New-York tribune., 1876-02-14
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Peter Cooper is visiting his son-in-law,
Convres.man Hewitt at Washington. lie was s. years
Ola on Saturday. -
The Prince of Wales will visit Gibraltar on
his way homo from India and 1t is proposed TO erect
there column and bust Of His Royal Highnes, to com
nemOrate the event
Mr.. ". ID. Conway has prepared new lee
ture which he will deliver In Cincinnati on Feb ~ The
subject s The Crowned Republic The English Consti'
tuition and English Staeslneh'
The memorial volume of the late DR.. ,. Il.
Howe will be printed raised letters for the use OF the
blind fund to be rails ID 10 deiraY the expense, ana
each subscriber OF - will receive copy OF the volume
printed In ordinary type Tie volumes In raised Typ
viii be distributed among the olnd a'ylums oi the
world
Randall Gibson has just given another Illus
tration OF the loyalty with which all Yale men stand by
each her. Gibson Is member OF Congress from New
Orleans southerner OF the buest blood. and 80 natu
rally AN enemy the carpetbaegcr But when urged TO
waiting confirmation az United Judge for his dis
,rct he he-iinted but moment, and then eald: Nc,
won't do 1t: he's my dog, and you must set sshe ono
else to shoot him."
Mr. Reverdy johnson was very anxious, Inc
Baltimore american says to do something to place the
freedom OF tho press upon rmer basis before be closed
h, long and brilliant career 7he American refers to the
offer ~ hi. In the of the libel suits brought
bv e1t;oy shepherd against the Editor OF rHE TRIBUNE
and mentions the fact that when re AHeci was sxsu
by the three highest Executive occts OF te oiats r
johnson also promptly volunteered hs ryices in s be-
half the ground, stated N lls note 10 Tue snt0
that the liberty and usefulness OF the press seened 20 DC
impcriled.
The Swedish wood carver Oestcrgren, favora-
biz known in England ia said To be preparing chess
board for exhibition at the Worlds Fair IN Philadelphia
the pieces OF which symbolcal OF the struggle be
tween Ultramontauism and the modern spirit In Ger
many ON one side OF the board appear the Emp ror
william and the Empress Augusta AS KING and queen,
Prince Bismarck and the Minister Fak rs Bishops the
knight are Prussan Uhans. and the pawus soldiers
and recruits ON the other side stands Pu- IN rs King
while Ia, queen is Obbess holding waxen taper we'll
nigh burned ont The bishops are cardinals the knights
monks riding on asses and the pa"ns are MONKS on
foot.
The Emperor of Austria has sent the follow
ing letter To the Hungarian Mnistel-presGcn: The
death q, Francis DGak ILLS the country with he deepest
grief also am deeply moved, and must express how
sincerely share the general sorrow, and how much
depre the Ions OF the who dcyotns his whole life
to the public good. mcrtod in so great mea ure the
conirnce ana affection of his sovereign and o bis fe
lowctzcns by his loyalty to the throne ana the ldthe;
land, he conspIenou purity OF hiS character @ anu s
civic virtues History VIII pelPetuate h5 merits as
statesman his glory will he enduring aud VIII not De
ts M s,sm c4Hy ao4 fodw h T hue s
grave. for Which send IA wreath
Victor Hugo paid the following tribute to
Frederic Lemare in address at his grave recoS
n,e In hs tomb the greatest actor OF this century-per
haps the most marvellous comedian OF Gny There Is
a tonly o, strange and powerful minds which succeed
each other possessing the privilege of rejecting 10 tho
crowd and placing before them on the boards OF tie
series with Thesps and passes by Roscus
until we arrive at rama and it, brilliant representative
i'm our century Frederic Lemaltre lie IL the last
OF lh" great actors in date but The trst in glory No
coined an las cqullcd him. because none could othcr
actors have represented Kings, ponufs and captains
what called heroes, what are cdicu gCds ne hhks
to the period In which he lived, represented the people
Mr. Spurgcon in recent address on open-air
preachine made the following remarks: lie had known
preachers whose manner was simply e1ecrable. Some
men closed their sts. and from their action 1t would
appear ~ If they going to give some one black
eve some could not preach unless they chopped
and sawed the air; and he had seen men preach with
their hands behind them lifting up their coat tails. Some
preachers initiated others. so that some VINO heard
them would say That, like spurgeon and OF others they
would say That's like Moody. He recommended them
by no i'm tate anybody. but to bc themselves.
Preaching monkeys would not do they must be preach
ing-inrn lie would not have any minister Chris, be
rotesquc that H. took away the attention or his ar
crs his subject ana drew IL upon himself Then.
they should regulate their voice II was grand thng
to have voice, but they should not baw them
selves death. He had known openair preachers who
seemed to think that the power OF the everlasting Gospel
had something O do with the power of their mngs, hnI
they hnwicd loudly that they had to stop every now
and then 10 pump air Into TIER iungs'
Lord Houghton presided at woman's SUI
tragc meeting York England recently, aud IN his re-
marks fayorng petition for parliamentary suffrage to
female householders lie said: The whole Of America
might at that moment have been part OF the Engsh pos
sessons but the unsound attempt o the Government
In try TO force upon them taxation without representa-
tion That was however, exactly the positi Of tho
ue would he the lie did not pretend 10 that
N Parliament refused 10 grant the OF England
that for which they asked they would 90 off into sep
atate community. They did not contemplate an, thing
So dreadful But they thought that they suffered n-
Justice in that possessing aud occupying property,
many of them did they had 10 share or part In the
approximation OF the country lie hal been recently In
America, and there the subject was agltated with
considerable earnestness and with such imprudence
~ he was afraid would throw back the question
for "A considerable period. There was u difficulty
IN the matter there from the enormous Increase
which II would give 10 the constituency but IN
ENGLAND that difficulty did not exist, and the Increase
would he exactly In proportion to the amount OF prop
crty which the Possessed. In no case would
woman vote woman, but simply ~ the holder of
certain propertyas having interest III that property
and so ar stake In the country and the Legislature
could crafty la Of Justice without any consider
able revolution such might shock the Ideas alter the
desiinlcs OF the English people"
An old letter of Mr.. Thomas Carlyle's on
teaching written In 1859 TO young man who asked his
couns ell has Just been published. In It he says The
grand worth oil the others together and without
which all others worth nothing and iess for in
cucang and teaching virtues and graees is, that man
honestly, and with and Of silent sincerity,