New-York tribune., 1878-03-05
PERSONAL.

Ex-senator Upton Is sdlu W Ht'c Si''" w
politics he Is ecturing in Nebraska on western III
pit Oratory OF Early Tines"
1Poor Bressant, the most brilliant and delight
full OF comedians dying OF softenng OF the braln and
strength and memory have alike failed him.
The widow of Ledru- -Rolin, a wealthy Eng
lish lady has herself placed statue over her husooS
grave, without waiting for popular subscriptions.
The dress of the President Of the South Car
ona Senate has inspired painful joke in the brain OF
The Augusta Chronicle II says that he wears robe
Of Office of Robe do Senate Chambre, ana very
impressive"
The future Duchess Of Manchester, for
merly Miss Consclo Yznaga of this city, said to have
acquired so great reputation for ceyerness IN LONDON
that it as believed there that she was the writer
of the Irene MIcgilhcuddy papers in BtaeG~ood
The recent royal marriages in Berlin are as
serted to have been the result OF sincere a1ect0 ana
not of statecrat OF the brides the Princess Char
oe s the elder; eighteen, and the Princess Euz-
abeh is seventeen. Each five years younger tha her
husband. The young mon are finely educated ana sol
doIly princes; DOtn Wcht thrOds" IHo "HOio VI '"0
French campaign
Mounet-Sully, the leading tragedian of the
Comede Franchise holds an odd opinion In regard to
Hamlet" He is reported saying to salvni lately
81 am delighted with your Oheiio but do not think
much OF Hamlet pay-I cannot understand
why It has such reputation, for the leading character
appears to be aensciess AT all events 1t is
not AT all To my taste"
Mr.. Simmons's bust of Senator Morton is
sail 10 be an excellent work. II was made from pho
tograph- tho young sculptor Of Indianapolis, who took
mask OF A0rtons face after DEATH refusing the use OF
the mask to Mr. simmons except on payment OF %ZOOo
The Morton vault opened that the sculptor might
see the face he wished to mould but the features, III
spite embaming were too wasted To be recoShZed
readily as the Senator's
Rear-Admiral George II. Preble was at Punta
Arenas. Straits OF Magellan, with hls 1agshp. the
p-t of He Ni UamD-
ton Roads some time in April touching OF Rio JanerO
and st. Thomas the way Tho visit 10 Rio Janeiro Will
bc Only long enough to receive the ships mail. as yellow
fever now prevails there. In tho straits the Omaha
yeir cruise around the world with thirty German ana
eeht Japanese mldshipmen ola board.
Baron Dcmbowsb, of Milan, IS fortunate
gentleman who has lust received the gold medal OF the
British Royal Astronomical Society, In acknowledgment
Of bs measurements OF close double stars. The Baron
has made himself known chiefly by his measurements of
the close doubles discovered by Mr. :. W. Burnham.
OF Chicago The two astronomers are in constant and
doubtless enthusiastic communication with each other
Debowski thar the work oi no other observer mas
given Iiu 50 much trOublethe Objects are 50 minute
and close-as that Of the Chicago astronomer
Plus II. is reported to have left to the
Comte Dc ChambOrl a Madonna IA mosaic; cruchNto
Queen Isabella; q group OF the Holy Family to thc
former King OF Naples; copy OF RaphaePs Virgin to
the Grand Duke OF Tuscany; lareesize miniature
su1r litilo children unto me-" 10 the Duke OF
Parma: largo medallion IN mother OF pearl, repre-
sentng tho Resurrection to Don Alphonse do bourbon
and finally, ctucihX Of silver ehtlched WIN nanonts
aud some Of tho true cross, TO the Princess or
Thurn aud TaXls
Thus looked Emerson "a he gave his lecture
thc other Iay in tne Old South 4 tall slender figure.
now atlc bent with years, his gray hair struggling
over crown partially bald. his features more sharply
cut than ever his coy and bashul as that OF
fort s
shatp oil his audience and hardly dmmed. His
vince Is now so broken, ii is sad that he cannot be
heard with distncncs5by more than two hundred peo-
ple Ii was pleasant to hear his daughter sitting by
Mr. Aeos SnG otSa9oS es t ytby ' %, fh reat NJ
audience with her effort.
4 correspondent of The Rdlray Age says
that Eo has always thought that Mr. Archibald Forbes,
the war correspondent the character portrayed -
the "whsup' IN william Blacks story of " Daughter
.of Uetn" His father was a Presbyterian Minis
ter in Scotland, and young Forbes got his first
glimpse Of study In tho parish school under
tho domnes control. After being rustcsted at
Kings College, Aberdeen, for disrespect 10 the
Professors he entered the audit Office OF the Aberdeen
Railway at Aberdeen, and iapldy became an excellent
acorn,an On account OF his facility at figures Forbes
was put into ticket oceat some seasons Of the
heayiost passenger stations In the kingdom Here lie
got along smoothly for several months the greatest cen
sure brought against him being mpertinencc to the POM
pous nobility ana gentry who called upon him for tick
cts lie appeared take special pride IN talking sharp
Is to baroncts lords ArIuisos and dukes, wortes who
generally find the people around them fs0moly obSequi
ous-and he would laugh loudly in their faces
when ho heard tho oft repeated threat,
III report yOu to the manager, sir" one day
he undertook Ia drive some friends upon ongne
which he found unattended Attcr going about three
nice he ran IL into gravel lrlm, and tho expensive
smash that resulted endcd bis railway Then lie
TO Canada Joined the army ana went throuZh tho
Crnnrnn war and the ScqOy revolt. Returning 10 Eng
land full private, he began writing for the magazines
and with tho money tla he received Tor article
contributed TO C0gahW he bought himself OF from tn,
army auI entered upon tho uncertain career ot tera
ry man.
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