New-York tribune., 1884-01-16
PERSONAL.

General Joshua l.. Chamberlain is said TO have
recovered his his health fully.
Professor Young of Princeton viii lecture in this
city on "Com-ts and Mctoors On Thursday
evening Of next week.
Colonel Oliver II. Payne of Cleveland, is the guest
of his sister, Mrs William e. Whitney. in this city
The Colonel says he deprecates the use of his
fathers name in connection with the Presidency,
on the ground Of age and the arduOus duties of
the office.
Yves Guyot the Paris journalist tells how King
Lons XVIII, when ne returned from exile, asked
FouchG if his movements had been watched by
spies FOuch6 admitted that the Due dc Blacas had
been so employed. And how much did yOu give
him 7" asked Louis. "Two hundred thousand
lIvTcs," the reply. Good, saId the monarch,
q find he did not cheat me. We went halves"
"We were great friends" said Nine. Nilsson the
other day. speaking Of Mario. In 1867 we were
at IA reception given by the Duchess of Buccleugh.
The old Duchess of Cambridge was there--he
mother of his present Royal Ighness. The
Princess was fond of Mario, and asked him to sing
the duet in the third act Of Faust with me. was
delighted to sing with Mario and turned my face
to him in expectation. He was frownmg with
vexation, and feeling in all hi pockets Mais-my
lorgnette. my eyeglass,' he exclaimed; where he is
got | cannot sing without my eyeglasS' But my
dcdr SgnOr Mario, cried in surprise surely you
do not require any glass TO sing music watch you
must know by heart. lOu have sung 1t hundred
tmesw Yes. but do not know II, nevairethe. ess
Pestc! have lett him in the paletOt of yesterday
We must sing but y0n must assist my memory. ]
can do nothing VIII piano ] remember very well
on the stage. There is the conductor with his arm
IN motion. That aids me So does the boom,
boom! OF the big fiddle and the gable of the
promptcr. Come. let us begin We sang, but !
had to prompt him with music and words all tho
way through the duet"
Austin Blair, the War Governor of Michigan. is
at present in delicate health and his labors during
tho are beginning to tell his naturally
strong physique. He is paying strict attention to
i'll politics lie recently purchased six of land
IN Orange County Fla where he intends TO reside
hereafter in the cold winter months, he finds
that as he advances in years no suffers from cold
weather. Recalling some incidents Of tho war re-
Gently, Governor Blair said: II knew Stanton init
mately-a nervous, intellectual, loyal man, who
wore himself out in the service Of the country. /
very well remember being in his Office when the
news of the second Bull Run disaster came IA, and
when afterwards the cause of the defeat at that
battle was laid to the treason of Ftz John Porter.
saw Stanton bring his fist down on his Office table
with such force to make the mass Of papers on 1t
iump six inches high as he declared with emp AIS
thai Porter ought to be shot. Lincoln was man
who grew upon one. was grea ly opposed to his
nomination, and il was long time before he won
my entire confidence. lie was not only u strong.
wise man, hut he had the great faculty OF knowing
how to bide his time l. as well as others, believed
that proclamation emancipating the slaves should