Oft PEACOCK. yaw,
NEW' PTIBUCATIONS,
Diary, Iterniniacencei artd_ Correspondence of
itierlryt'rabbßobinson. Selected and Edited
by Tborriaa Sadler. , 2 vols. Boston: Fielda,
Osgood & Co
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People hail) eel - wired this ,book to IRfifwell's
tire of Dr. Johnson. it is like, only in being
very faseinating. In, fill essentialqualities the
two booksare wholly different. ,Boswell wrote
about one man, whom he followed and fawned ,
on, making himself generally a very despicable
"figuredilhe-narrittivOT=Cfablilltribow;
ever, was toady to'no One, as While totally
evoid - ofvanlty;teral -ays appears as_a_ manly,
cultivatedgentleman. He lived for ninety-two
Years, for he was born May "15th,1775, and
died February sth, 1867. From his youth to
the last days of his life he was a student, a
lover of letters, and the friefill and Companion
of literary Men, not Only in England, but` also
on the Continent.
C.lrabb Robhtson went to Germany in 1800
and soon settled at Weitnar to study.'He also
stndied at Jena, and spent tauchllmi in other
cities: He becaine acquairite4 with all the
leading literary, men of gm time, and some of
his most delightful 'reminiscences are
derived from such acquaintance.: During his
long life he made frequent - visits to Germany
awl other 'parts of the Continent, attd there is
hardly °. celebrity of any kind of whom he has
not'sontething to' relate. a sample of his
style we copy the following notice of Madame
de Stael, whose acquaintance he made at Wei
mar inISO.C. She bad extiresied a desire to
make his acquaintance
On the 28th of Januaryltirst waited on her.
Ivats shown into herbed-room,'for which, not
knowing Parisian custorns, 1 was unprepared.
She was sitting, most decorously, in her bed
and writing: She had her night cap on, and
her face was not made up for the day. It was
by no means a captivating spect.aclei but I hall
a very cordial reception, and two bright, black
ekes smiled benignantly un me. After a warm
expression of her pleas,tue at making my ac
quaintance, she dismissed me till tome o'clock.
On my return then, 1 found a very different
person, the most accomplished Prenchwonmir
surroundedlry adtakers, some Of whom were
themselves dtstinguished. 'Among them': was
the aged Wieland. There was on this, and, I
belies e,'On almost every other• occasion; but
one lady among the. oils: in this instance.
Frau von Kalb. de Stael did not af
fect to.conceal her preference for, the soeletSr
of men to that of the other sex. If 1 mistake
not, this dinner WAS followed by, live Others:
during her short stay at Weimar' t but. my
metnorluala do not enable , the to ash the
exact dates of the, conversations to which I
have novr to refer. - ,
'She, “BlionaparrA 'sw3t his. Marshal to
think it. was €7l94laincourt----t' to say
that he would hot:permit tare" to receive con
pony ,* that be , knew 4 was, his enemy, and that
Tay botit.c' was open" to all' Ids' enemies. I
might remain at Paris if I and therefore
I set,out on this journey. I do not think it.
pntdent to ter to England at present. Buona
parte pretended,aud it was, asserted by order
in the govertunent newSpaperi, That his dis
plehsure with me eras not on, account of him
self, but because `I was a partisan of foreign
literature, and thereto& a depremitor of the
glory of France." This I may say, that, she
had a laudable anxiety to obtain , a knowledge
of the best German atitliors, and, for this rea-
son she soughtmy society, and I--was not un
willing -to be made use of 'by her. She said,
and the general remark is true, "The English
mind is in the middle between the German
and the French, and is,a.rmedinm of communi
cation between them. I understand you bet
ter than I do any German with whom I have
over spoken." But this, it..must be borne in
mind, was at the beginning of her residence in
Germany, and long before her .acquaintance
with August Wilhelm Sch/egel.
. One day after dinner the Duke came in. She
introdUced me to him, saying, "i'ai .votdu
connaitre la philosophie allemande; j'ai frappe
la pbrte de tout le monde—Robinson mil Pa
ouverte." The day . aftershe said to me: "How
like an Englishman you behaved yesterday-!
When the Duke came in you were in the mid
-:dle-otastory.ancl-aftera-slight-interruption you
went on with it. No German would have
dare.d.to_do_this._.WitikasoYereign it is always_
understood, that he is to begin every subject of
convex:Q.glen. The others answer questions
and follow." I answered, "I see 1: was quite
-wrong; I ought not to have gone on:' "Per
haps not; but I was delighted with you for
doing it." This subject was introduced by her
in connection with the remark that she could
at once see whether or not a German was ac
customed to good con:many, but not an Eng
lishman:' Then she abruptly said, "Are you
rich?" Lat once felt that this was not a com
plimentary-, question; especially so introdticed,
so I answered evasively,," As youplease to take
it; I ameither a rich Imam `of 'letters or a poor
gentleman" and with that she was content.
She expressed hertz pleasure. atllie manly arid
independent tone of any conversation. with the
Duke, and ;her eonterapi, for ,tbe servile habits
of some of the Germans.
•
When. alone with ber, it. was mygreat aim
to make her feel the transcendent . excellence
of Garthe. Buti failed. She Seethed' utterly
incapable of realizing wherein his -excellence
lay. But she caught 'by sympathy a 'portion
of that admiration which every one felt for
him. Among those excellendes which she was
minable to perceive was that, of naivete. I
read to her some lialf-do'zen of Grtethe's epi
grams. She, cotdd not, . ccrmprehend these.
She was , precisely what 'Charles .4.mb:4-sup
poses-all the Scotch to be—incapable of feeling
It is Very apparent - hi:it - the correspondence
-..•0f Gcetlie• and 'Schiller, that'. these , two great
po considered her visit to Weimar as an in
iliction. Schiller would not go near, , her, and
`Gtithe Made`, himself 'Scarce.' ' There' was a
report that' site extorted: from the• latter, by
.some on To,chter,”
this,rcPlY Madamesl am
•more than sixty years ' But, this was not
after his fashion. I know; however; that she
"dld speak irreverently of ' 'that masterly work,
, land provoked me to the utterance , of a very
rude Observation: •I . ' said, „Madame, yous
•n'avez pas
,compris Goethe/ et 'voitsne le coni
prendrez JainaiS•'! Her eYO • tiashed,--she
stretched'out her fine arm, of • which she was
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justly vain, and said • in , an • emphatic,. tone,
"Monsieur, comprensis tout, ce qui merits ,
d' tie compris ; ce queje ne comprends n'est,
rien." I bowed lowly. • This was said , at,: the.,
t able. • After dinner, she gave,' me me her .hand •
very. ld _ was •angr3Plbr' a moment," „:„
she said, t.but it is all over now:" I belie%
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owe the favor I, experienced fronx - her to any
perfect frankness and eVenfteedOin.
There are hundreds of such anecdotes of the
people with whomlobinson r . View
•is also much that is interesting iii. lifs account
of his experlerice as 'a,'Terries `correspondene ;
Denmark'and in ,Spiin--the latter Wine at
the time of Sir iTelfrflfoore's illetatred 'expe
diti on. Ills account of Lis experiences as a
barrister it law in Er:gip/It are also entifrtain=
ing. But; after all . the most charming reading
t t in-,-.lusziocintuta-vf4dairamatim.
with 'Charles Tatab and 'his sister, With the
WordsWortheoleridge- - Sout - bey - Talfotird,
Lander, Regers, Lady Byron - and - other - it that
we love to hear of. lie has sometbing to say
Or all the orators, authors, actors, actresses and,
artists of ,the long period in which he lived.
EO'Neill, dmund Treriti, Mrs . SiddonS, Miss= ifacready, Ellen Tree, Pasta,
Lady Blessington, Count d'Orsay, FlSK
min; Gibson, Thorwaldsen, Eastlake,
Chantrey, and scores of ethers bore in his
lively pages. Indeed, there is scarcely any
noted personage that lived in Europe from 1800
to Ifn about whom there is not something
fresh and pleasant - said by - this delightful racon
teur. And "yet 'these two bulky volumes *-
Uhl only about a twenty-fifth part of , the abim,-
dant material left by Robinson for his editor's
use. There is a promise given of other volumes
in the Inture, and Mr. Sadler has made the se
lections for these with such good judgment,
arid, has in the preface, in his notes, anti in the
eonnecting passages of the work, shown himself
so capable, that there can be rio doubt that the
sucpeediug v9!tunes will be equally 'attractive
and dellehtfuL
Robinson'some of R allusions to Byron and
Lady Byron are interesting now. We subjoin
a few extracts. In the diary, under date fof
.Nity 17, 1.33:3, he writes:
This =ming was spent, in preparations for
intr journey. , With Seven' .we looked into
Thomaadsen's studio. '11.3 has a r very *le
statue of tintenberg---fine for its significance.
It is pretty rather than elegant. lam told it
has been denied admittance into Westminster
41bbey. it is too late to be ;particular on such
an occasion. Surely a memorial to so anti-re
ligions'a'poet as Byron may be admitted where
the inscription. is allowed to stand
Life is ajest and all things EillOW it,
I thought so once and now I know it.
Ilunsbit lold,Wordsivetth that Lord Ityrbuhad
an impression be was the ofli3pring of :t-demon.
in a morbid moment such , a. thought tuay have
seized him.
Amin on September 13, of the same year:
'Dr. King called, and in the everangl called
by:desire of Lady - Bymn—a call which I en
joyed,. and which may: have consequences.
ilecolleming her history, as the widow of the
most. Cantons, though not the greatest, poet' of
England in our day, I felt an interest in going
to her ; and that inteßk was greatly heightened
when I left. From all I have heard of her, I
'consider her one of the best women of the day.
her means and her at will are both great.
• She lives to do good , 'says Dr. King, and I
believe this to be true.
On the 12th of April, 18543, Lady Byron, in
writing to Alr. Robinson, regarding a new
magazine, makes the following remarkable
statement concerning her husband.
The author of the article on Goethe appears
to me to have the mind which could' dispel the
illusions surrounding another poet without de
preciating his claims (not fully acknowledged
by you) to the truest inspiration. Who has
sought to distinguish the holy from the unholy
in that spirlt?—to prove by this very degrada
tion of the one how high the other was ? A
character is never dope justice to by extenuat
ing faults; so Ido not epee to nisi boniun. It
is kinder to, read the blotted page. • • • I
thank you for the proof you have given me of
a just confidence in my sympatby,by telling me
of your ' being left. I had wished to . knbw
whether your, relative still lingered. You will
neter be alone in the human world..
In. regard to Lord Byron's religious opinions,
Robinson-Lady Byron mites Mr. ion -March 5,
I _ .recollect_only Abase__ passages of DL Ken
nedy's book which bear upon the opinions of
Loid - Byron. - Strange as it'nmy seem, Dr. Ken
nedy is most faithful where 'you doubt his
being so. Not merely from casual expressions,
but from the whole tenor of Lord Byron's
feelings, I could not but conclude he was a be -
Bever in the inspiration of the Bible, and had
the gloomiest Calvinistic tenets. To that un
happy view of the relation of the creature to
.the Creator I have always ascribed the misery
of:his lifp. It is enough for me to remember
that he-who - thinks - his transgressions above
forgiveness (and such was his deepest feeling)
has righteousness beyond that of the self
satisfied sinner; or, perhaps, ' of the half
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awakened. It was impossible for me to
donbt that, could he have been at once
assured of pardon, his living faith in a moral
duty and love of virtues ( 4 .1 love the virtues
which I cannot claim') would Juice conquered
every temptation. , '
Judge then, how I mast'
hate the creed which made him see God as an
avenger, not as a father. My:own impressions.
were just the reverse; but ~could , have little
weight, and it was in vain to seek to turn his
thoughts for long from that:idle ; flu with
which he Connected his physical peculiarity , as
A. stamp. instead of being , made.lappier by
any apparent good, he felt that every blessing
would be turned into a curse to him. Wlio,
possessed orsueh ideas, could lead a life ofleye
and service to , God or man - They,
must, . . measure, realize' them-.
selves: - "The worst of it is, r - do believe," he.
said. I, like all connected .with him, was
broken against the rock of predestination. i
may be pardoned for": referring to his frequent
expreSsicm of the • sentiment , that I was only
sent- to • show him >the baPPinesS: , "he was for- ,
bidden to enjoy..: You will now better under
stand why." The Deformed, Transformedn is
too painful to me for, dlscussien. Sincewriting
the above; !have read , letter to,
the ',Emperor of Ru,sSia,Some passages of, which
,seepa,applicable tolhe prepossession I have de
scribed. I will not mix - up leSs serious matters
with them, which fors forty years have not made
less than , present still to ,
. As Americans, .we look in the volumes befOre
us for some expression of-Robinson's opinions•
on Manor topics. But there KM not many
such, the , editor probably • h nking most of his
Enolislf readers in, Making his _ihst selections
But we - find that Ilohipu's", detestation i,of
=SE
slavery was maintained consistentkr thmighfot
his long life. His friend', Dr. Boott, 'an Atne.
neon by.birth, was trained in the old Weli
sterkui compromise school, ancrtheymusklarve
had:many sham discussions on American Shp.
very. Here.'s an illustration. front the '4114.-ji
"Nov. 8, 1852.---Called on BoOtt. He re
proached me with inconsistency because I was ,
intolerant of those who'upheld slavery:in order•
to save the Union, and yet was tolerant 'to
wards the governments of Europe who. kept'
the people hi slavery. J toye_lk,ott.....a.pikt t
gs
our sk
The -
re lusious _to the rebellion in this country
are not frequent in Mr. Saffier's selections:
Still, though Robinson was, 86 when thorebel
lioie began, he ntanffeitry took great interest in
anti: iejoiced, at the preservation of the Union.
'by the estinetion of slavery. On Nevember
27th, 1864, he, writes of his friend Jackson
"He thinks favorably of th election of Lincoln.
for a second Presidentship. On American
matters he and I think alike." March 18th,
1865, he,,writes : "From Mr., Worsley I heard
of President. Lincoln'S inaugural speech.
has fixed me more decidedly than ever in faVor
of him personally. it is an earnest, honest
speech. As to slavery, he speaks both
solenudy and wisely. The sufferings of both
North and South are just retributions. No
boasting. Those who have endeavored to. do
right first will suffer the least." April goth,le
writes; ``kOr, tbe present
ten in the assassination of President Lincoln,
the intelligence of which came to-day.;" and
the editor adds in a note that Robinson "was
deeply afiected by 'this ruffianly attack on the
noblest person in Auterilli,',and ascribed it to
' Spirit engendered' hy slavery.'" ne was'
now, however,. ninety years old, and his
diary contained only brief memoranda of the
events of the time.
:The pmeeful deathof .;mbb Robinson seeins
Co have been conformed to his happy and use
ful life. For he was not a mere talker, letter
tlriter and table companion. There is a dura
ble memorial of his usefulness in the Flavntan
Gallery and the Flaxn;tan. Fund of University
College. 'There are also incidental allusions
in various parts of these volumes to many acts
of liberality and kindness. He not did profess
authorship, and therefore has, not been Well
knoWn7 otitaide of tfie :ehsele" Of 6 :i)brsonal
friends. But -this posthumous publication
gives him a distinguished place *n literature
and best of all, he males the'llierary men ;of
the past to live over again in his delightful
l? , ?es. - - -
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
MILMDER OF A COII4TE4S.
Terrible Crime Iwo Railway Carriage.
(Auguid 10) Corretpondence London Times.)
Every one here has been horrified by the
details of, a murder which;was committed last
Thursday night; in a tint-class carriage of the
night train from Romp to Florence. The vic
tim was the Coutessa Armand.% Sartores Ri
brandi Cattaiieo da Novara.--n long name, but
you- must take it as it is. Separated from her
husband, to which it is neceggary to allude, she
came from Voghera,in the north of Italy,to Na
ples about a fortnight since, and took lodging;
at San Paolo, a village near Nola. Here she
was in the habit of receiving every evening
:•everal officers of a cavalry regiment, among
wham was a Lieutenant Negri'. One evening.
last week the cries of the Countess, in a halt
suffocated tone, were heard beseeching for
help, on which the landlord, Signor Contieri,
went, out on, the staircase, tired a shot,and met
Negri running down, He then went to the
Countess, who confessed that she had come to
San Paolo in order to see .Ne,,o-ti, who brut
ome letters or papers of hers, which
Ile refused to •give up; that ,after her
",society" had left her that, evening he
returned, having sent away the servants
under some excuse and closed the doom, when
lie endeavored to force her to write a letter to
her friend stating she had committed suicide.
What could have been the motive for this can
only be imagined. On her hesitating to do
this he snatched a-dagger from her band,
which she carried for sell-defence, and was in
the act of striking her; when she fled to
another-- room, - followed -= by - her - rmaddetied'
lover. The chigger waa_agam. ulifted, Nvhen
the pistol shot tired liv the landlord seemed
to paralyze him, and he made
his escape. In Contieri's apartment she
remained all the night; and Negri returned:to
ask her pardon, insisting also ou remaining in
another room, On the next day (Wednesday)
several of the officers of the regiment, hearing
of the affair, came to the house to protect the
Countess,who determined to return to Voghera
the next day--Thursday last.' Two officers;and
the landlord, contieri, accompanied her as far
as Caserta, where they-let-her, the Countess
refusing their society any further, adding that
she no longer had any fear. On the train
arriving at Isoletta, the station on the Roman
frontier, the body of the unfortunate woman
Was tound extended on the floor of the car
riage, a revolver at her fee l a l ViStol shot in
her head, and her hands covered with bloed
and cut as if by glass. More than this is not,
kno:ivn at. present. -Some; assert: they. saw
Negii :get- into a third-class carriage; dre.ssed
as' . a in flui‘,'..tanaci train7by' which
the • Conittess left, alut,',lthathis 'twig , was
foundomar. her. If '50,,." he. is - ;ausyiented. of
having. walked, along the footbeara,•'to; her
carriage, and of -flaying 'allot, her through
thewindow„,,,OfAiiro: nothing has, yet, been
beard 4 •• Th,ls,lnarrible tragedy, which .I,report
almost in the same was that - it ,is described
in all tlielournals.otNaples; has ' , Oreateclhere
an immenseLsensatiorri ~all deMils it!is
most, revolting,and,might furnish, another
Mrs: Radelifte with Mated4foriasehaational
rentance." 'highly resiieetable sjoUrnal, in
defending Negri': against , the irepttationof.
theft, also - "stiya`l'lliere can -be ' no`., ground
for the Ltsusfneichr :iii` , the lain:Tie. Cfact ; of
his.,having.-,.loveda „woman so. desper
ately as to nituder "He was not, a
Mau vai,s sujet.'' 'Was well-born, rich,
honest, and 'only vain." In • another, passage
hie is described,. tut "unfortunate." Thus it. is
that crime is condoned, and , that, a sympathy
with it, generates that prevalent,: 'sontimental
feeling against capital punishthent,: Wonder
ful to relate, however, Neapolitan juries.have
within, the last two_ . mouths , brooght, in yer
diets' three,cases nrithout " attenuanti pircos
tanze." Justice still hesitates ; there' are the
Ceurt-of. Appeal and the • royal mercy to be
invoked. The "probp)ll;ties Are that the sen
tences of three heinous 'murderers will Pc
commuted.' '
Lord Palmerston's Diary. •
The London. I? eeord, spealting,of the diary of
the late Palmerston as hi preparation at ',the
hands of Sir Henry Buhrer,lobSerVes :
diary, is said, to be full -of • iMereat and
distinguished by all thelate -, ‘Pretriter's ' finest
elmacteristies , It oom mences'iylion vhS
OUR witixii cotivrair.
sixteen years of age, andit ends at the close of
1.1330,.'when he assumed office M Foreign' /Sec
irelary. But at present no continuation' of the
diary has been round among his lortiship'S_pa
pers,and it has none of the attributes of a
wellan record. _lt is replete.- with, interest,
trind4t,tmaffected and simpkovithoutlin afoot •
of gaffi or ill nature, but shor3 and condensed,
as itthe style had been formedlatlnrthe model
of the sententious brevity of ,Tacitus. It
seelet‘toltave been originally. desiguetl in its
present form chiefly- to-explain• why he left
the tones and took;office under the
,whig Earl
Grerr-n , change which, according: to Lord.
• „„A • *tonkcatrairous.sense - of7huluar,,iand•
le justified by the fad thht he , was tin/
'seated for the University of Comb • • •
toting in ihyor of Roman . Catholic enianciPa
althotigh-there had been an established'
conipact, according to which that question
was' to have been an open one." The diary
will that his long term of service as
Secretary of War was not, from the want of
many overtures to accept higher offlcev.
Peepstratleas. for the Great (*lnnen.
A game correspondent writes
The work of the Council Hall in. St. Peter's
is proceeding . rapidly. The cardinals' 'seats
are already visible at the extremity of the
apse ;'•the two lateral chapels, which willserve
as supplements to.the great Council Hall, are
inclosed and the great hallis being enclosed
also, , elev'en altars contained in its area
being thus temporarily withdrawn from the
publie celebration of. divine, offices, The new
- design, besides being more grand and simple
than preceding one, will also afford a
,saving in the execution of 10,000 scudi. The
young ecclesiastical students selected to be
come stenographers of the debates in the
Connell hive made suck progress in that art
that they have been allowed to siispend their
studies during the vacation .custAmia.ry in the
present hot season..
' His Holiness has decided that a universal
exhibition shall be held in Rome.during the
Council, to be opened.. to the public on the Ist
of. February next, aud. to, remain, so for four
- months. In order that this ' exhibition may
have a character suitable to the Church it is to
consist entirely of works of Christian art.
Another project connected with the Council
is to have placed in.the vast arena of the Vati
can Basilica the portraits ip mosaic of all pre
ceding Popes who. have held (Ecumenical
Councils.
Cardinal Borrorueo, who lives in the Alfieri
palace, Proposes to open. his noble saloons to
.the assembled bishops of Christendom during
the 'duration of the Council. How to lodge so
many prelates is already a, matter of 'serious
consideration. The Pope has taken many
apartments in palaces at his• own expense, so
as to be, able to. offer hospitality to the most
distinguished bishops, and. one of 'these resi-.
'dences, in the Bongo liu 00, is already occu
pied_ by the Austrian Bishop 'Fessler, ap
pointed Secretary of the'•Council, who has
ariivedßome and is hard at work.
Supposed Suicide of a. Clergyman at
Norfolk.
The , ,Norfolk Ereninglientld, of Friday,,,gives
atl account of the;sudden disappearance and
supposed suicide of a clergyman in that city.
He gave his name on arriving= the 'city on
the 14th of August as Rev. Dr. John M.
'Brandt, of the First Lutheran Church of Al
exandna, and spread a report amongst the
people that his purpose was to establish in
Norfolk:a church of the same denomination.
Since ten o'clock on 'Wednesday night he has
not been seen, and being missed, his room at
the hotel was searched, and the following
letter found:
Nei:YOLK, August 20, 1869.—Y0u need not
be frightened on finding me dead. It was my
wish long ago tadie..,l - am tired. of a life of
suffering and, misery, as , 1 have ledit-for years..
For years I -- have vainly struggled against
slander and calumniations, until at last it has
torn from my very ho4oin the woman I love
and consigned ins to a life of starvation and
misery. 1-have not a cent to save my life, no
way of gaining anything, nor any hope of
getting anything to do; for people and too
Christian to trust a poor man without a heap o
grand recommendations. A man may be as grea
a scoundrel as helikes, if he only has recom. •
mendations he is sure to get a position ;
but the honest man, who wishes nothing
but to serve 'his- fellow-men, to do • his
duty faithfully and thus make an
honest living, must be Persecuted, hated
slandered, until he is entirely ruined. I have
fought this miserable propensity Of men for
twenty years. lam now tired of it, and desire
rest, and, therefore, have gone wh.ere alone I
can find it—in the grave. I hope that, at least,
--that-will.be_igranted me. -It is -my last- and
only wish to be allowed a grave. the
proprietor of this nice hotel forgive me that I
went-into-bis -house-without Inemisloparibr
iny hoard. _l _wished, for_once,tafeel
human being again. May the - thpught that
lie cheered up the last moments of a poor, rin
happy wretch, console him for the loss Of his
money.
Please send the letter you will find to its'
address. May the Lord bless all who have
ever been kind to me. May He forgive. me
and receive me in mercy.
Reported Robbery of the Ilan Francisco
[From the Sae i'raeelseo Alta, August 21.1 •
The settlement 'of the affairs of the retiring
officers of the United, States Branch Mint in
this city has proceeded satisfactorily. and
:-moothly until within a few days past, when.
it has been discovered that a deficiency bas
suddenly been made in, the coiner's depart
ment of $lB,OOO. • AS is alleged, on high autho
rity, this deficiency has been made, undoubt
ediy, since' the first of August. Up to•
that date all 'the . transactions of
the coiner's , department, like those of,
the inciter and refiner's, have been found in,
the satisfactory condition which always char=
.
acterized them. But since ' cleaning up and.
final settlement began, the operatives have'
been muck.dernorahzed bypartiesiumningout •
and in,with' threats and reports ofremovalandl
changes of subordinates, and the expectant of- .
ficials have had their share of responsibility in
this confusion. The. theory. of the officers in
charge is,that the $lB,OOO alleged to, be: missing .
has been abstracted in a lump by Some person or_
persons who have had access to thebullion, ifi
the - ctistinik_ef •sybieh , Ahey :had " no' responsi-*
bility,--Tha-transaction'-'is-not-a , delaleation;
but if the gold' has 4 disappeared it is a' down
right theft of , bullionby]persons as yet ,un
known. Great efforts be made , to , elear
up the affair,. and, if the figures still show the
deficit to exist, , the. thief may. yet ' faa dis
covered. This matter will occasion real regret
everywhere, 'as; if it had not been for this un , .
expected piece of dishonesty on the 'part of
irresponsible , persons;• • the 'attain; of • the
Branch Mint .would . have. been chased with
great credit to all concerned. '. .
hie Two )Pfirtles.
The. Wasinngtoneorrespondent of the N. Y.
Herald says . . •
With regard to the condition of politim in
Texas' General Olathe ireptirt , that the' hues
between the Hamilton and the, Davis parties
are:being'.clCarly, drawn, ;and that 'men are
tabiog sulesr on . ;:clistiuotivev.:party -,guestion.‹
The Democrats rally to the support of Hamil
ton while the Itepublicau.s; aro catisolicitnitv4
ROME.
CRIME:
TAD OCCURRENCE.
JOHN 31. ,BELUVDI4
rox.rrtcs TExAs.
arotmd Day, , xt is.esfimated that; there are'
from 16,000 to, 20,000 men in the Democratic*
party of Texas who will' refuse to vote' for
Hamilton on strictly personal grounds. They
are of the extreme Southern , school,
and - either refuse - ''to - , Vote' • at all.
or else run , a Candid/der of <their own.
General Clarke thinks lifmnilton will get a
portion of the negro vote in certain:sections
of the State, but Davis will , get , ,the mass of it.
Ilamilton, it is raid, has alienated .nearly all
the Northern men residing in TeXaB from him
by denouncing some of them , as "covet-bag
gers.° They seem a little terideron t; .
ItaveTurtid'e - Common-canSe agalilst :
ten " on that account. .Tha canvass'promises
. • P P n_Apvcitittgand-a--bitter-unn-FowineW
personal animosities, between the different
candidates, and lathe present) aspect of affairs
it iss diffienff to tell who will be elected.
MATTER* EV 0
.
Southern (Vinton ettAl
Tlie Rieltmond. aridly is not at all pleased at
the possibility of , the election ; o Andrew
Johnson to the &matte:.
ru ConeedingthiAitones,
it contends thatitusli be adraittbd; that be
is a most Unfortunate champion ((trigs friends -
and it asserts that "the poor South/ Ines bad
enough of. his support s and would .gladly be
delivered.; of it TcrreVer more." 'lt further sayn
that itohas !nom faith in) the ability - and wil
lingness lA/President Gisant to aid the- South
than it has in exl;Presi'dent Johnson.
The Ancletie•lllairliner.
Henry Crabb litobinsonta diary contain' s the
following historY o 1 Colinidge's " Ancient
Mariner :"
"Wordsworth's conversation has, been. very
interesting lately, and had not so bad a me..
•mory tliat a few hourssidliee to obscure all I
have heard, I mightinsert manya remarkable
opinion ; if not fact. He gave an account
of 'The Ancient Mariner,' being written in
Devonshire, when he and: Coleridge were,
together. ,It was 'intended. for the Monthly
Magazing,nnd was to pay the exp enses of a
journey. llt win, - to have been a joint work,.,
but WOrdsworth left the execution to Cole-,
ridge, after suggesting much of the plan. The.
.idea of the crane was suggested by a ,book of
travels, in which the superstition of the sailors
with regard to the albatross is mentioned.
Wordsworth Wrote many of his lyrical ballads
at the same time. Coleridge "Wrote the firit
four lines of 'We are Seven' " • -
'Salt Lake Mang.
A letter from Salt Lake. City says: •
It is a singular fact that Salt Lake has within
the last half-dozen years risen some nine feet,
and the point we visited is submerged farming
land, the fences of which are still.standing
the water. Par up the hill-sides, bounding
the valley, may be seen the well-marked wa
ter-line showing the height formerly reached
by lake. Should it ever reach A similar
height the Mormon problem will be solved so
far as Salt - Sake , City is concerned, by the
burial of the place, a hundred' feet or more
under the brine. The Mormons account for,
the rise in the lake by the unusual amount,:of
cloudy and rainy weather of late years by,
which the pr'ocess'of evaporation has been re
tarded ; but as they seem -to count also _upon"
a permanent increase' in the rain-fall of the,
valley' in consequence of its' being brought
into cultivation, the same causes ,which have'
produced the present rise.in ; t.lie lake ,tuay ,
continue to operate until it bas overcome the
moderate elevation of Om eity,abeve it.
What la a True Democrat.
This interesting es:min:drain is:ansivereil by
the Mobile Tiibune, in. a •recent ,issife. • That
ablelournal says:
"It a true Southern. man haS any ' political.
statns•in a national setwe,lie;is a•Democrat.'
The only men at the North in whose view he
honestly coincides are those who duringthe
war were called 'copperheads,'•and who since
the conclusion of the war have protested and
voted against all the enactments of. a.corrupt
Congress. The true Denwerat believes that the
reconstruction laws ought:lo be overthrown at the
point of the . federal. ,bayonet, neeeleary, and
that .the. negro should be deprived of. the right of
suffrage illegally conferred upon him.
"When we abandon those principles we abandon
the Deinocratic party and with..it • the forlorn
hope of restoring the Government as it was."
What does , Mr. John Winer Adams, of .
Massachusetts, say to that: definition? • And
will not • the Mobile Tribune• tell a curious.
public what it thinks of Mr. Adams as a
Demticrat ?
A Floaer, Brigade..
A London journal suggests.. the forination
of a flower-girl brigade in that city. Fashions
in dress; it remarks;-are always changing; but
the custom of wearing dowers in , the 'buttOn
hole is one of the Englishhabits which hag
survived every vicissitude of sartorial fortune.
Yet, with,all, this national demand, the public
supply of flowers is strangely, inadequate. The
7‘.1.1e of violets and moss-roses in the streets :is
confined to a • number• of. dirty, 'ragged, slip"-
shod_women.-whoyas-La--rulerunne—begging
with their nominal industry—whose.look and.
air suggest:the vision of , gin shops . and back
slums in ot tre f. - -'llchls; - ' country air, - and
bright eedors—and_in:_whase bawl% the very
freshest of fresh flowers can: hardly' fail to
look sullied and tainted; But "%, - eke'a, regular
recognized brigade of flower-girls to be estab
lished, flowers fresh.and of every description,
could .be-readily obtained. • .
't A Dead Beat.
Alew days ago the Board of Visitors at one
of the London 'workhouses were approached
.by an old pauper, : who relatetitu them ,art.ex
traordinary story of the reverseh of fortune to
which he bad , been subject. 'bad several
times - icon l:irga fortunes in trade, and - agthany
tiniee, been redueed tb,abicet poVerty. His last
Misfortune bad been caused' by the Thilure of
.ovcrend, Clime'' , 4 Co.; who. had defrauded ,
him Out ofE7o,o43o;.find he was now too old to
try,again._...lforeoy.er, he was at relative of a,
distinguished peer of the realm, who had very
cimelly refused to give him the slightest aid.
The story
,got into the' newspapers, and the,
guardians . of theVorkhouse soon received an
avalanelgi.ef letters containing money for the
'unfortunate old gentle Man.. One lady sent a
cheek for .±lO and an offer to provide a honie
for life for the 'poor old man: on her .estate
Hampshire. But at this :moment it turned.out
that the. old moke had been romancing, and
that there was not the slightest truth in any of:,'
the stories he had related. the Money was
all sent back' to the benevolent dOtiers,nrai
the victim Of Overend,.G,urnoy&'Co. was Sent
to exercise himself on , the,crault:., '
_
. ,
- Railliroad - Accident , Netliko Oill City
. •,
(Prom ;heT~fuac,lUusutnl~l;Aug.
On NVe..(l ll n.sdaY last, frightful accident oc
on the Ifraiiklin - Brancli of the. Atlantic
MA Great - Western Railway; - a - gliert - diStaiide
'beloW Oil City,', : by.lithich-seven -persons Were
more or less injured. , • It Seems that an•engine
;with a caboose attric‘hed left Oil 'City:for
:Franklin, and proceeded: at a• very fast
of speed until near the road. crossing -above
Reno,: when it struck a broken rail and
pitched over a - stone wail into. the river,,
distance of about' Sixteen 'feet: It was.
iinmediately.' . followed by the cannose f
which.struck • oh' end and remained in,
au upright position. :There were five persons
in the.caboose; ala dy passenger, Mr.l4'
, •..!W.
...Mitchel), ••of Franklin, two brakemen., and a
• conductor,. all Of, whom were more .or leas se
' ye . re,Vbrinsed 'find Can.., Onr the_ eneino,-tho
enginee,r"Whose mune is COoner;•and . who.
lives.atlifoadville, was badly" bruised 'and
TIM :fireman was slightly' in
-.,..,.. . ,_. •
kif,.,the 'branch is out of repair and
in 0 *litget'Aus _ was yesterday.
tet uro9o- Ow (.4 mild ury,.. F. rank lin, by
Coustable. Men toil,
_of Ve4oleata Centro, ti.s.
.11-nui4ance. ' . •
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L pßningroN.
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IPAOII,FAU!Mt.,EMitIM. • •
,• • ,
- -Doretins teem faX.otnfoit imtkingSketched.
—Maggie Miterikrraddir4t le _going, upon •
tte stage again. ' • ' , -
—Edwin Adams in haring a -very successful
engagement in Chicago. .
—Omaha grows at the rate of thirty 'housed
a day.
--It costs twenty dollara to see Rfsteri. - at
-- Wilmingten,-Xertli earnlina dreSstatlaf:l4
r herrtp atiarT'arttlie73 ''•
late pep - alar lamplighter. • ' •
•,___-=-Bri:liara---Yetteg--earcenntranicates sainttrall."':-.:
for.pro '•-4 IV, but'-stints,P-110 the- church and 71 , 17 , 7 - :'
• swears . . • elf. • . , ~ , - , 7 . I .i . ';.' •
—Detroit is matittitaettfringtverrigerator cars, • '
to carry nine tons of meat and three tons
of ice. , . ,
•
—Mrs: Lander, who is still' lir, ' , .ZurePer, will i't.•
soon rettimand play atimerotts engagements
.;
—John Rrengham was appropriately over- 4 •
come by the;prefientarion of &sold:cigar-case' I ~
from - his San Francisco-admirers.
—A man in Imre in hist stages= of collo '''''' t
sumption was haft' Week - haptierdi hi, u lt ., ~ - •
mersion,and thinks his health waatliefirby int.
,•, - • ,
'--General treckinkidge. has inadfrliiit 'first ',.'•.''' .4a ••
~..
appearance since the war ' as an istiVoeite at ' l ' . , .-:.
the Lexington bar. 11f:elands a/ very, good" „.--,,,..,,,...,'
~
plea. , i .. . ' it ; Z l 4 1'
—A respectable faniale'llas bbetu cibtacieli-'
in stealing the wreaths' of imidertellbst.frettn'-' - I ' I' 4 - •,,,
the tombs at l'erela Chaise, Theis,tuulteseiling -. '' "-,,
them. .
—Four Americans in Paris have mrudimery »at .
liberal offors to the Hridslalcatifirsifor*efr ,l:-
extensive champagne establikihmebtf, a t %,.:;,,,,;-!,,,,.
Rheims. - '•
—.M.' C'hembini recently died at Nei hart. ' ..,0 1 7-'
-, •
posia'ssed a remarkable collection•ofthe musit"l:4'3 li , , ,4tv
cal works of his illustrious father. , He. °Ht.:. a t •
ej Or
ateolzfor a long time as inspectov oft the 14- , '
Museum
nseum of Eine.Arts. • . ,- ' i''' , ' , ,t-'''-' 'O. 4
• , .
--Mazzini was, simultaneously with dal-seat- '.' •', '••
pulsion from the southern cantons,'lanai
a
nionsly elected free citiken •ef-Zthelit(the
most intelligent of all 'the ,cantons:)
Mr. Sainburne has written a sonnet onathe . ,:ii . '' , ' .;,••
event, to, appear in the l'ortnighily li'ettleid: .. l 4.4..; . ,' , .
—St. Augustine, Florida whichlis filled tvith ' = r , .
invalids from the. North during: the winter 45,4•,'
months, has become a great resort of. South- '• •,-' -
erners hi the summer. - Cool sea hreezes,. an
even temperatare and fine bathingnse -its. as.• •
tractions xn the latter season. '. • -- i
—The present, topic- of discussion 4in , the t
English papers is the •wretchedi moans • of; ,,
transpertation,betwepn England '- and. Fiance,
but though there are
,numerous letters 11l the • - ' ' 1.
journal's 'on the ' subjct. the' prosmet • ofin 's.,•. , itiO4
movement is Very slight: ' • '' -: ' --
-,The Cincinnati Eltaifirer 'Ptililishits Gene- r.
ral Rosecranfea letter,"-with the' renxtrk-thatit, -
,'"'
avill•bd more heartily admired foritafranfauata.;at ~
~..4g
than approved for its - wisdom, ,'and .its.-effectr,, , 4"
on the,whole, will be to increase; if ••ppasible. o ,',,,'
the generaljoy of the Democrats thatq'endleo. ~. 1- •'.• ,
ton is their candidate. ' '
•„ . • ,
-,Experiments are, being made with, a view
to supplying the inhabitants of •New.: Y0r1t,....
with hot air, fo r
, cooking and heating„pan•t
posei;through pipes. This beats a ntta lo
wag, who propesect to supply eaeb:h4ifusehold.
with the correet time by means ofpipes from, -
a sun dial. The' New' York hot ainpipes will
be run through Hell Gate.. '•. • , ~..I ..
...
—Apropds of thd boat-race com ii
es ii the re
mark of the Archbishop of Canterbury dpoa
the day:before •the Sayres-Heenan mill : "I. - ',,. •
must decline to discuis, such &revolting topic.
as the combat of these
- two brutes ; neverthe- • •
less, I think that, from , the extraorciiiiatymtus-
eular development of the man,Sayrep, he will • :. ~. .-
conquer the American I" •' ' •N/ - -4 , ,." - : ,
-General Sherman talks of remqvirtgithai r -:na‘
headquarters of the army to St. °Lows, , where- .fl
he likes to live,-from WashingVn; Wheret - lity- --- ,,-,
hates to. 'We believe, howeveri.that a clause i t•al
of a law .must be changed before this' can be ',-'•,' 0
done,and this 'would incidentally brirg out the
sIiONV of hands in favor of a rem oval , ot, the.e.aP:-. 1- •
ital and against„
~, - : : '
~
, • .
—The London Tentes having called ;the -
crowding after the Prince and .. Princess of • t. -;,,
Wales, at Wildbad, "exuberant loyalty,': an 'l.,, • ••` i A
~.....1
Englishman writes to thatjournal to 1
declare -• •<,
that it wa.s nothing but ‘ eltrusive snobbery,"
anti the Times has the' good seitse to. stand
corrected by Publishing, the letter of it; - cor-
respondent. , : • , - •
—The Richmond Exazatiner says • that -"the
most noticeable topic at the White , Sfilphiir.
this slimmer is , that of the yonngladies, some, •
ten days since, vying with each other to : obtain ..g •
a kiss from Mr. Peabody, who held,a sett of'
igil
levee for the occasion. It was 'the 'last ."11end,, , z2..___:,•_._
- of Ine - kna - nof`the - Sinah - to t the - North" Rift 7
why bend their knees to kiss Mr. Peabody? ....
~ at •
, • ,
, .. ~ _
......—Dakota•-Territory will soon =be 77 '•
at the doors of_the Uniett. Villages Grp . wid:L.L......_____,
fo - b - e - iiiiinging up there rapidly: Afore than
•.
five thousand persons have emigrated. to , the , •••
territory, this slimmer. The present population , , 4: -
is reckoned at, twenty • thousand,. and fatty- •-- .r. ~....
seven thousand Acres of land have lately been
taken, up under the homestead ;and; Pire•-:"-
..ptioit idws bY actual settlers.' ' •
.. i .„,...
—C.I
01., Madison ~calita, ifrather-htda 1
wat • all
al l
the late Senator ,Douglas t haS tctrittem .:7-:!•• a ion& ' • ,
letter, whirls is published in the Chtpage'arua-
eel, in reply to 141 r. li'art,on's article , on!,,the . .
Washington lobby iii: the - Septeaaber - -Atlantic.
Colonel Cutts . denies the 'charge 'tb"dt:Mr- ~
Douglas secured the - passage ofethe bid. anflp-, ^.4
olis and Cincinnati , Railroad Rand Grratik•bill
through Congress by corrupt means, - and pre
sents a history of the facts of that grant • ,
,
—The Atlanta (Gx.) Nett , Era tells___VS' an as
tomuling story of a. gentleman in, tkat city
"who experienced, the rare delight .of.sta.nd-
ing within the colors of tUraintloWv Fie •
could." it Says "WONT his handabouniatheni, titi
and enjoyed a very close Inspectian.of the.
bedatiful iris." Had the Neva Ara! , osialy,tulded,
that he was enabled to NValit aroutt4',' the ~;
bow and to view. it from all sides, ,Its story
would have been complete • ;
—The ex-Duke of Modena, "the xicuist gsasp
ing and tyrannical of the former 'Hapsburg
princes of Italy, has been,sentenoed topaci an
indemnity to the political.priscoare onzilpta,
after his expulsion -.ion iktolienti„;lm
dragged away.-with him in ordeito liavntbem
incarcerated Alautua mad.' ' The
Prince alleged the incompeteupy of, the 'Rica
tribunal,' but judgment rifavin - g•;bd e en7a Qt g.
__firmed ti-the-Court of-Appeal-of G-ttiottf he
is now obliged to settle up;
---At, the locossotive work.. 4 in', Taunton,
Mass. it very novel, macbtne, dj_ssagnedo for
height, service on the Paicitti,t. ,t - tattrOadi
blinding. It looks like two engineajolited; it.
has st.x driving-wheels eit ia,e side; „plui
wbigbs 1',5 or tie tons: the boiler, 1,5c38.,Nd1 91ig ,
-and en its top in the centre 'tte - tillb s34tief t hs of
the engineer and fireman, 'itrearri4sltS'fiwn
wood and water, dispensing. *lac ai . 'tittofier '
and can be driven in ekthet.,4,iotton - , o4:llAu u r
well. The maciline 11 - 111 he *PizitedebArthe
—Cast-iron tubes for water toi 4 ' new
made in Englami by turning )ti "uric end ci-on
ically,_and boring - out thti ends , n 1 the tubes to
which it is to •1)e #ittedat , lke-,satne angle so
that the end of' one tub maybe inserted into
the other without the addition of the ordinary
cement. The juneticih - IS effected very, qUickly,
and the joint isperteetry tight. rives thirty
sit incheS clintnoterliave been.,perfeetly
Joined in this way.,' - C1.11s•erpool has :IWO 90'
mile & of gampipe-xvith this Joint, nett the Teak-
F rid
age is to be laugh lebs time IR other cites-
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