New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-29

PERSONAL 3

The grave of General Zachary Taylor Il to b fors
| mally decorated this morning
General N. p Banks Is suffering 30 severely from
| malarial fever that be cannot give the Memorial
Day address at LEVEL.
General Grant Ia reported to have sent to the
Emperor Of Japan several handsome horses. and
the Eastern potentate frequently uses them in his
rides
Postmaster General Maynard Is native Of Massa-
chusetts, and his wife Is native OF Vermont. .
daughter Of the Rev. A. Washburne, CQngrs9a-
tional clergyman in Royalton.
DR.. Swift is to have handsome new house At
Rochester, and ct the northwest corner Of The
building is to be erected the Warner Observatory.
The tower 10 to be sxtynine feet high, snd thirty.
enc feet In diameter.
Mr.. Emerson visited Boston on his birthday ana
attended the morning meeting Of the Unitarian AS
ISOLATION. There was no formal celebration Of the
day, though many friendly calls were made upon
him after his return TO Concord.
Mr.. Brown. the new Georgia Senator. Is said "a
have clerical look, and wears long white whiskefs
tapering to point. He is Baptist, and lately pre-
sented $50 900 to his denomination. General Cor
don is also an active church member often praying
and preaching IN camp and church. Goyernor Col
ence, president Of the International Sundayschool
Association, and good lay preacher.
Mr.. II. Fl. Bright succeeds the Rev. DR.. William
n. Taylor. In leading editorial notice In this
weeks Issue Of The Christian at Work he assumes
the editorial direction of that journal. The edito
rial staff is further enlarged by the accession of the
Rev. T. s. Doottle, D. D., of Rutgers College. Tho
Rev. Dr. Taylor, shortly after laying down the edito
sometime before, however, reached the conclusion
that the cares of his congregation were sufbcient
without the cares OF q newspaper Also
General j. B. Gordon's father writes to 7Ae Atlonta
Constitution concerning bis son " he has always
been obedient aud confding. When he could reach
my ear he has always consulted me before taking
momentOus STEP He made me visit in March last
and while here he said 70 me Pa, ! am tired Of
public life. crave the peace and quietude Of my
home and homo affairs, besides can't save up any
money out of my salary. and the idea Of dying and
leaving my family without o competency troubles
me no little! He then went on TO say that u h9
was out of the Senate he could make great daas
mora money and would have to spend great deak
less, and added that he had about concluded 70 rec
sign, feeling that the public interests would not
Protected. advised him to that course and urgsd
him not to delay 1t" 49,
friend of Mr.. Walt whitman writes TO Tbs
Philadelphia Press. that the good gray poet has
never in his life worn fred flannel shirt blouse,
and tarpaulin hal" as has been seriously report
ed, nor did he utter series of amens ut Colonel
Ingersolls lecture the other evening; nor did he
ever convey to the newspapers the opinions on orc
nation recently attributed to him. DIR. Whitmans
friend says that Philadelphia journal printed .
long article on this subject, giving interviews
with prominent men and their views On the sub
ject-among the rest long string purportlng TO
come from Walt Whitman. A day or two after tina
poet received letter from the author Of the
article saying that be had been pressed for time
he had taken the liberty 70 manufacture and print
set Of opinions for Walt Whitman without con
AUBURN. N. z, May 2s-The Rev. DR.. Epson. Of
Albany. has accepted the Professionally in the Aus
burn Theological Seminary, vacated by DR.. Jchn<
son.
OTTAWA, Ont, May 2S.-Prince Leopold arrived
here to-day, and took lunch at the residence of Sir
John A. Macdonald, with several members Of tho
Cabinet. During the afternoon he visited the Par
lament Buildings Rideau Hall, eto. In the even
ing he took the train for the West.