.
JUDGE COLUMBUS UPsoN of San An
tonic, Texas, has been nominated by the
Democratic Congressional Convention TO
succeed ex-Representative schleicher.
The Rhode Island Democrats have
The Republicans have renominated Gov
ernor Van Zandt.
EX-GovERNoR L. R. BRADLEY of Ne
vada died on the 21st, aged IA.
T.F. OAKEs, General Superintendent
of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, has resigned
Mr.. S. T. Smith will perform the duties CT
General Superintendent in addition to hose
of Receiver.
Count DE SAINT WALLER, the
French Ambassador at the German Cour;,
has resigned, on account of difference with
Prince Bismarck.
PROFESSOR ANDERSEN, the cele-
brated chess player, has just died at Boston.
AUGUST HUARD, Paying Teller OF the
Mechanics and Traders Bank of New Or
leans, recently suspended, commi.te suicide
on the 21st.
THE President has nominated Clar-
ence King for Director of The Geological
Survey; Francis A. Walker for Supeiin-
tendent of the Census; VIM. A. Heron for
Pension Agent at Pittsbrrg; David H.
STROLLER of West Virginia for United States
Consul General to Mexico; Jacob III. Stew
art foi United States Surveyor General of
Minnesota.
ABOUT 100 Democrats and "a Repub-
licans and Independents have been elected
to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention.
BRYAN MCGAEvEY of Louisville, KY,
who has just died n: the age o. 1O5, is sup
posed to bave been the oldest Mason ia the
coun.ry.
THE next annual meeting OF The Ma
tional Woman's Suffrage Association VIII be
held in st. Louis on the J. h, Sth aud oh of
May.
MRS. CAROLINE BROOKS, the butter
sculptor, has returned from Paris.