New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-14
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PERSONAL.

Chief Engineer Lorng, Of the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, has recovered from his recent sickness and is
now on his way to San Francisco with the Commits
sion on Navy Yards, of which he ~ a member.
Senator Edmuuds and wife will go to the
South with their daughter Mary whose delicate
health requires Il mider climate than that or
Washington. Mrs Edmunds and her daughter will
probably remain in the South until spring.
Colonel George Bliss mas invited party % gen.
temen to meet Mr.. WV. Story, the poet and artist.
in Washington this evening. An effort is being
made to induce Mr. Story to deliver public lecture
befuTe he leaves Washington.
The Rev. DR.. Hugh Miller Thompson is the fifth
bishop taken within twelve years from the upt Of
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, New-0rleans,
the others being Bishops Pierce of Arkansas, Beck
" it'll OF Georgia Harris Of Michigan and Galleher
Of Louisiana.
Wilhelm Steinita, the famous chess player, will
on Saturday in Philadelphia play four games stimuli
taueously. being blIndfolded meanwhile Next
week he.wll 20 to Baltimore for a series of games
and then to Ncw-Orleans. He does not wish to leave
this country until ho has play thirty games 81
simultaneously. but AZ yet no club has been able 10
muster that number of players to meet MIN.
Professor Charles Eliot Norton, of Harvard, whose
appeal for aid for the Investigations at Assos being
made by the Archaeological Institute recently
published in HE TRIBUNE, now announces that
sum has veen subscribed sufficient to complete the
work and that dispatch has been sent to the Ga
plOrers at Asses informing them OF the fact and d.
rectng them to continue operations.
With the late sir Hugh Allan age was slow in i'm
pairing the elasticity and vigOr of his massive
frame Even in the last years of his life his figure
was erect aud showed no signs of physical weak
ness. lie wore a full white beard and mustache,
carefully cOmbed and clipped. and generally APP
pc red dressed III black. On the slope Of mOuu-
tain near Montreal he had a fine residence called
RavenscraIg situated on extensive grounds and
commanding many beautiful views. lie al 80 had
summer residence ON the shores of Lake Mem
phreInagog.
Blstien Lopage has founded in Paris DIN Intor-
national Society of Painters and Sculptors," in
which he young folks have everything their own
way. OF the twenty members not one seems to
have passed the meridian of life. There are seven
French painters in it, Basten Lepage, B6rand. Coui-
tots and Jacquot being the most prominent, and
two distinguished French ,lptOrs Saint-Nlarceaux
and DEpmay. The United States Is represented by
Messrs. sargent and Stewart, and there are mem-
beers from England. Ita,y. Spain, Germany ard
Sweden. The society Will open ITS first pubic ex-
hIbitivn on Tuesday next.
Shortly before Mgr. Czacki left Paris, friend
remarked to him that the Holy See would be
the loser by his retirement. "You do not know"
replied Mgr Czacki, the wealth of the m ne
worked by the Holy Father. There ten prelates
&C Rome fitted to take my place and If HIS Holiness
is embarrassed 1t will not be by the want of men,"
The new Papal Nuncio at Paris, Mgr de
Rendc Is only thirty-slx years DID, but is a man OF
great ability and best Of ALL prudence and modera
tion as was shown by his address ut his first official
reception. lie said " There is . lull here. The
nation will no longer follow those VINO would lead
it on to fresh aggTesslOns. We must remain above
with anv form of government. The church has
suffered under all gov rnments. IL has laid curse
on nuue Ii can live under any. If we had obstl-
nately identified ourselves with any kind OF mon
arrny we should sill be with the MeTOyiugian
kings, and should never have been able to put up
with CharlemagRe."
Count Andrassy has learned by experience that 1t
Is possible 10 have too much Of a good thing. 1t
viii he remembered that few weeks ago burglars
robbed him OF all the royal and imperial decOra
tons that had been conferred upon INN. Not long
after, at a dinnerparty given by the Emperor some
of the guests were cOrdoling with the Count upon
his oss. Few people, remarked Andrassy "can
realize how many petty but keeniy veXatious
troubles are imposed by such a robbery upon its
victim" At this the Emperor came up " | can well
imagine he said " how desperate the Count must
have felt. Moreover. / know what the real
cause of his despair but shall not reveal it unless
l nave lis promise not to take IL In evil pir or
course AndrassY protested that lie wonld 0niv be
most crate III TO hear what His Majesty had been |
pleased TO discover. well" contlnu d the En-
pcror what really drove he Count bei @ himself
was his inner cOnScOusnesS that he dld not IN the
least know what Or iers, or how many, he was the
pos>e,sor of and therefore could not niure TO
make the declaration required ~ the police Ill such
cases. specifically describing the property stolen
from him. And the Magyar Statesman admitted
thai his CHIEF annoyance had indeed, resulted from
an embarrassment OF riches.