New-York tribune., 1876-12-19
PERSONAL.

Adams, it is stated will offer the Clergyman the use q
| his beautiful house on Presidents HILL
Col. Robert Ingersoll has been a subject Of
PRAYER in Christian conference at Peoria, Ill., Petitions
were offered for his conversion, the daily Hs
does nothing to hinder work Of the evangests ana
| expresses respect for their motives.
The Rev. Phillips Brooks, BostOn's pet
clergyman is OF towering hight ana colossal proportions
He is always in excellent humor, and has keen ress
for good joke. He is so rapid speaker that no pho
nographer Is able 20 report Inn verbatm.
Curiously liberal methods of cOnductn,
funeral ceremonies are growing less and less uncommon
AT the funeral Saturday OF Horace r. Cheney the
young Boston lawyer, and son OF President Cheney Of
Bates College, Mrs. Ednsh d. Cheney Of Boston read
| poem and made an address.
| It seems almost pity to describe the less
agreeable aspects of Of great genius Yet 1t gives
one graphic idea of De Quincy TO imagine him. has
just been pictured, shutDg about and sort Of Jeremy
Diddler asking people II they had such thing a six.
pence or shilling about them. II they had he borrowed
it buy laudanum, of which he would drink wine
glass time with as little compuncti0n as II IL had
been claret.
Miss Fanny Bristow, ex-Secretary Bristow's
daughter was severely but dangerously injured In
Louisville on Friday. runaway team dashed agansta
carriage in which Miss BIfstow riding with such
force TO her eoachman to fall from his seat and
allow his horses take fright The young lady sought
to leap from her carriage aud in doing so she fell directly
in front OF the horse, and the wagon drawn By
this animal passed over her body.
Mrs. Piatt, the poet, has not of her own voli-
sought literary distinction She has not made writ
ing profession studied poetry an art, nor CON-
posed with the direct design Of publication She
writes when the mood ia upon her, and at such intervals
OF leisure she spare from the and duties Of
domestic life. Some OF her best pieces written
spontaneously and published without revision. Her
volumes Of poems have been published at the wish OF
| husband.
A distinguished literary man says that one
of the most impressive things he heard SEN
OF Emersons spoken 10 the course OF half extern
pOraneous lecture on Italy E NewEngaDd town. The
wise man describing the Venus de Medici. He sim
| ply said Z" / walkeG-round-and round-the Marble
Lady :" but such the depth and dignity of his tones
the distinct and lingering quality OF bis enunciation
that the little sentence drew WOnrOs picture Tor ha
audience and made an immense impression upon them.
There is very fine thing told of the late
| Shirley Brooks His friend Angus Reach whose name
its owner took pains to proclaim did not rhyme
with "peach," which served to rouss Thackerays
Jolly Mr.. Reach, will you take Pe-achP as he
hanued him specimen of that frult-became disabled
| from Overwork The Chronicle. Brooks also one Of
the staff CT that paper nearly year performed tho
duties of the sick in addition TO his own Reachs
salary being continued Only Reaehs oeath put an end
| to this instance OF true comradeshlp.
When the late Gen. VIM. F. Bartlett was a boy
Garibald had visited in Bartetts family, taken him
upon his knee, and given him little talisman which
Bartlett had kept wen the memory of his youthful
worship OF Italian popular leader; and when he
sented IL and himself Garbadi in the latters Italian
home, bearing with his name and upon his body the
proofs that he, military hero, the gray Italian
welcomed the young American proud father an hon.
ored son. and showered him with aectiOnae attentions
and hospitality. Gen. Bartlett leaves beautiful wife
and five young children-he youngest Of whom, babe
Of few weeks, was baptized 1t were in his dying
arms but few days ago. while he partook OF the last
sacrament and himself sang the sacTaental hymn with
| a as
called his soldiers battle. few Of his friends in os
| ute 10 his memory and support to his family IL
| amounts already to some $4,000
Lady Morgan once told this story, which has
Just been put print; That when Samuel Rogers was
past ninety, aud in almost unconscious state she
called ut his house with Kiss to whom he had offered
marriage in order to inquire after his health and leave
cards HIS carriage at the door, and he about
TO be lifted for airing his faithful valet sug-
cesed that should accompany him on his ride adding
that he would surely recognize me- and that be would
take IL kindly OF me. Miss objected slghGy 1t first
but both got into the carriage After time took the
old man by the hand and said, You don't know me, Mr.
Rogers 10 yOuP He looked at with aokluster eyes
for awhile but gradually little CLEAN OF intelligence
appeared in them, and be said very slowly Yes think
know you, but quite sure. Is II Lady MorSnP
told hin nc right. Ah Lady Morgan BE replied,
IL is very kind OF you TO and me- He then re-
lapsed Inconsistencies. and remained for about
ten mnutes when again took his hand, and said, And
rs you Mr. Rogers, perhaps you know this lady
| asop Miss sat on the seat opposite, and Mr. Bog
ers who had previously observed her. looked at her
aentiyely; ard after effort. If he recalling
some fasdisappealing train Of thought, SAID slowly
Yes know her sne mas come % 70 & ay M m me- Se hs ons
have sunk through tie floor OF the carriage but mr
eyes and never said another word, bestowed look
dor"
Wordsworth gave Charles Mackay curious
| . nfd fhafv
write poetry. Inever read limo Of your poems, and
don't intend ] suppose ] looked surprised at the ap-
parent rudeness OF his' says Mackay for he went on
10 say You not he offended with me; the truth
| s never read anybody's poetry but my own Again
suppose that my face must have expressed what GER
tainly fela slight degree OF wonder at declaration
which I thought very gratuOus. You must not DO
surused nc added. for IL Is not vanity that makes
say this old man, and little time is left me in
the world that little well as may, ~ revise
all my poems carefully, and make them as perfect AS
can before take my hnal departure 1t was quite evt-
dent from franness OF the explanation that the old
gentleman did not TO wound my scfl0ye while er-
uIuning aud vindieatiBg his own; and could but take
| in good part the confidence he had reposed in me- Do
string TO the conversation, stopped moment In
our walk TO admire the outline OF the picturesque
mountain the lake, and pointing TO it, asked him
Have you never read my poemsP 1t was on the up OF
my tongue 70 retort that never read any 69dys pop
be INV grandniher and only that, but how untrue
the statement would have been. so I retr1ned, ana
stencd attontivrIy he spoke L have described NauD
| Scaur nOrc than once ir my poems. Don't yOu rneh-
her the foOwingP And here he recited, in deep bass
voice passage OF 30 80 bncs which entirely new
| 10 me, though did not like TO tell him So"
The brilliant Spanish-French painter, Dlaz
who las lately dc married fortnight before bis death
charming young wife, nc being 20 years old He WaS'
however younglOokiug for his years. While asleepon
the grass one day his youth either bitten bya
viper or stung by poisonous insect, so that two