The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-17
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

fessor H. A. Warrington, Of Virginia. The
whole collection wiil comprise nine volumes
and will so0n be completed. The volume be-
fore US Is highly interesting to the student of
political history, comprising, as ii does, Mr..
Jeffersons letters O. HIS friends and Others fr I'M
1906 to 1911, during most Of which period he
was President o. the United States His views
on the exciting prli cal questions If the time
are given with great caucor and freedom OF ey-
preston, quite diti cent from many OF the eau
tious politician az oor day. For instance in
letter to NJ Dupont 10 Nomours, dated July
1907 he says
Never since tie hst-te Of Lexington have seen
this country ~ sucn a rtsis Of oxasoeration a.
at present. Iae ltcer.ii TIE nseves coaissce
With us ss to 'ae ohle :. though Ihsy will return
to tasir trace % ce0sHr'bg every measure taken
to oatan il "Rtp, atioa for the past, and
-scurtty Tor the io,4r, motto but whether
they sill yela u i5u Y II loire resort noa-
Pare Or ihe isst. " 'a'nk our gnn b,ats at-New
York (thiTty.fVo sim h14vs batteries al lngshore
VIII pat tnat cry hp,s a',..,ulie.
butt's cutsrlr,cs hss been one OF tho most 6agi-
tous az witch ost,fy ~sil ever furnish an example.
lie had comhi9ef tu~ Objects OF separating the
Ntste,a S'a''s y. II - irx McKee, 10 The n,
AGO oi ac.ng i3str - ihsir h1sd. but he VINO
ccuid expect y G-U -uch OBJECT, by the AID of
American c pztbst AZ b. perfectly fps for bed.
lam. Yer ath, uen ta = - 30, 4 maG in tho Uuited
hlatts who l. asfl-s,rI Il TIC oeptu Of his quit,
sGc 49, The il siats p .is;ods OF laws IN favor
0f Tire ACCUSED gJ u4 ri aScusaf, a. uues-
Eoa y he Car Ia cpryicfed. He had ploba-
bly, tdeced near i thousand men to en-.
gsrc with h,m, ~ msktng taem believe
tile government cagul.ed It It. A proca nation
cI,e, % ubds ret.l5. ,uep completely uisarmed
bJa tcat lie b. hnt tsirty left ready to 20
III sSeid Nh hui l Il st eGtei prise yss 80 have
besn ths Sc zair y =. oet-acs. W1ich he supt osed
acaid roserluliJ brlia the country above and
ptaee hin NJ rhe door e Mexico. ft has given me
inhtite sa,isiacbou lha' lot single native creole
OF Ii0g'sians, ata fu. onn American, 9 tiled there
Lefcre the d,hv,is 4 BE- county to Us were in his
interest his a'ti2sn- .hesc were no Of fngi-
tyes tiom Justice, u u heir dob . aod Of adven-
hrtgs and sse ulsiur. oi An descriptions.
To Richard Jocnson he writes in March,
1903, s. follows
caoDct b be ases!y seusibe Of the good opin-
hon you pl a-e5 - .xPrsss of nay ,nduct Ia re
acmiI stratinu of 49, gvyefrm7Dt. TITS ,proba
ton OF my 'tll c,izs u the r. beet reward can
receive. am 's,i"u- - having always nteadsd
t. co what was bet for hem and never far single
mcmshs 10 have iis's'ec 70 any personal interests
Of ny OVID. But = m 10 the government under
CIR ,unfsancsa cal ;u-t to generate peculiar ari
gory. fonno ~ 10 utl 'es Il ne possession of
pclltscel >, who 70 transform Is ultimately
Into tue shape % eli dsrl ny nodel-tde Eogtsh
SoveiDmtDI; add . ;ho mean tina, 10 iauiillarlze
the pub ic undt IA mage, by administering it
on English princpl-s aud III Ecglish forms. The
etectse in'erpos ~ tie people had blown all
their anc they ruuu5 themselves and their
iorfretses II power ab c6s put in a omeat ilto
the hshds OF other rgstees. Inyective was Datu.
rally crect agar toe gent selected 10 execute
the re o. matiops rencsre necessary. l became OF
cours. the but Of everything WI len reason, ridicue
malice and fasehI oC oald suppl. They have con-
eeDtEaad oil cir hatred on me, td they have
resy persuade tr-n a-lves that I am the sole
soufcs of all their iua2Uary evils. l hope, there
tore, that my HsrWslt sl sbi'e some OF their dis.
aA ction 70 he Of their ccunty aud I'll t
NJ successor will = Ter N ca mer sea tha did.
IL Will ut least tine the sesse Of State ia tue ba ada
q ne giepds, no 10, Il his foes. Federalism IA
rs -, "1out even the hope OF day OF resurrection
10 Colonel Brent June, 1903 he says -
That che emhsreo is approved by the body &c
rei 0bisean. tsrn"l hout soc Cni5l cataot Is
o0utted. II Is equally knosn tat great pTopor
tcn q the II oeiars ~ y eve CT II lall as they
taiak It nh eng.H ~a'eo may be used adyan
toaslt lance The clsassrs against It.
These extracts from letters src samples Of
the great freedom and familiarity with which
Mr.. Jefferson was in she habit Of discussing
political questions "bieh arose during his admin
isirati'n. aLd bis writing will doab;lefs be
read by all those Who wish 90 become acquainted
with tie political hist ry of this country.
HERMAN AND DoRoTHEA. FROM raE GERMAN
DT GOETHE --kIKER, 1BoRSE AZ Co.-1he tasl.
Of reviewing TRANSACTIONS is generally an IN
grateful one, from the imperfect manner in
~aich the original text is rem lercd To be
good ;rsnsia'or, man not only requires to be
master Of the language, but also to be thor
oughiy imbued with the spirit and peculiarities
bis author We so seldom find these ouali-
ties combined that il gives US pleasure when
40 arc able to bear orr testimony TO the merits
OF work Of this kind. In the present case, the
task WAS the more difficult from the fact Of the
verse OF the ORIGINAL being hexameter. metre
Of almost impossible management in our Ian
guage. Mr. Porter wisely avoided the attempt
TO reproduce this charming story In its poetic
form, but the prose text which he has given us
Is In itself clothed in language Of such sweet
and graceful expression, that in Its new dress the
poem loses but little Of it's original freshness and
beauty. How many will recognize In the fol-
lowing truthful celineation OF maternal tender
ness some passages in his own career in which
the philosophy Of the heart has been found moro
Just in It's conclusions than that Of the head -
Thus the men talked among themselves. Mean
~hiie the mother went TO look for her spn, rst be-
fore the bouke, the stone bench, where he usual
stsce, to see il be attending to to spirited
b. rses, Which be lad bought when colts, and
and never trustee ~ Other lands than his own
And the groom told Der; He has sone into the
garden" Their she ;roo br'skly toyough the long
double yards left tue stables and wetbnilt barns in
The rear, enteied the den, which stretched back
70 tie wall cf the town, and, walking rough IL,
marked with pleasure the growth Of every plant.
Ard "a abe went she Strengthened the prons 90
which tho loaded branches Of the apple tree and
the blrdtDed limbs Of the pear tree rested aud
picked OF csterpsrs here ana there from the fiue
swoiiing heads Of cabbage; for a busy house wife
takesnc step in vain. 10 this way she proceeded
IT, the end a the long garden, to an srbor covered
With honey suckles; Jet found neither there nor In
tho gsScen any trace Of her son-only the little gate
that from toe arbor, which an ancestor worthy
turecmaster. had been permitted by special favor
70 cut thr ugh the vsll OF the wn stood ajar