New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-09-07
Erederikn HreIner.


Frederika Bremen.
A late letter from Newly orn IN the National
lntclligcncer contains the following interesting
notice OF visit to this distinguished Authorcss,
translated from book of travels by German
Countess Hahn Hahn, herself person Of some
celebrity in the fashionable world:
." found Miss Bremen at small country cs-
tate near Stockholm. where she resides with her
mother and Younger sister. had formed some
idea about her person from her books. figured
to mystlf quiet serious person. with some hui
nor-i.c touches. | found her indeed thus IN re-
aii,y, with addition Of an extraordinary degree
of sweetness IN al her bearing was offered
promenade. l preferred to remain IN the house
though passionately fond Of nature, open ar
walking. All the attraction for me was mere
withn-evcrv thing so pleasant, so comfortable
! could comprehend how Home here could be
made so attractive. l desired Miss fTcdcnNa
TO show me her own room. 1t was arranged
with the greatest simpclty-almost "a cell
II would not do for me at all. Besides, II was
ii corner.room, with windows on two sides
consequently double supply OF hight. There
we're three square tables, covered with books
papers, and writing materials; sofa m a Sc
we're STYLE Il mean one that coolly and merely
nv favorite posltion.) On the walls there were
several pictures There is genuine TencrS
but | know YOU will not like it, she SAID laugh
ing, pointing to u beautiful little picture OF
countryman filling his pipe answered honesty,
mo- and in general found that sand no when
she said yes. Such difference ofopinlon ls only
disagrccablc when you have q dislike toa person
tried to persuade her to make voyage to Italy
We would go together. But she would not
She does not like travelling. She thinks that one
may soon become overpowcied, carried away,
get confused-and what to do with all these
foreign impressions! said YOU will soon con-
ouer them-that is Just the pleasantest thing,
think She still took lively interest in all
told her of foreign countries, what had seem
and what l had written about them. | was
naturally well pleased at this. Our conversation
was carried on in French and German. She cx
pressed herself with great simplicity and decision.
She had beautiful thinking eyes, clear, firm,
may almost say, q solid forehead, under which
the strongly delincated eyebrows move very much
when she speaks. This becomes her very much,
particularly when an idea labors TO shape itself
into words She has light and small figure.
and was dressed in black silk. In the parlor
there were two large bookcases Miss Bremen
paints beautifully in miniature and she has a
collection of heads done by herself, to which was
added mine. generally get sleepy when sitting
to artists therefore do not like TO have my PIC
ture taken as it hurts my vanity that all my por-
traits look so immensely shcepsh Tins tune,
however, the sitting went better off, for the Count
ess RosEN was singing the whole time, with her
fine voice, some beautiful Swedish songs.
TIE EVIL One" Failing in their efforts to
solve tho dark problem of the origin of evil, men
r-u H. - tho of ali hc,pV--thp
an,aronism of good. OF this mysterious and
dreadful po.sonification, we find ourselves con.
strained TO speak with that awe and reverence
which arc always associated with undciinCC
power and the ability to harm The devil, says
AN old writer, ~ a dignity, though his glory ht
somewhat faded, and wan and is TO be spoken
accordingly Cudworth, in his Intellectual Sys
tom. saws that the inferior gods demons, being
all Of them able to do us hurt or good, and be
ING also rascibc, and therefore provckahlc by on
NEGLECT, it is our interest to appcasc and pacii.
them
IL have seen persons in that stage OF the drunk
ards maady known as dcrlum tremcns, WIZ
ycrily imagined they could see his Satanic Ma
csly lowering over them; but DO not rcco'lcct d
ever meeting with hut one sane person who ha
been thus favored. He is man OF strong nerves
smmd judgement IN ordinary matters, and quit
III. reverse OF supcrsttors. He states that severe
wears aro when his mind was somewhat eNcl
cised.' 10 use his words. on The subject {
his religious duties, he was standing one moor
light evening in mcd,tauve mood, on The ono-
which crosses Little River, near ITS junction wit
.be Mcrrmack Suddenly he became sensible
stranre feeling, as If something terrible W,
near at hand; vague terror crcpt over hsni.
kaelc,' said he in relating the story, that some
thing bad and irghtiul was bchnd mel Ie
il. And when did look round there on II
bridge. within few PAGES OF me, huge b!ac
dor was sitting with the face of man-a hi
man face, if ever saw one, turned full up to Il
moonlight. Il remained just long enough to 81,
me a clear view Of it, and then vanished nl
ever since, when think of Satan, call to mn
the dog ON the bridge"
y. G. Whittier in the Dem. Rev