New-York tribune., 1876-12-09

,.sranoe of great speech Everybody was happy Inc
ncess too proud for vanity and too sweet to refuse
sns worship Of mems hearts moved among the guests
,ks one who did take and give equal pleasure vi course
the question came up but IN prnra sep fe neW
but His Royal Hghness quek 70 percGve a Iained ,nJ
ton in which his guests nenstI9ns r9 Of M MBeeaconsaed
oorrr,ved Well may God help usl" On which pepPeIy
sithouch as young and active any then present.
ssd loud voice. as II he were gyng m the W. WORD 81
command to march or to nre - No. py Hoai we must
SeIn Him. or there will be nothing d0ne.'
There was something pathetic in the schol-
,v determination of Ktschl, the famous Lepsc philo
t. who has Just died. His health way under the
ain of constant work, and he was seized by an anec
zion of the nervous system, which prevented him from
alkng He was obliged TO ride TO the lectureroom and
hsek 70 bis house. BY degrees he was compelled to give
an gardening Of which he had been very fond, and even
a. tprnnglathe to which he had taken a substitute
sor outdoor exercise. At length his weakness was Suc1
that he could longer walk up or down stairs ana was
hs,yed 10 keep servant 70 carry him Ike cild ilcn
his study to carrage and from the carriage TO MS zee
Sethy to the last far ruled his feeble body that
he did not resign his p9ss @ s ~ % e obe e bSt he wrote
with trembling hand few hardly leg;blo ihes 10 uIo
Dean Om %' continuing his lectures NOhng but bitter
necessity" he said, "cOmpeis me 70 take thlS STEP
Nine days after this he lay on his deathbed
Mr.. Stephens's appearance is so picturesque
,,., he Is boon to the writer OF letters. Mrs Cemmer
urifQ
.n onenipg Of Congress: little way the aisle sits
a aoueer.lookng bundle An immense cloak, high hat,
and peering somewhere out Of the middle thin pale,
sad little face This brain and eyes enrolled In countless
thiekpesses of flannel and broadcOtn wappnSs belongs
a. the Hon Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia. How
WING en- small and sick and sOrrowfu could get here
an the way from Georgia Is wonder III nc were 10 utaw
bis breath 0 any " hs co Se needn't look any differ
emf only then the fires would have gone OUT IN tOse
bnrning eyes. Set they are in the waxwhe race,
tn Ian lll,On
STAMPED that Rstn3s 9I fbe oed cath in his
Chair and when he had taken IT, his friends picked INN
up in 1t carried him off II he were feather When
ne has not strength enough to hurt tea ne taxes so
en oath nevCrgan TO bear arms against the country
that take back as If he had never wounded h'r' 'A'
once recreant but never ignoble son.
Miss Anna Dickinson has written and ap-
peared in new play at Philadelphia, called True to
Herself" On Wednesday evening she said OF this play
TO an Item repoltcr 1t is written, rehearsed ana ac'eu
within week 1t was begun last Thursday evening" ana
II ia not yet finished the last scene OF the play
now All the rest is thoroughly rehearscd by the com
many. I am determined not to shut an eye until
The last word is written" On Thursday even
ing the play was produced. The Iress SAYS
that the play has been permitted to assume
rather narrative than dramatic FORM and the Plot IN
folds slowly aud awkwardy. IL adds; Laura OheSter'
as personaied by Miss Dickinson, seems to be young
intellectual, noble-souled woman OF the hannan i
a woman who might willingly become living sacrifice
for TN sake of friend, but would track to tho death
she en- announced as school teacher female adyo-
eatf Of universal hbel the Imagination or audOIs
wod have needed less suggestive food ~ ProirssiOnal
actress however she may bav' attained 70 te per
fecfon OF artrtlessncss, emit ely leave Denlnd he
the atmosphere Of the stage when in the society OF
friends bui the Chester OF last evening save IeW
indications of ever having stood before the fooghts
The Times saJs. In assuming the part OF LAURA, Mlss
Dickinson challenges comparison WIN the sT0IGs
Of leading actresses the American stage. Mhtc
ALE docs better than the Crown OF Thorns, suDdues
better the Quakersns in her voice and SHOWS more ase
aud race in acting, still she does not MI OuBthe prt
ssTell as dozen stock actresses We could name Ihe-
n mneh OF Miss Dickinson herself IN the dennnciati0n
Iord rutherford when she tells him that poor ana weak
hough she s Justice shall be done TO her dead mother
ana in nor ndependeuCe and defiance OF public opinion,
strong In sense OF her recCitude. The iOVeaKlng
Il si and unreal There Is nc HUT VI tho ieehng OF ne
beart which does not blunty In 50 ma ny words