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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