New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-08
ouuons In Imitation Of the stamp. Before the new
stampswere issued tho sleeve buttons were completed
aud the first pair was sent to Mt. Hazen

@nu the nrst pair was sent 10 Mr. H2zen.
1t is noteworthy said Representative George d.
Wise, speaking of the recent death of Julia Gardner
Tyler, at Richmond Va, that the bones of two
PRESIDENTS, John Tyler and James Monroe, should rest
within less than fifteen feet OF another in Holly
wood Cemetery. Such, however, is tho fact Mon
Tues tomb Is quite ornate and Is on the brow OF a
NIL overlooking the James River Tylers grave IS
on the southern slope the HILL and there is neither
stick nor stone to mark his last resting place Tyler
like his wife, died after brief illness, but at an adj
vanced agen
Captain Wise continued:
Hollywood Cemetery has within Its limits the
remains Of largo number OF celebrities. Tho ashes
OF the eccentric and celebrated John Randolph we're
removed few years ago from Roanoke and placed in
hollywood The Inscription his tomb Is:
- Hero lies John Randolph Of Roanoke
"Chief Justice John Marshall was buried in the
shookhoe Hill Cemetery beside his wife. Simple
hammered in life and transformations in his tastes it
is quite probable that IL under special instruc
| tons that his burial place Is under plain marble
slab, duly marked with his name and the date
OF birth and death. There is no indication on tho
stone Of the exalted position he held in tho highest
court in the landD
Light Horse Harry Lee a great character"
said the Hon. Henry Morris Marshall the only living
grandson Of the celebrated Robert Norris the nancer
OF the Revolution he sat in the lobby of his hotel
few nights ago. The present generation does not
Know that he was great sFendthrift, as well as
man OF brilliant mind. Soon after the close Of the
Revolutionary War my grandfather, Robert Morris,
my father and his brother the late Chief Justice,
purchased of tho heirs of Lord Fairfax hundred
and fifty thousand acres OF land In Virginia. and let
General Leo into the deal He had not long been
in before he wanted ready cash to meet his
ertravagant tastes. so the syndicate made Lee an
offer Of hundred thousand dollars for his interest
| and he snapped It up and needed no urging either
The money duly paid over and In Just twelve
months from that date he was as hard up as ever.
| When Light Horse Harry died he was not worth
dollar, although nc had inherited one large fortune,
married two and had several chances to mako money
| thrown IN his way, BESIDES which he improved
eyes, wrote the novel in which the BLACK Horse
Cavalry first fguredn said Judge John Scott, of
Warrenton Virginia. the other night. 1t was along
in 1858 $50, think that the book was published,
and the young boods" Of warrenton, about the time
OF the John Brown raid, raised company Of cavalry
| and named 1t the BLACK Horse The Members OF
| the command comprised some of the bluest blood in
Fauquier, and every was mounted on thorough
bred General Billy Payne whose name has recently
been brought into prominence as candidate Tor the
nomination for Governor on the Democratic ticket
|
Run. The BLACK Horse did excellent service in the
| late war but no better than other cavalry troops
the carly days of the they did largo business
on very small capital, owing to the exaggeraton OF
their military prowcss in both armies mainly duo TO
army correspondents for the press"
There have not been wanting sinful and misguided
men who aver that Representative S. s. Cox, Ike many
other distinguished humorists is apt at times to chafe
| it44Io pf ha Gaffr
point and edge arc directed against his own periphery
but am pleased to learn such is not in fact, the
| case
In his charming volume, &" Diversions of Diplomat
in Turkey" that great and good legislator, diplomat
| humorst and reformer, con amore, and with those
| delicate touches Of which be alone is capable de-
scrbes himself as swapping stories" with the Turkish
Cadis at the Court House In Pera the text pelns ad
mlrably supplemented by spirited illustration of the
! raconterr seated between couple OF the Osmanll
| learned in the law. ! am advised, moreover that IL
was of malice prcpenso and after mature consideration
that this same sketch selected by the distinguished
author to beaufy the scarlet cover OF the book, winch
adorns and glorifes beneath the soft penumOra OF
crescent moon that bears upon its silver sickle tho sig
nature S. s. Cox thus artfully symboAzmg MS well
! known sobriquet, Sunset cox
Rut il is from the lighter efforts Of their fancy that
one nucks at times those feathers which wing the dart
of destiny for another illustration In the book-de-
netting the Minister'S fourhorse act-an idea"-con-
views a prophetic sugiry that Grover Cleveland Inc
Man Of Destiny aud Mr. CoNs fellow-townsman,
never can be his candidate for the Presidency Tor ne
,r,itcs: "My attempts in Congress Tor
oconomy and my report upon the subject 10 the Dc
o,r,ont seemed 10 arouse ali tho exquisite fun and
dainty wit belonging tho Mophisophelian press OF
-, ,otive land With the aid of some CLERKS IN the
state Department or the Treasury, the puohc press
vos enabIcl TO erlghten my ellowctlzcns about GER
tain sudden changes from a stngy Congressman 10 an
ovtravacant Minister represented both by Woru
ord carcate as riding upon four Arab steeds pare
| hocr-t mean the steeds bareback or what use was
| q 70 donv this unbrdled luxuryl Need say that
! ~ that fine was lying upon ottoman we'll racked
with the sciatcal But the Jefersonian simplicity VI
tho Administration was demolished by these fantastic
and fanced Oriental pictures of ministerial circus
to,,narce over the horrible pavements OF the capital
| OF Constantine"
aYcs Powell, alias Payne, who attempted 10
| assasslnate Secretary seward, was member Oh my
bousehold a few weeks previous TO tho event." SAID
DIR. Alban 5. Payne, Of Markham, Va, day or two
| aco q" Al the time mentioned | was a resident OF
| paris Va a small town in zap of the Blue Ridge.
| Powell after his escape through the Union lines
after Gettysburg where he wounded and captured,
had been STAYING with my brother Rice near warren
ton The FREQUENT incurslons OF Federal troops INTO
! that nerbborhood made It unsafe for Powell, ana
| fafu