New-York tribune., 1883-06-15
PERSONAL.

Mr. John w. Garrett has sent his fine Arabian
horse, Damascus, rs present to King Eumbcrt OF
Italy.
The Due de Broglle will spend the coming autumn
in London and will then attend to the publication
oil an English edition OF his collected works.
Tho Rev s. G. Green, whose death in London at
the age OF ninety years has been announced was one
OF the best-known Nonconformists In England.
lie preached the last sermon OF his slXty-three
years ministry last summer.
1t is said that when tho present President OF the
French Republic was chrstcned, his sponsors be-
slowed upon him the strangely promiscuous and in
definite nomenclature Df Francois Judith Paul But
lie calls himself simply Jules.
When Sarah Bernhardt passed through Hamburg
recently on her way to Copenhagen and Stockholw,
she had fortys six trunks full of baggage, aud waxed
furious when tho customs officers insisted upon ex-
amining the contents OF every one TO the very
bottom.
The legatees Of the late Amasa Stone last week
performed an uncommon but most graceful act.
Finding that some of Mr. Stones relatives. nclud-
ing some To whom he lad been especially partial,
hal been strangely overlooked in his will, they
unanimously agreed to set apart each certain
proportion OF his or her eequest, and thus make up
an oqulblc olnt for each one not provided Tor.
Professor John Stuart Blackie has enlisted with
all his soul in behalf of the Highland CrOfters At
a recent meeting in London he said that hc had re-
signed the Greek chair at Edinburgh that no might
do something better, and he had found something
inmeasurably better in aiuing the CrUftors Let
Greek die :" he cried let Hebrew die; let learning
gu TO the dogs; but let human beings live and let
human brotherhood and charity live"
Madam Mohl. widow OF the famous Oriental
scholar julius Won Mohl, is dead at tho age Of
ninety one Many years ago. as Miss Mary Il.
Clark she was the leader of the best circle of Eng
lsh society in Paris and upon her marriage hor in
luence became much wider. Her parlors were
daily thronged by learned and distinguished people
Of every nationality Among her close friends we're
the late Dean Stanley aud Lady Augusta > aney,
and she 1t was who nursed the latter in Paris
through tho first stage OF the disease to which she
finally fell victim
recent cyclone In Berkeley County. South Caro-
lna ravagsd tho De Vaux family burying ground
at Belle Isle, where rest the remains Of General
Francis Marion. Some years ago tree fell upon
and broke tho marble slab Which, resting upon q
brick structure, covers MaIon's tomb and the
cyclone brought down another huge hickory tree
upon It, reducing the whole monument to a heap 1T
ruins. Tho epitaph can never again be deciphered
upon tho marble. 1t read as follows: Sacred to
the memory of Brigadier general Francis Marion,
who departed this life the 27th of February,
1895 in the Esd year of his age. Deeply regretted
by all hi, fellow citizens. History will record his
worth, and rising generations Will embalm his
memory as one of the most distinguished patriots
and heroes of the American Revolution. which ele
waited his native country TO honor and lndepond-
ence and secured to her tho blessings OF liberty and
peacc This tribute OF veneratou and gratitude is
erected in commemuration of the noble and disin-
terested Vh tneS Of tho citizen aud the gallant
exploits OF the soldier, who lived without fear and
died without reproach."