New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-11
PERSONAL.


In the room where the great bard played his organ
Miss Maria c. Benton, grand-niece of the fanou,
Thomas III. Benton, was married last week in ST
Louis to Benjamin +. Cable, only son Of P l.
Cable, tho Rock Island millionaire.
The Hon. George William Curtis will deliver m.
address before the alumni Of Brown University on
Tuesday, June 20, and will probably remain thar.
during the commencement exercises
Paul II. fayne has been forced by ill-health 70
decline the delivery of poem or address at Emory
| College commencement and also tho writing Of a
poem for the unwilling of the Charleston Confeder
| ate monument.
| Dr. Bigelow. who has inst resigned the chair OF
surgery in the Harvard medical school, was tho
leader OF the majority Of the faculty opposed to the
admission Of women to the school, and it is ex-
pectcd now he is out of the way, that another at
| tempt will be made to have the doors opened to
| both sexes.
Since the fail of Napoleon Ill Emile Olivier ha,
lived in the country in grand STYLE his second wifs
| having brought him large fortune He has now
| returned TO Paris less the famous blue spectaces
| and sinister expression of cOnntenance and with
| much more flesh than he carried during The Empre
The remainder of his life, he says he will devote 70
| literature.
Lord Shelburne, to whom DR.. Priestly was secre-
tary, once gave Mrs. Priestly ticket to attend
places that this entailed actual danger. On here
turn Lord Shelbume asked her how she had enjoyed
it. Indeed my Lord" she replied. 81 fnd thu
conduct OF the upper so exactly like that of ths
! lower classes that | was thankful l was born in
| middle lilc.D
The greatest minds often utterly fail when they
attempt political prophesying. Chateaubriand
said: " In fifty years there will not be Legitimate
Sovereign in Europe. foresee nothing but military
despotsms." De TOcquevile said that If the South
ern States Of this country should resolve to separate
from tho North, the North would not oppose and
would fail if it did oppose. humboldt demonstrated
he thought in 1917 the Righteousness of expecta-
lions OF the emancipation of South America.
The ex-Emprcss Eugene Will not, it is said.
recognize Prince Victor heir to the Imperial
claims of the Bonaparte family until an end i,
made of the estrangement that has long existed be-
tween the Princess Clotilde and Prince jerome. The
Princess lives in secluson at Moncalieri, spending
her time principally in religious exercises and posi-
lively refuses to meet her faithless husband al
though the separation has so i'll an effect upon tho
political prospects of her SONS, especially Prince
Victor. She never was a favorte with Eugene,
but has always been with the Parsians the most
popular member of the Imperial family.
Charles Croker one of the five original builders
and owners of the Central Pacific Railroad, and
now one of the three survivors who control that
great property and its dependencies arrived in
New-York from San Francisco day two ago.
lie expects to sail with his family in July for
Europe on pleasure trip. Mr. Croker will return
home IN October, but his family will remain abroad
some time longer. Governor Stanford. the president
of the Central Pacific, also arrived IN New-10rk q
day or two ago, that as Mr.. Huntington, the
other chief of the property resides here they
can have stockholders meeting here now every
day II they wish.
The Rev. George AnGGs a priest of the Roma
No4I, nnf oi,,fct
London Times Il read in The Times to-day that
Bishop Nulty, of Meath, has received letter from
Michael Davtt, which letter has been read to tho
clergy in conference assembled, and received with
applause This Davtt is an ex-fel0n and ex-Fenian.
He lately declared In a published letter, that tho
people Of Ireland think it no stigma for man 10
have been a Fenian. A. Fenan is by the laws Of the
Roman Church an eXcommunicatc person. incapa-
bic of receiving the sacraments and yet are told
that the people of Ireland think it no stigma for
man TO havo been Fenian. This is the man held
up as q patriot by Archbishop CrOkc and Bishop
Nulty. Sir, as Roman Catholic priest and citi-
GEN. ask leave to protest against the actions OF
such persons, and to say that no words express
the sickening disgust with which English and
ScOtch-and. hope. some Irish-CathOlcs view this
episcopal and ecclesiastical tamperlng with treason
this condonlng of movement stained with blood.t
prominent clergyman of this State, who was in
Italy at the time of Garlbaldls first great trlumphs
Turin, where was sitting the Parliament to which
he had Just been elected. ITO my joy" he says,
" | was granted an interview the giound of be-
ing an American. He was in an upper room, before
the door of which and the stairway leading to 10
were red-shired soldiers Of his faithful body
guard Conducted into the room by his son McnOtt,
my eye at once fell upon the hero lying in bed,
who slowly raised himself upon ono arm and e1'
tended the hand of the other to me. The red shirt
and the red handkerchief binding back the long,
brown hair from his broad, high forehead, recalled
the familiar pictures of him exhibited at that tlme
everywhere i'll Italy. But what noble fsceI
Every line and curve and expression reyeallngl mo
character of the great, uOsclsh soul behind IT, ne
conversation was brief and chiefly upon the greatly
disturbed state of our country and the Threatening
civil war. lie said | love the Union. do nope
there Will be no war but II there 10, were a Is"
years younger would join the Union Army"
Ladies who leave one husband for another some
times prove most admirable and devoted wives 10
the men of their choice. Lady Georgina Molyneux,
VINO died lately was o case in point. She first
married Mr. Milford, father of the author OF
Tales of Old Japan" contemplate person, who
neglected her sadly but she lived long life, re-
spected and respectable, with Mr.. MoyneuX. mo
famous Lady Holland affords another illustration
Her marriage with Sir Godfrey Webster was
probably one in which her affections were lite
consulted, whilst Lord Holland was very obviously
the man after her own heart Sir Godfrey killed
himself, on account of gambling losses. in 1900 10
had three children by Lady Holland nee |assal'l:
The daughter married Admiral Sir Fleetwood
PeIlew. son OF the first Lord Exmquth Inc iog'
would hold no communication with their mother
Tpulu no,u Sir Augustus Webster is her great
grandson None OF Lady Hollands Ss'Ss4sSns
either huso sb ma had one son and ono daughter
dy LORD G gs sS,vm LG6t d aG Lazy
refused 70 ptnne iSl5 600 year, during her first
lie 50 it was left at his control by Lady
Holland.
K,xcsroy Jamaica June 10.-sir Anthony
,,..o Covernor of Jamaica and its dcpondeA