New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18

Point He Of the greatest Of his country"
said Sherman :" He ingrained Wing, and when
Harrison elected that old General was shell
and entirely the construction Of the positive spirits
like Thomas Ewing who rallied about him and held him
up" Said II General, that march Of TO the
q very big thing" "Pshaww said Sherman, going
to the sea was not the thing at ALL That took too far
my right flank. The genius Of that march was after
left Savannah when went right straight for Joe john
stons army, and there should have gone in the first
place but for political and popular belief that must
communicate with the feet and get provisions"
Mr. J. o. Moss the chief railroad man Of sandusky
Ohio says that tho OF that place with all tho
lake ports OF the most extensive In the lake traffic.
the Baltimore Ohio Railroad doing all Its lake bust
ness through sandusky which, though ecpsed by
land and Toledo holds up steadily not forgetting the
days when she the principal town the lakes and
the point of arrival departure from Buffalo tho
East for Cincinnati and all inland places. Mr.. Moss
remarked that while perhaps the Baltimore and Ohio
was surpassed by the Pennsylvania in its passenger
plant and elegances, It not behind the NewYOrk
Central Railroad in the quality of its coaches and stood
good second in the country This gentleman is an In
timate friend of the Minister to Russia, ex-secretary
Hunt, whom he describes as very happy man now III
HIS family, and pleased with Russia. though his wife
has not had her usual good health there
The largest collection of Americana In the country
Letting IN this branch many years. but it is observed
that he has marked his prices down from the figures OF
former catalogue which would not stand with the buy
Mr. Francis OF this city, observed to me that few
years ago Americana quite drug but II now stands
at the OF the list OF Cass books and some works In
this line quoted high to make 1t profitable to
reprint them. The catalogue OF the late Mr. sabin Of
Americana Is said TO have shortened his life when he
had published about two-thirds OF it, and numbers
still coming ont
met fine old literary gentleman from Washington
City yesterday,-Mr. Watson, who wrote for Mrs b. o.
Taylor the expensive memorial book containing his
tory of the Presidents Square and all the different fam
lies which have lived around it, such the Corcorans,
Decaturs ROgerses Ewells and Mrs. Madison seventy
five copies OF this book only were issued aud OF these
several were given to poor relatives OF the de-
ceased Mr. Taylor in Virginia, and one OF these books
recently went sale at auction and brought e34 which
IA said 10 be somewhat above its proportion In the cost
OF publication I said to Mr.. Watson: why don't you
publish local history of Washington with family and
Court life in it why" said he have thought about
that but don't know whether 1t would pay. BY the
wavD he added ado you know who wrote the first
gujde-book OF Washington" Warden" said |. NO"
reped Mr. Watson, il was Tobias Lear, the same VINO
married two of Mrs WashngtOn's neces and hnay cut
HIS own throat In the capital city. There Is copy OF Ills
book In the Harvard library and one was fought many
wears ago in Washington for SO" What did Lear cut
/
was for crbbng Jeersons letters out of Washingons
q orrespondence which he had charge Otto oblige
Jefferson He had been three times married ana was IN
good circumstances was rewarded by Jefferson with
foreign position and place in the War Department. ard
vet he cut his throat day without giving any notice.
While General Thomas Brady il giving up his house
and Dorsey has parted with his ranch one OF the detect
ives who played and loose between the Goyernment
and the cuprts putting up fine shoddy residence In
Washington called by the surrounding citizens Smell
| ing Hall"
Tbear from brdge-buding firm that the anticipated
bridge from upper New-York by Blackwels Island to
Long Island is in new hands and being reorganized and
will consist OF two suspension spans not made OF wire
like the Brooklyn Bridge but of wrought IRON chaih
cables like the Pittsburg bridges and OF centre span
the island OF truss and approaches OF lattice ro
probably Ike the Kinzie and the elevated railroad
trusses The cost will be 81 100000 on which lO-per-
cent dividends would require only 100000 annual
receipts or about - cents per capita in the three mill
Ions Of people connected byit.
Governor" Charlie Foster is perhaps the most liberal
| man I'm a political Office. Sometime ago he was induced
10 nm stranger in business and when the first pay
ment became due and it was handed over Foster SAID
Hello Why begin believe now that shall get all
| my money back As a rule when lend money Ike that
the first step apt be half the Journey" Just then au
old battered drunkard In to beg for dollar TO save
himself from the station house The Governor gave IL 10
him and then turning aside sad suppose you know
| what [ get for thatP Yes" said caller, you get
abused by his son in his county newspaper at least once
a week" That's it," said Foster; take the abuse
and give the dollar too; but it's all right"