New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-18
PERSONAL.

To-day beng the one nun1ren-ann--nTSt an
niversary of the birth OF Daniel Webster, the Web
ster Historical Society of Massachusetts, will celc-
brate il oy banquet in Boston. Elk Governor Rice
will preside and Mayor Palmer Governor Butler
tho Governors OF the other New-EDgand States, and
other distinguished gentlemen expected to be
present.
A gvdsend is the telephone to the imperial family
Nhlist-b esieged at Gatschina. 1t enables them to
hear at will their favOrite prime dome without ex-
posing Themselves TO the deadly bOmU forcing the
singers to come TO the bomb proof palace wire has
been run from Gatschina TO the Marnsky Theatre,
St Petersburg forty miles away. and over it are
conveyed to the listening ears Of imd royalty all
the music. vocal and instrumental aud the dialogue
the popular applause too, OF every opera there
performed.
Governor Stephens has futtered the legislators of
Georgia by his action regarding the resolution pro-
yiding Tor ife-sized oil painting of the late Sena-
tor Benjamin II. Hill. The preamble to the Iesolu-
ton was full of hyperbole and exsggeraton. which
many of the legislators felt TO be in bad taste when
they adopted it, Governor Stephens returns the bill
to the Legislature with this Endorsement: with
ont reference to the preamble the resolution is mp
proved by mo-" The membrrs OF the Legislature
are disposed to question the stern justice OF TINS
quasi veto of the preamble but they are IN dOnbt as
to Whe her IL would not nave been better taste on
the Governors part To let the ma ter pass in silence.
rather than TO object to praise. however fuls0me
aud unwgr ante1. OF a man now IN his grave.
The late Clark Mills was a man of original ideas
and determination TO carry them INTO effect.
ThIty-One years ago, when he built furnace in
Washington, in " hch to melt the bronze for his
great statue Of Jackson scieutiic men ridIcu!ed
him tor constructing II partly under ground Away
down there, they said, there would not DO oxygen
enough for a fire 60 melt bronze He answered that
no w0ud secure sufficient heat by preventing It's
escape through the chimney. On South Carolina
farm. ms said. he once knew n heavy iron chain To
be missing After long search il found melted
into n shapeioss mass at the bottom OF charcoal
pit. II there heat enough confined IN that pit To
melt iron he felt sure that ne could melt bronze in
his half-undcrgIou nd furnace. 80 he perseyered.
and the logic Dt events la time proved that he was
right.
"No seat. no fare" is tho slogan that threatens
woe to the Washington street-car companies. and
Senator Conger IL the chieftain who sounds IT.
And TINS is the reason why: A few days ago the
witty Wolverine entered of the cas- to 90 TO
the Carltol IL WAS bobtail " and was crowded.
w-Yorkers know what that means Mr. COnger
got away in and hung TO a strap near the front
door likewise. the fare-box. Other passengers
got in. and of cuurse passed up their nickrls for
him to deposit. BY the time he bad got change from
the driver for three four fat laundresses his tenn
per became somewhat rulled. Then little darky
boy passed him dime, and it dropped in the
straw, and II cost the Senator five minutes Of bro
ken back and demoralized dignity to find il. Then
big burly trUd on his foot, and schoolgirl
called him to account for matchmaking her back
fifty cents change for quarter piece. and the pas
sengers pegnn TO grim and he got desperate and
struggled ont of the and walked the OF the
way, and soon as he reached his desk in the SEN
ate Chamber wrote out a bill compelling car com
panies provide seats before collecting fares. But
en- here his fund OF humOr dld not fail. and no
perpetraied the stupeEdous Joke of emitting a |
clause compelling the companies 10 put conductor
on every cal.
Guglielmo Oberdank, who has just been hanged |
in Rome hInld great popular agitation for his at
tempt to ,nurdor the Emperor of Austria at Trieste |
last autumn, appears to have left sort of political
will 1t was written by HIM just before crossing |
the Austrian frontier his regcidal errand, and |
sent TO his friends sealed with seven seas, TO be
opened only after his death. 1t reads follows
" gu to accomplish sOemn and important act
solemn because set about 10 sacrifice myoelf; i'm
por ant because it. will bear fruit Such acts are
wanted to rouse from their shameful torpor the
minds Of the young. who are free. yet not free.
TOO long already have generous sentiments sum-
bered too long have coward foreheads bent 10
every kind of foreign Insult. The sons forget the
fathers The Italian name threatens to become
SYNONYMOUS with cowardice or indifference.
No! generous instincts cannot thus del They
sluInber, but snail AWAKEN, Az inc nrsU alarm |
cry lie Youths of Italy will run with the names of |
their great men their lips TO drive forever from
Trieste and Trent the hated stranger who has 40
long threatened and oppressed us. Oh, that this
act of mIuc might lead 1t lli TO the enemyl |
! o war, the only safety the only dyke which can
stem the eyer-lTowIug moral dissolution of our
youthl To war ye young men, whilst yet we are !
in time b. blot out the shame of the present genera
ton, fighting like lions Ont with the f0reigrerl |
And vict0rS, ana strong moreover IN that great love
OF the trde Ia herland, shall prepare 10 fight |
other bat les AID to conquer for tho true idea, iOr
that which has ever urged strong souls on to
bloody initiatives, the republican idea. First in- |
dependent. then free. Brethren of Italy! Avenge |
Ireste, and avenge yourselves
LONDON. Jan. I'M. Gladstone, his wife and |
daughter and the Rev. stephen Gladstone. his son,
passed through Paris to-day their way to
Cannes
CAMBRIDGE, Eng. Jan. 17.-George Darwin,
OF the late Charles K. Darwin the eVoutionist.