New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-02
PERSONAL.

The Rev. DR.. T.. +. Hatfield, Moderator Of thu
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, anC
also its Stated Clerk has been i'll for several weeks
nj Summit n. j. His duties at tie Assembly II
Saratoga were arduous that his health wac
seriously impaired but he Is now SLOWLY recovering
A correspondent of The american Register paris
saws that among tho victims OF the recent earth
quake disaster at Casamicclola was Miss Louise H.
Van Allen, Of this country. Her father" be
writes. ais William X. Van Allen. now, and for q
lone time. n resident OF San Francisco California
Roth Mr. Van Allen aud his late wife were of the
good old Knickerbucker stock. Their old hume was
at Herren Heights n. J. Poor Miss Van Allen had
both leys broken below the knees. and one TO II
noorIv cnt OIL The very weak condition IN which
she yas found prevented amputaion. and after
nearly ten DAYS OF terrible suffering she expired on
tha -th inst Her body Ia bel0g emOallned, to he
INIT home for burial by the side of her mother, IN
The old family bury ground al Bergen. She was
nm only child and her father 10 now leis alone III the
world"
Mfr. Charles Russell. the eminent lawyer who ac-
companies Lord Chief Justice Colerldge on his tour
in this country, is fayorle In society," because lie
snot only witty in conversation but an apprecIative
listener in turn. He is good sportsman, ana popu-
lar omonp freouenters of the turf as is shown by
the fact that when the veXed question concerning
the identity of the celebrated Bend Or raised,
his acceptance. He IS, besides, great whist and
nicouet PLAYER and enjoys In fact, all games where
In cooness readiness and decision are necessary Tor
success He is genial and hearty TO nls companions
and though he can be persuaded to JOIN IN the
snace of pipe, he Is remarkable as one OF the few
thorouu h. going snuti-takcTs OF the present time
His kind AMI generous treatment of promising
minors makes him highly popular, and marks INN
with his other characteristics as thoroughly rep
resentatve type of the present-day English barris
ter.
Cetewayo knows that African resistance to Eng
lsh authority Is madness, and he tells the Basutos
80 with vivid and forcible eloquence. " IL YOU
think y he wrote them from Dude Molen, - that you
can do anything against the English, go on In your
stupid way and you will be sorry for it. You will
perish suddenly as a vessel the sea that is sud-
denly filed with water and ia no more. What are
you3 If you got all the white people Of this coun-
trv English. Beers and also all the black people,
TO help you, what could you do against the Eng
lish You could do nothing. You are SIMPLY Ike
fy on the of q strong man; Won can be orusneu
away during the wink Of an eye aud be no more
Listen 10 me; stop this i0olshness OF yours, ana
nav homage to the English nation. Listen 10 me.
Won now despise my words jump down the preci-
nice. | swear You that you are acting as emu
dren; there is black race that can DO anyt nhR
against the English The black king and people that
listen to the English and talk nicely Wild sne arc
the only ones that Will die from old age and save
their country'
A correspondent of Tho Philadelphia Record. with
taste for ancient history, relates that ne recently
heard, in Washington, pennsylvania Brigsdier-
General who served under Mcclellan In the Army
of the Potomac" tell the following story When