New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-11
PERSONAL.

Judge A. w. Tourgee will take the stump" for
Garfield soon as he finishes his new book. lie Is
now at work upon it in Canada, where his family
have just joined him for the Summer.
Mr.. Lawrence Barrett has given up his trip abroad
this Summer and is resting and studying at his cot
tage in Cohasset 1t is said that he intends to bring
out several new pieces IN the Autumn Win DILL
liant supporting company
The Rev. Dr. Tryon Edwards writes to The Hart
ford Courant that he has In his possession all the
collected MSS of Jonathan Edwards, and that he
knows of no suppression of any opinions of Ed
wards's, much less of any omission, or change
of expression. that would modify in
the least his well-knOwl theological or
doctrina views. He offers controversy in
these terms: " As 70 the structures OF DR.. Holmes
on the theological views of Edwards. they probably
strike the great body OF weil-rcad and sound theo-
lOgans ana OF sensible, Bible-Teadlng CHRISTIANS,
very much rs the structures OF some young tneoogi-
cal student the surgical or medical views OF Or.
Holmes would strike the doctor himself"
General Garfield is described having shown
DUNG his war experience great regard for the
rights ofsaves. The ClereiaRd Herald relates that
one day at Murfreesboroa an old cOlOrcd woman came
to the Generals tent and complained of having
been cruelty beaten by her master. man named
Carney simply because her two sons had been bred
as servants by two Union captains; the heartless
she had urged her sons to take
this work. Carney was summoned and in his pres.
ence tine woman told her entire story, III the course
of which she said that Colonel Burke (nOw General
had been near by when the whipping had been done.
So indignant was the General at both Carney and
Burke that he came near deprTlng the latter OF his
straps aud to the former said among other things
expressive OF his wrath; You rascal, yOn ought TO
have your ears cut off tor this cussedness."
Nils Adoiphe Erik Nordenskiod is member of an
exceedingly ancient and arIstocratic family in Fin
land. The name was originally Nordenberg" but
one Of its possessors, doughty warrior. was en-
nobled after the siege of Fredrikshal and changed
his patroDymic to NOrdcnskjod. which, literally
translated means SHIELD of the North" Profess
sor Norlenshjod is forty-eight years old. broad
shoudered short sighted. bonde-hared man. with
a somewhat disdainful expression. lie Is said to
have been handsome boy. of studious mind and
ardent temper, and with look in his blue eyes
which led friends of "A prophetic turn Of mind
to say, THAT child VIII see much. and
travel far" At thirteen he and one of his brothers
entered the University of Borgo, where Nils says of
hmselt that he only distinguished by his want
OF applications There was scarcely single subject
on which his masters did report his progress OF
rather lack Of it, as eminently unsatisfactory
His parents, however, who perhaps saw Il little
fuYther into their sons character than the tutors
could be expected TO do. neither repTOached nor
exercised strict surveillance over either of their
boys but after making very modest arrangements
Tor their board and lodging, left them free in the
following term to follow whatever studies they
preferred in their own fashion. This seems
to have ava ened a considerable share Of self
respect, and the younger one worked SO hard to
gain the APPRECIATION Of all the professors with
" Nom h0 mad to do