Worcester daily spy., 1851-09-29
Literary Gossip.--No. Il.
FERDINBND FRIELGRUTH.

FERDINBND FRIELGRUTH.
] No one Sho watches the under-current Of circum-
stances which is daily circulating between this Country
and Europe, can escape the deep conviction that, al
some future time far Distant this republic must ex
ercise not only passive moral influence upon, but
direct and active interference WITH the destins Of the
nations OF the Old World. The prophets ana cham
Pons OF the democratic idea, who have been conquered
but not subdued by the royal and priesty Cossacks Of
their own countries, daily seeking rest and refuge
IN the bosom Of Columbia, carrying with them that in
ensihed love Of rePub!cansm which their suaerings
tor Its sake have produced; and carving with them
also, those sympathies for their brothers who must
iarry behind, which will descend 10 and lead their
American-repubican into the future theatre of
European Pr0grcss, the champions and avengers of
liberty.
We see by paragraph in the late European papers,
that Ferdinand Friegruh, the great Prussian poet, is
about to follow The course Of emigration and repair TO
America Freligruth, who Is still young, was educated
10 mercantile house in one Of the Italian seaport
cities, where he also cultivated poetry, and studied
Scotch that he might read ''Burns" Upon his return
to Berlin, be published volume Of poetry which
passed the Censoial Ordeal without much mutilation.
and which ostenziby obtained him pension from
Frederch-W William, the King. This pension was really
tribute to his genius, but it was an equvocal ont
Freligruh powerful inherently, to be allowed
the free exercise Of his genius the King sought to
gag him with geld; and the Censors tried to crush all
sympathy for freedom from his poetcal sentences But
the soul Of the young poet grew in strength beauty and
liberty, until at last dsdaiung both the pension Of the
King and the excelsior of the Censors he threw up the
former and defed the latter. He published a volume Of
poems, u Of the Inspirations Of freedom, which wing
ed its way Germany before the Cossacks could in
tercept it. Among the poems, was translation Of
Burns's song, "a man 5 a for "a that The
geas-desarme Immediately after Freligruth for
daring blsh this BOOK but he anticipated them
and fed to Switzerland it'll his young wife Here he
continued for some time, earning scanty subsistence
by teaching, and proudly suffering for his ideas.
In 1916, he repaired London, on the advice of his
warm friends. William and Mary Hewitt Here he
passed over year, acting IN the capacity Of foreign
clerk to a mercantile house. The English aristocracy
never counenanced. for Moment this great prophet
Of democracy he was the friend and guest Of the true
and the free only
The HoRsE AND Cow rHIEF.-Deputy Mar
shall Warren. of this city, brought up from Boston,
on Saturday afternoon, the and horse thief Par
menter, who was arrested by constable Capp, of
Boston, few days since. No less than six ndict-
ments against him we've found for crimes committed
in this county, by the Grand Jury, viz; one for lar
ceny of a horse and chase, the property of Daniel
Hunt, Of Upton; one for larceny of valuable fowl
inn niece from Mr. McFarland of Into, ar1 c,,-
others for larceny of cows in Princeton three being
the property of Mr. Brooks, and the other the proper
/ ty of Mr.. Jewett.