New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-13

ibre hsrsrvd ssd atytwv bsssards, Who yse sbis
10 bresk hcre'shoe with biz hssds, cod vhs lived
IN this world rssssdeas ef sxpsase-he ~ ipeivia-
rd Of ths junior senies NbKtins Linz, whom I vka
ths; if NORTH had Any bod 10 mskisg hin ~ -
noneIo on be wss, NORTH may vel be ssAa1 q hs
work. More ,rsnsceDdsns Aipg Of giutfoseso Ink
eys seldom tired this lower earth. nirscls b hs
own century TO certain Of the ear key speeis Ssasi
celestial mil ,cle bright with damsods VITA ssalsss
nissresses, regardless OF expsnse; 70 oeA~ IN
prodigy, porttlt and qussi internal mrsciA e1ehsn-
ing irsoiuble nquiriss. Whence ths, ~ rxaeeous
gods, snd, above all, whittier Pror dsrt nsSs
nsn hss bod HE own troubles vithai. He mis-
SeIsny OF mkiresses-vsry PRETTY, scme Of them euf
ieois, sil-woela have drives moot mea mad. Yea
hing Poln,tk spa Others, What ses they vvre; whS
time be nus, hsye bed with their Ieslvusisu, shsr
sick yspors, meerins. angers. sad infassat;cos-
Wild cats at the thros, Of him. azioe hss ~ ciexs
liz him. when he me, ely snssrs to ask " HeV - Won
DO, non ctox 7" Scms Of them, 1t is eosAasnAy ga,
were bis own children. The unspsaksbly ussusu-
plsry mortal
He got his skin well bessen-cow.h ided, q vs nay
ssy-6y Cbarl.s XII, the rough Swede, cisd mostly
in leather. He ccsxed and driven aocat ~ Peter
the Crest, Irsb pos: horses are-lons miles With
bundle Of hay never 10 be attained, stuck upoa the
pole Of the coach. He reduced hmsen to uteer
bankruptcy. Be had got the crown Of Poland by
pretending TO adsp. Pspistry-she sposste and sven
pseudo,sp0stste; and We may cay he has na1s not
iusly bankrupt since. He died az last ct Wa.
saw year 1893 l'cf en- "old mans foot highly COM
posed, eupeptic to the lat-busy in schsuAing oat
partition of Polanda thing more than oncs in mems
heads. bu. not to be completed just yet Adieu to
him forever and day. ~. ~
An esesy on Poland gives little sound information
on the subject in addition 10 the familiar fsos tat
were known to Intelligent readers, and = ~ moch
tnctured with the prevailing prrjsdiccs that have
been made rampant in the English mind BY The hfta-
tons Of the present disastrous Several Of its
detss concerning the internal ssfe Of Poland must
be taken with many grains Of Allowance. For m
stance the writer attempts to tickle he fancy Of the
Ebg.h psrtissps of Free trade, BY representing
Poland as having always been purely agricultural
couairy without manufacturing establishments, and
Without distinct industrial burgher class But the
truth s that during the i4th 18th aud 10th centuries,
Poland had large and hou, ishing cities, commercial
enterprise and rich and independent burgher claes.
Her vessels protected by the national Gag, covered
the Baltic. The nobility, devoted to agriculture, and
looking with contempt on artsans. destroyed this
state Of things and robbed the industrial classes Of
political ard even municipal liberty. This vss 'ef-
fected in the 10th century, and from that epoch dates
the decomposition Of Poland. Not LEES thea fourteen
millions Of pes.ahiry, Of the came race end blood
with the mobiles, were crushed by that order. So
mect.s was the oppression that az fer back - tho
l4th century, King Casimir the Great advised the
peasantry to burn down the castles Of their tyranfs.
Tie socal state Of Poland, as constructed By The
Congress of vienps, Is misrepresented BY The re-
viewer, in accordance with English preudiees Ssrf-
dom In the part of Poland to which he alludes was
abolished in the year 1900 by the King Of Prussia. to
whom this sice Of ancient Poland divided. Sub
sequebtly, it was converted by Napoleon into tho
Dukedom of wMsaw-,hs French code wss intro
duced-snd serfdom became impossible. speaking
of Prussia The reviewer handles the king and nobility
with the most savage turbulence as to nfi'ct con-
dgn punishment on the whole nation TOR J" fe'uc"
ance to join the Western Alliance No DOUBT she
Prussian nobility is sufficiently contemplate % spe
llical body-but this trait 1t shares In common VAN
every other European nobility. But In preparing ms
formidable oatalos ne Of royal sins tie reviewer for
gets TO mention that the deceased King Of Prussia not
only abolished serfdom throughout bis Kingdom In
the year 1900, bu. appropriated sufcen, land from
the estates Of the mobiles TO furnish millions Of peasants
with independent bomestesds. Nor does he allade 70
the fact of the superiority OF the Prussian common
schools or Of other eocial improvements, 10 which
that cosntry 10 in advance Of any constitutional Gov
crDment IN Europe. Wihous fufther sPco"oee'onS'
which our limits forbid we will dismiss the article a.
little entitled to respect either for the accuracy OF m
statements or the soundness of it, ressonngs
number closes with its usual able and instructive d.
cost of the literature Of the last quarter. Scott "
CO.. Reprint.)
Blaekrocd, for January, scott & Co.'s reprint is
for the most part taken up with political topics, open
ing with a scorching criticism Of the British Mnistry
for il, conduct of the war The severest censures Of
the coune Of the Government for which We have &C.
casionaiIy been tahen to tack, rose wster COM
pared with the red hot sho, which poured out pro-
fusely from the batteries Of Blackwood. highly
commendatory notice Of Thackersy's current novel,
The Mscomes, pronounces that mo book Of M.
Thackersy IL so worthy Of great reputation - this
upcompleed story" 81 il not only the most sgrses-
bic story, but the cleverest book which Mr.. Thack.
cray has yet contributed for the amusement and edh'
cation of the sdmriog public
PIP IA firth Pond.
Mr. Hin Is the artist to whom this City II indebted
for the found Of the Philharmonic Society, and 70
well known a. first deck at the great concerts.
This work is the resut Of many years devotion 10 bis
calling, and appears to combine every nsedfui requi
site to make its contents correspond with ito tfie
Viotii Spohr etc. are all the models OF the ausuor,