New-York tribune., 1878-04-12
PERSONAL.

Professor Goldwin Smith viii shortly return
to Canada He will leave England next Monday.
Senator Thurman is the last public man re-
ported 10 be extremely fond OF HOraceso fond that he
reads the Latin poet every evening before retiring
General Butler is said to be receiving many
letters from IishAmerican citizens thanking him for
his recent efforts III behalf Of General James Shields
Mr. TennysOn received for his ballad re-
Gently published in The Nineteenth Century and copied
in part by THE TRIBUNE, the very large Of sl575
This scale of remuneration is said to beuite keeping
with that which the Laureate is accustomed TO re-
ceve from his publishers
Miss Elizabeth Hoar daughter of the late
Samuel Hoar OF Concord, cousin of Secretary Eyart
and the blographer OF Mrs Ripley, has just died shs
was a woman OF admirable refinement and learning
knowing Greek and German Literature well, and writing
vigorously and with grace
The monument to General John Z. Wool
and his wife, for Which the General left $4,000 in his
WILL is about to he erected in the cemetery Troy 1t
is to be Of granite, fashioned into the shape Of im
nense Egyptian obelisk. one side OF which win ap
pear q brief dcdicatOry inscription, written by Mr
William Cullen Bryant
A school-fellOw and lifelong friend of
sainte-Beuve says Of the French writer that be
tanly clever indeed very clever boy, but be not
what is called a boy OF genius; that is he
had not that power Of spontaneous and self CON-
placent production which has often marred
has been given but he Lad instead what deserves obe
called in the language OF Bossuet an immense desire"
OF learning and he had. by nature and study in Singh
lar degree the power OF turning that learning to ac
count He had in the way Of mind what farmers IN
speaking of land call useful or very useful that Is be
had mind returning with interest all that was put into
it, and he made himself genius "a force de
travail" What that work for some years after
Sainte-Beye had entered upon his career literary
man those who know only tho h39ts OF English
authors and English students would hardly guess,
and perbqps will with difficulty believe. IN the
Spring and summer, at least, sants-B5eaIes day
was thus divided and employed: WORK from
till 8, then cup Of coffee then WORK agah w II;
then the very moderate Dreakiast tuoI walk 20 tne
public library where he stayed TIL tnen Walk Daek
again the frugal dinner; then Work asain III a t, 10
visitors admitted. On saturday evening lie allowed % hi,
self out, and on Sunday friend VINO eaed "Oua
be admitted.
Mr.. Bronson Alcott, talking Of blr. Emerson
recently at a reception at Mrs. Cooks, said that Emer
son never valued criticism and seldom II ever read MS
critics After prasng his friends logic, Mr. AcotWent
on 10 say: jeremiah Mason, persuaded by MS daugh
er went 10 hear Emerson lecture when the fashion hsa
got fairly set and being asked how he liked him, said he
couldn't understand word OF it, but his daughters dd
One of Emerson's qualities which Acot strongly dwes
u,ou was his "gentemanhOod"-he exemplhas IN HIM
self through all social relations Of the home, the neigh
borhood and the town. the rare combination o. quahtes
which are portrayed in his essay on "ManherS. vi
Hawthorne, MI AcOtt spoke as being hospltaDe N us
when in company to hide himself in corner an oD-
server OF the spectacle Of conversation" rather
than a participant He was said almost never "
nave been seen in the streets OF saem his house az
Rrook Farm separated from Alcotts only by gate
ers and he called on his neighbOT only twice or tDrce
during years. He had az concord b bOIos' nd
refuge within twenty steps Of the rear OF his house, anu
also high tower for additional security IN bad
reached by narrow and winding starease Sng tier
said with trapdoor that he could SIT upon, %e ''ef
expedient MIR Alcott thought an exaggerailoh'
OF the eccentric Lorenzo Dow, DIR. Went
worth tells in The Troy Times these anecdoes' Du
ing one OF mis- long pergrnations relative oi lis win
whom lie had had difficulty died, and the hTst towns
man Dow met on his return gave him the
tidinos ..Waal," said Dow, "yoU tell the
folks that theren be funeral sermon
preached in my meetin house next sabbath day az ~
o'clock" The appointment few like wldnre' Do"'
,meetin' =, house was piece OF woods near MS 0NA
house with a stump for pulpit AT the time So NHo
woods were alive with an expectant crowd ana 'ney
we're not disappointed. He took for DIS teAt Anu
tbe Lord set mark upon Caln'' ana suca
tempest Of nyectiye and sarcasm never fell upon the
ouorv of dead man as the deceased offender got rs
his erlogy that day My father heard HIM In Charleston
G. sixty years ago, in Presbyterian church furnished
with one OF those O!dfashoned tall pulpts hiteeh iee'
in the air Dow, instead OF ascending the Stars
climbed up by one OF the supporting posts and went
which be held in detestatiOn, and announced Ils
text: He thaC cntereh not by % the door 'tSo tbS
The shee, fold but climbeth up some otber way tDe
nS,e T. a thicf and robber." The practical Illustration
fixed the text ard the sermon forever In Sofwien, ~
one tcle he pulled out OF his pocket MS lhmese '
TrT T, rninrLleck bg as small warming pan aud a5
tbe nomeut OF Announcing his text hourished II ~ We
arr shrieging watch! What say unto you say uo'o
all, WATCHW
HAVANA, April IL. - -Postmaster-Generai
Eev and the gentlemen accompanying him, arriyedhtre
to-day All well.
YOKOHAMA, March 23.-United States MN
ister Bngbams official correspondence, as published ID
1877 is received with great satisfaction by the japanese
Government.
SAN FRANCIsCo, April 1.-THE Emperor Oh
japan was to have opened the session OF PROVINCIAL Gov
ernors last week The meeting Is held ior tue
,rssir internal yements and the eXpedeucy OF
local renreseutative parliaments. The Emperor wi.
tart on tour through the Northwestern provinces heA