New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-03
PERSONAL.
Marshal Frederick Douglass IS going to Europe

Marshal Frederick Douglass IS going to Europe
soon.
Senator Hill cannot recover, but is not troubled
by regrets " cannot complain" he said the other
day. 81 have lived ifty-eight years, and suppose
no man ever lived iifty-eight happier years. 1t may
be best that they be all"
Baron de Bourgoing, the Frenchman who was
close beside the late Car when he was fired at by
Berezowsk in Paris, and whose courage in placing
himself between the Car and second shot from
the assassin was much admired has lat ely died.
Mrs. Arnold, the only sister of Stonewall Jackson,
was staunch Unionist and during the war showed
helpful kindness to countless Federal soldiers She
opened her house at Beverly West Virginia, where
she still lives to the sick and wounded among them,
and herself tendery nursed them.
The late Dante Rossetti had no conscious liking
for schools and formulas and canons Of culture, al
though undoubtedly the chief inspiration of dis
tlnct school Of art. A lady once asked him some
question about the pre-Raphaelite school 4" | am
not an lite of any kind" was his answer; am
only an artist"
TIP. O'Connor, NJ p. who has been in this
country for several months in the interest of the
Irish Land League, sailed for Liverpool on the
Wyoming yesterday. He expresses satisfaction
with his work. and says its pccuniary results have
exceeded his expectations. He will at once resume
his duties i'll Parliament, and Will revisit this
country next fall for his own pleasure
An accurate little photograph of Mr. Longfelow
is given by a writer in The Indianapolis Journal
His dress was scrupulously tasteful and becoming.
His hair and beard, set off against a snowy collar
and coat of black, showed silvery bright but were
in quantity and texture much thinner and finer
than his engravings represent. The features, too,
were not SO full and rugged rs in his portraits but
were infinitely lined with time and of that peculiar
pallor of complexion that comes only OF extreme
age. Yet he was wonderfully agile In his move
ments, and continually shifting p0sltlOns-SOme-
times settling forward, his elbow resting on the
table the head propped restfuly in his hand then,
suddenly leaning backward. the entire hgure as
Stunning an air OF envabIe langu0r."
Mr.. Whittier wrote to Cincinnatian in response
to an invitation to attend the Forestry Convention
" For many years have felt deep interest in the
conservation Of our forests and the planting of
trees. The wealth, beauty, fertility and healthful
ness of the country largely depend upon it. My in
dignation is yearly aroused by the needless sacrifice
of some noble oak elm, and especially of the
white pine the grandest tree in our woods, which
would not exchange for Oriental palms. q. l
have always admire tho good taste of the Sak0kis
Indians, around SebagO Lake who, when their chief
died, dug around beech tree swaying 1t down.
and placed his body In the rent, and then let the
noble tree fall back into its original place, green
and beautiful monument for a son of the forest"
Hitherto all bographers of Edmund Burke have
been baed in their search for the date and place of
his marriage, and have perforce contented them
selves with the surmise that 1t took place at Bath
sometime in 1856. But now in the most matter-of-
fact way possible, and apparently all unconscious
of the Importance of his information, gentleman
in Cheshire writes in Notes and Queries that he las
for wears been the owner Of Mrs. Burke's wedding
ring and diamond guard ring, with the long sought
for date of the marriage, March H. 1907, engraved
therein. And the date he adds, is corroborated by
an entry " in the family Bible in Edmund Burke's
writing which book is also an heirloom In his
family. his mother having been q niece OF Mrs.
Burke.