New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-11
PERSONAL.

| The portrait CT General Grant that COM
| menced by lie Clear and finished ~ Bierstadt has
| been placed in the East Room OF the White House
| Miss Mary A. II. Gay,whO was prominently instru-
mental in establishing the Confederate Soldiers
Cemetery at, Franklin Tenn. !has now under
taken the task OF raising money for monument to
| the late Senator Hill, OF Georgia.
William Lsadhsm Bright. second son of John
Bright, was married few days ago to Miss Isabella
McIvor Tylor The ceremony performed by
Canon Farrar and in the CarshaltOn parish church
although both the bride and groom, and their fami
lies and friends, are Quakers
Professor b. F. Shaub. superintendent of the public
schools of Lancaster County. Penn, has been unsn-
imously elected by the trustees to succeed DR..
Edward Brooks, resigned as principal of the Penn
syl,ania state Normal School at Millersy lille. Tie
is an alumnus of the school and has been success
fu as a teacher
Professor Archibald Geke denies that he was
among those who petItioned the Frerch Govern
ment to pardon Prince krapotkine. was asked"
he says to sign the petition. but at once aud
phaticay refused, believing that mans tastes and
pursuits cannot be pleaded as aordlng any reason
why heshould not. be punished when lie breaks the
law
The French Chamber of Deputies has continued
to the niece Of Hippolyte Bison the pension
awarded to her mother (Bissons sister in 1s2s.
Bison. q naval lieutenant, was given charge of
pirate cruiser captured by the French in the Archi
pelago, and was ordered to take 1t into u French
port During a gale Oft Stampalia two of the pris-
| oners On board escaped ana swan ashore. As soon
as the storm ceased they brought their comrades to
retake the ship. Bison with his crew of fifteen
men organized gallant defence against $50 pirates
lie was overpowered ana the enemy boarded bis
| vessel carrying everything before them; but Bison
managed to creep down to the magazine and fire it,
| a l..
life monument was erected to him at LOrient
and white marble column. looking out to sea at
Stampala, records his heroic death. Sailors re-
courage and devotion, and the Chamber has
earned the gratitude of at least one branch of the
service bv perpetuating tho pension accorded to
the Bison family.
CITY OF MEXICO, April Ex-senator Warner Mil
Ter, General Arson G. McCook and Congressman
Wadsworth. of New-York, and Townsend. of Ohio,
visited the Mexican Congress to-day. Senator Mil
Ter will return to the United States overland JUS
tice Pot er of the New-York Supreme Court. and
Professor Potter of Washington University St
Louis. are also in this city.
WASHINGTON. April 10.-The new Postmaster
General. Judge Gresham, arrived here this evening
He was met at tho depot by Minister Foster. the
president and secretary and two or three members
of the Indiana Republican Association and Judge
Butler his old law partner There was no formal
ity of reception. The Indiana Republican Assoca-
ton have arranged for a reception TO be given
Judge Gresham. the date of which has not vet been
fixed lie will enter upon his duties at tho Post
Office Department tomorrow.