THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1866.
LITERATURE.
ATUbelWar Cihrk's Diakt at Tn Confkdb-
Bati States Capitol. Bv J. B.Jones. Two
volume. J. 15. Llrpincott A Co.
We confess and we do bo with a sense of con
scious Ignorance that never, until the present
nine hundred pnges of printed matter lay bafore
us, had we heardjof J. D. Jones. To be sure, a
perusal of the work leave us pretty familiar
with the history, family, fcollngs, and, more
particularly, the vanity of that great roan; but,
considering he is the author of a number of
"well-known novels, we lament our Ignorance.
But be that as it may, we know quite enough of
that gentleman juht now. It Is rather aggra
vating toi loyal winds to rend a preface dated
March, 1800, which contains references to Jeffcr
eon Davis and J. C. Breckinridge, as follows. We
give the Introduction entiro, as a specimen of
treason, impudence, aod vanity:
This Diarv was written With the knowlodge of the
President and the Secretary ot War. 1 Informed
them 01 it by note, i boy did not dopreoate criti
cism on their oflioial oonduot; for they allowed me
till to execute the lunctions of a very important
position in the Government until the end of its
Cftrpor
My discriminating friends will understand why I
accepted ih poor tiileof a clerkship, after having
declined the thargtithip to Naples tendered by Mr.
Calhoun during the administration of President
i-olk.
A we are not one of "my discriminating
friends," we do not understand his reason for
declining the Chargeship, except the probable
one that it was never seriously offered. But be
fore we review the body of the worK, we will
give our readers a specimen of the style by
quoting the opening pages. "My flight to the
South" eounda very terrible, but when it is re
membered it occurred when there was no in
terruption of travel, and no surveillance, some
of its Munchausen daring is apparent. This
style Is preserved through the whole three
volumes. The petty details, exaggerated into
wonderful events, would appear comical did
they not seem contemptible. The events of the
days of April, 1861, are still well remembered.
We quote Mr. Joues' account:
Ai.nl i, 1861.' Burlington, New Jersey. The
expedition sails to-day from Iew York. Is pur
pose is to reduce Fort Mou.trie, Charleston harbor,
ad relieve Fori oumter, invented bv the Coufode
rate forces. Southern born, and editor of the
Southern Monitor, there seems no alternative but to
depart immediately. For yearn the Southern Monitor,
Philadelphia, whoso motto was 'Mhe Union as it
vm, the Coustitu ion as it is," has foreseen and
foretold the resistance of the Southern Status, in the
evtntof the suoeest of a sectional party inlmioil to
the institution of Airican slavery, npon which the
welfare and rx stence ot the boutbern people seem
to depend. And I must depart immediately : fur I
veil know that the first gun fired at Fort Sumter
will be the signal (or an outburst ot ungovernable
Jury, and 1 should be seized and thrown into piisou.
I must leave my lamily mv property everything.
Sly family cannot no with me but tbey may follow.
The storm will not break in its fury for a month or
eo. Only the most obnoxious persons, deemed dan
gerous, will be rooleste'i immediately
8 o'olook P. M My wiie and children have been
busy packing my trunk, and making other ((repara
tions for my departure. Ihey are cheerlul. loey
deem the rupture ot the States tm fait acompli, but
reek not of the horrors ot war. They have contrived
to pack up, with other things, my fine old portrait of
Calhoun, by Jarvis. Hut 1 must leave my papers,
the accumulation of twenty-five yean, comprising
thousands ot letters from predestined tiebels. Mr
wiie opposes my suggestion that they be burned.
Among them are some oi the veto mosaages ot Presi
dent Tyler, and many letters Irona him, Governor
"Wise, etc. With the latter I had a correspondence
in 1866, showing that this blow would probably have
been h track then, if Fremont had been elected.
April 8. M y adieus ovor, I act out in the broad
light of day. When the oars arrived at Camden, I
)rooeeded. with the ret ot tbo througn passengers,
in tne boat to the Wavy l ard, without going ashore
in the city. The passengers were strangers to me.
Many could be easily reoognized as Sou hern in ns
but quite as many wore going only as lara Wash
ington, for their reward. 1 hey wore bold denouncers
ot the Rebe lion ; the others were silen:, thoughtful,
J)Ut in earnest.
Ibe first thing which attracted my attention, as
the cars left the De aware depot, was a sign-board
on my left, intcribed in iarre letters, "Union Ceme
tery." My gaze attracted the notice of others. A
mocking ban-mot was uttered by a Yankee wit,
winch was lollowed by laughter . .
For many hours I was piunired in the deepest ab
atiaotion, and spoae not a word until we wore en
tering the depot at VV ashington, just as the veil of
nipbt was falling over the scene.
1 hen I was aroused by the announcement of a
conductor, that falling to have my trunc reohecked
at Baltimore, it bad been lett in that oityl Deter
mined not to lose it, I took the return train to Btxtti
more and put up at Jarnum'$ Hotel Here I met
with Mr. Abell, publisher of the Baltimore Sun, an
old acquaintance. Somewhat contrary to my expec
tations, knowing him to be a na tve ot the North, I
lound him an ardent secessionist So enthusiastic
was he in the cause, that he denounoed both Mary
land and Virginia ier their hesitancy In following
the example of the Cotton States; and he invited me
to furnish bis paper with correspondence from
Montgomery, or any places in the South where I
might be a soiourner.
April 10. Making an early start this morning, I
onoe more arrived at Washington eity I saw no
evidences of a military force in the city, and sup
posed the little army to be encamped at the west
end of the avenue, guarding the Executive mansion.
We took an omnibus without deny, and proceeded
to the steamer. As soon as we left the shore, I fan
cied I saw many of the passengers breathing easier
and more deeply. Ce.-tainly there was more vivaoity,
since we were relieved of the presenoo of Republi
cans. And at the breakfast table thore was a fre r
flow of apeeoh. and a very decided mani testation of
secession proclivities.
April 10 and 11. There two davs were mainly
lost by de ays, the floods haviug swept away many
bndees, whioh had not yet been repaired. As we
approaobsd ttiobmond, it was observed that the
people were more and more excited, and seemed to
be pretty nearly unanimous for the immediate seces
sion ot the etate. Everywhere the Convention then
In session waa denounced with bitterness lor its ad
herence to the Union; and uovernor ietolier was
almost universally exuorated tor tho chocks be had
thrown under the car of secession and Southern in
dependence. 1 heard very many wuo had voted for
him regret that they had ever supported the clique
of nolitioians who managed to secure his nomina
tion. And now 1 learned that a People's sponta
neous convention would assomme in liicnnioua on
the 18th of the month, when, it the otiier body per
sisted in its opposition to tha popular will, tho most
tattling revolutionary measures would be adopted,
Involving perhaps arroeU and executions Several
of the members of tins body witn whom I oonveraed
bore arms upon their persons.
Apni 12 lo-lay i beheld the Jtrtt ativiston Jttg
that had met my vuton it mm at Polecat (It St uion
Caroline county, and it wan (rroted with enthusiasm
b) all but the two or three If aakees in tho train.
A tier tea leaned upon Governor W!se, who oc
eupied lodgings at the same hotel, lie was worn
out, and piostratod by a distressing oouirli, which
threatened pneumonia. But ever and auou nls eagle
eye assumed its wonted brilliancy, tie was sur
rounded by a number of his devoted friends, who
listened with rapt attention to- his surpassing elo
quence. A test question, indicative oi the purpose
ot the Conveutiou to adjourn without action, bad
that day been oarried or a decided majority. Tha
Governor onoe rose from his recumbent position ou
the sola, and said, whatever the majority of Union
men in the Convention might do, or leave undone,
Virginia must array nerselt on one side or the other.
She must tight either .Lincoln or Davis. II the lat
ter, he would renounos ber and tender hi sword
and bis life to the Southern Confeneraey. And al
though It was appareut that bis physique was re
duced, as he said, to a mere ''bag of bones." yet it
was evident that hi spirit yet struggled with all its
native fire and animation
Soon after Preaioent Tyler came in. I bad not
seen him for several years, and was surprised t j find
liim. under tbe weigai oi so many years, unonanxea
In aetivitr and energy ot body and mlud. tie was
?uite as ardent in ins advocacy of prompt State ao
ion aa Wise. Having recently abandoned the Pre.
ldenoy ot the Peace Congress at Washington, iu
dminair ot obtaining concessions or guarantees ot
gaiety from the rampant powers then in the ascend
anev. he nevertheless believed, as did a majority
ot the statesmen of the Soutb, that even men, in
tbe event of the secession of all the Southern States,
presenting thus a united irons, no war ot great mag-
mtuda arnulil n. 1 know bftt T. from mv real.
dnnoa in tlm North, and from the eonfusnions of tbe
Kepublioeiui wttn whom 1 liava been thrown in eon-
taolj Dull will not aiaseut vuuBiarny iruiu me
opinions at such statesmen. I can only, when my
opinion is deairod, Intimate my eonvioMon that a
great war oi tue Motions migut nave wen aveiveu
if the Routh had made an adequate emip d'etat bo
fore tbe inauguration of Lincoln, and while tne
DemocrHtlo party everywhere was yet writhing
under the sting and mortification of defeat. Then
the arm of the Kutiublican party would hare been
paralyzed, for the attitude ot the Demoorauo party
would at least have been a menacing one; but wt,
the Government has been suffered to fall into the
possession of the enemy, the sword and the purse
have been seized, and it is too Inte to dream of peace
in or out el the Union. Submission will bo dis
honor Secession can only be death, which is pre
ferable. Governor Wise, smiling, rose again and walked to
a comer of the room, where 1 had notiond a bright
musket with a sworu-bavonet attached He took it up
and criticized the sword a- interior to the kni'e Our
men would require long drilling to become expert
with the lornier, like the French Zouaves; but they
instinctively know how to wield th bowio-knue.
i be conversation turning npon the probable de
ficiency of a snpplv of improved arms la thn South,
ii a great war should en-uo, the Governor said, with
onooi Ins inevitable expressions of feelings, that it
was not tbe improved arm, but the improved mart,
which Would win the day. 1et brave mon advanoe
with flint Joeks and oid-la'diionrd bavoneta, on tbe
popinjays of the iS or hern oitio advanoe on, and
on, under the tiro, recklossoithe slam, and he would
answer inr it with his lite that tne Yankee would
break and run. But, in the event of the Convention
adjourning without decisive action, heap, relieud d
the first conflict would be with ("irinan the
Union men of Virginia He eviilontly despaired,
under repeated defeats, of seeing an ordinance oi
secession parsed immediately, and would have pre
ferred "resistance" to ''seco'siou "
The extract quoted affords a fair sample of
the following nine huutlrcd psges. Of their
literary style we speak favorably. They are
clearly written, without ambiguity, and are
calculated to give the facts in tbe most practical
way. They purport to plve us an inside view of
what was buppening iu tho South while the
Rebellion was In progros", at received from a
Government oflicer. Could we divust ourselves of
the conviction that tbo diary has been altered
to make it suit events, aud give to its writer au
air of more profound sagacity, it would greatly
increase in value. But we cannot but believe
that the praise bestowed on Generals In embryo.
who have since turned out great, was added
when that greatness was apparent For In
stance, on April 1801, he writes that if Professor
Jackson is given a command, he will greatly
tllMiiiBuish himself. As be makes this assertion
the fiiet time he saw Jackson, are we not
authorized in believing that It was added when
the name of "Stonewail" was famous?
Notwithstanding manv fault, the most promi
nent 6f which we have specified, we must ac
knowledge that the work is interetlng. It
relers to events still irtah ia the memory of all. ,
It gives us the light they were viewed in, aud
how they appeared from a Southern stand point.
Ii extends from the very commencement of the
struggle to its close; aud Is, therefore, compre
hensive, It is neatly oriuted by Lippiucoit, and,
with a certain class of Traders, will undoubtedly
have a luxe e sale. The author's only claim to
Southern birlhright lies in the fact that Balti
more was honored as the city of bis nativity.
Tbe Lott Tiles of Miletus. By Sir E. Bulwer
Lytton. Harper & Drolbers. J. 15, Ltppin-
cott & Co., Philadelphia.
Classic literature ' abounds in continual ,rcfcr-
epcesjto the "Talos ot Miletus." Whatever
these tales wert, it Is sate for us to conclude
that they possessed waat the Greeks most ad
mire refinement ot thought, delicacy of execu
tion, and mythological references. But their
beauty has been lost to us. 1 We have no
certain means of determining which of the
numerous tables bequeathed to us are the talcs
ot Miletus, or it any of them are. And heuce,
while speculation has been rile, the day for the
acquisition ot facts has long since passed. Sir
E. B. Lytton has dope his best to aid tbe cause,
and even should he have failed and we know
not .whether he has or not the eight tales
he gives us are beautiful enough to be the lost
ones of Miletus.
The stories are related in a unique blank verse,
in which the masterly finish ot Bulwer's lite
rary skill is strikingly shown. For purity,
rhythm, and exactitude ot versification, we have
no superior to the little volume before us. The
tales, some of them, are already familiar. The
majority of critics who have noticed the work
have given their, preference to "Deatb and
tjisyphuB." We,- however, have the greatest
tuiiuiration tor the concluding one, entitled
"Cydippe; or, The' A,pple." Iu order to do jus
tice U) the tale, we quote such verses as will
show tbe style and preserve a connected nar
rative: I'aiK at and hardiest of the youths m Ceos
lounshed Aoouuus, free from love's sweet trouble,
Pure as when first a child, in her child-chorus,
Chanting the goddess of the silver bow.
'Son," thus bis father, widowed long, and aged,
Mournlul.y said, "Tbe young are never lonelyi
Solitude's sell to them la a boon comrade;
Lone are the aged ; lone amid the crowd.
' 'Lorn hest whon brooding o'er a silent hearthstone
Vacant oi prattlers coaxing back to laughter;
Xoys to the greybeard are his children's children;
They are to age, my son, as hopes to youth.
"Chose, then, a bride whom I may call a daughter,
And in her Infants let me find companions.
jLtle hurries on to meet the point it sprung from;
Youth starts lrom iuioncy and age returns."
Gaining the shqres of consecrated Oelos.
Port, mart, auu street (eeui'd vocal with, all Hellas, '
And the whole city, as one mighty aitar,
Breathed with Greek melouiog aud Syrian balms.
Now from within the -faue rose choral voioes,
Hymning; the advent ot the world's Joy-briuger;
Kow up the sacred stairs went slow tbe hunter j
Kow with iunumerous torcues on his sigut,
From the luatrating font within tho entrance,
Murmuring low prayers AcontiuB, ueared the altar,
kunueriug bis bluodiess sacrifice pure fiour-ookes.
bnapes wrought iu wax ui lion und 91 stag.
Lo, midway in the aisle -her nurse before her
Mother like walking cam.' a vouthful virsin
bearing white irarluuds, as when, led by winter,
Coine tbe iresn spnnu-iuorn bringing earliest
iloweis.
As in closed chambers suddenly fluug open
llwhe the liuhi. rushes the itoldeu euiendnr.
All his liatne thrilled with a celestial glurv,
auu to nimsuii nu muruiuruu, 1 his is love."
He, with his hunter's knife, carved on the auple
Letters olear-eo:ied; and, soreeued behind a oolumn,
Into the 11 aiden's lup he cant that token
W bich the Greelf gives to ber lie deems most lair.
Mar tied, tbe girl looked lO'ind, nor saw the hunter,
And, womter-stnckeii. asked the nurse in whisiier,
"What can this mean f whenoe comes it"" Quoth
the woman,
Puzzled and curious, "Nay, J cannot guess.
"Are there not letters? Bead thou what is written."
bo the girl lead these words 'I, at the altar
Arteuiin hallows, vow to wed Aoontlus."
w un the sweet biuah ot angry innocence,
Scornful the maiden oast away the apple;
Uut, tho' in wt.ibper she :he words had spoken,
Heard by tbe I can, heard by the great goddess.
"Joy IT taiQ tue lover, suddumy grown bold;
"(iold-th'roned Artemis, to the uneiriug
Trust 1 tbe rest; the vow is in thy keeping." 1
Vt hen the ton, down-eved as betore, ueparted,
lie, through the eity, lollowed on her way.
Cydippe is engaged shortly alterwards by her
father to a merchant, when she Is seized with a
strange trance, upon which tbe husband sensl
bly declines to take a wife who la subjected to
fits.. Again lj'she betrothed, when her in
tended is seized and tha match abandoned.
The third lima is it adjusted, when her father
himself Is the victim. Acontlus now appears,
restores the father, and marries Cydippe.' ;
Heading she took up and replaced the myrtle,
Hot with the right band; teat in his was mating;
And as, heard never save by gods and lovers,
lieut t anawers heart, she answered, yet was mute
...1 . .. :
Po with melodious 1 ymnintu to the temple 1
'iit the procre-inn ; und iu niter a res,
This story pased into a strain of tnutie !
Set lor sweot singers and to Lcblun lute.
Such ia the story, elcgar.tly toH, replete with
beauties of the higtieet order. T ae whole work
is calculated to add greatly to Bui wei's fame,
showing him as it does in an entirely new light,
and proving his powers to extend into a Held in
which he has heretofore been a stranger. The
volume, though small, is a literary gem, and all
of taste and judgment will not tail to appreciate
Its merits. , ,
The AnvKNTCRKS ok Rsubkn Da vinos rt
Uobneo. Bv James Green w'.od. Harper A
Brothers. J. B. Lippmcott &, Co. ,
A lively, spirited work for boys. It has no
false senllmontality, no pedantic display of the
author's knowledge of unoronounceablo botani
cal names, but is written In a simple, clear style,
conveying considerable information under the
guise of advontnres. The author particularly
informs us that his hero was conQucd ocveuteen
years and four months among the Dyaks of
Borneo, and gives us an account ot his doings.
It is of deep interest, full ot incident, without
any of the delects so common in works of Its
clas?. What we need in America is a greater
supply of book3 for boys. When children tire
given lovesick romances their taste is vitiated, if
not their morality ta ntcd. A few such national
productions as Tom Hughes furnished England
with, would provo a perfect Godsend to boya of
America. "Reuben Davidier" is one of the
Deeded kind, spiced with excitement and min
gled with a taint of the terrible.
Tub Gold Eeick. By Ann S. Stephens. T. B.
Pete rson & Drolher-".
We had thought hat Mrs. Henry Wool co;ild
Invoke more ghosts, secure more heroes witft
whom bigamy was a virtue, acd heroines with
whom Infanticide was a petty offense, than any
other authoress living. True. Miss Braddon fol
lowed on hercloeely, and Mis. Southworth some
times almost overtook her; but her imaginative
powers have heretofore kept her the lead. But
her pre-eminence mtiot lade before the horrors
conjured by the prolific pen of Mrs. Stephens.
From the opcnlntr paragraph to tbe happy con
clus on, tbecli n'tingof cha ns and the gronnlngs
of captives are never allowed lor a moment to
subside. Cthcis writ ?r have commenced their
volumes with a single murder; but Mrs. Ste
phens does not condcfcenl to enter into the
pit tnd fight rivals with ordinary we ipons. She
seizes on the mas.acre ot ban Domingo, and lays
before us, not a coroner's jury and a corpse, but
a ship's crew and a beach lined with mutilated
human forms.
To keep up the superiority of the horrible
something original is necessary. The writer
secures this In a prison, which, we are assured,
stood over a copper mine, in which the convicts
were compelled to work, and where, for disobe
dience, they were placed in an oven at about
212 ;degrecs Fahrenheit, and slowly roasted.
Whether they were afterwards eaten is unknown;
but as a slave Is depicted as lurnisbing bis young
master with a steak cut from his own person,
we would not be surprised If Connecticut had,
in the early port of the century, a cannibalistic
Jailor. ,
From what we have said, our readers may con
clude that the "Gold Brick" Is a very terrible
and very Interesting work. Interesting is
hardly the word absorbing is nearer the
truth. Perfectly unnatural, its extreme disre
gard for anything like probability is its chief
merit. To those who feur no ill, aud like a series
of literary plunge3 in the stream of horror, we
recommend the work. As there are more who
love the horrid than the legitimate, we suppose
it will have a large sale. Messrs. Peterson pub
lshes it in their usual neat form.
Petroleum. A History of the Oil Regions of
Pennsylvania. By Rev. S. J. N. Eaton. J. P.
Skelly & Co., Ko. 733 Chesuut street, Phila
delphia. Although the excitement incident to oil specu
lation has died away, and those who rejoiced at
the naming ot petroleum now bear it mentioned
with rage and despair, yet It is of interest to
have an authentic narrative of what gave rise
to such a fever, and the causes of It3 decline.
Mr. Eaton, for many years a resident of Frank
lin, has witnessed the whole process, under
stands thoroughly the ins and outs of the trade,
knows from practical examination all about the
process of boring, and gives us the result of his
knowledge In the work before us. It Is valuable,
because of its evident truth, aud the complete
familiarity of the author with his subject. It is
published by a new house, J. P. Skelly 3t
Co., who are well knoa-n in the sale of engrav
ings, and to whom we tender our best wishes in
their new trade.
Familiar Astronomy. By Hannah M. Bouvler.
Sower, Barne3 & Pott. No. 37 N. Third street.
This work is a practical teacher in the study
of the sturs. Abounding in qtiostioaei, with tue
answers given; it cannot fail to be a mo3t valu
able auxiliary to all text books on the subject,
in lact, any work having the imprint of this
house may be regarded as standard. Careful in
the style ot Its publications, examining each.
and Usuing only the bent, it has risen to a first,
place in the rank of school-work publishers,
This last addition cannot but prove most wel
come, for with it a student, without aa in
structor, could become couvercuat with the
principles ot the mystic, occult science. It is
made so plain that he' who runs can read.
We have received from Carleton, Ne w York,
through T. B. Peterson & Bros., at the last mo
ment, a copy ot "Baked Meats After thn Fu
neral," by Miles O'Reilly (C. O. llalplne), aad
"Jaraal," by Victor Hugo, which we will notice
next week.
OUJt MAGAZINES.
2 ne Manuc. lor may, contains an excess
ol its usually able articles. The opening con
tribution is a curious compound of argument
and fiction, which introduces tousthecommu
nist village of Economy, in Ohio. "The last
days of Walter 8avaare Landor'' Is continued In
a rambling, desultory style, hardly ex
cusable in what lays claim to be a semi-biogra-
pby. That inexcusable tearing away of the
veil of privacy, which is performed in giving to
the public the private diary of Nathaniel Haw
thorne, is repeated. These glimpses are inte
resting, and would be fully appreciated were it
not that it teems like intending to reach the
eecret thoughts of the departed, Mis.s Cobne's
new paper ou the "Fenian Idea" Is powerfully
written t while the criticism on Edwin Booth,
although almost fulsome, is not undeserved.
Tbe great feature ot the preseut number is
Rufsell Lowell's "Speech of Hosea Bigelow,"
written in tbe quaint Yankee dialect, in which
be is Inimitable; be glvea us, in a homely way
views on politics and reconstruction. Wo wlah
that wj could reproduce tho article, i It Is worth
a dozen Congrennioual . speeches for pith nud
point. Those who can noderstandinglv road the
peculiar spelling,' can,, of course, apprecia'e it
much more than those who have to undergo the
laborious procers of traimlaiion. We are not
among the favored, aud although thus review
ing the article under unfavorable circumstances,
pronounce it tb best contribution we havd seen
tor many moDths. Of the poetry, Whittlor's
'Abraham Davenport" is the best, 'tTo-roorr.w"
b ing only a fragment. Taken as a wholo, the
number before us can compare favorably with
any of Its ptedeces-ors. fitnee the plowed the
war, we think the Allanlicba improved.
' (hir Young Foil; has supplied a waat long
felt, and is now au established institution in
every household. Under its benign influence j
the children have an opportunity ot heanug the
best writers ol our language ftpouk dTeo.ly to
them. ! The number for May is a rich treat, Pe-i-idcs
"May-Day,'' "The Blue Bird." and "Susy's
Dragon," there is a delightful little romanco,
"Miss Katy Did and Miss Cricket," by Mr3. Stowe,
which will delight the gl.ls, while "Handing
Atout," "Richmond Prisons," and "Afloat in
the Forest," are just such stone as will dulight
all be j p. There is no lamily which should be
w ithout the regular receipt of Our Young Folks,
Its iufluence Is great and always for the good of
the little folki. T. B. Pugh, f-:lxth and Chesnut
streets, is the agent.
Harper opens with "Galena and its Lead
Mines," which article, unless the lead mines are
synonymous with General Grant, has a rather
inappropriate title, it is a sketch ot the resi
dence of the Lieutenanl-Ueneral, and is fully
Illustrated. "The Yoseniite Vallev," and
Livingstone's African Expedition," labor under
great disadvantages. We protest against the
introduction of cuts and extracts in the Maga
zine tuken from published works of the Harpers.
We have read all the contents, and seen ail tho
pictures of ''Alrica" in tbe book issued a te-v
weeks.;, since, and to sec It In a new lorm in a
magazine supposed to be original is inexcusable.
"Armadale" is continued, aud "The Flair that
Taiks" is the onl oeni. The "Record ot
Events'' is compiled with the usuul earn.
Tbe first number of The Ga'axy is before 11.
It is to be a fortnightly magazine, devoted to
popular topics. Its prospectus ays:
"Arrangements will bo mado to secure advanco
sheets lioin lorcipn authors. Moreover, tho editor
will ui-e his best endeavor to ob am orivinal Ameri
can stout sor equal merit with those produced by
the great novolists of England and Krnnce. Hat
Juht iicie. you wed know, every American Magazine
editor is compelled to acknowledge his modt serious
dilficulty presents itseit,
'The shorter stories, skeiches.tessavs, and pootry
ot the Oalaxv will be bv the beet American writer,
witb many of whom arianuetneni have already
beennade. We bavn now iu hand, aud shaii pub
lish in succeeding nunibe -t of the Galavy, arnul"S
from Carl Beuon, Charles stor bristed, Dr. ii. W .
Draj er, F,t2 Hugh JLudiow, Frolcssur B'ot, B.C.
Medmon, aiis Kose leirv, mt h.ate r ,eld, llie
Author oi ' Emily Chei-tr," France Power CoblM
01 England), and others well known in Americau
literature. i
The present number commences Trollope's
'Coverings" and Mr. Edwards' " Archie Lov-
ell." A sdicy aiticle from George Alfred Town
send on "A winter with the American Peripate
tics" giving his experience as a lecturer is one ot
the best in the magazine. As this is the first
instalment ol the task, we can not expect great
things. We give the enterprise every wish for
success. The American News Company is the
agent. . ' ." . , ',,'(', ..-,.
, W. 8. Sandford & Co., of Boston, give us an
other magazine, The Spirit of the Press. It is to
make a specialty of literary mea and literary
news. The first number will have articles on
sub:cts of interest to those who make letters a
profession. It will publish tho biographies of
the leading writers of both this country and
Europe. The field it proposes to cover is a wide
one, and if well attended to cannot but bring
success. There is room for a dozen well-con
ducted magazines, and we hail the new-comer
as a welcome arrival. , We hope it may prove a
triumph both in a pecuniary and literary point
61 view. , . ' ' ;..
At the recent meeting of the New York Bar,
on the death of the Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, a
poem written by him to;his wife, just five days
before his death, was read by Judge Pierrepoint.
When we remember they were written by an old
man, at a time ot mo wuen ine imagination la
supposed to have become dead from very age,
we cannot but view it as a literary wonder. We
give it entire: - . ;
TO LTDIA. t
: In youth's bright mom, when life was new.
And earth waa fresh with dew and flowers,
And love was warm and friendship true,
And hope and happiness were ours,
We started, hand in hand, to thread,
Tbe chockered, paiuiul path ot life, ,
And witn each other trusting tread .
The battle-Holds of worldly strife. : , 4
We ranged In walks obscure, unseen, :' '
O'er rugged steep, thrush vale and glen,
And climbed along the hillsides greeu, .
1 ' Unmindful of the tutuie then.
We caueht the song of earliest birds,
We culled the loveliest llewers of spring,
Wo plighted love in wbi.periuir woruj
And time sped by on tairy wing, .
' And as it passed, new joys were found
And life was gladdened by tho birth '
Ol prattling babes, who c nstered round,
To cheer with smiles our hum we hearth.
Fate thrust us forth before the world,
And phantoms whispered earthly lame,
'Where hope's proud banuer Is uuluned,
And happin&s too oit a uauie.
Thus lured along, wo rode the dark,
And loauiiu tide el publio ii,
And proudly dare , with up eudid bark,
The elemouts of stoim aud strue.
' But storm and strifo.tlmnn Heaven! have parsed;
lhe night has tied, aud morning count I
And we, tosaeo mariners, at last
Returned ouco more to hearta and home.
But of tbe loved ones Cod bad glv -n,
Two have returneu two sauk 10 reat,
In llle s gay morning oat edto Heaven,
To the bright man a on 1 ot the bleat.
They sleeD amid r-pring lore-t glades.
W here flows 1 s a ream e'-r ' murmuring wovej ;
- And oft at evening's gunt'e shades
Will woeo beside their ear.y graves. ,',
The Nation of the presen week, has
the lollowiug attack on sensational reporting.
We guess the reportors of our etty, however,
can survive its sarcasm: ' ...
"l'he Dearing murder has been a splendid thin
for the l'hi aj phia repor era The vreat descrip
tive powers of these gentleman are of course not
called out half a oiten as 'hose o I their New York
brethren, owing to ti e greater mora.it' an" greuter
monotony ot Phlladelpuia lite. nr, perhaps, lor
this very reason, ihey are beter able -work. up a
Vreat tragedy,' whtn it does come, with even greater
elieot. I hoy hardlv display 'he same ivelluess ot
imagination as our New York chroniclers. No
PliUadclpliian oouid ever lave aeen the awful tight
In the fire between Baruum'a hens and tigors which
was revealed to the enraptured g&ze or tbe teporter
of the New York Tribune, and we dobbt very mnoti
whether heeould have got at the seoretemotionsor the
elder and tbe younger hetolium, during tue few
days following the discover of the great forgeries,
with the keenness of insight and power ot anal vets
oi the glued 'individual' whu 'wroto ui' that
great scandal for the tiww 1 oik 3'ie But we
hmk the l'hiladelphiaut beat us entirely in tbe supr-
ptv of collateral information and n sern renllst'e
ooccrip'ion the r'evtriptlon ol -the wounds of the
iciinihl wlilcli one' rinU'trtrbia Jonrnal furiiUhc
bn hern done b a ntn trr hand and tho ' Historv of
Great I'hilaneliihia Alurdor wn.teu doubtless bv
ibe same person, sxhi amicflrini in thew-aame
rsper, sheds a Innd ught on the t o tho Quaker
:ilv We cortiiy invite the author not to wait
for tbo occurrence of a grand robbery to f irnlth
us with history ot the 'great f hiladolphia burgla
ries.' . Tho Nation will hereafter be issued twlc8 a
week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, beginning
with tho number of May I, each number con
taining sixteen pa;;o. half the present quant tv.
At prcent the paper does not reach subscribers
in the West until nearly a week after it has gone
to prcs. The subscript! jn is also rcdnce t to $5
a ear. We are glad to liave the apsu ranee of
tbe publisher that tho enterprise Is a success,
The beneficial cHocta ol its efforts have been
already felt In our local literature, and Its per
manent establishment cannot but do much good..
A Parts correspondent of one of the Hot
York weeklies writes: '
Yesterday I paid a visit to the Champs de Mars
to lee what progress bad been made in the buildi.ig
for the univnsal exhibition ot 1867. I cannot say I
v as delighted so much ai 1 was astonished. There
I lound a regular ai my of workmen amounting to
some thousands, tne greater portion ot tueia dirty
and rairped. Inoarlv every laueuacx In the civdixod
worlu was to be beaid, and for the Cf't time in try
lite, I lea ized to mv mind what the scene must hare
been at the builointr of the Tower ot Dabel. As to
the works, one would imagine that pyramids were to
bo raised or sveial cathedrals bu'lt. lhos' who
bave not lately visited I'atii would find a dilDcmty
in recognizmir the champs de jittr. Un an aides
buildings aie ri'ing and the rrcmnd fotoues enor
mous mice.-. But notwithf amm a I turn biy
movement eneo .n form no ide ot what the build
ing will ultimately be. lor as yet it ha hardly risen
above the level of the srrouud Tuis much 1.1 ceriaui,
however, tbst it wi.i be opened in themouh oi alay,
There are evidently two ways of loosing at
the end of the Roman republic. : In Paris, one
may cboope between the view frnta the Tuilenes
and the view from the Academy. The ConsUtw
tionnd waa hal v and un wise enough to espnuse
the Emperor's side of the dilleronco between
hlmsell and the successor of M. Ampere. This
was tbe respenso which it provoked from Pre-
vost-Paradol: 1
The illustrious anthor of the Vit1 tfe Cetnr did
not conceal, in his prctaoe, the loot that wui e uur-
rating tuo li.s.ory 01 ns noro, ms tnuucuis were on
the head o! hit lend v It n no let natural nor ex-
cusubie in me that, haying to speak 01 the down! ill
of JKotuan liberty, 1 cou d not help recalling the mis
loriuuos ot mj ovtn coumry." ,
America's true lriend. M. Edouard Ltbou
layc, is tie liberal candidate for Deputy to the
Corps Leglslatif in the Strasburg district o the
Lower Rhine. The Jovtrnal des Debata eutreats
the electors to return him in place of the late
incumbent, who resigned to stand a re-election.
The diminished maiorlty of his opponent would
be a success to M. Laboulaye and tbe cause Of
civil liberty.
Tbe election of Mazzinl at Mesclna has bpen
pronounced illegal by a proper committee of the
Italian Parliament.
Messrs. Ilurd & Houghton have in prepare
tion a. complete and uniform, edition ot the
works of Lord Macuuley, baaed upon the .last
English edition, edited by his sister, Lady fre-
vevlan. It will be comprised in sixteen or
seventeen volumes, crown octavo, the first In
stalment of which, , the "History of England,
will be published early In May
FOREIGN
ITEMS.
1 The Solett newspaper has been authorized by
Victor Huso to publish his latent work, "Lea
Travailleurs de la Mor," In numbers. -
The Orcbestra of the ConserpHqir Imperial
lately performed for the first timo the march of
Tarmiawser, composed by Richard Wagner.
The evergreen Mad'lle Dejazet (seventy-five
years old), the celebrated actress, has lately
had great success in the play of Afowa. Oarrat, one
of the pest pieces or her repertoire. ' She acted
with her accustomed grace.
The far-famed pianist, Listz, at the termina
tion of a concert in which he assisted a lew
days aeo, was surrounded by the crowd, who
made him a regular 'ovation.'
The following, says Lt Pays, is an Interest
ing statistic ot mortality in Europet ,
There die every year .
In tbe Papal and Venetian States. .....1 person in 23
In tne rest) ol itaiy, ureeoo, auu
Turkey J
In Holland, France, Prussia I ..
In fewitzcr.and, Austria, Spain, and
Portugal ......1
In itussia ana Pomnd 1
in ijeriuany, Denmark, aud awedon.,1
In orwav 1
In Iceland.... J
In England.... ' ......1
In fccut and and Ireland 1
80
" 8J
" 40
" 44
45
48
63
" 63
' 69
It results, then, from the above table, that
the mortality is greater in the sunny clime ot
Italy than amidstj the rocks and bogs ot Ireland,
in which country one has the , chance of living
to very old age. i
Onr readers will probably not have forgotten
the sensation caused two jears ago In London by
tbe execution of a German called Franoia Muller,
who was accused of mur deling a pel son in a railway
carriatie, and also that a floce polomie was eni
gaged in on the subject between English and German
newspapers, the latter maintaining that he wad con
demned innocontly. A Uerman newspaper has
lately spread a teport wbicn, true or false, recalls
tne affair to mind, lt is asserted that a Halave
l'erno, lately arres'ed at Hawburg on a charge of
having committed several murders, has confessed
that it was be, and not Muller, who eommitted the
murder in London. ' ' '
The Casseliy apparatus, by which one can send
by the telegranh a lac simile 01 one's writing, has
just been Inaugurated between Lyons and Marseilles.
. The London Owl publishes the following,
under the heading ot "Wno's who in labii:"
"Lord liiibseli 1b a Prime Minister with a
divided Cabinet, and without a party; a chief
without authority, an authority with no sub
jects. , ' .
"Mr. Gladstone Is a tonic pill the Cabinet
.have to fake and swallow. , Bitter to many
in taste, they know that be Is necessary to the
a v stem.
" "Mr. Lowe is a man who has lost bis latch-key,
and, wanting to get into his house at a late hour,
kirks at the door, booing in time some one will
bear him and take him in. V
"Mr. (John liardy is a gentleman wuo speaks
what he could not remember to write, and
w rites what no doubt he would be foolish enough
to speak.
1 "The Government is a barrel exposed so lonff
to the sun that tbe hoops rouui it becoming
loose, it threatens to fall to pieces.
"Lord De Grey is the Star of India-In paste,
not diamonds. - ,
' "Mr. Co'chen Is 'the respeetablo lad who has
never been in service, but is willing to make
hmielf generally uselul.'
"Lord Clarence Paget is the lip-snlve of the
Admiralty, so smooth that anything may slide
over it. . .
- -The Roman villa" at Pans called the Maison
Diomede, lately fold bv Prinoe Napoleon, was
toberpeued gratuitously lor the inspection of
he publio during Easter week. All the furni
ture will remain a originally arranged, to re
prtscut the interior ot a hoiwe In Pompoll at
the time 01 lhp great erupt on ot Mount Vosu-vtu-.
TUe sphiux. the statues, the mosaics, and
the paintings ot Gero me aie all there. t
T1TE NEW YORK TRESS.
t It- !
EDITORIAL OPINIONS 0.F LEADING-
j J0VRNAL8 UJ CN CVnr.ETJT T0PIC9.
COMPILED IVEBT DAT ror. EYESItvO TELKQUPHU
The President's Sneccuea.
From the Tribune.
He uiut be a vy'r.v. bold, and should be a very .
able man, whoy- nwl-r exalted responsibility,
does not hesitate to make speeches treating of
the niot-t Important and d.illoult ritiesttOru ntght
after night And Prmlcnt Johnson is a bold
mau with great coutideuce In his own ab'litiea
as well as ip his purposes an-1 general rectitude.
Yet wo canuot well disregard tho fact that Mr.
Gay, who spoke o'tcn,' and at leafct as well as .
any other American, failed to reach, the goal of
his ambition.
Mr. Johnson errs In complaining that some
others have judged him harshly. He is not at
all mealy-moiiibi d litmscii, ana nas alays
spoken ot other' acts and presumed motives
with entire freedom. . We like tbi It is our
own way but we mean to endure jiart cnti
clsm without wincing. , tie who goes into battle
must be resigned to gat mug now and then' a
dent in bis helmet. ' '
Mr. Johnson did not need to claim a full
rhaie ol the credit of making ours a nation of ,
freemen. Justice aflhms it, aud history will ' '
award it. His proclamation ot universal free
dom in Tennessee; hU insisting that every Rebel
b ate should raii.' the Constitutional amend
ment, is a prerequisite to restoration; his gene
ral bearing towards the rejected "corllcr-slone',
of lhe late Soutnirn Confederacy, tullv entitle
him 10 it. Why, then, can be not await the
award which l eo cettain to be lavorabio ? Sup
pose a hundred CoucTesmcn and a thousand
pieeseswere daily insisting that -he was never
hostile to, ami is now trying to .e-establtsQ
slavery; what 01 it, so long as it U no t the tact?
' It the President tails anywhere, it is in ciear,
logical perception ot great principles. He talks
plausibly and well; but he does not always grasp
the great truths he inculcates. Witness the fol-
lowiug extinct from his speech to the soldiers
' 'A great prlnoiv e was to he restored, wh ch was
eetblisl ed by onr l.evo utiou, when our tatties wore
Contending agamai the power of Uret Unlaw.
What was onn ot the prmoipal Cuusea of their 00 n
plaini f lt was that they were denied representation .
Tocy complained 01 taxation without rcpres u la
tion. One of the great principle laid down by our
tat hers, and which Ii 1 ed tbeir near a, was that 1 bare
should be no taxa um without representation. How
then, does the nuttier siaudf Who has beeu usurp,
ing powcrf Who bus oeeu deie tuna the operations
ot tie Constitution? Auu what now remains lobe
done 10 complete tne '-estotatjon 01 th ce Stttos to
II their forinor relations with tho Federal Govern
ment, and to finish the great ordeal through whioh.
we have been potuiiuvr It is toaomit repreien a
t vet And when wo aav admit representatives, .
what do we mean f We moan representatives ia the
constitutional and law-abiding Tense, as was in
tended at the beginning ot tne taovernmout."
Now this great pnuciplo is all lor which those
whom the President, has at times had the bad
taste to stigmatise us disunionists insist on. If
the President will help them to establish this,
he will never more be provoked nor inclined ta
speak ot them reproachfully. Only let it be
established and recognized aa a fundamental
biibis of American institutions that "there (hall
be no taxation without representation," and our,
people will theuceioith be calm, prosperous,
and united. All can be settled all resentment '.. ,
buried, all dimomtiea removed by tbe general
recognition and adoption of that principle. '
Then; why not adopt it? Why will not the
President give his justly great influence to
secure its adootiou f '
Mr. Johnson cannot, on reflection, suppose,
that the loyal whites ot the old free States will
ever consent to give to two ex-Rebels iu the
South, as much power In tbe Federal Union aa
ia wielded by three of themselves. Tnen why
not frankly tell the South that she must either
enfranchise her blacks or renounce her claim to
count them as a bus is of Federal power? Is it
not ' plain that she must come to this at last ?
Then why not at once?
The Approaching European War. ,
From the Times. ,' ,",
Notwithstanding the assurances of the Vienna
press that Austria is not arming, the advices
from Paris and other political centres, by the
Persia Thursday night, show that there Is a pro- -diglous
massing of troops near the old battle
grounds of the former wars between the two
German powers. But unlike the slow concen
tration of forces in the times of Frederick the
Great and Maria Theresa, the present movement
is by steam. Every train to Silesia and Bohe
mia is prowded with the white coats of the
Austrian infantry; all tight lontr the heavy
freight-train burueued with cannon, and shell,
and shot, and all the furniture of war, rumble
over the roads connecting Vienna with the '
north. '
The splendid Imperial Hussars have begun i
also their northward march. Forty thousand
men are already concentrated on the borders of
Saxonyi ' , ' , ' , ,
A strategical point which Austria never pos-.
sessed In tbe strue-le with Frederick, and ot lm-
mense importance to her tne city of Cracow
is being lortitied and heavily gafrisoteJ. For
midable garrisons are beiDg collected at tbe old
historic points ot Silesia, so lamous in the wars
of tne eighteenth century. Even aa in our civil
war, so many bai ties were fought over again
at certain fixed aud necessary strategical posi
tions, so without doubt, if war result, we shall
hear of battles between Prince Charles and
Ceneral Benedek on fields whiua are immoital
With the names 01 Frederick and his Generals.
lt shown the grandeur ol the approucbiug con- ,
fiiet, as well a- the daneer or Austria, that '
armies aie movinu at. the same time from A.us- ",
tna proper to a aids the Lower Danube, East-
em Silesia, Bohemia, and the Adriatic. '
Dangers trom Russia, Italy, and Hungary"
mus1 be guarded against, as well as the great ..
attack from Proserin. The lutter powr is now
without doubt preparing for the dtld. ' Three
corps are already . opokon of as under arms,
and probably more oan be immediately put in
marching oider, tor it must be- remembered
that Prussia ha-. an almost perfect military
organization, and can summon with the great
est rapidity a vast army to the field. Her
Government has sent forth a circular to the
lesser powers ot Germany, which shows the
seriousness of the position. She demands to
know categorically what their course will be
in case ot an atmck by Austria on tbe Prus
sian territory, und reclaims that in this
strnggl "there can be no ueutranty in Ger
many."! When it is remembered that Bavaria,
Wurtemberg, Saxony, and other minor German
States can put 6u0,000 men In the field, the im
portance of this demand and of its answer will
la seen. The final and dreaded conflict between
the two powers seems lor the moment delayed
for tbe reply to tbU diplomatic question; and In
the meantime tbe great powers, Franca and 1
England, are to have an opportunity to inter
vene and to propose a compromise. England
bss no weight iu Germany, but France, with
titlO.OOO men to throw into one scale or the other,
will have to be. listened to. A compromise is
alreudy suggested in the journals an exchange
of a portion of Prussian Silesia to Austria tor
the Duchies which Prussia is seeking to
"imnext" but in the present temper both ot the
Prussia Cabinet and people, it is doubtful if
such an oiler, even supposing it to be . made,
would ever be entertained. 1 ,
Austria's position and tone are even mora
haughtj and confident; and passions are now ao
much aroused that interest end prudence may
be lost aight af. Her dangers in the event 01 a 1
European war aie eeitainly great, and yet she'
may take the old part and deiy them all, trust
lug to that luck, or power which basgaoitcn
carried her through even greater trials, "" -
Italy pas eviaentiy- aeierininea V) wsKe; .tur
told stroke for Venolia, if the war beoouu a
,iuct,ud we already hear of 40,000 men' eon-,
owitrsted near Hologna,' and 01 ojuflrjuoi ru
' j !: . i,.. 'aw ...i.. -4