The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-10

"tlue Iaftn and "HartfoYd Convention
t~a,ile Of the Boston Port and its croDies. In
lie ten years that bad elapsed between the dsy
hat Governor Lriggs was inaup urated and that
vb oh now Governor Wnshbnrn succeeded TO
Mr. Clifford, men had lived at a prodigions rate,
ard their minds had become enlarged
by the contemplation Of great things done
and rJtater promised by the extension Of
American dominion to the Pacific, the
acquisition Of fields Of gold, the overthrow Of
d. npstics, the change of The ruling powers of
Enrs De. the resistance to the domination OF the
Gar, and the prospect of new pnblic law
being posed upon Cbrstendom. These and
other things had reused the minds Of our peo-
lie az well a. those OF the inhabitants of other
communities. TO reach a condition OF ex1lta
tion such as was sure to have a prodigous eff
feet IN ordinary policies, in the lack OF any
thing hotter to attract their attention and create
a demand upon their energies. Hack politl-
Glars have never taken this in'O account, and
hence il is that they have been sstonshed as
sone of the recent manifestations If opinion
Mr. Rockwell has also been named for the
Know Nothing candidate. but not very extern
sively. He is too much of regular wbig to
consent to bis name being used against the shig
candidate. There are, however 20 many wings
OF prominence in The new movement that the
opinion is gaining ground that either the whig
party is in a far worse condition than even its
enemies have supposed or that The Know No
things are in the course Of becoming complete
]y whiggifed.
/ have heard il said that If the wings should
carry the Vermont Legislature, at the election
OF The 5b, as all thi,k they will, George +.
Ma,h who has just returned home, ~ili be
elected TO the United States Senate We shall
see
Ayolrme If rev TRANSACTIONS from the sin
grlar ord wierd like tales OF Hoffman will be
published h, IRE towards the clpse of the present
month. The translation is by Lafayette Burn-
b. IN, ESQ one of tn firm OF Burpham Il Bro
theIs, an eminent Hing house, well known
to every one who has ever bad occasion to buy
literary wares in Boston. Mr. Bnrnham is an
excellent lrgust ana has done full justice to
| his subject. Hoffuarn is one OF the most diff
| cnlt of foreign writers to render into our
tongue. He is original, wild. fantastcal and
| full Of genius. Had he not died so CO npara-
| lively yonng--iD 1922, at the age OF 46---he
! would have occupied one Of the very highest
places In modern literature. AS it is, his place
| is on The very verge of that select circle in
| which stand the few whom his own country
meh call ''ihe Sunday children of Coda tuo-
| roughly Germanic designation. English critics
| have compared Tieck to Hawthorne, but thick
better comparison might be made betwt en-
| II. fmaDn and Poe, the superiority, from the
| SUI, erior clearness of the American MIND, being
| as strkipply on the side Of Poe it is on that
| Of Hawthorne over Tieck. Hoffmann's life was
as wild as were bis writings, which, indeed,
| they r, fected; and this union was continued
! in death. He died of what is called tabes dor
subs, which would seem to be very like that
mortal illness under which Colonel Bissel is
suffering his body gradually stitfening from
the feet upwards, until the neck was reached
! when death kindly closed his eyes. He wrote
to the last and those of his writings that were
dictated by him while he was literally petrify-
ing, as it were, are full of force and life. as if
the vital energy that had lef; his boiy bad
been conveyed into what may be called his le-
| gacy to mankind.
September has opened rather drearily with
| us; but we are so glad to get moisture on any
| terms that don't believe a snow storm would
| be objected to by any one. However, we have
had but little rain, so far. Agricultural gentle
men tell me that the moderation Of toe rain is
its great excellence. Had it fallen in great
quantities the surface of the earth alone would
have been wet by it, and most Of the water
would have been conveyed into brooks, &c,
whereas the gen,leness of tha storm has caused
all the alter that fell to sink into the dry bosom
| OF our mother earth. ALTOONA.