New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-20
PERSONAL.
James Russell Lowell might be credited with de-
filming the term Stalwart,' since he long wrote
these lines:
Mere pegs 10 hang an Office on,
Such stalWart men as these are.

these lines:
Mere pegs to hang Office on.
such stal~art men as these are.
The Rev. Or. Manning, Of the famous Old South
Church of Boston, has touched generous chord in
his congregation. They have voted to give him for
the rest of hIS!C an annual pension OF SiOOO, work
| or no work
| NJ MoiSsOner must metimcs reflect with an in
ward groan upon the prices he accepted for his pic
lures il the years when his genius was becoming
! known His Man Reading" which ia now worth
$4,000, he sold for $iG0. and his BarriCade,"
| which today would be cheap at 100000, he sold
| fog 81 600.
Onlya few weeks ago the late unfortunate Senator
! Wagner said to n friend that no was tired Of the
cares and prrplexIties Of business, and intended
soon to retire and seek rest and leisure at his home
ut Paatpe Bridge lie added that he did not care
to live in New-Yogk, but preferred his old associa-
| lions.
The notod English historian, Edward A. Freeman,
IN the course Of his lectures and travels in the
United States has returned to the neighborhood Of
New-York brooklyn is TO have an opportunity to
hear him on his now fayortc subject Of E" South
eastern Europe. Past and Present. He will read Il
paprr on that theme before the Long Island HlStOr
ical Society on Tuesday evening OF next week
Mr. Sartain, the venerable cncrayer, is perhaps
the happicst old gentleman in America lie enjoys
N midnight lending over hi, beloved tools He
works for hours together, and Is as fresh aud spon-
tanpou. and mirthful in feeling Il, IN tine almost
forgotten days whom HUrtai0 A0Ja-tFe was house
hold oracle.
Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman met with en-
thusiasm aud milk punch on Wednesday. The En-
gli,hman tcndcrly adiurad the American to call him
| "O,car"; and his elder said that Oscar seemed
to him like great big, splendid boy Mr. Wilde
cxpoundcd at great length tho aesthetic theories,
and Mr. Whitman Observed: - wish veil to YOU.
Oscar aud rs to the "StLeteS can only say that
Won gre yo3ug aud ardent and the Held IS wide,
and il Won want my advice, say go ahead Then
thew took some more milk punch, and dreamed Of
faint lilies.
Bi,hopIJohu Quinlau of the diocese ofAlabama and
West Florida, arrived from Liverpool Yesterday in
the Guion steamer Wi consn. The Rev Father
Hunt. of Euglaud and Father Brown, Of the Bishops
diocese met him at the pier. The Bishop has just
come from Rome where he hada several audiences
with theiPopc whonhe found in excellent health and
spirits The Pope expressedt to him the opinion that
no dcrcnGcnce could be placed in he guarantees of
the Italian Government, but NE thought that a ia
yorablc change toward the head of the Church was
gradually taking place among European nations.
The Rev If. T. Hudson in his lecture on Webster
in Boston last Wednesday gave a picturesque de-
scrpton OF the Massachusetts, orator as he saw and
heard him in his youth. He was the finest, tho
grandest man, Mr.. Hudson said, he ever saw, and he
doub ed if during his life his peer could have been
found on this planet. In stature Webster was of
medium hcight-ahout five feet and ten or eleven
inches-his form was well-proportioncd, he was
robust and vigorous and hi. presence dgniGcd in
the highest degree. His hair was raven blacl, until
touched by the rosts of age his features were large
and regular, his month firm, his eyes largo AID
blazing, his forehead nigh, his neck thick and
~iucwy. His face was expressive of immense power
but OF power under perfect control his very look
was a beuedictlou and a command. He was as
sweet as he was powerful and most powerful in his
sweetness I'm social hours when his face was
lighted up with soulful smile il was Ike glimpse
ID D9Tdtlse.