New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-13
PERSONAL.

Mr.. J. Q. A. Wards statue of Lafayette. Tor tne
University of Vermont, finished at bronze
foundry in Philadelphia on Monday. 1t is OF heroic
sze and represents the distinguished patriot with
smoothly shaven face and clad in the simple cos
tune of an American gentleman of little less than
q hundred years ago.
Next Sunday will be the fiftieth anniversary OF
the visit of President jackson and Vice-President
Van Buren, TO Hartford. The occasion will bs cele-
brated on Saturday with q parade and banquet
given by tho Governors Foot Guard to Major Cal
vim Day, who 90 that memorable day Ia 1888 brst
appeared in command OF the Guard.
Mr. Parnell is reported to have said recently
when asked how he Was affected by the Papal ex-
communication: 81 don't know what t will do ~
me in the next world but it has made my fortune in
thisr His Testimonial Fund Is rapidly nearing the
intended sum OF $4,000, while before the Popes
circular Issued there little prospect OF IL
ever reaching $4,000.
President Arthurs state of health. according to
The Hartford Times. causes his friends some alarm
He is resolved now to take good rest at the
Soldiers Home, not transacting any business that
can possibly he avoided. About July 10 he will
go to Newport for a short time and then on fishing
excursion on the coast of Maine. In August he Is
thinking OF trip to tho Yosemite Valley.
Sgnora Maria Teresa Poerio has just died in
Naples Her husband. Raffaele Poerio, was the pop
ular hero OF Calabra in 1920 OF their three sons.
the eldest, Joseph, the most brilliant italian
orator of his time; the second, Alexander, was
poet and died in battle; and the third Carlo whose
prosecutions described by Mr.. Gladstone IN his
first letter to the Earl Of Aberdeen, was martyred
by Ferdinand III.
John A. Stewart, president of the United States
Trust Company, will sail for Europe OH the steam
ship Elbe to-day. He expects to return on the
Fulda on August %. The most OF his vacation Mr.
Stewart will spend in Scotland, where he has rel
atives He will visit his fathers birthplace the
island Of Lewcs, the scene of Mr. Backs novel,
Tho Princess OF Thulep Mr. Stewart will remain
in England only q short time, and will not visit the
Continent.
There are few men living whom the Queen of Eng
land has so much delighted TO honor as Lord Duff
ferln who is now to wear the decoration of the
Order of the Garter and thus subscribe to his name
the initials X. G. in addition to the three sets-K.
p, q. c. NJ. c.. and X c. B.-with which he has
already boon honored. lie started in life q sim
ple Irish Baron but obtained peerage of the
United Kingdom at the age of twenty-three. Since
1850 he has received less than seventeen distinct
appointments tItles-more than one every other
year.
Because Mr.. Colquhoun has written pretty plainly
his ideas of recent French doings in Cambodla and
Tonquin. he is as thoroughly disIked in Franse
as is Mr. Stanley. Three Paris publishers have broken
OIL negotiations for his book Across Cnryse," and
it Is too much saturated with British prejudices"
The newspapers and public speakers, too are at
lacking him furiousy. but Just there appears his
ono great advantage over Mr.. Stanley, who was
treated In similar manner: Few Frenchmen can
spell his name. and mono Of them pronounce IT,
Mr.. w. w. CorcOran has been hardly dealt with
by tho public In the matter Of the home bringing OF
John Howard Psynes remains. 1t Is stated that
durirg the past months he has been the hapless
;nia of than md al
Legged poems OH the subject the majority of which
had already been declined by the editors of various
ne wspapers and magazines At first no was only
amused by them. but as the weather grew warmer
and the doggerel more abundant.the iron entered
deep into his soul and he now grimly announces his
determination TO have revenge by publishing them
ALL u the uttermoSt rhyme.
DIR. Oberm aver, the eminent Professor of Arabic
at the University Of Vienna has just been heard
from for the first time SINCE, year and half ago,
he started on an Oriental tour. He has written
from Baglad TO the Id9Hche RaRdschdU an account
of his visit to Karnan. Tuns. which ne xt to Mecca
Is the hoest city of all Islam. and from which,
until tho recent French conquest, Jews and Chris
tians had been rgidly excluded for than eight
hundred years. From Tunis Dr.. ObeTmayer went
east. TO Egypt, ana thence to Bagdad He is prob
ably now In Tuheran Persia. having been invited
thther by Prince Abbas Mira. brother Of the
shah.
The Paris correspondent OF THE TRIBUNE writes
that the ball recently given by the Hon. Levi P.
Morton ana Mrs. Morton at the United States Lega-
ton. was brilliant and notably sociable. All the
guests made to feel at home and to enjoy
Among those present were representa-
tVos of every party in French politics, aud every
profession. There were Marshal MacMahon. tho
Due do Broglie Jules Simon, Jules Ferry, Chal-
lemel Lacour and Daniel Wilson. Clemenceau was
invited but was unable to attend. Madame Mac
MahOn was there, little changed since she left the
Eysee. Madame Ferry was of the bellies of tho
fAte but tho Countess of Lonsdao bore off the palm
Of beauty.
The Hon. G. G.. Williams chairman Of the Hoase
Committee on Foreign Affairs in tho last Congress-
and for many years Representative from Wiscon-
sin, is now settled 10 his new home at WATERFOWL
OAK. where he is in charge of the United States
Land Office. or his surroundings there no writes |
" The society dIess, and accomplishments of the |
people here surprise us ALL In fact society is made
up largely of class of people who have brought with
them from the old cities Of the East not only cir
clothes and furniture, but many refining influences.
The people are young and enterprising there is |
activity opportunity, and hope and these make life
agreeable. Railroads have reyolutionzed pioneer
ing, and there is more advance in year under tho
new methods than i'll five under the cd. / do not |
think people have made any mistake as to Dakota"
In S35 John Howard Payne spent some time in
the South and formed the acquaintance of daugh-
TER OF Judge Samuel Goode, or Montgomery Ala.
An old autograph album of hers, now in the
sion of her son, contains the following lines, IN
Paynes handwriting and over his signature:
Lady, your name, IL understood
Explains your nature, to a letter;
And may you never change from Goode,
Unless, II possible. to better"
On the next page IL q response written by Mirabeau
B. Lamar afterward President of the "'Lone Star
Republic" Of Texas. IL runs follows:
81 am content with being Goode;
To aim at better might % vain;
But If | do tbs understood
Whate'er the Cause-lt Is not PAINE"
GENERAL NOTES
Half a canturv o0o a Mr. UaIdap % Dart