New-York tribune., 1877-03-14

5000 for the benefit of the distressed work
Tho Duchess of Marlborough, wife Of the
= ,,sn viceroy in Ireland is amIaoly endeavoring to
,a.e Irish manuf ctures She is about to give bah
.,cb all the guests will be requiredto wear articles
.,usvey made in Ireland The ladies' dresses are 10
be of rish popiu'
,-s.dent.s possible spPonees. says that Mrs Hayes
~ ,,rlv captivated all Washington with her frank,
,lie face and intelligent, mothery simplicity, and
-, that the Cabinet viii approach early Republican
nsSners in their households
Snoratary Key is reported to have told
o,,ept Of me Toledo Blade the other day that he
' ,,5 Ike what he knew Of Mr. Hayes, and that he
- .bis call as an olive branch 10 the people OF the
,h who really were better fellows than We knew, and
g. desired the restoration Oi tranquility ana Sooo
snyernment above all Things etse'
Nr George Henry Lewes sharply says that
. q, ,trom Herbert spencer having taught his wife
" -. Mr. Spencer knows very little of any one Ian
-, hesides his and George Eliot, before she
- nm. was acquainted with seven foreign tongues
H..l.o saws that Mrs. Lewes never reads newspaper
articles ABOUT herse"'
A1olnbe Dumas was dramatic author who
- only one successful play. Swelling with vanity,
" -. erst night 1t was play and after IL WAS ev-
- Going 70 very successful, went up 20 Alex Dumas
,e latter Was standing in the center OF brilliant
- q, authors painters, actors, and actresses and
- with patrouizing air. "My dear fellow. poserity
III s,eak OF the tEO Dumas as we speak Of the TWO
oi,s e. Alex Dumas nodded and said " Good night.
Inas would have been forgotten had he not been re
lsied the great dFannatlsI
Nv Richard Grant White SAYS in The GALAXY
.,.t Eug,aud Is the Paradise OF men. An Enslishman
no ia ,bs head Of family is not only master Of his
80 hut Of the whole household. His will is recognized
. bs law OF that household. II is not deemed uDreasOn
nl that in the house which lac provides and keeps mp
h comfort and his convenience should be first eonsld
,d or that as be is responsible for his household o0th
% the law and TO society authority should 60 with re-
.s,,ii+, The couscousness of this acknowledged or
afber unuuestioLed superiority SHOWS Itself IN the men
frCs and in their bearing, simple and unpetendhg as
their manner Is
Mr.. Wendell Phillips talking of Lectures
And -ctuiug" in Boston Monday light, said that no
.dncatimsl force efficient and immediate IN
Dg The North to lis preparation for the great rebellion
than the Lyceum. The system seems to have laid the
groundwork for the order of political action In this
country MI Phillips cOntrasted the tone OF conversation
among the ordinary classes in Europe with that or
the ordinary IN America and said that so long as
the American people talked of issues and not OF gossip
Of ethics and local long the people are
fastened by an intense emphatic interc st 70 the great
soc au silous Ot the day matter how much coward
r.. = m The Executive chair, or how much corruption
dominates Congress, in the vast force OF iOOOOOOp OF
earnest Is guarantee OF the SAFETY Of the renDc
The widow of President James X. Polk has
ju o-en formally called upon in Nashville by the Ten
pessee legislature which adjourned for that purpose
THIS ceremony which each Legislature goes through
REPRESENTATIVE J. F. stokes made on the part OF the
legislature this speech at Mrs. Polk: " We thank you
FOR granting us this desired pleasure We cherish with
pa roc aldJr the virtues and fame OF the distinguished
man with whom your lite IS tenderly linked The
memory Of him is rich heritage to Cs and those who
come after But beg you not TO think this simply
of formal courtesy. While we honor the memory
Of taa ustous statesman, also regard with deepest
reverence the companion Of his greatness, and desire to
kuiv- personally a lady Of such excellent worth. We
cherish you ia whom wom3nly worth ana rare
g.ac,s mud bright expression, 10 ne hGn9red ana ana
Slui!ed by all who know you" One OF the lady
neil ghb6rs responded FOR her.
President Latrobe of the Maryland Historical
Society related meeting Of that society the other
evening some personal re,oectons OF Daniel Webster
He nrst met Mr. webster in Baltimore in 1881 when
bot with Reyerdy Johnson. counsel of the Balti-
more aud Ohio Railroad Company in a snit with the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Mr. Webster apd the writer
went TO Annapolis and rOOmed together. Alter dinner
Nj Webster would sit by the fire in his slippers, with Dis
feet elevated To the side 0f the fireplace and say Now
I will take mine ease at nm" He was a great
Quoter OF Shakes and proved from Shakespeare
that rlgh and left shoes were the tune Of Henry
WILL where the tailor Described falsely thrustin-
slippers contrary feet" Mr. Webster only set himself
70 preparing for the case the day before il TO
cone Court Of Appeals. lie then shut himself ~
day making few blue ietelpaptr pages oI notes. AlS
which he called his j,heo." They met again IN
1892 when Mr. LatrObe make a centennial ora
ton on Washington Webster mad made some notes for
a somewhat similar purpose. which he gave LatrUb".
thinking he would not tLcIu one OF the NtJstcilin
sentences he used with great appiadsr. II WAS:
washington not only tie commencement OF cen
tury. he was the head OF IA nation Mr. Webster dld
speak. and used the expression warning him ny
letter late that ght that he had done aud barely
giving tlDe have the sentence struck out Of LarOhc
speech published day What struck MIN the first
tine be sa Webster his deep, sOnCrOus voice.
Boston, March 13.-Ex-Spcaker Samuel j..
Randall visited the Legislature to-day Each house took
recess after his formal introduction and his reception
by members of DOth parties was most cordial
TORONTO, March 13.-Mr. Hardy, member
for South BIant has been appOmted Provincial Secre-
tary in the Ontario Government Mr. Crook retains the
Office Of Minister OF Education and Mr. Wood has been
appointed Treasurer.