THE DAILY EiJKG TELEGHAril PHILADELPHIA, FMDAY, AUGUST 28, 1863. the HILTON. SX CON TttJ VERS Y "C. C." eifttributei to the New York Tribune the following resume, of the arguments for and against the newly-diaeovered poem which has been attributed to Jhu Milton: In the London Times vi Julv 10 there ap peared a letter from Professor ll-jury Morlejr, of University College, London, giviug an ac count of his dincovery of what he believed to be a hitherto uukuowu poem by John Milton. An account of the way iu wuioU tlio dUoovery caine to be made will not hi nniuterestiug, as Showing the pains a coujuieutious solioUr will take, to secure as great uoouracy as possible in any work he is engaged upou, no matter how small, or apparently uuiiaporUut, it niiy b. Professor Morly had unlertakeuto oinpile for some pnblislier a email book of selections from the writings of the poets who lived iu the time of Charles I. and the Coiumonwealtu. On receiving from his printer a proof oontaiu ing passagHS from Milton, he thought it might not be useless to compare it with the original edition of his Eugliah aud Latin poems pub lished in 1(3 If). The 15riuh Museum couuius two copies of this edition one iu the General Library, aud the other in what is known as the King'a Library, a magnilheut collection of 70,000 volumes made by Odnrge III., and presented to the Museum iu lS-Ji by George IV. This last was the copy to which Mr. Mot ley referred, aud we will give Lio account of what he fouud in it in his ovu words: "The volume contains first the English, then the Latin poems of that lirst period of Milton's life, each separately paged. The Luiu poems end on page hi, leaving the reverse of the leaf blank; aud this blank I fouud covered with handwriting which, to any one familiar with the collection of fao-similes iu the laU Mr. Sotheby's 'Uamblles in fcilucidatiou of Miltou'3 Autograph,' would,.! think, convey at first glance the irapre.ioii it -conveyed to me, that this was the handwriting ef John Milton. It proved to be a trausoript of a poem in fifty-four lines which Miltoa, either for hiniEelf or for some friend, had aided to this volume. It is entitled, tduiply, 'An Epi taph,' aud signed by him, 'J. M., Obar, 1(347.' He was then iu his thirty-ninth year. As the page is about the size of a leaf of note paper, the haudwiitiug is small. Thirty-3ix lines were first written, which filled the left hand side of the psge, then a line was lightly drawn to the right of them, aud the book being turned Bide ways the rest of the poem was packed into three little columns, eight line3 in each of the first two columns, and the other two lines at the top of the third column, fol lowed by the initials and date. Upon the Bmall blank space loft in this corner of the page, the Museum stamp is affixed, covering a part of Milton's signature." To this letter Air. Morley appended the newly-found poem, with its MS. contractions expanded, aud the spell ing modernized. Wince then, it has beeu several times reprinted in its origiual form, but each successive time with important chauges, a3 the faded handwriting, with the old contractions, aud peculiarly formed letters, has been sub jected to a more and more careful scrutiny with magnifying glasses iu the hands of adepts. IJut it is probable that we have not yet the poem exactly as it stands, for in the Times of July a letter appears from a Mr. Ingleby, who states po-itively that the date of the poem is not Ober (October), but lOoer (December), aud in a letter published in the Times of the 1:0th, though bearing the same data as Mr. Ingleby's, Mr. Bond, Keeper of the Dept. of MS3. in the British Museum, gives a ver sion of tliepoein, iu lamlnl to uzaut, in which. he makes an important change in a word not hitherto suspected, and also prints the date lOber, as read by Mr. Ingleby. It may be added that Mr. Bond, who does not believd that the handwriting is Milton's, appeals the signature ''P. M.," instead of "J. M.," to the version which he gives, that being the way in which he has read it from the first. Mr. Bond's conviction that the signature is not "J. M.," first announced in a note to the Times July ISth, from Mr. Uye of the Museum, written with a view to check the inconvenient rush by the public to the library to inspect the volume has had a great influence iu the formatiou of opinion on the authenticity of the poem. Nevertheless it does not appear to bd con sidered as settling the matter, for both Pro fessor Moiley and Mr. llepworth Dixou, while unwilliug to take a position of decided opposi tion to the clearly-expressed opinion of such an expert as Mr. Bond, are yet strong in their belief that he is mistaken both as to signature aud handwriting. Ueside the changes which have been made in the reading of the poem by Mr. Bond and others, since Mr. Morley lirst published his transcript of it, it is possible that the sus picion of another Tinus correspondent may prove well founded, aud that a closer exami nation may prove that a careless slip in gram mar which has given rather unnecessary trouble to the critics, seeing that Milton's grammatical constructions are sometimes care less, and often uu-Koglish, does not really exist in the manuscript. If this correotiou of "appeals" for "appear" (liue 44) shall come to be finally allowed, there will then have been eight chauges made in the body of the poem since Mr. Morley first published it. Of these changes, one is essential for grammatical accuracy, and four are necessary to the sense; the remaining three are, perhaps, not of im portance. It cannot be long, we think, especi ally if Mr. Morley shall publish, as he pro poses, a fac simile of the poem, before the true reading of every word will be settled beyond a question, and we shall be in full possession of the facts on which to found a decided opinion from internal evidence whether the poem was really written by Milton or not. It seems, however, that Prof. Morley is not the first discoverer of this poem. Mr. David Masson, well known as a writer, and particu larly aa the author of a "Life of Milton in connection with the History of his Times," of which work only one volume has been pub lished, writes a letter to the Times of July 21, in which he says that the lines have been known to him for a considerable time in a letter written later, he Bays, "for about ten years" and that he has a copy of them which he took on the 2:3d of May, 18(5(5, from the volume where Mr. Morley has also found them. Over this copy he put, at the time, the following heading: "Copy of MS. Iine3, In a contemporary hand (not Milton's) on the fly-page at the end of a copy of Milton's poems, edit. 1(345 iu Brit. Mus. (press-mark iWS, p. &)." And, a little further on, he says, "I liud a query attached to my copy whether I was right in making out the first letter to be 'J.' " it may be thought that the all-important point to be settled so far as evidence of au thenticity is concerned is, whether the hand writing is Milton's, or not. But, this i3 a question which, as Mr. Morley admits, may never be satisfactorily settled. Mr. Bond, as we have seen, does not believe that it is, nor does he believe the signature to be "J. M." Mr. Masson agrees with Mr. Bond as to the handwriting, and is strongly inclined to give up the signature, of which, as we have seen, he had early doubts. On the other Laud, both Mr. Morley, of whose opinion Mr. Masson epeaks w ith respect, and Mr. llepworth Dixou, re decidedly of the belief that the hand writing and signature are both Milton's. Y4 even Mr. Band admits that the handwriting is a good one of Milton's time, but his opiuioa is tbat it is the writing of a copyist, aud not of the author, whoever the author may In. He cornea to this conclusion from the peculiar form of some of the contractions. It may also be stated that the poem was written in the book before it was put into its present binding, which is au old Italian one, but, whether made in Kugland or iu Italy, is not yet known. Indeed, so far, no attempt would seem to have been made to get at the history of the volume, which, if it were traced, might throw a ray of light on this doubtfnl matter. It seems to ns that, afcer all, the chief difficulty lies in the siguatuie. If that Bliall prove to be "j. iu., men un poem, sppprsing it to be authentic and not a forgery, must be accepted as Miltou'n, iv matter who?e the haudwritlng may be; if, however, it f-hall be decided by experts that it is "1". M.," then we must look about for aome other author, and rest puzzled as to why the unknown writer should have chosen this place, of all in the world, to write his lines. But we are far from being without hope that the signature may liually prove to be "J. M." It is to be remembered that it is not easily decipherable. It is partly eovered by the Museum Btamp, and diflereut eyes see it differently; but p.ititut study with the micro scope can hardly fail in time to seprat j the two, aud settle this matter definitely. There is one point iu this matter of the haudwritiug to which we may allude in passing. Mr. Morley thinks that the haudwritiug of "The Epitaph" has an afliuity with souu lines, signed "J. M.," and attributed to Milton, which wore found on a blank leaf iu a copy of the "Mel Ileliconium" by Alexander Kosse. Mr. Matron does not b'lieve that these Hues are by Milton, nor that they are in his hand writing, and Mr. Bond says that ha. long ag3 came to the same conclusion. We will give these l'nes as printed by Mr. Masson, because we think they present a curious point for con sideration: "On Mel HcUconium, written l; Mr. Rouse, Chup lain to 11 m Majesty (t e. lo Charles I). "Those nhivpes, of oM transfigured by the chai lilH Of wanton livid, wakened with th' alarms Of powerful Knout, (jiou nobler l'jrrus, und try The lorce of a diviner lilclH'iny. So the quaint chemist, wiin ingenious power, From calcined tieri.-s extracts u glorious (lower: o bees, to freight ttieir Uymy cells, pro (use From i.ols'nous weeds u sweet una wUoleso.no Juice. J. M." "We do not wonder at Mr.'Masson's excla mation, "Did Milton write this stuff!" But will it not be a little singular (if the resem blance between the handwriting of "The Kpi taph" and that of the lines on the "Mel Ileli conium," which Mr. Moiley thinks he sees, shall be found to exist) tliat there is also a re semblance in the words employed in each ? Mr. Masson, though he draws no conclusion from the observation, calls our attention to the fact that both in "The Epitaph" aud in the hues on the "Mel lleliconiuui" the words "chemio" or "chemist," and "thyuiy," are used, aud that in both we have a "bee" or "bees." To these we will now add the word "calciBfld," which, when Mr. Masson wrote (July 25), was being read "caverned," but which was announced by Mr. Morley, Mr. Bond assenting, to be "calcined," in his letter published July 27. The point to which we wish to call attention is, that although Milton once nses the compound word "arch-chemic," and "alchemist," and "alchemy," each once, Le never uses, we believe, either "caloiued" or "thymy." This may be worth thinking on. But, leaving the question of the haudwritiug to be settled as it may, let us examine the in- turual eTidonoe that tilt poem allbrdn AO to ltd authorship. Perhaps, at this stage of the in vestigation, it will be advisable to take the poem in its five divisions as originally printed, and give the gist of all that has 'bioa said about each, for and against. The first of these is as follows: "lie whom Heaven did n;v!l away Out of tbls Hfi'mltttge of clay, Hhb left some reli'jin: iu I ols urn As a pledge of his return." These lines have been allowed to pass un challenged. Only Mr. Dixon has callud atten tion to the beauty of the word "Hermitage" in this connection. "Meanwhile (he mns?8 Jo tloploro The loss of inks tilth-1 uiiiaour, SVHu whom lie Hpurttjtt ere I lie dy .budded i'urih 1W lender ray. Aud now Apollo Ictves Ills lays And puis on cypress f.ir nis nays: The gaored sisters tuna ttieh- quills Only lo the tiubbilu rlils, And wiillo liin iloum "they think upo'i, M ike their own tears tuelr llelicjo; lieuvlug the two-topi Mount divine To turn votaries to tiis surlno." The Karl of Winchilsea, who was the first to take up the lance, or rather, for nothing can be less elegant or kuightly thau his style of attack, let us say "the club," against Mr. Morley and the poem, quarrels with, the rhymes from beginning to end, leading oil" with the words "deplore" aud "paramour." He signaliz-ed his entrance into the critical arena by two egregious blunders, for ke says tbat Milton had a lar too exquisite ear tor rhyme, to make "deplore" rhyme to "para mour," and far too exquisite a sense of pro priety, to use the word "paramour" at all. But not only does Milton, in the "Ode on the Nativity," make "paramour" rhyme to "her," a far worse rhyme than the one in "The Epi taph," it is a notorious fact that rhymes equally bad abound in his verse, aud the only reason why we have not more than we have is, that he wrote so, comparatively, little rhymed verse. He had, indeed, an exquisite ear for rhythm, but he either had not an ear for rhymes, or he was very careless about them. As is well known, he had no re spect for rhyme, speaking of it ai " no necessary Adjunct or true Orna ment of l'oem or good Verse but the Invention of a barbarous Age to set off wretched matter and lame Meeter." Aud again, " a thing of itself, to all judicious ears triveal and of no true musical delight," "the jingliug sound of like endings." Ferlaps the hottest of tho battle has been waged about tho word "Helicon," which, all the disputants agree, Milton must have used here for "Hippocrene," or "Aganippe," and which it is argued is a blunder putting a mountain for a fountain or spring suoh as a man of the poet's learning, famous at once for its extent and its minuteness, could never have committed. Mr. Morley meets this ob jection squarely, showing, as Mr. Dixon does afterwaid much more in detail, that "Heli con," famed for its itbnndant waters, was used by poets before Milton to represent them. It is one of the commonest forms of trope to put tLe container for the thing contained, as when it is said 'he drank the cup.' Thus Helicon passed into poetry as a name for all its waters, irpencer, who, like Milton, was a scholar aud delighted in the adornment of his verse with thoughts from the old Latin and modern Ita lian writers, transferred the name of the mountain to its streams much more distinctly thau it is here done, when fresh from college, Le wrote in the Shepherd's Calendar: "And tke you Vlrnlus that on 1'aninnne dwoll, H tievct'jtuwctlt JJvlicnn,thc learned wt 11 " and S?penser, it may be remembered, was Mil" ton's favorite poet." In a late number of the J.ondvn Aihemi urn Mr. Dixon brings forward a long array of instances showing tbat the use of Helicon for its fountains was common in I our trly poetry, but Lord Wiuchvlsea, whose learning helped him to thn fac', that "para mour" always meant "illicit love," that Mil ton's rhymes were nefer faulty, an I that "qnills" was a woid he never oould have Ufed, bnt who had not learning; eniu.?1i to detect this manifest Blip Lord Wtiiulietsea deuies that the production of fifty m'Hak.M from the work of Spenser, Drayton, l'.rown, Holland, Harnlirfld, or the bluu luring g.uitle luan whom Mr. Dixou fliiHly terms 'the luarmi 1 canon of Loretto' will affect Milton, who wa not in the habit of blundering In such mat ters;" and another writer, "VV. V. II." (Mr. Vernon llarcourt, "llistoiieiH f") says: "I admit that Mr. llepworth Dixou'a research has clearly established that the pneti of the sixteenth aud seventeenth centuries did habitually employ Helicon in the sense of a fountain or Htream to a greater extent, indeed, I confess, than I wat aware." VV. V. II. had said in a previous letter that the attempt to prove that Milton nsed tha word Helicon tropically was too "subtle ami far fetched."! "If Mr. Dixou could satisfy ma that Milton himself had ever used Helicon in this loose and paraphrastic som;e, I would yield the point at once. But my difficulty, which is special and personal as respects Milton, is net altogether mot by citations from other authors of undoubted learuiug, but of a less severe and rigorous classiuality." Unfortunately it bo happens that Milton ouly uses the word "Helicon" once in his acknow ledged poems, and in that instauce correctly. In the Epitaph on tho Oouutess of WincheJ- ter, we have: "Here be tearR of perfect moan Wept for tneo in Ueltecm." It it be held utterly inadmissible to suppose that Milton meant to use a figure hare, aud to speak of the muses making a sacred, mount or their tears or their grief, leaving for that "the two-topt mount divine," and perhaps this is too far-fetched a reading, why should we not be willing to allow that in common with so many poets of his time, and of earlier times, his own beloved Spenser among them he al lowed himself the freedom of this use of Helicon for its springs, which, however it may be found fault with on the score of neglect of clatsicality, can at least be defended on the score of pcetxalness. Beside, may we not set off the well chosen epithet "two-topt," applied to Helicon, against the doubtful slip about which so much dust ha3 been raised ? That, at least, shows both learning and poetry. It may be remarked, before leaving this octave, that Lord Winchelsea objects to the collocation "votary at" aa bad grammar. But, as we have said before, if it were, that would be no argument against Milton's authorship, for he is careless of grauimar; we must remember that it was far from biug as settled in his time as we have it; aud with regard to the preposi tions especially, the usage of oli times not only iflered greatly from ours, but was gov erned by no absolute law. Indeed the law that governs the collocation of verbs aud par ticiples with their following prepositions is not yet everywhere agreed upon. But, let this go; Milton's grammar wa3 too loose for us to build arguments upon. "Think not, rendu)', me less blest, RIeepttig in tola narrow cist, Thau If my ashes did He hid V nder t-ome etate'y pyramid. If a rich lomb i unites huppy, then, That Bee was happier lar than me:i "Who, busy in the thymy wood "Was lettered by liie golden flood Which from the auilier-'.veepuit; tree Jl'.stilletu down so pleuteouslj ; For so this little wanton E f MohI gloriously enshrined Itself, A tomb whose lu anty might compare "With Cleopatra's sepulchre." The last two lines of the first quatrain strongly recall two" line3 in Milton's Epitaph on Shakespeare, which, Cleveland says, was the first of Milton's pieces that was published since they first appeared among other recom mendatory verses prefixed to the folio e litiou of Shakespeare's plays in 1(532, but without Milton's name or initials. We shall see, a little further on, that in these same verses is contained a sentiment borrowed from the same source to which we owe the fancy of the Bee in Amber in this new-found Epitaph: the coin cidence of the two verbal resemblances in the same potm ha3 not thus far, we believe, been pointed out. It is at least worth noting. Tne lines in the new Epitaph that recall those in the Epitaph on Shakespeare are: "Or that his hallowed relics should bo Lid Under astar-y pointing pyramid." Here, beside the rhym, we have the word "reliques" used in the fourth line of the new Epitaph, but only used in oue other place by Milton, (Paradise Lost, iii., 4:)1). The pretty fancy of the Bee is almost a direct rendering of an Epigram of Martial. Book iv., ep. 51). "Flentlbus irelladum ramus dum vipera rcplt Fluxlt In obHlbtiteru huciiiu kuiih leram, Quo; on in iiilrlur plngul so roie lenerl, t (juirtto rlgult vincta lepento gelu, Nh tlbi re jfull plactas, L'leoptra, sepulcro, Viperu si tumulo nobiliore Jacui." But in Martial, it i3 a viper aud not a bee, who is caught in the drop of amber, a change which Milton made for the sake of poetry. It is also to be noticed, as was first pointed out by Professor Morley, that from this same epigram Milton borrowed the thought con tained in the closing hue of the epitaph on Shakespeare: "And so sepulchred In Ruch pomn dost lie That It I !!-;.', lor such a tomb, would wish to die." Here, also, we have the word "sepulchred," which in all its roots is a rare one with Milton, lie uses it, in all his poems, only four times, each time a diflereut form, "sepulchered," "sepulchre," "sepulchres," and "sepulchral." Thus we find, in the two Epitaphs, two words employed, "reliques" and "sepulchre," rarely used by Milton, aud use made, in each, of the same Epigram of Martial, besides that each contains the same rhyme, "hid" and "pyra mid." It would seem that theie coincideucea could hardly be accidental, but we are aware that they may be as well used to substantiate a charge of forgery or plagiarism as a claim of authenticity. Lord Winchilsea objects that ambsr i3 a rare substance, and that, therefore, Milton would never have said it was distilled down "plenteously." But a correspondent reminds him that it is not necessary that the amber should be the precious kind, since there are other gums of the same nature, and called by the same name, which do exist iu large quantities (neither is the precious amber so rare as the Earl would have us thiuk), aud In which flies, aud straws, and bits of moss are continually found imprisoned. Yet, as if one blunder on the Baine word were not enough, the luckless nobleman cotuplaiu3 that Milton would never have used the word "plenteously" in any case, not knowing that he does use it in "Paradise Lost" Vll., where also it closes a line and receives the emphasis: " which plenteously The waters generated by their klnls.'' "In this lit tle bd my dust, Jiicurtxin'd round X here Intrust; While my more pure and nobler part LUs entorub'd In every heart." Here, again, the Bkptical Earl is bothered with the grammar of "more pure and nobler." But, as Mr. Morley acutely observes, "Auy reader may, by trial -of ether possible methods of expression, diseowr for himself that the Left emphasis is obtained by repealing and varying the form that expresses the soul's exaltation; so varying it a3 also to give aiuiple force to the word 'pure,' which is a charac teristic epithet more frequent in the works of Milti.u than. I believe, in thoie of any othur English poet." As for the quatrain itself, it may be well to remark that the thought con tained in it is precisely the central thought of the Epitaph on Shakespeare, so that we hive the fill iking coincidence of the occurrence, in both poems, of the same idea borrowed from another poet, bnt so turned, and exalted iu the turning, as to lead us from the conceit of a "fly in amber, " to the. inspiring thought that the dead may find a glorious sepulchre iu the memory of those who survive them. "Then puss on f'ntly, ye that mourn 'J'cucu not thin mine hollowed urn; 'J'iu:ho iisbcn wolcu do here remain A vllfil tincture Mill relnln; A M'lnliial loini within 1 1 1 o deeps Ol I liH llii le chaos Biceps; 'J im thread ol lllo urn wmled IS inlo lis lit'-;; nouslKfeiicieg Iiilaut nature ciudied hero In lis principles (ippHiir. Tlili pliant tluis ceilein'd Into dust In 118 ushts rest it must. "Until swnct ryeltn sluill Inspire A H .Renins aud protijic Ihe And In Iiih hiHlei inn aunt enfold Tins heavy und I his family mould. Tl.eu ns i 'iirt I'll bti no more liui bloome and blossom (as before) When this eold nuinbne-s slnll reneat (y a more than choiniu hral." We have priuted in italics the words whose reading has been changed iu consequence of a more carelul study sinje Air. M irly first pub lished tho poem. "Consistencies" was "ex isteiicies," "thuscalciu'd" was "tho' entered," and "prolific" was "iotilio." A writer siguiug himself "S. M. P.," pub lishes a letter in the Timis of July 28, iu which Le concludes against the probability of the poem being Milton s, because, while the word "its" does not occur in the authorized translation of the Bible, nor, he believes, in Milton's Poems, and is only used three times in Shakespeare, in the "Epitaph" it occurs no less than four times. This statement of "S. M. P." has had perhaps as much weight against tho authenticity of the "Epitaph" as anything that has been brought forward; it has been extensively copied, and poor Lord Winchilsea, who in his zeal picks up auy stone his hand touches without looking to see whether it be clean or not, has snatched this from S. M. P.'s hands, and thrown it with a resonant shout against Mr. Morley aud his poem. But if, in stead of taking "S. M. P.'s" word for it, he had made a little inquiry, he would have found in a valuable book by that most accurate and pains-taking writer, Prof. George L. Craik, "The English of Shakespeare," that Snake fpeare has used the word "its" four times, cer tainly, and according to some editions, seven times, and there may be other instances that have escaped Mr. Craik's observation, though it Is dilhcult to i-peak positively, since Mrs. Clark's concordance does not include the word. So far as we know, and as is indeed probable, the word is not used iu the authorized version of tLe Bible, but which is more to our purpose, Milton uses it at leant twice. In Paradise Lost, I. 2.14: "The mlr.d Is its own place, and iu Itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven." And again, Paradise Lost, IV, 6113: "no falsehood can euduro Touch of celebilal temper, but returns Ol force to i.'s own llktucss," Mr. Dixon is especially struck with theline3 "A seminal form within tho deepi Ol'thlH little chaos s'.eeps." But, in our case, these two line3, with one that precedes them: - "Dlslllleth down so plonteously" seemed to us, at the lirst, very suspicious, and in all three we still find something modern that platues us. To our ear they are not like Milton, but they recall the tone of Andrew Mai veil's verse, and it may bo a coincidence worth mentioning that, after reading the veiEes, we remarked to a friend that if the initials were "A. M." instead of "J. M." we should be verywilling to believe that they were written by Andrew Marvell, an excellent poet, and the friend of Milton. Two persona in England it seems have made the same ob servation, one of whom is "W. V. II.," which initials we believe are those of Mr. Vernon llarcourt, "Ilistorious," who does not believe that Milton composed the poem. Professor Brewer has found another point against the authenticity of "The Epitaph" in the fact that when Milton, in the year 11573, tLe year before his death, reprinted his Juve nile Poems, he did not include "The Epitaph" among the numerous additions that he made to the English poems of the edition published in 1(54,1, the one in a copy of which is Mr. Morley's treasure-trove. Professor Brewer says that in the edition of 1G73 Milton showed a desire to gather up everything that he had written not hitherto published, even including his college exercises, and that under these circumstances his leaving out "The Epitaph" is a strong point against its authenticity. Certainly, this is a point of importance; but, until it can be shown either that Milton has, somewhere, clearly expressed a determination to include in the edition of 1(573 every poem tbat he had written up to that date, and that Btill remained unpublished; or that, excepting "TLe Epitaph," every poem that he ever wrote has now been published; Professor Brewer's objectioa can hardly be considered a vital one. It is not an impossible supposition that Milton may have forgotten in 1(573 a little poem that he had written on the blank page of a book published twenty-six years before, and which had never been auy where printed. The reader may expect U3 to give a decided opinion as to the authenticity of "The Epi taph," but this we hardly feel able to do. Certainly, it is net unworthy of Milton; the manner is his, the phraseology is his, aud, what is of more importance, ihe thought is his. It is, no doubt, as Mr. Morley asserts, "a sketch wanting in some place the last touches of the master. " "And yet," he aks, "who but Milton could have left us such a sketch ?" So far, we entirely agree with him, but it is a question whether it may not be a forgery. To this wo venture a reply that we might think so were it not for the striking re Etmblances belwteu it aud the Epitaph on Shaktsjeare written fifteen years before. A forger would hardly have put together scraps in this way from an earlier poem of his author. lie would have made his coat of new cloth. May it not be that, in the afliuity bs twetn the two poems, is found the strougest proof j et brought forward of Milton's auihor fchip of the one for whoso discovery we are in debted to Professor Morley f LEGAL NOTICES. TX THE DISTRICT COUNT UP THE UiNIVKi) J HlA'll-H l'"OH Till JjiAbTKllL-l AOiyi'jUcT Ol)' IiMVLVNIA m IN ll-iNKKUl'TOY. T lie undersirr nl ht rt'Oy tivea uoticecf lif". appoint liimt us AbSiKiiee of WVKH r. is TK V Ij S. of I In) filvot I'lillbOelplda, cuumy (t 1'U.lu Ic.'imm mid hiLle of ti nnsyimi U. wlUiln BBl.l District, win li t- Ik en k'ljtiiU'ed a Imnkiupt uiioi his uwu potUluu by tliC i).bt:lcl Court hi until jimr.ct. JOHN ROHKHT1 AssiPDOPi. No. 12 HI X. I'd stro t. I)td at Fldtadelprila. Autjuut II, l--(.a. 8 21 1 ai A Z U Ft n t:, roMTNTiiATrn in i)i;o, For the Lautdry. Free from Ox.tllo Acid. See UliHiniHra C'eiUucuui A Patent rocket PiricuchloD or Kraery Hh In each Twenty t:w)t Bo. 1 tl uiwl.ioi Iqi file by all retiH'tUule Grocers aud DruUis. WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETC. i LADOMUS & CO DIAMOND DEALKRS & .1 KAVKLKUS. II WATCHES, JKWKI.HY Ml. VKH WAHK. II . nriTnTTTtJ .nil .TTrOTT!T.T!.V T?T.T ATH.TIT). ?02 Chestnut St., Phibv Would Invite particular attention to their large and elegant assortment ol LAME' AND GENT' WATCHK3 of Ame'l'-an and Foreign Makersof the(lnst quality lu fold and Miver rimrs. A vnile y of Independent M Becond, for horse timing. I, Ml l ps' and Goutu' CHAINS o! Intent styles, la 14 and 18 kU BTTTON AND EYELET 8 TODS In great varitty newest patterns. BOLID BirVKRWARE for Brldnl present: Piated-ware. etc. Repairing duue In Hie best manner, and war. ranted. 1 lP VVEDDSMG RINGS. We have for a long time made a specialty of Solid 18-Karnt .Fine (Sold Wetluiuj ami Eiigagement Kings, Ard In order to mipply Immedlnte wants, we keep A FELL Ash.OiiTAlE.NT OF KIZES alwaja oa baud, FAltH & BUOTlIKlt, MAKERS, 11 llsui!brp No, 824 C1IK4MUT St., below Fourth. 3 P E C I A L NOTICC. UST1L SEPTEMBER 1, 1808, - I TV ILL CLOSE DAILY AT 5 P. M. U. TV. HUSSELL, Importer and Dealer In French Clucus, Watchti Fine Jewtlry, and ISllver Ware, No. 22 'ci'Ui SIXTH Street, 5 2fiJ PJI1LA DELPHI A. SHIPPING. rffK STEAM TO LIVKKPUOL, CALLISO mt iiuuRU L,lue, uuoer coim.icl with the tJnlti) States and Urn in h noverninwitH, lor carrying tl e Mails. Intel d deMatriiiiig luuir kle.ur m as filK-s: CI I'Y OF Ais' i Wiittl bis.urdov, Aumist -ft CITY OF PARIS ;......4iiirdn'. sscni' iuii:r 5 Cl'l Y OF V A!sHlNGT'i(via Kama) I'uosd'y.Srtjt. 8 l'1'l Y OF LONDON Saturday, SfKmiii)r t CITY OF BALI 1MOHK bamrrtff.y Hepteuitier 111 and e.cli sucieedluK Saturday and alternate Toes lay at 1 P to., from Pier No. 4a .NOKTH River. Bates of p&HHae by the Mail Hieamer SAILING EVitKY SdTlTKDAY; Payaole in Gold. Parable lu Currency. First Cabin (100 Btoeruge 35 " to London 1051 ' to London 4e " to Paris...- 115 1 ' to Pans 47 Passage by the Tnesrtay stumers: Uubin, tM, gold, Steerage, tao, currenev. Ktes ol put-sage from Neiv York to HalitHx Caiiin, f2n; Hieerag, (lit, iu poid. Pa'geiipeis also forwarded to Havre, Miuuiuirg. Bre men, etc., at moderate raif-s. ISteerue passago Iron? Liverpool or QueenKtown, fl. currency. Tlckns can be bought here bv p"rsons sending lor tlu'ir frinds. For lunlier inlormallou, apply at tne Couiuany's nfiice. John g. dale. ai-uu No. 15 I1KOA l)V AY, New York, Or, OTONNELL FAULK, Manrtgnrs, 12U3 Mo. 411 CHUdNUi' Street, Phlla. f NOKTH AJUEKICAN STEAM? rill tt-ncougti L.lia io California, via Fatt(& Kallroad. NEW ARRANGEMENT. Sall'iin f'om New Yo.k on tte 5tU and 201h of EVER v JlONTxi, or the day beioie wheu wjju uaig.' lal on eiuuoay, P'Si'Uge lower than by any other line. For Uiformallon aduress D. N. (JARRING TON, Agent. Pier No. 46 NORTH B1VEK Haiv York, Or '1HOMAH K. HRjARLK, No. 217 WALNUT btreet, Philadelphia, ha. W. H.WKBH. President. ulIAH. DANA, Vlce-Pres Otlice B4 EXCHANGE PlaC-. New York. 3 3 tha Tt PASSAGE TO AND I'UOM GKEAT ILL'sl R1 1'AliN AND IRELAND 111 DiEAiilirUIP AND HAli.lG PACKET, AT tiii.UK VhjJJ MATK8. DRAFTS AVAILABLK THROUGHOUT ENG. LAN l, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, AND WALEd. For particulars apply to ToP COlTr-, BROTHERS 4 CO,, Ko. 86 (SOUTH Street, and No.UiJ BROADWAY, Or to THcMaH T.BF.A RLB, 11 Nj.217 WALNUT otrefet. FOE EOSTON-VIA NEWPOKT AND FALL RIVER. The BUbTON and NEWPORT LINE, by the splen did and superior Bteauiers NEWPORT, .ME'i'RO POUM, OLD COLONY, and EdPlRtf Sl'Al'K of great utrength aud speed, cuns'rucied ex i ream y for tue uaviguiion of Lung Island (sound, running In connection with the OLD COLONY AND NEW POR'l RAILROAD. Leave PIER 28. NORTH KIVER, foot of MUR RAY Htreei. The steamer NEWPORT, Captain Brown, leaves Monday, Wednesday, aud Fr1day,al 4 A. M., lauding at Newport. The steamer OLD COLONY. Captain Simmons, leaveB Tuenduy, Tuursday, and (Saturday, at 1 A, M laudlng at Newport. These steamers are fitted up with commodlons state-rooms, water-tight comparlmeuts, aud every arrangement lor the security ud comfort of pasnen Ki rs, who are atl'orded by tlilb route a night's rttoj board, and on arrival at NEWa-ORT proceed per rail road again, reaching Boston early on the following morning. A baggage master Is attached to each steamer, who receive and tickets the buggage, aud accompaclet the fame lo Its deiuinauou. A Ft ('timer runs I u connection with this line between NEWFoRT aud PROVIDENCE dally, Sundays ex cep. ed. Freight to Boston to taken at the same rates as by any other regular Hue, aud foi warded with the great est expedition by an expretis tralu, which leaves NEW PORT every morning (Sundays excepted), at 7 o'clock, tor Boston aud New Bedford, arrlvlug at lis deHtlnidloii about 11 A. M. For freight or rascage, apply on board, or at the ofhee, on A'lER'is, NO 111 H RIVER. For s'ate-roonis and berths appiy od board, or If It is desirable ID se cure Ihem In advance, aply to nrmr K. LI l TLE FIELD, Agent, Sat Ho. Tl BROADWAY .New York. LONDON AND NEW YOIIK STEAMSHIP A.INE. .A-aa'ageto London direct, ! Ill, 78, and ',0 currency. F;xcurlou tickets at reduced raws available lor UlOIJlbd. A'l A LA NTA. BK1.LONA. CELL. W M. FENN. Freight will bo tpker. p.nd through blllu of lading given to Havre, Aiuwerp, Ruiteru tin, Amhterdaui and Dunkirk, For p.K8a apply to ROBERT N CLARK, No. 26 BROADWAY, New i ork. lor licighl apply at r-o. M SOUTH street, a. Y, iZhtl itO LAND ii oisl'iNWALL, A gen La, QNLY DIUECT LlNIi TO FltANCE. '1 11 E GICFR A L TBANbA l'l ANTIO COMPANY'S MAIL bTE&MfcilU'd liUI'WKtN NiivV-VORiv AND HAVRE, CAI LING T BitK T. The hplendid new vessels nn this fnvorlte ronta or the Conlintut will null from l'ler No, W NORTtl River; NAPuLFON Lernarle Ph REIKI' Duciionue VILl-E 1)E P 41.1b Suruiont bT. LAURENT Buuaudo Ttuse tteamert do tint carry tttfrnvepwamgert, Weoli al attendance fieeol ch'ige. Amerlcun trave ers gointfioor rti.urnlner from the Continent ol Europe, by Uklug lae s earners of this line, avoid unnecessary riskH limu transit by Kngliah railways and crossing ihe chaunei, besides savlug time, trouble, and exr. use. ' ' GEO. MACKENZIE. Agent, a t n o.s lkoad a'ay. LIVERPOOL AND GUEaT WESTERN STEAM COM PAN . j he following F1RBTCLASK IRON STEAMSHIPS, built .expiehali lor the New Yoili trade, are inleudoi lo mil reiiiilKily between NEW YORK, and LIVER FOOL, colling ai tiUEElsb'IOWN, viit '. M A N H A 1 TAii, M 1 N KSOTA, COLORADO, NLUUAiiliA, with other lim-cluhB steamers building. From Pier No. iii Eivsl hlver. Tickets lo bring out pHMHengeis ii-.mi Europe can be obi aineil ou reasonable terms. For freight or pi tege apply to Will IAVH A GUION, No. 71 WALL Btreet. For Mrerugo pttMsuge to 12 H t WILLIAMS OU10N.No. 211 BROADWAY, Ja3 SHIPPING. LORILLAKD'S OUTSIDE LINE. F OH MEW YOR K. Grcp.t Reduction In Freights. On and after MONDAY. .T iW r. the rate of Irnloht by this line will he at follows 7 cents per lull lb,, or 8 tents per cubic loot. One of the Me&mtM or this Line w'll iMI for New York eveiy 'Inetrtar, Thursday, and baturday, from l". ir l NCRTJi w h a it v . is. Fur lunher liuotmatlou, apply on the pier to 8 2 am JOHN F. OHL, e-T,. Fin?. PiTaTtT.i.'xTnW a r nr. aa&Lfkto RK('l. Tlie bieaniHlitu PROM K I HEUS l.-iuvv itolvlng freight .u l'ler 18 is, V. lin-vf a, and will riubllitely Pall on ViEDNEabAY, Bept. 2, at I or freight apply to EDMUND A. BOUTJKU A PO., 8 i8 4t No 8 DOCU Street wliarC -rff -H. NRW ESPUHSS LINE To ALEX-iiTi-t.--.andrta, Gtngrtowu, aud Washington! D c , via Chesapeake and Delaware Ca ml with con n clinnsat Aiexauuria from the most d-rwt route lot L: nchinug, Krinr.oi, Knoxvllle, Nanhwhie. Daltoa aud i lie tM'Uilivi (.si. t-'it'iner le.vt- regula.ly every Patnrdny at nooa fiom tl e hrtt wharl a 't ilurkel stieet. fc'i eight received dally. . WM. P. CLYDE & CO., r.o, H Kuilu and Boui h WharVtM. J. B. PA VIlJSON, Agent i,i Georgi'io vn. M ELDRl LO, A Co.. Aseis at Altxa idrla, VIr. Klula. 61 '-rx, Nona:.- on new Toiiic, via 1 M.A.A W A l.K jliMJl ARII'AN CiiNAL FXl'Rj-.o M J-AWROAT ( OMPAN V. l i f Mi um I'ropeikis of mis line ieve lAILT Iroixi Urst whsrl beio Maraet sliee', limul Uli a.m iii HOURS. Gonds lurwaided by all Um lines guii.ls cut of New Y' rl', Ni.nh, East, aud West, tree ol cun'niWslou, Freights reinved at our usual low rates, WILLIAM 1'. Ct. i,k Ai CO.. Agntita. i,r-c tt '','' WHARVES, PhllDdu.phla. JAMFH HAND, Agent. .ml to. Ill AV ALL street, coi nrr of Houth, New York; ,Tr"r rilfLADKl.l'IJIA, RICHMOND wOWW-Vii. AND isuitl'OLK Sl'EAAlwJJlp LINE. lAit.Ol.HH FKE1GH1 AIR LINE TO 1HJS K'Lill : ND WES P. . EVERY HATUMLAY, At noon, from FHuiT W HARF above MARK. IT nlreel. A i, ROUGH KATIW and THROUGH RE0EIPT9 to all poiu'h iu Noilh eun bou h Carolina, via hea boaru Air Line Railroad, conceding at I'orts.uoum and lo Lynchburg, Va., Tenurssee, and the Wobt, via Vlrglu'u and Tennessee Air Line aud Rlcnmoud aud Danville Rallrimd, rrelgtit HANDLED P.UT ONCE, aud taken at LOV KK BATA-b THAN ANY OTHER L1(V. The legular'ty, safety, aud cheapness of this route couttoeud it to the i untie as tue most Oeairablo me dium tor cairyhik eveiy description ot lrelglit. No charge lor commisslou, dray age, or guy expense bl transfer. bteiimshlps Insured at lowest rales. Fn Ight received dally. U iLLlAM P. CLYDE & CO., No. 11 J,(,rih aud fcou h WHARVES. W, . p, PORTER, Agent at Rlchmuud aud City Point. T, P. CLOW ELL & CO.. Agenla at Norfolk. 1J F0U Nliw YORK SWIFE-SITRB tjLaT4j i rati.ii'oriaiiiin compauy Despiilch mm sine Lines, via Deiuvr and Ritrlmn Canal, on and atier ine l&iii ot March, leaving dully at 12 iu.and5 P. M ronnecilug with all Northern aud Eaxieru hues, For ireivht. which will be taken on accomtMortatlua; ttrois, appiy 10 WiLLlA ji M. BA1RD A CO , 1 1 No. Ul b. DELAWARE Avenue, QAFE T Y, S F E R P, AND COMFORT. D FURTHER REDUCTION IN FAAiAUAS AiA'lEb. Favorite pnnsenger Bteamers ol theANJiot LINE ifiil every eA'l URi'A Y with pas.enge.s lor LIVEA -POOa., U1.AM.uw, AND DERBY. From Pier No 2o North River. Bates ot p&Sbuge payable lu curieucy. To Livtri 001,01a gow, aud Derry, cabins f JO and (To, according to location. F xcuiutuu ilckeiu, good lor twelve months, (ICO, Iuiertiieuiaie, tieor ge t-i. Prepaid cet liuctes t :om these ports, fllfi. Passengers booked to ud Irom HamburR, Rotter dam, iuiworp, iuvre, etc. ut very low rafv) 1 oriuither Iniormutlou apply at the Company'! Office, No. 8 BOWLING GHFF;N, New York, HhNDMl-ON BRO'fHERa, lo avoid Itn position, piutseuger-i will please come dlri i i lu tue oiliuu, as tuis Uoinpauy does uol employ rcunera. r aittf CUNARD LINK OF EXTRA STEAMERS, BEIVVEEJN M;W YORK AND LIVERPOOL. VAolAjl-NU AT UUEENdl'OWN. ' FROM NEW YORK EVER V WEDNESDAY. TRIPOLI, ALEPPO, steerage tickets lrom Liverpool or Queeustown at low ('hi rales. For Freight and Cabin Passage, apply at No. Bowling Green. For oteerage Passago, apply at No. 6 Broadway. 2 2tit E. CU.4ARD. STEAMBOAT LINES. tUtlGTOL liETWEES KE1V YORK AM) LOSTON, VI A linlblOL, For PRCVirETSCE, Ta UN I ON. NEW BEDFORD CAPE COD, una tui poiuis of railway coi aiduica tlou, Ei' in null NoriL. 'a he new auu splendid ateatuers BTlI'srOL antt PROVIDENCE, leuve Pior Otvl, lu NOR 1H RIVER, toot of t anal street, adjoining DebrasHesd.rxet Furry, Njw Y erk, at 6 P. M uil.y, buudays excepted, cou. netllng with Bitamnoat tralu at Bristol al 4 i a. M., arriving in Bosiou at t A. M., In time lo couuect with all the morning trams irom that city. Tue most de siraele and pleaeaut rou e to the White Mountains. Travellers lor tnat point can intka direct cunaeo titins by way of Provideuoe and Worcester or B'Wton. iniaie-roouis aud Tickets secaied at olilce on pier la New ork. 6 1 5m H. O. BRIG US, General Manager. iffBXt. p 0 K CJJ E (eiiEaiCESSiAs On TUEKDAY8. THURSDAYS, ana Thefcplendid new steamer LADY OF TUE LAKE. Ctpiaiu ANGRAJVl, leaving Fler iu. auove Vina Blieet, every Tueauay, Thuibday. and Halurday al W15 A.M., and letuiiiiug irom Cape May ou Monday. Wednesday, aud Friday. Fae ii-ib, luu.udlug Carriage Hire, bervaLts...l-5u, ' " Chlldreu....i-.6, " " beasou 'Aickeis, lilt Carriage Hire extra. The Lady ot Ihe Lake id a hue sea-bout, hau ha4i souio slate-room accomiuudailons, aud is tilled up with everything iiectasiuy lor the saleiy and c.imiort Of passengers, G. H. HUDDELL. CALVIN 'f AuG ART. C Mice-No. 88 N. DELAWARE Avenue. tt iWlf kWTZ rillLADELPIIIA AND T8EN- casLkasusei t'JU bteauiuoal Line. The steamboat j.v. ji xOi.RE-sT leaves ARCH aireet Wharf, lor 1'reuiou, slopping at Tacoiy, Torresdale. ueverlv. Burlli gton, Brlsiol, Florence, Robolus' Wharf, and While Hill. Leaves Aicli Btreet Wbarfl Leaves South Trenton, balmday, Aug. 2li, 10 A.m Siarday, Aug. 2tf. 2 P.M k-unda.v , Augu I it), to Btirnngiou, Bristol, aud Inter uiemaie lanulugs, leaves Arcu street wharf at 8 A.M. and it P. M.; leaves BriMoi at li.4 A.M. and 4!gP- M. ili.nduy, Aug. fcl.ll A.A1 Monday, Aug 81, 8 P.M Faie to 'lreuiou,4U cuuts each way; lnierur diate places, ii ceuis. 4 U . r-Wnrj FOR CHESTER, HOOK, AND aL9LtvC WILMINGTON At 8 8U aud t 60 A. M, kun O i.0 A. Al. The steamer H, M. FELTON aud ARIEL leave CllFf-JSUP otrect V. harf (riuudays exctp edl at 81 ktic U oli A. TA., and S'bO P. M,, returning leave Wll iiugtou at tt'nO A.M., 12 Mi, aud 3u P, .i. ou.pplug at Chebier and llook each way. Fare, in cents between au points. F.xcurulon tickets, lo ceuts. guou to retain by either boat. 6U i-xJnA OPPOSITION TO THE COM- JaSSiiilti '.i.SlNED RAILROAD AND &L ER Buau.er JOHN SYLVESTER will make dally exclusions to Wiilulngiu (uiulaysexnewLoal, touch ing at i.heu tr uud ik.a.cus Hook, leaving ARCH Hu eel ha. t at l'l a. M. und i P. L..; levuinluj, leuva W lmlnv'f i ai 7 A. M. and 1 P. M. Light frelguts laken, , m . ' . I w. BUitra, 23tf Laialil, IM1LY EXCTJUS10S8. TUB tiPlemiKi tit ambi.at JOHN A. WAR- i.. itavco CHubN U T btreet Wharf, PhllaJa,, at 1 o'clock and t o'clnck P. M-, for Birlingum aua Uriuiol, touching at Rivci lou. Torre, t)ae, Aii'laiusla, and lieveny. Kauriilng, leaves Bristol at 7 o'clocB A. A', and i P. M. Fare. 2b centa each way: Excursion to ou. PENNSYLVANIA llOSriTAL. Fmi.Aui-.i-i'iuA. January H, 1868. The altendli'S Mauageis are: b. Mollis Wain. No. 1 himili Delaware avenue. aooIijIi E, Ro'le, No. liia i) ck street. A iti no lug Physician Lr, J, M. Da Costa, No, 10OI Spruce sin ei, Aiteiiillng MirgeoiiH Dr. Athllnfll Hews.'iu. No. 13a r-ouih Fliteenlu street; Dr. D. Hayes Agm w, N J. W North Eleveniu slr.el. , , 1 he I'hj slrlar.H u..ii euiRnons aiteud a' the H'WPl tal e ery day (cuiidujs txci ptoi), lo rccolve appa- CUll li h;r fcl'UitMllMU. , , , . 1 eihi iiM i-ertiiiitt'T IJired by aechlent are 'By' aamit.dlf uiouht to Ihe Holi! luiun'd'atoiy tjeittUlci.
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