The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1889-07-06
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.
The Oldest College in the Land-Death of
Jos. Lloyd Martin, M. D.-Changes i'll
the Custom House-Coming Royal
Marriage = Some High-Priced
Pictures by Old Masters.

BALTIMORE, July 5th, 1889.
-NeSsrS Editors Among the numerous notices
of college commandments at this season, none
is more interesting to old Harvard graduates
than that of this time honored institution, which
few years ago led all others in the land by cell
ebrating its two hundred and fftieth annlversa-
ny. This year the graduating senior class num-
bered two hundred and fifty students, larger
number than the entire four classes gathered
when was an Undergraduate. how many years
ago will not say. Connected with the Uniyer.
sity and forming very interesting memorial OF
it is the catalogue of all its officers and graduates,
from the foundation OF the college, togetner
with those of the several divinity, law, medical
and scientific schools, apart from the University
proper. This catalogue is always published in
quinquennial publication. From 1914 the date
of the earliest it was printed during one nun
dred years as broadside, and through the next
hundred years Q776 1870 in an octave form. In
1878 a favorable opportunity occurred OF issuing
the catalogue every subsequent 1--WE years; SO the
next issue the first quinquennlaI took place IN
1880. One succeeded in 1885 and the third will be
published next year in 1890. 1t now forms quite
a thick octave and has classic air quite endear-
ing TO the graduates Two or three years ago an
attempt was introduced to have the catalogue
published in English, but the originator of this
and literally buried beneath the contempt of all
the college worthless living or dead Beginning
with 1912 there were nine graduates and in the
next year four Then follow for number of
years classes of ten to fourteen, large proper
ton of them clergymen in those grim old Purl o
tan times. In the years l64t l64S 1872 ana 1865
there were no graduates. and in 1852 and 1854 but
one each. Those were the years probably refer
red to by DIR. Holmes in his poem, when he says:
Lord, how the seniors kicked about
The freshman class of one."
1t is interesting study to explore the long past
years thus recorded in this volume and to call
up the immense number of distinguished men
who figure on its pages, the Adamses. tne Quln-
cys the WinthrOps the Everetts and many
others eminent in New England annals, with the
Dunsters, the Mathers, the HOlyOkes. &c., who
ruled the commonwealth in the gloomiest eras
of pIIrt interest
this volume are the names of extinct families,
having no successors in the last two hundred
years, such as Stoughton, graduated in 1850, only
to recall the motto of Junius stat m0g"a no"'ansS
unlbrd
The death of Dr. j. Lloyd Martin, the eminent
physician. leaves void which will not be easily
filled. He was the most distinguished hom9-
pathic physician we have ever had in Baltimore,
and enjoyed very large practice. he was a
and is q great loss to the best circles of society.
Several changes occurred in the Custom House
private secretary and stenographer, was dis
pensed with, owing to reduction of force. Mr..
Richard II. Dallam resigned to practice law in
Belair. and the liquidating and statistical de-
partments were placed under the general super
vision of the auditor, Mr.. c. +. Hanna, while the
the long room to the rotunda. No change in the
work, however, among the incumbents was
made.
of Fife. the head of the ancient Scotch family OF
Duff, is to marry the eldest daughter of the
Prince of Wales. One would have supposed that
the unlucky experience of the Marquis of Lorne
would have deferred any other of the nobility
from entering into alliance with the royal fam-
ly. LOrne has been merclleSSly Snubbed by the
Prince of Wales and his brothers at all times
whenever he attempted to act upon an equality
with his royal relatives On one occasion, at a
garden party given by the Queen, he was about
to enter tent reserved for members of the
royal family, among whom was his wife, the
Princess Louise, The effort was perceived by
Wales himself, who at once sent an equery to in
form him that he could not penetrate that sacred
pavilion, wife or no wife. The Earldom of Fife
is one of the Oldest in Scotland and was power
there when the present royal Guelphs were beg
garry German princelingS, waiting McCawber-
like for something to turn up" 60
"Angelus," representing two rustic figures in a
field with bowed heads at the sound of the dis
tant vesper bell, has just been sold in Paris at
the sale of the Segretan collection for the enOr-
nous sum of one hundred and ten thousand dol
lars. determined effort was made that the
picture should remain in France ana not go TO
the United States, which it came very near do
ing. This is the largest price | remember ever
paid for single picture in France, excepting for
glorious Murillo a painting of the Blessed Vir
gin, which belonged to Marshal Soult, and which
was among his spoils of the campaign in Spain.
After the famous Marshal's death this picture
was sold for six hundred thousand francs. one
hundred and twenty thousand dollars. Could
poor Millet have foreseen the day when his pic
ture would bring five hundred and fifty thous-
and francs it would perhaps have cOnsoled him
for neglect and poverty. He lived and died
poor man, and all that he received for his now
WORTH IdlllOuS AuReluS was lew
Some years ago the picture had become so en-
HANGED in value from the public appreciation of
his works that it brought twenty thousand dol
lars, but even then less than fifth of the sum
it has now sold for. Such is too often the mis-
cradle reward of genius which happens to be so
unfortunate as to be in advance of its own time.
Among the most distinguished of illustrators of
the present day is Richard Cation Woodville, son
of the Baltimore artist of the same name, who
died many years ago. His mother was Mr.. Wood
Ville's second wife, Il German lady. WOOdVileS
sketches most spirited and brilliant. especial
ly of cavalry scenes He has been employed on
many expeditions by the Illustrated London Ne!cs.
He has Just illustrated new novel by Rider
Haggard, Egyptian story laid in the times of
Cleopatra WALPOLE.