New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-01
PERSONAL.

Mr. Yoshda the japanese Minister. is expected TO
arrlYo in Washington next month with MS family
It now denied that the Prince OF Wales's sons
have had their young and somewhat snubbed noses
tattooeh. In a frolic the other mdshpmen painted
their noses to represent tattoo marks.
It is reported in The Cincinnati Enquirer that the
father of Mr. Gus c. Matthews, Editor OF The SPRING
feId (Oho) Times has just inherited very unex,
pectedly, the sum of IL 100000 from the Leonard
estate OF Cleveland.
Mr. Kinglake is fast recovering from his accident
in Paris last Autumn Only his fingers were frac-
tured when The omnibus knocked him under the
horses feet-the most serious consequences were
sey shaking and consequent nervous depression
Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson read his Concord
Hymn" IN the Old South Church the other evening
in aid of the preservation fund for that ediice Dr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes read dorothy q" ana
poem The Silent Melody" which he has recently
written, and which is described As "ecauiiinl.I hg
read also. Mrs. Howe's poem. 'Our Orders" when
he declared that he regarded "as the best poem
which was written during the war"
Colonel +. W. Higgnson's regular contribution to
The WomdPs journal failed to arrive in time for
publication this week. and that paper explains that
the delay proceeded partly from the pressure OF
pubic duties aud partly from an occurrence be-
Meath bis roof which will give him a new tie to the
Woman Question: and that increased interest III
daughter"
Pictro Alessandro Garda, the man who when Ma
poleon returned from Elba hosted the trcolored
flag or he Tuieres while the palace was still occu-
pied by the Royal Guards, has just died at Turin.
lie was after the return from Elba attached TO Ma
poleon's staff and fought at Waterloo. Since then
he has been director of an English mining company
IN Peru volunteer with his friend, Gariba!di. ana
"A gentleman of leisure, living quietly III ms own
chateau.
All who have been particularly interested IN The
battle OF Bunker Hill will hear with regret OF the
4 ath Of Mr. Richard Frothingham, OF CharlestOwn,
Mass. whose historical researches respecting that
event were of the first importance. Massachusetts
had no more asiiduous and Intelligent antiquarian
than Mr. rockingham. His " History of the Siege
of Boston is q work of great accuracy and merit
and All his writings upon the Bunker Hill engage
Inent are considered of standard authority. Mr.
trothingham also won a high reputation as jour
ualist, his connection with The Boston Post having
been long and honorable
CANNRs. Jan. 3l-The Empress of Russia left here
this afternoon for ST. Petersburg
LONDON. Jan. 31.-The Empress Elizabeth Of
Austria will leave Vienna tomorrow for Dublin
where she will arrive on Wednesday next. She
will then 30 to Summer Hill to participate In the
fox hunting this season. The King OF the Begans
has conferred the Leopold Cross on Mile. Rosa Bon
heur the artist. She is the first lady who has re-
ceIyed tins distinction. The King Of spain also re-
Gently conferred TINS lady an equally high ORDER
which has never before been granted to lady,
PARIS. Jan 31.-M. 10y son Pere Hyacinthel has
asked the Project Of the Department Of the Seine
to grant him the use of the Church of the Assnmp-
tion In the Rue ST. Honore at present occupied by
the Polish Confraternity. NJ LOyson pleads that
his present church is unsuitable, beng too
small He says his work addresses itself to persons
recurring religion free from superstition and
fanaticism. HIS application will be Refused, as his
community occupies exactly the same position as
the Protestant Free Churches, which provide their
ows edilces and pay their own pastors.