THE DAI LI EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JUNE SO, 1PG6.
LITERATURE.
Thr Micboco8m. A Tocm. Bv Abraham Colea,
11. D. D. Appleton A o., Nw York. "Medi
cal and Suipliul Hcpor er," No. 115 Soutu
Seventh street, I hiluiielphia Aeeucy.
A verj beutitiful little book, containirjjr a
poem of omo Blteen hundred lines, has come
to u trotn the prist of Applelon. The author
h3 undertake u to treat or a field uf science
which ba never been associated with poetic
jrenius. We never bol'ore ha7e had a con
junction ot Esculapiu? and the Muse. Never
before Id rhjthm have the virtues of the cuticle,
th,c ciantum, and, the aorta been discourse 1
upon. It adulterates the water ot Parnassus to
have an analysis of saliva, an t it Is aoythlot:
but coiigeijial to tho rider of Pegasus to bare
the occipital bone and the lieamcnUrT tissue of
his steed dilated upon. Wa can be-tcr appro
clate the fury described by Bayard Tavlor in
which the priceless puts on a white robe and
prances up and don a room, than the ana
tomical analysis which induces the author in
the midst ol a verce to pause and reler to a
medical dictionary to see if congenital blind
ness is curable.
It may hence be inferred that we derive small
satisfaction from reading a poom with such foot
notes as "The opiuion which attributes to the
cerebellum the power of association or co-ordinating
the dtllerent voluntary motions is the one
now most generally received." "The
nervous sjstem conmti everywhere of two
kinds of tissue white Hnd grey."
"For the benefit of the rosier, we may stat
thut there are 43 pair of nerves in all i. e. 12
cranial or encephalic and 32 spinal."
It must be a:kuoledeed that the interest
of poetry Is flightly lessened by such details.
In order to triable our readers to appreciate
this curiuus auatomicul periormance, we will
quote:
"Bundlcs'of flo hy fibres without end,
AIour the tony Mtiietjn extend
In tbouRunu-lold dlrei liuu irom fixed points
To aet tiieir eveiai parts upon the Juiuta;
Adjustnienia moo or n.i sua to ends we trace,
With each dvLonnc t) mnoit n place.
But whore's tae Hand mat train the million reins,
Directs and guide's them, quickens or restraint?
Or the "Eye and us Correlative" Is thus Bibli
cally described:
"Ite ways of 8in rooorn; funoreal gloom
Fl Is every habitation like a tomb:
Closed is each pori, atid wiu ov of the mind ;
And there is uune to 00k the tb is bund.
Bow d.flerent once, when in tnat Shore
Ihe glorious UMvorse wa pictured o rl
O what an Orpaii tliat I trcrmulu to Light,
W bone own rolat'i n, too ore Mich to aiht,
'Iwcre bard to tav, tue two so lieely fit.
Sladu was ti e e e lor light, or light lor it."
The touching attributes of smell are portrayed
in gushing numbers:
"lhe Nerve of suiell, the first the bra'n to leave,
Combed and dir. dud tluougu a bonv sieve.
Thev, irom their tnseps o d slier' lied liair,
Mmke out the tangled iraerauce of tne air.
Couvorsant with an sweetness Nature brings
Jiiibor tne soul and quintessence of things;
Air; solutions ol ttie finer powers.
Imponderable 1 roperties ot flowers;
Th' aroma of all reasons ann all timei,
Kingdoms ol nature, conunents, and olimos "
A lew pages are devoted to "No?oloey," seve
Tal to the lung", and quite a number to the
heart. To show that Dr. Cole- is susceptible of
appreciating true love, and, besides, that it
must, in the course of nature, run smooth, we
quote his words 011 "The Sexes:"
"Young Lovo, First Love, Love, haplv at first sifht,
Semites like the lighiumg, dazzit-s like the lirhti
Chanoe-meetinx Yi slioot lortb contagious flame
Sending the iiot blood wildly through the tram.
Uy strnnge euobantu'enl violently strook,
The total being rushes with a (note:
A beauty never teen before, except tome gleams
JPwrpltnp the atmo phere of blissful dreams,
v Bkrns rare raptures and sensations new,
.Both soul and body thriliin? through a,nd through."
Tbo work is, however, in Its way, a success.
Were we able to divest ourselves of the idea of
a comedy, we could lully appreciate the metri
cal feet whicb describes the human toes and
heel, and the pliant minds which argues the
difference between the cerebrum and the cere-hellum.
The poems of the late George Arnold have
Tjeen given to the public in book form. From
thom we select a few of the most touching of the
poems left us by the dead poet. The lollowing
few stanzas ho was engaged iu illustrating at the
lime ol'hifl death:
JUBILATE.
(irey distance hid each shining sail,
By ruthless breezes born trom me;
And lesseniutr, lading, taint aud pule,
My ships went tort a to sen.
Where misty breakers rose and fell,
I stood and sorrowed hopelessly;
For every wave had tales 10 tull
Ot wrecks far out at sea.
To-day, a song is on my lips;
Earth sems a paradise to me
For God is good, and, lo! my ships
Are coming home trom sea 1
The next verses can be appreciated by all who
3iave suffered:
TUG OLD rLACE.
1 stand on tho shore of a moonlit sea,
Under the stars of a summer sky,
And sad aro the thoughts that come to me,
As the sorrowful night-wind whispers by.
'Tin the same old sea whose voices call,
The same old stars wnh their twinkling eyes,
The same old mouuligbi silvers all,
And the same old aoleoin thoughts arise.
Naught in the scene has changed for years,
Waves, nor stars, nor moonlight lair;
And here in my eves are the same old tears,
For tha same old hopeless love I bear.
Two days before hi death he wrote the closing
verses of the volume, breathing a prayer which
was soon answered:
IN THE DARK.
All moveless stand the ancient cedar trees
Along the drilled sand-h.lls where they grow;
And Irom the dark weat comes a wandering
breeze,
And waves them to and fro.
A murky darkness lies along the snnd,
Where bright the sunbeams of the morning
shone;
And the eye vainly seeks, by sea and land,
Some light to rest upon.
No large, pale star its ellttering vigil keeps;
An inky sea retlecta an inky sky;
And the dark river, like a serpent, creeps
To where it black piers lie.
Strange, salty odors through the darkness steal,
And through the dark the ocean-thunders roll.
Thick darkness gathers, sliding, till 1 feel
Its weight upon my soul
I stretch my hand out In the empty air;
I strain my eyes into tho heavy nisht;
Slackness of darkness . . Father, hear my prayer,
Grant me to see the liht I
Great Despots iw Small Placm. The fol
lowing very seasonable article ia from the
Jiound Table:
"The summer months, being the ones esrje
dally devoted to travel, are those most replete
with discomtoit and degradation. Whoever, in
tlits country, enters a public conveyance, or
place of public 'entertainment,' must relln
qulfh his self-respect and inalienable rights as a
JieeuiHu until such time aa his return home
tmanctpates him Irom an ordeal of iiubbiog
1 nd insult. Your first Intercut ft with a rail
?t)hd official makes It evident that he rertrda
j 011 as not only bts natural er.rmy, b it a being
01 an interior race, subject for the tuna b lug to
h a irresponsible pecr. Th baggi-iuiwter,
. whom you apply to check your trunk, re
Hues to comply until you produce your
tirl et, making no concealment ol his bol ef that
.tor. intend a Iraud upon both railroad and ok
pieis conipnny; ana sub eqtientl.y, at uncer
tain intervals, the monotony of vourloume? Is
m el by tne tight ot his coadjutors engaged in
den olisbmg j our bageage with every apparent
rst'tlaciion, ami a perlect knowledge thai 'ail
hnpago is at tho risk of the owner.' The
tic it agent, with a supcciHous stare or osten
tatious indiil'ercnce, throws a ticket at you as
be would a bono at a do?, returning a crumbled
Pinna ol greasy currency and dubious no'cs a
charge lor your greenback. To reach th train
jou run a gam tlct of guards stationed over
nurrow catrg, as if you were a convict to be
subsequently identified; and, a'ter bing igno
ltiiuioiiMv repelled trom every habitable car
by liieolent brakesmen, who surlily Ini'orn yon
that it Is 'reserved lor ladies, ' you are forced to
lepair to a rickety conveyance thronged with a
cliss of people whoe general appearanco ros
lar to tiMify tho prevalent ignominious treat
ment. Then becins the reiirn ot tho conductor,
who rudely shakes the sleeping pa-son ?er to
elicit a eight and a punch at his ticket;
pruftly replie to civil questions, if, indeed,
be condescends to reply at all; bullies and
abides tie man whose ticket is mislaid: becomes
a verv ruliian, threatening personal violence to
the plucky tew who demand a seat a a prere
quisite to producing thir t'ekets. The con
duetor is succeeded by shrill-voiced boys, who
walk down the aisle, throwing rmht ana lett,
in our luce or lun, or on top of your book, as
tne cafe mav be. Mash newsoapcrs and b indies
ol bad candy. Nothing that can add to your
misery is spared; any remonstrance only pre
cipitates fresh insults which you are poerleis
to repent. Your threatened recourse to the
oilicers ot the road is received with derision,
and, if made, is followed by no a'onemunt or
anietkTBt'ou. Hotel and res'a'iraut preient
the same phenomena, with but slight vitriutlons.
From office clt-rk to waiter and chambermaid,
neglect, sevpre liatueur, and fatuous condescen
sion are the consequence of claiming thoir
atttn inn. To the hotel unbappinessos there
are occasional and meritorious exceptions; to
those of the railroads none."
The United States Service Magazine,
which has run for two years aud a half, ceased
with tha issue of the July number. At the close
ol his valedictory the publisher addresses our
fighting men in the following terms:
"Gal ant ofilcors and brave men of the army and
navy of ibe Un.tod states, whusi kin 1 appreciation
lias a' ways txeu so gratelul, boca iso go heartily
Riven, in briugit.tr to a clo-e an iu crcourse tuat n-s
been so plea ant, 1 congratulate jou on a peuce so
nublv won a peace tbat has no lonxor ntted of a
diHuuctivoiv m luary literature aud bo to add my
wolcome homo' to that a ready so proudiv eirn
you by an acnin united poop e prayitw that the
time may be fur distant when anotuc call to arim
Blitt'l require the raapptaranco of the dcreict
AJuyazijie."
To the cHsine lines of which valedictory we
beg leave to add our emphatic amen.
Mai y of our reader? are already informed
of tho literary woik which the 9unitary Com.
mission has undertaken siu.ee th close of its
active labors in the field and hospital. The
commission having a surplus of funds, thought
that the people would be best pleased with an
authentic record of its work, showin" in detail
the amount of supplies received, and the manner
in which they have been expended. Tho ar
chives were collected from the various offices
and blanches ot the Commission, and systemati
cally arranged for historical use; and a historical
bureau was organized in October, 1863. Chavles
J. Stille, Esq., of this city, a member of the
Commission, whom many will remember as the
author of "How a Free People Conduct a Long
War," pullished during the first months of the
war, was selected as hisiorian.
Miss Augusta J. Evans, the author of "Beu
lah." "Jlacaria," and othpr novels, i6 said to be
collecting money to repair the graves ot the sol
diers of her Slate (Georgia), who lost their lives
in delense of the Confederata cuse, According
to another account, she hai already erected over
their remains a stataly marble mausoleum.
Two French men of letters, M. Paul Feval,
the novelist, and M. Victor Sardou, the drama
tist, have been expressing their opinion of each
other in Figaro, M. Sardou was, in his literary
nonage, a proteqe ol 11. Feval, and the latter iu
his article gives a witty portrait of the incipient
playwright at tbat period, as noticeable lor its
wit as its apparent truth. M. Sardou, in his
response, which is a manly statement of the
difficulties that he encountered In trying to get
his pieces played, and which narrates his
wanderings by night in winter across tho
Seine, without umbieila or patelot, and his
remembrance of the arcades which on wet
nights gave him a dry run of some hundreds
ot yards M. Sardou, we suy, relates his
acquaintance with M. Feval, aud how they
worked together on a play, Le Bossu, lor nearly
two years, which play was afterwards produced
with great fcocccs, without his name even ap
pearing on the bill, and without his obtaining any j
other reward tnan a ueigian copy 01 m. revars
novel on the same theme, the original concep
tion of whose plot came from bim. "The copy
1 got," he ays, "was a copy I could not even
sell." M. Sardou describes their working toge
ther, and says that in a murder scene which was
to have been the pivot of the drama, M. Feval
stopped, and remarked, "Suppose, in the middle
of this scene, we were to make a Turk appear
suddenly at the back door." "A Turk !" "Yes,
a Turk, dressed in a mapnificent oriental cos
tume, who would utter these words In Arabio."
"What would be the use of the Turk?" "I
don't knew, but it seems to me that he would
produce a good effect." M. Sardou negatived
the Turk, but his fellow-worker thought so
much of that exalted personage tbat he wed
him afterwards in one of bis many novels. Alto
gether the victory in this encounter ot French
wits Tests with M. Sardou.
A very interesting discovery in the history
fart has just been made by M. Armand Baschet,
a French writer and antiquarian of considerable
merit. In searching through the archives of
Mantua in order to find, if he could, some details
of tho li of Rubens at that court, aoout which
little had beetr-kiiherto known, he hit on a com
plete series of letters of Rubens, as well as a
number of official document! and papers ef the
Duke, concerning him and his mission to Spain.
Uia name first appears in July, 1601, in a letter
of recommendation to the Cardinal llontalto,
on his going to Rome to copy some pictures.
The most Interesting documents are the letters
of Rubens himself, descriptive of his journey
to Spain, where he had been sent to take some
paintings to the all-powerful minister, the Duke
of Lerma. lie speaks with a freedom and a
liberty of speech and idea that must greatly
have surprised the functionaries of an Italian
court. The details that be glvea of the damaged
state in which the paintings arrived, and the
trouble he had to restore them, are rery curious.
He succeeded so well that the copies executed at
Rome, and retouched by hU skilful pencil, were
taken for original of the gieat masters by tho
Inike of Lrrma, who was in ecstacles over the
Fumptuous gi ts of the Dt.ke of Mantua. Theie
pictures are probably still put down a original
in Spanish catalogues, and th list 01' them that
M. l afcbet is going to publish will cause disap
pointment 10 their actual psssccsors.
The remarkable dise.ovory of Datito's re
mains at Ravenna Ht summer wan commented
on in tho papeis at the tlrte. It is, however,
but recently tbat the official report of the com
mi'sion of the Italian Uovemmeut has been
made public. A writer in the June number of
the LornmU Magazine gives an account ot his
difficulties in flndino the report. After exami
nations of all the libraries iu Florence, he a!
last received inlbr 1 ation that the report was in
the office of the Minister of Public Instruction,
where, alter several visits, he found it. The
report was not printed nntll last fail, and had
never been published. It contains full details
of the finding of the wooden chest containing
the remains, and of tbo measurement and exami
nation of the bones. The registers of the con.
vent were searched, and all the data obtained that
could be of the removal of the bones from tho
sopulchre, and the reasons therefor. The cavity
of the cranium was filled with rice, in order to
ascertain the probable weight of the brain.
The rice weighed 31319 pounds avoirdupois.
On a careful comparisou, the mask of tho poet
preserved in the Urtizi gallery, Florence, was
found to be in all respeo's similar in con
figuration to the cranium found at Ravenna.
The length of tho naal bones agreed precisely,
aud the same remark applios to all othor parts
which admitted ot measurement.
The citizens ol Rouen are desirous of erecting
a monument to Jeanne Dare, and wish to attach
to it the celebrated "Tour du Donjon" which
belongs to the Ursuline convent of that place.
Objections were made ti alienating the property
or the church; but subsequent investigations
showing tbat it was c:sible to sell the tower
separately trom the convent, the Archbishop of
Rouen, Cardinal de Bonui-cho-ie, has given his
consent, and the ' Tour de Jeanne Dure" is to
become the property of the city of Rouon, and
be connected w ith an expiatory monument to
the liberatrcss of France.
The first vol umo of the "Memoirs of MjxI
milian, Emperor of Mexico," is announced by a
Leip&ic publisher. It is a reproduction of the
account of the Emperor's frvel", of which a
very few copies, lsucd irom the Imperial print-
tug prcs ot Vienna, uaa ocen aisiriDuioa to 1
members of the imperial lamily and to a few i
intimate friend, wit n a request not to publish
any extract. This protrbi.ioa must have been
removed, unless the LelpMo publisher has
obtained a copy surreptitiously, and is printing
it without the consent of the author.
M. Lamartine's affairs, which are in their
chronic condition of collapse, have lately bee a
taken into consideration by th3 Council of Min
isters in France, one ot whom, M. Rouher, is
said to have proposed to give the needy poet
and defunct statesman a pension of forty thou
sand francs for lite, on condition of his making
over to the State all his liabilities and assets.
Lamartine declined the proposition, and intends,
it is said, to settle in Sicily.
The Society of the History of French Pro
testants is about to exhibit an interesting collec
tion of old manuscripts, of t ie first books pub
lished by the promulgators of their faith, and
of medals and pot traits relating to the early his
tory of the Reformation.
Miss Margaret Howitt, in her "Twelve
Months in Sweden with Fredrika Bremer,"
mentions a portrait of Cromwell, at Giipsholm,
which is probably the one sent to Queen
Christina in Cromwell's name, with a copy of
Latin verses by Milton.
Tho late James Sheridan Enowlcs left a
posthumous play, which is oh the eve of pub
lication, under the title of True Unto Death.
Originally written as an opera, it was recently
produced as a dtama in two act3 at the Strand
Theatre, with moderate success.
M. Gustave Dore is about to publish his
illustrated edition of "The Fables of La Fon
taine." It is said to contain some three hun
dred designs, for which he has made careful
studies, and is- to be published in weekly num
bers, at fifty centimes each.
Marshal Kiel intends, it is said, to criticize
Napoleon's ' Life of Cresar," in the Iieout
franco is.
M.Thiers lately made a visit to Prince
Napoleon, much to the astonishment of the
small world of Parin, He has become very
popular since his last speeeh in the chambers.
Mr. P. C. lleadley and Mr. or 0?neral L. C.
Baker, the chief of Mr. Stanton's detective force
during the Rebellion, are preparing together a
history of thut bureau.
TIIE NEW YORK PRESS.
EDITORIAL OPINIONS OF TUB LEADING
JOURNALS UPON CURRENT TOPICS.
COWl'lLiP 1VKRY DAT IOB KVBMNO ULtOKAPli,
raiPamentary Decorum.
From tk4 Tribune.
Some ot our contemporaries, who arc not
enamored of the legislation ot this Historic Con
gress, are quite profuse in their denunciations
of it, and severely criticize its alleged lack of
decorum. They point us, aa the Herald, Alias,
and other presses have done, to the British Par
liament and French Assembly, as tho models
which Congress should imitate. Probably the
following, from the Pall Mali Gateite of June 2,
which graphically describes a recent scene in
the House of Commons, and which has not been
rivalled ol late years in the House of Represen
tatives, Illustrates the decorum they desire to
have observed, during our American discus
sions:
"The Asiatio gentlemea who last nltrht visited the
Hoiar of Commons witnessed a remamoblo scene,
which mutt htv ratber disturbed tnuir previous
conception of the 'collective wisdom, ,ot a great
country, tor more than an hoar a larjr gathering
01 gravr-iooKiDK Keuurmen were engaged in noot
ma. howhnr. and trroapinv, while an exoited little
man was saen wasvr a grey beard aud jrestiou-
latioc wna y, wnue every now aoa men as tne
storm around hist partially lulled he was heard
shouting disjointed lntirments ot sentonoes at the
top of bis voice. Iba Oriental yimtors probably
learned, irom tneir interpreter, (bat this w Kr,
TV bal ev diacoarains about Femanum and the Pods
and must have been ratber puizled to know whetht-r
it was terror of the Insa or hatred of the Pep thai
caused suon oiacora."
In the French Corps Legiglatif, we often hear
of equally boisterous scenes whilo a member u
speaking. Hisses, exclamations, ejaculations,
iulerruptioas.'the tinkling of the President's bell;
which is usea like a gavci tor tne preservatto
of order, and the i'resldeut, finally despairing of
qt. riling the than, d'Clarins: the tes-non sus
jtuded till ibe tumult reaes. Thy are con
erned. foo-these cridztng prissen at the
MricMires uttered ugainst those in authortly, as
ll it were unprecedented. Have thev forgotten
I It nry ('lay's, personal Invecoves acatnst Jonn
'Ijhrf Are 1'onelas' bi'ter denunciations of
I 1 tbanan biottt d fiom history t WeieJetfer
fin. Madi'on, Jpckou, and Franklin Pierce
t-H'ivpt Horn the severest personal cenaures?
In alucd like ours, were there u to much iu
''fpendence of thotignt, more freedom 01 discus
H( n and seventy ol criticism are expected than
In monarchical countries. And jet the legiMi
tor of Prussia have denounced their Mmistr
qiitto as seveielj a our Ministry have been do
i.ounced in Congress; and a personal allusion by
tne of the most gitted of Kr gland's orators to
the Falstufiiaa icrrn and laiKiiylna charac'erui
ticg ol one ol his Parliamentary opponents,
tt.ongh biting in the extreme to its .subject,
I kse( d nnrebuked. In the French Corps Lois
lati , tbe President watcnes the utterances 'of
biembeis, nnd when a disparacing allusion is
lnHUe to the Emtioror. stoi s anf scolds the
otiending member; and several of these stormy
uenes have occurred (here within the last year,
and tbe description of them has been copio'1 by
the press ol'thi city. In both branches of our
Congress, a difierent rule prevails. The pre
tiding ofi cer does not volunteer, with super
Krviceuble zeal, as in France, to check de
baters in their utterances. They rule promptly
when any member makes the point of order,
tin, otlieiwise the ireedom of debate ii un
checked. Perhaps this Congress compares un-
luoiobly with those where pistols were dta vn
in the Senate Chamber, as in the days of Benton
acd Missn-fippl Foote, or when a Senator was
t'riituily beaten in his seat tor or is sp.iiceu in
debate, aud lor which he had not been even
cuiled to order; or when Southern members
ctowded around Gidaliij-s' seat to silence his
oturances, or when Lovcjoy's speech provoked
u melee ai d I'Bht iu tbe area in front of tae
f-peakei's chair, or when Craw lord of Georgia
and others stood by the side ot Thaddius
Siemens, and by personal threat' sourhi to in
timidate bim. But, thoueh the "6 have been
Some j ersonulities used which might better have
been on itted, aud though it has been harshly
arraieced both by Pre-idenMal and Cabinet,
speeches, we think thly Congress will not 9uOr
by comparison with any ot Its predecessor ot
the last quarter ot a contury.
The Fiench Emperor on the Situation in
LrUiope.
from the Times.
The tull text of the Emporor Napoleon's letter
to M. de Lhuys, and wh cn appeared in our
itue of Thursday, upon the present belligerent
attitude of three European powers, enables us
to form a clear estimate ol nhat he intends, and
of how he wishes his intentions to be interpreted
b.T the world. It is a noteworthy fuct that the
Emperor always makes a point ot seeking, before
entering upon any large desirn, to justify his
coiue by an elaborate explanatory appeal tn
public opinion, auu uf no undoubtedly liold
iliere ui ol power in Europe, and is perlectly
uufait with every secret motive aud apiraiiou
ol lhe various nations, bis words, when he dons
six ok distinctly, are prophetic in their signifi
cance, whether we accept iheui as sincere, or to
be read like dreams-by the rule ol contraries.
The letter states that the present conflict has
three causes tne desire ot Prussia for a more
denned geographical position, and of Germany
lor a political rcconstitutioa, aud the necessity
tor Italy to assure us national independence.
The Emperor is very candid as 10 what, in bis
opinion, these objects would necessarily aud
properly involve. For Prussia he desires a
prettier homogeneity uudjstreneih in the Nortri.
lie does not wisn'to detract Irom the import
ance ol Austria, but be would have been clad to
see Austria cede Venice to Italy tor an udequate
compensation, and, wku a sarcastic reminder to
Austria, he adas, "lor she (Austria), in concert
with Prussia, and making no account ot tho
treaty ot 1H52, made war upon Denmark in tho
name ol German nationality; and it appeared
10 me just tbat she should recognize the same
principle in Italy by completing the indepen
dence 01 the Peninsula."
H10 Emperor thinks, or says bethinks, that
France will not be obllired to draw tbe aword
to make her voice heard. But his explicit de
claration that wbitever may be the results of
the war none of the questions in which Kiaucu
is interested are to be settled without the con
currence of 1 ranee, docs not sound like an m
U ut lea that his neutral attitude shall be long
prtserve'l. That the contesting powers have
assured him (hat they will seek his concurrence
in such bUtleuient means simply, as it appears
to us, thut it the loss or gain of tetrltory by
ibtm be not in accordance with that of which
he would have been "glad" iu the event of a
successlul conietenoe, he will, by loree of arms,
miiKe it so 11 possible.
The acquisition towards which France aims is
not even ieit in the daik. It the equilibria! of
Kurope be disturbed, then Frauce will seek the
e.x'eLpiou ot ber frontiers, aud only then in caso
the map of Kurope is modified for the exclusive
beneht ot a great power what power he doe3
not sav, but the modification which would give
the Lllie harbors to iTussia'and Venice to Itnlv,
tire tl.e bi-uelits lor which he is to be paid. Iu
short, the object') of the contest, and the nego
tiations by which it has been precipitated, be
come U'jmistukably clear. The Emperor's
letter contains the programme, and now we
lexrntbat the performance has actually com
menced. Itvssia and the European Crisis.
From the World.
Twenty years ao the first question which would
have risen to men's lips at the coming of such
a tempest as thut whica now tareatuus Europe,
would have reterred to the attitude and probable
policy of Russia. On the fall of the Government
of Louis Philippe, in 1848, it really seemed for
a time that the tamous prophecy of tne first
Napoleon was about to be fulfilled, and that
Europe was about to become either "Republican
or Cossack." A book which was very famous In
its day, the "Red Spectre of 152," after a vivid
picture of the horrors which menaced civiliza
tion trom the uprising of socialism in Frauce
mid Eurof e, coctuined the declaration humilia
ting enough lor a French writer to mate that
the cannon alone could sett'e the questions of
mis century, auu ilui mc cauuuu tuuai boiiie
them, even though it should coino from Russia I"
The Czar Nicholas was of the same mind with
the author ol the "Spectre Rouge," and uoteveu
the ominous success which attended the advent
to imperial power in Frauce of a sovereign wno
represented neither Russia nor tie Red Repub
lic, eould disabuse the despotic martinet of
the Neva oi the notion that Russia, under his
sceptre, was called to be tbe final arbiter of
European order. The war of the Crimea read
him a terrible lesson on this subject a lesson
po terrible that the proud heart of Nicholas
broke in learning it, aud so proiound that Rus
sia has not yet recovered from its formidable
vibrations through the inmost fibres of her
social ard political organization. Vast as are
tbo dominions ot the Czar, and exhaustless as
their resources, the financial condition of his
colosral empire has grown worse instead of
better with every year which has elapsed since
the peace of Parts put a stop to the deadly
diain of the Crimean struggle upon its
vitals. The emancipation ol the serfs, while it
opens a new luture to tbe populations of Russia,
has materially weakened, tor the time being,
the bonds both of social and political order.
From the position of tbe first military power of
the Old World, wielding an unquestioned control
over the policy of Central Europe, and main
taining by tbe terror of her arms the artificial
equilibrium of tbe continental system of 1815,
Russia has now receded to a comparatively de
fensive attitude. No one now attaches any
serious importance to the rumors which dy here
and there about the European press ot aggres
sive alliances between Russia and Austria; no
one calls In question the perspicacity and good
ludgment of Count Bismark in dealing with
Russia as if ahe were no more directly concerned
than England in such changes of policy on the
purt of Prussia as, in the liteMme of Nicholas 1,
lo 1 ruts an Minister would have ventured to I
tirrnm .I nilr mi.tiiii t.. Ml.wt , I
orf am -l aiit tnpiiiig to f llctit. . I
Kin is oy no means impossible that Italia,
tmfttrd rind indippo-ed as ene no v Is toonie I
in a tfi t at European war. mav nnd herself dri' ted I
Into etch a war. at d, drilling into It, may carry
oilier great neutral powers with her tbro igii
the unexpected turn wh eh the skill and decl?ion
ot Count B.cniHik have given to events in a
quartet ol Europe as interesting as it I obscure.
On the wegten. ehoro ol ihe Black Sea tne
Ru'siBn province of Bessaiab'a is divided irom
the ( hiiMinn provinces ot Turkey, bv the river
Pruth. The names ot Moldavia and YTallachla
come and go at tnterals through the pace ot
Kuropoun liift r, and, in our ovn tunes tho
"question ot the Principalities" has b :en nearly
as lamiliar to men's ears, and qnits as intcllimblti
doubtless to men's in nils, as that more
weatern "question of tbo Duchies," Ihe
solution of which, begun with the aor l by
Austria and Prussia In alliance on th" plains ol
Schlexwig-llolstein, is now about to be com
pleted with the sword by Austria and Prussia as
aiilHfioniMx on the plains of Silesia. But i mav
be doubted whether many people uudert.md
ttat this "question ot the principalities" con
corns not only the condition and prospects of
loi r millions ol an active, renless, in'elli!ent
race, cccupjlng a territory larier thr.n tbe SUto
ot FeiiiiBjlvania, at the mouth of the most im
ponant river of Central Europe, but also tho
issues of dominion cu the Black Sea between.
Austria and Russia, and the course which
things shall take when the final dooais
day shall arrive ot the Turkish establish,
merits in Europo. The Inhabitants of Moido
Wallnchia retard tbemselvs as called to oc
cupy a separate am! national position in Europe;
and it cannot be denied that thev are in all
respects better cutMfd to hold such" a position
thnn the Hellenes of Greece, whom all the wo.ld
has been trying in vain lor tortv years to mani
pulate into a decent and tolerable monarchy.
Neither Russia nor Austria has been disposed to
encourage tills ambition ol the Moido-WulU-cbians.
and the utmost pond that the combined
wipdt m ot Europe could decide upon 11s pet
miseible to ibi strangely situated people was
the constitnton of the two provinces into
a soit ot fenn-lL dependent principality, or Hoj
poi'aiate, owing allegiance to tho Stibium;
Porte. Of this Ho-podarate, Prtuce
Couza was elected Hospodnr, aud all
would have gone well euonuh, doubtless, juat
vow, in Moldo-Wallachia, hud not the people
chosen to rise upon Prince Couza aud drive him
awav to Faris iu the very midst of th greater
tiouhlesot Europe over the growing German
question. Much us tho explosion displeased the
western powers and disturbed Turkey, Russia
resumed it with an amiable toleration, and,
pushing forward a powerlul army iuio Bessara
bia, prtpared herself to "watch events'1 011 tho
lower Danube, while Austria aud Prussia should
be lighting out their quarrel under the Rieseu
Gebirge, and Italy dnshni' herself upon tho
tour-squarct'rock of tbe Austrian position in
Vtneuu.
The iioldo WallachUms, however, finding that
their luge lord, tho Sultan, might take some
unsuiifiactory advantage 01 tne new pojit.011
tbe had crested lor themselves, hastily went
to woik to choose a new llospodar, and uudur
the advice and nt the Instigation, it is now un
derstood, of Count liioimiri, elected to that hiah
flice Prince Charles of Hohenzollern-Signitt-rineen,
a young cousin of the King 01 PruMia,
not yet thirty years ot ngc, and a dashing sub
l'euteiiunt of Prussian dragoous. While diplo
macy at Pnns and St. Petetsburg was discussing
tbo indecency of this election, Trinco Chatles
takes hi3 carpet-bag, scampers through Austria
and clown the Danube, and suddenly appear'n;;
at Bucharest, announce- himself, aud is received
as the true and only "Hospodar" of all
Moldo-Wabochia ! Upon this, Turkey gets
under amis, Russia increases ber Bessarabian
torc?s, nnd tbe war which all the great neutral
powers are alike anxious to restrict as closely
as ma be to 1U original theatie in Central
Europe, may thus possibly be extended to tbe
East, und made universally disastrous through
the astuteness of a Prussian Premier and the en
t rpri e ol a hair-brained yonug Prussian priuce.
But, however this may be in the end, the most
striking i'lustrarion, perhaps, that could b"
given ot the altered condition of Europe since
tLe establ shmeut of tbe second French emuire,
consists in the fact that, if Russia appears at
all upon the theatre ot the greatest European
varot our times, she will be dragged Into that
wur asainst her will, and in tbe train of the
poiicy of powers towards which Nicholas was
wont to assume tne bearing ot a King ot kings
mid arbiter ot history I
SPECIAL NOTICES.
PARDEE SCIENTIFIC C0URS3
LA FATE1T i? COLLEGE.
In ntltlHIon to the g ncral Comae of In-trootlon in
Huh 1 eiinrtnit nt. aeal).neil 10 ley a substantial ImhM of
kiiowlciiko at U ncliolurly culturo, gtudeu can pursue
t l.iixo bruin Lea which are euseutiallj' practical aud
tectnl al. viz. :
EMJ1KKKK1NG Civil. Topographical, and Mocha
tncnl; M1M.--G and J1F.TA I.LVKUY i AKi 'HI IV C
1 1 Hp, ana the ai.lkaUon of Clieuilatry to AUHIC'OL
'J I Hi. and the AKTS.
1 t rie ib uibo utioriled an opportunity torapeclal study
of '11. A lit Ul:d OSiAiKltl.; oi 1 (Jill UN LAN
(,TAM - and 1 DILI LOO Y , and of the 111BTOHY and
lMTITLH 1 olourcountiy.
For Chcuiars apply to 1 leslilent CATTFLL, or to
1 lot. K B. V OUKtIM N,
( ierk ot the Faculty.
Eastok, Pennsylvania A prll 4. lbbti. 510
r37- TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
junb2. m.
Iso'lcelsbQiehy given to ho'dew of Certiiloates ol In
dutiti UneKS, issued under acts of Congress approved
Ii. mill 1 and 11, IHb'i. thut the .secretary 01 tbe 't reasury ,
In accordance wlih said acta and the tenor or aaid t er
titlcates, is prepared to redeem, belore maturity, all 1'er
tillcalos ol iudebtednem tall nit uue alter Annus t
SI, li-bti wlih accrued Interest thereon. If preaen eu ior
ledeuiption on orbetore July 15, 1H6S, and that bereaiter
mill t ertilicutf a will i(a-e 10 bear interest, and wlii b
paid en nreeniatlon at this Depaniuei.t, wltb. Interest
only to the said 16th ol July.
HUGH MCCULLOCH
Secretary ot the 'treasury.
6 28tbstuRt
trZit PHILADELPHIA AND READING
RAlLHOAD COJUl'AXY OFFICE, No. itl tt.
101'ETli Hl'Ka.x.1'.
Philadelphia, June 20, 1866.
DIVCESl) NOT! E
The Transfer booksjol this Company will he closed
un Satuidtry, June atith, and re-opened on Friday, J my
liith, IBM.
A Liividend of FIV1 FEB CENT hS boon declared
ou ibe I'reierrtd and t ounuon fcttock., clear of National
and btate taxes payable Is iusb, on and a ter July litli,
to ihe holders tbereol as tbe sbsli aiand realsteredon
Ibe books of thet onipapy on the 3Uth luatauL
All payable at this olilce.
t'i'2 liu B. BBADFOBP. Treasurer.
jrjirf- DIVDEND. THE DIRECTORS OF
s-? the FHILAUEl Fill A AND BUS I O.M FETKO
Lt I'M COalFAMk bava tills day deoiared a dividend
ot 1 1IBEK (3) CEV1H per sbura. c er ot Htate tax.
lajahle alter July 1, at tho office of the Company, No,
'a couth Ft I UH Tit btreet. Philadelphia.
NTHaN H A I N FH, becretarr ana Treasurer.
Philadelphia June 20, lstiS. '
tJ&f NOTICE. UN AND AFTER TIIE
18th Instant the UNITED STATES HOTEL,
LO SO KhANt.ll, N. J.. wl 1 be open lor the reception
01 visitors. JJEKJAillN A. SllokM AKEIi.
ts liu" Proprietor.
rsr BATCH KLOR'S II A 1 11 DYE
THF BF.8T IN THE WOULD.
Hamiless reliable lu'tantaneoua. The only perfoo
dve. No disappointment no ridiculous tints, bat trae
to nature, b act or brown.
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ALO,
Regenerating Extract 01 Mllilfleara restores, preserves
and beautlliea the hair, prevents ba dueas. Bo d bv al
lirnnglsta. Factory No.bl BABCLaY M. N. Y. Uj
frSSf- JD8T PUBLI8HE D
Bv tha l'hBk lans or the
MW VUKK MUSEUM,
the Ninetieth Edition ol their
FOL K LECTURES,
entitled
PHILOSOPHY OF MAURI ACE.
To be bad tree, lor lour stamps by addressing Hcore
tr New York Muteuui of Anatomv,
7 111 ho. S18 BKUAD WAY. New York.
iKpf" DINING-ROOM. V. LAKEMETER
WJ OAB'l FR'S Al ey, wonld respectiuly tniorna tha
Publle gen ei ally that be baa leitnothina undone 10 maka
thia place ceuifartable In every respect for the accom
modation 01 guests, lie baa opened a large and coin-
uiodlous Dlnlni-Room In tbe second every His RIOK
bOARl la lurnls'itd with kBAhOIF.B. WIN E8,
mHKjrLEto.JLEte.! ol MJPEIUOa BMANDH. II
ICE COMPANIES.
I EASTERN ICE COMPANr.-SEASON OP
JJ 1868. 8 lba. daily, 69 cents per week I'i lba dallT.
76 oema per weekt IS lba. daily, SO eenls per week; 24
Iba daily. SI eft per week. Iepot. No. 'J4ltjl!K.kN
btreet Mow Thlld. THOMAS J. LYONS,
i
JOHN . MYtBS.
WATCHE IPWFI RY FTfi
-
ii.L )
tn
u:r fdtTiut p.i, .
W "
Owing to tha decline ot Gold, baa mads a great ra
ductlot i price of bis larke and we'l assarted stock a
Llamondf-(
Watches,
Jewelry,
Silverwrtre, Rto.
The pobfie are respectfully Invited ta call and examki
ur stock before purchasing a, sew here. 1 1
SILVER AUD PLATED GOODS,
OF THtt
Most Superior Workmanship,
AT THC
NEW S T O Tt K ,
No. 704 ARCH $TREET.
The undersigned tlat W t'-e famous Rogers Bros
i anuiaoiurliiif CODiuiiy) respect uliy announce tha
they have uDetlt d a u and Ovautllu store or the sa a
ol S1LV1K and I LAI Kl V a KK. at No 704 AH:K
btreet. Our long experience as nuuimaciarers wil
enable as o ke. p nctlilnn but flrst-clus (kiods mmi
tho-e who may patronize our a. ore will tlnd our p atod
goods ia, supeilor to any ever Imported, and our cu
t inera nay tely on tbe goods being precisely what ta,ey
are reprekeo ed to b.
. M ROWMAN ft LEONARD.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c.
MUSICAL BOXES.
A lull Bsgortnit nt 01 atove gooos ootigtautlT aa
hard at mode'itv pr cos the Musical Boxes plarlaf
from 2 to lu Uauniiil Airs.
TAEE & BROTHER, Importers.
Slo. 8i4tHKNL l aimtisT,
llllnntt.rp ' Below Fourth.
0. KUSSELL & CO.,
No. 22 North SIXTH St.,
ISV1TE ATTENTION TO TIIEIR FULL STOCK
or
FANCY AND PLIN
SILV El 11 W A II E,
01 tho Finet Qaallty. tS26S
ts ll 1 C U JEWELRY
JOHN BRENNAN,
DEALER IN
DIAMONDS, FINE WATCHES, JEWELRT
Etc Etc. Ktc,
92V Ro. 18 S. EIGHTH SIKEET, flUladft.
SHIPPING.
f. 1UK SAVANNAH, (JEORtJIA.
iiiZTdK PHILADKLl'lll aND HuIIihiuKV
a..',L. iiiiiouir uiMriil,
KEUbLAU LlxE AILINU EVEBT OTQEB
SATUK1aY.
Tha fine new Steamship
TOt.ASVANUA Captain JACOB TEAL
( aoin I assttfce l.'oi
litck Passage ,0-
The atsamshlD
IONaWANDA Jacob Teal, Comm.indor,
will comuience recniTiui, irclh' for ttiu auuve port,
at K&C'a. btreet Wbart. oa 'iUUlioDAY, July I, and
lull
SATURDAY, July 7. at 1 o'clock A. M.
Hhlppera are requested to send blha ol iodine wltb
their tioodg
lhe Ma e-room accommodations of this steamer are
oi a superior and cou.inouious character.
Ereltthi for Charleston. H. t: , can be Ibrwatded ria
eavsuuah w lib quiet despatch.
No bi.is of lading gluued after Tenet leaves the whart.
b. r'LAr-AUAN, fresidont,
Ko 420 Kouth DELAWARE ATeuaa.
For freight or passage apply to
6 28 8t
Secretary aud Treasurer.
HAMII l.'Sl PAKUAf'l,- ii'fini.'
; r - . . . j. . v. j vi r ivgii
iddZ 'ANC IiUU L1NX Or H'lEAM s Rs
iiibEBMA." "COI.Dsdll.
"CittbOMA." CAdliiIA,,
bKlTANNlA." "INDIA.'
Fteaui to
LIVEKl'OOL LOKDONDERRY, BELFAST, DUBLIH
NEW KY, ( OllK. A.nD ULoSUUW.
KATE-Oi PAhHAOfc
PAYABLE IN l'Al'EU CL BBENCY.
PA BINS 'j0, f80,andW
fclfcAUAUE iM
IHe. I'aID CEK" lKIt ATEH
ispued for bringing out passcuvera trom the abere
points at
LOWER KATES THAN ANY OTHEH LIN B.
Also, to and Irom
ALL fTAIlOJS UN THE 1RIHH RAILWAYS.
BPEt'lAL OllCE I'assengera wll uke particular
no Ice tbat tlie ' Atchor I Ine" is ihe omy line vrautinK
tmoUKU ilckets at the above rates from Philadelphia to
tne points named above, ui.d that the undersigned Is the
omy duly authorized Agtut In f-UiiiuKipliia
Apply to W. A H aMII.L,
So e Agent for "a Nf'HOH UNK"
1 IS No. 217 WALNUT Street.
KxJEZS FOBNKWYOhK. PHILADEL
aatiaiiiifi ila J-r'' fr-r'Htr Comuanr De
ki.uu.ii bwinsure Lines. vln lie awure and Rorltiia t'snsL
leaving ilai.y at VI Al. and 8 p. u., connecting with aU
Northern and Enntrrn lines.
For freight, hltb l'i he tsken upon aecoanmodatlag;
temis, aiply to W1I I.HM M. hA IHI t 1 0.,
3 IB No. 102 8 DELAWARE. ATeaue
T'O SHIP CAP1AINS AND OWNERS. THB
nnuerslgned having leased tho KEMHINUIOM
SCKEAV Due K.beKs tolu orm hla rrieuos and the satrotu
ot tbe Dock thai bv la 1 repared IMth inoreasea faoliltloa
to accommodate those having vt sse a to be raised or
repaired, and beinv a prac leal ahlp-carpenter and
caulker, wll (live personal attention to tbe veasela en
trusted to bint or repaira
Cat talns or Agents ihip 'arpen ers, and Machinist
havlnf vessels to repair are aolloited to call
Having the agency for the sa.e of Wettentedt'f
Patent .Metallic 1 (imposition" 101 opper Paint tor the
pieservatlon of Tesfels' bottotna, for tbls city, I am pro
paied to turnlsb the same on tavorabio terms.
JOHN IL HAM MITT,
Kensington acrnw Dock,
11$ DELAWARE Avenue, above l-AUUEL Street.
B. J- WILLIAMS,
No 16 Korth SIXTH Street,
UANLlfAOUHEK Or
VENETIAN BLINDS-
AMD
WIN DO W SHADLS.
Tbe largest and finest assortment in the city at tha
lowest prices. 6 S linrp
8TOKI SHADES HADE AND LETTEUiD.
F O 11 SALE.
TWO TH0R0UOH-BRED MARES,
BLACK AND S OHRE L, five years old ; good In single
and double harness, aud under the saddle. Tha property
of a general officer.
Apply at the SCHUYLKILL ARSENAL for prUca
lara, to
HENRY W. JANES,
Captain 4. Q. M.,
a oAlfU ItMVA U (i ln.m IT B A
9 W 1VV V"
CLOSING OUT
OCR LA HOE STOCK OF
CARKIAGES
AT KE1UCK.D PUlCKS.
J. 8. COLI.ING9 A SONS.
No. l A hC U UtroaL