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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-21
HIS Talks WITH HIS FATHER.

from w. H. MAibuTnS TCcfnf Lecture IN boston.
once asked hun concerning MS 10 hcr, o wercd
ms follows: " think, sir Of all the known. he
quite the remarkable; steru simple, hal
q kindly man, walking On charity TO his neghbOrs aud
reverence T. ola God. IL his custom from early
childhood % se many words strange and altogether u.
seemed that they must have Oeen OF his coinage ;
but In aftr times when engaged In my studies found
that ali these words OF my idther which remembered
stored away the old Saxon living which
upon me. II was a pleasant, gOOdly sight 10 my
father In my native village md his venerable minister
and companion studying Gods word, not az with
trumpet and tnklng brass bnt with earnest nOwcf
study. STRIVING find I'm Gods word whar was
the meaning and spirit OF those things which nOurished
the souls ana lives OF the people
eli gOOdly and pleasant sight to father
and his minister walking hnndD-hand on the highway Of
the Bints. That minister first taught me Latin aud |
rot but 10 had the greatest hold thereby.
gvl1g this taste for letters which often
10 very unproh able sort OF taste. | remember
coming 10 London with the manuscript OF a book,
SatOr Rcsarus by name To try and get IL translated.
stopped my fathers aud spent some DAYS with
stretched upon his couch, but st full OF vivacity
| lay myself down upon the nOOr and looked
up into the honest venerable face and asked
MIN questions concerning all manner or things,
heavenly. earthly. and under the earth, things
upOn which no had expended much thought, and re-
member The ncslye way IN which he answered and
| came away to London with the manuscript 20 walk
through uany mrv aud dusty pathways and before
getting Il printed, received intelligence OF his death
Suddenly, In the MINT, without warning. thief,
the messenger but found him prepared for he
carried into the fair gardens OF Hun by whose lgnt
through Oil the years OF his mortal pilgrimage there had
shone IN him the light and glory OF God IN the face
Of His Son. Jesus Christ Could such now.
and his minister, should DO far more hopeful OF the
advanced axe In which we i've"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-21
HE OPINION ON WOMEN IN MEDICINE
q nei1lrpubllShod Leter u Ihe london bt1ndurd.
4 tugYEE.ROw CHELSEA Fen q. 1871.

D NHEYkE ROW, CHELSEA, teO y, 1871.
" DEAR SIR; IL Is with reluctance that write any
thing TO you this subject OF Female Emanci atton
which IL rising to such height, and do IL only on
the strict condition that Whatever say shall be private
and nothing OF II get into newspapers The truth 49, tue
last three four has sorrow to me, OF
the most affecting proofs OF the miserable anarchy that
prevails In human society and have avoided thinking
OF IT, except when fairly compelled. What little has
become clear to me on IL shall now endeaVor to tell
In the first place. then. have doubted hut the
true aud noble function OF woman In this world was,
worthy man, ana dlscharginR we'll the duties that
devOve her In consequence mother OF children and
mistress Of Observation-Disclosures high, NOBLE silently I'm
porant any thar can fall 10 human creature duties
which. we'll discharged, constitute woman, in SOFT
world, and which, by her natural faculties. graces,
strengths and weaknesses are every way Indicated as
specially hers Tie true destiny OF woman, therefore,
Is 10 wed man she can love and esteem, and 10 lead
nOselessly under his protection, with Oil the wisdom,
grace ana heTosm that 10 In her. the life prescribed IN
consequence.
It seems. furthermore indnbitabe that If a woman
this destiny. have renowned It. sire has every
right before God aud man. 70 take up whatever honest
employment she can find open tn her In the world.
Probably there are several or many emplOyments now
exclusively in the hands OF men which women might
be more or less ht-prntng, tailoring weaving clerk
them proved from tho fact that in much sound
and ages ours before the medical profession
rose into being they we're virtually the physicians and
surgeons we'll sick nursesall that the world ad
Their form Of intellect their sympathy, their wonderful
peculiar qualities for dealing with disease; ard evil
IDENTIFY in certain departments (hat OF female dsease)
tney nave Qullf Opportunities VI
Ny answer to your question, then, may be that two
things are not doubtful to me ~ this matter:
81. That WOmen-auy woman who deliberately so de-
termines-have right 70 study medicine: aud that
might be profitable and servceabc TO have facilities,
at least possibilities, offered them for 30 doing But
.. That for obvious reasons. female students OF
medicine ought TO have II possble female teachers,
else extremely select kind OF men, and, particular,
that to have yolnR present among young In
anatomical classes, clinical lectures generally study
ing medicine IN concert Ia inconRruity of the first
magnitude, aud shocking TO think OF to every and
modest MUD.
This A. aI have 10 say and send n 70 Won under
the condition above meHuOued friend for the Of
friends. Yours sincerely, r. CARLYLE"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-21
HIS GREE For HIS WIFE.


During his absence nom London his wife died.
Her death was quite unlocked for; while she was
driving IN the Pirk she suddenly expired. When the
cOaehman stopped he found hts mistress llfeoss. Car
lyle might well that the light Of life had
ont" aud the letters which no wrJts to h friends
full Of exceeding and times the voice Of
for whom existence has nothing left. A most
sorry dog kennel It oftenest all 10 me- and wise
words II one even had them, TO be only thrown away
upon Bastd. Odsd, for part say TO-
look with lOngngs toward the st country where at last
amen"
II Ia the saddest feature OF old age" he wrote, iust
year after the death OF his wife, I'm letter 10 his friend,
Mr.. Erskne OF Lnathen, that the Old has TO ace
himself daily growing more lonely; reduced TO COM
mune with narcuate eternitles aud the loved CUES,
unrespOnsive, who have preceded him thither,
Well. WELL there IA bessedness IN this too " we take u
we'll There grandeur IN IT, II also extent OF sOmbre
sadness which new to one hope quite wanting
the clear conviction that thOse whom we most
from sore aud misery are now sfe ana at
rest. II lifts TO nRsnip wltha real for the
frat time IN this scene OF things. Courage my friend,
let endure patiently let ~ act piOusy 70 the end
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-21
HIS OPINIONS OF THE IRISH.
From The London World.

A CORES pOndent sends the following:
9Th late Mr. Carlyle not TO be Induced TO dine out
save at or two houses, and then very
sions. 1 am speaking OF time about six or seven
years The few that were invited had rare treat
for the occasion came but once or twice year, no
tably Christmas day. On this high s0emulty
dispatched to purchase aud select with
yafd-Ong 'churchWarden.' with screw OF the scer's
ftyore tobacco, our host finding pleasure and sacr
nee In thus cOnsenng TO what really Odious 10 MIN.
On this high sOlemnty would have Browning or Reade.
might be the present LORD LYton. And after din
ner the Sage drew IN his char, and the church.
warden being nc. p!curesquo figure enough
he hooked as he putfed aud dscoursed his quaint
wisdom. There beng mn Irish gentleman present.
the state his country discussed wheTeOn tho sage
thus delivered himself recOeet We'll, In bls not I'M
musical burr 'Ye see the Airish may have their
grievances; but Toll you sars, before I'd listen TO one
ward IroIh em, I'd nst WI sword and gun, shoot aDd
cut aud bew them a. until I'd tanght them To respect
human re and give up murder Then Ia listen 10 EN-
Tho irish gentleman prUceedius TO argue that they
wonld not accept the existing domination or be- recon
ced to II. TBen what wonld We prop seesir Thero
n remedy" said thf " Yes, salh the gentle
man you oan go nway--go home" with hsshlng
srce burst Wen cut all your threats hrstV
cT1ed Gao sage. Those presen-Mr. Browning was-Hill
recal the Which the vehement sally evoked IL WAS
like Johnson aasaiug Boswell Scotland before COM
pany. Ea revanehe the subject OF Ireland interest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-21
HIS PITHY SAYINGS ON GOETHE.

heard capital story OF Carlyle at dinner party In
Berlin, silencng the cant about Goethes want OF re-
IgfOn by one OF his Characteristic sarcasms For some
time he sat quiet but patient while certain petists
were throwing their and regreng that so great
q genius so godlike genius! snOud not have more
purely devoted himself 70 the service Of Christian truth
and should have had little, etc. Carlyle sat grim,
OInnOusy silent. his hands impauienty twisting his
napkin, Until 90 last he broke sienees and Ia his slow,
emphatic way, said: Meme Herren, did you never
hear the story OF that who vifed the because
it would not light his cigar This bOmbshel completely
sileneed the enemys fire.
remembers once. we're walking along Pcea-
dilly, talking about the Infamous Bucbein Goethe
Carlyle stopped suddenly, with his peculiar look and
emphasis, said Yes, IL is the wild cry OF amusement
on the part of all spO0neys that the Titan not
sp00Dey too J Here Is gOdiike intellect, and yet you
see he Is not IDIOT Not in the least spOoneyp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-21
cARLYLE.
MS SUBMISSION no cons Will.

From Dean StanIsgs Funeral Sermon.
Many years ago. whilst belonged TO another catne-
drnl met him IN 81. James's Park, and walked home
with him 70 his own house. 1t during the Crimean
war; and after hearing him den0unee with his vigorous
and perhaps the chaos and con-
fusion which Administration had fallen, ven
tured TO ask him. "What under the circumstances is
your advice TO q canon Of an EDglish cathedralP He
grtmy laughed at my question, paused for motoent'
and then answered In hOmely and wel-hnown words
but which II happens especially fitted 10 stua-
tons like that for which he asked 70 give coinsel,
Whatever thy hand ndeth TO do. do tt with all thy
might" That IL. doubt, the lesson which he leaves
each Of in this weary wordthe world OF when
he felt the WEAKNESS and lnfrmtes grew upon
him. but lesson which In his active days he pfae
tised 10 the full He IL at rest He Is at last delivered
from that burden OF the flesh against which he enafed
and fretted In his own words, " Babylon. with It's
deatheping inbnity, PUSHES TO the dim. innocuous
UNDECIDED forever" From the silence OF the eterntes
OF which he 80 often spoke there stl sound, ana VIII
long sound the OF that marvellous voice. Let US
take one tender EXPRESSION written three or four years
ago. one plsnve yet manfu thought, which has never
yet reached the public eye.
Three nights ago. stepping ont after midnight and
~ struck me with strange new kind OF feeling In
little while shall have you also for the last time
God Amightys own theatre Of immensely the lnnnIte
made palpable and viable TO me-that also VIII ne
closed, flung my face, and shall never DehOlu
death any The thought OF this eternal depTlVa
ton even OF this though this Is nothing IN comparison
was sad and painful to Aud then second feeling
In me these pleties these these infinite nnee
tiOns shord actually have said, Yes poor MORTAL such
OF you as have gone far eha be permitted TO go ur
Their Hope aud despair not Gods will, Gods Will not
ours be done" Yes, Gods will be done for us and for
him. 1.-THE Lord gave, and the Lord taketh away"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-21
HIS CRITICISM ON GEORGE ELIOT.

George Eliot, and now Carlyle Both nave passed into
"the Eternal Silence ana she story may be told. A
young man. no longer youthful bur now AS well known
nj Wrstminster he popular in his ham, called upon
the for counsel and advice. Gently received, he
opened his heart 20 the philosopher Ee had ambitions
writer He contributed to light literature, but his
soul hunRered for higher things. He would dlssect
human nature. expose III fobes gOry It's goodness and
graccs. He yeArned but feared 10 tread the higher
walks OF fiction. Carlyle looked gravely at tLe bushng
boy.
- poor trade lad, poor trade! tried to read your
George Elots adam Bede' ana now I'm reading tie
second volume OF her last book" rlppnR the volume
before him. and find 10 neither instructive amusing
but dull-simpY dull" Then turning the leaves, he
muttered d" Poor Lewes, poor Lewes" and the young
man, rather dazed, went away aud buried himself In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-21
THE COCK AND THE EDITOR.

- fT0DH IHs LOHHOH HVTId' = . -, :,
After having passed sirrpcss nights owing 70 the hOr
rDle noise by COchlnChlna cock In neigbbor-
ing garden. Carlyle interveHed" the proprietor Of the
fowls and expOsulated. The owner, woman. did not
think Mr. Car yle had much cause for complaint the
cock only crew three four times In the night. Eth,
but, woman" said the unfortunate philosopher, II YOU
only knew what suffered waiting for him 10 crow u
Another story l. which Dickens used 10 tell nimit-
ably. the occurring at dinner held. think, at
PrncfOrs where were present, among others, Carlyle
and the well-known editor OF the - Rcrieic. Tue last
named had euuncatcd some yeigbty opinion the sub
jaci uner dscussiODl Dickens used 10 treating
In the usual - Rcrie1 manner, wrapping 10 up In "a
small parcel and laying bg shelf done win for
ever land dead silence ensued. This silence was. u
the astnnishmrnt OF ALL broken by Carlyle, who was
seated immediately opposite the editor looking
~ him IN dreamy way, and saying, as though to him
SELF hut IN perfectly audible tones. Eb. but you're
pur creetur pur wrached. meeserabe creeurP then,
with Ugh, lie reapsed into silence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-21

ing now che following characteristic screed mag 10
given here
DHAR SIR: am muah oblined by your go0dnee3 70
me. II the French phlet Is value
suppose likely, thea please do nos send II hitheri
could get little OF IT, except what is already
GOT what ~ implied In ymr Kind offer ofit You mis-.
take much II you consider me blind 70 the Deautiiu
natural faculties aud capabilities OF the Irish character
or Other than LOVING friend OF Ireland from very OLD
date now. though may have my own notions as TO
what would be real friendship 10 Ireland. and what
would be only sham friendship Believe me yours, With
many thanks and wishes, T. CARLYLE"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-21

them fairly the same ne white man, and have not the
least dodor that there would be little or no trouble
There will less rouhlB until the uoyernmeni,
TIM State, Territorial and county authorities ana tno
white settlers respect the rights OF tue indian inc ta
anee there Is less likelihood of that now tnan lneLe @
been for years becsuse those Indians living cast VI ~
pnnk nren under cOntrOl."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-21

1t is stated that there one day appeared Mt
one OF the 0up.houses IN Chs city woman
who presented her pail he filed aud the slin oDe RAJ
tor asked how many she na1 in her family SKI she
answered. /" Who are they e. Quefied Without
hesitation she REPLIED her husband herseL TWO dogs
und Two cats aud she continued. beseechngy Please
like 1t p'-l Boston journal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-21

Even IN an nspiritual commonwealth, where tho
pursuit of things substantial and comfortable ia the
rule and intellectual life has but few expOnents the
habitual ignoring of talent will become a subject of
concern at last. American life unfortunately af-
fords but two openings-the pursuit of wealth or of
public honors. The young lawyers Of tho State
nearly all aspire to some rank or use in the public
service, and during the civil war they went To the
field and many Of them laid down their lives with
out murmur. glad of that Democratic opportunity
to compete ON some equal PLAIN of battle But when
peace returned they found the political organization
of their party growing closer and more jealous, and
the road to advancement was not in the
line Of study aud understanding and pnblio
performances, but by bowling the knee and
dofinR the cap as was done In syItzer-
land under Gessler five hundred wears aao.
Some of the spirit Of Tell lives in these granite
mOuntans and tho first conspiracy of the Grutli
seen here was in the rise OF Mr. Blaine.
He was q native Of Pennsylvania, bone of their
bone and flesh of their flesh, aud his ancestors lived
half a century within eighteen miles Of Harrisburg.
in the old borough OF Carlisle. There may be seen
their tombsJOnes yet. and there the house where
Ephraim Blaine. the land agent, reared his family
In the Same churchyard Iie the bones of the Arm
strongs, ancestors OF the Aston family of New-York
ana there lies the greatest urst PennsyYanIa ever
produced John Bannister Gibson, the sOn and the
rather oil general. Simon Camer0n's birthplace
was about the same distance from Harrisburg as the
mono OF the Blaine family ~ Carlisle, and Mr. Came
ron made his money in tue MiddetOWn Bank ten
miles from Harrisburg. JOHNNY BOUoUET
7-------------------~
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-11
VIRGINIA NEWS,
Richmond wants a new hotel.

RlchmOnQ wants new motel.
Mr. George l. Seney has increased his
gift to Emory College to $4,000.
Joseph Carpenter, of Frederick County.
died last week. aged eighty-t three years.
The Richmond Readjusters have in
dorsed General Mahones course in the Senate.
DIR. J. F. Phillips, a prominent physi-
clan of Isle of Wight County, died last Sunday.
The Grand Council of the Independent
Order of Red Men will meet in annual session at
Norfolk in May next.
The handsome residence of Mr.. J. D.
Gray at Culpeper Court House, was entirely con-
sumed by fire Wednesday.
The Hon. John Randolph Tucker is to
deliver a lecture in Richmond on May upon
Virginia as She Was, Is, and Is to Be-"
The builders and dealers in building
materials at Winchester are rejoicing over the
prospect of brisk business in their line this year.
The Tobacco Association held a meet
ing at DanviIle on Tuesday in favor of a narrow
gauge railroad between that town and Roxboro',
The faculty of Washington and Lee
University have selected Rev. W. U Murkland of
Baltimore, to deliver the baccalaureate sermon in
June next.
The delegates who withdrew from the
Republican convention at Petersburg on the 18th
of March have issued an address explaining the
reasons for their withdrawal.
1t is stated that the Savannah Ladies'
Memorial Association intend erecting amonument
in Stonewall Cemetery at Winchester to the men,
DRY of the Georgia soldiers buried there.
The Mount Blanc Farm, in Fauquier
County, has been sold to John B. Strother and
Thomas R. Foster, $50 acres to the former at sl12
and 30 acres to the latter at $3.50 per acre.
Rev. R. n Sledd, of the NJ. E. Church
South, has been made president of the Virginia
Bible Society, position occupied by. the late
Bishop David S. DOggett at the time of his death.
The Rev. John Jasper, of the Sixth
Mount Zion Colored Church, in Richmond, has
been very successful in his efforts to raise fund
for renovating the church. At one meeting S91s.47
was realized.
Nearly the whole of the amount re-
quired to erect monument to the memory of the
Ashby brothers in Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester
has been raised by the committee of ladies who
undertook the work.
The engineers of the Virginia Midland
road have finished the survey of an extension from
Leaksville, n. c., to Dry Fork and are at work on
one from North Danville, up the Dan River to Cas-
cade, in Pittsylvania County.
The Lynchburg Adrdnce has been in
formed by gentleman who has just returned from
trip through Bedford County that all of the to-
baccO plants are killed. and that the wheat crop
is looking worse than it has looked for years.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-11
AN OLD VETERAN.
He Tells Why They Should be Happy nj
the Soldier Home.

To the Editor Of The Republican:
Your editorial in The REPUBLICAN of
the 9Th instant seems to some of us old veterans
worse than your first, inasmuch as it recommends
trork as a prerequisite to happiness" and "Occu-
patton necessary to contentment." That all may
look well enough in the columns of live and
prosperous paper; but did you never read or hear
of the very common phrase, Soldier, will you
work ?? and the usual reply, No, I'll sell my shirt
first? Now so many of us have sold our last shirt
and those that We could not sell because of
having become inhabited by other occupants
in your cheap lodging houses on B and
other streets in Washington became dead
stock on hand, notwithstanding they were suf-
ficiently animated to suit most any purpose. We
came to the Home, which is justly earned, paid
for out of former pay at the rate Of twelve
and one half cents per month and our court
martial :" blinds" Consequently some of US have
paid considerable sums toward maintaining this
Home and thanks to the management, We
are well taken care of in our old age. We are not
recognized as worthy of any consideration by the
various Departments in the way of appointments.
Many of US have had applications pending for
years; but, alas like Judge NOah's actions, ali the
chiefs of Departments, and their appoint
will favor a political hummer every time,
or some near friend or friend OF a friend, before
he will even do old soldiers the justice to examine
his papers, although they may be backed by mem
bers of Congress. 1t seems that these haired
individuals appointing clerks are all young mem
are AFRAID OF Delng contaminated Dy even rtcOg-
nizing the claim of an old soldier, and much
more so by giving him the " preference" as the
law requires. But no, no. Nepotism, friendship,
and money will do more N one minute than the
Just claims of an old soldier accomplish in one
year. The writer has had year or more expert
ence, and knows of what he writes; but the end is
not get Those men viii be shown up
in due time, and in due time lose
their position, and. like Judge" ]. ]. Noah,
be hunting hole to hide their heads You seem
to think that we do no work in this Home retreat
Not so! We have plenty of work-sll we want to
do; and as for becoming dissatisfied, why, we are
as happy as newly married couple. We have
our sports, Our clubs, and ouramusements. There
for instance, is the "P. P. Brigade" which prac-
tees its morning parade; our Pension Club, which
constantly is in session, discussing pension mat
tiers; our Old Vet. Club. who hourly fight their
battles over; our Poker Club, who discuss the
practical issues of the funding bill our Beer Club
who argue on the nearest route to the wine
house." Then we have business men, who deal
in pipes tobacco, and such revenue taxed articles
and our "Old elo' " men, who are constantly on
the lookout for sellers and buyers. Why should
we not be happy, Mr.. Editor? VETERAN.
SOLDIERS HONE ADril 9.