The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-03-29
PERSONAL.

| General Sherman will make q tour of inspec-
! ton Of the army posts this summer He will
attend the ing ceremonies at West Point
in June, and about June goth Will start :s.ccrass
| the continent. His party will consist of Chief
| Justice Waite and Justice Gray, of the Supreme
| Court, and Gen. Tidball and Col Bacon, of his
| staff They will go by railroad to ST. Paul, and
| thence to Fort Ellis, Montana, where they will
| be provided with an escort and outfit for the
overland journey. Gen, Sherman intends to
keep near the northern boundary of the United
States most of the way, crossing into British
| Columbia some distance this side Of Puget
! Sound, where the overland journey will end.
/ He will not visit all the military posts in the
| Northwest, but will go to the headquarters of
! the Department Of the Columbia, and thence to
| San Francisco. lie viii return by the South
| ern Pacific route,
The remains of John Howard Payne author
of Home, Sweet Home" arrived in New York
on the 22d inst by the steamer Burgundia,
from Tuns. After remaining two days in
state at the City Hall they were taken to
Washington, and now rest in q vault at Oak
Hill cemetery. The funeral services will occur
on ,sana 9th, and the remains will be inferred
III a commanding sPet, adiaeept to the chapel,
aud within few steps of the ton5s o. Secre
| tary Stanton, Chief Justice Chase, Lorenzo
Dow, and other noted persons.
The Chronicle, of Maryborough, Queensland,
contains an account of the arrival there of Ber
nard Gilfroy, Of Buffalo, New York, who left
san Francisco on August 10, 1882, in an 1S-foot
dory for Australia. His VOYAGE was prosper
Gus until the latter part, when he was capsized
twice, lost his Instruments and had his prOyis-
ions damaged. lie was picked up by a coaster
January Goth, in an exhausted condition, 100
miles from the coast of Queensland.
The Sc. Louis Globe Democrat says that Gen
eTal DiaZ, ex-President of Mexico, is in the
hands of a syndicate of Americans interested
in Mexican railways and that they expect to
secure his reelection to the presidency. In
that event the valuable concessi ons which
have been made by the Mexican government
TO the projectors OF railroads viii be carried
into effect
Hon. W. d. Kelley is to be honored with
dinner by Philadelphians of all parties. who de-
sire to show their appreciation of his fidelity and
integrity. The dinner is to come off at the
Union League House, April H. and viii be a
notable event
Matthew Arnold, James Russell Lowell, the
United States Minister, and Herbert Spencer
are mentioned as candidates for the rectorship
of St Andrews University, England.
Jefferson Davis, ex-President of the ex-Con-
federate States, win deliver the opening address
at the meeting of the Southern Historical So
ciety in Nashville on May 2.
POLITICAL.
subcommittee of the executive committee
of the National Union League met at the
Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, on Saturday.
The conference was attended by representative
men in the Republican party, the object being
TO further movement for securing unity of
| sentiment in the ranks of the party. Gen. j. s.
| Negley, Of Pittsburg, presided, and among the
Others present were Thos. g. Baker of n. Y,
| secretary Of the league; Gen G.. f. Grosvener,
| of Ohio; C.. L. Scott, w. Va. Wm. A. Cook, of
| Washington, D. c.; Donald McClain, of New
| York; A. NJ. Clapp, of Washington, d. c.; E.
| w. NJ Maciley, of South Carolina; W. 2. Ken
nedy, of North Carolina; j. Z. Bryant, of Geor-
| gia and Messrs. G. A. Boutelle and j. H. Man
| ley, of Maine, and number of prominent
| Republicans of that city. The question of
| holding meetings in the South to be addressed
! by Northern speakers was discussed, and it was
/ decided to hold the first meeting at Atlanta,
Ga, in the carly fall.
| Among the passengers on board the steam
| ship Westphaia, which arrived in New York
| from Hamburg Tuesday morning, Were Ensign
| Henry j. Hunt, who belonged to the Rodgers;
! Herbert Wood Leach, James III. Bartlett, John
Lauterhach and Frank Manson, survivors of
| the Jeanette, and enlisted men. The party
will be officially received by Chief Engineer
| Melville, late OF the Jeannette in obedience to
a mandate from the Secretary of the Navy, who
has ordered him 20 report to-day to Commodore
! Upshur at the navy yard; likewise Lieutenant
Berry. of the schoolship ST. Marys, the recent
commander of the Rodgers.
! A bin passed the Tennessee Legislature on
| the 21st inst amending the charter of incor-
poration of Nashville, limiting the municipal
| legislature to ten cOuneiimen elected from the
/ city at large and no two from the same ward.
| The city has fourteen wards 1t aboiishes the
| two-boards system. The council of ten exer-
cises merely legislative powers and creates an
! executive board of three, called board of pub
| lie works.
Gov. Buffers executive council, which is
composed Of seven Republicans and one Demo-
crat. rejected the nomination of Noah A.
/ Plympton for insurance commissioner of Massa-
chusetts. Gov. Butler Immediately renomi-
nSted him.
The Cincinnati Democratic city convention
I on the Doth INST nominated Thomas j. Stevens
| for mayor, Thomas Mulyihill for comptroller
| I'll. d. Peck for judge of the Superior Court
| short term,) and Judson Harmon for the long
! term.
! Hon. Charles Stetson, formerly member of
! Congress and one of the wealthiest and most
respected citizens of Bangor, Me-, died Tues
day morning, aged eighty-one years.
The Republican city convention of Chicago
! on Saturday nominated Judge Eugene Cary for
mayor. r. I. Crane, the Independent eandi-
date, has withdrawn.
A bill was passed by the Tennessee Legisla-
ture on the 20th inst abolishing public execu-
| tons in that State.