New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-08
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Major Gen. Mcdowell has been suffering
..n ,I,heaith caused by the change OF climate since
h,s recent transfer from the command OF tue sousn
s - the Pacific coast Cen McDowell's service since
49, ,yar has been sufficiently varied. He commanded
M pariao coast years. then the Atanc COAST,
the Shsdsuarlers in New-YOTk then the South, WIN
at Louisville, and the necessity OF constant
Tins thence the Gulf; and now again inc Facln0
coast q, - Cu
,r,, Ohio related this incident OF his emigration lie
friends IN this country, and at loss as to
.no hest method Of establishing homo here Having
suentIy seen Daniel Webster mentioned in tho papers
M ts . he Se stated the Conditions
W b life as accurately as possible MS l9r
business t S states Of America" BY ship much
~ H. surprise letter came from Mr. webster advising
him by al! means TO come 10 the OnVeo o''oo' OPo"
This ad ice he acted promptly
Jobn Tupling, petty London bookseller,
,,ta eccentric in his ways used to boast OF having ais
oomated the great Harvey Goodwin the present
,bon Of Carlisle GOOdwin's Course OF Mathematics
s IN those days very widely circulated and commanded
= very ready sale The author, who was perfectly wen
s.nvv NV sight TO TupDg seeing bis own book in the
ao, vent into the shop to find how it was selling.
Tnnling saw through him IN moment hat a no you
want Tor this copy SalG tne n1eTcons air turned
xooa o 81. covc n back " Well. say twoand-twOpenoe!
The great man %Ss himself thong and gave me
Iupnhe rai0abe Information. Young man he said,
soe ,y ware of the value OF this v0umeF We'll SIT
, sp 70 sei; but it's gone by, Slrgone by No sao
ltuse ~ twonenceP" He added that he had given
% ~ six sbillngs for this identical copy lew
sore INT he could not resist the temptation OF
sniossy lowering the great Harvey GOODWIN IN MS own
estimation.
Victor Emanuel is an early riser, gen.
,a,,, cctting M at O'Clock in the morning, when
- ,o,as cup OF black coffee and stroll in the garden
A. an TIursdays and Sundays he presides over the
council Of Ministers he grants audiences, and then
toatfasts lightly his serious repast being supper
Az state banquets the King touches mouthful,
hut sits 1nmoyabe with his two hands the hit Of his
sword talking TO his neghbOr, who is thus condemned
% lose his own dinner we'll but the charm of his
xs,esvs and the exquisite urbanity OF his
"rneT are held TO be ample compensation for so slight
an Inconvenience He passes the greater part OF the
Winter in Rome but seldom occupies the Qnlrlfa paace
,hich "A beautifully furnished, but looks outside some
what like substantial Yankee barn US reporI,eeu
that ne had not been long In that palace before he dis
covered a trap-dOor in his bedroom. IL communicated
with vast gallery in which the King and his attendans
waved for 20 minutes without nnding an outlet II
Hs Majesty declined TO investigate the matter, and
orered the tradoOr to be breked up soon afterwalu
he discovered secret door In the WALL which Sommunl-
csted with narrow staircase leading up TO the roof H.
soned that whenever His Majesty sleeps at the QuEai
two huge black dogs also sleep at the foot OF te roya
he'd They obey no one but the King never bark ana
would srangle, without any parleyng the hrst person
who entered the room.
san FRANCISCO, Sept. 7.-E. Peshine Smith,
the legal adviser Of the Japanese Foreign Office during
the past six years. has returned TO this country by the
CITY OF Picking. He received distinguished marks Oh at
tention taking his leave.