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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.' . :
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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
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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
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that a:considerable change. is 'coming over, the
national mind In F t rance with respect to the
'first NaPoleon, and that- the " traditions " pf
his reign and drum, above" elltided te;" , ate ' no.
' l longer cherished as they once were. !believe
I that the legendary", Napoleonis,to a certain,
ilegree,lidingaway, - atid the cricar Napoleon
beginning to stand , out in, fuller relief.-
tainly his memory hatect - by thwitepublican,
party now as Much as ii.4liated them inhiS
time. Nor is this te be 'wondered at" Napo-'
icon srepresented 'emphatically twa
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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
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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
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newspapers. •
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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 ,
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