New-York tribune., 1878-06-03
PERSONAL.

Mr. William SpottiswOOde is to succeed DR..
Hooker President OF the Royal Society.
James Lambert the brave Scotchman-
Charles Reades Hero and Nartyr'-died in Glasgow
short time ago.
Mr.. Mackenzie Wallace has won, by his
book Russia the Langos prize Of 5000 francs from
the French Academy.
Mr.. Huxley is to represent England at the
gathering OF the geOlOgiss in Paris in July. seven
American geOlogsts will attend the meeting.
Baron Desaix, grandson of NapOleOn's cell
ebrated general aud a staunch Bonapartist, has just
died on his French estate at the age of ffty-six
The Rev. Mr.. Pentecost has seen his home
in Aubumdae, Mass, but one week in eight months, so
occupied has he been in his religious work lie Is going
back there presently for along rest.
The Rev. Brooke HerfOrd tells story of
little boy who after being instructed concerning the
beauties and cmpoyments OF Heaven, asked anxiously
n he were very good II he couldn't have little devil up
once IN a while TO play with him.
Said Mr.. Wendell Phillips, at the Good
Templars meeting In Boston, last Thursdays II the
Union lasts it Is the eoored that VIII It, II
the Union is ruptured the next half century, the
world will look back with increduty on the almost IN
credible folly that alike in social life and In party and
civil affairs, sacrificed AZ the Dndihg Oh % preiu M
for the salvation OF one flag over these forty slates
Hayey's collection of autograph letters has
lust been sold In London. Among them were thirty
four letters from william Blake there several also
IN the autograph of Cowper. Walter Scott, and other
men Of note The Yardley Ga ;" ten pages quarto Ia
the handwriting OF COwper, brought SJ5 and another
manuscript, containing song on the abolition OF
slavery, entitled " The Morning Dream, was sold for
about S2s.
Victor Hugo has made present Of the pen
with which he the History Of Crime TO Senior
ROmerOr.iz TO be placed In his museum. In the let
ter which accompanied the present occurred this
paragraph h When [ was a child | was Spanish now
am and French but Spanish sti" This poetic IL
cense may perhaps be explained by the fact that Victor
Hugo was in the old Spanish town of Besancon His
father served with distinction In Spain during the En-
pre- and was offered the title Prince by King Joseph
on the condition OF renouncng his nationality. The
General refused short time ago. alludng TO this fact
Victor Hugo according to the GauI0is remarked " II
ing Perhaps there might have been on the other side
OF the Pyrenees Spanish poet but In the nineteenth
century what Is a poet who Is not French T.
John Randolph, of Roanoke, is the subject
Of an entertaining biography just published in Rich
mond In be found this picture of the brilliant
southerner at the age of forty-three. " His
haIr was bright brown, straight, not pereeptiby
gray thrown back from his forehead and tied into
queue neither long thick His complexion was
swarthy; his face beardess, full round and plump his
eve hazel brilliant, nqmsitive, proud his mouth was OF
delicate cast. well suited small head and face filled
with exquisite teeth. well kept they could be- his
lips painted, it were, with indigo Indicating
days of suffering and nights OF torturing pain.
His hands fair and delicate any girls Every
part OF dress person evidently accustomed
10 the utmost His the most beautiful and
attractive q had almost ever seen. His manner
was deliberate, beyond any speaker have ever heard
He stood firm in his position, his action and
grace seemed To be from the knee up His voice
thnt OF welltOned hageOet, the key conversational,
though swelled to ITS utmost compass"
Mr.. George William Curtis, as chairman of
the Unitarian Convention at Boston the other evening"
made a speech In which he said I" You ask me what is
a Unitarian. 1 ask you what is freedomi When was
younger man than now, talking with good orho-
dox friend said to MY friend, the one thing that
you need is o good dogma remember that when Sir
Walter Scott came to did, as he lay upon his bed,
speaking to his soninlaw Lockhart, he said TO him,
Be good man IL when you come TO lie In this place
you would feel your soul at rest be good man. Now,
truly ladies' and gentlemen, IL is not for Inc IN this
learned presence define to you what meant by Uni
tarlanism; and yet as layman may well say this,
that Unltarlanism to at least to be the nel
leetual movement that shows constantly more and
more the identity or morality and religion.
II shows with the good st. James that true
roIigon and undeled is TO visit the widow and father
he world 1t values character always than creed
and IL deolares-I think may venture TO say 1t since
am told that excellent friend Mr.. Cook is In Gin
einuat declares that there Is no saving grace ~ any
eostac emotion whatever exceptso far as 1t produces
righteous living"