The Portland daily press., 1877-08-03

the granddaughter OF President Jackson. and
the only pc rson living who was born in the
White House; Mrs. Charlotte L. Livingstone,
whose 5000 position was obtained by her rela-
tive, Senator Paddock, after all argument
against her endeavoripg to support herself had
failed; Miss G. E. Morris, grand. daush hter of
Robert Morris; Miss Sophie Walker. the
daughter of Robert J. Walker, who was Sec
retary of the Treasury during the Presidency
of james X. Polk from 1916 to 1913; Miss
Dade, whose mother was a cousin of General
Scott; Miss Markoo, daughter of Francis
Markoo, who for 30 years was attached to the
diplomatic corps of the state department: /:
Miss Helen Mclean Kimball, widow of Col
Kimball, who sigpally distinguished himself in
the Mexican war; Miss Sallie Upton, of Brock
Ign, T., daughter of the late Francis Up
ton, distinguished lawyer and the author of
several standard works on admiralty and ma
rine jurisprudence; Mrs. Chaplin. widow of
United States District Judge Chaplin; Mrs.
Tiffey, cousin of the present Secretary of
State, and Mrs. Granger, widow of the late
Gordon Granger, the circumstances of whose
massacre by the Indians with Gen. Custer are
too recertto require the story here
Mr. Gladstone has Just had narrow escape
from death. While walking near the House
of Commons, hanson, driving at q reckless
speed, nearly went over him. Just as.the cab
horse was upon him, Mr.. Gladstone, attracted
BY the shouts of the bystanders, gave sudden
jerk forward, and SO saved himself Two or
three Members of Parliament who witnessed
the narrow escape demonstrated with the cab
man for his indiscretion, and police constab Bile
took the delinquent's number About three
years ago Lord Beaconsfield was nearly
Knocked down by cab 1t may provoke
smile that Lord Beaconsfeld jerked himself
backwards, while Mr. Gladstone jsrked Kim
self forward, but such were the facts.
The French Academy has its full forty men,
bers now, though Bishop Dupanloup of Orleans
has not set foot inside its dools since M. Littre
was elected. The following is correct list of
the immortsls: The Duke d'Aumale. Emile
Augier, Auguste Barber Claude Bernard
Charles Blanc, CASTOR Bossier, Duke de Broe-
lie, Elme-Marie Caro-, Count de Champagne.
Cavillier Fleury, De Lomenie, Camille Doucet
Defaure, Alexandra Dumas, j. B. Dumas.
Bishop Dupanloup, Duvergier de Hauranne.
Count de Falloux Jules Favre, Octave FsuiIlet
Count dHanssonville, Victor de Laprade,
Ernest Lsgouve, John Lemoinne, Emile Lit.
tre, Xavier Mariner, Mezieres, August Mienet
Desire Nisard, Duke de Noailles, Emile Oliy-
er, Camille Rousset, sylvestrie de Sacy, Jules
Sandeu, Victorien Sardou, Jules Simon
st. Rene-Taillander, Adolph Theirs and
viel Castel
In the evening attended a meeting to hear
lady secularist lecture, Mrs. Annie Besant.
Mrs. Besant was the young and talented wife
of Church of England clergyman, " no found
herself all at once troubled by "views," en-
barrassed by her position, and held to the
strictest accountability by a rigid husband of
no insight and limited calibre. She endured
her life for few years. but finally separated
herself from it, having more excuse than is
found in the majority of such cases, and en-
deavored to earn her living as a writer of fupi-
tive articles and stories for the press. Her
bent was so strongly political and radical how
ever, that she could not be suppressed, and she
became power in spite of herself, and almost
without her own volition. Associated however
with the most ultra radical wing of the Repub-
ican party here, she quite equals iD force its
most renowned leader, Mr.. Charles Bradlaugh.
Still young handsome, and even distinguished
in personal appearance. natural orator, with
cultivated manner and a perfect mastery of
expression, she quite takes her audience off
their feet and inspires them with the most rap
turous enthusiasm. The hall in which she
spoke was SO densely crowded that ii was diff
heult to obtain entrance or exit. 1t was an
audience composed of working people, but very
respectable looking, and composed of at least
oDe-tbird ladies The average of woman speak
ers here does not strike me as being quite equal
to that of America, but we have no women
who equal Annie Besaut in force, genius and
colture combined Cor Baltimore Ansrican
William 81. West, theRepublican candidate
for Governor of Ohio is almost without a peer
as lawyer, being one of the very finest con-
stitutional lawyers of the state. He has occu-
pied the most prominent positions in the State
As Judge OF the Supreme Court and Attor-
ney-General of the State, his every decision
gave the highest credit to the power that put
him in these positions. He was also member
of the Constitutional convention Of 1872 In
finances the platform exactly represents his
sentiments. He wrote the financial letters
that were published in the Cincinnati Gazette.
in 1876 signed "reuton''. He is between so
and 60 years of age, and in personal appear
ance he is fine, being tall and we'll propor-
toned. He has defect in his eyes that causes
him to be almost blind. AS o stump-speaker
he is almost unexcelled. His home is in
Bellefontaine, Logan county, o.
The poet Longfellow's daily life is something
like this, says the Boston Herald: ''He rises
early, takes comparatively light breakfast,
and If the day is not rainy, sets out for walk,
which takes up an hour or two, according to
his inclination Els gait is firm and hearty,
and as he walks he holds himself perfectly up
right. He does not ramble two mornings in
the same direction. but varies bis route daily.
Every day or two he calls on his printers, at
the University Press, and receives or returns
proofs of his works, if he has any thing in
type, which is mostly the case. He studies his
matter carefully after it is in print. Little, if
any, OF his poetry, as published, ia written on
the spur OF the moment. "The Divine Trage-
dy" is said to have been rewritten after it was
nearly all in type. During late years he has
been in the habit of publishing his poems in
the magazines, and after having obtained
sufficient number, adding few new ones to
them, and issuing them in book form. He
brings his copy to the Office of the Univer-
sity Press. which is only half mile or so from
his own residence, written In lead pencil, in
small back-hand, very much like the average
newspaper mans style of handwriting, clear,
and mostly free from nterlineations and
erasures. his magazine poems are always re-
vised and corrected, or at least altered more or
less. before their publication in book-form, so
| that the reader rarely encounters one in exact
| ly the same shape as in the periodical
Mr.. James Russell Lowell when writing dis
cards the table, but seating himself midway
between it and the fireplace in broad easy
chair, he employs for the purposes of desk
stiff piece of pasteboard, resting it conveniently
upon his knee. His essay or poem is always
mapped out clearly in his head before he re-
duces any of it to writing. He puts it together,
| so to speak, joint by joint, until be has the
skeleton completely articulated, and then he
| fills it out His handwriting is characteristic
and his copy" is unpopular with printers be-
| cause of the changes, the int rlneatous and