New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-24
PERSONAL.

But for the execution of Hale" said Thurlow
Weed in 1879, " Washington would not have ex-
ecuted Andre. SO said Lafayette. That declaration
| heard from his own lips"
General Ewing is lost to the Ohio campaign by
order of his physicians. He was taken i'll in Arr
iona September IS with malarial fever and will 90
to the Pacific coast for the SEA air.
Bishop Cottrell, of Edinburgh. who is now on his
way to this country. has special desire 10 visit the
grave of Bishop Seabury. For that purpose he will
yIsit New London with Bishop Williams, early III
October.
Mr.. Gladstone is charged by respectable a
journal as The Examiner with having melted and
maintained the attack upon the House of Lords by
his own personal influence TO crafty his " ancient
and extraordinary pique against Lord BeacOns-
field
Senator Wade. Hampton. seeking recreation at
Daggers Springs Va, was thrown from his horse
last week while deer-huntng, and considerably
bruised He is said to be most ardent sportsman,
and equally fond of hunting and fishing.
Mrs.Aiayes has ordered beautiful extension ta-
BILE and sideboard for the White House, which, with
the new dinner set will brighten the life of her
successor. Both are of beautifully carved mahog-
any, The legs Of the table are bodies of eagles con-
ventiOnallZed.
The Continental officer who had charge of Major
Andre after he was brought to South Salem. near
the Connecticut line, by an adjutant and four
militlamen, described the prisoners appearance as
follows in q letter written in 1917 q" He looked
somewhat like reduced gentleman. His small
clothes were nankeen. with long white top boots,
in part his undress military suit His coat, purple
with gold lace worn somewhat threadbare, with a
small -brimmed furnished beaver on his head.
He wore his hair in queue, with long, black band
and his clothes somewhat dirty. In this garb |
came i'll to shave me, after which | requested him
to undergo the same operation, which he did, When
the ribbon was taken from the hair | observed IL
was full of powder. This circumstance with Others
that occurred induced me to believe that | had no
ordinary person III charge. lie requested permits
sion to take the bed while his shirt and small
clothes could be washed. l told him that was
needless. for change at his service, which he
accepted"
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes says in letter to mem.
Der of the English Spelling Reform Association
/" If have not taken sides with the Spelling Reform
movement, it is very probably because / was not
taken hold OF early enough. spell honor and
favor without the Il, and may yet come to cata-
log and felOsofe-if that is good photography
At any rate should not care to be an obstructive III
could bel in the way Of any wel-organized. schol-
arly attempt to reform our English-and American
Language. 1t is certainly barbarous to make onqh
take so many forms OF pronunciation as it now does
But you must allow fair share of old square-toed
prejudice in their personal likings to old square.
toed people. l hate to my name spelled Homes
vet never pronounce the !. know from old Cam.
den that its derivation is from the word holm, and
want the extra letter an is as good as inch IN
this connection. if l may venture debiltated
pleasantly. There are many things should like to
have a glimpse OF a hundred years from now among
the rest our English spelling. / have little doubt
that many of the changes you contemplate will hav,
taken place. and that should look back upon my,
self in 1880 as q hopeless bigot to superannuated
notions long since extinct"