New-York tribune., 1879-01-17
R>DNIL.

II Is a little odd to read that the Confeder.
ate General Hood called General sherman tue OIL p
DAY.
The Prince Of Wales always gives the Prir.
IN immense box Of Donbous a. Caris.ma., a.d
h,y are placed tables around the Royal nursery aad
kopt tarle tnrouGh the year.
The Mr.. Maurice de Bunsen who has inst
joined tne British Legation Washington the grand.
o that BunSeu who was the " mister Of Germany m
and the personal trrnd ~ tbs Prince Con,ort
Governor Hampton, it is rumOred will
make al, first appear in public his accident
upon the 22d Of February. He will help TO celebrate
Wdshing;ou's birthday in Charleston. He is nearly
every d wheeled In chai? about the grounds Of BIS
Columbia HOmc.
Princess Thyras wedding dress had train
Of wllte velvet five yards long Hernpther, the Que-n
q white SIX dress with train and ne dia.
mond4, and the Crown Princess attire in white
siK gown with OF light blue yeyet, richly EN-.
The Marquis of LOune shakes hands heartily
and makes Emsef extremely agreeable TO ms vsi,or
The Princess goes about doing her stopping aud
1t il o, dresses plainly that she ba' met WITH
impcrtincnce from the radespoople VINO did not recog
ulzc ROY atty IN that simple sulse.
The Empress Eugene is described as lead.
iog the quetest and most monotonou, lives Ch.s
hurst She pIays, drives enbroidcrS. sometimes
she plays Whist III the evening; one day Is almost
acty IKE 3uOthcr. Her food simple, and she talks
htr at liable, bat always looLs pleasant and mt rested
She j. st hands SJmc. her De Iuul golden uair shining
royalty above Acr PLAN DI.ch uIess.
There was "a pathetic scene at the burial Of
the wife of Ex-Governor smith, Of Virginia, the other
day. Mrs. Smith eighty years Old, her husband
eghtytwO, and they nad Uc-n married hitynnc years
The venerable Frustrated by his grief that
he cl way from the house TO the carriage that
took m the grave, ana there his cries Tor his dead
wife were most plutul to hear.
Alvin Harrison, a cousin of President llar-
risOa, and hermit Kansas, died recently thg
comfortable cabin ne had Inhabited fo- many years. He
Il rrOmIs ng young physician when he became
gagged to lady VINO the eve OF their marriage cOpsl
with mesody else. Mr.. Harrison wa so disguised
tint hc retired from the ken of mankind. and t-
since lv'i alone. naclOtued ana hd4l-!c ~ spite u
comfort h, oriuue.
General Washington once wrote, at Valley
Forge, bus.cs,-like letter whcu is owned ~ q -tn-
temln in tua office o. Tie CHc,aRli C,atmtrciM It
runs thus:
HEADQUARTERS, VALLEY FoGGE.(
lj,n JaRDH.,. id1S.
DEAR SIR: should It be taou<lt ,Aped.eut 20 draEa
bu} II together early next >Ii-, Il $50" DE utceS
silN know precisely what uUmncr 81 Edir We
sized to0ue. over, 10 nuke me return Of al q. the
mdgtZi undr his ImmCd!ltc direction dnn h' Ne"r1e
10 IAc CJnIu5sdTy at springfield Ia DO ut Ike. lVu
will b.. prasad 10 make 10" pro.t iu lify for .ICl
auu Ntf .-l4I nave thrin collected Hno ptOp'B
d, po,l ard te urn ot thrm made t0 u' a. t'ou -
possible There may pro ably ne qldnt'u"S oi arms
up and down, UStlo-S dt resent If wa tc-
piUHg Pc pleased u cudraN1r &" have tIrm collected
and iut IHjo way OF uclBs ii tc.l ~,
shall bc glad 10 hear wuat -'e.'- are taxing 10 recruit
The army, and OF ans 0ther matters tnt relate t' ne
service. ali. dear sir, yoar most ob 7Ien, iIaui
t,cEcrdi KNOX. 60. WASHINGTON.