New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-12
PERSONAL


ton Happily, be is surrounded by those dearest t,
him-his daughter, his son in-la-, Mr. L.dyard, s1d
Others.
-Prssco,;s History Of Philip II is 10 Be continued
by the secretary of the late historian Mr. John Foster
Kirk, who hiss all the materials at co nmand, and
whose qusE6c s,ions for tie work no one wss moro
prompt to recognize than Mr. Prescott himself In
the preface TO the first volume of the work be aluaes
20 Mr. Kirk in the following terms:
"In the earlier part of this preface have made the
acknowledgements due for assistance have received
in the collection Of my materials; and must not no
conclude withou, recording my obligations of another
hind to two of my psrsonal fnends.Mr. Ceares fSl-
som the learned librarian Of the )ston Athsnxuu
who has repeated the good Offices he had before rer.
dered me in revising nay manuscripts for the press,
and Mr. John Foster Kirk, whose ismliarlty with the
history and languages Of modern Europe has gresiy
aided in the prosecution OF my researches, while
Lis sagacous criticism has done me 70 less service U
The preparation OF these volumes
Vice. President Breckenridge hes improved 10
health since his return 70 his Kentucky home"
The correspondent of Tie Ners say, there is no
Truth in the rumor that Miis Corcoran is to be married
this winter-th. her father is sverse 10 the consuu,.
nation of tie puptiss at this lime. She is the os'y
child and the heiress to little doaceur OF i've m6ou.
-Ney.York has no monopoly of infant phenomens.
There is little ,hree.yesr old boy in Norwalk Com,
already set apart for for the legal profession. Beng
taken ip hand with switch a. er having been forbid
der TO pick another pear from syorite dwarf tree hs
Indignantly Acl.imed MANS, | did not pick of the
Z" "pear-you come see if dd.' Sure enough, ha
DIDN'T. He simply stood there aud ate it, and tie core
was still dangling from the stem
The Asia brought out for Canadian perusal, 9 pro-
csmation fiom her Msjes,y tne Queen, foroddng the
use in future of the special services in the Book OF
Common PRAYER, for the thee Stste holidays, known
as the "GnIpOwd,r Plot" Msrtyrdom Of Charlse
L." aud Restoration OF Ch,rles IL These days
are lot henceforth to be observed as holidays.
-TAe Alrandria Stnt,ael tells the familiar story
about COL Beptons refusing recognise the House Of
Representatives, as legal body after tae 4ta OF
Mach: -;
at was Sunday morning, and the 9TH Of Marsh Of
the short session. Col Benton held that as the "a OF
March the end of the period for which the Repre-.
sentaives had been elected the House hsd expired at
midI ght Of Saturday by sort of legal fiction, how.
ever the House clamedn not only 10 beving on Sunday
morning, but was calling up its absent members; anl
IL so happened that just Col Benton, after good
nights sleep ard hearty bre eskfas reached the door
Of the Hal, his name was called by the Clerk. I'm.
mediatey his indignation was great f0n shaaIs
call my name SIR. This is no House, Sir. And
" am no member, Sir Ill sue you, you call my nams
I" in there, Sir. >"
In addition to this Col Benton told them ]. was q
mob-tha. he was " q member of no such BODY The
present Speaker, or, was in the Chair at the time,
and he promptly replied "As the gentleman dc ,ies
being mem ,er of this House. the Sergeant A. Arms
" will please remove him from tue Hail." The remark
created rosr of laughter and Old Bullion, in tow.
eripg rage, staked ont of the Capitol.
The eminent musical inventor, Sax, of the ssXhon
has long been sufferer from cancer, and the leading
physicians, vepeau and Ricord, who hal been In a.
tendance pronounced him incurable.
The mother or John G.. SAKE, the poet, who re-.
sides in Troy went to Bennington last week for the
purpose of hearing her son read his poem Love-"
Though he has iectured $50 times this was the first
time the old lady ever hsd an opportunity Of hearing
him.
A story is told of lady Wit who dned al tho Pres
ents the other day and seated st table between
certain Representative from T. and the Hon.
Mr.. Rufiin of North Carolna. How you getting
on my dear madam r. asked the jolly bacherlor Of the
White House. "Well rs could be expected, with q
Savage on one side and Ruff ,)p on the other" was
the instant response.
Lord Dufferin, it is said, will vi,t Nsw.York next
Summer in his celebrated yacht Foam.
The terms upon which Mr. Charles Dickens will
probably be willing to discount his American Notes.
when he arrives here is already subject Of inquiry
among pario ic holders OF that paper.
Lieut. Col John Harris was commissioned by the
President on Thursday morning as Colonel Command
ing the United States Marine Corps, vice Gen. Hen
dersoD, deceased.
1t is Understood that Mr.. Dickens Is about TO
change his publisher. He withdrew from spmsn s
Hall because they declined to make him the small sd-
vance Of $4,000 or $1,000 his motive for leaving his
present publishers is explained in the following extract
from the London correspondence of The Home Josrnais
"The great literary event of the day is the quarrel
between Mr.. Charles Dickens and his publishers,
Messrs. Bradbury & Evans. The latter, who are also
the propretors of Punch, refused TO publish in that
periodical the personal statement msde by Mr..
Dckers about his separation from his wife, which you
viii recOllect, and showed themselves in other ways
inmical to him. Mr.. Dickens has consequently deter
mined TO breab of ell connection with them 10 remove
his existing works out of their hands not 10 let them
have anything to do with bis books aud 10 snnuI
the partnership existing between him and them In
Household Words This will be an unspeakab.e los
to Bradbury & Evans, for Dickens was their trump
card"
cope" Of The Cincinnati Ga=etts, writes from
Washington:
II have no faith in the little gsnt. He is great
nuisance to me. But have heart full Of sympathy
for Mrs. Douglas. How she has struggled up through
poverty and regect to her present position, all the
world knows. How bravely yet quietly, she faces
this any.headed moneter-snau heads aud no
beartscaled Society," tames it down in her beautiful
presence and makes il respect her and her rude hus-
band. see and my heart tbrobs with delight .. her
success"
DIR. Holland, the author Of the popular Timothy
Titcomb Letters" and Of Bitter-Sweet," commences
new series of weekly papers in Tile Springfield
Republican on the first Of March. Taey are to be