HARPER'S BAZAR:  November 2, 1867

—Moses H. Grinnell has been elected President of the Union Club in place of the late Ex-Governor John A. King. The "Union" is one of the oldest and most opulent of American clubs. It was organized nearly fifty years ago.

—Leopold De Meyer is one of Mr. Harrison's concert notabilities. There are persons living old enough to remember the extraordinary apparel in which he enveloped himself when on his first visit to this country. He had one pair of plaid pants, the plaids of which were so large that it required two men to show the whole pattern, and two days to give a correct exposition of its general effect.

—Mr. James Parton is a gentleman of slight and somewhat delicate figure, head small but highly developed in the moral faculties and in the propelling forces, sallow complexion, fine eye, and very affable and brilliant in conversation. His wife—Fanny Fern —we noticed a few days ago seated on one of the benches in Union Square with her little grandchild by her knee, watching the sparrows, who were picking up bits of bread kindly thrown to them by a duck of a gentleman. Look out for a birdy article in the Ledger.

—Mr. Dana's new evening paper will number among its staff many well-known journalists. Mr. England (" young" England no longer), formerly of the Tribune, is to be city editor. Head Centre John Savage is to do the literary reviewing, Kane O'Donnell the music, and Mr. Cornish the marine. The report that Mr. Maverick is to manage the foreign department is inaccurate. He prefers his present agreeable and responsible position on the Evening Post.

—Miss Rose Eytinge is much talked of for the elegance and taste with which she dresses her drawing-room characters. In this respect she is coming up to the faultless "expositions" of Mrs. Hoey. She has a striking stage presence, fine figure, fine eyes, raven hair, fine face, easy, lady-like manners, and is the most natural lady artist now on the New York boards. The reception-dress she wears in the Long Branch drawing-room scene consists of dark green silk, the bodice of which is high, the sleeves small, close-fitting, and open at the back, and the skirt gored and scalloped, with a very long train, trimmed round the scallops and up each seam with black and white lace. The skirt is open down the front showing a white silk petticoat, trimmed with a deep flounce of the same material, which is headed with a smaller flounce of black lace and a puffing of pink silk. The two skirts, contrasting so artistically in color, form a very petty picture with the jewels and ornaments that accompany the tasteful costume.

—Fanny Janauschek, the German tragedienne, who for eight years has been the Ristori of Germany, is fine looking, about thirty, highly cultivated, has a full, sonorous voice, with a style and presence on the stage that German gentlemen and ladies pronounce unsurpassed.

—Mr. Bateman's success in bringing out Madame Parepa, and the exceedingly brilliant and merry French Opera Company, has induced him to engage a company of Parisian artists, who will present to the New York public the lighter comedies and farces so popular in the French capital. They are to alternate with the singing people, and once a week cnheer up the flagging spirits of the Brooklynians.

—The Hon. Mrs. Yelverton, who is soon to give a series of readings to this people, is a handsome, stylish person, with a pleasant voice and attractive manner. But, according to a private letter just received from London, her main object is to gather materials for a book on the present state of society in the United States—a trite and trifling subject, easily disposed of in a few off evenings.

—Doctor Gwinn is again an aspirant for Senatorial honors in California. A Boston notion of it is that he should "Gwinn and win."

—John savage, poet and literary man, has been appointed Head Centre of the Fenians of the United States. He has entered upon its duties at a sacrifice and salary of $4000 a year.

—Halleck is gracefully growing old at his cottage in Guilford, Connecticut. Some years ago Park Benjamin passed the summer in the same town, and wrote thus: "Mis'able place, this; only two poets In the town; rest of people idiots !"

_Edmond About, Frenchman, is a fearful quill-driver. He is a regular contributor to seven weeklies and two reviews, is writing two novels and three dramas—About enough to keep one thinking apparatus in pretty constant operation!

—Anna Dickinson, on dit, is about to "change her local habitation and her name." Doubtful. A. D. is a great worker and an eloquent speaker. She owns houses and hereditaments in Philadelphia, and is the main support of a large family. Earned it all herself. Is modest, unpretending, and charming in private, and the most effective female platformist in the country. A husband, babies, and things would be a bother.

_Mr. Dewey, of the Commercial Advertiser, is one of the most industrious, practical, common-sensible men of the New York press. He is an importation from Rochester. One of the same name was, for many years, a leading bookseller in that city. He advertised Eugene Sue's Wandering Israelite thus:

The Wandering Jew,
By Engene Sue,
Is now on view
At D. M. Dew-
Ey's News Establishment in the Arcade.

—Thaddeus Stevens, the "leader of the House," though in feeble health, expects to be in Washington at the commencement of the session. A gossiper says: "His gray eyes are full of fire; he has an eagle nose, indicative of ability to command; his thin, compressed lips show his decision of character, and his broad and lofty forehead is a dome of thought which would make a phrenologist leap with ecstasy."

—Mr. Forrest is playing a successful engagement at the Broadway Theatre—the first since his return from California, where he amassed much gold. The following paragraph is said to have been written by him to a gentleman in Boston:
"Well, I am here, here in New York once more, and on Monday next to begin again my professional labor —labors begun more than forty years ago in the same city. What, changes since then in men and things! Will any one of that great and enthusiastic audience which greeted my efforts as a boy be here on Monday evening next to witness the matured performance of the man? If so, how I should like to hear from his own lips if the promises of spring-time have been entirely fulfilled by the fruits of the autumn of life?” Mr. Forrest lives in one of the finest houses in Philadelphia, and possesses by far the largest and most valuable library ever owned by any actor, past or present. He is a fine linguist, and a close student.

—George Wilkins Kendall is writing spicy letters from his big farm in Texas to his New Orleans Picayune. His last playful allusion is to the Hon. Mr. Chambers, whom he describes as a “smooth bore 1-pounder Congressman!”

—General Grant and Minister Adams are nominated for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency by a London paper—the latter for his ability, the former for his adaptability.

—General Sickles has returned to town. It is possible he may be ordered to his regiment, which is distributed at various points in the western part of this State. It is not true that he proposes to take any part in the approaching political campaign. With his one leg it would be bothersome to stump it.