New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-22
THE TRIBUNE.

,.,,.iue BY bringing home 10 US scenes before
toowp vaguely or scantiy through official bulls-
20. and newspaper scraps There is also some
thin, refreshing threading OF the men OF instlnct,
.ucb as the Bedoulns, even when the hall. culva-
,.d men who write know how to see nothing so
cl.srlv in them as their brutal and feroclous traits.
The sketch of el-Kader, by De France, is
m, without interest though from so superficial
observer.
Lsmplny the author Of the first narrative, ex-
rites some thought from the pcsillon in which ne
s,uds He is driven forth by the inward need
which urged the knights of old TO win their spurs,
the need of trying whether one dares risk health,
bsOpness, life itself, 10 fulfil an obligation, lhe
need of trying, in fact, whether there be lite
enough in US to make us worthy living. When
fiery youth finds no test ready for him on the verge
Of manhood, he seeks one thus Gid this Clemens
L.mpiny But in how poor form, with how
Huoran, an eye. Is il not very sad al this period
Of the word, when all true warfare is moral and
mental, and hundred good causes at every step
plead for defenders 10 see young man go TO AL
;lers 10 chase Arabs 10 their dens, and help poor
nercenares die OF heat and fatigue, they know
not why Could German in this age of the world
incy he could best prove his manhood IN such
genes as the following
"After short rest we started again, and the
irst glinmer OF light showed the huis OF the tribe
gfargh, before us. An old kabyle was at that mo.
mrnt gong out with pair oi oxen plough; as soon
ashe saw Us he uttered fearful howl and lied, but
,x well-dlrectcd shots brought him down. In
one moment the grenaders and rolfigenrs who
were II advance, broke through the hedge OF prick
w wear winch generally surrounds kabyle vii
l4ge, and The massacre began. Strict orders had
been gwen 10 kill all The men, and only 10 take The
women and chlldreH prisoners; for we followed
lhe prpcrp, Of an eye for eye and tooth tor
tooth W
"a few men only reeled half-awake out of their
nuts bur most of them still lay fast asleep; not one
,,caped death The women and children rushed,
bowling and screaming, out OF their burning nuts,
il time IN see their husbands aud children butch
.r-d Oae Young woman, with an infant al her
breast, started back at the sight of strange men,
txclaimlug, Mohammed. Mohamnedn and ran
is,o her burning hut. Some soldiers sprang for.
ward 10 save her, but the root had already fallen
in, aud she and her child pershed in the flames"
No wonder such experiences should affect a
young, hopeful nature as is described in the follow
Ing passage:
"lhaye suffered severe loss; the only friend ! |
bad found here died few days ago. Similar |
tastes aud like fate had drawa us together He |
OF good family al Berlin, as the high cutlva-
Ton Of his mind sufficiently proved 4 y but an un.
Nuunate longing for excitement and adventure |
lad driven HIM from home. | am convinced that |
b. died of home. sickness. He had never served
b-iorv and could not, therefore, brook this brutal
and savage life SO well as | could, and fever
h,slened his death. He had written to his father
for money to obtain his discharge, under the convc-
ton that he could no, endure his life here, and was
liz III. daily expectation Of an answer. His lmagi-
n4lon already transported him back TO his fam |
ly; hut he grew weaker every day, and at
length mad 10 be carried TO the hospital where
visited HIM daily when my turn OF service did moi |
Prevent me. When went yesterday and inquired |
alter him. one of the attendants pointed TO the bed
on approaching ii, | found kim dead. No one, not
even his next neighbor. had heard him die. He
Was buried next morning with no kind OF ceremo-
nv, aad followed him to his grave alone. Ii is
well for hun that he Is AT peace HIS spirit was too
gentle TO bear the sight OF dll this cruelty aud |
wreichedneSs One must case ones heart triple |
brass 10 bear existence here at all. :"
lis pity. indeed, that in the age Of Hegel |
young man should thus throw away in so absurd
manner, life and its glorious chances, through the |
attempt TO become sefconscous. Let not thought
ial n'-n grow weary of repeating again and again,
thoughts proper to the present day, fancyng they |
NE '.ml.lar by this time to every one. Thought
lal men, be not weary We who are the salt of the
'alj every WIlere III needs your SAVIOUR YET ~ |
NEAPLASAT0HY An AND PHOTOGRAPHIC DfCTION- |
1N' OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: To which is added |
Vocabulary Of Greek Latin scripture Christian and Gee
.Iapn'eal Names, with their pronunciation: Together
WIN Go c;ion of Words and Phrases from Foreign |
Lnsuases often with In the Work, of English |
writer's, with their Signiaca,on: Edited by WILLIAM |
boiLrs; (pp. 944 Svo Sew London: Bellies Williams |
Price S.
Ais Dictionary has several very excellent char |
"'e'ls'ics In the first place, 1t is very full and
Sofoush IN lis catalogue of the words composing |
w Language, having no fewer than s. 900 words |
'aiie Walker gave but $1,000. Many will object |
@'ae tolerance of obsolete or supeTfuous words, |
'7i this is au error. Putting word in Dc,on
:! Goes not auhorlse its use, and the great major
Yoi p-rsons coa>ult work Of this class otener 10
Saa the mranlng OF some new, strange word they |
'acoan'er than for any other purpose. Ii is poor
'Ua'oiaon TO such 10 learn that the word which |
U'U=s their comprehension and mars their sa,isfac
.Oa IN readlag is not deemed legitimate by their
H'x'cosraph-r aud therefore excluded from his |
'%A In the second place, the Or,hography OF
Ss Dictionary, so Tar as we have been able TO ex.
sne II, Is correct, being pruned of the redundan,
supposed on such words as public and the su. |
f'fuons us poked into such as honor by John.
90 and Walker. Cucumber is not pronounced
cucumber nor Lieutenant 'lcitenan, BY Mr..
SOles. Then his Pronunciation generally appears
scOrrect and very plainly marked, so ,ha, the
saiHer will more distinctly and easily apprehend
,as uce sound than by help OF nearly any o,her
Dci'onary. His 'Pnonogtaphic implies oaly ,ha.
@s literal SOUND Of the word is accurately gwen
Sssiy, the price OF this work is very moderate,
sssaits size and its scomrrehensveness consid
e,i
But Mr.. BoIes has committed one fault, how
W. which seriously de,rec,s from the merits oi
sSwoIk in our estimation. He does injustice TO
a Webster, in failing to acknowledge or even
I sealon his proracted labors in and service 10
stsa Lexicoosy. Mr. Webster may have
.,'shed errers, but he has done more good than
:. 0her author Of Dictionaries since Johnson, has
s'1ned So many iave,era;e abuses in Orthography,
m. f,re'n'essedy excelled all his precursors in the
,sa4s, 14ess and secaracy Of his Definitions Why
,,. ,.ud an American Lexicographer seek 10 dis
Pstage him