New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-08

Territory by personal inspection asccrtaiDine tie
and character o. rs natural wealth aud the inme
diatr needs OF its people.
The Baroness Tautphp1s, tie author ~
"Tnc Iululs" ms been dcscillfa suggesting VERY
much IN manner and couyer'alion Der relative Maria
EIyrwrrti-th, same sui-tratuI 81 go.f seU~c win
pleasant so,ucJl OF Irish yVhcty.
Mr. Walt Whitman does MOI see how anv
man can work 10 place as ma@lih"'b ~ Mr. g. W.
ChiIj>'s private Office. know cou MOI" be ssys
81 could do NY work much bei,er VIA mk-5l,tcbe.
about ue and litter around. and w.tl few broken
chairs ia the rOOn.'
The son Of King Theodore, OF Abyssinia
who taken to England after he fan OF Maedals /,
being educated for the British Army. Hc is slender
AMI dusky youth. and naughty and sarewd become.
descendant Of the Queen OF sheba lie likes his Erg.
isl life admitting that sprng mattress and ulster
IN London arc preferable 10 mat and bare legs aud
blanket In AOyssn1.
The Princess Victoria of Baden was at her
recent confirmation required to wnte short auto.
biography and proposed plan OF life. Among other
statements the young Princess advanced the following
Republican thcOTyibat Princes mugt I've that
they placed In their high position because they have
greaterrghts than human beings bat that they may
maintain elevated standrd OF obg ton, and an
fidelity to duty To the whole society OF which
they are members.
When Adelina Patti was a very little girl
she extremely fond Of music aud acting ana would
night. after being put d. get up and secretly en-.
act for her pleasure the which she had
messed at the theatre. redined cloak OF my faith.
e's, aud old Of my BOibers" she says. served
as costume and tDus acted, danced and chrped-
barcfOUtr but with romantic drap,ry-a through the
operas Applause ana wreaths not lacking either,
iOr persOnated my audiences. aDplaulcd and threw
bouquets at mysclf-bOuquets made OF old newspapers
During Mr.. Summers last years Caleb Cush-
his guest, and their tax described hy
Major Poor always interesting. Mr.. sumner VgOr-
aud ut times almost ant tn Ajax Of table
talk, while Mr.. Gushing the Ulysses subtle aud IN
sinuatng hi+ statements Ia all the persuasive
guIscs o. rhetoric Mr.. sumner man OF profound
political convictions: while with Mr. Cushing new
lights poltIcs. new bases society. and new con-
dtOns or public affairs had force although Upp3,i.
ton views wcn he had previously expressed buJ 10
wi'ch ne Ill NOT cling.
1t appears that, with all bis other accom-
plshm nts. the late Mr.. Caleb Cushing was good
writer for the newspapers. II Is mentioned some
years ago. at the request OF The editor of daily
paper BootOn, though unable TO write on account ~
Illumination Of an eve, Mr. Cushing dictated a long
article on Mexican affairs, which "ccar, concise.
and brilliant" requiring hardly any revision. and filling
one OF the long Boston columns On subsequent
castor he performed similar feat for the benefit of the
same newspaper Colonel Forney relates that when lac
editor OF the Administration organ IN Washington,
In, NJ General Pcrcc's administration, hardly day
Di>,ed on winch Mr. CushIng did not contribute some
thing to It's editorial columns AltcIwdrd he used
send me washington chronicle brief articles for
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