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EUROPEAN AIPFAIRS.
I)eatla of the Popes niother«.Leellesi.'
a:dicta platters—The 'Antibes Legion,
A Roman correspondent writes to the Pall
Rome, July 22.—The death of Colint Gabriel
. Mastai,,Was first communicated to the Pond
• with great precauhona, by Cardinal Alitonelli,„
to whom it had been reported."' from the'
country: The Pope was deeply moved, but
instantly called the "'relates of the day to ae
company him to the basilica of 'St. .Peter,
where, entering-the chapel of the Holy Sacra-.
ment, he remained a long time•in prayer. He
Y then told the prelates that he hoped the Lord
hadieceived-the-soul.of-his--beloved 2 -bretheiH
s. , into His 'glory. The next day the HelY Father, I
, assisted by the Prelates or the' Court,' celebrated i
a funeral service for the deceased. •
Last Thitraday the Pope held another con- I
gregation or council extraordinary of the car- 1
dinals, which was attended by twelve of the
•: most influential members of the Sacred Col- . I
lege. The council sat four hours. Nothing
positive- is known of the subject '.under de- i
liberation, but, aM before . it Is supposed' to re
i -
fer to the state of affairs n France and Spain,
es well as in this peninsula ' The council - 1840
meet again this eveMng,' when the Pope will
again preside. • ' I
The Paris journals affirm there Is to be no
creation of cardinals during the present year.
- On the contrary, I understand the Pope is de-' '
ternrined to ' coniplete the Sacred College for
the opening of the Council, and all , thevattant
hats. will be-- distributed in September or :De
thber.•
Sometime ago I inforined you . the Holy
Father hadconsented to be sporusor for the
expected infant of the Infanta Marie-Anne of
l'ortugal, Duvhess of Saxony, and, in antici
pation of the event, 3lonsignor Meglia,'•apos-.
folic nuncio at Munich, haS gone to Dresden,
expressly to represent. his Holiness at 'the
baptism. Monsignor Vannntelli has been
consecrated apostolic delegate to Quito, in the
Republic ofthe Ecuador. The ceremony was
attended by General IC:uizler, whose wife is
related to 3lon.signor Vidneatelli, and bymany
ether persons of distinction. The Pope has
decided to nominate an apostolic delegate` to
.Constantineple, pending the establishment,
there of att apostolic _nun ciature; and Mon
signor Pitivma; Bishop of Nimpolis in partibus,
is named for the post. • The jealousy of France
ttonst.antlY raises ohstaeles in the negotiation
for the nunciature, though this is much 'desired
by the Porte and the. 'Hob; See. •Aali Pasha,
like his predecessor, Puma Paeha,"shows the
lx-st disposition in • the, matter, and the ap,-
I,eintinent of a delegate is expected to accele
rate the object. • - '• • ,
Vie schismatic bishops of the East persist hi
\ their refusal fa attend the Council, and the
patriarchs of Antioch and Jerusalem have re,
turned the l'ope his brief of invitation. The.
brief of invitation has been retained by the
Bishop of liethlehern,the Armenian Patriarch,
and the Jacobite lislerp, but, they 'state that
they regard it as a private communication.' The
Vatican affirms that the bishops have • acted
under a pressure from in order to pre:
vent any disputes about precedenee tunong the
Catholie . .,,,titfhpirti. and partitailariv to
meet the pretensions of, Eastern digitlarii,
the Propaganda lately .. drew up, a long memoir
m
ebracing the fulles i
t nstructions, but.,-,it, ~has
not eeceiyetl e,..isiAl
the npproval of .the - Poplti
returned to the Propaganda for revision.
Among the foreign. laymen ' who intend; to
stay in one during the see- - ion of the Coun
cil, I may mention the Marquis of Bute.
This nobleman has'. just. taken the Savorelli
Palace, in the Piakza Sand Apastoli,.which
was formerly the residence of the Pretender..
The Marquis of Bute is the representative of
a collateral . _ ,
This morning: ',the' of. Antibes, re
gardlem
of the intense heat, executed some
grand matireuvres near the Faressina, under,
the command of Colonel il'Argy. The author. ,
ities have retracted their decision on the me
morial of the native officers of thsT, Pontifical
army; and the Minister of War hats bistted en
order of the clay, notifying twenty-two pro
motions.inthe-.corps-of-
A decree of the:Congregation or the Index
condemns the following works:—" The Bible
in India ;" ," Life of Jesus Christ," by Louis
Jacoliot, Pfitis,..lBo9; " (2uestions Contempo
raines," pair hrnest ltenan; "Sts. Paul, par.
Ernest 'Renal]; avec une carte des voyages de
Saint Paull par Kiepart, de l'Acadanne de
Berlin'--The-deeree 2 also-ertumeratetefteverak
Italian works; and the "Annual of the-L'i=
tlitinlttatitute" - for 180,,4.-- •-•-- - ••
Oniratmlittitlie
- --The-London -Times, dimenssing-the horrible
revelations made in this Convent; asks what
ckn be, - sal if - Of the - mire - Who - - Practising-the"
‘ Anost_fae.etirebservances of rehgion, ,:were_
- capable of such enormities as -those- reported
at., Cracow? To shut up awoinan, still young;
io.a dungeon a few feet wide, to leave
there year after year, without clothing .or fire,
wallowing in lA, and, with her wafflings and
curses in their ears, to go-daily through the
long routine of religious " service, has in it
something Reckless and hardened,
men, the inmates of the thieves' tavern or
the gaol, would hardly have laid the
nerve to bear it.' These seared eon
; seldnces , and , these perverted minds
feltno compuncfion. The incident' will tend
to',Oontinn the repulsion With which `ProtestT.
, • , antsi•egar,d these institutions. . But it will do
innie. It will assist in the abrogation' of thosd
ecclesiastical' privileges by which religious
communities have been, tnabled, partiediarly,
in' 'the Austrian empire, to render themselves
ahnostindependent of the Civil power. If fe
ligitnis orders are to be maintained, their
dwellings must be open to public inspection,
;I and their customs and by-laws accommodated
to those ofthe State. This is the lesson'whieh'
even Italy and Sain have learnt, , and ' AUK
not belong in following their
JTALYr<::,.,,, .
The Canova . Festival.
The_ Florence correspond Ont of the 1 1 / 4 , 1'.„
/IfseS Writes as follows : ,
A few days ago,there were held. some inte
resting ceremonies at Posagne, in)the Yen, .tian territory, in honor of ,Canoga.,,,_ This little
e
town was the birthplacof. the , gighpteri anti
out or the large 'fortune made by his art he
left 5200,000 to build the marble 'temple which
ornaments the place, and , this ~ is th e
fiftieth year since the monument was founded.
A new tablet has been' Placed on the
hwuble house in Which the artist was
born, and there are many objects_ in the , little
town to recaillis memory. Not, far off is the -
oily iu which Palladio, the, architect, and au
thor of a classical eYstem ? was bPrn, and it is
a region' , Which hag "given to the•countrY other
eminent - mert., .Amoug, xlistiogulsited.,Aaan.
names, the number is not small of those of
humble origin born in places' remote from the
cities renowned as the centres of Culture and: ,
,of• genius. Canoga, Leonardo di Vinci, Ros-S
lifamiani and the Pope•are 'alb*: among:
n inny .ekamples. ",Padua, renowned for its
University, perhaps the most learned in Italy,
is more illustrious as : he •birthplace of ,Livy.
Of contemporary Italians, distinguished in.
literature,lAlessandro Manzoni is 'the most:
cOnspicuous. Living at his birthplace, Milan,
at .the age of eighty-five, ,his years:.; are Still
green. The composer Petrella • has obtained
p_errnission from Manzoni to turn, his famous ,
Promessi - Spostinto opera for production on the
stage.
Baecjitte Bey is the best whist ,pluyer and , ,
his Wife is the prettiest woman itt White Sul.;
,Phu► Spribo.-
XIL-
ROME.
.
• THE atonlntoNB IN ZEROES. •
•
Causes or the EnidAristlett from Walton and
cileanchutunict,...wcies and Tricks of the
' (From the Montrtal eitiettC,/kulust it 7 .
We hive been requested to publish the fol
lowingsuggestive communication:
It has- been 'a matter for surpristv - and; in
most cases, unjust surmise and remark, among
many unacquainted with the, people, namely—
the Swedish and Welsh—that sci, many nalivesi-
I of these eciuntries should emigrate under the
auspices of the Mormon community to settle
in the Salt Lake Valley, most of their critical
but poorly-infermed friends supposing that
it is owing to the laxity of • 'morals
in the above sountries, especially in the Chris
tian rules of matrimony; yet, those best act
: quainted With the people-know that inteh—att
opinion is erroneous, as there • are but few of
I- our emigrant population less indebted for re
ligiolus teaebing to :the foreigners e among
whom they come than to thci people Of Sweden
and - %Vales,;., the former being for the most part
liloravians and- Baptists, while the latter be
long, with but few exception, to the Baptist
Episcopalians and Episebpal Methodists, with •'
a sprinkling' of 'Wesleyan% "more ei3pe- I
daffy those -.from/ the mining., districts.
The, best of theSe nationalities are , re
markable for their peaceable, frugal and in
dustrious proclivities. Tbe truly liberal and
primitive simplicity of their religious educa
tion exposes them to the wiles and vulgar
sophistry of the Mormon missionary; he on all
occasions during his visit in Europe carefully
disguising from his simple-minded disciples!the
abominable sanction of polygamy, but always
preaching Jesus Christ as .the chief corner
stone of their faith and hOpe. The Book of
Mormon is always set forth as a revelation
peculiarly and especially reserved by God
for the saints of the latter days, of which
the infamous, mad or frantic .Joseph Smith
was the expositor and prophet, and this doc
trine is not only preached in hamlet and in
town, but also set forth in books that are being
continually circulated in almost every Euro
pean language and tongue, throughout every
civilize d spot of the earth, and scarcely such
a spot , can be found. where their emissaries .
have not been. Furthermore, not only do
those books contain the religious teachings of
the sect, but also from time to time long
letters from friends living in Utah.
hiehly, laudatory ,of this system of its
priests, as, also glowing , accounts of 'their
happy life in a valley flowing with milk and
honey. .Nor is this the most 'clever- part of
their tempters' wiles, inasmuch as men are
chosen from among the Transatlantic Saints of
I who are natives of the countries to
which they are, sent ; missionaries speaking
the same tongue, and, in a majority of cases,
particularly known to the people they are sent
aniong,`At will be at once understood that - the
agents sent forth are under the pay, as the
letters that are 'written are also published by
the heads of the Mormon Church. I have set
forth theise factii, not so' much as an apology
for the erroneous'acts of my countrymen,
as to show b'ow much may be done in
the way of selecting good emigrants if only
theyroper me ans are emplOYed, and "also , cail
the attention or Our religious friends to the'
assistance of these innocent, yet misguided
people, by sending out twine of their own
inunber, choosing always the most intelligent
And worthy of the working or agriCultural
class from among our adopted citizens. A
few of ;hese men, if sent fere -front certain
sections'of the . country,-would return periodi
cally laden, as it were, with a wealth of heart
and band-that would soon .populate -,Canada
with the , frue gems of humanity, even 'honest
hard-working men and women
~~. ...,F
Negro Disturbances in Havana...about.
inn for: etilledql9.....Negreta. and Span
iards llitilled:-Despatelies or tietzerals
Puello and . LeISCil.
HAVANA,. AUgaSt 7.—At 31 o'clock on 3lon
flew Olicias - street fof the barracks east of
a d: afternoon your ' corresPondent started
Castle Principe.. The volunteers had:deco
rated Calle Muralla and 3lercaderes with
Spanish-ilags,-to cheer the - :spirits, of Ihe -- 400 -
colored militiamen who were to embark at the
Luz wharf. Whett.l reached Campo de. Mane,
I found that the country cavalry militia were
formed and prepared for an event. In. view
of the dissidisfaction prevalent' among the col
ored population since it was decided toembark
their - brethren, General De RodaB had taken
nece . ssury-precantion at-threatened7.-pointr_
-of th - e - scity=a - nd - stiliurW. --- Thfaellitate the ern
__barkation the negrottiliad - bden-- amplyanp,7
plied with runt, in which they, freely indulged
_fronran - earli_lionr - TheblackcroWd was rin--
- mense --- from _the7. - Calzada de la Reina to the
barrackt, and at the latter place occurred a
most touching__scene between the negro sok
diers and their relatives. The injunction _
'WcrxeCtight against the boys," ws-generallyt
and publicly made 'by the "`la tt er, 'and some
disturbance being feared the march
was • - immediately , • ordered: I had
been 'talking r , -With - a - friend who
commanded one `of* "the" coMpanies, and
litho appeared much disgusted. and confessed
that if any hope had thus far been entertained
of the loyalty of the negroes to Spain it might
at once be giyen up. He said he had heard a
son telling his mother that his country was
Cuba, he would light for Cuba, and. die for
Cuba. Some 4,000 to 5,000 negroes opened the
march in front, and there were as many more
i'ollowing behind, besides the relatives of both
sexes walking on both sides of the column.
Half way down C'alzada Reina the Spaniards
shoated, - , -"Viva - Espana-Pt • „ A - negro re
sponded, "Viva , la , Idbertad, , Viva
the coloredmilitia!” Then 'began a } quarrel
with the Spaniards, which ended in the mur
der cif ‘two of'them and a negro, I follovied
the 'crowd to Muelle Lim,und there met four
to five thousand more negroes debauching,
from Calle Luz and Sol. There were then at
least 20.000
_persons congregated between the
wharves of the old and new ferry-boats.
Another touching scene ensued during the
last farewelj of the soldiers to their relatives
and friend& ,The ,volunteers getting impa
tient, ordereiCas. ~ clirge, to.- clear tthe way for
the embarking, and it was so brutally exe
cuted that it created a panic, resulting in the
death of seven persons., Some forty more were
severely wounded, and many who had jumped
into the boats near the wharvea were nearly
drowned. .During the embarkation, one of the .
mllitia-men, who had. remained''behind; and
indulged more than the others in liquor, ap
peared at autreet corner, shouting ." Viva Ces
pedesr , He was immediately fired at by a ,
volunteer, who' not being. satisfied with sun
pie murder, entertained himself several min
utes by probing , his body with a bayonet.-
-.I have further trustworthy news from Nue
vitas, by a schooner, and from° Cinco Villas,
per mail,• and the wires. The schooner brought
the folloWing despatch from Paoli() to 'tildes;
"I ani'aramped, and forced to increase the
barricades in the streets of Puerto Principe.
Every, Spaniard,Cuban and negro • of both
sexes here; and at Nuevitai3, are insurgents,'
and . well posted upon all that is , going on in
Havana, , and the States..' The Cubans shake
bands with their slaves, who s say t h eir masters
have freed them. They are ,so attached to the
rebel's that ,they cannot be 'rolled upon. In
fact, they hate us. On the other., hand, I find
out , ,that the „ Spaniardei,:.who are owners
of ' all the provision, , stores , „here and
at Nuevitas, have' een , specuhiti a tit 'with the
rebels and supplying them "with „the neces
saries.of life as well as . with arms arid, ammu
nition. ;Hence, their ,- indignation;' against.
Letona; who "en deavored , to , oppose' them. • .r
have been compelled to ' 'Close all , such stores
with the F.xoeptionof one. , Thiswillsoonbring
about, resentments and itVillthimpossiblefor
me to face . the 6rxemles ',here and outside viith ,
the scanty forces at my command. I therefore
reiterate my suggestion to evacuate • in 'time,
and leave the' seaports to the navy."
Tb this despatch I must add the opinion of
Spaniards 'coming from Nnevitas; that it will
be fortunate if the General can withdraw Storm
Puerto Principe •to-day. General Lesca, who
is getting tirial of waltitig for the- ivolunteers;
says in bin to the Captain-General:
"If there - is no'possibility of ' sending re-in
foreemente,'we had better unite all our forceS
on the liner of Remedios and Sagas,. and there,
establish a barrier to protect our most valuable
property. We can , do nothing' here. The,
_paniards of Trinidad decline enlisting, under,
thegenernl order of the „Lieutenantoovernor
forcing all men'froni tee() take up arms,
lieettuse they fear their property:will be burned'
if they do' so, and they linow we_ cannotlpre- -
- feet them. All the Cubans and Spaniards of
some available means are hastily leaving my
quarters, an& that course increases, our ditti
eulties."—N. Tribut)e. , - • -
Another Account of the Negro Blot.
An occasional correspOndent accounts for
the disturbances in Havana as follows : A
volunteer drew his revolver and ,the
- militiaman. On.arrising at the ,wharf the
rest of the colored militia,. becoming furious
over the murder of 'their cOmpanion2 drew
their machetes and charged savagely upon the
two companies of volunteers Who were with
them, and since the World was made, perhaps )
men were never seen to run so fast. Of the
companies, there.were left upon the field one,
cominimioned officer, a sergeant, and a
cornet. There were some persons in the
melee slightly- wounded, but not seri
ously. The people were very much alarmed,
fearing a general revolt. Sonic, in the excite- ,
meat of the moment, threw themselves into
the water, while all the others, who could, put
themselves on the Ifegla ferry-boat and passed
, away over to the other side of the Bay. For
tunately the tumult soon ended, and the 400
genie de color were in a few minutes afterward
on board the steamer, going out by the Morro'
to sea. At the wharf there was left hi the
hurry a good number of idiom, hats and pieces
of clothing which the Peninsulars dropped in
their flight.
CS I DI E
OUTLAWRY IIV !TENNESSEE.
The Attempted Ammostimtton ofßorbottr.
The enforcement of the fullest "political
and civil rights, free to all," was inaugurated
at Nashville on Sunday night last, accordihg
to a correspondent of the Chicago. Trilriene, in
the following striking manner:
Mr. J. S. Barbour, of Connecticut, corre
spondent of the Hartford Evening' Post, made
the tour of the State with Gen. Stokes, and
wrote for the Tennessee State Journal an ac
count of the violent proceedings of the rebel
Democracy at Murfreesboro on the day ap
pointed for the joint debate between Gov.
Senter and Gen. Stokes. I also sent you the
extraordinary 'fact. Gov. Senter, in his'.
speech at Nashville the Saturday before the
election, threatened Mr. 'Barbour with vio
lence, and ordered him to pack his kit,
and leave the State. Lastnight this
lawless threat produced legitimate
fruit. Mr. Barbour. was stopping at the City.
Hotel. About 11 o'clock word was sent to him
that Mr. Stone, recently the Republiain can
didate for Senator froin this county, wished to
see him. As Mr. Stone was, a personal au
(Luminance and friend, Barbour was thrown
off his guard, and went down into the office
entirely unarmed. He had no sooner reached
the foot of the stairs than he was seized by
about 20 men who filled the room, and Who at
once. dragg.ed him out of doors and toward the
river. He struggled and resisted, and was
borne rapidly along, until at last he seized a
lamppost, and clung around it with des
peratfon. Here• lie was badly beaten
with bludgeons, and stabbed slightly four or
five times. He was afraid to cry out, for fear
he would be killed upon the spot. He con
tinued clinging to the lamp-post, however,
until some men coming along caused the
ruffians telet Ito and heron back to the hotel.
The aboVe is Mi. Barbour's account as 1 had
it from his own lips. He says the men were
well dressed and net disguised.,._He believes
their intention was to drag . him to the river
and hurl him from the Suspension Bridge. He
thinks the slight stubbing he received was
simply to make him let go tan lam post.
Nobodyseems to have Aliftleast_i ()Aid
I e wit-to-the-City- Ilotertidireven - - -
lug to-inquire into-the_particu Tsui thauffair;_
he -clerk, who-was present last night; and
_saw_the_whole affair, says—he -didnt,kuowra
--single one of - - - those engaged init: — .E.nother
gentleman - ,w-ho-waajon- duty as clerk this
evening, said he would _have tried to preventit
:had-he-heen-present--He regretted th'e thing;
-not-that-he - sympathized: wath.--Barbou*bur
for the credit of the hotel, I asked if Bar
bour did not behave himself while •at the
house? "Oh yes," he replied, "but then he has been publicly notified
.by the Governor to
leave! , A great many to-day justify the out
rage upon the same ground, namely, that
Senter had warned Barbour to leave Tennes
see. Several gentlemen who were in the hotel
when I was there this evening,wondered how
many litt Barbour would tell about the affair.
Mr. B. left the city for Louisville at 2.30 P. M.
to-day. Mr. B. says that while his assailants,
were beating him they swore he would never
wnte or speak for Stokes again. Thus is in
augurated at the Capital of 'Tennessee the new
Democratic'era of moderation and peace.
THE AAVir QUARREL.
The Case of Sariieen Green.
The reliable Washington correspondent of
the Boston Advertiser gwes the following ac
count 'of the difficulty between Commander
Selfridge and Surgeon Green. It is rather
rough onthe former gentleman, if true :
The naval court-martial • case here is exciting,
great attention among all officers of -the -naval
service., The charge of drunkenness against
Surgeon Green has been abandoned, and the
trial involveS nothing but - the old ques
tion as to the relative rank of line
and stair officers. The facts on which
the issue is raised can be told in a few
words. .While the Nipsic was lying at
Aspinwall, one of .the seamen had a cdfficulty
with one of the junior officers,, during which
the seaman was severely cut on the head with
a cutlass. Efe'was put into confinement far
insubordination, and on the sick list for medi
cal treatment. At the end of six days he was
discharged from confinement and ordered to
duty. The surgeon represented to Commander
Selfridge that the man was not fit for duty, bat
was ordered to strike his name from the
sick list. 110 replied - that he could not
conscientiously clo 4 , so, and was there
upon ordered into' arrest inn:kelt: The
comraander paid no further attention to the
seaman, but one of-the lieutenants relieved
him from duty. At the end of a week or so
the surgeon was released from arrest. The
seaman, meantime, had done no duty and had
received ; no medical treatment, and,by this date
was in such condition that he retpnred and re
ceived two weeks of careful surgical attention
before he was tit to• work. The surgeon under
took to report, as in duty.bound, to the, admiral
of the fleet,but his papers were stopped by Com
wander Selfridge; and as soon as the vessel
reached Washington charges were preferred
by the commander against the surgeon for
disobedience of orders in rethsing to declare
the seaman fit for duty at the expiratioh'of six
days after he had been -wounded in the head
The court was ordered on;representations that
the charge of drunkenness conld be sustained
and now that' this pas ;been disproved and
abandoned, the line officers are growling a
goodAeal at the unpleasant aspeet'of the ease.
OUR IVILOICIR COlnirtilef
, •
. •
'lke Critic's Dirty.
To the Editors of the N. Y. Ev,ening' Pose:
It - isimixissible for any candid and clear-minded
person to look through the journals and'•witaga
zines 'Without being painfully . convinced'that
Very few of them contain criticisms of any
saute at , all. This is most - distinctly felt Whet'
We compare their Current reviews , and eriti
cisins With those standard productions of "the ,
same Character which have had a pennanent in
fluenee oil intelligent opinion. When we tarn
from any such papers to our' Current critical:
literaturehumiliatingdotivietion ^ of
the little 'Value of the latter, with a'few honor-'
ableexceptions, is forced upon- us An ab
sence of the careful study •of the Work in band,
an - equal'absence of thatclese'and keen'aii - gy=
sis• with Out which criticism is worthless—in
short; a Oiteous , carelessness and super
Seta* are the distinguishing Character
istics of what'passes for criticism
There is a certain jargon in use among our
critics at present—a form of words which at,
the finst , glance is sufficiently imposing; there is'
:sometimes a good deal of racy sarcasm and
sometimes a graceful encomium, but verylittle
which bears close examination,. and still less,
which is of- the slightest assistance to authors
or artists. And this it 1.9 which is sorely needed
'in a country like ours, where all departments
are open to all, and where a vast amount of
superficial work is forced before the public.
Just now, the press, the Academy of Design,
the stage; the lecturer's desk, the concert room,
are all flooded with it; and well-trained,
thoughtful and conscientious critics,' by sifting
the chaff from the wheat, could render great
service, , not alone to young aspirants for
literary 'and artistic honors, but also to
the long-sufforing and not sufficiently,
fastidious public. In older coun
tries, -where criticism is' made more strictly a
profession, it is really in one sense not as much
needed as it is here; because there, education
is slow, minute and thorough, and before
making a venture in any department of art or
literature an amount of training is often ac
quired which is here quite, unattainable, at
least without an expenditure of timer and pa
tience distasteful to most of our minds. Who
ever, therefore, has a gift, or thinks that he has
a gift. waits not to polish or develop it, but
makes the first trial of his powers before the
public, and the public is, as We have said, not
sufficiently fastidious, and tolerates much
which never ought to be tolerated at all. Cer
tainly, were the reading public as exacting as
it might be, it would scorn 'that which the ma
jority of our journals and reviews set bofore it
as eritieiSm. ,
Some thoughtful and cultivated people have
dreamed that the American mind is scarcely
capable of proihicing good criticism. But in
fact there is much critical capacity lying fallow
here, simply because the owners of it do not
think it worth while to use 'it conscientiously
and laboriously; perhaps, also, because they do
not` understand what really noble and efficient
service they might render to art and literature
by its thorough •and zealous exercise. This
requires, we must admit, no small amount of
patience, perseverance and self-denial. For,
it is very hard certainly to prepare de
liberately and ,Carefully for any one branch
of criticism when we daily see': people assuming
—and apparently- with success—the office
of critics without any previous preparation ; and
equally hard to spend the time and patience
which must necessarily be spent in study and
analyzing what he would criticise con
scientiously and well, when perhaps the success
of the article would be as great were it dis
missed with a few graceful phrases which
would read smoothly,- but after all means
nothing. At present there is little perhaps, in
the aspect of literary affairs which would en
courage any young critic to this laborious and
perhaps unrewarded exertion. But we firmly
believe that if a beginning were made by a few
the reward would surely follow.
Most of our young critics attempt too many
subjects, forgetting that no human being, how
ever finely qualified by nature, can possibly be
possessed of the training requisite to form a_l
eritia judgment of any value on more than
two, - or at most - three, - branche,s of =art. - Not:
long since we were conversing with a young
- man - who filled - theToflite - itif critic in five news
-papers, on literature, painting, sculpture, music
and the drama. He ranuffthe list of subjects,_
- any 'two of Whicli - wnuldtitrice for the study
-of- a- lifetime; with -- an - air - or such - capacity.
and easy assurance that we were almost
dazzled into a belief of his powers
su
commenrate with his (iti. Within
a week we bad an opportunity of comparing
several critiques, of his. They are what - we
might have expected—what, indeed, was inevi,
table--slight; shallow and superficial. Not that,
there was not plenty of natural ability, but that
it was spread over too wide a surface, and 'the
result was mere =lace work. Our young
friend is, unhappily; the type
.of a very large
class of youthg, who, gifted with fatal facility
of expression, allow themselves to be tempted
• thereby to undertake just twice as much as can
be well or thoughtfully performed. But
earnestly would we urge upon the, gifted
young men and women who hold the
• position of , critics' , for our newspapers
H and magazines to remember that, after all, it is
good work alone which endures and is remem
' bered. To-day, the Pretty little painted paper,
boat goes dancing down'the stream of Time
• beside its more solid companions; and for a
little while it seems 'to 'stand the stress of
weather and rough. usage `as well. But only
fbr a little while. It sinks cre long, as all frail
things do and must. Only that which the
mind has strained to achieve, and on the per
fecting of which time has been, expected, fails
of si nking in the ever-rushing Rood which is
bearing'both ourselies and our work onward
either to immOrtalittor , oblivion. P.
Labar t in "Kentucky.
Don Platt gives'the following incident of a
trip by boat from' Cincinnati to Louisville:
A gentleman of; tally portly figure sat near
inc. He had a rather good hea,d, inclined ,to
baldness, a hooked nose, prominent chin,fresh
complexion, and wore his clothes as no other
creature born of Woman can do, save a Ken
tuckian. Ho looked like a lord of creation and
talked like a negro.
"Thar they go," he cried, resting his legs
upon the guard of the boat and squirting to
bacco juice with the aeuracy of a rifle through
the opening before him. "Thar they go,
wheat, oats, corn and, grapes, up the sides of
the hill till clean Over. Don't see anything of
that sort over Votlier side, not by a long shot.
Our bussed fellers in Keutuck don't scratch
about in that ar way."
"Probably they enjoy themselves,. in their
way quite as much as their more industrious
neighbors
" ty gracioua, yes. ' , When it comes to
enjoyment, our fellers count ten. They hold
full bands, T tell you. But enjoyment is gettin^
to be costly, you see. Barn% hat it once was,
when a feller' could get blind drunk on a dime:
We haven't tile, niggers, and our, cusses find
root hog ordie. liattaey don't root inuch.!
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"What do they do tor a living?"
" hard to tell. stranger. If a chap has
any land he's apt to sell it for what he can get.
.Good many go to the far West. , Some tend
bar or keep billiards—mighty few work. That's
about the last thing , a lientacky cuss thinks
of.'!
Improved Blinding Ikpolguijit,
The Detroit Free Press wants modern im
' provernmsts worked into school reading-books,
and, offers tine following as a sample of the
Sort that would be up to lite spirit ut the age ;
"Here is a man. He is a,
fireman. He be
longs to N0i..10. If-you are a good boy; yoU
• will some day be an angel like that fireman,
It is a dangerous thing to be a fireman. They
sometimes get theit heads broken. ‘,
"Do .you see that small boy? He is 'a 'good
' bey - and supports his mother by selling ,r.rews
' papers. :His. father don't have to work any
more now
f'Here is the picture of a young widow. See
how 'sad' she looks. Her husband could not
pay her dry goods bill, and so he—died. Do
you think she will get'another man? She will
•'Here is the-face of a reporter. See how
joyful he looks. He has just - heard that a man
has cut his own throat, and he is going for the
item.' Should you like to be a reporter, midget
licked on dark nights, and see dead persons,
and climb up four pairm.of stairs:?" ,
How the Eclipse was Heported in. CM
cago.
The following is published, as a copy of
the instructions recently given to a Chicago
reporter by the managing editor of his paper :
Mr. —: In writing u the eclipseyou will please observe the following instruc
tions:
1. Sympathize with the movement—one-half
2. The probable benefits 'resulting to the gas
companies of Chicago—give tabularstatistics =
.1. column.
3. Its effect on population. Babies born un
der the influence of the eclipse will be niggers,
with coronal of white. Go into nigger ques
tion from time of. Ham to emancipation, pro
chn ation--1 column.
4. General splurge—qUotations "Hues of
earthquake and eclip.4e "—Shelley. " 0 night.
with hue so black "—Shakespeare. This may
be expanded into a column and a half.
• ,L. General sketch of early eclipses, bringing
down the hudory of Chicago.
.6. Interview, man in the moon-make this
humorous, in the Pickwic4an
column.
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7. Anecdotes of planets, Mercury, Venus,
Mars, Jupiter. etc.. See Lempriere's Classical
Dictionary.
B..Eilects of eclipse on gamblers in Chicago
—go into facts.
U. Moral effects.
54 COFFEE' P 01" WALLACE.
A Severe Practical Joke.
The Huntingdon (Robe gets of the following
on Hon.s. Win. Bigler and , Win. A. Wallace,
who recently made a political tour of Clear
-field county : "Their mode of '‘Vai
a carriage. Before 'starting, a wag foUnd Out
the intention of these 'disinterested patriots,'
and tied an old, coffee pot torthe running gear
of their carriage. ,They traveled over a greater
portion of the county, lugging the old .collee
pot with them, until some kind friend called.,
their attention to ' it, and - Wanted
to know what it meant. Well, it is said that
the scene that took place there and then was
awful , to behold: - Sir Williams ranted and
foamed at the mouth, clenched his lists, irritteil
his teeth, and ruthlessly tore the : coffee-pot:
from its resting-place and dashed •it to the,
ground. The ex-Governor heapedeurses.loud
and long upon the head of the practical joker,
and swore that if there was any virtue in
'eternal vigilance,' he would bring the in
famous scoundrel to grief, if it ,cost him the
'price of liberty." , . , •
FROM' NEW YORK.
NEW roux, August 13.—The ferry boat
Columbia, in attempting to. enter her slip at,
the Fulton ferry yesterday afternoon, run into
the ferry boat Union, lying in an adjoining
slip, brushing hor upper works' and wedging
the two Beats :tightly together.
"Fortunately
nobody was hurt. ••
General Roche, a Spanish negro, - and agent
Of-the Haytien-GoveriunentFncting-taider
, orders from President Baezi yesterdayk-Pur---
ebased of the United States the war steamer
Algonquin, now being' Made ready_for sea at
- the - Brooklyn Navy-I
The examination of Percy B. Spe.a,r, a Cus
tom-House weigher,accused of defrauding the
Government by means of.fri.ndulentpay
was commenced before C.Ornn issioner_Osborn
yesterday. , .
Choy
• Sing !tun and Choy Chew, Chinese mer
chants doing business in San Francis* are
now On a visit to this city for .the purpose : of
studying the method =of conducting mercan-:
the transactions in the Eastern States. .‘They
will remain about a week, and will then visit
Boston and Washington.
Judge McCunn has extended the order of
receivership in the Fenian cases, so as to au
thorize Thomas J. Barr, the receiver, to claim
all money belonging to that fund Wherever he',
cab find it.
The Yacht Meteor, owned and commanded
by George L. Lorillard,: sailed yesterday for a
voyage around the world. Mr. Lorillard ex
pects to he:absent several years on his exam.-
,ion, AS he intends,to spend some time at each
place of interest on the way. •
AMITSEMENTS.
-Ditprez and Benedict', minstrel troupe
continue to draw full houses at the .Arch.
They will giVe a first-class entertainment this
evening.,"
—The season will be inaugurated at the
Walnut Street Theatre to-morrow night with
Henry Leslie's 2 new sensationalplay Duty.
The piece will be produced in elegant style
with a strong cast.
THE GALToxs.,-To-morrow (Saturday) even
ing Miss Susan Galton will have a complimen
tary benefit at Congress Hall, Cape Island.
It has been tendered by her many friends and
admirers , now sojourning at that favorite
watering place, and she Will, without: doubt,
have what she 'deservesill - house. The.
entire Galton troupe' will appearlu.opera and
concert..
Mr. Richard T. Greener, a' student of Har
vard, and an accomplished and talented reader,
made his first appearance last evening .in
Philadelphia, to a very appreciative audience,
at the institute for Colored Youths. •
Mr. Greener evidently possesses a keen and,
accurate conception of the authors from whom
his selections -were made. He ts - not a . reader
of the sensational style, aiminr , at elegance
rather than -.at startling effect.. His style is
pure, very careful, elegant and strikingly
in direeticoutrast with that of 'readers
who affect the " stage " manner.-
Mr. Greener .displayed great correctness of
conception in his , selections, and gave them, in
a full mellow voice, without apparent effort,
which evidently pleased his audience judging
from their frequent laudits. Lord .leen and
the Widozo,',2'he Malt Queen; Eternal (}poring;
and amnus O'Brien are especially deserting
of mention.;, • . -
We,Oinuot.sbenforget the childishsimplieity
of. his • Nay ; que6,e; nor the genuine eltie
brognbliii - hlOginnittS . ,
11 o . :cUtild'itaVe..ldesired more variety; but
'tbfulc it *mild scarcely have beeu more - , en
joyable. We predict for the 'gentlemn.ll the
speedy acquisition of the 'merited title Of a
hrst-olass elocutionitit and- rhotori.obi.
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FACTS AND r41114N01.1105
'he next Avial be a 40,0000700 gensui. • ' •
—China: has 500 , 0 90 - .tepipleS,'MiPtir baat3;- ,
000,000 idols. ' •
—The Xing of Greece's ecrookingomplaing' elbow =J-.
—Thirty counties hr lissouri'areltinadie/
possess coal..
—A miversity in the. Europeatr style itito
be establiSlied- at Cairo, Egyptßrigham .
loung has been reinforcerilitely
by GOO more emigrants, ' • .
coek' adtertises in a New York ;inlaid,
for a situatioirin alit-daily as Mei in satiety
a lord's family in Europe.
- --=- A - 4 5- rattle-sriTlkihas been killedin Befittryv ,i
County, Tenn. He kept the whole coainair
awake witlitiis noise. at night.
—A tablet:4o: the - men:tory of 'John -. Rob*.
:the author o 1 the • “Clnistian , rear,'
placed in Westminster Abbey.
—The laying of a submarine cable is. the
Black Sea, as a part , of the Intio-Europeasir
telegraph, was:lllaisheden the lith of J i
—lf yeti want your neighbors,to a ktictir
about you," ghat a 'party and don'tinvite the*
folks "who live next door." ,
—An Alabama clerk's ignorance of , the
difference between corr. sub. end 'sub. nit. of
bism., made Mr'.Pickett a widower.
--Su.san Galton la to .have a coniplffiteritary
benefit to-morrow night, at Congress , Hall,
Gape Island.. , .
— MadarnePa„..repa-Rosa's New York opera
season is to begin on the lith of September
and continue for three weeks only.
'—lt is popular noW'to present' burial lots in
cemeteries to defeated,candidates for officoin
—A call is issued in Ohio for a State =Cola-
vention of ''those 'known as copperheads,
during the war."
—De. Cordova announ'ees that his - next
course of lectures will be his last ; and nobody
sorrows thereat. , •
—An .American who broke his ' ankle by a
railroad accident in Hesse-Dannstadt, Ger- -
maw:, in June last, \vas pakisl,ooo, gold, (him- ,
ages by the railroad eompany.
—The faneral of a.well-known rag-picker of
Paris,which took place, lately, was attended by
about tWelve hundred rag-pickers, and- three
?peaches were made.
—The city'of 'Winterthur, Switzerlrind, has
no debts, and perhaps property to the amount,
of 8,c00,000 francs. It contains eight thousand
—A steam shovel, capable of doing thework
of one hundred men, has been put in use on •
one of pie Illinois railroads, for the purpose of
loading cars with gravel.._.
--A Geergia paper mak - es mention of having
seen a bunch of grapes upon which were at
„,
least two thousand fully developed and=:per- ,
reedy ripe grapes. ' •
—A 'Bridgeport, paper describes' a walking-
' cane composed of four inualred and
three pieces of leather, and made from a pair
of old boots worn, by .President Lincoln.' ,
—Theodore :Wachtel, the renowned German •
tenor ringer, ,will sail from,Havre for, this
country ou board of the steamer 1,101-satin on
'the 2ffih ingt.
. , , ,
—A New Orleans paper;says that a, young
_w.dow in-that city, who writes well, is "train-,
lag herself feran editor." We hope, that' we
are not the editor she is training herself for:—
Louisville
—A terrible warning to children is the: cage
of little Miss Frost, of Cleveland, ,11,110 . stole
sotne pie trona the cupboard, ate it, a:n(14110a< r
discovered it was poisoned with arsenic for
Democratic newspapers in lewa:, are „dis
puting about the spelling '
of- tire name of one.
of of their candidates. 'The gentleman's own
testimony is rejected on, thwyrbund that "he /,
don't know." •
—An English clergyman adverti.ses for a
curate to take charge of a large parish: asking
for "a good preacher, with- musical skill,'
.and
nothing odd in doctrine. Rational' or ritual;
eccentricity objected to.!'
—One of the californiapapers objects to pa3r7.
ing money for telegraph despatches, , on the
ground that the companies < monopolize elect'''-'
tricity, which, like oxygen, ought to be' free'
to the multitude. • ,
- flighlonableafTendage of females:ll.4*i .
in-Paris this - fall-will be an-:immense,hroWn
leaf, called "fa fewile note d'Eve," to be worn.
instead-of—the--marvelous - struptures -- whiclx -- now adorn them.
—A
.*renchman has invented a handsome
table_ churn, so that persons may make,. their . '-
butter at the table while breakfast is.going on. takes but minutes' time, and the ma-'
chine is gorgeous with cut glass and,silver.'
—By a new
_process, invented by a Tennes- '
seau, cotton bolls are placed in a machine,
cleaned and converted into a ribbon of spun
cotton, the filaments being laid side by side
in much better condition .than, by the old
method.
—The London Soectator tells of an Austrian
noble, with great possessions, who lately..;
chhuced to look into the accounts of .his
hezoian proprietors. He found that'Or a rent
roll of A:M.000'11e had received Just eleven:no-,
rinS, and that thiS had been going on for elk
--In the city of London there is a church
known by the name of St. Judas Iscariot. It
was established about ten years ago, and is dO-•
.eribed as a sort of half-wayhouse between the
Church of. Christ and the ea-tre--of.- Giaat
pair. They bare nothing in the, shape of a.
creed, priest, or a sect,, making Conscience"
and not the Bible, the supreme authority.
~
-'flhe Duvall's pita (Arkansa) Jaurna/,of
the 4th inst., says :."A rumor -.come over on
the train 3-esterday, to the effect that sem°•
two hundred thousand dollars in gold and
some twenty-five thousand in Confederate'
treasury warrants had-heen found buried in
`the State House grounds, at the Bock. A
negro LS said to have given the. irtformatiora
and to have immediately disappeared. It is
said to have been buried in Treasttrer
uingham's administration.
--Dr. Tyng met an emigrant family going West.. On one of the wagons there hung
_jug with the bottom. knocked_ out. What- is -- -
that ?" asked the Doctor; "Why, it is my.
Taylor jug," said the man. "And' what is a ,
Taylor jug ?" asked the Doctor again: "I hart
a. son in Oen. Taylor's army in Mexico; and . L . ,
the General always told him too carry his `",!
Whisky:jug with a hole ittlbe, bottom, and
that's it. It is the' best invention I ever~ met
with for hard drinkers." . • ,
new sketch of Napoleon descrtbes bunt
as not liking-discussion. L 4 He- listens without
answering. He interrogates in order tot Pre.
pare his reply, but not to receive advice: - .Itift
often at night that ho makes up his mind,;4l4'l:
as soon as ho awakes he writes to.,OI4TOOK,Iii
minister or issue a tnamfesto.
himmelf--Which is strength, . but in bjp,seir
alone—Which is weakness. Nevelthelees;lte '
is accessible to all modernidee, against high
he never raises an objection. e. ";•- , •
—An English correspondentaescrtbesrponcorrespondent
Carlos as a poor creature . Ile *as brought'ap .
principally with his motber's' , family at blo;••
dena, before they wereildeked out of Italy,-
anti his absolutism is Of the Boutberrt, courtfr;
and clerical type; that is to say, it is not a rk ,
orous and speculatiVe absolutism like that or
the Emperor of the Freneb, but an atooltitisaa
' of lords-in-wa.iting and chaplains-1045115M
and wax - :candiel—whicli - disgtt4tit - the Irmo*: M 1
- andreVolts the stania'chs of men of healdly `-•
'intellect and knowledge., ' r
MENBE