National Republican., 1877-09-11

morency.. The present peer has been anything but
credit to his order for years past In 1852 he was
for sending an aboninable letter to lord Henry
Lennox and conspiring for scandalous purposes.
MR. RALPH WALDO EMERSON Is said 10
speak of himself rs a man whose w'-k H. nearly
old age which those who talk with him discover Is
q little hesitation and effort In recalling some
needed word, especially a proper name. May he
much right to be proud Mrs. Emerson is a
| stately lady, with beautiful snowy hair and a
| graceful bearing. One daughter still briRhtens
and cares for the quaint house filled with old
china aud pictures and books. Mr.. Emerson Is
| daily at work IN his quiet study. He has always
ala oe him ,bst nnIy % Few % Years aHo Se unwIt,
| tingly cheated a poor IIishman, when paying him
| for some work, by calculating that seven times
detected until Pat, VINO had his doubts about the
matter, consulted neiehbor, and came back for a
resettlement.
DE QuIScEY, visiting at Christopher North's
house never dined on anything but little mutton,
boiled rice aud milk and coffee. Nevertheless he
daily Gaye audience to the cook, who received her
Instructions IN silent awe quito oyerpowsred by oy
he could scarcely have spoken with more difference
lie would couch his request in such terms as
aud the possibility of any additional disarrange.
mcnt OF the stomach taking place, consequences
intellectually distressing would arise. so much 80,
indeed, as to increase nervous irritation, and pre-
vent me from attending TO matters Of overwhelm-
ing importance. ifvou do not remember to cut the
mutton II dason" sTr rahsr than
erence for Mr. De Quincy as a man OF genius, but
after one Of these interviews her patience was
pretty we'll exhausted, and she would say, "Weel,
never heard the like o that in a. my days the
bodic has an awfu sicht O words"
THE Oneonta Democrat relates the following:
George s. Joice, Of Unadilln, entered the rebellion
at Its outbreak. lie made faithful and useful
soldier. and remained to the last Early in Prcsi-
dent Grants first term he was appointed a door.
keeper at the Executive Mansion. He remained
slckcned and returned to unadila 10 linger
through the balance Of life with con sumption. He
lived twelve or fourteen months and died. While
socintes, aud, on account Of his faithtnlness TO
duties and eentlemany qualities had attracted the
family were in very limited financial circum-
stances and George was worth nothing but an ir-
rcproachablc character and q good name. Mrs;
during the entire time that Mr.. Jolce was lying
sick IN unadilla this excellent woman sent him
each month check for 800 until he died. There
was never any bustcr over the matter among the
plain English family of Joccs, and Mrs. Grant did
The good deed so unostentatiously that few people
In Unadilla know oft to-day"
THE Charlottesville (Va.) Chronicle relates
the brief stories of one Of the former Governors 81
the Old Dominion. An elderly gentleman OF this
county, who well rccolleCts Gov. Thomas Mann
SiyW and % ~reSt 20 Svs pSvSs poWer
though his weight was but 100 pounds. II Is re:
lated that amad dog once came 10 Monticello and
| cnsconed himself under the portco. Col. Ran.
hoph for his pistol but found 10 his dlsmay that
there was no powder on the premises with which
to load II. In this dilemma Col. Randolph re-
sorted to q curious eXpedlcnt and accomplished n
daring feat EncaSing his len arm heavily with
wooden cloths, he took his dirk In the right, and
boldly attacked the rabd brute. Presenting his
left arm, the dog Immediately seized It when he
was dispatched with the dirk with single thrust
II Is said that Col. Randolph would frequently
swim rivers when out of their banks rather than go
out Of his way to a bridge. Upon one occasion,
having sold horse to friend, he told the pur.
chaser some weeks aferward that he had forgotten
TO inform him that the animal would sometimes
shy at logs when swimming. Meriwcther Lewis
Randolph, a son OF Gov. Thomas Mann, was also a
man of great physical strength II Is related that
he once carried 900 pounds weight across room
In Shadwell Mills"