New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-15

standing gold collar. gold cuffs. the front and -.
heavily embroidered in gold. The Turkish MIps., .
attaches dress suits ncrusted with gold and s,.s
scarlet fez. The former Is perfect specimen Of h.
race-burly, with strong. brutal features, aggressive
bearing and face"
The Hon. George w. McCrary, the M
Secretary OF War had few educational advantage in NJ
youth, schools the frontier we're then a rar,-
and words Of learned length seldom found urter.0..
except when some adventurous pedasogue orgapzac =.
school in some log cabin and impaired TO the von,.
OF adjoining farms the mysteries OF a rudiment,,-
education. Young McCrary like other farmer bov.
worked indusriOusly on his fathers farm durn,
the working season, and availed himself OF sucs
opportunities the occasion presented 10 procp,.
education during the Winter months. At abou, IN.
age OF - years. through his skill and indn.,,v
ne had acquired sufficient knowledge TO enable him .,
engage school teaching and for several years deyoea
himself 10 teaching ard study. While In III comma
schools ne went Winter 10 the school Genonsport
Van Buron County, Iowa. During that season. IN reyn
FOR the privilege OF sleeping on cot III Of The ,0s
stores, he engaged To guard the Store at night sweep
out in the morning, ana build the fires.
Mr.. Wendell Phillips, speaking of Charlie,
Sumner on the anniversary Of tho statesmans death
said lie had differed with Mayor Elliot and other. ON
pris reform and he rebuked by Boston respec,a
b.y for his great freedom OF Thought When Diekec.
TO Boston he placed himself in the eadlngstripg.
OF sumner to protect him. and when any wanted an
introduction to Dickens he had 20 get It through Sumner
then ostracized by Boston Society for his antsayery
principles Boston has taken such little bitter pills oncs
Ortwico. When Thackeray came to Boston he said with .
stroke of keen satire, friend | have not got into
the best society Oh yes, you have NO. have nat,
haven't found yet that visits Theodore Parker,
That the test. You the Englishman sailed nv n
different north star from what we did IN that quarter
Richard Dana said once, describing SIMMER, lie Is
without SmpllpIs'-lnat Is he has NJ AT
cate tests mat rs ne passes aigng telI him what he
opposition To him, and so he passed brayely on"
A Toledo reporter has been talking with Miss
Emma Abbott, and these 4 the things she said
to him: 81 do not esteem it a dsagreeable task
at all to talk TO newspaper man. They
are all allies, and dear Horace Greeley was
one OF the best friends had. Ny father and mother
were both musicians, but both told me that would
never mako a singer knew that would. | sang with
my father while, and when nine years of started
myself built my castles in the air. was 10 be
prima donna, great singer The ambition, the hope
made my hard lot bright. II was hard because II was
ofteuer that made no money o1t Of my little concerts
than that did. People kind to me in those days
Some gave me money, in greater or less
amounts, never thinking that | would repay
them; but I kept record OF them. and
just before left for Europe telegraphed al over
The country, renittlng me amounts when they had
loaned me- To one sent hity cents, ana To another
dollar, The DeiFOt FFee IFeSS always ala
printing of my httle posters owed t"em mi Of si0,
and surprised them by paying IT. These are some OF tue
reporters comments Miss AbhOt's speech and man
ncr: :" Miss Abbott talks like woman, much and rap
Idly. but there few who have perfected the art as se
has Her Is slightly Frenchy' and she gestures
continually with the quick movements OF the French,
hut Der conversation, taken as a whole, Is perpetual
study in eiOcutlOn."
The wife of Secretary X. W. Thompson
says that Mr. Thompson is "a great talker" 1t is SAID
that although nearly SO years old he has the intellectual
vgor and elasticity youth, and is handsome gen.
tlean Of the old school he found in any OF the
older States. His forehead is bold and broad and the
snowy hair brushed back from IL something after the
old JacksUnan style. The eyebrows are dark and over
hang pair wonderfully bright expressive eyes. The
give form and character to the fac and the
clear eyes active observing every thing full OF good
humor ready to twinkle with fun mOistcn with pity
or grief yet betrayng the shrewd intellect the sharp
pelceptivo powers, the welbalancod mind that have
placed the owner in the front rank OF lawyers aud poll
tcians 1t is fine face sunny and smiling, and in spite
of the wrinkles as fresh and fair the face OF boy
The laws show wipower ana determination, tho mouth
ia mobile and expressive, and upon the lips gravity aud
good humor struggling for precedence He Is
very neatly dressed in broadcOth suit OF modern cut
wears shiny silk and the regular standing diekey
collar and black cIiYat the old school lie SMOKES IN
ccssantly. Indeed, il is hardly possible To caicu MN
awake without cigar III MS mouth WHICH csaIs no s
made expressly for himself when H. was studying iOr
ms book on the Papacy, he found that knowledge Of
Latin German, and French was necessary lie accord
ngy learned To read those ahELisesNhIon wac o 9
of work particularly noticeable in man more thdh W
years old. He has a rare and valuable library
BERLIN, March 14.-General Won StoSch,
Chief Of the Admiralty, has resigned IL Is re-
ported that bis resignation IN consequence OF some OF
the expressions Prince BsmaIks speech yesterday In
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