New-York tribune., 1879-01-20
PERSO

Senator Burnside il said to give more enter.
tlinlncnts than any other senator IN Washington
Mr.. Alexander Stephens i looking Very well
and u apparently uuIjured by his recent ia upon Tia
steps OF the CapitOl.
President Leland Stanford, of the Central Pa.
cie RaNay Is dangerously III from combined attack
Of congestion OF the lungs ana brain.
Of Senator Edmunds a correspondent of
The Ne orleans Democrat plcasngiy says that he Ia,
the face Of {. Joromo and the brain o. St. Just.
Mr.. IiOratiO Seymour Is to give the address
at celebration this year OF the battle of Newown
Y fougnt by General Sullivan dUrpL his expedition
against the IrOauols a hundred years ago.
Mr.. CasSius NJ. Clay has just given the
Kentucky Historical Society the oil portraits Of Alex
ander H. Of Russia and bis wife, painted by Winter
halter lie has also presented to the society moro han
800 rare and valuable objects. including many desirable
autograph letters.
Miss Morgan, of this ciy, Miss Burlingame
daughter Of the former Minister To China, and Miu
Neal daughter OF the artist, said TO be the posses
sors Of rhree OF the charming faces to be- IN Mr
Posc,thal,s picture Of " The Seminary A,amcd"-a pic
ture Whicn IS becoming familiar through pho graphs
and engraYiTgs.
There was kindly mention made Of Bayard
T,ylor at he usual meeting on Saturday evening Of N,
Century Cub. Mr.. r. II. stoddard read a part Of
Lis atlantic article on Mr.. Taylor with uR.
published poen au.l extracts from letters written c
hin, h, the dead poet The Club passed. resolutions Of
regret and regard for is longtime member
At private entertainment given IN Boston
recently for the benefit OF the Old South Church Mrs
NJ Disz appeared as General Washington among
te live waxworks Of an amateur MrsJarey Mss Louisa
Alcott rrpresented her anccstress Madame Hancock"
in rose brocaded gown and muslin cap "nd kercaef,
all of which were once worn by the Puritin lady lere
DE- Oliver WcudeH Domcs read IN charming ts1oa
LIS Lines to my Gt'0;-G ;-Graud'0"iucI- Pc'ure WIN
the portrait OF " Dorothy O." standing De s'ir NM.
OF Nathaniel Hawthorne as young man,
Colonel Higginson gives pleasant picture ~ me ~
ey,y, World first met htu," he says, GU summer
morning. in Concord. AZ he was walking al"ngt road
near the Old Mansc, with his wife by his side ana moe
iookinc baby-b,y IA little wagon wn.ch the iather was
pu~hipg remember HIN ~ tai. firm and strong u
hearing: his wife looked pensNe and drsam' rs he
ed was then and always tle child wa> Julian 'hen
kuown among the noighb0rs tie Prince Wen
I passcd Hawthorne Hfcd upon me his great
crav eyes. with a look too keen 10 seem mdln-r
emf. too shy to be sympathetlc-aud that was
au But it comes back to memory Ike that one
,llInpse of sneey which Browning dcselbes' ana
,rlicb he liLpn. ~ the day when he found an
ooric's fc,tber Acain I met Hawthorne at on" ot
ina sessions OF shorf-liyed literary cuD ani fecau
ma iuDerurblb bic dignity ard patience WIN N!lch ne
1T through ycXatious discussOn W 'Sc H'tdll' Sccu
a., much dwarf,d 10y his presence - " hr hf' pr,n
STATUE or o .yInpian ZcuS. MIS- idNIhoihe vi" -
riet ter, aGd came dairy from his study WIN
lot IN hs forehead; AMI yet MS srlt-hlaStey W.
r ot ryrry sentence would seem 10 nave c4}S
talZed in an atmosphere OF per;tct calb'