New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-16
PERSONAL.
President Gariied's sons now at Williams College
are TO become members of the Alpha Delta Phi fra

President Garield's sons now at Williams College.
are 10 become members of the Alpha Delta Phi fra
ternity.
Count Adlerberg the only person who during the
late Cars reign enjoyed the intimate confidence of
his master has retired from his post of Nj lister of
the Palace; He was Alexa"der'S constant COM
panion. and was, a boy, his playmate and friend
tie Is good-natured man and popular in Russian
society.
Mr. Waiter of The London Times has declined an
invitation 10 visit w-lIaven. saying: Il have al
ways cherished the most agreeabe recollections of
my first and only visit to New Hav, H. fifteen wears
ago. when was much struck by the beauty of the
io"n ana IN AR OF comfort and prosperity which
perVaded it
Mr. j. = Brown, the Presidents private secretary
In describing the curious gifts sent 10 the invalid
says that one person forwarded fun SET of articles
tor gymnasium AZ home"-trapeze spring-board
swinging bars, etc pccting Mr. Garfield to oar
well by practising his DEVICES The PreSident il
emphatic his desire that gifts should be returnej
or pald for If they are worth keeping.
One of the late General Burnside's old soldiers
writes to The AibdHy JJWrRal that the Generals
GOODNESS the face of danger acted like an inspira
ton upon his men. IL never knew" he adds
general off loved by the rank and file Of his
men. On one occasion be rode past our brigade nj
midnight aS the men, aim It exhausted by a forced
march, wrr" resting by the roadside for few mo-
mentS. As as the boys recognized .Old
Burhie,' forge ting their welruess, they began to
cheer. He RI sed his hand and SAID Quietly. Not
now, boys, not now; are too near the enemy
instantly II bee anne still as though the boIs'
were asleep. tilS corps, from It's frequent removal
from one department Il another, WAS duhbed
BumSldc's Geography Glass and think il il "a te
10 ainrm that no corps engaged in more bat lies or
endured more hariSmpS than the old Ninth. ami
yet brlirY" there was not man I'm the corps who
would not have toi owed General Burnside 10 star
walton or 10 the lannon's mouth 50 implicitly din
they believe IN ms integrity and patriotism"
The elder Mrs. Garfield has felt severely the
strain OF her sons long agony. Her face Is pale
ana worn, and wears an expression of intense anx-
loty she Is quoted saying the other day that She
firmly believed that her son would recover. her
faith IN the efficacy OF prayer and the goodness of
God is mistaken, and she thinks that Providence
will heed the thousands upon ouSands of petitions
which daily ascend To the Throne of Grace from
sorrowing people, asking foe the restoration of the
PreSidents health and vigor. Sh. reads the news
pancrS and has lily dispatches from Long Branch
She declares that she has now learned TO make al
loWahces Tor the imaginative CORE pondents whose
dIs' r"sslng dispatches at first gave her many Seep
less nights. She has keen realization OF newSna-
per "euterprse' While walking TO church last
SUNDAY she made n miSstcp, nearly falling TO the
ground: There" she exclaimed. - | suppose the
next thing Tho newspapers will be publishing thisD
And she was right.