New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-19
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alton to catch the first CLEANS Of the genius whlch may
be only the glowwor Of night may prove the hgbt
house 10 which all men shall turn dozen or twenty
years hence. few whose promise seems 10 have
a brighter seadier glow than this same Mr. Loring
Yet only senior in Harvard College. his writings navo
hitherto in The Harrdd Adrocdiethou
OF late he has discovered the folly OF universal appca
ton OF the maxim, Base Ia the slave that pays, aud
has found that be sold for god 80 that
his muse has youchsafed contributions TO The Daily Ad
rertiser and Commercial Bulletin His forte, or the iof'e
Of his youth thus is IN rers dc soce~ ana nc mas
written little things celebrating young love WIN
tenderness favored with certain cool huior' WHICH
might have been done by Tbackerayn thatresh earnest
enthusiastic stage Of his literary life which he depicts IN
Arthur PendeDnis The newspapers have canght %
some Of these trifes-such Love In an Appe'lree'
and Counting and Cooking and given them crcnia-
ton IA wide as the country II Mr.. Lorngs talent ~
Juvenile il is versatile, for he has also written "thn
the last few months raderiUe for the stage wlch mas
been accepted sewyns and will be brought out tnero
I'm week or two IL is called 1.-THE Wild Rose, ana
light affair." IN two acts. calling upon only few members
OF the company and those the best artists us Frenchy
hut not French being entirely original except that the
names OF the characters adapted from French
novel Those who have read the piece thinKh contains
the elements Of with good treatment from inc
actors and that it will have quite little run OF its own
II Is pulling yet fascinating business this Ioohhs
about among the colts just entered for the race OF me- 10
nse the metaphor employed by Dr. Holmes In one OF bs
Autocrat" poems, and wondering and guessing "hieh
will be among the first favores at the distant mile posts
And In connection with this reflection let me mention no"
one Young Boston writer has struck into new road IOr
fame by contributing 10 the English periodicals OF tho
highesterary grade In the number OF Fraser arrveey
the next steamer will be paper The Practical Work
ngs OF the Ballot In the United States'-a SUBJECT ID
which the English Liberals take very deep interest,"
bv Mr. John T. Morse. jr, who has written other thhg'
for that magazine under Mr.. FrOudes management ana
has contributed essays The Saturday Rerer In legal
literature Mr.. Norse's name is not unknown 10 his own
country for he has had papers in The Ldc Rerieo aud
has lately published octave on The Laws OF BANK
ing and Currency :" but, as newspaper leaders are IN
persona and count for reputation II II hey lhaS
the general public in America VIII hist learn oi e re-
marabe vigor and cearness Of his prose- the grasp OK
his thought and crspness Of his expression through tho
praises which will come from the other side OF the Allan
tic But Mr. Morse is lawyer, and perhaps VIII not
stick to literature long enough to achieve what lie hsh'
by concentrating his effort there.
A nook sale is to take place in this city in April rather
remarkable respects, aud especially interesting
in its catalogue II at first set for the 5l to the 9Th
but the England Fast coming ON one OF these days.
Il has been nut week later This is the collection Of tho
late Mr. Henry stevens OF Barnet, Vermont, the SAFE
being under the control OF his son OF the same name
Win tnnerts his fathers taste for books and has for
many years been Of the working members OF tAe
staff OF the British Museum The elder Mt. stevens.
torical society his State and collected IN bis rural
home about i've thousand books and manuscripts mainly
relating 10 the history and literature OF North ahdSouh
America They are many languages, ana large pro
norton treat OF the very early voyages oil En
dscoverer and have never been offered for sale
in this country before The son has combined business
with pleasure by making catalogue OF the sale also
monument TO his fathers memory, as wen as re-
ceptacle for much Of his learning The result
thoroughly unique pamphlet, elegant IN typography,
marked by many eccentrices, and enlVenedy a quaint
humor which pervades the whole OF the odd ihEouD0
tion aud IS continually popping upon tie reader ID tNo
catalogue proper lt is curiosity oi he'"'ue' No' "
be described in paragraph.
The editorial corps and chiefs OF the mechanical de-
partments OF The Daily Advertiser sat down to very de-
lghtful social dinner Saturday last, Mr. Waters tho
publisher aud largest owner, presiding as host Tho
paper is gong on" co years DID, and there may have
been such occasions before in Its history but there have
been none at within the memory OF the present gen
Grafton OF attaches OF the paper and one OF hen Tie
foreman OF the composing room, can look back over
an unbroken connection Of 81 years The joys OF tie
feast we're not the public ear; but OF tie remn
cences which out there, 10 reaches me, is too
agreeable and too suggestive Of the primitive days OF
American journalism 10 Do entirely lost Mr. Edward
Everett Hae-whO was present asi representative OF
the family SO long identified with the paper, and had az
such place Of honor by the editoi-incef III GODDARD
spoke Of the social spirit existing in the infancy OF the
BIRTH Then Nathan Hale used TO take his notes OF
the Convention whcE formed the present Constitution ot
Massachusetts home to the family nursery. There his
wife, literally rocking the cradle as she worked,
wrote out from her husbands dlctaton those
REPORTS which have since been accepted as
the standard and Issued in several editions There the
printer boys from the Office came TO get their copy
There the young orator. Daniel Webster. and others 81
the leading debaters Of the delIberatyo body, came
20 correct the proofs Of their speeches. While the cradle
still rocked on And when the Convention had done ls
work and adjourned the housewife, cradleender ahd
amanuensis celebrated the completion OF the Work on inc
part OF the journal by sending down to the eompoto'
pleutifu supply OF wedding cake. the notices IN which
were made Of notable cuttings from the speeches IN
the debates That feast, Mr. Hale thought, might stand
az the legitimate predecessor Of that OF Last saturday
And indeed think there are very few Journals IN ho
country certainly in Boston, in which such an epri
u corps preserved in which there is such good feeling
between the different departments, in which the raii'
tons OF the elders regarded with much respect
preserving uniformity OF character not readily TO DO
matched as in this same venerable Daily Advertiser.
never so young IN all the essentials Of vigorous youth
as it is now.
MATTERS
Mt Martin Mlmore, leading resident sculptor, GH
but just begun the small clay model for the horse in hs
equestrian statue OF Col Shaw the commander ~ our
first colored regiment and the hero OF Fort Wagner,
but the idea in the artists mind is complete aud doubt
less the finished bronze will before many months adorn
the terrace the State House The rough sketch IN
clay OF the horse to exceedingly spirited Mr.
Mlmore is engaged also upon busts OF Wendell Phillips.
Henry Wilson, George g. Boutwell,, aud Oliver Dtson,
our veteran music publisher and upon satuete OF Mr.
Amos A. Lawrence. But OF all the works saw IN my
visit to the artists studio. nothing impressed me 80
fayorably design for group for the front OF mo
insurance building embodyng in very striking manner
the idea OF protection to tho widow and the orphan.
There is wonderful combination Of imagnaton. grace.