New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-07
PERSONAL.

Ii is stated that President Arthur viii attend The
| Commencement exercises OF Union College his alma
mater. in june next if h, public dulles permit
ChiefJusticc DAILY Of the Court Of Common Pleas
resumed yesterday. after a long vacation in Europe,
Ia, dutic, upon the bench Judge DAILY looks well
and vigorous.
Professor Momm>cu has replied fully to the in
tcrrogatorcs made by the public prosecutor on the
charge of libel preferred by Prince Bismarck and
feels confident Of his viudieaiion.
The venerable Admiral Robert Lopcy. of the
British Navy. whose death recently announced,
participated in the attack On the French fleet in the
AK Roads in 1900. He was then fifteen years Of
age.
John B. Coughs last engagement for the
present season will be filled in Baltimore, about the
first of next month, and he will then, il is reported,
retire permanent; from the lecture field. in which
he has been 50 prominent figure for forty years.
NJ. Tissot who succeeds NJ. Chacmel Lacour as
French Envoy to the Court of st. James, has writ
ten several historical and archaeological works. He
is the son Of Claude Joseph Ts,ot. the translator of
Kant ard author Of numerous volumes on philosophy
and law.
Ex-GoYcrnor Gear, of Iowa, has been taking
winter scramble among the noun aims Of Colorado
fer the purpose of Inspecting personally some mines
in which ne is Interested The highest point TO
which ho climbed was more chan 1900 feet above
the sea.
Lieutenant Colonel William Fowler of the Brit
ISL Army, who died short time ago at the age of
ffty-tvo was n veteran Of the battles of the Alma,
B1lahlaya and Inkeunann. and the >cgcs and cap
lures of S,bastopol and Knbum. He had received
a, tokens OF his valOr the Clmcan medal and four
clasps, auG the Sandman and Turkish medals.
Mojor-General Ramsey, L. 5. A., retired, who re-
Gently celebrated in Wa hngton the cghtcth ami
vcroary of his birthday was, it Is said, the frs, child
yaccinated in the United States north of tie
Potomac. The virus IOr his arm was sent from Lon
don by Or. Jcnncr himself.
The municipality of Rome is about 10 honor the
memory OF " The author of Wayerlcy'" By placing
a tablet on the facade Of the house on Mcrccde
square occupied 10y hm during the last year of his
life, with the inscription "L'annO MDCCGXNNIL,
ultimO iii sua vita, qucsta casa abItO lllus,re
romanzicIe lnscsc, Waiter Scott
john LinrcN, the English landscape painter had
an artistic career OF almost unprecedented duration.
lie became u Royal Academy student at the age OF
tnlrtcan and only ceased w1rl, few weeks before
hi. Death which occurred last January, IN his nine
ucth year
Count Won Moltkc, Ccrmany's greatest military
strategist, thinks the invasion Of England through
the proposed Channel tunnel sheer impcssibhty.
"You might as we'll hc exclaimed to distiA-
guishcd pru>,in officer who had mentioned tae
subject, pointing to his library door" You might
well talk of invading her Through that doorway
About sixty-thrce years ago n young woman
Nile. Pdilix, brought suit against the French Gov
crmeut for the ownership and possession of the
-aud-od Mont ST. Michel An oiirrof3, 900 900 francs
as % compromise was refused by her. and in poverty
she continued the contest in the courts uulil three
year ago when she trunphci. She is now dead
age eichty-,IN, and has htqucathed To her faithful
attorney l,OOO,N 900 francs.
A. f. Hamisch, the sculptor, has returned from
Rome and placed on exhibition in Charleston, S. C..
thrro models, from which tho Calhoun Monument
Association will select one for the proposed monu-
mcnt and statue OF the famous Southern statesman
The design that meets with most favor represents
Mr Calhoun as having just risen from his seat in
the senate. Ills mantle has fallen oil, and lies upon
the chair behind hm. lie Is in the act oi speaking
with las rlgLt hand raised and the indies ia ger
tended IL Nj IhaIaC tuIslIc attitude The statue Ia