THE DAILY E S is'G TELEG K A ri I HILL A D EL PII I A, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1SCP.
LITgllATUIiE.
ItKVIKW OF NEW BOOKS.
From T. B. reteraon & Brothers we hare
weired "Major Jones' SoeneB in Georgia."
Tbe raey (.ketches of "Major Jones" are well
known to all lorers of genuine bnmor. Dar
ing the twenty years sinoe these sketches were
written .immense changes hare taken place,
and Major Jones and his circle of friends are
M far removed from onr time as if tbey lired
a century ago. This, however, does not de
tract from their interest, but rather adds to it,
and those who delighted in the Major's stories
years ago will be glad to peruse them again,
and those who hare not read them have some
thing in store for future enjoyment. The
book is illustrated with a number of spirited
designs by Darley.
From Duffleld Ashmead, No. 721 Cheanut
street, we hare received Tart XV of the Ame.
rican edition of Dr. William Smith's "Diction
ary of the Bible." Thi3 valuable work has
been revised with great care by the Amerloan
editors, and while Dr. Smith's arrangement
has been adhered to strictly, a great nmonnt
of important information developed by mo
dern research has been added, and a number
cf mistakes correoted. The Dictionary la pub
lished in numbers, by subscription, each num
ber containing 112 pages, medium octavo size.
It is issued monthly, and will be oompleted in
about thirty numbers. Published by llurd &
Houghton, New York.
'Jhe Riverside Magazine for February ha3
an attractive title of contents, as follows:
'The Boy and the Bird;" "White and Red,"
Chapter II, by Helen C. Weeks, illustrated
by A. P. Close; "What Good Cats Do;"
"Ting-a-ling and the Five Magicians," by
Frank R. Stockton, illustrated by E. B. Ben
sell; "Farmer Thomas' Story about Enclos
ing an Acre with a Fence Rail," by F. R.
Goulding; "The Judge's Pets," by E. John
son, illustrated by E. B. Bensell; "The Crow's
Children," by Pha-be Carey; "Geoffrey
Chaucer and the Story of Constance," the
first of a series of stories from old English
poets, by Abby Sage, illustrated by S. L.
Smith;" "It," concluded, with an illustration
ly M. L. Stone; "The Five Barley Loaves,"
by E. G. C; "IIow to Cut a Likeness," with
two illustrations; "The Dryad," a wonder
story of the time of the Exhibition in Paris,
jcC7, by Hans Christian Andersen; "By a
February FireBide," with an illustration by D.
Fisher; and illustrated rebuses. Mr. II. L.
Stevens gives as a frontispiece a pictorial his
tory of "The Three Little Kittens who Lost
their Mittens." The most meritorious illus
trations are those by Mr. E. B. Bensell, the
rising young Philadelphian artist, who has a
rare talent for fanciful and grotesque subjects
The editors of The Riverside announce that
the March number will contain a story by
Hans Christian Andersen.
The Nursery for February is full of pictures,
poetry, and prose which the youngest readers
will understand and appreciate. This little
magazine is admirably edited. The illustra
tions are remarkably good, and there are few
magazines published In this country that has
anything in the way of pictures equal in
artistio merit to the half-dozen designs by
Oscar Pletsch entitled "Learning to be Use
ful." The Nursery is published by John L.
Shorey, No. 13 Washington street, Boston.
lime's Quarterly; or, the Revolutionist, the
first number of which we have received, is
edited by L. A. Hine, who takes for his motto
"Taurus curnilus captus." Mr. Hine dis
cusses the labor question from a trades' union
standpoint, and we can best give an idea of
his opinions and their value by citing a few
planks in hi3 "platform to emancipatejlabor,
establish justice, aud promote liberty,
equality, and fraternity." The ta3kis a great
cue, and this is how it is to be accomplished:
"So public laud except for working men and
liomestettiU for all Ircedom of one UuaJrel
(KiO) acres to each family or adult that will
mottle upon it, and tins uot to be sold Dy tue
occupant except to a landless person.
"No more land monopoly iu tbe States. No
more buying of land except ior personal occu
putlon aud use; no more than one huudrei
(I'M) acres for any farmer, or more ttun a
iiomceteud and a place of business for auy one
tike.
"Those who now lawfullyfpogsess a land mo
nopoly may hold it at pleasure till tbeir daub,
after w hie u tbeir monopolies shall be divided
unions tbeir children at tbe rate ot oue hundred
acres each, on condition ot personal occupancy
thr reof, the balance to be sold and tbe proceeds
given to the children. And so nlso with real
C'Btate monopolies in cities and towns home
tteads and places of business out of the paternal
cMute under the limitation principle of una arti
cle, tbe balance to be sold to such as need
homes aud places of business, and the proceeds
given to tbe cliildreu. m
"No more mortgages on one's farm or home
Mead, nor lorleiture thereof except for taxes.
"So more debts to be collected by law. No
bankrupt laws: credit a matter of honor.
"Kepeal ol the Natioual UauklnR acts substi
tution of preeubacka for bauk. notes, cancella
tion of the bonds iu security for tbem, tbe
Bttttes never to authorize bauks of circulation,
the General Guvernnieut to provide all the
money that healthy business may need, and
preenoacks to be redeemable iu gold and silver
coin as soon aw politic," etc. etc. 0
Mr. Hine states that ten of the best years of
his life were spent in travelling from place
to place, on foot, advocating the "working
man's cause." While endeavoring to get
others to join in establishing a fool's paradise,
his family subsisted en a few aores of broken
land, chiefly by their own labor. The ques
tion with disinterested and thinking men will
be, whether he coull not have served the cause
of workingmen to better effect if he had re
mained at home nd assisted in getting a
living for his family, uther than by roaming
over the country expressing suoh insane
ideas as we have quoted.
The signalmen and stokers connected
with railway trains running through Ireland
are frequently shot at by playful persons
stationed along the road. This makes it vary
Jolly for the travelling public
The Sultan has written a valse, so writes
the Figaro, the only result as yet obtained of
the civilized ideas which the Commander of
the Faithful is supposed to Lave gathered
rtnripg Lis European tour of last year.
THE FEBRUARY J.UGAZINE8.
"Harper's."
The February number of Harper's Maga
zine opens with au illustrated description of
"A Sleigh Ride Through Eastern Russia," by
Thomas W. Knox; Alice Carey contributes a
poem entitled "Spent and Misspent;" an
illustrated article on Zanzibar Is by Mrs. C. L.
Weeks; "Spain" is a poem by Charh Gates;
Mr. Benson J. Lossing has an interesting paper
on "The Executive Departments and Seals."
The other contributions are: "Grandpapa's
Baby," by D. R. Castleton; "The Morning
Hour," by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford;
"Chivalrous and Semi-Chivalrous Southrons,"
by J. W. De Forest; "Isabella II, Queen of
Spain," by J. S. C. Abbott; "Fate and Dii
sies," by Mary E. Coon; "My Enemy's Daugh
ter," chapters fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth,
by Justin McCarthy; 'Treachers and Preach
ing," by Robert Tomes; "A Wile of the Pe
riod," by Katharine F. Williams; "Changes in
the Population," by Nathan Allen; "Refugee
Life," by Mrs.W. M. Parker; "Stars," by Mrs.
Harriet Prescott Spofford; "The Insurance on
the Highflier," by Mrs. Spofford; "Light
Houses," by M. S,hele de Vere; "Editor's
Easy Chair," "Editor's Book Table," "Editor's
Record of Current Events," "Editor's
Drawer." From "A Sleigh Ride in Eastern
Russia" we take the following about the effects
of sleigh-riding in that region:
"When the roads are rough the contmual
jolting of tlieeloitru Is very fatiguing to a travel
ler, and frequently, during the first two or tbrec
days of his journey, throws bim into what Is
very properly designated the road fever. His
EuL-e Is quick, bis blood warm, his head aches,
is whole lratne becomes sore aud stiff, and his
mind is far Irom bei; serene and amiable. In
the first part ot my land journey I had the
batistaction of ascertaining by practical expert
ence tbe Caiict character ot the road fever. My
brain teemed rca ly to burst, and appeared to
my excited imacinat on about as large a? a
barrel; every trei-h jolt and thump of the vehicle
gave me a senEatiun us if somebody were driving
a lenpenny nail into my skull: as for gooi
nature under sucb ciicumsUitices that was oiitof
tbe question, and i am free to rontess tbat my
temper was not unlike that of a bear with asoro
head. H appily, howevrr. I kept it pretty well to
myself, and as my compauiou was affected about
as I was we managed not to disagree. Where
the roads are good, or if the speed is not preat,
one can sleep very well iu a Russian sleigh; I
succeeded In extracting a great deal of slumber
irom my vehicle, and sometimes did not wake
for three or lour hours. The Government
couriers often sutler much Irom loss of sleep, as
they aie compelled to maintain the utmost
limit ot speed without regard to their own con
venience. Sometimes the roads are iu such
wretched condition that ouo is tossed in his
vehicle to the heiabt of discomfort, aud can be
very well likened to a lump of butter iu a re
volving churn. In such cases sleep is almost, if
not wholly, impossible, and the traveller, pro
ceeding at courier speed, must take advantage
of the few moments' halt at tbe stations while
the horses are being chanced. As he has but
ten or fifteen minutes for the chauge, he makes
good use of his time and sleeps very soundly
uiitll his team is reaiy."
Mrs. C. L. Weeks gives this description of
Life in Zanzibar:
"The town of Zanzibar, capital of the island
of the same name, seen from the' vessel, seemed
to eontist principally of white houses, built m
squares, with flat roois aud castellated tops; the
mosques, the rude mud-huts thatched with
cocoa-nut leaves, the groves of cocoa, plantains,
bananas, palms, and pomegranate with huts
here aud there peeping out of them furnish
prominent features in the picture. Tbe houses
of the various consuls are on the white sanded
beach, aud their flags give a lively street to the
view. My husband aud myeelt visited the Ame
rican Consul. His house is delightfully Eastern
in style. There are Moorish arches in the court
yard, where two poats and gazelle were then at
play;men weoriDg the fez and turban were seated
or lying on stonecouches that were covered with
matting, aud were built near the doors, which
are heavy and of dark color, carved down the
centre, the walls are very thick aud the win
dows large. We asceuded by a wooden stair
case, and were ushered into a large sitting
room, in which were light einy chairs, tables,
and cane so'as with rla-shiiped funs lying on,
them. The white walls were adorned with
pictures, the windows were nor glazed, and the
upper sla'.s of the dark greeu blinds were
closed, nifiking the rooms shady aud cool. We
weie received by Mr. It , the consul a Que,
gentlemanly youug man. Soon a ter Captain
Dow entered together with Taria Topban, who
is called the 'honest Hindoo ot Zanzibar.' Ho
was picturesquely attired, mid left his 6lippers
outside. We had a pleasant bait-hour's chat,
aud the gentlemen, with tbe exception of
Taria Tophan (who. by-the-way, did not seem
to know l-uglisb), took vermuth belore the
four o'clock dinner, which was served in an
airy room with white walis and ma'sive squ-irc-cut
pillars. There was a swing-fan in this
room, and two blacks, in a sort of white night
gown, waited upon the table aud tanned the
Hies away Irom us with flaas made of cloth, em
broidered in floss silk. Taria Tophan did not
eat with us. We had soup and hbti, with some
yellow pungent sauce that looked like custard,
beef, chicken pin, liaked bauanas, a kind of
green pea, small pickled oranges, plantains,
sweet po'atoes, fried mince-meat cakes, asa-tu.-tida
cakeo, or wa't rs (for which I really ihiuk
1 could tn time acquire a taste), a rice curry, a
salad ot small pi 'en leaves aud cucumbers,
grown and sent by the French Missionary
Society, a Welsh rarebit, a epongecate incus
taul wild oranges, with bbeiry aud claret plen
tifully watered Irom white earihern coolers."
Mr. Benson J. Lossing gives the following
information about the proposed Confederate
seal:
"iu our day the extraordinary spectacle h:is
been seen ot the eu rts of an oligarchy, small
In numbers but powerful in ititluence, to es'a
blisb auoiber nation wituin the bounds of the
lit public iinpcrutiit tn imperio aud to give to
it the symbol ot sovereignty in tbe form of u
gnat seal. The youngest ot us old enough to
letlectanil reasou have seen that 'nation,' so
called, spring up from the late slave-labor
titutiB which formed the northern portion of
tbe Great Golden Circle of empire devised by
conspirators. It whs a Caliban in features;
barbaric iu its procl.vitle-; awfully po cn'ial iu
mischievous work-; protesting with tiro, sword,
and torture against the civibzation of the age;
and yet impudemlv insisting upnii Us recogni
tion as one of the family of legitimate and
respectable sovereignties. Its titular iuiiiali
were -C K. a.' i is fathers resolved that it,
like the liut on it wns attempting to over
throw by internal couvuislous, should buvo
a great seal, and in 'Cougress' resolved
in tbe spring of jG3, that it tbouM bear 'a
device representing au equestrian stuluo of
Wasbiugton tul'ter the statue which surmounts
his monument iu the Capitol Hquaro at Rich
mond), surrounded with a wreath composed of
the priucipul products of the Confederacy, and
having mound its margin the words Confederate
States of America, February '11, 1802, with the
following motto: Deo Viudice' GoJ, the pro
tector, defender, deliverer, or ruler indicative
ot the expected longevity of the 'nation' because
ol Divine protection aud sustenance. Alas) that
'nation,' so notably 'conceived in sin and boru
in iniquity. ' d.ed of political aud moral ma run.
mus in its infancy, tin honored by any recognition
of its existence excepting by a Latin ghost of
sovereignty, it had repeated history by a delay
iu providing itself with the usual svmbol f
nationality. Antiquaries, in the future, will
search in vain tor any impression of au emblem
of sovereignty of the 'C. H. A.' None was ever
made,"
From Major De Forest's paper we take the
following:
CHIVALROUS SOUTHRONS.
"Imagine the wrath of a fine gentleman, once
the representative of his country abroad, win
finds himself driven to open a beer salom.
Imagine rue iudignatlon of a fine lady who
must keep boarders; of another who mut go
out to service little less than menial ; of another
who must beg rations with low-downer and
negroes. During the war I saw women of good
families at the bouth who bad no stockings; and
here I beg leave to stop and ask the readr to
conceive f ally, If ho can, the sense of degrada
tion which must accompany such poverty a
degradation of dirt and nakedness and slattern
ly uncomellBess, bo it observed; a degradation
which seemed to place them b.'sulc the negro.
Let us Imagine the prosperous ladies of oar
civilization prevented only from wealing
the latest fashions; what maollcst man
of us all would like to assume the responsibility
of " a piece of tyiaunf Moreover, 'Jur
Lady of Tears,' the terrible Hater Lachrumnrum
ofDe Quinccy's visions, ails the whole bouth
With her outcries for the dead. It is uot so
much a wonder as a pity that the women re
bitter, aud teach bitterness to their children. Of
course there are lower and more ridiculous
motives for this hate. Nou-comb.itants, sure of
at least bodily safety, arc apt to bo warlike, and
to blow cbenp trumpets of moi:k heroism.
Furthermore, it is aristocratic to keep aloof
irom Yankees; and what woman docs not desire
to have the tone of grand society If When will
this sectional aversion end? I can only offer
the obvious reflection that it is desirable for
both North aud South, but especially for tbe
weaker of the two, that it should end as quickly
as possible. For the sake of the entire republic
we should endeavor to make all our citiz-ns
feel that they aro Americans, aud nothiug
but Americans, if we do not accomplish, this
end, we shall not rival the greatness ol the Ro
mans. It was not patriciaulsm which made
Rome great so much as the vast community and
boudea strength ot Roman citizenship. Let us
remember in our legislation the law of soli
darity ; the fact that no section of a community
can be injured without injuring the other
tedious; that the perfect prosperity of the whole
depends upon tbe prosperity of all the parts.
This idea should be kept iu view despite of
provocations; this policy will In theeud produce
broad and souud natioual unity. As the South
erners find that the republic brings them pros
perity, they will, little by little, aud one by one,
become as loyal as the people ol other sections.
SOUTHERN INDIVIDUALITY.
"Whether chivalrous or semi-chivalrous, the
Fouifccrner has more individuality ot character
than the Northerner, and is one ot the most
interesting, or, at all events, one of the most
amusing, personages on this continent, if not
in the world. He has salient virtues, vices, and
oddities; he has that rich, practical humor
which is totally unconscious of being humor
istic; be in the gravest manner decorates his
life with ludicrous acd romantic adventures;
in short, he is a prize for the auec lotist and
novelist. Dixie has thousands ot high-toued
gentlemen who suppose themselves' to be
patterns of solemn and staid propriety, but who
would be tit lo associate with the Caxtons and
Doctor Hiccabocca. In that laud of romance
jou will tinu Uncle Toby and Squire Western
aud Kir Pitt Crawley and Colonel tfewcome aud
Mr. Pickwick and Lo Cuounneur, ail moving to.
the, best society and quite sure that they are
Admirable Cnchtons.
"in what other part of the civilized earth
would a leading statesmun wriie a ponderous
political work in dialogue, alter the fashion of
the cstays of Plato and Cicero 1 Such a gusto ot
classical imitation might possibly be found in a
Harvard Hophomore; bin at tbe South we dis
cover it iu au ex-United Slates Congressman
and ex-Vice-PresideDt of the Couiederacy.
Alexander H. Stephets is as redolent of Creeks
and Romans, as verdant with lore, a9 Kcitt or
Pry or.
"Where else could you meet such a curious
incarnation of the apostoli character a9
, a plainer by protession and habitude,
but a preacher by minion if lie was a passion
ate leligionist; it he met you in the s'reet lie
buttonholed you and vented upon you his
dogmiis; chance passers-by were beckoned to
until he had a circle; you listened because you
dare not run away. One Sunday, exhorting In
a little crossroaJs church, and having been
annoyed by to negroes stealing out ot the
house, he came to a solemn pause in his eervice,
aud then spoke as follows: 'Mext Lord's day 1
shall hold worship in this same place. I shall
bring my double-barrelled gun; I shall staud
thutguu, brethren, in tho pulpit, alongside of
roc; and it any man gets up and goes out while
I am preaching, by I'll shoot him !'
"A half fuddled planter called ou me one
evening, and Invited me out to a treat ot stewed
ousters. The restaurant was tbe back-room of
a DaSeiy; we sat on broken chairs, among
sticky pans, spilled Hour, and loaves ot dough ;
tbe oyster-can were opened with au old bowie
knife. When the stews were before us, my
friend observed: "Coiiie, clou't kt'.seut this liKe
savages. Major, can't you ask a blessing?'' As
I declined, he pulled bis br .ai'-brtmuiea fe;t
Irom his muddled cranium and said grace him
self. "Audacity, vehemence, recklessness, passion,
sentiment, preiudice, vauity, whim whams, a"
surdities, culture, Ignorarce, courtll iess. bar
bar hin ! The individual has plenty of eloow
room at the South; he kick9 out of the traces
with a freedom unknown to our steady-pull. ng
society; be ii a bull in Mrs. Grnndy's china
shop. Stranesj, of all, he believes that he is
1'ke the rest of the world, or, more accurately,
that the lest of the world should be l.ke him.
The chivalrous Southron has been too po.i
tivtly and authoritatively a political power to
pet fair treatment in literature. People have
not described him; they have felt driven to
declaim about him; they have preached lor
bim or preached against him. Northern peus
have not done justice to his virtues, uor South
em pens to his vices.
'flow shall we manage this eccentric cre.i
ture? We have been ruled by him; we n.ive
fought him, beaten him, male him captive;
now w but treatment khail we allot him? My
opinion is, that U would bo good tor hiui an t
for us it we should neiseverlngly attempt to put
up with his oddities and handle hiui as a net.
lie rcseniLles the ideal white bears described in
the 'Pearl ot Oir's Island;' 'there ain't n)
kinder creetcr in the whole world if vou'il only
get the right Mde of h.ni.' It Is true that he
has wuuied to cat us, which is cx isperatinc ;
it is true that Lc still talks ot eating us at so tie
conenient season, which is ridiculous; but 1
bclh-ve tbat he suit, red to mueli in our late,
struggle to ceriously think of reuewinc ii; I
hold tint his war tuorts ate mere election b in
combe." From " Preachers and Preaching," by
Robert Tomes, we take tbese remarks ah mi
texts KLd ffeuiioLB:
"The text Is the keystone of that formal str.i I
ture, the modern sermon. It was no, howevei,
so in fi.nni r times, for we are totd that the oi I !
divines liequently preuched without any text up,
all; and we knew u celebrated clergyman Uo
generally wrote his sermons b' tore ho selec .ed '
a phrase from Scripture to predxto them. The
connection of the text and sermon is oiteii i
toiced. Kowland Hill, the eccentric Kugli.-h
preacher, wi.-hing to denounce the practice tb"ii
prevalent among the wommi ot wearing alio
heacl-diesses called 'top knots,' preached from
this text: Matthew xxiv, 17 Let himtliitH
ou the house-top not come dotim,1 and pointed to
the latter part of the uhra&e, 'top-knot coma
dou,' as a Scriptural denunciation of thd
coiilure in vogue. Rowland Hilt was an luvete
rate cletical punster. Preaching on oue occasion
atWapping, a low district near Lon Ion, ho
aisured his beater, who had been amoug the
most dissolute of tbat uusavory quarter, thai
such Wo pfiing (whopping) sinners even as they
might hope to be forgiven. Oue preaeher tooK
for bis text the word 'and.' and another 'but.'
The lattet, as Dean Ramsay tells the
story, was a candidate for a lectureship,
and bad to deliver a discourse before the
trustees of the endowment, in the way of com
petition; so be was determined to show how
clever ha could be, and took for his text tho
s ngle word 'but.' Uo deduced from! thence
the greut Uuth aud the important doctriue that
no position is without some corresponding cross
or opposite trial. Naaman was a mighty man
of valor and honorable, (iu he was a leper. The
live cities of tbe plain were fruitful as the
garden of Eden, bxd the men of Sodom were
awful sinners. I called you, but ye answered
not, etc When he came down Into the vestry
after bis' sermon the senior trustee of tho lec
tureship met him and said, '.sir, you gave us a
most Ingenious dUcoursc, and we are very mu h
obliged to you; 6 we don't think you are the
preacher that will do for us. This was a
practical application oi his sermon that the
rulplt orator had not calculated upon. One oi
r. Hawks' most effective 'charity' sermons was
preached from the text 'To beg I nm ashamed,
but a meanlug whs given to It qulto different
from the original intention. He turned it
effectively to his purpose by tho gloss that he
was ashamed tor his hearers that the neglect of
so good a cause as tbat lor which he was plead
ing rendered it necessary to beg lor it."
Here is a bit of "Easy Chair" gossip which
contains an Idea or two worthy of notice:
"It would have breu a pity if tho old monks,
In the sunny seclusion ot their cloisters, pain
fully transcribing choice old manuscripts, and
so prefcrving Inestimable works, hud decided
that orluinal composition was a much higher
employment, and had left the good works
to moulder while they painfully achieved btd
ones.
" 'Certainly, certainly,' said young flunnyhags
mho but he? to whom the Kasy Chair made
the remark as they walked through the collec
tion of plctuies which yonng Mr. Gunnybngs
had recently brought from Europe. 'Certainly,
ceitainlj: and do look at this beautiful piece by
Tin'.orettinl. Isn't tbat marvellous color?'
"It was marvellous color. Tho color was as
remarkable as the total w.int of interest or
beauty in the work itself. It was a delicious
voice warbling the most stupid of commonplace
ditties. 'Dear, dear!' exclaimed the B-isy Chair,
'how splendid a copy of (itorglonc's Kishermau
of St. Marc Tintorcttlnl would make!'
"'Oh, 1 asure you,' reloiued young Mr.
Gunnybags, as he raised the shade to throw a
brighter light upon some 'gem,' Signor Tinto
retuijl Is long before that. He paints nothing
but originals.'
" 'The more fool he.'wasth0 involuntary reply;
but It remained unspoken, and the review of
misapplied talent coutinued.
" 'Did jou evcruear Alboni?' asked the Easy
Chair, as the promenade brought them In front
of a really admirably executed portrait of a
honibly uninteresting model who posed for a
cardinal.
" 'Yes, indeed ! beautiful 6'mgcr, wonderful.
IIow she did sing U Oegreto !'
" 'Did jou ever hear her sing auy of her owa
songs?'
" 'Her own songs cood HeaveDs! no; and
shouldn't wish to. No, no; she could sing
magDiticcutly: but composition is quite auo'.her
thing. You know the talents very seldom go
together '
'"Very seldom indeed,' rejoined the Fasy
Chair; "and what a pity that this clever painter
had not sung Raphael's Leo Tenth or Julius,
instead of this absurd old model !'
"Mr. Gunnybags junior turned politely, but
still did not seem to comprehend, uud merely
saying, 'Yes, oh yes!' certainly,' ho called
attention to another choice bit ol skilful execu
tion. There wan plenty ot skill, but scarcely a
Eicture in the collection. But if all these monks
ad but devoted their diligence to reproducing
a cauto of some lost Iliad I
"A very few years since, when enormous sum
of money were paid by intelligent connoisseurs
for original pictures by some man of the mo
ment, wbote works were almost as much a mere
fashion as the Grecian bend, there was an
exquisite copy of oue of the most interesting of
Turner's great works, the old lemeraire, hang
ing upon the walls of a painter's studio, and to
be bought at a most moderate price. Intrinsi
cally, in tbe judgment of those whose decision
would rule in such matters, the copy was worth
very much moiethau multitudes ot the originals
that were Eold at twenty limes the sum asked.
But who wants to buy a copy ?
"Why not buy a copy ? Most of tho clever
painters, whose works we see In the collections
omitting those who are nit clever are like
men who write an excellent, legible hand.
Now you may employ them to devote that
legible hand to an original essay of theirs upon
'Contentment a Blessing;' but why ba surprised
that jour neighbor proiers to have them copy
iu that excelleut hand Milton's 'L'Alleg -o ?'
Make the case stronger, (suppose that 'L'Alle
gro' could be multiplied only by transcrlb.ng,
that it was lodged in a library alcove far away
over the sea, and thou which would jou prefer,
tbe essay on 'Contentment a Blessing,' by
Bristow Drownstroke, M. N. 1. (Member National
Institute), or the poem copied by the same
skilful hand? Or, since you are iu the mood ot
sneering at copies, would you please to prefer
one ot the original Parlttu figures of women
more or less nude that are made so prettily in
Parts and London to a plaster cast of the Venus
di Milo?
"It is at this point that Mr. Gunnybags junior
may be supposed to remiuk, caustically, that
there is a large number of worthy people wno
are copjistsiu all the great galleries in Kurope,
and it anybody wishes to buy a copy, he cau bj
ncccmmodated upon the most reasonable terms.
A copy yes: a cbromo-litbOhraph. Butacjpy
of ibo'MadoDua di Sisto, of the Koligco, of the
Seggiola, wbich shail really reproduce those
pictures, not merely imitate them, that is a work
well worth doing, and not difficult to many a
thoughtful aud sklliul painter, who can as truly
repioduce Raphael as AliJa Topp cau play Cho
pin, jet who can uot himself compose. So it is,
alter all, the painters who are mainly concerned.
When T. T. and the Easy chair walk together
through iho Academy Exhibition and If there
be a better companion tra picture gallery, Iu
tbe stinging liveliness of his comments, the busy
Chair has not encountered him they well, at
least oue ol them sees often and often a charm
lug touch, a delicate skill, and feels how ad
mirable a copy ot a Wouvermann, of an Arcadia
of Claude's, of a landscape ot balvator, would
be by the same band. Tue careful study that
makes the painter capable of doing thi, in
which not the thing itself, but the way of doing
it, is so admirable, would in that case do also au
admirable thing. It would make us all familiar
wiih the famous wotks and the famous masters.
We could study their treatment, their compost
tion. It the copy of the Temerairo, of which
we spoke ntst now, had been hung upon the
AcaOciuy walls, a great many people who are
accustomed to think hgl tly ol the painter, T. C.
Farter, would have been compelled to recognize
a very striking talent, and the picture would
have been as remarkable as any in the rooms."
BRANDY, WHISKY, WINE, ETC.
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YUUMU't ri'UK MALT WHISKY,
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ri niiieiured ironi lite best Krulu alluiUed bv l ie
I'lillbUe'pliU mantel aud 11 Is loid at the low rate of
tlier tatlou, ur (1 is per quart, at the aalcaroouut,
AO. 300 TASSlUJiK KOAD,
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bought at full rates fur Gold.
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Flipt Mortgage Gold BcnCs of the Central PaciQa
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noon. The winter rales at which freight Is now
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foot, or 2 cents per gallon, ship's option. The Line Is
now prepared to contract for spring rates lower than
by any other lOute, cotnmeactng on Maich IS, 183
Advance charges cashed at oUiua on Pier, freight
l tcelved at all times on covered wharf.
JOHN F. OHL,
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K, H.gitra rate! on small packages Iron, me'.als, etc.
FOR LIVERPOOL AXD LUUENSI
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and each succeeding bauuday and alternate Tuesday,
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SAIL1NH JCVJUiy BATUROA Vi
Payable in Uold. Payable Iu Currency.
FifeUT CAtllN.......(100STJiCKAUl ...........ITS
lo Jxjuaou. M'M to Loudon-.......... 40
to Paru 11. to Paris 47
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Tickets can be bu until here by persons sending tot
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Or to O'bow&jiH A FAULK, Ageuui,
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board Air Line Kaliroud, connecting al Portsmouth
and to Lyuchourg, Va., Tennessee, aud tbe Wesi. via
Virginia and Tennessee Air Line and KlcliaionU and
Lauvllle Ballroad,
Iretgbt HANDLED BUT ONCE, and taken it
LOV M.B. BAT1U4 THAN ANY OTxlkjt LIB, A "
The regularity, salbiy, and cheapness of uiu tout
coiuineud It to the public as tue uiotit denirubJe ma.
dlum lor carrying every description ol freignt,
Nu charge for ooiu-aiiouluu, uraage, or any ezptnsa
Ol trausler.
bieamublps Insured at lowest rates,
Freight received aaliy.
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Wo. 14 Norihaudbouih WHAttVUS.
Point. roRTKU' Agent at Klchnionu and Cltj
T, P. CROWKLL A CO.. Agents at Norfolk. 1 1
t$f$ NEW EXPRESS LINE To ALEX.
aWMftiiriandria. Ueorgeiown, and Washington?
U. via Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, with con
nections at Alexandria from the most direct rout
lor Liuchburg, Bristol, KnoxvUle, Nashville, Dal lon
and ihebouthweat.
bteamers leave regularly every batnrday at noon
from the lint wharf aoo'e Market street.
Freight received daUy.
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TiiKOUUil IN iH JJ.OUKS.
uoodr iOrw aided by all the lines going eutot
Yoris, Norih, itast, and West, frbe 01 ooiumWon,
Fiblahta received at our usual low rattw,
WILLIAM P. CifYDE fc CO., Agents.
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:rpr FOIiKEW YOKK-SWlKr-SUBJJ
HMHwwMuiiwuinifiiiuuu vuuiiJHu Aeapatcif,
a. u b in-sure Linns, via Delaware ana Karlian
i vm tuu Bfivi niio Affi.il ui jnarcii, leaving aauy as
li M. aud ( F, M oonneotlng wlin ail Northern aod
Kaxtern lines.
For ireight, which will be taken on aooommodatlna
terms, apply to WILL.1AM M. BAJ.KD 4 CO..
1 II No. liii b. DELA W ABE AveuM,'
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pROM THE GREAT FIRff
IN MARKET STRIJfc:T.
IIJGItlfilXG'g IMTJEXT SAFluS
Again tho CliauipiotiX
I11E ONLY SAFE THAT PRESERVE! 1Tb COV
TENTS UNCHARKED.
LETTER FROM T MORRIS PEROT A CO.
PuiLAUiii.i'HiA, Twelfth Monin m lfug
fUV.&ffJfJ K fU., i O. bll 4JllfcM,ll
sueei-enis:-it Is wuh ure.t pleasuie inat we idi
w. . .n.ifiiviii au iun uo ui jruur jraieut I Uauirjlfin
bale. At ine desirucllve tire on Marketstieet. oil tb?
evtr I hi if ilia ml Ii.ki mm i.L..r. ... 7.T """r Pa
ccutl.tjrttllon.and. bing 111 ea wlin a Iu.kh aiock ol
dngs, ol.s, lurpeutlue, paints, varnish, a.cotiol eto
maue a severe aud lrylnb' lesu Your baiu stood 'in en
expottd sliuaiion, acd Jell with the buruinir Uuorii
nio ihe cellar among a quantity o oomousuole ma.
teilslu. We optni-d it uext oay aud louu i our kiooia
paptrs, bank niles bills rvcuivabie, fti.d'euiire
wirui, ati Bftitf. aii in v..'iuinv grniiiyiitg to USkiiak
J cur Ki.f came out all rit;ut as we had euiriisiud onr
mi hi VltlllUlilf. llflfllfa 111 li.. Af M Hllf.ll u b... . ..T vu
... . .u - . n.iiinuuiDHrnf
yi ur bales In a lew Uuys, as they have our eutlre con"
Y ours, respecuuuy,
T. MCRRI8 TEROr 4 CO.
- - v.. on r, iu,
V ic urn iu more tnan 60 accldeiiit.1 jircs. Awarded
nm x-rize aiiuais a. me onu s Jr ulr, Jjiuuuu
Worlu'. t rii. Kiv Yfirk: Mi.ll Ki t.rifililn.. it..i... '
' ,.-...u IfUIIIIWUO,
ftsaoufactored and for sale by
FAIiltEL, HEUltlNG & CO.,
Ko. OSS UltSMT
12 9 wfm3mrp PHILADELPHIA.
L . M A I S R tj
11 MANrvKTnTtVD rm
URL AND UUltULAK-PJiOOF SAFES
IXjCKoMITH, BFLIf-HANOER, AND DEArirm
MatufnaAAi
,6' Ko. tM RACE street
FOR RENT.
F R R n m T.
riiEMlSES, So. 809 CUESSUT Ht.,
FOR BTOR OR OFFICE,
A TuY nwifiru a c n t .
fo7acimmMtlaTtX.egr. A,',.ry at 00ri8 ulU,,