New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-13

,,s,ed g., crowds % his weekly serN'ooS. i ~.
thatled 10 hs church were htera" poos'o Nv 49,
,,ish oonipases, and young owen anu HIS i'ner
pressed through WIZ"
Irving as follows;
,, or.onaI appearance OF the speaker at once ar
tod nv attention. over feet high INNS ana pody
aofy nropordoned. the ample forehead surrounded Oy
,nss of let black hair parted In the center ana ufO
png In curls on his shoulders the features regular ana
Pssive especially the piercing dark eyes (her eneot
soppewhat married. however by squinD; a stately
bearing. and majestic style OF eloqnenee. sneh as
,igt heft an apostle conscious or mission from ON
high gestures sometimes indeed ort, even fantastic,
yet often startingy emphat,e-every thlng ABOUT MN
weird aspect at first engrOssed ones thoughts; yet
tones Of a voice at once persuasive and commanding
gradually asserted their magnetic power one forgot the
speaker and all his peculares, listening not to the
words but to the thoughts, fiery and earnes-thoughts,
instnctvey felt that had their origin down In tho
depths OF conscientious conviction,
II was fact that Mr. Irving lost his hold on
the pubic mind almost suddenly he had gained it,
and from which appears to have been somewhat
similar in character TO the modern Spirtuastie mani
festations in which Robert himself has been
deeply Interested Certain remarkable phenomena,
purportng to be words spoken under supernatural In
uence, sometimes in English, sometimes in forms OF
language unknown, appeared in his congregation and
accepted by Irving himself as real and reported
bv him to Frasers Magazine Tbereupon the celebrated
preacher not only forfeited his popularity but was de-
posed charge ofheresy by the Presbyery OF AMMAN
his native place. Yet so sound a thinker as Baden
Powell expresses, in his paper among the OXFORD Es
says his conviction that the phenomena In question
were both genuine and extraordinary Powell Is not
ready ascrbe them to supernatural causes however
but thinks they should be referred to natural laws not
yet understood.
Rowland HILL the father Of English cheap postage
was another Of Mr. Owens London acquaintance; out
find him less interesting figure In the narrative thah
Miss Iandon-L. f. L-whom also Mr. Owen met during
this same London visit The young man Lad been glV
| ing TO this romantic poetess sort OF sentimental
| homage. She and Tom Moore had been his KING ana
queen Of song Great was his amazement when he met
the lady face to face pretty careless II seemed. lively
with lust touch OF hppancy in her manner she took
pains discaim all tender or profound emoon speak
ing estingly Of everything that savored OF enthusiasm
and declaring that whatever of sentimental appeared III
her poetry but dressed up copy Of what Others hah
felt aud expressed and had actually come from
her own heart The real things, she wont to say
were good dinners, nice suppers handsome apartments
In busy London liar preferable 10 the dull country 10 an
eaupage aud all the appointments of distinguished So
clety. / was reminded of her many years atter by
stylish young lady whom introduced one even
ing during supper at the La Pierre House In Phadel
phia amed for its arder who said little until she had
tasted smoking dish which the waiter had just set be-
fore her then she thawed out, exclaimng enthuS
asticay, We'll, this world is worth living in after ALL
as long as such tenderlon steak as this IS to be ad
| in it,"
| In. became
Iandon did herself injustice when she thus sought to
represent herself as fippaut and worldly character
No selfish person could have the warm and endur
ing love which she inspired IN large circle OF friends
| She seemed rather woman whose trust had been
wronged the coors OF whose life were faded, ana VINO
did not care to wear aching heart upon her sleeve
| owen says:
think Miss Landons mockng spirit was the result OF
some bitter unacknowledged dlsappontmenc IN eiii
life Here and there, in her writings, the same spirit
crops ont. some lines the concluding stanzas of
which, as remember them, read:
The neck Of the peacock,
The is's dyes,
The light n toe oral,
The April day skts-
Would tGe, be lovely.
And The change that are therei
Breathe no vow to me.
Love should ,sbt in an instant,
As quietly decline
hi, sl9shss, t ms ss hs
Their AG' s SSsts SitS s. s ie,isl.,
And give his wngsp
Miss Iandon was but Is when met her. Her after
story sad one At the age OF &c she married AT.
Mac can who had been appointed governor OF British
settlement on the coast Of Africa Bgwer nOt then
Lord Lytton gave her away. At the wedding breakfast
large number of literary celebrities were present.
and than OF these took occasion 70 express In
haterng terms, their high appreciation OF the aniabe
aud talented lazy frotn whVh they WERE now, aias
10 part, perhaps for long years In reply the
hoped Mrs. Maclean would deserve these encOmiums"
Years afterward, Buwer relating the circumstances TO
an Intimate friend, added, " Imagine what shock ~
must been us The poor bride turned pale as
sheet and not guest at the table but depored her
tits inconceyable how any man, with the slightest
pretensOn need not cOniuga affection, but %
the common amenities OF social life. could have uttered
the coarse uneeng words When one reads that after
the lapse OF a single year, the wife died at Cape Coast
Castle and buried rude African shore, one does
need TO think that she voluntarily fastened her own
escape from welded lot too hard TO bear. Grief
latOn, and unhealthy climate acting on a fra body
and sensitive nature, sufficiently account Tor prema-
ture death.
W. VI. Grosvenor contributes exhaustive and in
many respects remarkably able paper 1.-THE Railroads
and the Farms ;" and towards the close he gives the
farmers bit significant, and pertinent
70 the present time that would ain afford them still
another opportunity Of reading it in your columns.
But 1t is equally clear that the remedy is be sought
not In less cOmpetiuon hut IN more OF H. Competition
alone has prompted and enabled the great grain bearing
roads the Eastward to wrest large share Of business
great inctease IN cost OF Operating. To that competition
alone II that tariff when has made iron cost
@na Cmneittio, alone " 5s pTo,nnted
the building Of thousands OF miles Of railway at the
packles of monopoly from hundreds OF thousands OF
farmers Not less but more, OF IL is needed No cast
rates, can serve the farmer or the public.
a graduated maximum, so adjusted some
what upon the principle Of the table OF cost
far above the actual cost for gwen distance with
reasonable profit added might serve TO- put an END 10
Of men, should guard well against any restriction
which would prevent the reduction OF rates. wherever
competition prompts 1t, by requiring con
diuon a corresponding reduction to many other
points at which no profitable enlargement Of business
would follow. still less he the interest OF the far
IBer TO brighten capital, prOSerblay tmd 10 drive II
from Western Investments and thus To prevent that in
railroad facilities which, facts have
shown the value OF Western farms so largely depends
still another prose paper is most loving review Of
Mr. Deiorests Novels by Clarence Gordon. Among
the three four poems, the one which has given
most pleasure by Mrs. Celia Thaxter. It teaches
YER, tenderIy, little lesson OF comfort, which am
sure SOME OF readers VIII thank FOR reproducing
here,