TIIE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 18GG. proraincnci! "tho ncr.oral liitrrc'tof Germany," whenever ho warned to obtain anything tor Prussia. Is he really so thoroughgoing a Ger man f By uo mcana. There has always been more specific i'rusiianlfirn in him than la a hundred othur Pruswaus put toctner. What he rannot now openly make Known ai a minister and diplomatist, he often ard unreservedly cxpreHed In 1H40 a a deputy namely, his utter contempt for the aspirations townris Herman unity. Pru'sianl9m alone, he ucd to av la those days, "has saved tho State." The army is inspired, "not by Gorman but by Prussian enthUBiasm." He had "never heurd a Prussian soldier Binf; the German national bymn." "We are Prussian, and Pru'cians wo wish to remain," he exclaimed in conclusion; and on anotner occasion he vented his abuse on the tri-color, "the colors of Insurrection," which are worn only by tno democrat and the "regretfully obe dient soldier." (The PriiMian army wore at that lime, as we have already remarked, the German cockade by the side of the Prussian.) IIow cacctly would Count Iilsmark now order tho Prussian soldier, however "reirrctfully obedient," to wenr the German cockade next to the Prussian, not only on his helmet, but in every possible part ol his uniform! and how gladly would ho allow German fla?s to wave over all tne Prussian Government buildincs although he once in Erfurt looked upon the presence of thee lips as "a mournful sitrn of the times" if he only coitlt thereby lure the arms and the heart of Germany into his camp ! The struaelo for Schleswitr-Holstein, which he had ceuoiirud as a "petty act of revolution, and an attack on Denmark's written riisht-," he alterwards curried on on his own account, not wiihslandinjr ihi'so same riehts and tho remon strauces ot Europe. Austria, whom he vene rated as the "best ledcntl ally of Prussia,-' and the representative of the "ancient power ol Germany," he now attacks with all tho military lorce at his command, in order to drive her out ol Gennsny. With Italy, the offspring oi revo lution, who has turned nal'-a-dozen of divine righted sovereigns out of doors, he is now iu clo.-e alliance; and alter bavin? for fourteen years declared himself the arch-enemy of all revolutionists he now regards Garibaldi, the one of all men that most deserves to bo called the representative of the revolutionary princi ple, as the most worthy of his allies! Finally, the Frankfort Parliament, which he ha ridi culed, and universal suffrage, which he had stigmatized as destructive of all order and law, aie now both appealed to by Count liismark under the irresistible pressure of the moment. Notwithstanding this, he is anything but vacillating and changeable. Unpriuciplod In the choice ot bis means, he is unshaken in his conviction that tho power of Prussia must decline if she does not increase her territory in Germany by main iorce. This conviction is the bum total ol his political religion. On this point he is, with all his frivolity, a true lauatic; and for this object be is ready to make any Facrifloe and brave every danger. niS WIT At-D IMrCDENCE IN DEBATE. Wit and readiness in reply was never wanting in Count bismark. It is true that his wit trenched but too often on impudence (be has become much more moderate and polishes since he htiB been a minister), and was in strik ing iuconirruity with the earnestness of the deoates and the dignity oi' Parliament: but he was alwava remarkable for Lis sharp and subtle logic, wbioh, when he alterwards oecarae am bassador to the Diet, obtained him a permanent reputation among the southern Germans. These qualities, however, produced no impression on tbe Berliner, tor the simple reason that they themselves are more witty, argumentative, ana, we may add, impudent than the inhabitants of any other German capital. The true Berliner has no veneration for anything not even for God Almighty, or the learning of the late Alex ander von Humboldt; and Bismark, who in this point is a thorough Berliner, was not to be put down by the Manteutlel ministry or the presi dent's bell. In the year 1851 alone he was called to order more frequently than the Speaker of the House ot Commons has found it necessary to do in ten sessions together. This, however, frieved him but little; he delied the president, is bell, the protests of the House, aud the oppo sition ol public opinion alike. In the same year 1851 he came forward as the advocate of the old system of close trading. Again going bark to the middle nees he loudly expressed a wlfh scarcely conceivable if we conhider the progress which has been made in political economy during the present century that every trade should limit the number ot its apprentices, and be empowered by law to fix a price for each quality of the goods it sells. This he held to be the only mode of protecting the working classes against the oppression of capitalists. One of the chief subiecta of discussion in that year was the establishment of the right of the Chum ber to vote the supplies; and during the debate, on this point it was Bismark who, by his contemptuous and aagressive conduct, eav'e rieo some scenes of extraordinary agitation. He denied, as he afterwards did when he became a minister, that the House could claim this right, which is the BiireBt guarantee of its existence, and its rao4 powerful delense against any unconstitutional attack from the other estates ot the realm. When he was referred to the Constitution which the King had sworn to preserve, he replied in his usual frivolous and oil-hand way that he did not see why all that relates to the Constitution should be surrounded -with a sort of halo, and every loke upon it ne regaided as a desecration. He himself hud sworn, said he, id the Constitution nor lo the existing oie only, but also to any future Con M tut ion, with all its amendments. He would therefore treat wit h utter contempt the righteous anger of tho liberals at his turning the Cousti tut ion into ridicule. His diplomatic life dates from the summer of the year ls&i. w hat high miiueuce enabled him to mane eucn, rapid progress unprecedented in the Prussian service in the career of diplo raacy is tr this d.ay a mystery. No doubt his speeches in favor of the crown and the nobiluv had guined for him powerful protectors among the latter, aud attracted the attcut on ot the King. The latter, it is true, detested frivolou persons' jokes, and Bismark has hardly anything in ii ih cnaracier wiiu wnicu tin- jviun syiupa thized: but he could not help feeling an interesi in the man who, in this age of free tbiukli g, had dared to speak of ihe divine and inviolable rights ot the crown, and rise to fanaticism iu behalf of a Prussian House of Peers. A third motive, however, perhaps influenced the King in his favor even more than the other two-a very insignificant one, no doubt, which bus pased unobserved by thousands, and was hardly worth observing. It was that llerr von Bismark allowed no opportunity to pas of showing him self in the umiorm of an oflicer ol'the Landwehr, which he knew how to wear with grace r.ud dignity. Prussian king reject, people who do this under all circumstances. The wearing oi a uniform has become a law of nature at ihe Prus sian court, like the acta of breathing and diges tion. The Prussian princes have an enption of epaulettes in their youth as regularly as ordi nary children have the measles or cut their teeth. Aud H it has been said of sovereigns in the time of Hoheustaufen, that they used to take their crowns to bed with them, one can hardly think of a Prussian king going to sleep without his helmet not a very cotnfoitablo nightcap indeed; but the Hoheuzollerns are a warlike race, and warlike are their traditions. The predilection of llerr von Bismark lor ap pearing in the Landwehr uniform, and tho mill ' tary air with which he wore it, must, as we have remarked together with his conduct as a deputy have greatly contributed to obta'n for him a favorable reception at court. He tried hard for a post in the civil service which should secure him rapid promotion and a decent income, and when he was offered a diplomatic appoint ment, he accepted it. Without being required to pass the prescribed examination, he was sent as first secietary of legation, with the title of Privy Councillor of Legation, to ihe Prussian embassy at Frankfort. If this rapid promotion. this nasing over all the lower ranks, attracted general attention, how ereat was the surprise when three months later he was appointed am bassador to the Bundt This sudden lilt for a simple country gentleman was unprecedented la the annals ot Prussian bureaucracy. HH TUHN3 AGAINST AUSTRIA. Count Itrchbctg was at that time the ambas sador of Austria to the Bund, aid therelore president of the Fedetal Diet, While all the smaller diplomatio stars that revolved round this statesman imitated his stillness and for mality, Uerr von Bismark appeared in all hi mrtur'al Impulsiveness, invited journalist! and other untitled people to his soirees, and thcrony provoked the anger of his colleagues, while gaining a ceitaiu popularity among the people ol 1-rank tort. He had long given tip that veneration, or, as he once blmelf expressed it. "adoration lor Austria, which he had imbibed with his mother s milk." This feeling had been replaced by the conviction that Prussia could not tut rt I its mis sion iu Germanv until Austria was driven out of the Bund. He had already had long conversa tions on this subject with several leaders of the opposition, including llerr von Unruh, and his diplomatic action at Franklort did indeed chiefly consist in offering hostile opposition to Austria on every possible occasion. He was th last man to be awed bv the stiff bearing ot Count Kechberg. and the scenes ho had with him were not less piquant-in their wav than his former encounters with llerr von Vincke and Count Hchwcrin, and his more recent ones with Gra bow, Virchow, and llerr von Bokum-Dolirs. With llerr von Viucke he had alret.dy had a duel, which, however, was followed by no seri ous results, Although Bismark is an excellent shot, while Von Vincke, being short-sighted, is but moderately versed in the art ot duelling. But oven Count Kechberg was onco so deeply Insulted by him that a challenge seemed to be inevitable. Fortunately, the friends of both in terfered, and prevented the scandal. On another occasion Count Kechberg whether accidentally or purposely is not known appeared at one ot its sittings, coLtrary to custom, in morning dress. It might have been on? ot those nura- bf less sittings in the K-cbnheimer Gasse, at which nothing was done but to coll 'ct so-called valuable material lor the future: still It will be remembered iu history on account ot the pre-d- oents morning-coin, ine amDassauors wno were present are said to have been not a little shociccd on seeing this coat, which ought to have beu preserved in spirits, together with Prince Meuschikoffs famous paletot; but llerr von Bismark did not lose countenance in the least, and coolly drawing out. his cigar-case, lighted a cigar, and offered another politely to his neighbor. Every one understood the hint, and a morning-coat has never becu seen at a sitting of the Bund since. He thus, as wo have ooserved. conttuuntiy opposed Austrian government, until at lenth its complaints, and a too marked leaning ot his towards France, which was ill regarded at Uerlin, led the King to recall him trom Frank- tort, and send him as Ambassador to SI. Peters burg. On arriving at tlr Russian capital he found that it was tue Inst lu-diiou among the aristocracy to have mottoes on their carriages. Immediately he ordered the niot'.o nitchio, a sortot Russian m. admirari, to be painted on his own carriage, and thus made hi debut in high society. Tlic difference of one or two degrees of latitude hud evidently hud no influ ence on his nonchalant demeanor, on i the cold of the north had not succeeded in tree.iug his rough humor. At !t. Petersburg he interruptedly busied him sell with his plans for the aggrr-.ndizeiuent. of Prustia, aud strove to obtain acceptance tor them In the most influential circles. He had brought wiih him to the Neva not only his cynical views of liie. but also his serious designs, fur both ot which he hoped to tind a coi genial soil. Mr. Kchlrsuiger prints a secret report, made in 1SU2, upon BismarK'a policy, which he was then urging on the luis?iun Court. HIS PERSISTENCE. In this remarkable paper two qualities be longing to Count BismarK are revealed, with a want ot intention wlucU adds greatly to the value of the sketch. He must be one of the most self-contident and one ot the inoBt persist ent of men. He was in Paris in 15!, a mere visitor, without any instructions trom his court, his ai-pointmcnt being at St. Petersburg, aud with no relation to its Ambassador, yet he took upon himself to represent its views, and calmly proposea to Count Walewski to give Prussia the supremacy ot Germany as the condition of an alliance which would relieve France from iso lation. Thai is as if Mr. Layard were of his own volition to offer M. Drouyn de Lhuys the hearty alliance of Kugland, provided trance would agree to an Kngiisb conquest ol Spain. His Government repudiated him, but the cool diplomatist betook himself to Berlin to the King, then only Resent, and propounded his ideas, which we're identical with those which he is now carrying into such rapid effect. "Prussia was to come to an understanding with Russia and Frunce in regard to the establishment of a German Federal State, of which the Klug of Prussia was to be the head. Alter obtaining the consent of the two powers, a Geiman Parliament was to be couvoked at Franklort. This would be hailed witn joy by the German democrats, who would carry along wirh thenj the opposing Governments; Prussia at tho same time supporting hor demands by military demonstrations; aud if the Herman Federal Slat", with its parliament, were then established, the Frupsian Constitution, together with that of tho other States, would be at once abolished, the Franklort Parliament would be tfisptised, and un absolutist re7im energetically entered upon." The King snubbed him sharply, and even addressed to some German mouarchs new assurances of his friendship, whereupon Bismark calmly lollowed him to Baden, and pressed the same on him again. This tune he received a stinging personal rebuke, and re turned to St. Petersburg, where he was minis ter, only to reappear wi Berlin as first minister ot the crown, with all his ideas unchanged or strengthened by a second visit to Pans, this time as the accredited representative of the Prussian court. Persisieuce oi this kind on the part of a man who had no standing in his country he was a poor squire of ancient Sclavonic birth, but little property very little esteem with the otlicial world, and no court tavor, shows the Count to be in some measure at all events an idelogue, and one who honestly believes that be, and he only, can rule the situation. Such tenacity is inconsistent with the character for recklessness which Dr. Schlesinger, in common with the rest of the world, attributes to him, or ratnertne recklessness" is merely tne outsiae manifestation of the inner fixity ot will. Nothing seems dangerous to a man absolutely convinced that his judgment is correct; ho bus only to apply his principles, aud all will go well. Mr. Schlesinger concludes his paper with those words: "There was some talk ior a time ot sending hiu. iu Luiidon, but the place to which ho looted most wistfully was Puns, where he de.ired to resume the threads he bad spun there before, and personally to ae'tle with the Emperor Na poleon matters which he had alieady discus-ed with walewski. siruuge io say, tne Emperor Napoleon himself expressed the wish, through Ips ambassador at Benin, that llerr von Bis mark might be appointed to the embassy at the TuilerieB. Such a request could not be reieoted, and the long expected appointment was made. 13 ut the King certainly had no suspicion that ho was thereby luttllliu'! Bismark's greatest wish, and favoring the very plans which be had for merly lejected with virtuous horror." Count Bisinaik is repotted to have given re cently to a distinguished Frenchman the follow ing account of his oolitic!,! life: "Sixteen years ago 1 lived quietly as a country gentleman, when tho will of the htinir (the laie) called me to Frankfort as Minister of the Diet. I had been brouaht up in the adnlratioa. I micht sav veneration, oi the Austrian policy. But It did not take me long to get thoroughly disabused of my youthful illusions about Austria, and I became U-t Dim anlauonist. I did not know tual I wis ever to play a part. but at that tune already I conceived the nlan which I now try to carry out, viz.: To free Germany from Austrian pressure that part of It at least wuicn, ny spiru, religion, manners. and interest, is closely allied with the fate of Prussia. To reach tnis coal 1 shall defy every thing, even exile aut the gaiiows. l ouce told the Crown Prince who, by education and fen dencies. is more tho man ot parliamentary government 'What matters it they hang me, if only that rope ties yourtuione more firmly to tne lortunes oi pure uermany r " Anf.cdotkb ok Bismark. A couple of anec dotes of Count Bismark may bo acceptable as aflording some insight into the character of the man who has persuaded the King of Prussia to do what ho recoiled trom a tew years ago viz. , from plundering his little friends and relatives. In 184!, the piiper which does duty a Punch at Berlin, having wounded the Bismaric suscepti bilities, tlie editor at once received a challenge, and there would have been a duel had not friends arranged matters otherwise. When Bis mark became piesidcnt of the council the of fending editor, who was a man of wit, was to be seen frequently at his fab'e, the minister making it a practice to lay aside all political hostility in private lilc. Not mai.y months ago, considering himself persoiially insulted by the language oi the mtont Virchow, he left the chamber, and called that deputy out. The tavanl, however, refused to hght, on the ground that it was his duty to attack Br-mnrk In tne chamber, but not in the field. Count Bismark has, of course, a host of decorations, which he. seldom wears, but when ho does ornament his bren'twith crosses aud ribbons he never lorget-i a Humane Society medal, which he received, when twenty three years old, for having saved a man from being drowned at the risk of hisown life. Paris Letter. LITERATURE. Ten Years of Hismer. M. phla Agents: a Lifetime. Bv Mrs. Doolady, New York. Margaret Phuadel- Mrs. Ilismer is not a novice in the line of authorship. Her "Morrisons" was ery favor ably leceived, and the "Ten Years ot a Lifetime" appear lo be similar in style to It predecessor. In binding it is extremely neat, but the paper and typography might be improved. The tale itself is a pleasnntly told little social sketch, not at all sen.-ationnl, yet decidedly entertaluing It tieats of characters which we have met, and will daily meet in reallife; that of Kitty being particularly well portrayed. It is not such a work us will bring the author any permanent reputation, jet as a lighi contribution to sum mcr reading it will prove most acceptable. We congratulate our readers upon tho supply of new works Issued during the past few weeks which are fitted for the country. "The Red Doctor," published by Lippiucott, is excellent. "Elster's Folly," issued by Peterson, is already in its third edition. Gail Hamilton's "Summer Ileat" is in great demand, and "Felix Holt." which Har pers have just published," and of which wo will speak on Saturday, appears to be a production which will attract as much attention here as it has on the other side ot the water. LITERARY NOTES. j II Y M KSi The General Convention of the Episcopal Chuich, which met iu our city Inst fall, adopted a resolution appointing a joint committee to revise the hymns ot the Church. This collection is a horrid mutilation of the beautiiul Episcopal Hymns, and deserves the reprobation of all lovers of either syntax or melody. The Nation contains an admirable review of its merits: First ol the list stands the renowned "Dies Ine." It niav startle some people io learn that the "Great Hymn," the famous sequence of the Romish burial service, has its eighteen stanzas spread out to their lullest exteur. in this brief addition to the Protestant Episcopal Prayer Book. Yet we do not object to this; for, although the "Dies Irte" w'll rot be used by congregations as a hymn, still there will be great occasions in great churches when ambitious choirs will dis play their talents on it, and when tne people below will need a copy ot the hymn as a "libretto." But when such a hymn as this is to be inserted in a book which will bring it to the homes of thousands, who will 6ee no other translation, then the very best, if possible the standard version alone, should be employed. The Catholics have uhown good sense and good taste by selecting for the " St. Vincent Manual" the tianslmion of the Protestant Rosomaton. Our compilers bad three versions from which t choose. They might have taken that of Gcneial Dix. which would have bt'en gratifying to the loyal members of the Church and a gracerul con pliment to so distinguished a lay memoer, and would have seoured also to the Church the best metrical translation of the "Dies liai." Or they might have taken the British version ot Dr. Irons, which would have had the advantage ot conforming the words ot the Prayer-Book, to the words and music of the "Hy meal Noted." Or they might have taken the old, esiablisned, ana ever-to-be-adinired translation of Roscom mon. What have the compilers givea to the Church' Their veision opens with three false English rhymes: "Day oi wrath I that dav of mourning, bee lulfilied the piophet's warning, lioaven aud eaitti in a hes burning." Examining it rurther, we find that the body of the hymn is tho version of Dr. Irons, but altered, patched, and mutilated. Some ot these changes are bad, and all are needless. The only alteration which is lustitiable is the change of the Lat n "Jesu" to its English lorm. Cor rections are oiten worse than the faults they seek to remove, and the amount of the injury can never be measured by the amount of the alteration. In the third stanza the compilers ! huve but a part of the last line, in tne fifth they I change but a single word. Yet the latter is ! worse than the former. This alteration tur i m-hes an instance ot the madness ot tinkering. The stanza in the crlgiual reters to the last judg ment, and the translation of Dr. irons correctly expresses that idea. Upon the day ml judgment is to be brought the book of judjmcU, and from its record judgment is to oearded. The com pilers change "judgment" to "justice" and make nonsense of the verse. The thirteenth stanza is not by Dr. Irons, but has been taken from the version ot General Dix. Yet, even wbeu interpolating a solitary stanza Iron) another author, the mania lor tinkering could not be resisted. We quote it to illustrate the Heedlessness and bad taste of ihe altera tions: GKNKRAL BIX. "Thou to Mary gav'st remission, Heard'st the dying thiol petition, BaU'st me hope iu my contrition." THK BASU. "Thou the harlot gav'st remission, lluard'st the dving thiol's petition ; Hopeless eiie were my condition," The word which is subs titu ted in the first line is sot iu the original, and is not in the Biole; it is neediest!, coarse, and repulsive; it does not contain a new idea, but repeats the old idea in a low form There are people who seem to sup pose that such words can be used with impunity, so long as it is religious composition into which they are stutled. It is time that this supposition be extinguished, and people taught that low and vulgar words needlessly jjsd remain coarse and vulgar wherever placed or by whomsoever spoken. What. then. Ms the version of the great "Dies Iriv." which the joint committee nag placed in the hymnal ot the fr.piscopnl Church, to stand forever in her book ot prayer, and to be said aud Biing daily and hourly bv her children? It may be analyzed thus: Six ttanzas are from the version of Dr. Irons, tinkered: the thir teenth is by General Dix, also tinkered; while the three false rhymes ot the first are 'original with the ioiut committee. When a great name is attached to a hymn the ordinary supposition is that the bvmn was wiitten bv tho owuer of the name. This bupdo sition is almost groundless when applied to the "Additional Ilvnins." For when the members of the ioint committee have exercised the extra ordinary selt-denial of not tinkering an author's lines, they still have been unaolo to resist the temptation of transposing, inverting, and re arranging them. The modheval hymus are not classical Latin, but many of their translations are classical English. One would Ibink that the mcst ruthless committee would, at least, spare Dryden and Dr. Neale. Let us see what our committee has done. "The invert Grent Hymns" contains the "Venl Creator" (ascribed by Home to Charlemagne, by oiueri io Gregory tne ureal), ana also the "paraphrase" of Drvdn. - The comnllera take several parts of Die translation, make no men tion ot the venerable original, and call the hymn Dryden's. It is true that the wwa are Dry den's. It Is even true that the lines are Dry den's: but these lines of Drvdcn's are thrown together in this wise: the first four form the first stanza o! tbe tymn; the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth form the recond stanza; then the seventh, eight, tifih, and sixth turn a summer sault over each other Hnd turn up as the third stanza! And these litrrary gymnastics are called jrjuens! The ce'cbra'ed "AlleluiaMr Sentience" of Go- descalcus is translated b? Dr. Neale in one of the most melod.ous and finished translations ever made ol nny poem. "And," says its author, "cvtry sentence, I hnd almost snid every word, of tho version was carefully ticted to tno music, and the length ol the lines corresponds to the length of each troparion in the original." Yet this could not be spared. Dr. Ncale wntcs: "To th glory of their King Shall ill ransomed people sing." The compters hunt out the insigniticaut little word "to," and substitute "lor." Dr. Neale writes: They ihroiieh the fields of Paradise that roam. The blessed ows, repeat through that bright home, 1 Alleluia." The compilers rewrite: "Ibrv in the rest of Paradise who dwell, Ihe blessed cnes, with joy the chorus swoll. Alle luia." The poem contains the following beautiful passage : "Ye clouds that onward sweep! Ye winds on pinions If tit ! Ye thunders echoing loud and deep! e liuhtnli.ro wilcly bright! Iu sweet consent unite y our Alleluia." The compilers (we are not lest'ng) actually have transposed these alternate rnvmes! Dr. Johnson said that Gray should have omitted the expletives trom the "Elegy." It the joint com mittee had manufactured a hymn out ot it, they doubtless would Lave combined this idea with ttuir own, and then we should have had: "I ho curfew tolls the knell of dav, The piojlim;in homeward ploughiinay, The hems wind slowly o'er the lea, Abd leave tho worlu to you aud me." This is ridiculous; but thereisouchymuiu the collection v bich, to many readers, will appear little less than sacrilegious. "The Celestial Country," ol Dr. Neale, from the Latin ot the Monk of Cluni, is among the spiritually lovely poems ot the lnnpttage, and has taken such a strong hold upon religious minds as few works in prose or poetry have ever done. When a render stumbles upon a hymn taken from the refreshing poem which he loves, he brightens nt the. discovery, and congratulates himself that bis favorite is to become known iu part to others. But when he reads a litrle farther and Hmis that it is pot a quotation; tnut neither language t nor thought nor sentiment has been 1 relained; that tlie lines which hvn Wu read in sickness and in sorrow, which he may have heard repeated by the good, or which he may have repeated to "the dying, have been fished out and jumbled together as children "cup verses," then iomethihg rises up within him which will never ,'orgivc or accept the bar barism. Ot such a character is the hymn beginning, "For tne?, oh dear, dear country:" and, bad as tbe other mutilations are. those of thts hvmn exceed belief. In "The Celestial Country" aie two passages which, in their pro.er place, are so spiritual, so exquisitely beautiful, that no reader ever passed them unnoticed. To illustrate this, we quote the two stanzas pre cisely as they are printed in the "Seven Great Hymns: "Jesus the Gem of Beauty, True Oodann Alan,' they sing, Ihe never-tailing C.ardon, 1 he ever-golden Klug ; The Door, the Pled?u, the Husband, The Guardian of his Court. The Iav-tur ot salvation, The Porter and the Port!" Thou hast no Bhoro, fair ocean! Thou bast no time, bright day ! Dear Fountain of Uoireshmeul To pllerims lar away ! Upon the rock of agis J hey raise illy bo y tower; Thine is thi victor's laurol, And thine tha go. den dower!" From these stanzas the compilers have ex tracted the finest tiguie have hitched it to a pas sage with which it ha- no connection in thought, or style, or contiguity, and have reduced it to mere rbym" and bad grammar, in the following stanza: "Oh one, oh only mansion, oh parauise ol jo . , Where tears are ever banished, And smut's lime no ailvi ; Thou hasi no slitrit, fair ocean, Thou ha-t no time, bright flay, Lear lountain of roiresnmeut lo pilgrims far away." But even this is hot all. The thlrtv-fourth stanza ot "The Celestial Country'' (we cite from the "Seven Great Ilvnins," in which alone it is divided into numbered btanzas). contains these lines: "Jerusalem the glorious, The ylory ot the elect, O 'Oar and future vision 'J hat eager hearts expect." The forty-secoud stanza contains these: " O sweet and blesned country, bhad 1 over see liiy lace 0 sweet and blessed country. Shall I ever win thy graceT" Will it be believed that such remote and dis connected lines have been extracted and brought together inusr "OA tweet and blentetl country, The home of God's elect! Oh, sweet and blessed country That eager hearts txect. Jesui in mercy bring u Io that near laud ot n st; Who art with (od the Father Aud spirit ever blest." The latt (bur lines. It is to be observed, are not apartol "The Celestial Country," but are the work of some other author. Does any other hyniuat in the English language possess another bucu a specimen oi conglomerate us this unhappy stanza? Tho leading and intelligent minds of the Epis copal Church will not Hccept these mutilated and injured hymns. They will lorm a subject )ti oi controversy lust uo long as tbev remain i tne rrayer-isooic. The originals are too well known to suffer these spurious copies to be accepted or forgotten. And by the younger members of the Church the battle will be re newed if a defeat be suffered now. Withiu toe last t wo years there has sprung up a wonderful imere-t in the.-o old lyrics of the raediieval Church. As that studv increases, this subject will be reconsiuered. The student who comes back to his Praer-Book to find that it is false to the authors who enrich its pages, will seek to purify it. The clergyman who knows the ori ginal hymn will never inflict on his congreaa tkn the spurious copy. Time will right the error, -if the Church be not wise enough to right it now. M. Michel Chovalier. the distinernisheil French economist, bat writteu a'l article la tbe "lifcvue tie Dout Mondcs," wurninir the Eu rouern peolpe aeinat war, partly because war dons not rv, au'l partly because nothintr is wortb tfphtinir ior. He art vises the formation, of a kind of loose confederation of Kuropeaa btates, in oriier. anion;; otoer thine?, to be ready for a cotublnt d resistance to'the armed Interference In European ulliilrs of which the United Stateg will probably be cuilty as noon as they can boast 100,01)0,000 inhabitants. MefBrs. Ward, Loci Ji Tyler (London) have already sold, it is eairi, nearly 15, mil) copies ot tb tiitt volume ef the cheap is tie of Mis llrad don's uovels, which contains "Lady Audley's Secret," notwtthstandinp: the large number of copies of .the work already disponed of iu other foims. Apropos of Concrete, there has lust ap peared in l'arj, in lour lunre octavo volumes (2200 pn.) "Le Connres tie Vienna et los Truites de By Oointe D'Anmbera. Prefixed is an historical Introduction. The liovnd laWe pnbliihcs the following, which la tho most spirited of all the Southern war sones that have fallen under our notice: 'Ydiir correspondent 'X,' In votir lust issue, ha something to ay aunut the Roel bl ad H'onowall Jackson's Wy,' which whs o ponu arm Contedo tbte cnmpn and homes during the war. As tne soar i lven incorrectly hi rnont of the Northern collno tioiiB, perhaps vou will not ot-Joct to print tho true vrr. on; and so obiigo that 'Serueaut ol the Old (stonewall ltnpude' who wa vot 'k-llcd at vvin chea i-r ' ann oo wlinae ilrad body U WM , found. Aew York, July 16, 18(10. STOMvWALL JACKSON'S WAY. Come, stack arms, men ! Pile on the rails ; Stir no the cauip-lirc bngutl No matter if the canto n fails, We'll make a rearm nitrht. Here Khenunitoah brawls a ong, 1 nets burly It tie K-dge echoes strong 1 o ewe I the Bruadx'a rousine song, Of Monewuli Jacksou'a Way. We see him now: tho old slouched bat Cocked o'r his cyo asKow j The shrewd, dry snu:e; the Mwech so pat Mo calm so biunt, so true! The B uo I'ght K.ldcr knows 'em well; t-avs he, "That's Banks; ho'i lond of shell, Lord ravn his soul 1 wo'll give mm" Welt, 1 hut's Sloriewa I Jackson's Way. Silcncol (t round arms ! Kn elall! ( apoff! Old Blue Light's so.ng lo piav . Stranplo the fool that dares to soull: Attention I it's his way, l Appealing trom hii native sod , Jv forma pauperis to (jod, "Lay tare thine arm I Stretch forth thy rod 1 jtiueni" ruara o ouowau n af. lie's In the saddle, now : Fa'l in ! Steady! the whole brigade. Hill's at the lord, cut OfT; wo'll win Bis way out, ball aud bia io Whet matter il our shos are worn? What matter if our feei aro torn? Quick atept we'ro with h.m before morn, Ihav's stonewall Juckson's Way. lie sun's bright lances rout the m'sis Of moriiing; and, bv Of org- ! Here's Loupstrect utruggllng in iho lists, Hcmiu- d in an ugly eonre. I'ope and ht Yaukie whipped beforo ! "liny'nits and Kiapi-!" hear stonewad roar. "Charp , Siuartl Pay off Aslim 'ttcore, In stonewall Jackson' Way!1' Ah, maiden ! wait, and watch, and voarn Jr i r news ol (Stonewall's band. Ah, widow! read, with eyes that burn 1 bat ring upon thy hand. Ah, wile ! ssw on, pruy oo, hope on, Thy li e shall not ah be lorlorn. The tee had bettor ne'er I ecu Imrn that ge a in Sionowall's Way. It has recently been Dronosod that the Iu- dinna Legislature should pass, and be done with it. a general act declaring that all men and woine.i, from any Aini iican State or Territory situate to the eastward of the one hundred and seventh degree of longitude west from Green wich, who niav be living together In legal wed lock at the time of the na-saac of the act, shall. bv virtue of travelling actoss the State of Indiana iu any express or accommo Jation tram, be, aud be coui-idcred divorced. Such on enactment would save the judges trouble, build up the railroad s stem of the State, aud not be much more sweeping than the usual practice of the Indiana courts. Certainly, there is a lamentable tendency in pails oi the West to degrade the holy estate of matrimony, or ihe very important civil contract of matrimony, into something not much different from the fortuitous cone nirse of animals. It seems, however, as if the disgrace ful reputation acquired bv the Western States were to be shared bv some of the Eastern. In Connecticut itself, once the Land of Steady Habits, it is officially reported that duriag the last six years one marriage in every elcveu has been broken in tne courts i WATCHES, JEWELRY ETC. rlHAKOX WV T V? A- TrtVT'T TCT ' i r iv el v. v li : s : lv r !. w a n e. , J nestnut at., .. Owing to the decline oi Gold, baa made a grent re auction In price ot nls lame end well assorted .lock o DiartKmdt Watches, Jewelry, Silverwares, Eto. Tbe public are respectnitl; United to call and examius our stock before purchasing eiewbere. US SILVER AND PLATED GOODS, OF TBE Most Superior Workmanship, AT THE N K W ST 704 ARCH O R E STREET. nderxUned late f tlie famous Rosers Bros MenuliiciuriLu Coinmuiy rexnectiullv announce tha Ibt) have opt-ned a n w and ocautiiui store ior the. sai ot BILV1K anU I'LA ll !) WAlffc, at Mo 7V4 alU.H htreet. Our loiik experience as nmnuiactureni wil f ruble us to keep nothing but flntt-claKS Goods, and iboi-e who my patronize our s ore will hnd our plated tcuus ibi supeiior io any ever iniporiea. unu our cus turners ii ay rely on the goods being precisely what they are representee to oe. ft 26 BOWMAN & LEONARD. WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c. MUSICAL BOXES. A lull a.ort merit oi aLove sooua couatautly oo band at mode) ate prices the Uusical Boxes playins trom 'i to 10 txautitul Alia. FARE & BROTHER, Importers, No. 824CHESKUT 8TKEKT, 11 llemthjrp Below tfourth. HENRY HARPER, No. 590 ATiCII STREET., Manufacturer and Dealer in Watcliea, Fine Jewelry, Silver-Plated Ware, 8: Solid Silver-Ware. U. RUSSELL & CO., No. 22 North SIXTH St., ISVITE ATTEliTION TO THEIR FCLl, STOCK FANCY AND PLAIN SILVER W A Of the Finest Quality. II 13, 15 261 li I C II JEWELRY JOHN BRENNAN, DEALER IK DIAMONDS, FINE WATCHES, JEWELR1 Etc. Etc. Etc. 25 Wo. 18 8. EIGHTH B'l KKKT, PhiUda. icTWmpan.es. IjTUSTKKN ICE COMPANY. SRABON OP JJ lb(i. Bibs, dully. tOceuUperieelt li lbs d'iilr 75cenis uerweekt lb lbs. daily, WO couu per we-ki 20 lbs uuily lt'5 rer -eek. Pppoi. No Ml Utlf.KN s II WATCHES, i WATCHES i N- 802 No 1 he u FINANCIAL, .$0,000,000' : i SEVEN FEU CENT, FICST-CLARS First Morgage Bonds. THE SOUTH MIS30UBI RAILROAD COMPANY baa authorized as to sell their Flrat Morgage Seven Per Cent Thirty year Bond The whole amount U tB.QMM, Coupon , payablo on the first da.va of JANOART aul Jl'LY of each rear, In New York. Before conaentlni to thU Agency, we have male carclul examination oi tbe morlutof tbene Bonda. r ending W Uliara Mllnor Rolicrts, and others, to report upon the cnflltkn and proevecis of the Railroad. Their report m on file at oor oltice, and la highly satisfactory. We do not hesitate to lecommend thcae Honda a bo hut a first elasa security, and a moat aafe and Judicious la- vestment. The proceed of these bonds will he used In extending a Iload (already complete 170 miles Into North Mbwonrl) to the Iowa State line, where ft li to connect with the railroads ot Iowai and to also extend ft westward to Ute Junction with the Pacific Railroad tat Leavenworth), and other roads Icaulnir un the Missouri River, so that this mortgage of 6 OCO 000 will cover completed and weil-atcckcd Road of 389 miles In length, coating at least 16,0X0.100. with net annoal revenue after ttie flrstyeai.oloverH.sOOO 0. or a sum noarlv four times beyond the amount needed to pay the Inteieit oa Uieee Bonds. Tho lucouie of the Road will, of coarse, Increase every year. The Bailrond connects the great city of St. Louis with Its two hundred thousand Inhabitants, not only with tbe richest portions ot Ml-sonrt, but with the States ef Kan.afc and Iowa, and the treat Pacific Railroads. To the first applicants we see prepared to self FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, a t tho lo sr rate of HICHT Y CENTS, desiring to obtain a better price lor the remainder This will yield about 0 percent Income, and add 20 per cent, to principal at maturity. Any lurther Inquiries will be answered at our office. JAY COOKE & CO., 710 1m BANKERS, No. Ill South THIRD Street. JAY COOKE & O O. ' No. 114 South THIRD Street, B ANKERS AND I DEALERS IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES V. B. 6s OF 1881. 6-203, OLD AND Nt.W. 10-408J CEBUFICA1KS OF INDEBTEDNESS, 7 SO aOlEB, lBt, 2d, and 3d aeries. COMPOUND INTEREST NOTES WANTED. lKTltRl-ST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. Collections made. Stocks Bought and 6ola oa Commission. Special business accommodations reserved for LADIES. 6 7 2ra J. 5. S li U U BIT I ES. A SPECIALTY. SMITH, RANDOLPH & CO., BANKERS & BROKERS, 16 S. THIRD ST. 1'HILADELrHIA. 3 NASSAU ST. HEW YOWL ' STOCKS AND GOLD BOUGHT AND HOLD ON COMMISSION HERB AUD If. NEW YOEg. . H jjA.VlH3 BltOTHERS, Ho. 225 BOCK STREET, BANKERS AND BROKERS, BUT AUD SELL OMTKD 8TATK8 BONDN, 1881a, -20a, 10 Qa. UMTK1) BTATEB T S-ls, ALL 1881' ICS. O KTll"! GATES OF IMEBTIDN PSM Mercantile Paper arid Loans on Co laterals negotiated Stocks Bouaht and Sold on Coniniiahlon. 1 11 i Q;ilE FIRST NATIONAL BAtfK ITAS REMOVED UurinK tbe erection ol the new Bank buildinx, to 117p No. Q5 OllESNUT STUEKT' 5"20S,"'F I V E - T W E N TI E S. 7'30s -SEVEN-THI TIES WANTED. DE UAVEN dk BROTHER, 17 No. 40 S. Third Stbkw. INSURANCE COMPANIES. PROVIDENT LIFK AND TRUST COMPANY OK I'HIL.VDKI.PHIA, No. Ill fcoutli KOIJKTII 8treet. INCOBFORA I tl 84 MOM , Md., 183S. t AP1TAL. lft OlW, PAID I S. Insurance on Lives, by Tearlr Premiums j or br 5, 10, or u vesr Premlunia, bon-tonelture. Endowments, paynh e at a uture nge, or on prior decease, br Yearly premiums, or 10 year Premiums both o sea Non-iorlulcure. Aunuities giauted on Uvoralile terrui Turiut'okles Cbll 'reu's ! ndowinents This rompttnr. while g!ing tlie Insured tbe security of a paid up Ca. ital, will divide the entire profits of ibe Li e business among Its Policy holders. Mone received at Interest, an I puld on demand. Authorized bv charter to execute i rusts, and io act as Kxecuioror Administrator, Assignee or Uuardfau, and in oilier fiduciary capacities uudei appointment o auy ( ourt of this ( onininnwealih or of any pernou or per sons, or bodies polilio or corporate. DiutCToua. SAMUEL R'BHIPL' Y. i Hli II ARD f'ADBUBY, J 1 UK M I A 11 11 I KKR, HENUr IIAINK4. JOHIIUA H. M0KU1.S, T WIHTAKWIOWV. K1U1ABD WOOD, IWM. ('. LONliVf BETII, I HAKLES E COFFIN' CAllCEL R. SBiri-EV. 110 rV LAND PARBT. President. Actuary. THOMAS WT8TAU. M.D., J. B. TOWNHH U 7 27 S Modlca Eiamluer. Leuai Adviaar. T ANDSCAI'E DRAWINU OAUDS, A BKAU J J tir'ul ties ol views, tltieea In number designed tor tbe iuslructlon ot juvenile artists rloe, 1 cuius a Durksue -Jitth tho LVrNINU TH.LF.GH iPH. NEW" YOKK. l lTrri EU etc . will be found on sale at the iJ NKWs BTA N l,' K W. corner SEVENTH and CHK.SSDT Htroetg. OA Q HOUTH STREET, M IVANOONA ' J" & paya tbe highest pile Lattiea . and flents' cast oil Otothuu. bo. Hi OWa snreet below Fourth. tgtns
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