The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-09
PERSONAL.

The death Is announced IA having oc-
CURED at llycrea, on the Mediterranean,
Of Emile Van AIarcke dc Lumen. the
brilliant and famous pupil of Troyon,
and the best of all the cattle painters of
his generation.
The High Court of Amsterdam has de-
Cided that all official and public servants
shall address the little Queen as King
Wilhclmina.
Baron Rothschild has kindly fad for
bus drivers, hundreds of whom daily
pass his door in Piccadilly, and on New
Years Day he gave them each brace of
pheasants, distributing in this way about
thousand birds.
Mrs. Cleveland has just declined check
for $5CO, which was incloscd in n note
from n leading magazine requesting an
article ON Personal "reminiscences of the
White House"
There was very painful scene when
the Empress of Austria visitcl the royal
palace ut Naples the other day. She
walked up and down the rooms, which
she had last seen thirty years ago, when
her sister was Queen of Naples, eviden ly
quite overcome by her recollcctions, and
presently went into n corner to look at u
picture which had attracted her attenti On,
and which, 20 the immense dismay of her
suite, turned out to be portrait of the
Crown Prince Rudolph, whose tragical
dt ath has quite upset his mothers mind
his name being never mentioned in her
resCncc. The Empress had violent fit of
Mysteries cn suddenly seeing her sons
ictUre, and presently left the palace TO
return to her yacht in state of distrac-
ticn, crying, sobbng and calculating in a
most lamcntablc manner.
The Washington correspondent of the
Atlanta JoupGL says: Greer Zachry, for
mcrly Of Atlanta, but for the past few
years doing business here as n lawyer, has
determined to close his office and move to
New York, where the legal field is more
ample. Xachry has done well here in n
business way and the presumption is he
has a good show in the big city. ! think
he has had some encouragement from in
| ilucntial Southern residents of New York,
| hence his move. He Is still a bachelor,
| and handsome bachelor at that. The
Georgia colony in Washington will miss
Mr.. Hachry sorely. He was popular with
every onc.n
Paul Darlington Cameron, one of North
| t0rolina's wealthiest and best known cit.
liens, died at his home in Hillsboro' on
the 9TH instant. lie was born ut Stag
vile, in what was then Orange County,
September %, 1908, and was the grandson
of Rev. John Cameron and the son of
Judge Duncan Cameron, lie was elu-
Gated at the University of North Carolina,
at Trinity College, Hartford and read law
with his father at Raleigh. He never
practiccd, but became n planter, having
charge of immense estates and of 1,0J1
slaves in North Carolina, Alabama and
Mississippi. He married daughter of
Chief-Justicc Ruilin of Alamance County.
-Four children survive him, A family of
negroes devised to him by friend for
emancipation he sent to Liberia, giving
them q house and food for q year and
sl,GOO. They all returned from Africa
and presented themselves at Mr.. Cam,
eron's house, begging him to take them
back as slaves. He was greatly interested
in the State University and was for year,
president of its alumni association. liz
WAS president of the first agricultural so
ciety organized in the State. lie sue
ceeded Colonel Charles Fisher as pres
dent of the North Carolina Railroad. Ht
served one term in the State Senate. ii,
was very kind to his slaves,
Judge Charles Devens of the Suprem.
Judicial Court of Massachusetts, died very
suddenly on the 9Th instant at his resi-
dence in Boston. Judge Devens, VIII,
was in his list year, was general o.
volunteers in the War of the Rebellion
He went to the front first in April, 1861
as major, commanding an independen
battalion of rifles, and in July was ap
pointed colonel of the Fifteenth Regiment
Massachusetts volunteers with which h,
served until April, 1862 Hewas wounded
at Balls Bluff. Promoted to brigade
geueralship in 1862, he commanded
brigade during the Peninsular campaign
was disabled by wound at Fair Oaks
and was in the battles of Antetam an,
fredericksburg. In the battle of Chan
collursyille General Devens commando
n division and wGs severely wounded
Returning to the field in the spring o
1864 he was placed in command of tn
Eighteenth Army Corps reorganized Il
the Third division of the Twenty-fourt
Cops, and his troops were the first 10 oC
cuIy Richmond after It's evacuation, II
was brevetted major general for his SCI
vices and in June, 1866, was mustered on
al his own request