New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-27

scfibed by the Washington Correspondent of The N.
y. Times;
Pryor stands about heb parey and actively built
with large bead Of the Lmeonan type in which the forehead
shows externally the obe into which the brain IL divided
Of long bron hair very son and silky combed
bach reaching to his collar Just above
the which dakbue large and rstbe prominent ne has
two bu wherein the psrceptive faculties may
be opposed 10 lie behgeren and analytical
His pose thin decisive GreD with contracting and dlsns
nost, biz month ell srehed and Dewy furnished vito tive
fire tert-the upper not lying quite cioae TO-
s,tsr little Dsin-d 10 pr0ude HE cSb square, but
abg pleasant din pie In its heaTt and hs complexion
fair be.rdess decste and sensitive that OF sny lit
eIAy youns lady udous habits and romantic turn OF mind
foregoing scupous neatpess and nicely OF person
encssed fall suit Of black and with abundance Of
po,le linen around the throat b asst and wrand you viii
have the external this editor Congressman nearly
your correspondent give H. As speaker Mr. Pryor has
yoiee e Why and quite trained TO the sire Of
the Congressional chamber; but hs MANAGEMENT Of language
sdm able gestures though very moderate and restrained
pos.ess most sugs~sise force His uttenoe Of nVecve Is
dow and ber-evng every time TO ranks before
the next beside H. He talks hke who has
prriepeed difficulty Of reporting hurried speech and With that
precision sud illustration only to be derived from the
half o. thinking nhsnd and seeing hot words In cold type
next morning Regarded II the most rising young men IN
Congress he has troops OF friends IN all sections Of the House and
for the possession many gene and ama5e quail
Involved principal In dnes, and ec'Ed In
du without ber may be styled permanent Professor In
the College Of Homer and called consult hopeless
of wounded pride just Dr. CInochsn Of your city might be
sent for to perform hazardous anPutalion"
Prof Wise is engaged in constructing balloon Tor
an ascension from Kingston Canada, on the 2atn OF
May next-the Queens birthday. The balloon VIII
bear the name of Victoria and the motto Loyalty
rests upon TIE love of the sovereignty that nurtures
It." The Professor also has proposition before the
Corporation of the City of Boston for transatlantic
voyage, TO start from Boston Common on the 4th Of
July next.
The N. O. True Delta of Jan. IL has the follow
ing item referring to the late Lord Dundreary OF Lau-
"a Keepe's Theaferi
civ LucK-we leading Of the Varieties The
M so,hem the lueiy winner in tina last Havana draw
ing the Of $4,000. Southern wind blew good
that time"
The usual prize debates in the the two literary 30
ce,ies of Yale College, the Brothers OF Unity" and
"Linonis," have just occurred. There were four
prize debates one of the seDor clsss and sophomore
Glars in each society. In the prize debate in the senior
class IN the Brothers Of Unity" the awards Were.
LIST prize, W. C. johnson of Smyrna, Turkey Cd, d.
vided between w. W. Phelps of New-York City, and
A. p. Knovlton of Palmer, Mass. in the prize de-
bate Of the sophomore class in .ne Brothers of Unity
the following prizes were awarded: LIST, to j. p
Blake Of New-asven; I'd, to II. p Johnston of Smyr-
~ .
Ct; sd, to C. b. Sumner of Southbridge, Mass. In
the Lnona," senior prize debate, LIST prize TO f.
Gay Mason Of Chicago, d.; I'd, to L. II. Davis of
City In Inonia Bishop Prize Debate, LIST prize, to
d. H. Chamberlain Of Worcester, Mass; I'd, to f.
hcveash Of Phenixvile, Penn; Sd, to j. Phelps
Taylor Of Andover, Mass. .....t.
-Gerrit Smith was in Utica on Tuesday last. he is
gaining slowly but finds ii necessary 70 keep himself
under the sutelage and surveillance Of DIR. Gray Of
the Asylum. He returned home the same evening.
He soon win embark for Europe.
The Washington correspondent Of The Cincinnati
Enquirer writes that some excitement occasoned
in society there by the appearance In public of the
daughters of the Austrian ConsuGeneral sans crino-
line. A matinee was given in their honor by one Of
the Diplomatic Corps, and the crowded by
persons who had forgotten how women looked who
were without the great exteEders.
The Florence correspondent Of The NeUsrk Mer-
cHry writes:
Our American circle just buried another member the
third during seasn Mr. George Bsiord of the Civil Eng
Corps and brother Of Col Bsmiord Of the army Mr. B.
here year SINCE suffering from paaytc rroke,
TO yis his sister Mrs. Derby. About month his mind be-
aenaed and he died the 18th December TIE funeral
attended BY large company Of his eounten Tuesday
lat"
Says The Philadelphia Press:
Ro=a BonhsuT about to visit the United States profession
ally An opnsnt French gentleman enthusiast in
tnee commissioned her lsd,.hip the Atlantic pro-
coed 20 The pstes Of the far West and paint from I
herd Of wild bufaloeA She take her time
pish IN her way and n, her pnce At frat she de-
eed to entertain the proposition, but finally aer turning
over h her mind aid refocrins what sras and splendid
wo he could mabs she has accepted the eer end
in the Spring 70 make the picture"
---Mscsulsy e death was so sudden that none Of his
relations we've present. Lady Treyelyan had lef hiu
Ut O'Clock ON Wednesday, very much in his usual
stste Of health. She was summoned az O'Clock TO
find him corpse in his chair The immediate cause of
Death was collapse, consequent most violent and
prolonged Ct Of coughing
Mr.. Thsekersy gets monthly salary Of 81, $50
for bis services a. editor Of The Cornhu Magazine.
Not bad.
Mr. shury fencing master, in London, can cut
two sheep asunder 1T blow.
The greatest pleasure enjoyed by Prince Gorchs-
ko it Ia sad, ia to ait in his dressng-gown In lsge
armchair, before easel which there ia fine pic
ure. Crossing hi legs and swinging one on the other
while he plays with his clipper and smokes bis cigar
be gazes for hours together the picture lie had a
fine gallery of modern pictures and he had valuable
album containing sketches by the best living artists
Two OF thee year, ago, French dplomaist asked to
sec the album 70 his surprise he found the best
sketches were gone and sad 10 the Prince. True
enough" replied the latter "my best sketches have
hefn stolsu ont Of n Sfa!ea IA Won susDoet by