THE DAILY r.vr NG TELEGRAPH PHILADELPI1IA, MONDAY. MARCH 22, 1869.
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THE APRIL MAGAZINE 3,
"Harper's."
Messrs. Tamer Brothers & Co. send ns the
April number of Harper't, I'utnam't, 2'he At
i antic Our Young l-plk, and Our Old Folks.
The April number of Uarpcr's la an attrao
Uve Issue, profusely illustrated, and with the
following table of oontents: "The Freaks of
Lightning," by Jaoob Abbott, with eighteen
illustrations; "An Artist in Alaska," by A. II.
Gnernsey.with twelve illustrations; "The Great
South Ainerioan Earthquake of 18C8,
fcy E. 0. Siuier, with thirteen illustrations.
"Catharinell of Russia," by Eugene Lawrence;
"My Chum's Story," by Austin Abbott;
"Song of the Wind," by Mary N. l'rescott;
"About Cold," by Robert Tomes; "False and
True," by Elizabeth Akers Allen; "The Ro
mance of the Maidens," by Amelia Jones;
"Women's Work and Wages," by Ilettie M.
Cannon; "To Majorica," by Robert Tomeai
with two illustrations; "My Enemy's Daugh
ter," chapters twelve and thirteen, by Justin
McCarthy, with two illustrations; "Not
Enough Money," by Katharine O. Ware;
"The Secretary with a Secret," by Justin
McCarthy; "Homeward," by Carl Spencer;
"Editor's Easy Chair;" "Editor's Book
Table;" "Editor's Record oi Current Events;"
and "Editor's Drawer."
It is announced that In the May number a
new novel, by Mrs. Dinah Muloch Craik, en
titled "A Brave Lady," will be commenced.
From Jacob Abbott's article on the "Freaks
of Lightning" we quote as follows:
Sometimes the sudden and violent discharges
of great accumulations of electricity are accom
panied at the time by a continual flow, atfect
Idk. especially, all the salient and projecting
points in the vicinity, and even also extended
turfaccs, in many case, where such surfaces
are broken by minute projections. A very vio
lent thunder storm broK over the city of Paris
on the night of the lGih of July, 1866, of which
mo9t extraordinary accounts were giveu in the
papers of the following day. The clouds that
were formed were enormous iu mass and in
density, and so rapid was the condensation- of
vapor that electilctty was developed in inimsnse
quantitici, and it passed to and Iro between the
clouds and the earth in every conceivable way.
The consequeuce was a continual succepiion of
the most vivid flashes of lightning, and an in
cessant crashing and rolling of thunder. The
llghtnirip struck and did serious dam ago iu many
places. In one instance it fell upon one of the
j;as tubes m the street. It fused a portion of
the tube, and set the gas on lite, which, iu its
burning, illuminated the whole surrounding
leg iou and produced universal alarm. While
these effects were produced by the violent dis
charges coming In rapid succession from the
accumulations ot electric force, there seems to
have been also a How of a mote gentle and quiet
character, directing itself upon all conducting
surfaces and masses, and especially upon every
protecting point. Most extraordinary accounts
were given in the papers the next day of the
lambent flames seen alighting upon every pro
minent point iu the sireets, or gilding alons the
watercourses, or blazlug up from the openings
of the sewers. Some people saw the street in
certain places, as they said, lull of fire. These
accounts were, no doubt, greatly exaggerated,
the minus ot the ooservers being much atsturoea
by thtir excitement and their alarm.. There is,
nowever, every reason to boliovc that there
"was a great deal of reality iu the foundation of
the stories.
In the eastern part of Paris, at the place
formerly occupied by the I5alile, there stands
a tall column called "The Column of July,"
toelDg so named iroin certain grcatevents which
occurred during that month on a certain year,
and which the column was intended to com
memorate. Upon the top of this column is a
tatue of Liberty standing on tip toe, and with
symbolic wings at her back, extended as in the
act of commencing to fly. This column was
. observed carefully during the storm by a re
eponsible witness, who states that electric ligkt
emanated in brilliant coruscations from all the
ealient points ot the figure above, and passed in
a luminous stream irom the upraised foot to the
ball below on which the figure was poised.
Other witnesses testify to a similar illumina
tion of the summit of the spire of fc'otre tame,
a tall and slender spire which forms a very
striking and most beautiful contrast to the mas
alve towers which lorm so conspicuous a teature
in the facade ot that building. This spire rises
to a height of nearly three hundred and fifty
feet into the air, and the electrical eliect ob
served on this occasion may have been iuwvaed
by the enormous quantity of lead used in the
structure, and especially in the statue aud other
ornaments pertaining to it.
From the sketoh of Catherine II of Russia,
ty Eugene Lawrence, we make this quota
tion:
In the year 17G2 Catherine became empress.
Around her were gathered the chief conspira
tors, men coarse, ill-educated, and ristu iron
the lowest ranks of the people, in whose society
she complained that she could find no pleasure,
jet to whose aid she was indebted for all she
-was. Her subjects were discontente i aud re
bellious. She vi-ited Moscow, the ancieutseat
of the Czars; but her life was threatened, aud
the hastily returned to St. Petersburg. Even
there she lound herself surrouuded by conspira
cies against her power and her petsjn. The
European monarchs looked coldly upon the
?arvenu empress who now wielded the uucer
aln sceptre which she was believed to have
won by a barb:irou3 aud dreadful crime; and,
from her dangerous eminence, Catherine beheld
herself everywhere Burrouuded by a thoujand
terrors which might have appullud any nature
less resolute than her own.
Danger, however, seemed only to draw out her
wondrlul genius tor command, and her tierce,
unhallowed ambitiou guided her to a courts of
policy that made her the most potent monarch
of her time, (she crushed discontent at home
With unparalleled vigor. The ancient nooility
ot Kussia, who hated aud de- pi,ed the German
usurper and her low born courtiers, at length,
became her willingtlaves. The countless l jglons
Of bishops and monks, whom she had offended
and treated with ignominy when they had
ceased to be usetul to her, hid themselves, over
awed and helpless, in their cells. Her splendid
victories and conquests won for her a popularity
among her subjects such as none of her prede
cessors but Peter the Ureat had possessed.
A broad, the monarens of Eurooo weresoou over
mastered by her imperious will. Frederick the
Great courted herlavor. Joseph II, of Austria,
became a willing instrument in accomplishing
her most unsciupulous designs. CJeorge III of
.England sank into her ally. And dissolute
Louis XV vainly strove by teeble diplomacy to
check the stately progress of the new sSemlraiuis.
Catherine became the master intellect of
Jbirope.
Of all her vast designs, that upon which her
ehlel energies were expended was to make
Jtussia acknowledged as one of the civilized
nations ot the time. As Philip of Macedon had
labored with fierce, untiring zeal to make his
native kingdom Greek, so Catherine lived to
wake Russia European, She was resolved to
be received as a peer into that assemblage of
crowned heads whose haushtv caste was still
inclined to look down upon the barbarous
empire which the great Peter hud brought into
aoticei and she prepared to take an equal
place among the Hapsburg, the Bourbons, and
the Guelphs.
If she had not been an Impress, Catherine
Wight perhaps nave won a niguer giory as an
ntlinr. Her love for letters was intense aud
lasting. She sought the correspondence and
the fric-Kdship ol almost every eminent literary
man or the day; sue wrote to uiwinj luwrnn
At aWnra uiniirjition. and strove in vain to
lli,na hint in Kt Pprarnhlirer. With DidOI'Ot She
- more successful, and the phllosoplcou.
. descended . to glv portion of his tiffle
to a visit to the faithful EnaoreM.
Their conversations were lona; and phi
losophical: and lliderot fc-to ntye
found a ar more agreeable friend in Ca
therine than the Vf1'' ln hl
admirer and persecutor, Frederick.
cSlne was always prof use in her 1 bnraM y
to literal men. She purchased Diderot s
library lor a considerable sum, in order to pro
vide a dowry for bis daughter, allowed him to
retain the use of it for life, and settled upon him
h pension as her librarian. ho wished to in
duce the historian Robertson, by munificent
offcrc, to write an account of her reien. Her
court was tiled with men ot iutelligenca and
learning, of science and art. Every ionn of
nietital excellence found In her a friend; sho
established academies or societies of learning
and science, and bivUhed her revenues iu se -k
Ing to awaken the Intellect of her people.
I'oeis, musicinns. philosophers, actors, and ar
tist" sprat gup'undei her curetul patronage: an I
she stTcecded, at last, hi niakingSt. Petersburg
illustrious as ore ot the intellectual centres of
Europe.
"Ihc Atlantic."
The April number of the Atlantic opens with
three chapteis of Colonel Uigginson'B novel of
"Malbone." TLo other contributions are
"The Mission of Birds;" "Autobiography of a
Shaker;" "Run Wild;" "A Strange Arrival;"
"A Carpet-bagger in Pennsylvania;" "How
we Grow in the Great Northwest;." "Oar
Inebriates, ClaBsilied and Clarified;" "Door
step Acquaintance;" "The rauilio Ruilroad
open;" "A Ride w ith a Mad Horse in a Freight
Car;" "To-day;" Reviews and Literary
Notices.
We quote as follows from the article on
titled "The Mission of Birds":
The measure worm of the Middle States, so
successtully drivcu from the squares of New
Voik by the Fnglish Sparrow, but still ravaging
the parks of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Wash
ington, has two very powerful enemies among
our native birds, which would be abundantly
able to keep them in check were they them
selves unmolested. They aie the Ced;tr Bird
and the Purple Grakle. Unfortunately, bath of
these birds are under the ban of the unreflecting
and prejudiced; one because he helps himself
to our clieirits, the other because he is
accused of making tree with our corn fields at
hai vest time.
Ihe canker-worm still riots in almost undis
turbed post et Eton of our orchards. Each year
extends the area of its ravages, and witnesses
the less of millions of dollars' wonh of fruit,
the growth and development of which it pre
vents. We have many native birds which
would proy upon and keep down these pests
most of them, too, harmless and inoffensive
species but the murderous gun and the still
mere destructive cat nave so thinned their ranks
that they are now too few to cope with the
worst enemies of tnc orchard. Yet there aro
powerful auxiliaries whom we might call
m mobt effectually where circumstan
ces favor. The domestic pigeon lias been shown,
by the testimony of Dr. Jeffries Wyuiau, to feed
its young with enormous quantities of these
worm?. And it is a well-established fact that
gardens and orchards protected by the inmates
of the dovecot have beon kuon to be kept free
from them, when nil around the trees of other
grounds were devastated. The common do
mestic fowls, also, under favorable ciicumsNn
ccs, are ol gieat service in destroying the
canker-worm. But their presence cannot gene
rally be permitted, nor their services made
available.
The Blue Jay, whos-e pood name and fame our
space will not permit us hero to vindicate, has
recently been rendering very valuable and effi
cient services to the dwellers on tho lake
shore cf Ohio. Our venerable friend,
lr, Jared P. Kirtland. ol Cleveland, informs us
that the tent caterpillars CUstxocampa ameri
cana which with us are such pests iu the
orchards, have been attacked and dcs-troyed by
Ihe Blue-Jay so thoroughly that hardly a speci
men can now be found on the entire lake shore.
These good deeds of the" Jay, we are happy to
add, are appreciated by the enlightened culti
vators of that State, who overlook tbeir depre
dations for the sake of the greater good they do,
and are wiser in their generation thau our own
fcoiens, who anow tnr-se birds no mercy.
The cabbage butterfly of Europe, whose larvrc
arc so destructive that, according to Mudie,
were it not for the snarrow not a single cabbage
would be raised in any part of Great Britain,
has made its appearance in lare numbers on
our shores. Iu the province of New Bruns
wick aud iu the neighborhood of Calais, this
unwelcome visitor is already abundant. Year
by year it is extending the area of its depreda
tions, and each rear brings it nearer to our
own gaidens. How ure we to meet
this new enemy ? We have! no spar
rows as jet domiciled among u?. Tnat
any ot our native birds will show them
selves equal to the task of its destruc
tion is, wa fear, hardly to be hoped;
so long as the gun and the cat are peimlt'.ed to
restrict their numbers to the minimum, we m iy
not anticipate any present or cii'ectufti relief
liomour natural piotcctors whose services wc
rcnay with ingratitude or neglect.
Somewhere about thp ci
lHfcU, late in February or early in Murcu, a pair
ot Black-throated Blue Warblers a bird sup
posed never to make its appe.aratce with us
belore May took up their abode in the small
yard in the rear of the writer's house iu Boston.
Whence they could have come at that seasou of
me year wc were uuable to conjecture. They
were plump, lively, and active, and in excellent
condition every way. They at once made them
selves at home, tJarcninj every crack aud
crevice in and about the roof, lattice, and out
building for the eggs and larvie of insects, of
wL'.cu iue.y evidently lound an abuudance.
Alter having thorouchly explored our premises
and exhausted its sunplv. thev nroeeedeit to
those ol our neighbors, but returned each night
to roost on the clothes-line stretched trom un
upper window to the top of a high trellis. This
they continued to do for. a week or moie. After
tills we did not sec toem again.
Their visit to us was followed bv notable con
sequences. The swarms of hairy caterpillars
mat every year bifore their advent bad so
abounded us to be an intolerable nuisance en
tirely dappeurod, and have not since been
seen. Their entire, race seems to have beeu
exterminated by our two little visitors. These
warblers, unfortunately for in, are not residents
here, even in summer, but flit vapidly through
our State in their spring and fall migration.
Hut the immense service they are capable of
doing, aud which they must do somewhere, is
shown by what a single pair accomplished with
us in the short space of a week.
"rufinim's."
The April number of J'utnam's Zlayazinc
has the following list of contributions: "To
day," a romance by R. B. Kimball, chapters
ten, eleven, and twelve; "Conllagration," by
J. J. Fiatt; "Incidents in the Spanish Strug
gle," by Elie Reclus; "A Stranded Ship," part
II, by L. Clarke Davis; "A Political Ro
mance," by W. F. S. Shanks; "Hunting in
Cashmere," by Captain J. F. Elten; "My Man
Anatomy," by R. Morris Copeland; "Horace,"
book I, ode xxlii; "The Eastern Question,"
by J. S. C. Abbott; "Wonders of the Deep,"
second paper, by Scheie de Vere; "The Right
Honorable John Bright," by G. M. Towne;
"Twelve Hours Apart," by S. M. B. Piatt;
"Young Men's Christian Assooiatiou," by F.
W.Ballard; "A Cariosity of Literature," by
Theo. Johnson; "Current Events," by V. B.
Denslow; "Literature, Art, and Solenoe
Abroad," by Bayard Taylow; "Fine Arts," by
S. S. Conant; "Table Talk," by Clarenoe Cook.
We extract the following "Curiosity of Lite
rature:" IWhen Wolfe published his celebrated ode,
"lie Burial of Sir John Moore," tho people ol
Eoglnnd thouaht that a new great po:t had
arisen in the literature- of tbeir country, Lord
Byron pronounced that poern one of the finest
in the langunce, aud (Joethe fald he did not
know but that it wan the most characteristic
and impressive ode he had ever read. H -nrl
Talne t sinks that "its author was a great p ict,
not only knowing how to produce a grand clt'-ct
by the Mmplrst of means, but nl o a perfect mas
ter in word-painting." Strancely enough, haw
ever, the author of this rematkablo poora, which
has lost none of its popularity since it wai flrt
published, in his subsequent productions, which
weie not very numerous, (ell so much short of
the legitimate expectations to which "The
Burial of Sir John Moore-' had given rise, that,
lor the take of his poetical fame, it was re
gretted bv many of the most competent critics
thnt Wolfe should hnvo written anything but
this great and powerful poem. Sergeant Fal
fourd said, in rcaard to this subject: "Had tho
author of 'Ihc Burial of Sir Joiiu Moore' writ
ten no.hlug but these admirable lines, who
would have suspected his poverty of imagina
tion? As it was, Ills succeeding failures be
trayed the secret, and showed that his Inspira
tion was occidental, and not the result of natu
ral temperament o ll.ish of fancy only not the
(.toady blaze of genius." And another critic said:
"Woife's.hrst shot struck the very ceatie ot the
ring; the others could lt bo found."
Under these circumstances it is certainly
somewhat singular that the critics should never
have buspce'ed Wolfe of plagiarism, but con
tented themselves with believing that he had for
once a brief fit of inspiration, aud not another
afterwards. His true, similar instances are not
wanting in English and American literature.
Sir .Kgerton Brydgos was a poet of this class;
had he written nothing but his exquisite sonnet,
"Lcho and Silence," which Word.iworth and
Southcy so loudly praised, he would have taken
hlf;h rank as a poet, aud it would have been a
matter ol sincere regret that his Muse should
have beeu so grudging of her favors. But his
subsequent efforts were unequal to the aforesaid
sonnet; they broke the charm he had raised,
aud showed that he was Indebted to Fortuuo
for his succcfs. not to his geniup. He courted
tho Muse all his life long mo:-t patiently aud
laboriously, but she never 6iniled on him
again. Similar instances of the chance inspira
tion of an hour ore Ponifret'3 'Choice,' Wood
worth, the American poet's, 'Old Oaken
Bucket,' Key's 'Star Spangled Banner,' etc.
But in regard to Wolte'apoem, we believe we
have found evidence which seems to establish
the fact that it is not an original production,
Wc beg or readers to compare carefully 'fhe
Burial of Sir Johu Moore,' which we append
heie, with the following French and German
poems, ond they will And astiiking similarity
between them so striking, indeed, that no one
will undertake to deny for a moment that they
must be translations, aud, moreover, almost
literal translations ot each other. The German
poem, which the editor of that excellent and
reliable German periodical, the fjsipsic Europa,
quotes on page 3H2 of his periodical for 18G1
(No. 10). dates from the second half of the
seventeenth century, and was written in honor
of the famous Swedlbh hero, GeneratTorstenson,
who fell at the siege of Dnntsic, at the moment
when his men, having beeu repulsed by the
garrison, prepared to return to the Swedish
men of war.
The French noem. 2V7 ie son du (amhournt
la marche funebre, was written In commemora
tion of a gallant B:cton officer, Colonel de
Beanmanolr, who was shot, in 1749, at the siege
of Pondicherry. His comrades were likewise
compelled to re embark so hurriedly, that they
scarcely had time to bury his remains at the
foot of a bastion. The poem is to be found iu
Lally Tollendal's "Memoirs for the Rehabilita
tion oi my Father."
I.
Not n drum was heard, nor a funeral nnte,
As his corse to the rarnparra we hurried ;
Not a soldier dlscharg'd a farewell snot
O'er the grave where our hero was burled.
We buried him darkly at dead of night,
Xbe turf wit.U our bayonets turning,
By the straggling; moonbBams' misty light,
Aud our lanterns dimly burning.
Few and short wore the prayers we said,
And we spoke not a word of sorrow;
But we steadfastly gazed on the lace of the dead,
And we bitterly thought on the morrow.
No useless coffin confined his breast,
Nor In sheet nor in shroud we bound him-
But lie lay a warrior taking his rest.
With his martial cloak around him.
Wo thought., as we heap'd his narrow bed,
And Einoolh'd clown bis lonely pillow,
That the foe and the stranger would tread o'or
his neiul,
And we far away on the billow.
Lightly they'll talk of tho spirit that's gone,
And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him:
But nothing ho'll reek if they let him sleep on,
Tit tha nruvti nrh art n Tlrlfmi lmu lal.l hii.i.
But half our heavy task was done,
When the clook told the hour lor retiring;
And we heard by tho distant and random guj,
iiiut tua lut? uua biuicijiy uiiug.
Slowly nnd sadly we laid him down,
from the lielu or his name liesa ami gory;
We cai v'd not-ii line, we rais'd not a stouo,
liui we left him uione in his glory,
a II.
THE GERMAN POEM.
Kein Grabgeaang, keine Trommel orscholl,
Ala ura Wall swine Lelche wir huben;
Kem Krieger suhoas ihm sem Bebewohl,
Wo wir tetiu unsem tteiueu negrnoen.
Wir gruben In stummer Naeht inn ein
Mlt bohweriern in Kid' und in Irummor,
Ufci den truben Mondliehts sohwanKon dem
Hcnein,
Und der inatten Laterne Gefllmmer.
kein ucnutzer Sara seine Brust einhegl',
Nlcht iniiLittueu und Tuchern bedweket;
Kr lug. wie ein Krieger sich schlafen legi,
lm Soldatenmantel geutrecket.
Gar lange Gebete bielten wir nicht,
Wir oprachen kein Wort von Sorgen;
Wir schuuten nur fest uuf das todte Ueslcht
Und Uachten mlt Hchmerz an den Morgeu.
Wir dachten, als wir gewuhlet soln Bett
Und seiu einsames Ktsseu gezogeu.
Wie Fremuling und Foind uuei's Haupt lhm
geht,
Wetn fern wir uber dcu Wogen.
Wenn sie uber der kalte Aschen sodann
jjen eDtllohenen Uelat uugen kranken;
Kr achtet es nicht, wenn er runeu nur kanu
In dor Grult, wo ihn Hchweden versenkeu.
Unser schweres Geschaft war nur halbgelhan,
Als die Ulocke bulu Kuckzug ertonte;
Wir horlen iter Felude GesohoHse nahn,
Da die lerne Kanone erdrohnte.
Wir legten lho laugsam und traurlg hiaoln,
t i isi h bluleud vum Fuide der Kureu;
Wir Uosten, ohu' Grabiaal und Leloheusteiu,
Ihn nur mlt dem Ituhme gewahreu.
III.
TJIK FRENCH P0KM.
Nl le son du tambour nl la marohe funebre
Nl lo feu des poldats no tnarqua son depart.
Mais du brave, a la hae, a travers lea teneores,
MoriitB nous portames locadavieau rera
pari! De mimiit e'etait l'heure, et solitaire et
Hoiubre
La lune a peine o lira it nn deblle rayon;
La lanleme lulault penlb:ement dans llombre,
Uuand de la bayouetlo ou creusa le gazou.
B'lnutlle cercueil nl de drap funeralre
Nous ne dalguames point eutourer le beros;
11 itlsalt dans ies pils du inanleau mill talis
Cormue un guerrier qui dort sou heure de
repos.
La priere qu'on fit fut de courts duref :
Nul ne pai la de deull, blen que le cwur fut
pleln 1
Mais ou flxfcltdu mort la figure adoree
Mais avtto atuerluuie on Bougealt uu domain.
Au dumaln ! quand lot ou sa fosse s'apprete, t
Ou sen humiue lit uu dresse aveo aanglots,
L'ennerol orttuellleux marchera sur sa tete,
El nous, sea veterans, serous loin sur les fl ots !
lis terniront sa (tloire on pourra les entendre
Noiomer rillustre mortd'uu louauer oufol;
lis leslalssera dire Kh! riu'lmportettaacendre
due la malne d'un Breton a con flee au sol T
L'a uvre duralt encor, quaniretentlt la cloche
Au soramet du betrrol: et e oanoa lolnluin,
The pur lntervalle, en annonoant 1'approohe,
ttiguaialt la nerte de l'onneml hauUlo.
Et dans sa fossa alora le mimes lentement
I'res du champ ou aa glolre a ete oonsommee;
Ne mimes a 1'endroU pierre nl monument,
Le laisMutt seul a seul aveo sa renomuee J
--.., - - i
An attentive examination of the three pomis
win snow, not only that they are so much Ilk
one another that each of them might be con
sldrrc'l a literal truuslmlon ot the other, oat
Blso that both the French and Engtisn transla
tions (for, the German ode being tneoldest one,
the other pt erns are ot course translations)
were made with consummate ability; In both or
their, despite tho difficulties preseu'.ed by tho
dissimilarities of the respective language,
the characteristic tone of tho originsil is most
happily imiiHted. and the paculinr rhvlhuiof
the Cermau poti, which tho French tranMa-tir
must have found extremely difficult, is so faith
fully rendered that the mui-ic of the three
fioems, it we may say to, is equally striking and
mpresslve.
As regards the question, which of the wo
poems was translated by Wolfe, whether the
German original or the French translation, it is
extremely ditlicult to decide. Thn. probability,
however, is in favor of the French translation
which Woll Tone, perhap, after his return iroiu
Fiance, conimunicati d to Wolfe.
'The Unlaxj."
The April number of the Galary oponswith
the fourth and fifth chapters of Charles Reade'a
story entitled l'ut Yourself in his Place."
The other articles are "The Great Danger of
the Republic," by E. Darwin Smith; "To
Marry or not to Marry ?" by T. M. Coau; "The
Exile World of London," by Justice McCarthy;
"Susan Fielding," by Mra. Edwards, three
chapters; "The Astor Library," by Frank II.
Norton; "Fyramus and Thlsbe," by Henry
James, Jr.; "Aoim&l Food," by John C.
Draper, M.D.; "Our Great Farmers Among
the Milk Makers," by Charles W. Elliott; "A
Si3ter of Meroy," by Sarah M. B. Fiatt; "My
Musio Teacher," by E. W. Thompson; "The
Guest," TJy Anna L. Johnson; "The Galaxy
MiscellaDy;" "The Singer's Alms," by Henry
Abbey; "Driftwood;" "Literature and Art;"
and "Nebula)." The concluding chapters of
Miss Austin's novel of "Cipher" are given in
a supplement.
From Mr. Justice McCarthy's article en
titled "The Exile World of London," we
make the following extracts:
Many English peers have, indeed, quite a
spccia'.ile In the way of patronizing exiles; but,
of course, 1n all such cases the exile must have
a name which brings some gratifying distinction
to his host. Ho must bo somebody worth
pointing out to the other guests. 1 kuow that
many Continental refugees have chafed at all
this, and some have steadily held uloot from it,
and declined to be shown otf for the admiration
of a neveltvbunting crowd. Many, too, nave
been deceived by it; have mistaken such idle at
tention lor profound ana practical sympathy, and
have thought that two or three peers und halt a
dozen arit-tocratic petticoa's could direct the
foreign poliev of England. They have swelled
with' hope and confidence ; have built their plaus
and based thtir organizations on the faith that
Park l ane meant the British Govt ruuient, and
that the TJOlitCLess of a Cabinet Minister was as
gcod aa the assistance ot a British fleet; and
have found out what idiots thev were iu such a
belief. and have cone nish to breaking their
hearts accordingly. Indeed, the readiness of
all classes in England to rush at any distin
gulshed eslle, and become effusive about himself
ana nts cause is very onen or, at least, used to
be a cruel kindness, sure to be misunderstood
and to betrav a love that killed.
Nothing could, in its way, have been more
unfortunate and calamitous than the outburst
ot popular enthusiasm in England about the
Polish insurrection lour years ago. Some of
the Polish leadeis livirg in London were com
pletely deceived by it, and finally believed that
England was auout to lane up arms in their
cause. An agitation was got up, outsido tue
iiouse ot commons, ry an earnest, wen meaniug
gentleman, who really telieved what ho said:
and inside the Iiouse by a bustliDg, quickwitted
political auventurer, who certamiy ought not lo
have Dcnevej what he said. This latter gentle
men actually went out to Cracow, iu Austrian
roianct, ana was received there with wild de
monstrations of welcome as a representative of
the national will of England and the precursor
of English intervention. Tho Polish insurrec
tion went on; and Fngland wrote a diplomatic
note, which Kussia resented as a piece of im
pertinence; and thero England's sympathy
eLdcd. "I think." said a great English Liberal
to me, "that every Englishman who helped to
encourage these poor Poles aud give them hope
of English help, has Polish blood on his hands."
I thirk co, too.
I lave alwajs thought that Felice Orsinl was
in some sort a victim to the kind of delusion
which English popularity so easily fosters. I
met Orsini when he came to England, not very
long before the unfortunate and criminal
aiten.pt ol the Kue Lepelletier; and I wasrauch
takeu, as most people who met him were, by
the simplicity, sweetnets, and soldierly frank
ness of his demeanor. Ho delivered some
lectures in London, Manchester, Liverpool, and
other large towns, on his own personal adven
tures pi incipally his ercape from prison and
though he had hut a moderate success as a
lecturer, he was surrounded everywhere by
wtll-rucauing and sympathizing groups, the
extent ot whose ii tluence aud the practical
value of whose sympathy he probably did not
at first quite understand. He certainly had, at
onetime, some vague hopes of obtaining for
the cause ot Italian independence a substantial
assistance from England. A short experience
cured him ot that dream; aud I fancy it was
then thht he formed the resolution which he
afterwards attempted so desperately to
carry out. I thiuk, from something I heard
him say once, that Mazziui had endeavored to
enlighten him as to the true state ot affairs in
Ingland, and the real value of the sort of sym
pathy which London so readily oilers to any
interesting exile. But I do not believe filazzini's
advice had much influence over Orlul. Indeed,
the latter, at the time I saw him. had hut Utile
respect for Mazzint. He spoke with something
like contempt of the great con'pirator. It
would have been well for Orsini if he had, in
one thing at least, followed the counsels of
Mazziui. People used to say some years ago
that odious and desperate as (mini's attempt
was, it at least had the meiit of lrigh'.ening
Louis Nnnoleou into active eiiorts ou behalf ot
Italy. There was to much about Orsinl that
was worthy and noble that one would ba glad
to regard him as even in his crime the instru
ment of good to tho country he loved so well.
But documentary aud other evidence Das made it
clear since Orsiul's death that the negotiations
which ended in Solfermo and Villatrauca were
begun before Orlsiui had ever pluuued his mur
derous enterprise. The fact is that, during the
Ciimean war, Cavour first tiled Kugland on the
subject, throuen easy-going aud needless Lord
I Clarendon who hardly took the trouble to
listen to me auuacious projects oi uih menu
and then turned to fiance, where quicker aud
shrewder ears listened to what he had to say.
Louis Blanc is, perhap", the only rcvoluiion
ury exile who, in my time, has been everywhere
and permanently popular in Loudon nocieiy.
The fate of a politicil exile in a idace
like London usually is to bo a liou among
one clique and a hete itotr in another,
But Lou u Blanc has been accepted and wel
comed everywhere, although he has never com
promised or concealed one iota of hU political
opinions. I think one explanation, and, per
haps, ihe explanation of this somewhat remark
able thenomeuOD, is to bo found in the ficttbat
Louis Blanc never for an hour played the part
of a ci nspirator. Ho seems to have honorably
construed his place In Euglish society to be that
of one to whom a shelter had been given, aud
who was bound not to make anv use of that
shelter which could embarrass his host, in
J oudou ho ceased to be an active politician,
lie refu6edto exhibit himself en viatime. He
aDDealed to no public pity. He made no parade
oi defeat and exile. He went to work steadi y
as a literary man, and he had the courage to be
poor. When he appeared in public it was simply
as a literary lecturer, He was not very success
lul iu ihat capacity. At least he was uot what
the secretary of a lyceum would call a success.
He gave a series of lectures ou
Cfftajn phaEes ol society In r Paris
' ' I
before the great itevoiution, ana iu';y
we"e B'tcnded by all me west mentry
London, who were, 1 think, unanimous iu their
admiration of the power, the eloquence, the
bitlllaT.cy which these pictures ot a ghastly"
past displajeu. but inn generui i'uumu i -ii-nothine
about the ea'ons where wit, and levity,
nnd wickedness prepared the way for revolu
tion! and I heard Lou's Blano pour out an
apologia (I don't mean an apology) for J 'an
Jacques Koosseau in language ol noble elo
quence, ana with dramatic eueci wur
thy of a great orator, in a small lec
ture room, in which three-fourths ot the
space was empty. Sineo that tune he b vi de
livered lectures occasionally at the request of
mechanics' institutions ana snch societies; but
he has not f stayed a course of lectures on his
own account. Every one knows him; every
one likes him; everyone admires his manly,
modest character and his uncompromising
republicanism. Latelv he has lived more in
Brighton than in London; but wherever In
England he happens to be, he lives always as a
simple citizen; he has never been raved about
like Kossuth or denounced like Maz.ini; an I
has occnpkd himself wholly with his histoiical
labors and bis letters to a Paris newspaper.
Our l'ouiig Folks"
for April is, as usual, handsomely printed
and nicely illustrated. The contents are
varied aud entertaining, and combine in an
attractive manner, suited to juvenile tastes,
the amusing and the neeful.
"T):e Eclectic"
for Apiil, published by E. R. Felton, New
York, sustains its well-won reputation ai a
first-class miscellany. A steel-plate portrait
of rosa Bonheur is given as a frontispiece,
and the magazine is made np of judicious
selections from the leading European peri
odicals. 'Unr Old Folkis"
is the new Philadelphian magazine, which has
now reached its second number. The artiuleB
are generally well written and interesting,
and the April number shows considerable im
provement over its predecessor. Pablishel by
K. Hafleigh, No. 731 Walnat street.
INSURANCE.
1828."cnARTEI1 PERPETUAL.
Mlin Fire Insurance Coiapanj
OF PHILADELPHIA!
OScc, jVos. 435 and437 CHESXUT Street,
Assets ci Jan. 1,1809, $2,877,37213
CJriTAIi-
OtOO.OOO'OO
............. 1 0:j
43
IJSCWME FOK 1900,
PKH.M1UMB
XJKKETTIKT) CT-A151S."
JUU,UUVI.
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms.
The Company amo lissnes Policies ou Rents of
Building ol all Kinds, Oronnd Beets aud Alortgaeri
Alfred O. Baker,
Aiireu liter,
Thomas Kpurk,
William . Oraut,
Thomas M. tills.
HHfltavnn R. Rcnmn.
can am urtui,
Ueorge W. Bich&rds,
Ihiiuu Lea.
beorge Pales.
ALFRED rt. BAKKK. ProuMunr.
UfcOKOiS FALK8, Vloe-PrtBideut.
JAP.W. WcALLIslKU, Secretarr.
W'M. OKKJlN, Asal&tant Secretary. 29
REMOVAL.
F A M E
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
lias EcmoreJ to 'eTf OHlce,
No. 809 CHE8F1UT Street.
W. I. BLA3CHAHD,
3 ie m
SECRETARY,
STOVES, RANGES, ETC.
rtftu NOTICE. THE UNDERSIGNED
4fW'P would call toe attention of tbepuullo to hia
i -;tt WfcVV UOLitJBJl iCAULK rrjBNACa.
TUls la an entirely new heater. It Is so oon
utruoted as te at onoe commend ltaelf to general favor,
being a combination of wrought aud cast Iron, xt is
very Dimple In us conutructlon, and Is perfectly air
tight; self-cleaning, UfcVuio Hies or drums to be
taken out and cleaned. Ik "r in arranged with aprlghj
fiues as to produce a lartei: . .mount of beat from the
saiue weight of coal than any furnace now In ne,
The bygioniellc condition of the air as produced by
my new arrangement of evaporation will at onoe de
mo ultra te that It la tt e- only Hot Air Furnace that
will produce a perefotly healthy atmosphere.
Tnoneln want of a complete Heating Apparatnj
Would do well to call and examine the Golden Kagla,
CHAKLtW WILLIAMS,
Hot. 1182 and WA UAKKK1' utreet.
Philadelphia.
A large assortment ot Cooking Ranges, Fire-board
Rtove., Low Down Orate., Ventilators, etc.. always
on hand
7. Jcbblng of all kinds promptly done, t lo
THOMPSON'S LONDON KITCUENEB
a- L TTlliblT. HI V A KnL' . a . . .11 t..-.i
C or public Institutions, in TWtiMTY t)ifb'X..
C)s..T BIZluU. Also, Philadelphia Kane..
Hot-Air Furnace., Portable Healers, Low-down
brats, Flreboard B'ovea, Ealh Boilers, biew-bols
Plates, Boilers, Cooking btovea, etc,, wholesale and
retail, to th. actuer. & THOMPSON,
littwftnem o. 2t n. Bfcuosa) aueeu
EN0INE3, MACHINERY, ETC.
m a xtxi jn Iti -Its, UOJ.LKK-MAKli.HB, BiiAlllI,
bMIXHU, and POLMIKKS, having for many yeiri
.m .uwrasiui uiifriuuui iuiu ueen ezciaS;Vt-19
ygaged lii building and repairing Marine and It'vp
Kngluea,
Tanks, Prouellers. etc. etc. rwuctfullv ir!r
MirVlIM tit Iha ..i.l.llr. m.m 1.. P. . f I t.w,,... V T"1
-I.,vp.un viUl eivtt rapuviuny ouer thelj
oi ,.vr, iu wi (juuiiu m utiug iiuij preiisrwi to con
tract for engines of all msea, Marine, Illver, arm
kLflloiiaiy; having sets of patterns of different ni
Every deecrtpUon of pattern-making made at t.i
shortest notice. High and Low-prewure Put
tubular and Cylinder Boilers, olti e bent Penusvlv.
nla chart oal lrou, Porgtngs of all slwa aud k'ln't
Iron and fatal una of all det:criptloii. r-'.u
Turning. Kcrtw Cnttlng, and all ether work rxinneoli
wll tithe above buslnexs. '
Lrawlngs and spboiacatloni for all work dona at
tte eeubliruaent free oi tharge, and work guura...
seed,
The snbHcrlbers have ample wharf-dook room .u
r(iblrs of boa'A, where they can He Iu reroct uues
and are provided wiUivbeaia, blocks, fail., etc. si.
fcl lalallig liwtrj 01 llliit weight.
JOHU J. LEVY,
I U BJCAOH aud pai.m i.n Htraeic,
SODTHWABK FOUDliy1 riFTH AN!
WABHittTOW Blreew. '
MitUiucK bona,
ntwerauKKb and MACiiiNram
mannractore High and Low Preaaur. Btvaui JCagutM
for Land, BJvr, and Warln. Hervloe.
Boilers, Gasometers, Tanks, Iron Boat., eld,
Castings of aU kinds, either Iron or brass.
Iron Frame Boors for Gas Work, Workshop., aa
BalUoad btaUona, etc.
Be tort, and tta. Machinery, ot lbs lat.il and BUM
bniroved construcUou.
Kfary description of Plantatloa Maohlnsry.als
Sugar, Haw, and Grial Hills. Vaoanui Pans, Oil
isieam Tralna, Defeoatoni, Filters, PompLog, Jta,
gine., etc.
bole. Aients tor H. BUleci's Pateat Sugar Bo Ulna
Apparatus, Neamyth's Patent bteaui Hauiiiiet, au
&V&t.Utr'
PENH BTEAM ENGINH 84 NO
-Jmtl BOILKB WOKka-NEAi IK A JUKVY
INSURANCE.
ANCE COMPANY. Incorporated by t
legislature oi renngyivauta, i&a ,
Offloe B. B. comer of THIIUJ and WAL2U
(Street, Philadelphia, wajawi.
MARIS IHHURANf da ' i
On Vessels, Cargo, and Freight to all parte !
IWLAND INSURANCES
On e 00 its by river, canal, lake and land oarrln
to all ran of the Unlou.
riBS! INSURANCES j
Dn Merchandise generally; on biores, DTellln'
Houses, eta . -"""S
ASSETS OF TBI OOWPAHT. j
November 1. lfkis. i
K300.000 United States Five Ter 1
Cnt. isoan, iu-4ua
120.000 United Htates Blx Pur
Cent. Loan, 1881
208.5CC
136,800
0U,OW uniiru rawH.rn Dit i-pr i
( nt. Loan (tor 1 ucille H). koooq
Per Cent. Loan jii w
125.000 CltyofPhlla. HtxPerOent.
Loan (exempt from tax), im 594
5
Per Cent. Ixian
20,000 Perm. Kail. Plrsl Mortgage
Blx Por ( :ent. lfomls
25,000 Penn. H. Bcoond Mrtg.i;o
(tlx Per Cent. Bonds.....
25,000 Western Penn. It. Mori.
Bix per Ctent. Bonds, (P.
K. K. guarantee)
30.000 Btnte of i'enncfesee Five 1 er
61,600V
20,20o
20,62s!
Cent. Loan 21.000
7.000 Btnte of Tennessee fciix Ir,r 1
Cent. Loitu 5,031!
tj,wu 1 iiiunii.Mv it uas hi,, prin
cipal and IntertRt gnkrnn
teed hy (Jiiy of Fliilad'v
iU sliuiea Stoclr
10.000 Pplin'll lijillrruirl l'imnunr
aUBimres rjiooK Ju.ouy.
0,000 Nortii Pctin'a Hailroad Co., )
lOOrthausKtock 8,500!
20,000 FLHh find Hontbern MbU j
Bieitm.tJo..fcficliare8SIjcli Ij.OOCJ
aU7,900 Iioaua on Houd nil Atort. '
.C .. -." . ' it oy
Kfiff, flrft Uen3 on City
rroFeriiba,
207,900",
4
81,109.900 Par.
Markot value, 11,130,3a
'1
Ileal Estate
Bills receivable lor lnburunce made
Balnnceb dne at agencies, premiums
on marine loiipies, accrued inter
est, nnd otber dclis dnetbeoom-
Pany
HUK'K. and Bcilpof ennttry corpora-
tion. 31C. Estimated vp.loe
Castilu bank 3118 lafoU
( toiJi In drawer. iVA-Vb
822,ibtt
nTTJlftlTORS.
Thomag O. Hand, .dmnnd A. Boaaer
Bam. m t"""?r
James O. Hand,
Tboopliilus Pr aiding.
Joseph 11. Heal,
llenryBloanr8'
I4&n,nn ti T
Hoch Crale.
Henry C. iMliett.'jr,
John U. Tavlnr '
John K. Penrose,
Jacob F. Jones,
James Tiaqnuir,
Edward Uarllnglon,
H. Jones Erooke,
James B. McFarlp.nd, '
ir 1 -I I
Jucob Kiegel, f
Spencer Wclivalne,
U. T. MorKu,pittabni
jiAiwara jHiouicime,
jognuA r. Kvre
K.Vl
THOMAS I.' HA Mi t'i.i..
cl. jd. x3oi ger,
HENRY L YbURN, Beretary' eu1
xlH-ISKX BALJj. Assistant Secretary. flO
o
FFICE OF TUE ISflUBANCE COMPAN'
OF KOBIH AilEBiCA. Ao. 222 iVAi.Nii
Incorporateu l . Charter Perpetual.
A cunt a tt n vi n. 2
MABljsE, IIiAUli, AN D FIRELN a lltAjinjl
OVER (30,000,000 LOHSE8 PAID 8INCI
DX&XiCTO RS
Arthnr G. CpfEn, tieorge L. Hcrrlsou.
Samuel W. Jones, Francis it. tXjpe,
John A. Brown, Edward H. Trotter.
Charles 'Pay lor, Edward H. Clarxe,
Ambrose White, . x. Charlton Henry,
Klchard D. Wood, Alfred D. Jessup.
William Welsh, John P. White,
B. Morris -Wain, Louis O. Madeira.
John Maeon, Charles W. CushmanJ
, ,CHA.KL:bB IfliATX, Vice Prealdent.'
MATTHIAS Makib, BecreUry, 21J
i!
TTIBB INSURANCE EXCLTJfelVRr.YT
J? PKiJNbiLVAJMIA PlBiii lJibUBAKOlffOol
PAH-Jncorporai.ed lS-Charter Peivetual-N
ei'J Vv AL LT Street, ovpoHe Iuuepeudence Kauai
This Company, favorably known to the oouimumi
for over forty years, oontluues 10 lusure aualnsi lot
or damage by lire on Publlo or Private Bulldlne
either peruiaueuliyor for a limited lime. Also a
urulture. btocks of Goods, and Merchandise . a
ral'y. on liberal terms,
Their Capital, lege ber with a larg Burping Pnn
Is Invested In the mout carelul mauiier, which enabii
ni'.'lti .u vurt ,y uiv uiaurcu an uM.ww.iim sClirikV
Panlel Bmltn, Jr., 1 John Dsvwaxj
A-lexander Benson, I Thuma. oiuKu,
Iaao Kaj-lehurst, I Honry iwi
lhoniai Bobins, I J. Giuinghaia Felll
WIT. . CBOWKIaL. BeoretAry. l.fcJ
QTRIOTLY MUTUAlJ
PROVIDENT LIFEAKD TflUST C2
OP PUIIiAI) JLL f HIA,
oFicK, ao. 111 s. Fotutu bikeex
Urgaulxed 10 yromoll XtUTA XJKCUBAKCJS aiaoa
btWffl'T OP PRIKNDIS.
Hood risks 01 any class accepted.
- i-ohoie lasued npou approved piaiu, a it. lows
President,
glHTJUi B. bHIPLKV.
Ice-President. WiLLiAM (J. LUNUSTKETK.'
Actuary. BUWLA'-jnB PABBTil
Th" avantagwi oflered bjr uu oomumy ar J
excelled, tin
PIIOSNIX LNSDKANCE COJUPAJjy tt
PUlLADfLPHlA. i
LNCOKi-UrtA. 1 HAI loot CHARTKB. PKBPETTJAI
ISO. Ui WaLA UTbtreet, oppoulte the iUchange.,
This Company Ian urea rroiu toes or daaiage to
t . PlBaS, J
on liberal terms, on bulldmirs, merchandtne, furnllnr
etc, lor llmued periods, and puiuanentiy on bulk
logs by depuitit of premiumi. 1
The Company ha. been In active operation for mor
than blx f V YKABH, .durln g which ad loksea hv
uttu fruuitihijrijMttbiKt i OK-!
Tnh. T. Tin A rrm 1 T I u V 1 d
John L. Hodge,
David Lewis,
hi. a, ruanouy,
Johu 1. Lewis,
Wllilam H. lIt.
Bobert W. leuuicg,
l). Clark Whaitau,
Benjauiiu Biting.
ThouM ii .rowK.
A. B. ilrHeury,
liln.ui.tl C aiililuiL
Bamuel Wllcnx,
Lawrence Lewis.. Jr., I Lew Is O. Norns.
oliW P.. V CliJiEJtit. rres ideal.
BaMUKTi WllXiOX, becrctary, li'Ai
1
THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. of
PiiiLADKLr'HlA.
OUloe S'onthwest Cor. iOUBTH aud WALNUT 8t(
-l-'IKK ilKStltANCK JtXCLt'I VKLV. 1
P-aK'l UAL AN1 TBBM PULICXKo IKHUEB
fmui Caullttl .M..4'iK).UU0'll
CatOi ABffcta January I. U.69........... 4VI.2sal
p. Itatchford Ktarr,
J. Llvlngxtna Erringor,
John V. Atwoed,
Bi-nJ. T. Tredick,
urge II. btuart,
Wm. . Boulion,
t'barlen Wneeler,
Tho. if MouiKoraery,
Jouu ii. vrown,
finiit&riv Insures Oulv flmurliu). rlnir klni
notpeulally hazardous rlk. whatever, such as facta
rlM,IUf'1.SBia'CHFORD8TABK President j
moa H. MONTOOMKBy, vice-Preeldent !
Atkx. W. WiwTita. beoretary. 281
IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE CO
LONDON.
EST1DUSUED 1S03.
Pald-np Capita! and Accumulated Funru,
8,000,000 IN GOLD
PKEYOSTtfc UEKItIXG,Acent4, j
I No. 107 Boatn THIRD Street, Philad.
CHA8. M. PBJEVOBT. CHAB .P. HEBBIBj
DB. KINKELIN, AFTEB A BESIDEHCl
and practice of thtrUr year, at the Mortbw
corner of Third and Union etreeie, has Utelyr
n'oyed to Benin ELKYXJjiTH BUeet, between jaX
JtBT'andCJU.MSlJT. m J
His superiority la the prompt and perfect curs
all recent, ohronlo, looal. aud eonaUtutlunal JtM.
Hobs ol a special nature, Is proverbial. J
Uiaeaae. of lh. skin, appearing In a hundred m
erf nt forms, totally eradltdi mental and physic'
Weakaeae, and all nervens debllltie. s (eoUflcail-
and "--rs.nl ut inatsja. aidlua hours frosi I A. a.
to IPikU
iOI
1.813
116,563
tl,M7,867j