New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-24
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Senator Riddelberger of Virginia. isdescrbod as a
tall handsome dashing. cavalIer-looking man. and
personally extremely popular even among his Dit
terest political foes.
Mr. Selip Baumgarten who died in Baltimore this
week WAS noted engraver of seals. Before coming
10 America he was court seal-cut.er IN the king
dom of Hanover and he made numerous State and
consular seals in this country. including the great
seal of Maryland that was made when John Lee
Carroll was Governor. DYING at Lhe age VI siA.y
nine no LETT eight chiidien. thrty-eA Srahu-
children and two great grandchildren.
The Row John Jasper, theologian and astronomer
"a a tall angular very black negro, with all tho
phvsical characteristics of his race. lie is now
nearly sixty years old. aud with Advancing years
tichtens his grip upon the doctrine that ue sun DO
move" His sermon on that subject has Deru re-
heated more than five hundred times, anu yet
{. draws" "A well as ever In delivering 1t lie IS in
teusry dramatic III action. and the chant OF when
his delivery consists IN accompanied WIN steiVOr
ous nrthmatic breathing, when gives tue Wnoie
nctior nance an exceedingly udlcrons elect. lie Is
now preparing q new sermon on SAMSON III
which SOME startling enuncatlons may DC expected
Senator Vance of North Carolina, likes news
raners becnuse in "A terse, sensible way they avoid
rcrsttion and 20 right at the subject. " expert
erc.dp H., SAYS great difficulty when | first
eot,red the Senate in avoiding the repetition of
s.ntence IL was my habit in my stump speeches
,r-ouent!y to refer several times IN the course of
speech 10 anything that considered good point
wanted to beat il into the heads o. my listeners ~
It were We'll, when got INTO the senate; wnere
avery rord that uttered was taken down, found
thai had to be more careful: ! was horrlued 10
read one Of my speeches in which noticed had
reueated an entire sentence six times. found
that might do in North Carolina, but 1T would not
do in tho Senate
The Rev Dr.. +. LMagoon. Of tho Broad-st Baptist
Church. Philadelphia, is about to give to Nassar
College OF which ho is trustee, a fine series OF
water-coor pictures illustrating the history of Eng
li,h art There are seven scenes: Mythical Eng
land"-an early morning view of Stonohenge; " Lee
rendary England'-a scene at Tintagel near
Lands End; "Monastc England "-linturn ABB
bey; Romantic England "a view from ltich-
mond Park Scholastic England Oxford; Com
mcrcial England - London, the Thames Gro wded
with vessels and the sun shining through the log
upon ST. Paus the Custom House, and great ware
houses: and Regal England" Windsor Castle. DIR.
Mag0on had them painted for Nassar by Mr.. W. l.
Richards. who has spont nearly TWO years on theul
They will 10 formally presented Oh May =, Found
er's Day.
I'm. Rev. DR.. Wild. who Will be widely remem'
bered in Brooklva rs Il prodigously enthusiastic
believer in the identity of tho Lost Tribes of Israel
| with various European and American peoples. sue
coeded in overcrowding his church in Toronto, Can.
| last Sunday evening. by the announcement
that Mrs. langtry would be present. But to the
| disappointment OF tho two thousand in the church
and the two or three times two thousand who were
irving to get IN. she didn't come. The occasion
! improved however. by taking MP u big collection;
which circumstance calls to mind how once before
| the reverend gentleman preached a much-hor-
| aided discourse upon The Devil y; and after en-
larcng upon tho various ideas concerning that in
cvdual that had been held. and were held. he
closed with this eloquent pororation But breth-
rem, big devil or lttle devil. no devil at ALL
want the rouslng big collection Tonight"
WASHINGTON, March 23-Alrs. De Long. widow
| of tho ato Lieutenant Commander Do Long, Of
the Jeannette, is in the city. She was at the Navy
Department to-day, ana examined the original note
! book aud journal containing her husbands last
| words.