New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-06-18
THE TRIBUNE.



he ;..ed BY WILEY & Potuarn as the first number
- an american series Of their Library Of Choice
Reading This is well, every way. There ought
n he sach series for American Literature affords
rnch choice reading whereof our most rapacOus
readers are sadly ignorant and likely to remain so
ubjle. BY the suicidal denial Of International Copy
1gbt. We virtually condemn our authors 10 famine
and worse still to neglect and obscurty. Our book
oilers are one of the best abused classes among US
and abused most absurdly. To publish and sell
books is their business; to publish books whicl
eonf sen is not seldom their destiny but destiny
which they must be greater blockheads than they
are rcpuicd TO seek and rejoice in. They must
,sbisb sucb books as will best and most surely re-
munera,e them for their outlay and risk. Now an
English work, whether Of History, Poetry, Ro.
nance. Science or what you please, costs them no
thing for copyright comes to them in good, far
type. and 30 makes no trouble expense with
proofreadine. and requires little outlay for adver
Using since it has already been commended to our
reading public by reviews and notices in the British
periodicals which circulate largely among US How,
then can publisher be expected TO tug an Amer
can authors work when he can obtain an English
counterpart for nothing 1t is absurd to expect
sny thing Of the sort. Thus is our own Literature
doomed to eternal sterliiy and subservIency by the
insane policy OF our Government, which IN attempt
ing 10 rob Foreign authors succeeds in starving our
own-The greater, then, the honor due 10 those
who venture 10 give us an American Library OF
Choice Reading aiording some remuneration 10
our fused writers The series we are confident
will reflect credit on American Literature and be OF
signal value. We ,rus, il will be literally pur
chased and widely read
Mr. Headey's Letters good daguerrotypes
Of Italy and her people. Our reeders are mainly
" well acquainted with part OF them that we
need speak but briefly Of their merits We know
NJ more vivid or faithful portraitures of the Com
mon People Of Italy. their character modes of life,
pecularities, &c. Mr. II is keen observer, a good
descrber, and possesses joyous hoping. loving
spiri, We find in the pages before us traces oil o
warfare against the Roman Catholics which seem
ont Of keeping wiihhc letters published and must
tend TO rcpel some readers but will prObabl al
tract more. For ruins. spoclacies, natural scenery,
few have keener eye or iuster appreciation
han our auihor.-We give an extract from the
(llEpttT on INC VI ltdhdH 'ifAIs
MILAN.
DEAR E-Perhaps you would ask me what ]
No,c think of Italian character shuld answer that
my first impressions had changed very little. The
Italian womeH have spoken OF before The men
are more polite than Americans, and more polished
They treat strangers with greater kindness and re-
ceye them with irucr hospitality Friendships,
too. are more frequent and warmer among them
than with Indeed. have often wondered why
10 our country, where there are such strong dOmcs
tic and social ties there not closer friendships
among men--ihey scarcely known IN the higher,
purer sense Here on the contrary. friendships are
constantly contracted, marked by the intcnses al
fiction and seli.sacriiicc have often watched, IA
my own country, with sort OF stupid amazcmcnt,
two men who had been very intimate IN prosperity,
suddenly grow quite indifferent when misfortune
had overiaken one. \ friend lets an unfortunate
friend struggle OH in poverty. without ever thinking
OF sacrificing a few thousand dollars. If by Il he
should circumscrbe his own cnioymcnts No one
complains of the justice of this but Il certainly
show a want OF that high generous affection which
iswortn more TO q man than money
There is a great deal Of intellect ian Italy, ami 4
great many bold decided men. bu, the mass cannot
be relied upon The Italians want the sicadncss
Of the English. while they have moi the hcadlone
npeiOos,y OF the French Hence they shrink
rom great emergencies ANA prefer the present evils
That aiic them 10 greater evils they may encounter
"a shaking of the tyranny under winch they croan
Yet there is courage here. if il could only bc rightly
managed Whether Italy will ever assume her
proper place again among the nations OF the Garth
- very doubtful II she does she Will be the FIRST
nation hat has grown old with decay and again be
come rcgeneraied. In this respect. nations follow
ne law OF human life. II age once scizcs upon
lsIa. they never grow young again, Ihey must
hrs' die, and have an cn,irely new birth. Even
AiAg acre Is old. Cites houses. churches. and all
are old The N hpls ~ ard unN%lgal
Ae must be radically changed 10 tit the spirit that
snow abroad IA the world Italy was great IN a
peculiar age. and shc cannot cope with those which
an The birth OF another age filed with another
spir and principle of action. Indeed have no
hope m the multitude of cOuspracics and outbreaks
With which Italy Is filled The struggling spirit l.
10, strong enough or al least cannot be sufficiently
combined. The poor and suffering have become 700
poor They are beggars who do not care enough
Tor liberty TO fight for It Beside those who should
guide the popular viii. seem To lack the steady en
ergy That inspires confidence The love OF pleasure
and Us pursuit takes from the maniness of the lia
ian character so necessary 10 republican form q.
government
Inc nor'hern provinces are far better IN this re
spcct IMAM Tue southern In Genoa for instance
there Is great deal of nerve and stern republican
ISM remaining, winch may We, recall the days o
Spinola Let the poiice over her be a. lax as ihsi
OF Tuscany and II would no, be long befor, N,
would De republic again
We make the following additional ex,rac, from,
the description OF the Illumination Of s. Peters a,
Rome
There are two illuminaiions The fins, is caneS
the silver one and commences about eight o'cocl
u the evening These four thousand four hundre,
amps are so ARRANGED 10 reveal the entire ARCH
lecture Of the building Every column. cornicc
se,e and window-all the details OF III, building
nd The entire structure. are revealed IN soft cleW
Ashi producing an eilcc; lnde>cribaby pleasing yc
sis.y bewilderins II seems an immense alahasie'
s0lding. Ii, from within The long lines Of lgh
made BY the columns. with the shadows between
ae beautiful cornice sliiiernc over the darkness.
sader 1.-THE maenifcen, semicirculsr colonnades all
Sae'en, with light and every one of the hundrec
20 ninetytwo statues along It's Top surmounied
Una lamp, and the immense dome rising over all
aAe mountain Of molten silver. in the deep dark
ses around so completely deludod the senses iha'
80 can think of nothing but fairy fabric SUDDEN.
sasd and hung in mid heavens This effect how
a gwen only when one stands at distance
AZ INC an bill IS the spo, from which 10 view it,
g.. s,oand Is buried in deep darkness, except tbs
h.~.ny shining glory. Not sound is heard &c
.a 'ne Stiffness and you gaze and gaze except
HS,;. mcnen, 10 see the beautiful vision fade
SSsH GIl shines calmly on.
s"s EXAMINATION lssts from eisht IN nina and inst