The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-02-08
Gemera1 Melps.

Geueral Mews.
THF ATHENAEUM has the following
statements in an article on the burial
of Macaulay -
Lord Macaulay's ambition was to
stand in the same rank with Hume. IF
a publishers balance-sheet proved any
thing, his rank would be far higher than
that of Hume. The Messrs. Longman
have paid to him the revenues of a
prince. We have heard, on the best
authority, of one single check from
publishers to historian for EGO, O0O!
GAS table-talker, Lord Macaulay
had reputation most peculiar He
was not witty, like Jerrold, nor humor-
Gus, like Smith, nor poetical, like
Moore, nor dreamy, like Coleridge.-
He was narrative He was the trou-
badour of dining-rooms, who charmed
the company with noble speech while
they cracked the nuts and passed the
wine. In his conversation, often as it
took the form of monologue, there was
no indication Of arrogance on his part,
or of desire to monopolize the atten-
tion of everybody. The stream welled
forth out of the fullness of his mind and
prodigious memory. A quick and fer
tile intellect got excited by the applause
of auditors and by the vivacity of its
own eloquence When he launched
into any subject there was no hope of
arresting his voyage, nor any wish to
do so. He would begin with the re-
hottest beginnings of the topic-just
as he begins his History of the reign
of James the Second with the Pheni-
clans would gather strength and SUBJ
stance as he went on-would pick up
illustration here and there from men
and from books, leaving no corner fer
objection to fasten on, no opportunity
for reply. There seemed no reason
why the discourse should ever cease
no more than for the Thames to run
dry or Time to pause. The talk had
something of Millions organ-roll, and
was only to be stopped by Millions or
gan stop. 1t was not vivacious, so
much as flowing, suggestive and SON.
orously poetical. 1t was like his es-
says and his lays-as lady described
it to her friend-it was all PRINT. =
Thus, though his reputation for con-
versational opulence was great, few of
his sayings are abroad, or will survive
the personal recollections of his friends {"
THE HARPER's FERRY INvEsTIGA-
TIoN COMMITTEE. WASHINGTON, Feb.
2-The Harper's Ferry Investigation
Committee to day discharged Realff
from further attendance, and he will
Immediately leave for New York.
Thaddeus Hyatt arrived here to day,
and will appear before the committee
tomorrow morning.
Senator Wilson was before the COM
mittee to-day. He stated that early
in May, 1858, Colonel Forbes came to
his seat in the Senate chamber and in
troduced himself. and informed him
that he { Forbes) had been employed
by Brown to go to Kansas to drill
some force there in 1851, and that
Brown had not paid him that his
family were starving in Europe, and
that the men in the East. who contrib
uted money for the defence of Kansas
ought to pay him.
He was much excited and denoun-
ced Brown and others. He said that
some of the arms sent to Kansas had
passed into Browns hands, and were
stored in Iowa, and that he was not a
safe man, and that these arms ought
to be taken out of his control. Sup
posing he referred to the border diff
culties between Missouri and Kansas
and that Brown might retaliate any
attacks upon Kansas by going into
Missouri, he Mr. Wilson wrote to
DR.. Howe, suggesting him to see some
of the men who had contributed arms
for defence in Kansas, to get those
arms out of Browns hands and place
them in the control of reliable men in
that Territory, who would see that
they were only used for purposes of
defence. He said that if those arms
should be used for illegal purposes il
would involve the men who had con-
tributed them in trouble. DIR. Howe
Immediately wrote back that an order