New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-05
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Seymour Haden, the eteher. is coming to this
country soon.
It is estimated that fully $4,000 persons visited
the tomb OF Garfield IN Sunday last. the anniver-
sary OF the assassination.
The Rev Or. Roswell D. Hitchcock, president OF
the Union Theological Seminary, is spending the
summer at LIS nome in South Somerset, Mass.
The Rev. George Bachelor. of the Barton Square
Church Salem Mass has received a call 10 the pull
pit OF Unity Church, Chicago, formerly the Kew.
Robert COllyePs..
Among the Americans who took refuge aboard
the United States frigate Galena, at Alexandra,
Egypt during the recent riots there, were the Key.
j. 1. Smith. OF Baltimore, ana MS son, Ihe new -
Richle smith, of Peckskiil.
Alexander Leslie, the retired banker of Aberdeen,
Scotland. whose death was recently announced.
was the translator into English of NordeuskJolds
VOYAGE Of the Vega He alsc published narra-
tive The Arctic voyages Of that famous explorer
from 1858 10 1879
The honse at Chiswick occupied by Hogarth.
and after his death by Cary. the translator OF
Dante is now rredeemably dilapidated. The gar
den 10 a wilderness haunted by stray swine. and
Hogarths ubcTry- tree is partly broken down ana
nearly dead Ihe tomb of Hogarth, III the neigh
boring churchyard, suffers like neglect
Tine statue Of sir Rowland Hill. author of the
penny post. which has been erected by public sub
scrlptIons and was recently unveiled by tire Prince
of Wales is fine work of bronze on a granite ped
estal. The whole is iifeen feet high. and cost
about 50 600 The sculptor WIS Mr. OnSlow Ford
pom the pedestal carved the date $40. the year
III which the penny post was established
The Rev. f. o. Barnes, tho Mountain Evangel-
istn whose work in Kentucky is attracting much
attention is . native Of that State. In bOyhood he
served in the Mexican War. and then came home
and studied for the ministry. He was graduated at
Princeton and spent fifteen years In lOdIa a mis-
sionary of the American Board. Since then be has
been engaged In cvangelistic work throughout the
West. but principally IL the mountain region OF his
native state.
Ills Royal Highness the Duke Of Edinburgh is
rather fond of wearing much jewelry, particularly
finger rings. One day he met Piccadilly gentle
man named Armstrong. who is "A privileged char
ter" and whose ecceutTicties consist in horror
of iewelry aud a love If calling himself by name.
Seeing the Dukes fingers covered with jewels, this
singularly candid person waved him OF with his UNI
| brella, and fairly screamed: Go away! Armstrong
can't he srrr leaking with you 90 many rings T"
| Congressman Denster. who was SO earnest an adj
vocate of the S,eerage bill vetoed last week by
the President was prompted TO pay special atten-
ton to that subject by his own experience on he
ocean last fall HE left America in vessel that
| broke her machinery in mid-occan and was at the
| mercy of the waves for two weeks On his return
| VOYAGE he was again tossed about by terrible
storn, for fully three weeks During ali that time
the horror OF his situation prevented him from TAX
| ing more than q few hours sleep, and many of his
companions did not recover from tue effects of the
voyage tor months. But their suilerings were hight
in comparison with taos OF the steerage passengers,
| which Mr. Deu>ter had good opportunities of OBJ
serving while accompany iIg, as he often did, the
surgeon his rounds ana so imf Tessed was he by
| the discOm orts dangers aud wretchedness of the
| immigrant. that he firmly resolved thai If he
set foot ON land again his rst duty would be to La
| Dor for "a law TO better Their condition..