1 _~ ~ ~, ~ ~:, , ,; ~ ~'sd'i EMBEII itifittn PEACOCK. Pilitar., VOLUME XXM.-NO. 122. , :tiiiiitiiiSPONfDEßG`ll4 . I.,Errigit JMOML PMINO. "Myr Nftrolanr V west;—The,Cerettotn,e Of the Elf . teenthof attlt,..,4!lsm Wiest ?Ftspe.leen • .-otluotge of YretzeitOefilt , . [Correepondeilcoof ttie'Phitsf.Evfttuse Ballettni PARIS, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 1: rl,--The imp& 2i - 4 — government hamfugurirm ts new 911- , stitutionhy ft, very wise and benevolent get, -Itintaacterdeffsegeneralrunnesty r ofthe, complete - ati4 www:Oitiimial434raater, political offenders and offences of the press; as well as eierything 'connected with the late riots lit'PaAs` and elsewhere, therehy agying f; " Let bygones be bygones," and doing much; towards making an entire reconciliation bee' tween itselfand the nation. The •mrinatity is extended to . a great, many other categories orlencee, and, indeed, to everything'one wou desire almost to see =nestled, as well 1 as to ri vcrylarge number of militaryoffenees. In fact, it is a very :sweeping and - generone 1 measure, and will go far to heal Many heart burnt 'Rocha rt • himself will ,:_Even' o feel compelled to "draw,it milder," now that lie is relieved of his three or four yean' prisonrneut The above was the .grand, meident of the' file of Sunday last, and quite threw 'every thing else into the f'shadep which is saying a good deal, considering the' quantity of gas width was expended. In all other respects the festivity • went oil in the usual' manner, without anything. to distinguish , either .the fiecular or religions portion of it from the now thrice-told tale Of, the, vast twenty years. 'Salvos of cannon were heard at daybreak, and an official Te Deum of "great pomp and imposing effect, and attended by all the chief; officer) of the Imperial household, was cele brated one o'clock, .at Notre Dame, flit , A.rebblehop of Paris officiating in person at the High Altar. These ceremonies were fol !eyed in tbeordinary routine,by open air-pau temimic perforinances for the people at the :Derriere 'die Tone and on the elianqi . -' 4 !: 1114 . and .by .ffrotnitnes representations in all- the principal theatres, before the doom of which the - poPulace began to.station itself not very Jong after, six o'clock in, the mOrnieg. The sight of one of these gratuitous , enter= tainmeets is , very well worth seeing oncein a and would advise" any stranger who whales to study the physiognomy of the Parisian pOpulation to make the effort which Is necessary to be przent. ,The pieces chosen for the'occasicriewhether musical or dramatic are generally quite of a high description ; anti 4 , isAnierelePErio Ivit4 2 'WhAf iiitelg geEre and acuteness, and even taste,"they are appreciated` by an audience composed almost entirely "ofthe laboring classms,- and how necessary the Factors find it to exert them- selves quite 114 much as though playing to an assembly of more cultivated character. The "points" of a piece are seized, and a false note detected in a singer or musician with unerr ing instinct ; and then, above all, it is a pleasure to witness with what real enjoyment the audience. partake of the rare treat and gratification to them of being In a first-rate theatre, and seeing or bearing really good acting or music. But the task of "getting in" is no easy one, anctderaands a saeritice of time, labor and patience which I never had the courage or inelluation to go through a second time.' The evening exhibition, when the weather is fine, is always the best and most beautiful part of a Parts file, when variegated lamps, gas and the electric light. turn night into day. I To be sure, it is always the same thing over again; and all that can be said of it is that it is still the same file, only ferric dune autre facon, as the cookery books say of a dish dis guised in some other way. Even mere variety itself becomes, however, difficult at last, over so long a succession of repetition, and does nbt allow of Much more than a change of the same decorations from one locality to , another= from.the Place de la Coneorde to_titsicieun Elysees, or from the latter again to the Place _ delEtoile,-or-the-Trocader-The-grantldife.-- ..- paylrftrccwoOli , ituritntts3took - plactromrSimday,.,ou th - e - Tru - - - ender(); in presence of an immense assem blage ; and if the stupendous Hight of steps, (called the esculier du • Trocad iro)—which cost so large' a sum, and about which, Baron Hams man has been so, unmercifully badgered, on the ground of its needlessness and want of utility—be good for nothing else, it must be allowedthat it hi'at least admirably suited for _a pyroteclutie.exhibition:_though it. tnustaLso.. be confessed the sciite , de . spectock in this in stance cost rather dear.' . : . . The Parisians, however, with the exception of the woiking-clasSes; are," think, becoming notoriously weary cot' theirfites. The tipper classcs•are always,, of course,, all gone long be takes place.; and the bourgeois popula thin pour "Out" of Paris.on the lfith of August almost as hates the provincials, pour "into" it. Vatit numbers of the forriter retire to spend the day in the environs ;' and the latter - come to Paris at this time for ;the examinations of. the collegc,sandtlie distribution of prizes; and to take' theirchildren home ,for the holidays. These all stay over the fits to amuse the young folks. and,' - with a'cetta.in influx of. strangers, fill the hotels: But in other „respects the +(people" have their lite pretty mitch to them= . selves, enjoy it, greatly, 'and. conduct them- Selves' with the - praiseworthy : propriety, ,good humor .and sobriety. lt is somewhat : remarkable-that, after all, the only offitial allusion (always excepting,' of course, the dectee of amnesty) which has been made to. this Yite, as being the centenary of the birth of Napoleon 1., is contained in the circu lar addressed - by, SEDuireidiey; the:Minister of Public Worship, to the Erenchbishops mi the .subject. When writing:to invite the prelates,to unite in the observange of the.day the Min ister reit - duds them that a ." century will have . passed over since the birth of the illustrious founder of the Napoleonic dynasty;" . and ex - - -presses - Ill's - belief that' this circumstance: will " add to the patriotic character. ,of the ,ap .proaching solemnity," and that the'„" gloriousi souVenirs-, Of the first Emperor will be 'joitOd with iirefound gratitude towards the inheritor of his name and traditions." • Now, it may tip pear somewhat presumptuous in a stranger to* express such an opinton a but, I venture to think L. , :.\,.: f,.- ~.• . , ...: .- . •'"- - ,';;--!' 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Nor is this te be 'wondered at" Napo-' icon srepresented 'emphatically twa ' both these stand , now in the 7 most : absolute antagonism to the spirit of the tines -acid to the modern Mind) The Preholi nation begin really, to repudiate war, as an evil; they, have#l4 enough both; of despOtism, and bave just practigaily, declared themselves against the politteattratiStibiis 'Of.the imperial ,riginzeto.klo • doubts:the most ignoranteportion of titenineses do still cling to Napoleonic le :ef ;Win, cottages : lint thaJAniddie and upper'classes, and ftlso those 10iiiP',:b301, cis. fait eetaiia tiiiiyaniendli, are becoming entancipatedfrinu suchinfinerices k , and , have been taught by the writings of , men Alice N. - yillenmin, M. others, to aP predate what Napoleons. did for the people of France more cerreetlY;and to desire noth-. ' ing so little as a return to the practices or tra ditions ,of the Napoleonic epoque, with ilts wars, conscriptions and tyranny. I have watched for some time the • progreu of this change of sentiment, and I am very much mistaken if it will not ere long invade the cot tage as well , as bigber dwellings, and give the lie at last even to Beranger, when he writes "L' humble telt dans einguante ans Ne eonnaitra plus d'nutre bistoire." The only thing which threw a blank over the fite"was the 'death of Marshal :Neil, s took place the day Wore; The Emperor was unable, after all, on aecOunt of his rheumatism, to gd.to eh:lions, but sent the Prince Imperial to go there alone, and distribute decorations to`the soldiers in his 'name. ' arnizegas IN 'VIRGINIA+ ;(Corresponaettce of the Phila. Nvenltur Bollettn.l Lounotr CoVtlTle AughiSt.th 1/369.--- It is well that' Richard .Gratit''White ekcefitti the' "retriotest rural , districts " dreary picture of "The Unsociableness' of Society - e-A4 whirl 'he (hawk in the August Galaxy; for` here, ln.this, deligbtfal ,LeildOW Valley, "fair as the garden of the Lord" to my city-wearied eYe4l•44'. 14 Afr 0 1 14 4 1 .1it.:444 44.1 .w. 1 40i ne- Merit-, culture and sociability are charmingly blended: It is largely - Settled by members of . „. the Soeic4.4l'riericla,aud as they were never • . corrupted and enervated. by the system of _ sla.itery;: it.. lista itiet)yeredin ore . • siAdik than other portions of the-Dominiatifrem the ravages of War, - and i4)ciA•Y• has! reiiirtied its , „„, ~„ accustomed tone 01)(1 .gayety, c•The4 YOrtag , ladies have generally been edneated at the li[t'schools the 'Country -affords; and are intelligent, • bemttiful 'and accomplished, and with complexions Philadelphia belles well might envy. The; social customs here are naturally somewhat •• diNrent from what , they ._ are in the city, and an evening` company ' commences to gather in the afternoon, and supper is had at 8, instead of 11 or 12 o'clock. And such sup pers! My pen cannot do them justice;_but they differ as much from he standing feed at our city parties as the f h mountain air that now rustles my' paper e differs from the • heated and depressing air of the ball-room. Calling, too, is different here. . You ride a few miles in the afternoon, and, after croquet, a rambling walk, or a pleasant talk beneath the trees, with which all houses here are sur rounded, repair to the houSe for supper anti` to spend the evening. If you are any distance from your home or stopping-place, you are ex pected to stay all night; and then, arising re : freshed in the morning, walk or chat with the ladies, and partake of a . delicious breakfast before you mount your horse and start home, convinced that Virginian habits are pleasant when you have the requisite time on your hands to fall in with them - , and that 'Virginian hospitality is no myth. I have met quite a number 'of Philadel phians and several of my fellow Wilming tonians here , and I doubt not that the PULLE -TINIIII.B q the homely names of Goo.secreek, 'Waterford -and Hillsborough are full of pleasant' recol lallaiiiiTafiirgouni7fO-Wiiisiii—dventlie • • w iiite -PumV,Lis not- aname-without-mcmiing. Much of this is alivast classic ground.. The "Army of the Potomac" and the "Army of Northern Virginia" : have:both in turn swept across here; and through the.se valleys and over these hills the murdering, plundering 3LOseby mid his vile crew have ridden to slay and Steal: while through Wheatland and Hills ! borongli winds the road over which Braddock, with young Washington at his' side, led his men_l o on the ill-fated expeditionwe have 'all read-about iu our school histories. :rust to the east of thisvalley liethe Katochu Mountains, and to the west the.'Blue Ridge, separating this from the celebrated Shenandoah. Valley, while to the south can be distinctly seen the Bull Run Mountains. „ • I think this is, without exception, the most loyal part of 'Virginia, at least so far as the white population, is concerned. Many of the young men escaped North and joined the .INatiorad army. Nearly all the people I meet are; and always have been, loyal: I could, of course, find plenty of "rebs; ' but I have no "hankering" for their: Society. The Union people unhesitatingly cluiractOrize the triumph of the Walker ticket as a rebel victory, and most ave conVe. - ftre - d witlt would rather-re . main unreconstriicted-thaw have the State government pass back into the hands of the men wbo inaugurated the rebellion.. Quite a' number;,. though, of ..those. , always staunch Union men supported the Walker ticket, and ,such ,were, largely led aStray,by the treachery, of the NeWr ork. Tribune,which has never' _failed_ togrossly. misrepresent the radicalpartvot the South, andhas been apliaiit powerful instrument' fer the ~ handSof - the men over whom-Gbieley , now 7 1:11iibbefs - 66 - disgustingly. Poor Greeley! he seems destined' to sink In histery, to the. lamentable , level of . .S e ward-and :others who once deserved the : higheStPraiSe fromthefriendS of liberty; and the Tribune gabs . dOWn With Min. I have only ;this Hay i n regard, ,to ;Virginia politics: If the iron-clad oath is,net required th.e Majority ,of the new Legislature will be as unmistakably rebel as any:that fiat in Richmond during the' war;, if itis enforced,, ;the Legbilature tvi be doyal, and; the , rebels can blame no one but. themselves, as they, deflantl,y. nominated;:, men who could , riot take, it for:the very purpose of showing, their ConteniPt. for. Congress. D ALE., -: --Miss Glyn (Mrs.;llallas).is . coming to this country to "stat,".llpossible, as "Cleopatrar. and the "Duchess 'of Malii." She'proposes to, visit California and Australia on - her home; waxd „journey. Miss Glyn's acting has been' Aqn*.highly coimnencled •. English. Critical • newspapers. • .: 1,. ' :,1•. : . = --- ; - . , ' : yrPitIL"ADELPHIA;,TITE*At.ANGITST;2',•.::•'::,,I*. - ;:'.: MdICSEMEIMti. , . ENGLISH BonLisqui AT THE AECH • ' —Black Crook .speetacle, sensation drama,. opera boitife. English burlesque. These forms lot the illegitimate 'dramai hate for ;' two or' three.yfflars.past heldposaession of thwAitieri-' ;eat2 - .stage; . and ' - 'debamehed - the - taste - of 'the' I public to such a degree that first rate plays were driven.feorri * the ' theatres; and first-rate `actors, who prized their art toe highly to stoop f.to'the,degradationnfiYli'jdhig_to . the 1- pepulat • IclainincliTayed constantly to em Pty Iminehb4.' A healthy reaction has.at las:set in. ' The peo • • • esiek_of the ' litte T:. - . 1 g. 4 7. 1 . 0 1 )4111 efg-i - -Cs "' iliatitnnipAr#47Milt i'*iitla the.nnrearrealikm , of sensation; and With the obscenity of 'French (comedy. All of thesehaVelad tiunr dilly, lnd fhaVetnnignit anay,_ never, we hope, to return il o l4, o ±`-; ,Engl4o4',burletirgtelthestupiciestandt *Wiest Oftlieuf 011",.tenerilnatbirtirratieltahaPe; •• and with such feeble hold upon the - popular fancy, that.it,,top, mist Komi be withdrawn, for better thingtebetter done- by better artists. The Lydia 'Thompson burlesque troupe iplayedit , the'Archlast night to•-a..,-hirge and' ence; theSizo - of will& wasilue to the grattill itous advertising given to,the'company by New • Yorknewspapera, and bY indiscreet journals; here, whiph. excited public carionity.,hy harm-. 'criminate fault-finding in advance, of the Coin-. Ipany' . s appearance. It was natural that the 'theatre should be trended upouthefirstniglit of the engagement ofthe trOupe;' audit 'May be that arr ( equally large immber of-persons will attend for a few succeeding evenings.' , l3rds it is .. quite certain that any success which may be fgained will be due rather to acembinatlon of avorable circumstances than to 'any-Merit of themern hers, or of the piece in which they lip : pear. 'With a desire to 'do equal and exact justice to Miss . Thompson and her company, we must say that of all the English burlesque: "combinations", -, with Which we have been bored, this one is the very poorest; and the play of Sinbad the Sailor, ..is the most inane of all theburlesquei .sent , across the water by fourth rate English humorists. • • Of the members; of the, company.:, Miss Lydia Thompson is geod ' looking,'' shhan'a. pretty figure; she is graceful; she acts .quite as well;perhaps, as anybody could with Well a text, - but in many things she"is 'coarse even to the extremest vulgarity. She has a vicious habit of, grinning when there is nothing of a comical nature . either in situation ortext, and. when a smile is as 'Much out' of place as' it would lie upon 'an' undertaker'S . - face at a funellil. - '1• - ller sole capital is ' her - kickin,' wriggling, grimacing, and her general lou d Hess, all of which, please the gallery, and the young men who are devotees of legs,' and -who excite, themselves --„over female vulgarity , -because-they cannot:, - nplireciiite high;{ art or etimptehend;:thn,';intellecthal. ability P.:Which - is - required to .make ' legiti : , . mate drama' successful. Mr. Beckett is the lew,comedian, and-Lep:lnd comparison the very hestactor in the Company.' -In ' the -pre=- lirninary farce, To Oblige : Benson, he exhibited such rare powef Of `this kind that We wish he . might: attach himself t6semelocal company and refrain 'here. Ills performance ln the burlesquelwas:groteequo,„ and, often aninaing.' It is the fault of the dramatist that it was not intenselkfunny. These' two persons are the: only members of the original'ttentie as. it, ap, peered in New York city. The others have been gathered from venous sources to make up , ,a . sminpany, which ,18 , , , considered-good eriortgli:ibr - Plifludelphia:' Of these the best is Miss :yireatbmbi,xii!:i has aPPeared bare upon An f . cirrneroism wlio• siona t 'and , her per sonal. appearance, her . modest:bearing,; , her sweet„!ong4ng - and her intelligentactingitt the most - pleasing - of thefeniale-memberaof treupe., ..3liss Sudlow, also ~,is - known here, but we should have been satisfiednot to have renewed , her„aetinaintance. , Her; true place upon the., stage , is -in the lower ranks of a stock company. Miss Emily Pitt, also, is not a person over whom we can become enthusi astic. The minor - parts in the' piece were filled by members of-; he Arch 'Street com pany, among , whom - was L. L.:lathes, who is a much better burlesque actor than any of the Thompson ' nasty, with the single exception, perhaps, of Mr. Beckett. • . - But if the company' is - weak; what adjective shall w” employ to d'scri be the wretchedness of the play"?: The quality of English 'humor is fearinlly strained. :Whether ',British appreci ation of genuine fun has depreciated of late ,years, or whether the race of true haunorista has, died out, the fact is evident that the ma terial which is accepted for humor by English men is regarded en this side of the water as the very dullest of dull things. ;Perhaps a keen sense of humor is not to be expected of a race of people who can find amusement and food for laughter in the imbecilities of degene rate Pasch. 'Men and women who read that periodical with pleasure, may readily enjoy such burlesques as Sinbad and Lncretia Borgia, _ and The Forty Thieves ; but the forced wit and the cold puns of these pieces cannot excite the laughter ofintelligentAmericans. Neither -ern' e- di s cover a nyi nd ue em en t-toirr erri ra e in the cider cellar songs "Immensikotl;" "Up in a Balloon" "High Heeled Boots, &c., &c. --Any-Anierican-comic-halladrfrom-"Uncle __Ne_d'_%_to_thei"Tee - Little-Injuis,'!--contains mere coinedY, 'Mire real, pure, Mirth provok ing extravagance, than all the English farce songs ever introduced to this country. Those named above are stupid to the verge of im- . beeility. Of the . play itself we may say, , without malice, that it does not contain a single good pun, an amusing, sentence., of. any_ Mad, or a situation which is .intrinsiCallYcomical. , Con scious perhaps of these deficiencies, the author, wisely enough, to be sure, has flown - to - the - old -- resource --- of - dull - dramatists - and - crammed the text with local gags. Generally we should not find fault with this, for amus ing allusions to local er '• national attairs of im mediatdaiopular interest; are allowable -if they are made tastefully. But Sinbad panders to the gallery gods with allusions to popidar Rose companies; by gratuitous advertisement of favorite drinking saloons ; and by stale flings at Gen. Butler. This is what we expect in a cheap concert saloon,: from a corked vagabond with a banjo ; It is beneath contempt in a first rate theatre from pretentious actors. But if the dramatist can be accused of a want of good taste, Miss Thompson sinned far -more gravely in indulgingin a breach of com -1 mon decency. She actually Amounted a plat forni,-and, in' a stamp speech; Made most out , " rageousallusions to the alleged personalhabits and to the personal appearance of certain Philadelphia journalints•whciliadgiven her of fence by their criticisms. It'raakes no -differ ence whether these comments were just or un just. The` public - are •eonipetent to judge of their truthinluess, and it: ie safe to, lea.ve. ; such tlittgsl - 46F-theilr.visrdiet ' without' fear: of the --result;-7-I.ther assallantssinned;she choso - the surest:'-method "of Justifying , Amin, : and . of , forcing her hearers to an admission of the . truth ofthe cruelestwordi that have been ut- • tered against her. Her allusion to these gentle men, almost by name, was bald, brazen impu dence for which:thereis no possible • excuse whatever, and, for which 'she deserved to be hissed from..the stage. '. '' ' ' There were other an lesse r "objectionable things, to one of which; only, it'Avillbe worth wliile to refer. Mr. Beckett plays the part of a man stricken with sett-sickness; and, going to . the side of the Vessel, ,he indulges in and 'exag-'•, geration of the movements which are sup.' posed to-attend-the-action-of-yomiting.---Ho does.this three or four times, and after each , attempt- he . walks doWn. to , . the . footlights, wiping his , mouth with his: ' sleeve. This is disgusting, enough to . drive decent people from ' the theatre. Ita.repetition.can only been lured, if *e'er& permitted to hope that 'Mr. Beckett will, at an early day, in one of. his spasms throw up his eagagoaeutaVA 'that Dr his caw panions. . -,.. -,... . . , - - OUR WHOLE (101MTRY. -2 1 4iftiel'hompson _ made this Mistake. She remained in New York until she was driven . front it, and then supposed that She could, de-. Arend upon •as long a period of, popularity in I •sthe,:prcsiinces" before she, Succeeded' iii dirt- Wasting the People. But she Must"' understand ' !that! 'rho 'people of _this city are very Much !Indriffiikidifira; than thpieriif - NeYOrli; anti Fare'hirt as much disposed to become entint if.tastic'tiver dramas or actors which ,are'abso- Putely,f,without merit. We', were disgusted ' 4 wit,h;English burlesque long vo--burlesque, , itoo,that was presented by better artists than the,present company, Miss' Thomiv; ;bon's performances so far from chan ii _ the cu e -popu ar — opinion;wlll - aerretic icrease our disgust and to make-ins more eager ifinn•ever to welcome the return of legiti mate ar ma to our theatres = • . , , ;•-- l At the Walnut Street Theatre, this ,ever. Air. and Mn.,s Barney Watkins will a1 1 - ?ear *Vie romantic drama The Pioneer Pa • —.„(hancross & Dixey's Opera; frowie hi now 'open for the season,with a,large and exeellen,t Icompany, in which all of the old favotitei are A tirst-rate hill, comprising &num-, Ike of)novelties, is °tiered for ta-night. ' ' 'EUROPEAN AFFAIRS TSE lIIMERNATIONAL _ ;311logarsh Opinion of the Harvard and 'Oxford Boat Contest—The Seene.—The Struivie and Itemslt in an Editorial Mantel' View—Pinek and Buena , of the ' Halrvards«-Training, Science and a COninton Lineage. • ,Lonnox, August 30, 1869, • via , French Atlantic Cable.—The London Times of to dak lids the following leader on the late Inter national boat race t ! ' The gentle and joyous struggle of Oxford and Harvard on the Thames water on the 27t1i' of Anglin, 1869, will long be remembered on both'sides 'of the Atlantic, and the story of the day will be one of the first things which the 1 younter still at school, whose name lia.s been lonly just put down for the next vacancy at the o d Oxford house of his father or his tutor, !will ;appropriate to himself. It 'will be a radiation of the university; another page in that „ bdok of many stories in which Oxford appears `as the flower of the nation, 'and the nation has the stock bearing that consummate flower.- ' Nor will Harvard have less reason tocom , memorate the gallantry of her sons. Harvard', I too is an epitome of national historY. Tile : English traveler , roust be strangely. coin- I:Unaided, especially if he ackticiwiedges any : oblation to a university in his own land, who is interested in this Cambridge of the NWorld. • . . . . . , It Ls nearly 250 years , since the 'settlers in Novlngland.founticd the university on the i banks of the Charles river in grateful. imita, tion'of that, other on the banks of the Cani, ,Wilgre their spiritual leader]' . • receiVed their' ~ early . training., It is'23o years since the pious Illaivard; himself an old Cambridge man, gave itthe% endowment which has immortalized' Ibis name.. Ever since Harvard has , been the. alma mater df New England, its brick pile, of living rooms,. its substantial granite library, its old halls, adorned , with the per traits. of successive 'Presidenti . and other diStinguished members, its chapel oppressive with severe divinity, all encompassed about with umbrageous elms and. spreading m;,./Averitable refreshments - tor the 'European visitor, for they speak of a pastwedded to the .present, in a, country where all else' seems to • have been newly created .by the • Men of to-day. 'They exercise, too, a correspOnding influence over New Englanders themselVes. Harvard has edumted Boston, just, as Boston has educated the United States. The best cal . l ure of the nation is there. Nor was it other than a natural impulse of the training of this school that it should challenge our -own Ox ford to an issue, . which, though of ''merely physical training, had the crowning merit of admitting an exact comparison between the competitors. The' Harvard men are of the best families of Massachusetts, although one of them nominally hails from the Sandwich Islands. It is understood that this is due to an accidental migration of his father but three or four years' since, and, hke his comrades, his birth, Ins education and his descent connect him with Plymouth Rock. Our men appeared in the ordinary Jerseys, with short sleeves reaching about a third of the way from the shoulder to the elbow, and wore the straw hats familiar to us all. The Harvard men had white scarfs around their foreheads, with no covering for the crows of their heads, and their Jerseys were cut away above the shoulder so as to allow the freest ac tion of their arms.. After a little delay . a start •is made. the HarVard crew have jumped - away and are putting forth wonders of power. The superficial view is entirely in their favor. The. Americans in the two __steamers are wild,V _excite_d_and_ peculiar cheer, ah!,ali ! a.h! The Oxford boat looks torpid by comparlson, but it Compels stroke, the iron and steel like and the: almost supediuman regialarity - Uf . The energy of the Harvard men Wati magnificent, but there was a sort of flutter even at the out set. Nevertheless, they got ahead and they. Were doing five or, six strokes more to the. minute when they, cleared their antagonists If what is • were a sure presage of what will be, their victory was certain, but time was the essence-of the struggle. Take a young fel low of twenty:five such as many of .us have known and may: 'know, his pulse knows no ''change, his.thesve-nr r e.as_of,,hrass,lie looks out upon the world with eyes, that have no shadows, he might live to be a hundred, but it is a million to one that he does not. Theta will beat him. - It was so with Harvard at the mo ment of their greatest hopes. 'The experts shook their heads. 'lt was still la to 1. Not a third of the course had been rowed. when Ox ford began te,overhaul their antagonists, and going under, . Hammersmith • bridge the Ox, ford bow was in a line with Harvard No. 3. The Har - Mid stroke oar evidently kilo* as well as everybody else the conditions of the game ; seeing that everything depended upon keeping his crew in their position, n 1 advan tage he made 9. desperatnspuri,hutthe effort_ though gallantly seconded, made the ,essential unsteadiness of his crew more apparent. Once more, hoWever, " A.b!_ ahl ah r r burst ':from .American bps, bet the dreaded enemy crept , on; got fairly abreast, and forged ahead. Something has been stdd'of a inistake on'th6 part of the Harvard coxswain; and had it hap pened nothing could be more pardonable, seeing that coxsiraintEarezabsolute novelties iu Harvard experience; but, we are-disposed rejectAlic—stiggeStiOn_ns_tinfomided. eck, tarn, at all eventsi is. it that there VMS nothing to compensate any britirlof , thisddnii; for the little Oxford coxswain: was 'as ,faultless. as his men: Meanwilile the Oxford boat got:, tWo, three, apparently fourlength.4 ahead. The Harvard crew stuck gallantly to their 'work, although they were "all abroad" 'regards time, when an absolute novelty was soon,, to the astonish ment of those who were foll Owing. The Har-; yard coxswain was seen to drop ins right hand into the water and splash it into the faces of, his men. This manumvre.was repeated two or three times, and it is not too much to. say _that_selPetlida • ar_:_spaam °LAW: ror thrilled the — breasts of the ortho dox at the sight. The predominating thought, it must be studias not so muck astonishment . w .at the novelty at . the confession it implied that the race was hopeless. The winning post was in sight, Oxford was three lengths ahead,; and " barring accidents," nothing ceidd'stiVe' ' the event. • Armin rowing a lady in a gig did, inateeiVat tlielast tuoiueut, ptili across the ~.' ' . 4 - ~: ford boat, and this deprived Oxford of it least two lengths—but. the, victory remained en ; aflettedin character and circrunstances. Mutter of the London Rowing Club to the Boat Crews of the Oxford and lttar. rard Volversitles; ' • LoNopx, A.ugust Evening.—The Lorsion this evening, •gave ti grand diti , . ner to tlse Oxford and 'Harvard Universities, - Boat crews at the Crystal Palace. ,The Oxford. 'crew was represented by Willan alone while the Harvard crew was represented-n Sint- Blonds Fay, Lyman. Bass; Bice; in rnha and Dfaikie. the party,thoughprivate;'nums bered more than one hundred persons,'lttelu J ing •ar c • ns - and - Thawas - RagliaaTocz' member of Parliament.' Charles Dlekens; improposlng the principal. toast - of - the - e - vening,Thai volume which was published within a sborf time, f his visit,to the United States contained; ibiographies of ninety-live young . men, ,well ,nurtured, well born, and trained to peaceful pursulte who, when their country called them, sought 'distinction in/ the, late war. Those great spirits displayed extraordinary aptitude •and were distinguished by theledeeds and 'great heroism. • , Every one , of :them had :been . educated in,; one *hoot ,—that School. the Harvard ,Untrersifivs, [Cheers.] They fonght against' oddii 2 --were• remarkable for the.lnvinci Spirit in 'Willa they received defeat 'Was not the contest of ,last .Friday an evidence in point of the spirit 'such as' was shown ;by; their predecessors in the• late war:? [Cheers.] He then- paid hand some compliments to theOxfora crew. ' in re ferring again to the Flarvard creW, Mr.' Dickens said that the manner,in which they would be received on their return home would find a - ready echo in every • corner of Mr. Simmons, of the Harvard crew, briefly responding, said that he considered that it, was no-„tlisgrace to have been defeatedloy such a crew as Oxford pitted against them. Mr. Willan, of the Oxtor'd crew, then rose, and, , replying to the compliments of Mr. Dickens and Mr. Simmonds, apologized for the absence of his colleagues. He then stated • that of all the races in which he had rowed he had never been's° hard pres.sed as in the race with the Harvards.. • , , The whole entertainment- wound up with a . splendid display ot fireworks'. in front of the Cryshrl Palace. which was givert - in honor of both crews and which was witnessed by vast' numbers of people.. • • The entertainment altogether •was a grand The Duke ut lEdinlbrumh's aud Frivolous Conduct in Anginal's. [From tho Hobart Town MotOlgY.• There was. reason to believe,,and . events showed, that, the, natives-4riendly; and hostile,loOkedforwarifto the Visit ofthe prince as in' sonic `Way . caldultited to " bring ' about a settlement of the rinhapnv .difibrenikas that'haVe been distracting New.2ealand; For their meeting with the pnnce the Chiefs made. great preparation, but. there was in ,return no, consideration shown for their, habits; no pains were , taken , to, , conciliate - the_ wavering,: to strengthen the attachment of the friendlies; and ,no inducement held out make; them tne. ambassadors •of peace 'to the hostile.: No-effort was' madei to turn the meeting to account or to bring about a peace: The prince threw away - a golden :opportunity: With a - little tact and patience he might live conferred a great boon on :.the colony, ,and' made for himself a distinguished - name. But; lie was found utterly wanting ;he sacrificed the duties of his position - to the ewgaws and. displays of a gay and frivolous life,in which the excitement ot - the chase, the fascination of the rice-course, am:Ube attractions , of the ball room and theatre occupied the chief . .place.- The meeting of the chiefs the prince seems to have looked on as meant simply . for his glo rification, and he addressed to them a 'few of those inflated sentences to which we have listened usque ad Ratthell7l2, and which, however adapted for an after-dinner speech in 801310 city hall, were utterly unsuited to a palaver with the rude Maories. Devoid of dignity, and wanting in conciliatory bearing, the duke insulted the - native chiefit. The loquacity of the Maori orators overmue the patience of the prince, anal he had not the courtesy to conceal his impatience. They presented ad dresses, made speeches, sang songs, until his royal highness broke in upon the privileges and customs on which they set a high value. He told them, through the interpreter, to . put an end t the speeches, and not let overt' one speak, as he had other' engagements; - What these engagements were we may easily imagine; but for the sake of such frivolities the prince sent away all disgusted, and very probably converted into enemies, only waiting their opportunity, those who, by his impa tience and rudeness, were prevented from being heard- A few days , devoted to humor- Ing_them_amt_securing_their eanfide,nce,,anti.. the exercise of their influence in bringing into subjection the rebellious native's; would have _rtitification - of his own Pleasures,, and have laid — th - e — c - tdo - likliiidi a - dat - of gratitude. As it is, his - visit has done no . good with this Maories ; all we, dare hope, for is it may do no harm. The Prince might yet to some extent 'repair his past blunder,,but we havelittle faith in his discretion or tact. Di like manners the holiday employment of..a shii - sof-warin New Zealand - waters. while- the colonists' are en gaged in a deadly conflict has created, bitter feelings among the latter.. This; is -,the . doing of a retrenching imperial government, whose care for the amusement of a prince Contra:3bl unpleasantly with - their care for the honor and safety of British colonists. •There wast - iv Want. of Consideration; a tionie thing approaching to an insult to NOW Zealand, to send them one, of the finest specimens of the British navy, Sully equipped an men and material; to lie idly in their waters in holiday, trim, With a holiday crew, while within' a few Wiles of where the Galatea lay the colonists were 'probably engaged in a hand-to-hand fight with the feroCIOILB chief whose atroci ties have already devastated many a home;. or they ..may have been camped out in the bush, cold, half-naked, and It; gry,isecking to protQc_t_their homes - those dear to Ahem from massacre',, 'linage. The money spent int the raree hp ~ .tin their waters, while not - one Penny is spent in aiding the tiOlonists in 'the, deadly- strugglo, with the , contrast between thke condition of tits colony's forces and that' of the Galatea's crew, are-too marked to be pleasant pr,grittifyinakto the colonists. Bad that sliipand crew been occupied' in, aid of the_ colonists . half the -time deveted.tolho 'duke's pleasinetrip the eeleny __Wouldbefore noW larvebeen WV Peace. . , . Military, liarbastit,y,. writing: on, August 12, the Madrhk corms-. poncleid: of. the. ~,London, Ncm, says:, 4aiii is horrified at. a deed of bloaid'jtist per-. .formed iii Catidonta,not fait from the liuSy city of BarcelOpa, the home, pin. exCellekt, of Ite publieanifirni ' The: anthar was one' Lieutenant, Colonel 'iTOse , Cassalis, who • was sent in, search, •of somo Ctirlislis,"wht> were. presumed ..to; be lurking riot far from that.city. Coming up•la a. party, he mash nine prisoners, and coolly shot ..theniziLmitheuspot,Aritholut ivnyinvestigMithr. or form otlaw whatever: The whole of, Chita . rings with ,A 1 cry Of "indigna tion 'at this exceralde deed; Worthy only of 'One who,• like this monster Cassalis, received - his tuition in' cruelty in the former Carlist war.•llis telegram to thelii ovornment; which -has been published; contained . own con fession in short anti pithy. language; " Faction - hCat nvar - - Tn(intettlegre, Caught nine xtum Piecira6.: SPAN. sioklittnatuns; huger -4 A., I -......-pmewT; fig,giQETISI Sim What' apOt. tiew , makesl ar *ooVe it c•tli'at the Govesament, so :lisr: from plating.:thieLieu- , . ;tenant-Colonel =CET arrest, arid; trying him,- 1 ! for, violation of tft.constitution anti off•the lailK,kaVe actuallyisiomoted ' - • PRITIMIA!. Feeling ss to the AtteniptCd, glitardkir ell, ~ P , ' • . the BerittuCathedrnfc,, i . i ' Writingen Ang.l4, the • lierlin entruipOeil '., dent of 'thOLondoii Then :says: Alio pi rot • ,',,,; 'c barli dexillige.agekbt * - differeilbirilif liig contrected with ':relit r': lgion could lieadduced titan the:nisei:6)o' of limy - exhiterisod in consequence , Cf 4 young. iiii._.l% landlifitterupli to shoot :a ciergyidanikrt repeats '. ! tog the ,ereed. In.inost • men, the Jevfm2t is, .• treated as any l other, commasphice crinie would be. '' A "brief report, if few additioliat . facts ' . the day after and the.. matter is - diethissed. ; What ,beside biiit beeti *tinted 'on that Verrible ;incident lindts itself to a few lines in' ncokiple )of papers One ceitu3entitive joiinaktirapriami ;the occuslOn to charge. the IStitiidinaviannviiiri s k 4 ;jority of the peeple w . ith. the rfficer-Weremet• et, sign of onUawing then , pastors ; another., I L , i nounce.s the cifinstitatienal jiroliensitieS ~ 0 4 " 0 thins as the'rear entre Cofniurdir,dishelfec . •,, • i every other A eserirtion et wielied9eAE 4 . ''''' l ` 3 I' • . ...'••— 4 fj.o-:•.:..aifip- .i 0.......—...----. , q ...)7( i . • • • . rAcv, Agllt' , 4l4billALlSP'..... r.• '• :•,11;:.•••••,. - • —Poor, b eer'has lfinde2,l eS n land... • .1 • ' s " —Ford's Thentre,'Datimore,•htditl3llBlo;te.- I .:s the oldest in the United States: " ' -:• / • 4 " 4 ""' • —lt tivill coat thirty minim.' thh'ioil ;16 — 1411,4 struct the Schleswig-MIA - eh! cacadfl' • ••• • :4!r: -A, movement among the C.iii4l4l/11ieik,' great reduction in frei&d, tates r?- -News of an effort to enlarge -the bonnet; comes froth Paris. • • I.` • —A Chicago man irishaq that :vies _ fashion to "dress up - without g pnatittg I any— " . 7;:' thing on." —The yearly expenses for a-private . . abldteir P4pc of the North German •army, are e§atnated astlt:•!.:4 5117 GO gold. —Mlle. Ileini s the latest petwhbm Anberhaxt -‘*•: kissed is to take the leading:Tart i histaew • • —l,fr.LSol Smith, .Yr.; played ." Fclversac"" in The Otd•Quard, in London;and met:l%oth warmest'criticataPproval... —Professbi Risley • intends .t 6 Japanese Troitpe qf AOrolxttSin princo-••• pal towns of Great Thitain, this fall: •:.-A vigilance cciannaitttie, in •-• Tema' eseicd' :b .whiskyeeller, tied him trend dtisteavotds the contents of' hitt . .shop,:bbV meOliti ll y row` frained from. banging hka.:l,. . • : •• • • ••: —Canadian palters are% trying I to 4 4pontriatltc their renders that the , ;flint*: dritesMinthec Pit United States are - driying Imck 'a gIee:MtDPW foymer. immigt-aos. to , their old homes. ; ,• -The Beston aldeertiser- does this: -Dtuing , • the scarcity, or *titer in Philadelphia iils . prep. •.• • pOsed that the ci t y Li re Arther3timfros ' has 'houglif - a greSttwaikin, iioWerAt St. Croix sails, •Wlit, of CaloWCfmn 4 t ; • tag, anti• - tilll bring over alot,of• .--A.therrnorneter whieligluur been:lle& km' 75 years in the vaults of the Paris Observathry., at a depth of 91 feet below theisnufaceelimnat vatiedruore that; a degree Aiming Alie• rbtertek. --Michigan , boasts. of one hund...vd and seventy-seven. .newspapeis : and. per s Oicaa B : ' 2 Pretty well . for a State onli.thirty7t,GuaiyE?aFs —A zealous expressman of 131iffalciowiillihg to convey an idea-of great-Celerity hi 'Pro secution of his business, -has-daubetll wr,tte side of his wagon the •iritelltent "LITEN eXPEES." —The Sisters of breroy in a: tDurhitten (Mid. land) convent lately struck lataldepartedtau the establishment without., leave leami tits superiors, on, account otthe-insuttleientr, :al lowance of food. • —" The blessed man that prtiaoliodibr.uut t last. Sunday," says Mrs. Partingpan, "se wed!, the.. Lord for thirty years—Stat •ruk a,pcircrus.riltde, then as a locust Preacher,and ..IthA au: ant ok hauster." —A young man of sixteert;.tht dumti lawyer, is•tvritingta .tragedy Raw tded.: , ' on the St. Bartholctmew, MUSSaffO;- tt • be " brought out at a. Cincinnati theatrn. , next: winter. • —As they have stopped baring, thwStt.2, artesian. well at •a depth. oil 3',8411 Mark Twain askS whylliey don't go.arotuidlani id try the other end, as• there Ding: be Wallir there somewhare. Mapleson, the welhitnown) (lite( 1 ;tOr of the Italian. Opera irt-• London) ' tiished hborielfthe other day .hy . phingingiinto.lllo sea, at Wortbing,and 'saving.the liY9 ofaAehtf Id who' hattfallen-.overhoard;— . —The receipts of the theatres,. 01 )neerts,. danQillTllace#J and- .111-thkk i- Parrs, in fily; iiiiiiiiiifeTtialir,k4:lllri nes be ing ar-deerease-of-369i0981:tranm ceding month, but an augnientatrfattaF f 175 francs over the July of last year; —Mrs. Stanton says she knew- y Byron intimately, aml can corroborate , Stowe's description °flier as one ofAlle• noblao t women that ever trod the eattli._ She &pro cates , fin mamba - ions .defence of-Lorti: BYT, et,t kw. the newspapers of this countr,y,.aaot Is fih autradto thinktbat they could ,ittute to bu undralg ta, Nvon7.- of W/10111, Atanacia Might. wait be proud., I 3 YZIITT, the essayist; fllarried.'3ll.l.tesl - a well-read, elegratt,. and will-educated lady, one of the best letter-writers 'Of her time. With any one,bnt Ilazlitt- the might hatrebeen happy;, but authors of.atinervotis maid sgisiltive nature require pectiki= Miatment,,, wAhlir Litt did not get. 111. tile autogra 7 . 4 )hll';:ethe "Table:' Talk," •in the. "ESsay on tlleae6eilit Death," he. had wzittliii, imssr ge the printed version, which is 'a key: tgarsq* ture and to his unllatiploi6S. waut*.mit eye . 1 cheer riie a band . te ',2;u1444 me i n .I.ntiost'io. on; all'of•whkh I shall nevepitana, bit s. aver n o my grave - wi ioutitrtem, old we my thee, unlbred, I would have some , creature to love a* before. I die. "Oh! for the parting' hand tuiease'ther - fair !" -It 'is not worth whria.'in4okshdrt sketch tqlMrsue the subject fortheF If appreciation of thewilb einumenceMridisagro.e.. ment, the behavior of the husband Ziasiertedlts catastrophe.' ' Mr. and' Bia?litt .Were _ separated and ..tetlfor ti dlvorr eiJut ©hough' of tilis; . *erne time bethr4- 1:44.1:eat14 he had Nvritten, in the midst - of much tvork,".;treutio and disappointment-4(i° often bholot list4r ary life "lAy public and Ariitato'hopes lit#o . been left a. ruin; or remain, only to Mock',ltrte, I tvoithl wish them tci be reAdldba; like to see some prospect of , g,iziod to tria*Ml, such as iny life began i with. shotild 'l4O, to. :leave settle sterling wqrk bebiiiit Me: ".Ishiitild like to halve some fdeudly howl to eins,tri;ino to the graVo. On `abes,e,C(Aulltioliii. am',,ready if not willing, o depart: 'I sball: then s writo on wy tomb--Gratifttl - On4 - 'eontenteg,l • "'lnt nave too much to be willing 4 4e have thought "ant suffered in 13ut Ids later years brought br..stter and gentler thoughts. 11,e died m Islo with hi's friend, Charles Lamb, alttlUg bybis 'bedside, to whom, be addressed big last wordi‘ a Well I've WO a , • '- , e , .:1,•-•!..4,••••••••• , . . . • • . •.. • . • ~ , .... -, : , 71 - :;' , '.-- .:, ..3.::. , ..; : •.;• - . , 1. 1 1 . ; . ; • ••.',.•• ''.-. .
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