New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-14

in each Of these large States he swept through them
having left Chamtes street Of p. q. one day and
arrived in Cleveland a, 500 m on the next: making
the whole distance Travelled GAL lars in "a hours and
20 minutes, and psssing through the States Of New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, And ken'
lucky.
On Thursday next, July ~, the new rreadent Oh
Harvard College, Cornelius Conway fenton, will be
insueurated.
Mrs Stowe gives in The Independent the follow
ing pleasant sOcount Of Housekeeping in Rome:
I" APARTMENTS when once engaged are capable OF
seeming 10 one quite homelike. Our own establish
ment in Via GregoraDa seemed 70 US in day or two
rs natural and homelke " if we had always lived
here.
al" 10 true our parl Dts are not on the sunny side of
ket somewhat, since sunlight is deemed the most
precious thing going here as indeed It should be. Bat
il is healthy, airy location only ten minutes walk
from the Monte Pncio the great public walk Of Rome,
and is street, over full Of agreeable neighbors
Miss Cusbman has established herself in set Of
rooms on this street. where she lives in company with
Miss Hormer and Miss Sebbns. Nothing could
he artistic and charming than her rooms. They
are fuInis ed with that quaint oo carved furniture
which has come down from oldea times of Italian
magnihcence, and which is both historic and poetic
Gems of modern art adorn the walls-8 portrait OF
Roman girl by Page, and superb view Of Venice by
Tilton. Both these paintings are characterized by
popularity Of color and style which could not fail to
make them remarked in any collection. The view Of
Venice reminds one Of the most splendid Cande Lor-
ranes, bu. with individual pecuarities which show
that the artist paints from within, and Ia no copyi
Opposite to Mas Cushman lives Mr. Tilton, and this
little knot of artists to have many pleasant little
reunions. Receptions in Rome are the finest aud
peasantes things possible And 60 many are sojourn
ing together In strange land there is all the kind Of
freedom of a continual journey or picnic. One dis:
about ones rooms, one tea. one bread and
butter ones china, and in sho;t everything that be-
longs TO ones establishment One tastes your tea and
pronounces it excellent, and asks you where you got
it, and delghedly mparts TO you IN return the grand
secret of place where you can find English biscuits
Old residents here pique themselves On getting up ma
tiopal dishes out of the possibilities of an Indian
kitchen Fish-bas and corn. cake, for example, have
been spoken OF at certain breakfasts Rome is said to
be q great place for gossip. We believe itnot from
any peculiar experience OF the kind but from the ma
ture of the case.
The following incident in the life Of the late g. p
R. James ia related the credit Of zone Of his oldest
and most intimate literary friends"
"When Mr.. James was young man, his cousin
was about TO marry the daughter OF an eminent lawyer
of the time ard the ttledeeds Of this gentlemans en-
tailed property were at the request Of the father OF the
Young lady, submitted to his examination. The keen
lawyer discovered that the parents Of the gentlemen,
although moving in the beet society Of London, had
never been married. Mr. James WIZ made acquainted
with this awkward fact and at the same time informed
about to be broken Off and much distress occasioned
every side when MIR. James having quietly taken pos
session of the property, went at once to the unhappy
young man, his relative, and conveyed to him the
whole of the property, which amounted to very hand
some independence"