The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-28

Europe for the purpose Of procuring Materials I'm
less he shall prove better writer OF history than OF
romance, his work will not amount to much. 1t will
be fat as the Netherlands. history Is but romance
somewhat sobered. do not anticipate very great
addition to historical literature from Mr.. Moteys
laboB. His " Merry Mount" in the hands OF Haw-
thorne, would have been equal to anything that has
proceeded from that extraordinary writer. 1t was,
indeed, suggested by a note in his Twice Told
Tales" in which he points out the subject as one
admirably adapted to the purposes of the romance
writer Unfortunately the gentleman who has alone
sought to profit by his hint is utterly deficient in that
" vision and faculty divine +" with which Mr.. Haw-
thorne ia himself SO largely endowed.
Mr.. Miles tragedy-"De Soto"-has been very
successful at the National. II has been acted i've
nights and owed not little of its success to the ex-
cellent acting of Mr. Murdoch. The play needs some
pruning but It is nevertheless very creditable pro-
duction The theme is sufficiently romantic to allow
the poet to display himself without offending our
ideas of probability. De Soto much superior
character to the band of Spanish cOnquerors Of the
New World, the PiZarros, the Valdivias and Others
who were mere murderers, and therefore the poet
can make more Of him than Of his contemporaries in
the same line of business.
heard good story, this morning. of the loss and
recovery of large sum of money A factory agent
took package Of five thousand dollars and proceed
ed to country village, by the cars for the purpose
of paying off the laborers in his employ. He laid
the package down by his side, on the seat Arriving
at his place of destination, he left the train and pro-
ceeded to his factory where he remained for three
hours, without so much as thinking Of his money,
when it occurred to him that he had lost it. As the
train went further than his place he proceeded to
the car; but his search fruitless, the package
was gone. II then occurred to him that when he
first entered the car he had observed man looking
wry sharply at the package. just before the train
started on its return to Boston he proceeded to it,
and fell in with the suspicious person. of whom he
Immediately demanded his money. The man replied
that he knew nothing of either him or his money;
but, the agent persisting in his demand, the result
was that the parties proceeded to field, where un
der a stone, and concealed by dirt and leaves, the
package was found. The erring party was babe to
Ego, and sin no more" and the agent paid of his
employees. The story deserves to be chronicled as
illustrative Of the persuasive powers Of factory
agents. ALGoMA.
P. s.-One reason why the publication Of "Tho
Key to Uncle Toms Cabin has been delayed is, that
the publishers may hear from England where it is to
be published simultaneously with its appearance in
America. The exact number of copies ordered is
fortysix thousand, and sixty thousand copies are
printed. The first copy Of "Uncle Toms Cabin"
was sold on the 10th Of March, 1852, since which
time there have been three hundred and five thou
sand copies disposed Of The publishers say they
would give Mrs. Stowe one hundred thousand dollars
for her property in the two works. They have been
made rich, Us well she, by the publication Of only
one Of them and there is no saying where the sales
will stop. Mr.. Jewett, the principal publisher is an
old liberty party man, and voted for Mr.. Birney, in
1910, when there but few political abotionists
here-abOut thousand or SO.