New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-26
PERSONAL.

Governor and Mrs. Fremont are now visiting
New-York, their only daughter remaining in charge
of their house i'll Arizona.
Mr. Yung Wing now Acting Chinese Minister at
Washin gton, is quoted as saying that there are
three Cinnamon leaving this country to one who Is
coming.
Mr. Gough says that when he told 5000 people In
Exeter Hall of Mrs. HayeS's great moral courage In
refuslnp 10 offer wine to her guests ct the White
House, they instantly gave three cheers.
Princess Victoria, Of Hesse, the eldest Of the two
Young ladies' whose confirmation their grandmother,
Queen Victoria, attended the other day, 10 to be
married to the heir to the DukedOm Of Baden.
Mr. LOngfellow, in letter reGrettinR his inabl-
ity to attend the Cincinnati Festival, rejOiceS " at
Mr. Bucks signal success In his Scenes from the
Golden Legends" and mentions that he Is much
struck with it's power and beauty"
Victoria, Crown Princess of Germany. who is IN
nctive siGhtseer, has been having happy visit IN
Rome. The Pope commanded that every courtesy
should be offered to her In the Vatican galleries.
She dressed plainly and excited little observation.
preserving as much as possible her incognito. She
visited the Pantheon during her explorations, and
caused O garland with the Prussian col0rs to DO
laid on Victor EmanuePs tomb.
General Andrew jackson. o few days before his
death, sent for Mr. MCCombs, a Nashville under
taker. and said to him cOOyi al have sent for you
Then, says McCembs In a recent letter, "as calmly
nS no would discuss tho most ordinary business
matter, he gave, the most minute instructions
relative to it," few days after the General was
laid quietly to rest at the Hermitage.
The King of Denmark has just had birthday ball,
and, like the good father he Is, devoted himself
thereat to his beautiful daughter, the Princess Of
Wales, who visited Denmark to offer him her 6lial
CONGRATULATIONS. Her short visit the King called
" the most precious birthday gift that could have
been offered to him. Both the Queen and the
Princess were resplendent with diamonds and the
former Is described as looking remarkably youthful
even at her graceful daughters slde
A strange story is told of King Louis of Bavaria.
certainly the most eccentric of mOnarChs. 1t is re-
lated that he was engaged to marry Princess So
| phia, now Duchess d!Aleucon and sister of the En-
press Of Austria, but being told that the
Princess cared moro for the crown than
| FOR him. he broke tho engagement in q
novel fashion. He ordered the Court joweller to
make magnificent regal crown, and sent It to the
! Princess, with note running thus: Dear Sophia,
| | send Won the crown which you COVet, but am
sorry / cannot give you the right to wear 1t as
Queen OF Bavaria"
Literary people Will, perhaps, feel pleasure In
| being reminded that one Of their guild, Owen
Meredith" otherwise Robert, Lord LyttOn, VcerOy
of India, Is now an Earl by the Queens grace. His
titles are Earl of LyttOn and Viscount Knebworth
The new Earl is forty-nine years old, and has been
in diplomacy ever since.his eighteenth veal. when he
served his uncle Sir Henry Bulwer, as private sec
| rotary at Washington. His wife. whom he married
in was Edith Villicfs niece of the late Earl of
| clarendon. Their infant SOD, Victor Alexander
George Robert, now Viscount OF Knebworth, Is the
gOdson Of the Queen. They have also three dauGh-
| ters.
Princess Adegunde Of Braganza, daughter Of the
late Don Miguel, the unsuccessful and banished
pretender of the Portuguese throne. has Just done
| o rather daring thing. Tho sentence Of perpetual
| Punishment was not only pronounced upon Don
Miguel. but also upon all his children. Princess
| Adogunde. however, was so determined to SEQ her
fathers native country that she contrIved to obtain
an English passport for her confidential maid. in
which document she herself was described as
| the attendant Of the personated English lady,
and in the character Of femme de chambrc travelled
undetected through Portugal. At Lisbon the two
took up their quarters at hotel and visited all the
palaces and galleries of the city, ending the escapade
| by a call upon Countess de RedInha, an old and
| trusted friend of the family. They quilted the
country in safety, the Prncess's family knowing
nothing about her journey until they received let
ter posted at Lisbon and describing her exploit as
the result Of the natural instinct OF Portuguese
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