New-York tribune., 1902-09-26

- -. hin, i,-o relations more or less
close with many men before the pupie-
wrote bout them necessarily for many years i-
newspapers and magazines; he hao nahS
periences and saw many things the reoolu -
which is worthy Of preservation This cohec-
.,on made by Mt. Young's wife, preserves "iidt
may be assumed 10 be most worth preserNiii
of -hese writings of his. The two volumes III
which they are now assembled form the secoho
edition of book published last year IN one
large volume. The editor has connected 'Iieiii
with running comments and explanations soine-
times her own, sometimes from other pens 1HeS
begin with his work private secretary W
Colonel John W Forney. in Washington, "hi'her
he went in 1861. as young man Of t"enty-one,
and the first extract in the book is his ske1ch ol
the Philadelphia editor He soon went 10 'he
front as q war correspondent and described the
hattie Of Bull Run in a letter, here Reproduced
which the editor declares TO have been the hrSl
report of the engagement.
In the earlv war days he met Bayard Taylor
and established then a friendship that con-
tinued TO the end Of Taylor's life There are d
number Of "reminiscences Of him IN MI Young >
notes One of the most interesting concerns
Tayior's meeting with Grant when the ez-Presi-
dent came TO Berlin where Taylor was united
States Minister Taylor felt some embarrass-
rnent at welcoming him. he had written
against his reelection; but Taylor, the ann
able high minded. generous fellow, World mol
lack in courtesy" With Young he went for
ward on the railroad some sixty miles from
Berlin to meet Grant. and thus they met;
presented Taylor Grant was polite, in his
calm way and invited the minister into 1He
car where Mrs Grant sat in a corner I ms
IS Minister Taylor Yes" and pause BAY
ard also looking out toward the German plains,
4r,e T7rose and poems of the Greeley campaign
and the arousing Of the country against HliIi %
tary despotism evidently coming PACK & 10 L. ,5 ri5
Ars-,szr q
q naIseI Don't you remember, said the gen
eral TO his wife, the winter we were nl. nlarrleo.
that among the books I read You OF an evening
was one about two young men tfaEeLIlils EN- 49, r
over F,urope?' Why. yes: and how charn-
ing" This is Mr.. Taylor who wrote me ooIh,
How delighted am to see you: AZ Alu ,a[-,- "9--r
q food of sunshine rolled in upon the hedNS
heart Of Taylor
During the war days Mr.. Young saw much
OF Lincoln, with the eyes Of boy as ne
Saws He never read a description of him that
recalled him quite as he knew hlrl-lheIe NaS
-alxays something beyond and beyond The
+,osrbere and surroundings in Washington at
that time were unnatural; he stood in the mls's'
--rehulous uncertain, trying TO the eyes. he
did not impress the capital-as Mr.. Young saw
ft-as a welcome personal force, and he was not
a ropular man. There was always DOUBT as 10
what he might do, and Mr.. Young confesses 10
a feeling Of distrust rejecting the feelings OF
the elders around him. Not till those "mists
Young to report the famous Gettysburg speech
IN November 1868 and he gives vivid plct-
r-a of the occasion. After Everetts long ana
polished academic oration Lincoln arose, Win d
single sheet of paper in his hands. and the re-
porter thinking il contained only the mead
fngs of the address, settled down TO take Ii In
shorthand To my surprise, almost, 1t seemed
before Mr. Lincoln had begun to speak, ne
turned and sat down Surely those hVe or SIX
lines of shorthand not all HurTiedly
bending over the aisle, asked if that was ALL
Yes for the present. he answered He Old not
think he could say any more" He thus de-
scribes the speech itself:
Lincoln. when he arose. adjusted his glasses;
and taking out this single sheet or paper, helu
il close to his face. He began at once IN a mgr
key voice archaic. str1dent, almost IN shrleh M
I did not write the report which appeared III
+.The Press as the manuscript had been given
to The Associated Press, ana tna lrdlLscL! ~ pILo @
of INV notes was unnecessary. This report was
studded with applause" but do not rernern-
her the applause and am AFRAID the dppiecI
attve reporter was more than generous-rnay
have put in the applause himself, as per
sonaI expression of opinion Nor, in fact, was
there any distinct emotion among those around
me on the platform after the prayer and when
Lincoln was speaking but one OF sy1IpaIhy 10; t3I
the forlorn photographer, who failed TO take MS
picture
OF the emotions, the transcendent awe that
fell upon every one, of the tears and solemn
bush that others have described, Mr. Young
declares there nothing
He saw much Of Dickens when he was IN
New-York in 1861 He came to make long
call on him in his Irving Place bachelor quar-
ters almost without the forrnality Of a card
an "eager, Joyous man. with fine. cleaning
ewes" He asked many questions about jour
nalis1n In New-York. questions about pay, the
division OF labor the powers Of the editor, our
relations with public and affairs, and all
that pertaired to the inside economics and eth
1cs of the press. II knew aught Of journal
ism which was not bestowed upon Dickens,
the fault did not rest with him At first he
did not like the great novelist: there some
thing awkward, unnatural, about him: not
want of heartiness OF tact, but he seemed
restless artificial, like his guard. 1t
soon passed away, and he came TO know Dick
ems as 1.-The most natural Of men, simple, direct,
STRAIGHTFORWARD, with the very gayety of
genius
Edwin Forrest he knew as intimately as it
possible for one to know another who
old enough TO be his grandfather" The rough
side Of him he never saw except in vehemence
of speech that phenomenal. An artless
question as TO whether kean resembled Ma
cready in his acting or whether Charles O'Conor
recalled the forensic oratory of England or any
anusion the jury system, sufficient
put him in ''Vesuvian state of eruption Mr.
Young saw Walt Whitman in time and later
with an experience akin 10 that Of some
athenian who had known Socrates" a silent
civil man, with a shambling gait, there was
something of a rude. enviabe splendor in his
superb. rugged health. OF his political friends
Conkling was one of the most picturesque and
we are given some intimate views of his char
acter and motives The narrow horizon of the
afahawk Valley seemed TO hem him in, and Mr.