, 1870-12-18

gravity. excuAnHed ckfA6, ANQ promtsei to
call on the wonderful quAdruped the ne1:
ThAekeray's motto VAS nsvor to psrfosn to-
day wl1t could ha postponed till to morrow,
Although he received large Gums for hls WIT
ings, he mAu4ged without much difficulty to
Keep bis expenses fully abreast, and often in
advance Of his receipts. His peeania.S oo-
70 lay up, rs 6e said, "pot Of money !" for
hts two dAughtart, and be loft the country
with more than half hia lecture engagementa
unfuld1led He was to hare walled various
cities in tho Middle and Western States; but
he took up newspaper one night In his hotel
advertised to sail the ne1t mmnicg for Eng-
land, w2s seized with sudden fit Of homesick-
neea, rang tho hell for his servant, who pxtk-
Cd mp his luggage that night, aud the neIt day
be sailed. Tho first inttmAiion I had Of his
pilot Of the steamer, With thsae words upon
It: Goodby, and God bless everybody, esya
". NJ T." OF course no did not avaIl himself
OF the opportunity Afforded him fer receiving
very largo sum in America, and he Afterwards
told ne IN London, that II III, Astor hid Of
fered him hall his fortuna II he would allow
that particular steamer to sdl without him,
be should have declined tho we'll l-intenHoned
but impossible favor, and guno on board:
No man has left behind him tenderr re-
Eafd Tor his genius and foibles among his
ffiends than Thackeray. He bad = nasqrsl
Of The writings Of his contemporaries, Ind
no one has printed or spoken war1nsr p11!ao
OF Dickens, In one sense his EroAt rival, thin
he.
1HAcKERAT As LETTER wR1rEH-
ThAcketay was not = voluminous coIra-
sponden., but what exquisite letters ha haa
left In the hands Of many Of Lbs friends
Should any letters arrive, " he aAYa in little
naiaeive from Phi1adelphis, addressed to the
care Of J. 7. F. for the ridiculous author Of
ta; this; that, and The other. :: i requested to
Baltimore. Ny ghostly enemy viii 30
delighted Tor will gnaah bis teeth with r1gs)
to hear that tho lectures In the capital OF
Pennsylvania have been very well attended
No less than seveu hundred and hfty people
Last night there was storm Of snow 80 fun
ous that NO reasonable mortal could fAco 1t,
five huhnred ut le.st) Amikble na1niacs were
in The lectnIe-room. and wept over tho fate
Of the Inst King Of these coionles.~
Almost svcry day, while he wAs 1ecturiug in
qu4sitely written in point Of penmsnship, and
sometimes omb.1lis]led With characteristic
pcu-dE1w1ngs. Having attended su axtempo-
Tsneous festival at u porte1's," he Was never
tired Of ''Koing again" Here Ia acrap Of
PA CT holding those few words, written In
t.NSx O'CLOCK =. ", THHAoxr,
Arrangements have been concluded for
meeting somewhe1c Tonight, which We much de
nights running Ct good time I"
Then follows u peu-portrAit OF = feiead Of
Its with \ cloyen foot and devils tail, Just
waffle under his cloak Sometimes, to puzzle
his correspondent. he would write In so ANAL
o,,. ia s;d ~ ,,.r,r;f.,ne s,,.aa ~
grs r.rhv -, v.a - lin, en- ~ ;I,a az srts .as
6e onso TAD Dr. John nroHn n wv of T es;nhnre a ai
nanc.a v ~ v,tus tnn 70 nr no1a esd nd 1i, "
tsrns9 fnnt ths N;b.ossisnS +, ths So ~ th.t
snin' He nTrattv dc1rhtad IN rhv11Inr ~. sHn snI
l;eninp nofes ard fijInta. Hera is nnc ~
theu' dated from Baltimore. without sirna-
tnre. ''1~' "''@
an,., r-tn, ~. ,n.,rn,,,.. ,.,.., !,
donI Know waat their anccT mssnfbS hrnuTnt ND H
Jour letter Of tue ssh, yetatersiay only tne i3th
What bl1n1ez cauthed hJ chill delAJ tshee DootoE
John:aon1n noole vss'n1}- Tauth ksps ny long
~ saoe 1rf ~ 1h nas sn69 ioSs
mai 1auail ieiter ron luc,o,hs from Pafisn {rora
| raIitb, from my dearetat oneta. / cry each
month may tho iucreatne ny thuaall account win
]. G. King, taat 81 ne thtpta which tIutn the
meath god a,h,1a tsnEa 81 y E;1l1n nay nay hns
tnat eSe1y oleeninX son1ne 1le!Htn, eitao qrag,
Goe d 70 s ro9 g O. Msp1ef nad NTH
az. ..rc1>a-.s ~ A'1' ~ 's"'
| .,,. ,,.a. nIiGrss. ,t,ia u,.,> r,,..,
- unee naSe uaus "s..nsse W1o nnacketss
H,snnod ! in I'm rnnn. honao. ,shera W. III
nt. ia basn u,;tt.n nvuseG sns rss mao,s ns
Ne -. ns,oa - va.,.s' ,.t ant ..sato
,S %ncu so .e,ti. o w soaoE nttvsI; 1sns!oHson.
iee.a 10 ea,o, ~, m,1t ro1ne H IN Soo.
aorsi Az r,1i ~ Jon, I'm - ~ ~. -
:. h;ct, on;ninn ~ th,t Et,'a sut stia. ~
rssif Ho w.s .tr.rs n..tsa.1,p n".ast :,
3s srnrcseions aiont IL aSn %Scrs reaart aaa Y Y
wss delightful TO hear him ptstas them Hhel
.e,,t,str,1,teA, lin nnca ~ thst tn..h ~, !,
ssVsn;tv Fsir n n xhs.I, ma,a,, sS.a;..s :,
ho- hns,.na xhan w. T. .r n;s;5, searra T.
runishmont which ruius her ffor iiafo. *Weli,
ne 11,a on tha TsPie t,ba ,ne ana s,5
e~ enc1, ~ n ~ gen;nsis" ~@o'' AL" '@'o' a@t -
'o4ia Ts iii vi mn "a r,, nc.,,. IN ~o.-, n,d J..
.a Ia % ~ racocn;ssa :, ~ 5u,s ~ S3,oo W
;nr to . niass at Eritara n III .Savo ia III
n.7v ~ ~ rsrssinists ~ h;s d.v 1f tnrneS III y
~; o ~ H 1esaatahj mHng sAa.y sTy paTena Tes q
rir.ss :, NJ renths hi ~ t,r ,iitia eot a. a.
nv Wnrkl Il tmsSas ms i,nVb' y he canFinnsI & y
1t What The Times - nav. M NJ nov Wbon
! .nsnk Of tho old days and how mueh bctte4 altar
!. 1rnv ~ ten'a B =" "A'''''As "Ae'
. Omc Az aav ha vanted a 1i,,a r,rv;cc dana ?,
s,;cnS and ! rruenaher bt@ rssv NM nu;zyic :.
: a1rression. m he taid: !. r,e,so "a; ths fsr,
h asked will greatly obltgs a man OF the uau
n Of Ttackeray, whose onls Recommendation
!. that he has sson Napoleon and Goethe, III
II is tho owter Of S.hiller'a sword"
i think he told mo he and Tennyson wei
:. | at enc time intimate; but dstinctly terner
n her description he gave me of having hea
Il the roet, when xouug man. ntorming abo
n In tie fret rapture Of composing his poem
IN "Utvuees-" One line Of 1t hs gre.tiy reyell
:. fr-
~ And Tee the Kreat Achilles whom We knew
- u1Ic went through the streeta. said Th,c
~ eray. ..scresmtue about bis srrest Achiils
y Whan ro kneg.'as II ws had sf} msf,e ths !
- nns;ntsrce az thsf rrniinnsn AMI Wrrn re