New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-11
BITS or THINGS.

nrLs Pan, william, Prince of Wdrtcnberg, the
..ovped traveller, who has 80 often visited this CITY,
"a hare sev dsys since for Santa Fe, on his way to
-. tho new territory coded by the Gadsden treaty
as No. the brother Of the present King William OF
ws,temberg but his cousin, son OF the late Gen.
L ii commanding the Prussan Army, Duke Eugene,
pr;,ee Of Wdrtemberg, and the younger brother OF
q. MIKE Eugene who was quite celebrated as
Chief of the Prussian Army from 1906 to
k'sos The father Of Duke Paul William was the
- brother Of the late King Frederick,
- s brtber of the late Empress Maria of Russia.
= .i.ter Of his was the first wife of the Emperor
r,.neis of Austria Duke Paul William entered
me Prussan Army in 1886 after the peace, how
.~er he devoted himself to scientific travels, and
ssrly as 1922 we find him travelling over nearly all
as United States, and particularly In the then far
West. after which he also visited the West Indies.
7, book published after his return, principally
an The geographical and natural historical results Of
ss journey, he speaks freely of our customs and
nspners. and of the Anglo-Saxon Democracy, the
ess importance of which, for the coming history of
ne world he prophetcsDy cOnceives and sets forth.
SINCE his first visit TO the United States he has always
,emaiped constant friend of our country, aud few
AZ our illustrous visitors have fet themselves SO
nuch at home among US IS Duke Paul William,
Who Oh repeated visits has seen and studied nearly
svery State Of our Union-Texas, California, and the
fsp Indian Territories included In 1929, after having
yisted the West Indies, he travelled in the midst OF
winter from St. Louis to the Rocky Mountains on
horseback, feat quite dangerous at that time, but
not more so than bis return down the whole length of
hs Missouri River in frail Indian canoe. With
n. Ell no Drinoa visita1 MAY
leo, Central and South America, and only some
eight nths ago he returned from scientific expe-
ditiOn up the river Uruguay, and through all the
channels and inlets of the Straits of Magellan and
Southern Chill. This expedition he performed on
board the French screw steamer Duroc, which had
been ordered TO visit the whole southern Gillian
coast, from Cape lamar to the Promontory de Los
Tres Monies. The Prince speaks highly of the char
seter Of the French Navy, the officers of which he
und distinguished well for their scientific ustruc
ton fer their elegance of Equal praises
ke bestoSs upon our diplomatic representatives in
South America, who, like those of England and
France, showed him the most unremtting courtesy.
Beside our continent, Duke Paul has repeatedly
Tisited Africa He even, at the request of Mehemed
Ai commanded the Egyptian expedition to Southern
Soudan in 1910, during which he went through Nuba
and Abyssinia into the Calais country
and the Kamamil much farther south than any of the
travellers who preceded him. He has not returned to
Germany since ls49 and still intends TO visit Aus
traa and China. He has a; Mergentheim one of the
Largest collections in the world Of specimens OF
natural history made during his extensive travels.
This collection is particularly complete in American
ornithology in which respect it is not surpassed by
|any other. He has also gone through course Of
medical studies, having regularly graduated as ply
I.cian; many have been cured by him, whom hC
found Ill in distant coun sies.
The RICE CRoP.-Wilmins ton IN. c. papers stat'
that planters have been busy during the late no
weather in securing the rice-crop on the Cape Fea
River and that it never was much better than it il
I this season.
| HIGH PRICE OF CoRN.--In consequence of shor
crops, that corn is selling in several places
the South and West at double the usual price. A
Loudon, Va, last week it was worth s5 barrel
"a barrel Of corn is a southern measure Of five
bushels Of shelled corn
At Cassopolis, Mich. it sells for 50 cents bushel
Farmers only look for half a crop. Wheat is 81 20
| letter from Allegan County, Mich, says farmer
are cutting up their corn. The price will be high.
Corn is dried up and potatoes baked in the hill, and
tumips past help from rain, all of which will keep
THE price of corn high.
letter dated Columbus, Miss, says: We have
never had better crop Of on the prairie lands
lu Tombigbee Flats. Still, owing to poor crops in
sher sections, the price is high. IL some of dry
snds in Yallabusha and Holmes Counties, in the
western part of this State the corn crop is almost
Entirely cut off by drouth This is the case in many
OCalities and will keep the price up-say from 90 to