New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-28
PERSONAL.

Walt Whitman is recovering from his recent Sc.
we're illness.
Miss Laura Hall Park. the younger daughter Of
Trenor w. Park, was married Yesterday to Mr..
F. b. Jennings, young lawyer of this city,
General Wade Hampton is angling in Virginia
and is said to be the most skIlful and successful
fisherman that the James River has known for
years.
General Stewart L. Woodford and his wife are
testing the pleasures of the Adventures of
Phaeton." They are travelling through MasSachu.
sets IN carriage.
NJ. Bruery, Catholic priest, aged niLety-three,
was converted two years ago TO Professionalism, and
has lust been married by the Mayor of Cannes "a
Mile. Nernet. Protestant, aged thIrtythree years.
Captain Eads is quoted as saying manfully that
the work of his proposed ship railway across the
Isthmus could be accomplished in four years. lie
expresses the utmost faith in the asibihy OF the
project.
The Rev. j. A. Sturgeon, brother to Mr. c. II
Spurgeon is happy and fortunate person. lie ha;
just become entitled TO legacy amounting 10 about
5000 bequeathed to him by member OF mis-
former congregation.
The late Tom Taylor was married to Yorkshire
lady, Miss Laura Barker. who has composed some
delightful SONGS Among them some pretty and
plQuant Birthday Ballads" which the gentle eom
poser herself has sung charmlngly
Count Raynold de Choiseul-Prasin is a French
man of adaptable talents. Having spent fine for
tune among the enchantments of Partisan hfe he
is now at Hayti professor of 'eloquence FRANCHISE
and secretary of the Committee of Public lnstTuc
ton.
NJ. Gambettas father went into the Presidential
box at the Chamber the other day. and had the
pleasure of seeing his famous conduct business
He is fine old man, with an energetic and lntei'
n pf wl To lal
and short cropped whlSkers and beard.
The late Colonel Robert G. Shaw's memory is soon
to be honored by the erection of a monument in
Boston. A short time after his death So 900 was
collected for the purpose TIE committee disagreed
about the artist, and the money was invested-sO
well that ltnow amounts to nearly $4,000.
Between the Henri Rochefort of the Empire and
the Henri Rochefort of to-day there is little re.
sembance. He used TO have angular features and
frizzly hair; he has now filed ont and has become
almost fat. His external appearance is correct,
and almost fashionable. He wears a light paetot
over black frock coat and trousers lustrous silk
hat, and gray gloves HIS hair is
sacrificed. Even the Imperial has disappeared
from the chin. The complexion Is tanned,
prominence of the cheek-bones TO disappear The
eye has also lost its brlliancy and hmpIdty. The
legendary ROchefort has IN fact disappeared
General n. b. Forests treason is to be commemo
rated by monument at Memphis. A committee OF
ex-Confederate soldiers was lately appointed which
has advised that the citizens of Memphis organize
Forrest Monument Association to solicit subscrip
tons in the South and that" said society appoint
agents in such places throughout the Northern
States and in the City Of New-York as they deem
best for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions"
This is a curious suggestion. What would the ex-
rebels say if subscriptions for Colonel Shaw's
monument were requested in Memphis What
Nor fharu MIR " mil hat
Mr.. Morrill, is quoted saying admiriDgly of
Senator Hamlin " He has never known sickness.
and has been the most careful and attentive to his
public duties of whatever character of any man IN
the country He never wore piece of flannel or
of any description, pair of goyesor
an overcoat Even in our coolest weather Mr.
Hamln at his advanced age. plods along. dressed
in the coolest of costumes-the old-fashoDed swat
low tailed coat-without wraps of any kind. while
his fellows are almost frozen To death beneath bog
oyercoats and the heaviest Of underelothing. HIS
power Of endurance Is wonderful, and his capacity
for work great"