New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-31

embe the hills. While grows decse and unctous in the
hIloxs until st last arrives to begin the task Of
rultiv.tps the savage and yet unfinished earth But 10
!. vet weak for want Of association and from the def
cepcy Of his implements; accordingly he cannot clear
and drain the valleys If he coud resist the malaria
there sboundns but must resort to the thin and fer
tile ,ol of the upland slopes. From thence VIII the
increase of his numbers and the improvement Of his
;up.ments or in other words. society becomes
more perfect and more powerful he desceIds to the
h.t,sr soil Of the vallies thus improving his condition
nth the increase Of capital and Of population To the
..,bli.hnent of this thesis this chapter is devoted
and whatever may be thought Of the success OF he de-
mo,strstion it cannot be denied thai the subject 10
viewed from every side aud all possible objections FORE
..., and carefully considered. II Nautilus and Ri
c.rdo are not here demolished. it is because they are
.bsolutey inexpugnable, because their terrible doc
trnes are the truth
THE KNICKERBoC KER
The most substantial article this month is Hartford
in the Oden Time written with and vigor and pre-
ep,ing several highly discriminating structures the Pu
r;tan character Sket hes OF Western Life Men Man
ners and Mountains" Memories. by a visionary
Sketches of Travel and Character graphic and read
able rspers We have a nstalment OF TX Marvels
Fudge Papers Among the numerous poetical contribu
lions Marys Hollow, Peekskill has great merit in
:. quiet pahos and truthful feeling The Up the River
CORRESPONDENT gives the following fup.s panecyrc on
announcing that h. Old Shanghai rooster is dead
"A cock is the proudest and most majestic bind which
was ever Gathered Let the gay hamInso hsP MS wags
flock which make the ropc groves so orihant Inc Bird
of Paradise may be esteemed marvel and paragon OF
the ecsatic beauty with all its tram Of son ana melt
inc heavenly colors the blending of that holy HAND which,
whether shown on the al bow or in the sun set skies or
on the cheeks of fruits or in the bloom OF HOVER Tar
beyond all initiative pencil one OF those form o, love
Eden Even as dove just parted from the leash the car
rer of hopeful message il seems TO have eeen ung
down already fashioned from the groves which hang
over the flashing that roll hard by the Goen Cny
But for these birds of gorgeous pumage may oe ald
that they live too near the sun They are wher the ten
depey OF all dust TO take also the more disgusting
forms of life where the lizard Turks among the choicest
perfume and where the basisk lies along the branch
They symbols of perfection of beauty which not OF
earth Now the cock is representative of the erect In
Icren dignity of nature His race Is found everywhere
lie loses not caste among the tropic birds lie walks
along the equatorial belt he has hs coop IN Terra del
Fpfeo as well as in the icy North lie flies wild through
the primitive forests the great moors and prares of
the Western Continent He peoples all the islands of the
from New Holland to Ptcairns Island occupied ey
the descendants of the mutnec of the Bounty he is in
Europe and Asia and Africa and perhaps in the Suburbs
of Jerusalem this very day may be found the lineage Of
the cock which crowed the th time before Peter went
out and wept bitterly
HARPERs MAGAZINE.
Tie illustrated articles in the September number OF this
magazine are of more than usual interest ng with
n series of sketches of Arlington House the res dence OF
George Washington Parke Gusts, by B. j Tossing In
addition to view of this classic rural edce the article has
variety of portraits including those OF washington and
his wife and various members of the Gusts family several
engravngs of the camp and household furniture OF Wash
ngton and representations OF his principal battle. The
letter press descriptions in Mr. Lossngs well known
thusiasc and popular style a Cruise among the Cann
bals relates succession of romantic adventures lustra
tive of life in the Fejee Islands Ii is embellshed with
tensiye gallery of living savage portraits chapter
of French history entitled in the Life OF Louis XIV
is contributed by Mr. Abbott who also gives another cano
e his "Napoleoniad" Bleak House" is continued and
hows symptoms of approaching close The humorous
portion of this number transferred from the Easy Chair
and Drawer, which are comparatively sedae to the
Editors Table which INDUCES in a vein OF brilliant irony
and demoshing satire showing the absurdhy OF the pro-
eressve men and proving that in whatever spiritually
great glorious the country has been Rip Van Wnklei
ing ever since the Declaration of Independence The
writer in neither Swift Thackeray, but he deals out
his ponderous sledgehamner wit with much sefconf-
dence as if he excellcd them both We perceive that the
magazine has now reached circulation Of over 2Sooo
copies
Yomrsrs Campaign of UateriOo has just been TRANSLATED
volume by Red6ed 1t forms part of the authors great
work the Political and Military Life of Napoleon" al
though il is in fact independent treatise in itself De
voted 10 the campaign Of 1915 presents an able and in
structive piece of military criticism in which point Of view
il valuable rather than for any general historical interest
The History Of Vermont forms the latest volume OF Lip
pincots Cabinet Histories and is brought in the
style of compact breviy, which composes the principal
merit Of the series,
Redfeld is bringing very and convenient duo
decmo edition Of SHAKsrERE uniform with the celebrated
Chiswich edition
The srSKISG or THE WIscoSsN-7he 7oiedo lOhio)
Blade Of Friday gives the particulars Of the sinking of
the steamer Nsconn II says that the propeller Bruins
wick Capt Campbell and the steamer Wisconsin Capt
Hays in collision last night three miles from the
coDsn sank in about five a,homs of water In less than
eight minutes
The Wisconsin bound from Toledo to Sandusky,
and left there about O'Clock L ". The Brunswick
from Buffalo bound 10 Toledo The Wisconsin light,
the Brunswick loaded with merchandise. The Wis
consin struck the s0rboard side some twelve feet
from the bow
any individual personally either craft.
The Brunswick il slightly injured In the bulwarks by
the collision The clerk Of the Wisconsin had just time
his books and papers. Her crew were brought 10
Toledo By the Brunswick.
As vide difference Of opinion exists as TO the imme.
daie Of the disaster and the blame 10 be attached
the respective parties forbear to make any further
statements for the present.
SEy1gScyD FOR KIDSAPPISG.-Solomon Fisher and
joseph Smith, both coored found guilty at Columbia Of
kidnapping Thomas Stanton from that place we're each
sentenced Saturday last TO pay fine Of $500 and the
oss Of prosecution and undergo an imprisonment 81 six
years in the Lancaster County Pal prison
WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT.