New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-04

air. poptinp 70 nj. lines on the wharf, and because You
are a id scoundrel' He believed In foraging on the
enemy and saving the Government money, and what
ever the orders were, he got days march
out would tell his commissares to look out Tor the
Governments pocket and let rebels feed the troops Ho
insisted good food being furnished to himsei ana MS
soldiers any commisssry who did not do 1t was put
under arrest and it sight to see him walk
right into of the troops and look at the bread
and what they had to eat He thought
he had found through his detectives that Davis
was not energetic0ly doing his duty In reporting
TO him the number OF and arms TO be relied upon to
defend Louisville from Braggs invasion Davis re-
ported that be thought there about many
men, Nelson, incensed at any man fooling away bis
time In such emergency Numbered bis curse upon his
subordinate and when the latter protested Nelson had
way OF expressing himself but TO slap him in the face.
For this little later he suffered his death, but the SOL
ders when they became accustomed to him had the most
thorough confidence In him, and to this day Bull Nell
sons men put him by the side OF Thomas Sheridan and
Grant"
The politicians around the City Hall tell me that
Mayor Edsons charter will be beaten in the legislature
and for trying to pass it he will be picked in glass jar
and put on the anatomical shelf of Kelly beside Ely
Wickham and Grace.
Wait till you hear william Dorsheimer roar in the
next Congress; Sunset Cox will have new attack Of
Jealousy.
Looking the sub-Treasury yesterday with its IRON
barred windows. containing perhaps hundred millions
OF dollars lying there snug yet humble as money
always looks except when being spent reflected that IL
was once the Custom House and built In Jacksons
Van Buren's and Tylers Administrations. commenced
I'm 1884 and finished IN 1912. II cost $l,l75OOO IN
Guiding the land. The year was finished the revenue
collected in 1t only ten million dollars yet was
twothlrds of the customs revenue Of the Union; that
year "a 900 in all arrived at New-fork Inc
Merchants Exchange now the Custom House. was COM
pleted the year. 1912, but was built faster ana
commenced as Van Buren, climbed to the Presidency;
the ground cost $6s 000 oryseyen years ago. ana the
building over one Million there the Stock Board long met
when the fee Of admission $780, and the stock Ex
change met the edihce with $25 admission fee
Less than 1000 passed through the NeW-foTk
Post Office daily late Is 80, yet at That date there
was cheap postage association demanding "nht IL
not yet law cents per letter to any part OF 'e
Union. Fifty cents for words was then the tele-
graph rate to Washington
The difference in character between upper or rectangu
lar New-Yor and that part OF the city below Washing
ton Square sufficiently marked to provoke the ques-
ton as 70 who laid It In 1907 the State Legislature
appointed three commissioners to do it, viz Gouveruenr
Morris DE Witt Clinton and John Rutherford. These
and their SUCCESSORS employed as the surveyor SIN
ular genius named John Rande jr. who began IN 1911
and worked upon the street grades ten years lie pro-
iected an elevated railroad than forty years ago
West Broqdway, Chatham, Canal, Hudson and Green
through the rocks and hills. He also surveyed
the common road from Albany to New-1ork Island ana
being made chief engineer Of the Chesapeake ana Dea
ware Canal and removed without cause he conducted
lawsuit through period of twelve years against IT, ana
recovered about 100000 damages but this litigation
turned aside his engineering talents and he became
sort of professional tiganr His estate OF kanda' on
Elk River Maryland within few miles oil the spot
where Augustine Herman, the first city real-estate pee
ulator ia the New World, removed from New YORK anu
died.
asked Washington friend yesterday If any ne"
names had come for the Presidency. Yes sald hej
the latest Il United States Senator J0hn T. M!ei OK
| California" How Is that g. said l. The argument
| made on his behalf" replied my friend. Is pretty
strong one II that the Pacific States are all doubtful
and that Miller can carry them all. and will also bring
ont the very strongest vote from Indiana from winch
state he a very gallant officer Both his parents
were Vrginians, and he went to school In chicago ana
was graduated at the NewYork Law School nine years
before the war He in practice In California first end
in Indiana aftervard and being elected to the state
Senate resigned 70 take regiment into the war He led
IL into terrific fighting and lost his eye In battle ana IN
Thomass great battle at Nashville, where Miller had
division he made Major-Genera and tho Govern
ment wanted him to 20 the regular Army but he re-
fused and returned to California. where he settled down
IN the law and became Collector OF the Port. He has
four years yet Miller is man who begets con-
fdence has a square strong head Is selfreliant modest
and conservative. He is rich besides and about hfty-
three years old" What about Mer's interest IN ths
| Fur Seal Islands 2" / asked THAT was as honest a
| transaction as could be made the Government itself
being one half party it. The Russian Government
had leased Seal Islands to company when s0d
its franchise and property TO similar American COM
pany and the Government drove as hard bargain VIVID
this latter company as they could with anybody"
A friend OF Mr. Blaine gave some information
about his new book yesterday lie is writing II himself
without any amanuenss beginning after breakfast ana
working about three hours daily At the compositions he
devotes some OF the remainder OF the day to library
and documentary research, and occasionally to per-
sonal INQUIRIES He has made contract with New
England publishing house and will issue the first volume
at the close OF the present or at the first OF next
ia to history of the Government and movements
from the beginning OF Lncolns Administration to tho
end of Garfield s. He will ESPECIALLY discuss the Dip
lomatic talent of this country in the various epSooes
from Franklin and Jefferson 10 our times and he is nm
dcrstood 10 nav high compliment to Mr.. Jeferson's
Diplomatic talent In playing of England against Franco
to acquire Louisiana The book Is said to be handsome
I'm its treatment of the South and southerners IL VIII
not shrk speaking OF Mr.. Conklng and other compeers
OF Mr. Blaine but will be without malice, dealing with
al his equals with generous and appreciative hand
Mr. Blaine is said to have little capacity TO dictate his
work and cannot even clerk hunt up his author
tiles being himself remarkably expert at going through
files and finding what he wants in documents and books
Some surprise has been expressed In financial and po-
ltical circles at Mr. WINDOWS going into a new stock
Exchange experiment One Of his friends said TO me;
Window makes the mistake that nearly al men do
who are suddenly dropped out Of very prominent poht-
zeal life into business They think they must rush rlsht
into some business experiment while they art resh III
the public memory and fear they Will be AZ once TO-
,ottan Mr. Window is comfortably situated and has a
good name which ha should put ont sparngy.' Ehorts
bava neen made 10 bring him into railroad scheme as
nv informant said, in the vicinity OF Mexico