CoritiOnVniti.
FROM OUR ITALIAN CORRESPONDENT.
VAST CONSPIRACY AGAINST PROTESTANT-
If there are enemies outside the pre
sent boundary of the gingdom of Italy,
there are also enemies within, who
know fall well that it is now or never
with them ; for if they do not make the
best of this opportrOT,,they may not
have-another. Theiee,p,ithe priests, the
brigands, the Bourbons f the " Codini"—
a name given tovthosli who favor the
old regirne--who haYe 'all banded them
selves to,oirerturn,* they can, the pre
sent hateful Government. Very great
is the , dOnteric; which Italy is exposed
frouk cunning, crafty foes., I men
tinned in ,my last letter that there was
a*ideepread conspiracy-fully organized
against the Protestants. Thet'conspi
iney is still in existence. The ;Walden
elan minister here wiks, warned of it by
the police, and desired to give immediate
notice of the least demonstration against
the Evangelists, when 'se'Vere' measures
would be taken against all offenders.
In Palermo, everything was carefully
arranged for the' neither of the, pastor,
who is a Scotchman; but the Minister of
the Interior - heard of it and prevented
any mischief. In' Brescia, the people
nearly went as far as they did at Bar
lette, where, by the way, a' second at
-tempt had been made to repeat the
episode of March 19th, which fortunately
was unsuccessful, but has compelled the
authorities, to prevent, for some , time,
all Evengelical workinAat..idace.:'!libt
only over the plains of Italy, but into
the WAdelairtaftdfallojitlijnneelves, has
this conspiracy Ilien carried. 'The Mayoi
of. Pingo% the chief, town, ef the dis
trict, lately-warned. , warned ~th people of 'their
danger; .'ivho are now fully prepered.
Mirky 'of their patitors have provided,
themzelvee with weapons of defence.
There is little risk of any regular•out
,t
break in the North, where comparative
enlightenment and civilization reign; but,
in the euperstitious South, , anything,
might be perpetrated, as Barletta suffi
ciently proves
The Neapolitan provinces ,are greatly .
disttirbedi• Brigands' have broken out
with almost- unexampled daring. At
Torrent° Castellamare, Vesuvius, large
bands . . hive been seen, to the terror of
the inhabitants. Francis 11. is doing
all he can' to recover his lost throne,
ably aided, by, the pope, who has be
stowed his best blessing on him.. When
war breaks but, we''shall see what all
these plots and plannings will result
The enemies within are only, waiting
for an attack on the enemies without;
then in the South, as well as in the
North, Italy will have quite enough
to do.
WAMDENSIAN SYNOD
The annual meeting of the Walden
sian Synod was held` in the Church of
'CopPiers, Torre Peßice, (the oldest 'and,
moet”interesting of all the Vaudois tern
ples,) in the end of ''May. The opening
sermon was preached in Italian by, G.
Ribetti, the first time than language
has been used. There .were, , in all,
seventy-,4iur members, viz. :—Tweitty
two pastors, twenty-nine deputies, seven
teen evangelists and professors, and . ,
siz epediar'deputies from partibulai
commissions. The ,- President is elected
each year. On 'right hand, a little'
in front of the Chair, is the well-knowp
Tabie,o composed9tfonitmembers, who
have the general , superintendence of the
Church affaits. On the left hand sit
ithe 'clerks of the 'Synod; ete - pped ftlthe
occasion. Daring a discussion, any
member may speak as often as her
awoke's, by merely "asking ii .wOrd"t
ffortv the President, who ' marks down` -
his
ria.m9,,,and secures his„right, ; ',The
report , of the Evangelization Committee,
given lif.for the first time in Italian,
a is exceedingly interesting, bot „much
too long to send you even a .compen
dium'of it The attendance' at the
different stations in the chief, towns is
as follows :---Turin,lrom 150 to 20 0 ;
Pinerolo, 150; Milan, 100; Brescia, 10 ;
Etendi; P5O ; 'Leghorn: : 200 '` Florence,
200 ; Naples, 15'0 ; Palermo, 50. The
'Valdensionit heirs been longer in the
field, than any other evangelical
_body
in. Itia?. ''.: They have the most "ntf.mer
ous congregations, yet in the largest
towns they have no mere,.that two hun
dred adherents. Aviniklity impetus is
needed to extend the work and make it
far more prosperous—Rerhaps the war
i, ~. good,
may do 'mdch in this way. 1
The most interesting incident was the
ordination of Sip Roston and Devito,
to the offtceof}the' holy ministry. Dr.
Revel presided and preached. After
prayer, they were ordained in the usual
manner, the Pre :s t laying.his hands
r.
on their heads, the members of the
Synod doing thelieine. In the Presby
terian Churches of Scotland, the :right
hand of fellOwship is given; but in' the
•Waldensitin Church, o different custom
prevails. Dr. Revel affectionately kissed
the .newly ordelned pastors, each mem
ber of the Synod doing so also, and ad
dressing,a.few.wprds of encouragement
or cop . m e
orn is an ex-monk;
yh
No ,formerli ,14yed at Salerno, near
Naples, butler three years he hes been
''. a student, in' the Theological Colkge at
'N ,, orence, and gives the highest promise
of i'utore iostulness. ,H0:44 be settled
at Bari, a, Jorge
,town-tto the south of
-• — Barletra;another station in the Italian
mission • ftfld.
June 21st.. Latest iVews.- 7 -The „king
left Plorence this ,ntorning l 'at a fialfpast
fed; eichick, for the frontier, ' "La Mar
nior4 itaa preceded' him two 'days ago.
The "Pri'tice -of -Carignan° , has been ap
pointed Regent in his absence. The
people are almost wild with delight—
flags are flying from every house—joy
beams on every face—at last, at last
the hour has come.
GENOA, June 19, 1866
LETTER FROM KOLAPOOR.
itim. WILDER'S LAST PREACHING
TOUR. ILL
KOWsiou, INDIA, May 1.6, 1866. .
My DRAB. , O, :,In spoke of
some 'Hindus wilose ci superstitions' are
evidently relaxing. Another: ol),seryia
tion. in my recent. tong, is, that. • g •••
4:, Idolatry; is sometaaknoglooted
This, perh ap B s Is a -naturia conacquOgee
of relaxing superstitions.; anal mantas.
the Mamletdar of Kuwar has little,beart
to-go-to-an -idol...toample...and—bow- down
befere,a,..stone- r ,
sait temples
neglected—four in complete ruins, But
such cases .are.locai, .and r general inferi
ences from them mightibe more i hep_eful
than'truthful. While these four are in
ruins, twice as many mar! . are ' being
built and repaired elsewhere. .As a gen
eral rule, the idol templets are kept re
paired and brightly 'burnished, even
where eirerything else - "goes to decay—
and this, too, , "I grieve to say, under
strictly. British rule.. I. was much struck
with this fact at Tasgaum. This is the
old capital of one of the famous Put
Whidliam States—the stronghold of
Purisiiram Print, 1 0 20 ,1430 - five_ years
ago, made himself notorions,for his des:
perste hate and pereistent wars against
this-Kingdom of KolePoei.' Within
few years, the TasgatiM State,has,been
confiscated 6 44 I ?roßgkt YthfigY ; :u-PdeT
British rule.. .Sinee then the capital has
dwindled down to' a, population of some
8000, and the relics 'of its ,- &liner Oat
'ness and splendor contrast, etrapply
with itszpresent decay and , dilapidation:
To my inquiry as to the> cause of the
change; the reply of all, 'WWI private
citizens and, Goyernment ofricialOvas
the change of :rulers; andthigthey said
knoWing nothing, of my, nativity; but
supposing me' to be aßritish missionary.
When' I' expressed great' ehrprise and
asked.if our .Government was, not better
than the former government' of their
native rulers, they gave a kind of forced.
'assent; when one; of the highest native'
officials attempted to relieie the seeming
discourtesy, by assuring me that all
liked oar (the British) Government and
knew it secured 'them more impartial
justice, but they Missed the great dis
play and profuse expenditure of their
native rulers. This was a frank admis
sion of the truth, so •far as he dared
utter it.
TEMPORAL DECAY UNDER BRITISH RULE. '
The fact is, there is a peculiar charm
for thee& Asiatic minds in the tinsel,
trapping* and display of their own petty
royalty, and I have never found a native
State or - Kingdom , in India, in- Which
the people en masse • do- not igreatly pre
fer their own native Ole • but I haVe
never found any who so 114 . 1,cpncealed
their dissatisfaction with the .change
in Tasgaum Perceiving I did not be
come'angry with them for their franC
nesa; they bacama more bold,, and 4rew ,
my attention: to Some Ofibe, public bu4d-,
Illings and the more costly public works
ex'ecuted by their favorite: ehief Purls*.
ram ruinf; told me of,Oie in:sense num:
her of persons he used,..to ,retain
service, and his constant - 4nd 'profnee
exiienditures, Whichbrnughethetevanu i e
,gf his Sta:b3 hack intO"tb,e; hands 'ol'e
Teople Again, and modestly; bilitea.tjaat
• tow a- large-`part oft Such , tievenue ;Was
'drawz,,L off to Enrol)e,.antrnever name
back to the'peopleyin.any shStip., They
even •went,so, far as to entreat me ,tio,
assist them• in representing-their grie+
annbs to the 's4preine Gkrvirnment;'4inV
. praying for the reatbratiorf,* the native
succession. Au . d.:when4 quoted, the
example of our, Divine. Master, Luke xii.
14, and totally declined ialinterference,
their sudden lodk ot dejectimi sad
ness was _,painful to, WitneBB. Finding
tie sues - nest in 'seeking , their teligiorts
welfare, they' couldtet understand why
rolibuid not; he aNie ear:4st in f , fBl4o;t!
ing-their temporal interests. !
PARTIAL POLO
A , TO . . NATIVF )1014L
Though I cllieed my" ears to the le=
thekr grievances, yet the 'facts
mentioned bythe,Maniletdax moved My
sympathies in: spite of me. It seems '
that the young' lad, Bapoo
Sitheb,,to whom A vias,intraduceit aathe
son and heir of the late chief, was born '
shortly after, the, death of his .father.
His widowed mothet; family, and , Dtir
bar, of course, claim that 'lie, the right:
fid heir to the — thione, dignity, power,'
and emolumentsrof the late chief.
a counter plea of illegitimacfwaanrgeft,
and his claims set aside - by the Eiritiph
Government. But waiving the potiiiive
declaration and oaths of the mother• and
her friends on the one side, and the
counter oaths and te4zribill Prod4ced
by Government in , adjudicating'tbaease
and confiscating the State on the oth'er,
the royal widow, her .:son, and 'Melds
see the succession perpetuated hi ,, ,. .other
native States by • adoption even, ; while
she and her son. are deprived ,of all.podfOr.
and prerogatives, and left to starve with,
out even a paltry
Of course she.and all het friemia and,
former relatives • feel - that -the -supreme
Government is
_partial ;, that if it Will
not allow the native bor n" rights of her
son, Ai lishonhi.; tat ..-.leist allbw her Ito
adopt an heir and successor' of her
busbantiAn i tt l 'aoileggiti native Staitee.
4/01;
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1866
It is poor consolation to - her - and - her son
to be told, that just at the date of the
late chief's death, it was the policy of the
British Government to refuse the right
of adoption. She now sees this right
everywhere conceded and exercised,
feels deeply the cruelty of the Govep
ment in depriving her and her family of
the dignity, power,, and wealth held
through successive generations ,by this
most famous branch of the. Putwuc4-
ham ;ace.
In saying this,, case moved '
my sym
pathies,, I mean ,the remark : n l 3, to, con
flict at all with my,, settled . conviction
that the British Government administers
m• 4 ;.4 •
op even4handed justice among the peo r
• v. • ' 4 •
plc ; than,natßec;toFif, Tut what then?
Ili am able to adirania6i
, e of , ‘ 4 ,
estate , better OAP sz l gAR, PaY/I tfAl
t.e.4 l e it; from him 441 Taw
.11 :) ' •
scope for my , -
+1.2 P7' A
WW I I? t 4l l °V5 .. 1 ;P0,L0.14,Y AY/ THE
J _ c__
, ,', 4 3 ,RTE§ }1 -JAWYPNI'dEIvg,
But ,eali ";this ~a .digression'o, was
speahingr , of :the ,temples of 411asgatim.
These ,areroliwafflarge : , and .costly-scale!
The,temple of Gianputti aloneis saidTto
have: cost . ;six lakhs z•( 6 0 0,000) of rai z ,
pees, equal now' to: $600,000--a fact,
and one: of: a' million, for , those who'fail
to appreciate the witnessing character,of
a ;Christian Church in this '• land, and
who advocate sixpenny htkiels sinstead
of respectable chttch-buildings,lon the
ground of economy--revetsing, bit noble
Christian.iviews , and generoSity, which
have obtained on this, subject !from the
days of ,David , and,- Solomon--yes, from
the timaof, Moses andlhe F.A.Ek of the
Covenant :until' now.:
Thiatemple , of .Gunputti is six stories
highranarrow,stair-case winding up the.
.centre of its ‘ :massive six-foot walls ena
bles; y0u , ..t0 , reaoh , 'the ,summit and_, ob
tain; a commending' vie* oft' the w,hdle
town, with‘the surrounding countryand
villages; and; abo've.this pointitowers the
stone spire. -"i„The whole temple , is bui*,
of massive With more thanilfi,
full-sized, 'images viif `lions, tigers; men-.
keys, and Hindu' gods r standinwout
bold relief on the outer surface , of ,the
walls, high up as the eye can trace.
them. Thiatemple, with many'others,
is kept in .perfect' repait, - bst*ithanding
the confiscation of the State• by , a
Christian Government The people
showed themselves gratified st this at
tention of Government to their gads and
temples, but it •failed to reconcile them
to the sad change in other respects
EFFECTS ON'THE NATIVE MIND OF BRAT-
From no one on this tour did I hear
an 'argument in defence of idolatry more
frequently,2urged or more difficult to
meet, than that
.deriyed from the favor
and support of ;the British Government.
Again, and again was I asked:, " If YOU.
Christians believe idolatry to. be Wrong,
then -why do you repair our temples and
and pay annual grants of money to our.
gods and , priests ?" I tell them this is'
from no love or fear of their gods, bu t
out of compliment to their own , prejii,
dices`and superstitions. They at once'
reply : , "Bat , you ,do not regard our
wishes in other matters. You irop4
taxes, make' laWs depose our native ru
lers, and , confiscate their States at your
pleasure, or according to your views of'
h t his '
right and jnstice ; p l ea, y , tipes,jal
coropiaisanCe,, if you, , beli eve,
wiPiig Why this suPPre! 3B lo
your views of right and justice,ni;case'
of gods only, if you believe them
falSe'?"
•-• ••• in;;
I try, to point out the distinction De
• •
tweep prate and 4441, apts, and tp
cOnYince ihein'tfi r a t the
; not thi t
y Ml2B
the' r Christiari officers of Government
really, mean to favor idolatrY; for they
• . • • • •
are praying, earnestly in private every
day that' it;may aeon cease, and all men:
eVeryWhere worship`' the true God.
They glance at me and. at 'each other
with a shrewd, incredulous ook ,an,
some of them are bold enough to repl y
"But we judge of men by their pubic '
and official acts,' not by what they may
Say or do in private." E '
lam convinced - the great mass of the
Hipdns regard thib Government's sup
port of idolatry as a powerful , argument '
in its-favor Their' reasoning is instinc 2
tive—" If ofir,gOds are able to enforee
such effective homage ,frort a mighty
Christian natien, surely they.will visit
dire retribution on us, ` , their votaries, if ,
we cease to worship them." A few of
theinore intelligent native officials
doubtle.ss understand the true views and
ISH SUPPORT OF IDOLATRY
political motives of the'Aloverument, but
the great mass, of the, people . 'do not
kijley see their teinprea repaired by Gov"
arUment offiCiala and at Goveynineut .
'expense. They are familiar Withsaeh
facts as the item recently reported".for
the l'a ! hilfe Works Department in the'
• ••
Collietorate of Puond„ stthwyig :that
some twe74 , ,,temp les were built and
,re
paired' by Governuep..t; in , a t year, to
one
,sehoq-hOu,ae. They ,kbow that
nearly,every idol haa - his annual allow
ance . frum the Goiernmeat Tieasury,'
i
that n ii
the atasik Talooka, for instance,'
the idol
Shre Balkrishna has a yearly'grant of Rs. 864
" Shash Shai " 694 ,
boondur Narayaa " ^ " " 820
" Rani Pnnehb,utti ." " " 1,384
" Trivabuckeshwur , "11,524,
And sp. , on, 'till the annual sums Iniid
,to all the :26,589 (twenty-six thousand
five hundred awl „eighty-nine): idols in
this, Presidency aptonnt to Rs. 698,693;
and the ann.llal Bums prid to .8292 Wells
in-..the Madras—Presidency amount to
Rs. 876,A80 - They see these Rs.
1,515.378; paid` annually from the Brit;
ish Treasury to these 34,881 idoisik
414 two , j as
much more in Bengal and the North
west-provitices — What 'wonder if ther
regard these money payments as a
mighty argument in favor of their
gods ?
have no doubt that the priests and
the great mass of bigoted and supersti
tious Hindus have been gratified with
this care and support of their gods by
the British Government. But I am
equally certain that, at the outset, they
did not expect it, were surprised at it,
and would have been quite as staunch in
their allegiance, and in their conviction
of the strength and permanence of the
GoVernmentihad it never been obtained.
And with the present phase of Hin
du thought ,
,and enlightenment, I be
lieve the* ifitelligent„ class of Hindus
abOVe described hoifestly regret that
the! British GOvernment, ever assumed
th thi
e!, British
of the idols, and would
hea i rtily rejoice to-day to see everY'idol
i
grant'in Incliatransformed into a'" grant
in aid" for the'cause of ediication. I
feet certain'that hundreds•of native offi
cials, like the Mamletdar of Kuwar l '
would gladly be excused from paying
publit deference to the idols and re
paiiing temples by Government order,
and would rejoice to see the whole sys
tem of idolatry be left to stand or fall by
its own worth and weight. The repair
of temples and money grants from the
GovernMent, not only - keep these false
gods and priests fat and flourishing, but
prostitute the powers and prestige . of
Great Britain to* the sanction and sup
port of the most _vile and degrading su
perstitions. R. G. WILDER.
guitott',s Cghle.
Weis
of Julies. Caesar,
' TheVaie Gehl. New
Hauer-803We Bvo. - , pp. 659. For sag
Philadelphia:l
The - sepOAdVoluinfiif this great works
refieeti renewed credii.tti the scholar-
Bhp) .and' „literary :Abilities of the
pefiel-author. - indee perse- -
meringly at the defence - and , glorification
;of his , subject, he yet lays the.publie,un
-der lasting obligations for the newrlight
hisipatient researches have thrown upon
thetnan and his times. Fortunate above
historicakinquirers generally, in, having..
Abe' resources: of 11 , ,great empire. ' under
, his control, he is able to say to , this and.
, to that (scientific", and military man: "Go, ,
and he goeth ; ~ d o this, and he. doeth it.".
'Thus- he has been.able; especially in
producing the eampaigns of -Omar in
the:.country over .which: he now rules,
and in adjacent parts, to hunt up and
identify sites.named., iii Caesar's Com
mentaries, to trace , out lines - of military
'operations, and to' procure .careful. and
'scientific invi3stigations.of such relics as
the spades of his. agents unearthed from
their resting-place .of centuries. The
aid of the eminent astronomer Le 'Perrier
has been called .in, too, to , decide, ques
tions of the calendar;;the Emperor be
ing somewhat like .the modeller in
clay of the statue,. which scholars - and
'associates, at least, aid , summoning:
from the mute - marble; • c.
Iteis impossible •but that a work of .reel
valuershonld resiihrfromi sucht at coulee* ,
tration of lblents:. , - -, The ; Emperor tells
theAtbry of the conquering prOgress cif
;the Roman.general , through Gaul,..With.
simplicity and clearness and with Teter
ences ton numerous , maps un.d',tpl nsscso,
thatthetoNtbumbedfolume with which ,
commences. the, 'acquaintance of 3 ipost
.youths with classic Latin, receives ',etc
illumination which, it mover, enjoyed be
fore 2.. The topographical ..pe culFaritiestof
tho country,„Anduthis. maonerso!cust:ollib ,
, and characters of theiinhabitants; are
Ihretrated from a greatveriety- s .of , sources..
besides, commentaries thenaselves,;t
the. stOrt in the i 'commentaries is
'eft with the, closeuess,of al free transla
tion. "I,But , in the Fourth , Booki the. au-,
ithor recapittgates the.mainipoints ofthe
history; otekes more generalAiewsouid
eambiries.f them.s narrative of the
contemporary; course of eventelin - Rome.,
Here, his own • fad ividual ity is allowed , to
•appearl More strongly;. hie literary poW
ersi-and his,ruling ideas. , are exhibited,
and. a _deeper , interest is , felt by. the
reader'. ' 1,,..
It is, however,. the same hero-worship
continued' which. we found the first
volume. Welters," he says, qwho dis
liketioryptake.pleasure in undervaluing.,
lit. z They seem tomish thus to invali-
Alate the judginentof past ages;, we seek
lin preference to'confirnitit,.by explaining
'Why , the .renoWn of b.:Certain men had.
::To, bringlo light the ,
heroic examples of .the past, to show that
glory is the legitithate. reward of great
actions, is to pay homage: to the ptiblic,
opinion of all times." After painting in !
strong colors.the) violence of intestine.
[disorders indAhe danger of universal an
archy at Rome; he introduces. Caesar; as
the only one .who. could save it, and
makes it his duty to •/do so, in spite Of.
..law and of the uncertain judgment- of
posterity. " There are imperious cir
cutnstances," he says ,;in coming to
thEesaes crossing of the Itabicon, , " which
condemn public men either to abnegation
or to perseverance. To cling to power
when ones is no longer..able to do • good,
.and when, as a representative = Of . . the :
past, one had; as it were, no partisans ,
but among those who live upon abases,.
is deplorable obstinacy. To'abandou it,
when one is the represkttative of a new.
era; and of the hope of a better fortune,
is a bowarnly set and a crime."
The et-lfjostification of • the . author / of
-
the Parisian massacres - of December,
1851, plain enough in this special
ple,kdipX fo 4 r,VtOsiir, - It is a plea, on i a
'brdhiretiale, l ihat the end jahtfy3a=
Men 'helievihg thebiablVes born"
to owliy:.the dotitAny'vf nationsOnnY, nay,
moat; accorditig this - hid& of 'argu
ment, abandon the safe and simpleguides
of principle, and constitute themselves
a providence superior to all law— a
deity itself. This is the morality which
the French Emperor wishes history to
teach, to reconcile the world to his own
and his uncle's high-handed mode of
dealing with it. Messrs. Harpers have
issued the volume in splendid style, with
extra cloth binding, bevelled boards, on
fine pressed paper and in large, clear
type. The maps and plans we suppose
will follow in a separate volume.
'SPENCER. A Narrative of Andersonville;
Drawn from the Evidence elicited on the
_Trial of Henry Wirz, the Jailor, with the
argument of Col. N. P. Chipman, Judge
Advocate. By Ambrose Spencer. New
York : Harper & Bros. - pp. 272.
For sale by & Co., Phila.
Now that the ,;,punishment of half a
dozen subordinates: is ,all-that an, indig
nant public can..,expect „in ; vindication
of the laws of GoVineinart, so foully
violated during the.
.war, it'is well that
the moral sentimentvoi the people can
be maintained by suitable memorials of
these crimes. The volume before us
contains, in a few pages, a record of
systematic wrong, of cruelty, and of
outrage , such as history will be vainly
summoned to parallel. Based upon tes
timony taken at the trial of Wirz, it may
be regarded as beyond cavil as to facts.
Yet, not' being burdened with the for
malities of the trial, and containing
facts in regard to the locality and the
individuals concerned,',gathered from
other sources, it is well suited to general
circulation. We h,Ope it will be dissemi
nated far and wide. It will make a
powerful campaign document in the
,new and more 'dangerous conflict with
semi-traitorous - conservatism yet to be
met,
Guamitt. tour Years in the Saddle. By
lonel Harry Gilmore. New York :
peiMeßros. '12m0., pp. 291. For sale by
;.J.. S. Lippincott & Co., Phiadelphia.
Whoever cares to turn the leaves of
books written by flippant heartless re
bets and renegides, detailing their-a&
venturen'ili the style of Bombas* Fu
ribs°, or his modern 'counterpirt in
13/tick-Wood's Magazine-::'-'Heros Von
Borcieand-g,iving the worse cause the
Of l -' theiri frii-olous arguments,
will be willing to confess to' an interest
iri the ilayings and ' doings of this degene
rath 'eon of Maryland. Yet even his
'testimony "is not unimportant' on the
-;question of the treatment of Southern
prisoners in our hands. The fare he
received, and of which'b'e complains, is
thus described : Every morning, " a
pound loaf of Goon wnsxr numb ;
this was all until dinner, when 'each
i nuin found' plate containing a rather
scant ration.of meat, with twice a week
broth; Vane week beans, and once a
week small 'horniliy." Supper is not
pattictdariied, tho'nkh it is'not said that'
they went' without' it. Contrast with
this the haggard prisoners of Anderson
ville, picking fel. scraps and bones among
the most diegustiiig offal, and when in
the hospital ' receiving bread made - 'of
r.ii
eornrcittnd with cow-peas, unaifted,
lialigivitifthe inner portion entirely raw,
and not over two ounces "of meat a day.
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Of the dospels, by Rev. Lisidor Mombert,
The Bible Doctrine of Divorce, by
'Rev. Joliet& Tray, D.D. ; Chrilitianity and
IslaMbnit,lityitevtVeo. F. Herrick ; tUtili
by Picif.'John Bascom' ; "Life of
the PatriardhiCyril, by Dr. A. G. Paspati; - •
The Instrtunentalitf of Truth in Regenera,
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,Notes, by, , Prof. A, B. Hackett, D.D.;
Notices, of RodeiA German Publicalions.
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it their meeting in St. Legisdlo. '
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of Publication.
wi..pitairlr INTEXXICT.NCE.
Axtßaies.x.-Annouticements.—M r . Ide,,
Pherson,,tha ,Clerk of the House of Rep
resentatives, is about, to issue in cheap
form-- - 130pP., Svc. --the volume which
he entitles "A Political Manual for 1865."
In this he hai included all President John=
son's orders' and proclamations, his prin
cipal speeches, and his veto messages,'
with 'the WS vetoed, and the votes in
Congress thereon; the action of the cow
ventions .and legislatures of the insurree
tionary States; the recent legislation of
those States.w th regard to freedmen, and
the orders .of commanding officers relative
thereto; the, various propositions reported
by . the . Joint , Committee on_Revirotrno
tion; hesides all the 'wing political matter,
'records of votes, platforms, ate .—Roberts
liiiii; Bostrin: Seitiiith dition of "Moe
Homo ;" Fourth Rditioh of Alan Ingeloses
" Clouded Inielleet;" the nineteenth tho' -
seicreflean Inkideies Poems,prioe $1.7;
the second thoupand of . }Wort Buchanan a
Poems, pride - 1015; 'l3liiis' tine Resettl s
Poems.--=:-- - rj. P. Skelly & Co., Philada.,
announce the following juveniles : Milicent
Legh; By the author of "Brook Silver
tone." Helen's Diary; Louisa Hodson, or
the Power of Influence; John Hatherton ;
Mabel and Cora, or the Sisters of Stoney
croft Hall; Ellie, or Nothing Perfect
.Here; Harry Lawton's Adventures, or a
Young Sailor's Wanderings in Strange
Lands.—Leypoldt & Holt, New York:
Vanity Fair, 3 vols.; Great Hoggarty Dia
mond, and The Book of Snobs, 1 vol.; By
Thackeray. Heine's Pictures of Travel,
new edition, tinted paper, vellum muslin.
---Carietom, New York: The Apostles,
a translation from the French of Ernest
Renan.--Sheldon & C 0.., New York : Ma
caulay's History of England, tinted paper,
uniform with the Riverside edition of Es
says ;, ,Tholtiek on the Gospel of John, a
new edition; Morning, by Morning By
Rev. C.'H. Spurgeon.—Little, Brown Et.
Co., _Boston : Bancroft's Hisiory of the
United` , Stales, Vol. IX.; 'Principles of
Wealth;' or Manual of Political Economy;
Pliitarch's Morals- '
translated .from the
Greek by various hands, 6 vols. crownSvo.-
More's Utopia, 16mo.—Orange Judd,
the agriculturist, is engaged in publishing
beaks in • that line. He announces in pre
paration : Warder's Fruits--Apples; Bar
„ry's, Fruit Garden;, Market And. Family
_Gardening; &tall Fruit 'Criltrinst; Prie
tical and Scientific Gardening; Peat and
Its. Uses, By Prof. S. - W. Johnson, of Mile/
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'College.
Fu - aitert.—England.—For over twenty
years Thomas Moore, the poet, received
five hundred pounds a year--say fifty thou
sand dollars in all--from James Power, an
Irish music Publisher,:whose place of busi
ness was a very small shop in the Strand,
London. The consideration was-that Moore
should give Power % certain lyrics, which
are , now; known as ” Irish Melodies,"
"Sacred Songs,". " Harmonized Airs,"
" National Melodies," etc In many in
stancten the music was harmonized by Moore
hiinself, who had some taste as in arranger,
but difficult music was trasterred to Sir
- John Stevenson, an Irish' composer, and
finally to Sir Henry Bishop. "The
Last' Rose of Summer,". which forms the
prevailing 'nielody in. the German operarof
" Martha," ~by Flotow, is an example ,of
Moore's ingenuity. It is simply the igd
air ; offc.'l)lie Groves of Blarney,", . slightly
.altered, and with an adagio instead of an
allegretto movement. The great success
achieVed by the author of " Ecee HOMO,"
says an English journal, is still further at
tested by the announcement of the `eighth
edition of that extraordinary work. The
public curiosity concerning the writer has
by no means subsided, but there is no ap
parent probability that it will be gratified.
—An interesting book; and a valuable
contribution to anthropological science, is a
book by Dr. P. M. Duncan , and.. Mr.
Millard, who have been for some years
. engaged in the endeavor to raise to the
highest possible pitch the individual and
social condition of the idiot, the latter
being the superintendent of the Eastern
Counties (England) Asylum for Idiots and
Imbeciles. They give the results of their
experience under the title of "A Manual
for the Classification, Training, and Educa
tion of the Feeble-minded, Imbecile, and
Idiotic."
FRANCE.-Dr. Albert Reville, the friend
and literary associate of Ernest Renan,
is about to publish in London his essay on
" Apollonius of Tyana, the Pagan or False
Christ of the Third Century," a very in
teresting account of the attempt to revive
Paosmism in the third century by means of
a false Christ. The analysis of the book
says :—" The principal events in the life
of Apollonius'are almost identical with the
Gospel narrative: Apollonius is born in a
.mysterious way 'about the same time as
(Christ: Like him he goes:through a period
of preparation ; afterward comes a passion,
then resurrection, and an ascension. The
messengers of Apollo sing at his birth
as the angels did at that of Jesus. He is
exposed to the attacks of enemies, though
always engaged in doing good He goes
from place to place accompanied by his
favorite disciples; - passes on to Rome, where
Dornitian*is seeking to kill him, just as
Jesus went up to Jerusalem and to tertian
death. Irilnany ether respects the parallel
is equally extraordinary."
The-Prize of the!Freradh Academy for
'the best work on French history has been a
second• time given to N. Theophile Laval
r•lee for his last work, "Les Frontieres de
France." The book, published before the
.events that have brought on the actual
crisis in Europe, draws from these events,
apart from its scientific value, a singular
interest. This second distinction given to
,it proves, in fact, that the French Academy
'openly profess, with regard to• the treaties
of 1815, the same aversion' as the author
of the Auxerre speech. The correspond
ent of Childs' Literary Gazette in Paris says:
—" It is stated by a great many people we
will see Prince de Talleyrand's Memoirs
published this fall. I have ; been unable to
ascertain the truth on the subject. It was
positively stated, at M. de Bacourt's death,
he had provided in his will that they should
not be published for many—if I remember
'rightly, thirty—years. But the Duchess
de Dino, Talleyrand's niece, was invested;
it was belieVed, with a veto upon this pro
vision ox the will, and she has annulled
it. The work, it as said, will simultane
ously be printed at London, Vienna, and
here.". - A story is current which well
illustrates the character of RI Renan's suc
cess : A lady received a call from one of
her intimate friends. She ordered the ser
vant to say, "Madam begs you will be so
good as to excuse her; she is reading an
interesting'ifotrel, and cannot lay down the
book until she finds out how the story
ends." The story `was AI Renan's "Life
of Jesus." This week Messrs. Lacroix
& Co. sold all the copies of "Ocean's La
'borers;" the "Evenement" required 770 1
copies to supply the calls of its subscribers.
and it was necessary these copies should be
delivered within forty eight hours. Messrs .
Lahure !tit Co., the well known printers, un
dertook the contract, and , perrormed it
within the agreed time. These three
-*dames contained 62 sheets of 16 pages
Satiltetay, intdfiplying them by 7700 copies,
477,400 tibelets,, and 7,638,400 pages'
which, if Of end to end, would stretch out
286,440 yards. Tree printers WOW
fthii contract irithon inienspting the e ° '
onstomed business of the offioe.