The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-08-12

lie nsstinss discussing in open forum. ths equal
rights Of women, unsexed females sometimes do In
want Of sducation which, is compensated for
by many amabe traits Of that sea
perceives 1t. They srtlsss in their
children. and graceful in their movements, and
| sprightlv and witty ia conversation.
The gentlemen rival il they do not excel the French
in polteness Indeed, have sometimes been tempted
TO smile at its ludicrous excess In departing from
| Mexican house. you know when you have made
last bow and must be exceedingly watcnful to
avoid giving offence by too abrupt exit. You
pected to bow and something civil departingyou
turn round, and bow sgan a. the drawing door
The Of the house follows you into the a
round you reach each landing and bow again When
you have reached the foot Of the stairs you your
final bow and at liberty to pass into the ALI
this time the master of the house stands bowling ana
scrspins to you from the topmost step
In conclusion We can warmly recommend our
readers to examine the work, OF which we have only
given very few specimens, which inadequate
to expose all the merits Of the work. A more en-
tertainng work is seldom published
The GENERAL Posr OFFIcE.-We have seen
book of nearly four hundred pages, called /" The
United States Post Office Guide" by Eli Brown,
Esq, late clerk in the General Post Office at
Washington. This book has been prepared with
great labor and care and considerable ability, and
it contains useful information to all who have much
to do with the Post Office. The map at the be-
ginning is worth the cost of tie book. The book
contains list of all the mail routes and post Offices
and postmasters, with their proper official numbers
Some of the suggestions of Mr. Brown valuable,
but in the MAN, think, his ideas, if carried out
would not do great deal of good towards reform.
ing that establishment A part Of the work is APP
propriated to putting the Postmaster, Corporal Fitz
| Fudge Warren, which is in decidedly bad taste,
and calculated to throw discredit on all the rest Of
| it. Fitz Fudge and his aid, N. X Hall, are not
competent to the management of this Office ju-
dciously and fairly and the they got rid
of the better The late newspaper postage law is
all sufficient evidence Of their smallness of calibre.
There fifty newspaper carriers in this city who
could instruct them. If mistake not, the citizens
of the remote parts of the Union-the voters at
the extremities, in every secton-have come to the
conclusion that the est Enlistment is public nu-
sance that should be abated. Besides the disad-
vantage Of living remote from the place where the
public loaves and fishes distributed to the needy
they complain and justly, thai they not afforded
any mail facilities and that the department and its
| and the convenience of the functionaries at the
federal city, than to any other objects. There
| is one good feature noticed by Mr. Brown, viz
that by law no member of Congress can be con-
cerned in q post office contract, a security in
| This was caused by the corruption some years ago
practised by them in these contracts But the Post
| Office Deparin ent has become mere roOsting pole
for some thousands political carrOn crows to rest
If the carrying of the mails left to private
enterprise, it would be preferable to the present
crazy, irresponsible, foolish stupid, and corrupt
arrangement. II could not be worse, and especially
if affairs are managed as they have been for some
time past: Newspapers should, if they published
the federal laws gratis, be FREQ. No letters should
pay more than five cents. The people Of California
people Of COmmunipaw Equality should be the
| rule, and the citizens residing in remote parts
should not be taxed higher for the disadvantage of
| their position in other respects. They are neg
| lected generally. But we have not time to 60 at
this matter fully. We shall keep Mr.. Browns
book for attentive perusal, and extract facts
| from it that will be useful. The book will be of
service if the quack physic advertisements at the
end are torn out, and some twenty or thirty pages
of the Historical Review" as it is called, at the
beginning.
SELECTIONS FROM THE Poems OF Don JOSE
| MARIA HEREDIA, with TRANSACTIONS into English
verse; by James Kennedy, Esq, Her Britannia
Majesty's Judge in the Mixed Court of Justice at
the Havana, al formerly member Of Parliament
for the Borough of Tiverton. Published at Havana.
| This is rather formidable title of soneteering
pamphlet of thrty-two pages, one-half Of which
are in Spanish, and the other half in English.
| Mr.. James kennedy is not very likely to acquire
| much fame poet, and his titles to other honors
may be his proudest boasts. We should have sup
posed, however, that he would have been glad to
conceal the fact that he was " formerly" member
of Parliament, the political record goes, that he
exchanged his seat to Lord Palmerston for com
missione rship at Havana.
| However, this has little to do with the merit
these translations-if they have any. We can
neither admire the verse the sense, or attempts
at it, which Mr. Kennedy has put into print. An
extract or two will suffice to show the reader, what
a struggle for poetry can do with the English Ian
guage and that, too, by judge Of mixed court -
The anxious search Of fame Is noble felt
And lovely for It's laurel pants my heart
| OF my steps leave . deep mark where dwelt.
Probably the "noble felt" of which the author
speaks is Of that description, which has placed the
laurel on the brow Of some celebrated halter, and
iustrous manufacturers motto. 1t is too bad to
represent Don Hereda as having desired to walk in
the mud, for the purpose Of making an impression.
But We will 60 step further
| There all Ia death and grief but here
| All life and joy; see Phnbus smile
| More soothe 'twixt lucid clouds, the while
| Our woods and plains more lustre cheer,
| With double spring to inspire the year
For Phebus to smile more soothe 'twixt lucid
clouds may mean something. but We know not
! what. We can better understand what follows,
which appears to mean that the woods and plains
propose to give three cheers for some " new lustre
| perhaps some patent varnish, an Improvement
on Day 4 Martins blackiog. In doing this, while
| the woods and plains aforesaid shout aloud, they
will give "double spring." like Leon Javelli or
Mons. Blondin, the tight rope; and this will in
spire the year any poet that lives. One Of Here
dia's poems is an address to his horse. Mr.. Ken
nedy sasll have space for the last stanza;-
Pardon my fury beats upon my eye
The grieyous sight-friend. when my shouts declare
Impatience. then the biting spur to spare,
Wait not, but toss thy name, thy head, and fly.
One might suppose that fly was on the horses
head but this is not the authors meaning. lie
wishes his horse to go but instead Of whipping
him, he takes to whipping Pegasus himself implor-
ing his horse to toss his and then his head The
hote, being sensibe brute, stops still, to consider
how he is his before he tosses his ne id,
while the stupid poet wonders that he will not act.
The "sght that beats upon his eye, is not his eye
e;g IL and