New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-22

invariably delighted with him; bat he never could be
induced 10 take the trouble of leaving cards or ealing
unon the acquainances whom he made at these parties.
lie very seldom entertained company himself.
although other bishops and priests often his guests
In AN informal way. Every year, on St Patreks day,
be epyited the priests OF the city TO dine with him; ana
always after any grand ceremonial at the Cathedral
party of cerQymen sat down at his table, BE also en-
iertaned now and then distinguished foreign visitors
He not only seldom dlned ou' ous 10 'a'cv naae 'i''
When nor otherrise occupied lie spent much time in
reading newspapers At this period OF is e lo rarey
took up book; he did not often look at even TevnNs
OF ma gaines; but be received nearly au the eaung
daily and weekly papers and perused them atten'ey.
OF course this habit was siimulant Of DIS upp'e o
| controversy.
He took exercise unless business Obliged him TO 90
so. Dinner served In his house at ?OcOch put nc
not often at table. except when his secretary PEI
suaded-I might almost say forced him 10 come; Due
when seated At table he ate very little IL" "ue
not fond OF good living and eating irregular meal was %
duty which he neglected whenever he could Al taoc
when he felt well or when company was present. hiS
cony ersation charming. But he needed some one
| 10 draw him out When left 10 himself he listened
more than he talked, and sometimes he listened with
coseuess OF attention which TO timid person was en-
barrassng When he did not dine with the rest oil MS
household he sometimes took no dinner az all some
times called for morsel OF whatever mlght Oe In tne
house whenever he felt hungry lie sat up very late
at night writing debating, or preparing MS contro.
versies He composed rapidly and seldom revised "hat
he had once put upon paperi but ne now anu .len
submitted his writings 10 bis friend MI hdrsouS,
them 10 the press and he was ready to take advice
about them TO modify them, or even to suppress the
altogether. His sitting room, or study communicates
with the Office Of his secreary and when he was urea
writing be often perced himself upon high stool by
Mr. Bayleys table and ch0ited, discussed public al
fairs and told stories by the hour His genial qnaes
never shone forth more brightly than on theIe % oSca
sons "nost Of the conversation, says Bishop Da!cy,
| as you may well suppose, was on one SIDE.
His books and papers were always IN dlsoruer. Etei
row and then he would engage somebody 70 SCI MS III m
4 hrnr tn IA III.
books, and give each volume ITS proper pace Oh uio
shelves But when he had taken down book he never
remembered to put it back and tue Confusion ~S SVoT
don't know how this library is arranged never can
fad anything in IT," Then somebody would be ealled
in TO DO the work over again. lie lent oooks iiety,
and almost always forgot who had borrowed them lie
| conse equenty lost a great many valuable WORKS MS
amanuenss instructed TO docket oil ms letters anu
papers, and file them away IN large case WIN pse9
holes made for the purpose which he kept IN MS stuu
II he had occasion, however To refer 10 one OF these
papers, he almost certain 10 put II into tue wrong
bole when be had done with it, or to iod II up witn
any thing else that might happen TO be AZ hand.
So the filing and dockeing soon became OF httle use
| 10 him. Occasionally he would devote day 10 ex'
amnng bis papers and burning such as he did not Wish
to keep. His principle OF selection appeared lue4
plicabe. Many letter Of historical value was de.
voted TO the flames while the most insignhcaht NOTES
and invitations 10 dinners were carefully preserved.
He neraly kept the rough copies 0f letters and news
paper articles that he dictated no matter upon Nha
subject, but he was Eot particular aDont MS Itcu
|
copy In less be began TO keep serap.book' IN whlcu
his amanuensis pasted newspaper articles referring 10
or written by him; but 1t was by 10 means complete
He bad idea OF accounts. For many years ne car
ried neither a purse nor pocket-book when ne was
going on journey his secretary used to pat up In TWO
little parcels much gold and silver az he supposed
the bishop would need and no matter how large tue
amount or how short the journey. DR.. Hughes never
/ brought q penny home with him. Sangulne friends
sometimes induced him TO invest money IN enterprises
with which they were connected aud as general RUE
he lost IL. lie kept bank account bat dld not know
how 10 manage il. II be wanted money he asked his
secretary for H. ard he was almost always IN dem 10
the diocesan fund lie made 10 minute OF his deposits
in bank aud even his memoranda on the margin oi his
check book were generally unintehgible someumes
/ he set down only the amount OF tue creeks
/ he had drawn, sometimes only the name OF the
pnyee, sometimes only the date or the number.
| lie never knew how much money be had. Whenever
Mr. Bayey wanted TO adjust his accounts he mad 70 go
| TO the bank The bishop would sign check IN blank.
and If there proved to be balance 10 his credit, Mr.
Bayey would then draw enough to cover the advances
he had made The bishop seldom remembered these
small loans. See here he would say TO Mr. h. every
now and then in jocose manner, you have been
robbng me-"
II know have, monseigneur; but you robbed me
first. You owe me money now.
well well; let me have an exact account of my
affairs must be more careful and economical for the
future" .
The account was often drawn up; but he could
undersand IT, and things went on again In the Old way
| His income was chiefly in the form OF salary paid
by the trustees OF the cathedral 1t varied at different
|
IL was quite small IL afferward increased until 1t
became ample 10 support him IN comfort though IL
never extraysganf snd was less than Is now paid
10 some Protestant ministers. He saved none of u,
and spent but very little Ipon himself Almost the
only expensive Qualification he allowed himself was In
the latter years OF his fe' carriage and par OF
horses of which he made very little use-tlOugh he
| had been very fond of horses In his youth.
| His residence in Mulberry street was plain brick
dodbe.hOuse simply and even sparely furnished On
the first floor his library. secretarys oihce, and
paror His bedroom III the second story. Inc
rest of the house occupied by the ycar,genera,
the secretary and one or two priests attached 20 tne
cathedral lie kept for several years q confidential
man.seryant; he lad no other domestics except the
women necessary TO do the work of the household.
His household in Madson-aye consisted OF MS sister
Mrs Rodrigue with her husband and children. His
secretary remained with the other clergy OF the eathe
dral in Nulberyst. The archbishops rooms comprised
q chamber and a study on the second noor' On the
fourth floor was his library, extending the whole depth
Of the sousc IL contained some eOOOor 10000 volumes,
chiefly theological though all departments OF ltera
ture and science were represented ia ~ MANY OF lne
books were rare and valuable; but he never was sys
teatic collector of books, and consequently his library
was defective in every branch. A part OF il had be-
longed to Bishop Dubois. few shelves III his study
held the books 10 which he was most III the huot OF
referring - ,.,
lilo seemed 10 have no domestic tastes for although
he was much attached to Mrs. Rodrgue and her family
he never sat with them IN the evenings: ana rsrey
| alluded at home to his public actions lie spent the
evening IN his study, reading and when there was any
thing on his mind he sometimes paced the noor al night
There was billiard table In the house, at which ne used
10 play imaginary games without an adyersary-an at
tendant lille carefully keeping count At one Pc
roi conceived deep interest in the study OF geogra
phy and used sit for hours porng over the globes II
visitors interrupted him at this pursuit. he was apt to
take il for granted that they cared as much for the
science as he did. and to discourse TO them ABOUT
IL at great length. For a while he had q
similar passion for astronomy. On fine evenings
be used to have his globes carried to the
roof OF his stable. which adjoined me mouse
and he would sit thero for long time studying the
heavens II WISH" said he one day to the Rev. Mr.
Preston that you would buy set of the principal
Greek and Latin classics. l must revive my acquain
nnce with Ihem.n He obtained the books. but read