mE'GR EVENINGI 1 SUPPLEM 7 NT W1 !HT"W1 JL LL VOL. YI.-No 119. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 18GG. TRIPLE SHEET-THREE CENTS. .11 II i: DRY GOODS. INAUGURATION OF LOW PRICES, .AT RETAIL. JAS. E, CAMPBELL & CO., Importers, Jobbers, and Retailers OF DRY GOODS, No. 77 CI-IESNUT ST HAVE MADE A GREAT EDUCTION IN TRICES Their Stork is unriv 'I' d for extont, variety, and jrenera) adaptation tot"1' w nuts of buyers. Silks, Moire Autiqnes, Shawls, Velvets, Cloaking-, Silk Poplins, Wool Poplins, Corded Poplins, Rich Plaid Poplins, Rich Plaid Merinocs, Celored Merinoee, Printed Merinocs, Empress Cloths, Velour Ed we, Biarritz, Bping lines, Bombazines, ' Tamisee, Mous Delaines, Black Alpacas, White Alpacas, Colored Alpacas, White Reps, Block Bepe, Colored Heps, French Chintzes, Damasks and Diapers, Towels and Napkins, Doylies and Table Covers, Counterpanes, Flannels, Blanket, Blankets, Blankets, Gloves and Hosiery, Mourning Goods. 10 n rAiDDrii r. nr JttO. n. UnlViTDLLL Oi UU., , Ko. 727 CI112SNUT Street, list. TABLE AND PIANO COVERS. We have now received, directly from tbe manu facturers, our FALL IMPORTATION EMBROIDERED CLOTH TABLE AND PIANO COVERS. Comprising a L.arge Assortment, whlcli wt are Selling AT REDUCED PRICKS. -I . . t - - ' SHEPPARD.VANHARLINGEN&ARRISON IMPORTIBS OF House-Furnishing Dry Goods, NO. 100S C II ESN 11 T Street. 9 14 thstu6mn W FOUETH AND AEOH, T HAVE FIRST QUALITY LYONS VELVETS. EXPENSIVE SHAWLS FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FULL LINE OF SILKS. FULL LINE OF DRESS GOODS. 11 2 mi BLANKETS. WE WILL OFFER THIS morning one lot of good quality all-wool Blanket lor SI per pair j I do., at per pair ( these have been Hellion at kl'M by the case)! 1 do., large alee, at S760 per pair; I lot at S10 per pair) these are trie name we Mild last year tor over s.O per pair) Crib Man new, SI each i iCrlb HlaukoU, every size and quail y made; Colored Blanket; Ironing blanket. We artk an espe cial ezan Inatlon or thu act 01 blanket, an we believe them below competition now, and abouts'ow as they were before the war. We also say, buy your ttlaukets at onoe, they will surely be higher. , 1 K.D. A W. H. PKNNBLJ-. 17 Ho. uril MABK.tr Street, ROCKHILL & WILSON, FIXE CLOTHING HOUSE, Sfo8. 603 and 605 CHESNTJT St, Phila. cbACiiMEirs coats. COACHMEN'S COATS V UNTING COATS HUNTING COATS. DRY GOODS. PRICE & WOOD, N. W. Corner EIGHTH and FILBERT, HAVE JUST OPENED FROM AUCTION. Silk sud Wool Stripe POPLINS, very cheap. A 11-wool Poplins, 1 per yard. Plaid Poplins and All-wool Plaids. All-wool Dolalno and Menuoes. Fine quality Clack Alpacas. FJbe Bluck fcilks. FLANNELS! FLANNELS! All-wool Flannels, 8 37 J, 46, CO, and 60 cents. feallardvaio frlannels All-wool and Doinet Bbakcr Flannel. Heavy Canton Flannels, 6, 28, 81, 35, and 40 cent. Best make Bleached and Unbleached Muslins. Tattle Linens, Napkins, and iowels. GLOVES ! GLOVES ! GL0VE3 ! A larpe ai.orttntnt of Ladle' Cloth Gloves. Lauie. ' Buff and White t loth Glove, ladies' Colored Cloth Gloves ChUdrea's Red, White, and Blue Cloth Glove. GENTLEMEN'S CLOTH GLOVES. ti nr.-nilk Gloves, fleeced lined. Is lio?.', tients', snd Children's Hosiery. Ladies' snd Gents' Jlenno Vesta aud Pant, very clu sp Jist-' and Hoys' Merino Vests and Pants. PRICE & WOOD. ' R. W. Corner EIGlirH and FILBERT St. N. B.-JGUVJK'tt KID GLOVr, beet quality ia ported. kcal Kid Glove. $1-26 a pair. Goou Quality Whl 10 and Colored Kid Gloves, fll a pair 10 2 PARIES & WARNER. No. 229 North NINTH Street, ABOVE RACK, Will open to-day-One tale all-wool Flannel, 33c., worth " c. FLANNELS. All-wool, 81, 33, 37;',, 45, and 47c ; Cotton and W ool 31c. up; double width a'l-wool Shirting Flannels, 1-40 ; Cotton and Wool Sbirtinp., Plain and Twilled, Ked and Groy Flannol, Fancy Sacque Flannels, etc CANTON FLANNELS, Cheapest acd best in tbe city ; unbleached Canton Flannel, 22, 25, 28, 81, 37Jc. ; white do , 25, 28,81, 37, and . BLANKETS. Several lots, just received from auction, all-wool Blankets, $5 60, G, KB 75, $7, fir 60, 50, etc. etc MUSLINS. J nil assortment of all the different makes, bleached and unblcachtd, lioiu 20c up; Pillow-case Muslin, 33c., c.c. -BALMORALS. Cheapest yet ; Mines' Balmorals, fcl 10, $1 25, 1 rtl C1-C5; LaIU)8' do., SI 37), 1 75, tfl-, and f 2. MICHINO GOODS. Very larjre nortment of Alittses', Boys', Lailio' aud Gents' Merino Uudisr-pairut ntg, Ladiet' Merino Vesta, l-5, 1 55, $1 02J, etc. GLOVES. hcvei al choico lots.juKt received, in Ladies' and Misses' Cloth Glovos. Bargains in Ladies' aud (ferns' Fleecy lined Silk Gloves. " FANCY GOODS. From late Auction sales Wax DolN, movln? eyes and natural hair, 37). 60, 62Jo., SI, l-50, 9i, 2-,0. Portemounaies, Eeticulex, Ash ritunub, J'euknivus, etc. etc. FAMES & WARNER, -2- No. 9 North NINTH Stroet, above Kace, QREAT REDUCTION OF PRICES Having purchased at the late Auction Hales goods of late import atlou, told at a great sacrltico, and with a general reduction oi price, oi mv entire utock, I am enabled to oner great Inducements to buyers. LAD1S, NOTE THE PRICES 1 LUPIN'S FaBUICS Lupin's Mcrtnoes reduced Irom H-ft to SI. Lupin's Merlnoea reduced from 1 37 to sl-l. Lnpln'a Merinoes reduced Irom SI (W to Hii . Lupin's plain Ken Poplins reduced from $1 A to SI. Lupi's best quality reduced tiom fl it to si "is. IS ALL THE CHOICE HHADKS. 4 pieces of Kmpreu Corded I'ODlIn, a yard and an eighth wide, a full line ot colors only l-A Klch Plaid Poplins, at SI, MU -, Sl-5 1 37S. Our 2 rich hilk Plaid Pop, his reduced to .1 in. FROM AUCTION. .Several lots oftotrlped Popllni. s bargain. JUST RECEIVED. One case ot corded 811k Eplngllnes, price 1 VI. 1 hese goods are novelties, and are .filing with gr a rapidity. A complete assortment ot Irish Pop'lns; best goods $ ftu. Dally receiving Kew Ooods from auction. BALMORALS I BALUOHALSt Full, large size, In bright colors, heavy, only a a full line ot Nbteting, Hhutlng, and Plllo j w -case FLABNELSI FLASSEL81 A large stock at low puces One case oi extra heavy Canton Flannels, only 2Ae. C. D. WISHAM. 8 2swth3m No. 1 N KlUUTd Street. JA3N1. Mc MULL AN, Successor to J, V. Cowell & Son, Uaaaeceived just his flist Fall importation ot ENCLISH BLANKETS. These goods were ordeied In the P prlng, and made ex pressly lur JAtoEb McWULLASi by the same manufac turer that J. V. COWELL & Him Wtre aupplledwl b lor many nam, and will be louud vrv superior for lamily use. A LARGE SUPPLY OF i AMERICAN BLANKETS Belling at Greatly Reduced Prices. A lull ssfortment of real WELSH AND AMERICAS H.AM.ELB alwavson hand. Ills stock ot GENERAL HOUSE FURNISHING DRY c,oOIb Is complete, wiib the very host goods at the , lowest rates lor CASH. HOUSE-FURNISHINQ DRY GOODS STOKE, No. VOO CHEbNUT ST. 1017 1m ROCKHILL &. WILSON, , FINE CLOTHING HOUSE, Nos. 603 and 605 CHESNUT St.. Phila. Foreign and Domestic Fabrics Made to Older, Rtaionalle, Serviceable nd F&biC&llJ DRY GOODS. 0' LINEN STORE. S,H a Man isra ket. CENTS' PHIf.TED LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, M: n ,,? If. t' Cthlih.lt, UhhXl mom KVRory. Tine lnvp;et Stock of LINEN GOODS N THE CITY. I917tl231rp COOK cVc JUIOTEIER, IMPORTERS OF HOSIERY, No. 5;i Jiorlh EIGHTH Street, Have Received (by Steamer "Peruvian,") Ladles' Fleece.) Hosei at i8, 65, and 6S cents. Gents' Fleeced 11 alf Hose 55 cents Ladles' Regular Ilsde Hose, .5,5$, 62 cents. Ladles' English Merino Vests, ai-50 to S4 00. Genu' English Merino Vests, l t to Si 00. Gents' Domestic Vests and Pants, 87 cents. As all our FOREIGN GOODS are made for us In Europe, they will In all casei bear our THADK MAKK. tit) 3 wsm.mlp No. 1024 CHKiUl Street E. LI. NEEDLES. Htrangers snd others will find at No. 1024 CHESNUT STREET A larte and complete assortment ot LACES AND LACE GOODS. EMBROIDERIES, WHITE GOODS, HANDKERCHIEFS, VEIL8, LINEN COLLARS AND CUFFS SLEEVES, ETC. ETC. ETC., In great variety, aud at LOW PRICES. E. M. NEEDLES. yv CURDY & DUNKLE, No. 140 North EIGHTH Street, HAVE OPKMED A CASK OF NfcW STYLK PLAIDS, at 50 cunt per yaid. PLAIDS at H 00, 1 25, aud $1-50; very baud some at 92 00. COLOKKD 8 ILKS, trom 1 60 to 4 09 por yard BLACK hlLKis at all pnets. IRISH POPLINS, best quality, 63-00. SHAWLS, KLANKKTd, BALMORALS, MUS LINS, SHEETINGS, HOSIERY, and GLOVES in (rreat variety, at prices below competition. s 13 w3m 1866 ! snAWL EXHIBITION. N. E. ( OR. EIGHTH AND SPRING GARDEN BT8 We are piepared to show one ot the very finest stocks ot bhawls in this city ot eveiv grade, FROM fl'SO UP TO 80. Mostof which are auction purchases, aud are under rcmiarprlcis. Weln.itean examination Long aud, Miuaie Paisley t-hawla. Long and Square llroche Hhaw.a. Long and Siiuara hl.ck Thibet Shawls. Long and H'lusre lilauket fchawls. Melia hhawls, llreakiast ShawU. eto. etc. W e v ould also invite attention to our BLANKETS, Excellent All wool Blankets tor tS. fin :i i,n Finer qualities at S7 SH !, SlU, 11, 1 and14 In (act, our general stock is worthy tbe atteumm ni all buyers ol Dry Goods who wish to buy cheap JOMKFll II. TIIOItJKV. N. E. COR. EIGUTU AND SPRING GARDEN TBIJIPHON'8 . No. m PINE STRK.ET SONS Dealers in Linens. White and Dress lnni'y' -.!!. No. 924 denes Hosiery. Gloves Corsets, HauilkerclilV ig Phiin and llenistlicbed, Hair. Nail, Tooth, and Plate Hrmheji llonibs, plain and Fancy Soaps, I'enumery, Imuo.iii and Domestio Puns and Pud Roxcs, and an eui. vanetv of Notions. -uiesp Always on hand a complete stock of Lad'eg', Genu' and Chi'ilieu's llndervesu and Drawers i English German Hosiery In ( ottou Merluo, and Wool. ( lib. Cranle aud Itedlilankets. llurHclilcs, Allendale, Lancaster, nd Honey Comb 'l ab e Linens, Napkins, Towels, Plain and Colored Homered, German Roll. Russia aud American Crash tluriaps. Raliaidvale, Welsh, and Shaker Flannels in all grai. . . ...II ,!... i ...... I,l..nlulll,l,l.a US. T. SlMI'-iOiV'S 8N8, N s. 9.2 sud .4 PINE 8treuL 95 ROCKHILL & WILSON, FINE CLOTHING HOUSE, Hos C03 and 605 CHESNTJT St., Phila. r I , .. .FALL AND WINTER OVERCOATS W CRH1T TABIETY. DRY GOODS. VARBURTON & SON, No. 1004 CHESNUT STREET, HAVE NOW OPEN FOR INSPECTION A 8PLKNDID STOCK OF : t , ??M,-iT VELVETS, ; BONNET RIBBONS, SAiyi8A . . TRIMMING RIBB0N8, CORDED SILK I VELVET RIBBONS, ' 2XLLDE SoiE. ISATIN RIBBONS, URO DE NAPS, !maNTTJARIBBO.S, PLOWEH8, FEATHERS, RUCHES, FRAMES, ETC. A Large Stock Peal Iacc Ooods is CLUNT. .POINT VALENCIENNES, APPLIQUE, ENGLISH A FRENCH REAL BLONDS, threAd. guimpore. black thread, HON HON, Etc. IMSXBTINus AND BARBK LACE TO MATCH. Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Embroideries, Plain and Figured Nets, Crapes, Edgings, Insertlngs, Veils, Collars, WHITE GOODS. Ktc. Etc. Flrst-elsss Goods at the pries of Interior. A GOOD DISCOUNT TO THE TK DE. 929stuth SHIRTS, FURNISHING GOODS, At QENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. SHIRTS VADK OF NEW YORK MILLS MUSLIN oniy S4 usual price ait M. Mil hTft d ADM. OF WAMSUITA MUSLIN, onlv 13-15 nsual price C.VM BOY S MURTS on hand and made to order. A liberal deil action to wholesale trade WLIt. SHAKEN, AUD CANTOS FLANNEL TJN DEKSHIRT8 ANO DB-WEBS, all sues and qualities. AlfO, FANCY SCARFS. VKCK TIES, WLOVES, HDKFS.. SUSPENDERS, etc., in great variety, and at reasonaDle prices. 11 6 Urn T. L. JACOBS, No. lQQ.t OIJKSNTJT Street. gUIRTS! SHIRTSl SHIRTS 1 40 JOHN C. REMINGTON'S 40 Gentlemen's Furnishing Store, No. 40 North NINTH Street, PHILADELPHIA , P . Particular attention giving t t e Cutting and Making ofShhts. 1181m H. F- BUTLER, MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, No. 142 South EIGHTH St. 112 J W. SCOTT & CO., SHIRT MANUFACTURERS, ADD DBALSns III M KIM'S I UUNISUING OOOD8 No. 814 CHESNTJT Street, FOUR DOORS BELOW THE "CONTINENTAL, -7 SIP PHILADELPHIA. pATENT SHOULDER-SEAM BUIItT MANUFACTORY. AND GENTLEMEN'8 FURNISHING STORE. PERFECT FITTING BHIRTS AND DRAWERS made trom measurement at very short notice. All otber ankles of OiNTL.N ti DRESS GOODS In lull variety. WINCHESTER & CO., 1115 No. 706 CHESNUT Street THE BEST FITTING SHIRT ID AMERICA IB THK SHOULDER-SEAM PATTERN SHIRT, Manufactured by " R. EAYRE, So. M N. BIX H Btreet, Fhlladelptila where you can find a large asso. tmcntot OK NTS' FURNISHING GOODS. Clip this out and give ns a call. 917 No. MN. BIXIH ftreet. Philadelphia. I QENTS' FURNISHING GOODS T. HOFFMAN, JR., (Late C. A. Hoffman, successor to W. W. Knight,) FINE BHIRTS, AND WRAPPERS, HOSIERIKD GLOVj-S. Silk, Lambs' Wool, sjjiorlno UNDER-CLOTHINC. 10 Stnths Mo. 843 ARC Htr.et. TNKS. ARNOLD'8, DAVID'S, MATNARD & JL Noyes' Fluids, Blaek. Coprlng, Blue. Carmine, India, and Japan, at MOSS & CO?S, No. 4,T1 CKK8 UT Btreet 10 17 wniit JUST OPENED, A LAEGE VARIET? OF Colored Sundav-School Cards, VARYING IN PRICE FROM 12 TO 50 CENIS PER PACK. FOR SALT. AT MRS. .). 1 J A MILTON'S Book Store, Jl 8 th'ttiiw Ko. ciIKSSfCT Street. BILI-lIKTDSrCAHD8, CIRCULARei, KiW filmed with despatcnt CertlHoat-H, hecks, Diafts, etc., eturraved In tue tinest styles at MO.-4S CII.'H. No. 4Ji t liKHNUf Stre-L lonw-t , J. C. RECKEL. TKACFIER OF m i i Flsno and Slnglug, No. 1706 North Eleven tb Street . it U tit ROCKHILL & WILSON, i FINE CLOTHING" HOUSE i Nos. 603; and 605 CHESNUT St., Phila. latest Style Sack ind Walking Coats. BOYS' CLOTHING. AN ADMIRABLE BIOGRAPHY. GUROWSKI. The Chevalier Statesman Politician Illsl Cnrlons Career and Remarkable Breentrlcltles The Odd Mts of Ills A ere. The late Coud. Ourowskl came to this country rom France In November, 1849, and reside ! at first In New York. He madn his appearance at Boston, I think, In the latter part of 1860, and, being- well Introduced by letters from men of note la Paris, was received with attention In the highest circles of society. Amonw hU friends at this period were Prcscott, Tlcknor, Longfellow, Lowell, Parker. Sumner, Felton, and Everett the last named of whom was then President of Harvard University. The eccentric appearance and character of the Count, of course, excited curiosity, and pave rise to many Idle rumors, the most popular ot which declared him to be a Russian spy, though what there was to spy in this country, where everything is pub lished in the newspapers, o what the Czar expected to learn from such an atrcnt, nobody undertook to explain. The phrase was acou venlcnt one, and, like many others equally senseless, was currently adoptid became it seemed to explain the iocompreheu9ible: an l certainly, to the multitude, no noun va. ever less inUUible than Gurowskl. To those, however, who cared lor pre cise Intormntion, the French and (Jerirmn periodicals ot the day, in which his nanre frequently figured, furnished sutli cient to determine his social and historical status. From authentic sources it was soou learned that he wus the head of a distinguished noble lutnily of Poland: that he was born in 180S, and bad taken part in the great insurrec tion ot 1831 against the Russians, for which he had been condemned to doath, while his estates were ;coulisca ed and assigned to a younger brother, who had remained loyal to the Czar. It was known also that at Parts, where he had lound reluge, he had been a tpecial favorite of Lalayette and of the leading republicans, and tin active niPinber of the Polish Revolutionary Committee, till, in 1835, he published "La Veriie ur la Russie," In which work ho maintained that the interests ol Poland and of all tlio otber Slavic countries would be promoted by absorption into the Rus-ian empire, and uuioti under the Ituiitn Czar. This book drew upon him tbe indignant denunciation of his country men, who rejanlcd it a a betrayal of their cause, and led to the revocation of his sentence ot death, and to an invitation to enter the ser vice ol Nictiola-). He accordingly went to St. Petersbutgin 1830, wnere his 'sister had long resided, personally attached to tbe Em press, and in high favor at the imperial i otirt. He was employed at flrst ' in the private chancery ot the Kmperor, and afterwards in the Department of Public Instruction, in which he suggested and intro duced various measures tending to Russianize Poland by means of schools aud other public institutions. . He seems tor some years to have been in tavor, and on the liiab road to power ami distinction, In 1S44, however, ho fled from St. Petersburg ecrotly, and took refuge at the court of Berlin. He was pursue i, aud his ex tradition demanded of tbe Prussian Govern ment. What his oll'ense was I havd'-nmer learned, but can readily suppose that it wus onljr a too Iree use ot his tongue, which was at all times uncontrollable, ana was always in volving him in dilliciilites wherever he resided. He was quite as likely to contradict ant snub tbo Czar as readily as he would the meanest peasant, and. for that matter, even more readily. lis flight Irom Russia cimsed a good deal of discussion in the Continental ne s-s-pupers, and it is certain that lor some reason or other 9trong iiDd pertinacious elforts were made by the Russian Government to have him delivered up. . The Czar had at that time great influence over the Court of Berlin, and (Ju row. ki was at length privately requested by the Prussian Government, In a friendly way, to relieve them of embarassment by withdrawiug irom the kingdom. He accordingly went to Heidelberg, and alterwards to Munich, aud for two years subsequently was a Lecturer on Political Economy at the University of Berne, In Switzerland. At a later period he visited Italy, and for a year previous to bis arrivalln this country had resided in Paris. Besides lu first work on PaiL-lavism. alreaty mentioned he had published several others in Frenf.i ami German, which had attracted considertnli attention by the force and boldnes. of their ideas, and the wide range of erudition displayed In them. Finally, it became known to tabs. who cared to inquire, that one ot hi brothers, Ignatius Gurowki, was married to an iutuutu ot fpain, whom 1 believe he hud porimlel to elope with him; that Gurow-fei him self was a widower, with a sou in tbe Rus sian navv. and a daughter uiarrii-d in Sveitnr. land; and that some compromise bad b?en made about bia confiscated estates by which his "loyal" brother had agreed to pay htm a slen der annual allowance, which wus not always punctually remitted. Such was the substance of what was known, or at least ot what 1 knew and c tn now recall, of Guroweki, soon alter his arrival in Boston, -ixtcen years ago. He came to Mas.achu. etts, I think, with some expectation of becoming connected with Harvard University a9 a lec turer orl professor, and took up his resldeuce in Cambridge in lod-ings in a house on Main stroet, nearly opposite the College Library. In Januarv, 1H61, ho gave, at President Kverctt's house, a course of lectures upou Roman url i rudeuce, ot which I have preserved the fol lowing syllabim, printed by him iu explanation of his i urpose: "Count do Gurowski proposes1 to give Si Lectures upon th Roman Jurisprudence, or the Civil Law, according to the lollowiug svllabus: "As the history ol the Koinati Law'is iikewihe tbe history of the principle of the lliqlit(ias JievlU) as It exists iu the consciousness of m?n, tind ot its out-aid manifestation as a law in au i .rpanlzed 6ocUt.y; a ptiilolophtcal outline oi this principle and of its mauliestatious will precede. Tbe pbilosoDliicul and historical n the uotion or conception of the Jiuid, tbroiiali the various moments or data of iurisprudeutiai formation bv the Romans. E vplanation ot the mmciiial elements aud facts, out of winch was jramed successively the Roman law. "Such are, lor instance, the lUmuiun, 'he Kahiuiau, or Quiritiau; their iuilucnce m tlio churacterof the legislation an l jurisprudence. ' "The peculiarity aud tlio leaul meaning of t'.ie Jug (jutrittum. f-xplauaMon of Mima of legal i ite-, as those concerning matrimony, jus man ripi, injure censio, etc. : "The primitive jus civile derived Irom the ,u.s tiuiri'.ium. Point out tlio principal social ele ment on which, and throuuh which, thu jus privatum, connected with tho jus tioiii; win oevelopeil. "The primitive difl'ereucr between both these two kinds of jus. "Other elements of the Roman Civil Law. Ths jug gm'iuia, it . nature and origin. How it was conceived by the Roinsus, and ho it acted on tbe Roman community. Its agency, enlighten ing, and eotteuing iutluence on the Roman character, aud ou the severity ot tbe primitive jut civile, i ' i ,- , ' The nature, the agency ot the prastorlau or edit torial right sud jurisprudence. . "A condense! sketch of tbe Roman civil pro cess. Tbe principal formalities aud rules ac cording to the jus quintium, jut civile, and tbe dicta pwtoruin. Difference bet wen the magis trate and the judge. "Tho scientific development of the abov6 racntioned data in the formation of the Roman Law, or the period between Aiietistus and Alexander Scverus. Kpoch of the impr-rial jurisconsults; its character. ' '-' "Decline. Tho codification of tbe Roman Law, or the formation of the Justinian Code. Sketch of It during the mediteval and modern periods. "Count Gurowski is authotlzed to refer to Hon. Edward Everett, Professor Parsons, Pro. lessor Parker, William II. Prescott, Ktiq., Hon. T. G. Carv, Charles Sumner, Esq., Hon. (j. S. Hillard. Professor Felton. "Cam-Riio, January 24, 1861." , ; , , The lectures were not successful, . being attended by only twenty or thirty persons, who did not find them very interesting. The tmth Is, that few Americans care anything for the' Roman law, or for the history of the principle ol the Right (dat Jtechl) ; nor for the Ramnian, Sabinian, or Quiritian jurisprudence? nor whether the jus civil was derived frotti the jus qu tritium, or the Jus qutritium tiom the jus ctvUenor do I see why they should rare. But even It the subject bad "been intcreting in Itself, Gurow.kl's imperfect pronunciation of our language at that time would have , insured his failure as a lecturer. He had a copious ' stock ot English words at command; but as he had learned the language almost wholly from books, his accent was so strongly foreign that few persons could understand hltn at . first, except tho. e ot quick anprAiensiou and sonif knowledge of the French aud German idioms which he habitually us -d. The favor with which G urowskt had been re ceived in the high circles of Boston socictv soon evaporated, as his faults of temper and of man ner, and his rough en uicisms on men and affairs, io be ,, lt- Massachusetts was then in the midst of the great conservative and pro-slavery reaction of" mo, and Gurowski's dogmatic radi calism was not calculated to recommend him to the ruling influences In politics, literature, or society. He denounced with vehemence, and without stint or qualiUcation, . l ivery and its Northern supporters. Nothing coald silen.-e him, nobody could put him down. It was iu vain to appeal to Mr. Webster, then at the height of his reputation as a Union saver and great Con-titutloual expounder. "What do I care for Mr. Webster," he said on some occasion when the Fugitive Slave law was under diseussiob in the high circles ot Beacon street, and the dictam of the great expounder bad been triumphantly appealed to. "I can read the Constitution as well us Mr. Webster." "But surelv, Cpunt, you would not presuma to dispute Mr. Webster's opinion on a qucftlcn ol constitutional law?" "And why cotr" replied Gurowski, in high wrath, aud in his loudest tones. . "I tell you 1 cau read the Constitution as well as Mr. Vy cbeter, and I say that the Fugitive Slave law is uncon stitntionnl is an outrage aud an Imposition of which you will all soon be ashamed. Itisa dis graceto bumauitv and to.your republicanism, uud Mr. Webster should be httnslor advocating it. He is a liumbug or an ass," continued the Count, his wrath growing fiercer as ho poured it out "an aes if he believes such an infamous law to te constitutiouul; auJ il he dees not believe it, he is a humbug and a scoundrel for advocating it." Beacon street, of course, was ashast-at this oatbutst of b aspiif my; and the high circles thereor were speedily closed ugainst the plain spoken radicul who dared to question Mr, Web ster's infallibility, and who made, Indeed, but small account of the otber Idols worshipped in that locality. , V , . It wa9 at this time, in the spring of 1861, that I became acquainted with Gurowski. I was standing on day at the door of ihe reading-room in Lyceum Hall in Camondge, of which city i was then a resident, when I saw approaching through Harvard Square ai-irange figure Which I knew must be the Count, who had often been described to me, but whom till then I had never chanced to see. He was at the time about fortv- iive years of age, ot middle size, with a large head and big belly, and was partly wrapped in a huge and quotrl v cut cloak of German material and make. On his head die wore a high, bell shaped, broad-brimmed hat, from which de pended a long, .sky-blue veil, which ' he used to protect his eve? from the sunshine.'' Ills waist coat was of bright red llannel, and as it reached to his hips aud covered nearly the whole of his capacious front, it formed a startlingly con spicuous portion of his attire. In addition to the veil, his eyes were protected by enormous blue goggles, with glasses on the aides as well as in lront. These extraordinary precautions for the defense of his siht were made necesary by the tact that he had lost an eye, not in a duel, as has been commonly reported, but by falling on an open penknife when he was a boy of ten years old. The wouuded eye was totally nrined and wasted away, and had been the seat of lone and intense pain, in which, as is usual in och cuses, the other eye had participated. During tbe first year or two of his residence iu this country be was much troubled by the intense suushine: lut afterwards becoming used to it, he left off Ms veil, and in other "respects conformed bis costume to that of the people, There were several gentlemen in the readiug room whom we outh knew, one ot-whota in troduced me , to Gurowski, who received me very cordially, and immediately began to talk with much animation about Kossuth and Hungary, concerning which I had recently published something. He was exceedingly voluble, and seemed to have, even then, a remarkably copious stock of. English words at command ; but his pronuncia tion, as before remarked, was very imperfect, and until I crew accustomed to his accent I lound it difficult to comprehend him. This, however, made little difference to Gurowski. He would talk to any one who would listen, without caring much whether he was under stood or not. On this occasion he soon became engaged in a dicusMon with ore of tbe gentle men present, a Proleor In the University, who demurred to some of his statement- about Hungary; aud iu a -bort time Gurowski was l timing with rage, snd formally challenged the Protestor to settle the dispute with swords or pistols. This ingenious mode of deciding a historical controversy being blandly declined, Gurowski, apparently dumb louuded at the idea of any pentleman's refusing ' so reasonable a proposition, abrnpUy retrained, a-king mo to go with him, as ho .aid he wished to eouKiiit me; to whic'- request I n .seated Very w illingly, tor my curiosity was a good deal ex cited by his strange appeurauce and evidently jiicuiiur character. He walked along io silence, and 'wo soon leached his lodgings, which were convenient ami coiuiort-ble enough, lie had a parlor au J bedroom on tbe second floor, well furnished though in dire confusion, littered with books' papers, clothing, aud other articles, tos&ed' u bo ut at random. He gave me a cicar, mid, sitting down, begun to talk quite calmly aud lationtlly about the atluir at the reading-room. His excitement, had en tirely Mibsided, and he seemed to be sorry for lus rudeness to the lrofe3. or, tor whom he had a high regard, and who had been Invanaoly kind to him. 1 spoke to bun prettv roundly on the Im propriety of his conduct. nd tbe folly of which he had been guilty in oil-riivr a challenge a proceeding peculiarly repugnant to Ameri can, or at louBt to New EuglHud notions, and which only made him ridiculous. There was something to frank and childlike in his char acter, that, thoueh I had known him but an hour, we seemed already intimate; and from that time to the day of bis death never hud any hesitation in speaking to him about any thing as ireely as If he were my brother. He took mv scolding iu good part, and was evidently ashamed ot his rond net, though too1 pioud to sav so. He wanted to know, however, . what he bad best do about the matter. I advised him to do nothing, but to let the affair drop, ar " never uiuke aay allusion to it; nd I believ t
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