New-York tribune., 1882-08-15
ing characteristic of being totally unlike any other
lines there.
PERSONAL,


PERSONAL.
Among the recent arrivals at Washington were
Colonel Jerome Bonaparte William Waldorf Astor
Minister to Italy, and Professor o. c. Marsh of Yale
College.
NJ. Emile de Laveleye will preside at the Interna-
tiona Conference to be held by the British and Con-
tinenta Federation for the Abolition Of State Reg
ulatIOn of Wee at Neuchatel on September 10.
Thomas Egleston, professor Of mineralogy and
metallurgy in the Columbia College School of Mines,
is spending the summer in Europe, where he
expects to complete his meteorological collection.
Joseph Arch, the spokesman of the English farm
laborers who desire political power. has been select
ed as their candidate for Parliament at the next
Parliamentary election by the Hull Radical Club.
Thomas Hughes. it is said by his friends at the
Rugby Colony in Tennessee, intends to visit them
during the coming month. Mrs. Hughes, his mother,
q strong and vigorous woman of eighty years
OF acts as treasurer OF the school board OF the
Colony.
Among the public who will attend the meet
ing which is to be held at Ogden's Grove, Chicago,
on August %, for the purpose of raising funds for
monument to John Brown. will be Senator Logan.
Frederick Douglass. ex-senator Doolittle of Wis
cOnsD, COngl lessman Cox of this city, and Con-
gresham Aldrlch of Illinois,
The wife of resident in Cambridge, Mass, dur
ing the past week bought some chickens of man
that had knocked at the kitchen door. How can
let you know If | want any mOreW she said as
the vendor was about to depart "Oh," he r1plrd,
" just address o letter to ElmwOod to Professor
Lowell, Minister to England aud shall get it,"
The man was Dlr. LOwelPs gardener.
Mr.. Lawrence Barrett the actor, arrived here yes
terday from England by the steamship Gallia. He is
looking well, but was somewhat faugued by the
his little daughter is sick He will begin his fall
tour through the country on Monday next He says
that he had a very pleasant time in England, and
that he shall appear on the stage there after
while.
The evening before the first performance of "Par-
iifal a supper was given in Bayreuth to Wagner
by his friends The composer took advantage of
the OccasO to express his deep thanks for the un-
selfish assistance rendered him throughout his life
by his friends. Franz List, who sat by his side at
the banquet table, he sald. had called him back
from solitude In former years, and had recOnclled
HIM with the world when he was quite despOndent
and abandoning himself to melancholy and despair.
Cardinal McClos1ey, who has been absent from
the city for "A number of weeks seeking health and
recreation IN the country, has returned and is now
at the episcopal residence. in the of the new
cathedral, at Fiftieth-st. and MadsOn-ave. In his
absence he visited Og1ensburg N. Y. where he was
the guest of Bishop Wadhams, and also
al
Newport, K. l. lie appears to DO much improved in
health and ylgor.
President Arthur. it is stated the authority of
Ex-Governor Smith of Wisconsin, has accepted an
invitation to visit Milwaukee in September and in-
spect the State FAIR. POstmaster-General Howe
upon introducing the President to Mr.. Smith said in
reference to the proposed Western journey: "Of
course he will come. know he will" Z" No, you
don't know III come" tartly replied the President.
- You don't know any more abOut what intend to
do than you did before l vetoed the River and
Harbor bill" This retOrt created quite laugh.
Just before the delegation Withdrew The President
said " Layinc all joking aside have fully made
up my mind TO go to Milwaukee, ard will in all
probability reach your city about the middle of
September"
The venerable Archbishop Purcell. of Cincinnati
Notwithstanding his advanced age and feeble con-
dition, which for long time have wholly incapac-
tated him for active duty is still enjoying life at
the Ursuline Convent at st. Martin in Brown
County, Ohio, where he now resides, and where he
continues to receive his friends Notwithstanding
many reports to the contrary, he still retains the
full possession of his mental faculties; and late in
telligence received from him here states that he
" takes oreat interest in the Egyptian war.
and IS daily Informed as TO its prOgreSs" In little
moro than a year from now, should he live so long
the venerable prelate will celebrate the fftietb or
golden anniversary of his eleva ION TO the Episco
pacy of the Catholic Church, his conservation as "a
Bishop having taken place on October 13. 1888
An e-witness of the battle of Cedar Mountain
describes the appearance of the Confederate Gem
eral StOnewall jackson Oh the day of the battle
August o, 1862: While tie dead were being
buried | saw for the first time General Stonewall
Jackson. He was standing in an open field quietly
observing the ambulance corps performing their
sad duties, with that gay cavalier General Jeb
Stuart by his side He was dressed in faded
gray suit looking quite austere as Stuart with his
accustomed hiarity. chatted merrily of the events
which had so recently transplred | approached To
within few feet OF where they stood to get good
look al the general whose fame had already be-
come Worldwide. And during the half hour was
near HIM never heard him spr ak or saw him even
smile. Stuart did all the talking, while Jackson's
eagle eye was scanning the movements on the field
III our front"
A correspondence of The Boston Gazette relates the
following interesting story about the venerable
Peter Cooper Nearly every dav he drives down
to his office, and stays there for few hours As he
comes out TO his coupe he is surrounded by bevy
of seedy-ooking Each in turn steps up TO
HIM with Good day, Mr. Cooper and an expec-
tant look in his eye, and Just regularly the be-
nevoent old gentleman puts his hand in his pocket
and gives bm piece of money and Good day
to YOU Why do you let these people annoy you,
Nj. COOperr asked an impatient young man the
other day. They don't annoy me at ALL said the
philan hrOpst. hey old friends of mine,
poor fellows Many of them have seen be ter davs
They don't want much-jnst enough for dinner or
a lunch. When am ready to leave the office put
Il few dollars III change III my pocket, and give it to
them when they speak TO me. They expect it, you
know and wouldn't like to disappont them"
Walt Whitman has just been prescribed by Trim
ity College, Dublin j. A. Galbraith, Fellow of