New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-20
BROADWAY NOTEBOOK.
MEN AND THINGS, THE COUNTRY ROUND.


WAY LoUNGER.
Charles Dudley Warner, the editor-author,
whom met during the week. says that In literature there
IL hardly anything for the author He received 500 ao-
vance morey write the life Of John Smith Of Virginia
who christened New England and he paid IL all
away obtaining information from original sources In
England and here and for copying. When lac received
statement from his publisher he owed the latter some
dollars the original hundred
Being in General sherman's office at Washngton dur
ing the past after the exercises OF the Army OF the
Potomac Overlt was near midnight-Generai slo-
cum OF Brooklyn came in, who has rented shermans
residence for his approaching Congressional term Sau
sherman in reply to question from me: need not
have retired active service but thought II right
aud fatenal let Sheridan come In at an age corro
spending mine when took the Generalcy' ana let
him have equal term of the Office" Conversation
er suing SlOcum said: For leading and inspiring an
army in battle do not suppose Sheridan has his equal
in this country-no inot In the world. But Sherman,
don't believe coudhave taken his maps as yon did al
Atlanta when you got ready to break loose ana pocu
almost mahematicay the points you meant 10 reacn
after day and the acts meant to do from point 10
point" Said General Sherman IL DIV is 1t that the
Western armies much more money Tor mon
uments, ETC., than the Eastern i am told they nave
now the money nearly ready to put up an equestrian
statue of Garfield we'll as the one they possess OF
Thomas" That's army" said Sherman the Army
all act and work together and officers Their army
reunions are attended by the Generals The large fish
and the little fish vi together on occasions Here Is
good large attendance of the Army of the Potomac but
where are their general officers: Mcclellan Franklin
Hancock and the The Western army never stood
on ceremony or waited to know what people would say
"Pop Talcott telling me aqueer thing at Wash
ington He said an army friend Of his from New-Iiamp-
SHIRE on General Growers staff by the name of Leuten-
Joe Hubbard, out on courier Or other nara duty
during day the combined rebel armies struck Porter
and Franklin around Mechancsye and Gaines's HILL IN
July 1862 and was lying down asleep when kearney |
came and said Joe must get up and 20 out again on
special duty. Oh no." spoke Hooker; he Is worn
out Let him sleep" Whereupon Hooker and Kearney-
and my informant says he has an idea from memory
Hubbard being deceased that Sckes and possibly Hent
zelman in the scheme-went on to arrange plan
to march into Richmond and occupy It, they being only
for Or five miles distant by the Williamsburg Road and
mt the time unemployed This scheme they dehberated
without any orders from Mcclellan to do 1t and ndifer-
en to orders. Hubbard had been wakened; he lay still
and heard II all
Judge Gednoy tells tnat the first of this month
he gned no less than $50 warrants OF dspossession
against poor His district includes many blocks
of the most squad variety OF tenement houses and he
has fully unpleasant work OF this kind as any OF
his judicial brethren. The first OF May is of course the
are generally the beginning Of every month at least
100 warrants granted And to these who fret about the
minor mseres of life, more Wholesome cure c0d Dc
administered than enforced attendance In district
court on such occasions. The lowest depths OF misery
are sounded Judge Gedney that in the worst
case. suffering is generally caused by msfor-
tune than by iieness dissipation. man gets feon
on hand which keeps him at home until his savings
ar. gone and all his effects in the pawn-shop and then
his children fall sick his vile dies and the agent OF
tho house. under instructions from the IS per-
haps in Europe enjoying himself won't wait for the
rent and serves him with summons, In such case
humane man sitting IN the seat of the Judge-such as
Judge Gedneymay do great deal OF good by persuad
ing agent be mercfu or course II pressed the
iudce must sign the warrant the instant but usually
compromise Il effected and the poor fellow gets Few
DAYS to move" The really unfortunate bear their sor-
rows with quiet fortude that approaches the heroic
| Adversely has made them patient and gentle On the
other hand the actually bad tenants-hose who get
drunk and annoy their neighbor-makc the court ring
with their dcnunctions tn landlords oppression and
point their cloquencc If they women with sob' ana
teais Experience has taught Judge Gedncy he says,
that those who suffer in this world like those who
do most are precisely those who make the least fuss
| about 1t.
Mary Anderson says her eyes are not blue but
| good gray.
General Ellis Spear yesterday said TO me: sent
to Clarke County Virginia, few months ago. Il assess
the value of original household property of General
Washington belonging to the Lewis family there, for
| which they ultimately received $4,000 Nelly CuSts
granddaughter of Mrs. Washington married Mr.. Lewis
| General Washngton's nephew. aud the people visited
were of that stock. They lived In strange old brick
r. SHAPED house and stored these relies III particular
room kept under lock and key and seldom opened No
doubt the real furniture OF Mount Vernon was this In
rnrt General washingtoDs personal expense account
hook was i'm the schedule containing lis card losses what
was especially interested In was the almost cld-llAe
reverence people paid to WashngtonS name ana
associations They honest. we-bred yet scarcely
worldly people The smithsonian Institution now con-
aius the purchases At the first suggestion of buying
the Articles which came from the Confederate Congress
msp Colonel Eppa Hunton, Tennessee Democratic
member struck the small appropriation out of the bill
Mr. Blaine was then talked to. and he carried the apro
pration g through the Senate and when 1t came to
the House parsimony with its scrunizng slnalness,
vas Of no avail
About the sale of the Lewis Washington relics. Mr.
Thomas Dopelson. the American collector. said;
Scarcely had tue Lewis family sold TO the Government
the carefully preserved relies Of Washington saying
that they wanted money to educate two boys OF that
stock-than the children of another brother came for
war with an old note given by the sellers TO the third
brothers. father and seized upon the entire appropra-
ton 1t made great Indignation. but TO what end
There was law for it, Yet If those people had not
shown pous for the relies they could not nave been
kent together down to "A time when this Government
could get large enough TO spend few dollars To leu lis
realize Waship gon from his surroundings"
was talking with Mr. Donelson at Mount Vernon
Said ho There very little original furniture of wash
ngtOn left here In the bedroom where ne dled over
looking the wide river prospect to the South, Is nothing
That WAS there the bed and forth being added But
would like to get that knocker the back door Come
and SEQ II So around the house to the central
hall door and stopped the massive brass knocker Ii
looked like II huge brass handle TO drinking tankard
used between Quentin Mastys and Albert Durer. II
WAS glossy with handling St. Peters iron toe. 1t
MlLnrl Its shine drew our