New-York tribune., 1876-11-25
PERSONAL.
plaine of Maine is home again.


Engishman.
Mr. HaIlam Tennyson, a son of the Laure-
ate is writer Of some promise He has an article In
tbe current number Of The Contemporary Rer'eo.
The Rev. John S. c.. Abbott is slowly vast
,ng away He is in very feeble state occasionally
tine about his house and sitting by the window On
fne day
Here is Helmbold again This time he writes
so resnectable New-York hotel, announcing that he
isimmedatey going to enrich Hew-York with auother
drug store.
Youne Mr.. Lick, the two boards of trustees,
.N pioneers the Academy OF Sciences and California
University have all agreed 10 agree-anu 10 u'uo '"e
property H. O.;o,,
There is a rumOr that Mr.. Horne-Or'o"
Hornels coming TO visit this country lie Is sau 10 oe
avery interesting old gentleman WIN al "spoo' A
unto that of an ancient non =,
The " American Humorists" are busy. Mr..
Rret Harte and Mr.. Mark Twain are said 70 DC "ri's
play together Tue that Mr. Josh Bllngs & anu
Mr.. Ell Perkins are also 10 DC cdIieu III &c
Is not yet authenticated.
OF George Eliot, one of the most distinguished
of her masculine cOtempoTares privately says 'na' o-
Is woman Of such high moral sense that TO oonres1 %
with her for au hour makes man leei as II no ts W. W
TOP OF mountan the air is too rarlned ana IL i"su
him. ~ L..
DR. r. s. Storrs, IN his lecture the other
evening spoke in the most generous ana Khuy in""e
of Mr. rockingham the historian OF the
tasts Tic Dr. storrs OF $50 years ago would nave
calmly arraye0 himself III his best clerical gown, au s
(al
In Prof. James Russell LowelPs recently pub
usbed ode the lines praising Virginia so affected Vir
inian that he wrote TO the poet asking for copy OF
them vhereupon Mr.. Lowell with all Parson Wllbors
Kindness aud Hoses promptltude %rOse ouS sIe @ pas 70
the state OF Virginia. 1t VIII be huhs III 'ne 0'~'e
Library.
The women of South Carolina began move
ent to purchase and restore to Gen WADE Hampton hS
old fmily mansion in Columbia, S. c. But the ,Genera
graceful o.,
thank you" Thus he concludes; "Ihe LeuebPlion o
the state WI DlnS " ne IA y ard ~ NV friends w
satisfy my highest ambition"
Riyiere, who painted the gorgeous Clrce, ex-
hibited at Philadelphia married IA sister OF sydney
Dobe the poet; "and he ought to be ashamed says an
ominent critic "Of not being more pOetioal" Mr..
Rivere says Ihe Ne.g Century began his car er ana his
married fe III small house ana win very nste money
and he is the popular English animal painter ahu
has all that popularity implies.
Mr.. George Francis Train has attained the
last sphere of bcatc philosophy He says he has sunk
his egotism the universal; that therefore, he has
ceased cherish grudges against ANYBODY but th5t'
yduals. 81 would not the street 70 save man
life" he exclaims Why should ~ Let tho man die
and be buried, and ten million aniS VIII spring rom LIS
remains, not one Of which ever called me crazy"
Those who know Miss Clara Morris (Mrs.
Harriou we'll say that she is an attractive hOmeDody
most femnney devoted to her mother and her husband
She is hard student and not in the least stereoped IN
convictions plays ana acLng. lndt she mas u
large effective talent is not denied; and TINS makes an
the pathetic her brave struggle WITH DANGER
Gus disease. DIR. FOrdyee Barker who knew Raenel,
saws that Miss Morris second only tnat famous
actress in the peculiar magnetic power she possesses Oh
the stage.
Miss Elizabeth Stuart PhelDss voice was so
feeble the other day owing i'll health that her lecture
on modern fiction, given In Boston University could
hardly be heard She pointed out three characteristics
whieh in her opinion distinguished George Eliot from
all other great writers Of ction-theso being realism,
intensity and Teneeton MISS Fhedps o5ers H. ts 1s
spirit disappeared They had honesty. philosophy
1oint of criticism contained Miss Phepss lee
ture the ignoring OF the very poor anu the very
lowly IN George ElioPs novels.
Gov. Kellogg of Louisiana is about so years
old He is of medium hight is slender and erect and
wears closely buttoned His head is small, the
forehead evenly and slopng backward with too
great rapidy. His hair is gray and worn as If much
time mad been employed Il with brush in front of
pointed waxed ends The face is small and apparently
good natured the eyes light brown and, while pleas
ant are u insinoeTy In fact the expression OF IN
sincerity seems to prevail eyerywhere-n eye, smile,
and the studied gestures OF his white but not sAapely
bands. His voice is pleasant one SO writes an un-
friendly correspondent
Miss Anna Dickinson appears TO have been
kindly received in Pittsburgh Te Gazette Of that city
says OF her performances She yet far from being
great actress but she has great mind and as the goal
for which she is striving is a cOmmendabe one, and in
Asmucn she displays IticntJ
Is deserving OF encouragement The flavor of the lecture
platform clearly percepble in her mpersonation, and
her ignorance OF stage business is equally manifest
Taken all in all her performance OF Anne B0teyn is so
why should be condemned Mrs Jane Grey SWISS
helm puts y IN iasi9n d t yspv ike
an attempt to put quart OF beans into hall pint meas
ure The cup was soon in ana te & question r W vii rs S
the character full TO the brn and all around heaped
the nobility aud grandeur with Wnleh anna a. b
anti act
Anna DickinsOn's nobility will not adhere 10 Anlte DO
Lem and there is no kind of COMPRISING machine or
patent corset that can ever put this great representative
American woman into the dimensions OF that Feiy
Enall-sized bit Of English royalty"
Mr.. Blue Jeans Williams, now Goyernor-eiect
Of Indiana has according to Cincinnati Gazette CORE
spOndent neat II humble homo Vincennes. II Is
storyandahalf frame house, painted white otter the
true American fashion His paror has modest Ingram
carpet and wide fireplace with daguerreotypes on the
mantel hgh-pOst bedsead with patchWor quilt ana
sportrat of Gen. jackson hanging on the wall Mrs
Gov Williams is TO years old, and is feeble She ap-
peared To the correspondent in lnseywoolsoy dress
with little white rufe about the neck checked apron
and white cap. In reply 70 O question whether she
should accompany her husband to Indianapolis. Mrs
Williams replied 1t is not yet fully decided but guess
far" MIR. Williams smiled at this remai king pleas,
andy that she would be very much ke the woman
tssted for whole that she wouldn't move whether
her husband did not but when at last every ng was
packed and the children had been assigned their seats
on the top of the load she up TO her husband ana
quietly asked, James, where am to stir" NO, |
guess not" quickly replied Mrs Williams, we shall not
give up home here, and had better remain where
a" II possible Mrs. Dunn his only surviving daughter
and widow, may accompany Mr. Williams and keep MS
house Referring TO Mr.. Williams's habit OF
profanity, this free-spOken correspondent says
fhis misfortune seems TO have been the re-
sult of early education and "a nervous tempera-
Inent His mother who lived to be upward OF 80 years
old and under whose influence her grew up To
hood was a noted character In Knox County She could
outswear HerOd, and outblaekguard the worst black
enar In the county 1t terrible to heal her. her
neighbors Profanity and vgarity rolled OUT OF her In