New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-18
PERSONAL.

Lieutenant Danenhower is now at Capon Springs,
Va where his health is steadily improving.
General w. T. Sherman and family are occupying
what is known as Perry's Cottage" Oakland, Md.
Miss Genevieve Ward is TO act Lady Macbeth next
autumn at Liverpool and Manchester.
The family of General Roger A. Pryor. of Brook
lyn. are at the Greenbrier, w. Va, White Sulphur
Springs
Justice Field of the United States Supreme Court
and wife. are spending the summer at various
sorts on the Pacific Coast.
Mrs. Langtry is TO receive $500 night, and all
expenses of herself and maid, for 100 nights In
America
The Hon. William A. Wheeler is now summering
among the White Mountains but will soon go to
Name and thence to Nova Scotia, for the benefit of
his health.
For the next winter season at the Grosvenor Gal
lery a special exhibition is being prepared of the
works of Mr. Alma Tadema and the late Mr.. Cecil
Lawson.
Mr.. Gladstone has written letter to Mr.. Lyon
Playfair commencing in highest terms the latters
conduct in the chair during the trying period when
the Crimes bill was in committee.
Victor Hugo NM de Freycinet, Lockroy,
Vacquere and several other Frenchmen of letters,
expect to visit the island of Guernsey together,
some time this month.
Rear-Admiral Nichols is confined to his room in
Washington by rheumatism, but expects soon to go
with his daughter to Rchfeld Springs, N. Y, where
Rear Admiral Almy and family are spending the
summer.
Speaking of British politics, Mr.. Goodwin Smith.
who reached home from Europe last week. says that
he considers the Irish business q good deal worse
| than the Egyptian and the disorganlzed state of
the House of Commons, owing to the decadence oil
| party government considerably worse than either.
NJ. Roustan the new French Minister at Washing
ton is younger than his predecessor, NJ Outrey, and
| in looks and manners is more Enthusiastically
French. He is described as having piercing black
eyes, black halr high, prominent cheek DOhes' ana
| a swarthY olive complexion.
Magnificent are the presents sent by King Alphon-
so TO the members of the Commission that took the
Order of the Garter to Madrid last year. The Prince
| of Wales received tapestries worth more than
$50 600 To the others sent some superb specl-
mems of Toledo arms, richly encrusted with gold
| Professor H. C. G. Brandt, who has been an in
strucor in German and the Teutonic dialects at
| Johns Hopkins University ever since that institu-
| ton was founded has received call to desirable
position in Hamilton College III this State, which he
| will probably accept
The old reputation of Bedford Springs, Penn, of
being a rail- wing place for political schemers was
! strongly revived the other day, when ex-senator
Simon Cameron, Governor Hoyt and Boss" Nc
Names were seen together, in close concave, on one
| OF the hotel lawns. Mr.. Cameron is not now enjoy
ing his usual good health and the gossps say he If
Worrying over the political trbuations of his SON
II so he wears good mask, for he looks and speaks
| the old shirt of fight them from the word go. "
| He recently predicted that General Beaver either
would be elected this fall or if defeated, would be
| nominated for the Presidency in 1854
Arab Pacha recently gave orders to have the life
of Napoleon l. translated into Arabic saying 10 his
| friends: Napoleon is my model. | will do what
| he did-nay will do more, l will found an Ara
ban Empire" He has also tired TO play the role OF
| a prophet by frequently quoting the Koran, and
protesting to have familiar interviews with the
| ghost of Mahomet One day, month ago, while on
| his WAY to the Mosque. he suddenly Opped ana
stared wildly at the air, as If seeing VISION men
| mo stampe upOn the ground and cred out that a
| gun was buried underneath the spot. Excavations
were afierwaTd made, and, surely enough, gun was
| found at a depth of several feet.
The latest and most absurd rumOr about Prince
Bismarck has be n started by the Journal de Paris
| which Announces on the authority of 4" an illus
| trous (but anonymous) Austrian statesman" that
the Chancellor is devotng all his energies TO plot
ting the overthrow of repubcanism in France IL
| will be remembered that in truth Bismarck has,
ever since the war of 1870, done all in his power to
promote and strengthen republican ideas there be-
| lieyInp that under democratic rule the french
would be more peace GLOWING anu loss auNen uious
than under a monarchy. He certainly is not likely
now 10 try to upset his own plans, when they nave
| been successful bevond expectation.
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