Daily American organ., 1856-04-30
From DIR. Dordu's Table Traits.
Courage aud Religion of a German Gene


From DR. Dordu's Table Traits
Courage aud Religion Of German Gene
raj.
There is story told in connexion with the great
Frederick which is good table trait in its way.
Joachim Won Methen was one of the bravest OF
the Generals who stood by Frederick the Great, In
victory or defeat. He was the son of poor gen.
teman, and had little education save what he could
pick up in barracks camps and battle fields, In all
of which he figured in early youth. Ii his head
was not oyer-balasted with learning his heart was
wen freighted with that love for God of which
some portion, as the dismissed lecturer on Eccles
asticaI History in Kings College tells us Is in al
most every individual without exception and forms
the sheet anchor which shall enable him to ride
through the storms which keep him from his de-
sired haven of rest. He became the terror of the
foes of Prussia but among his comrades, he was
known only as 'sgood Father Zeithen." He was
remarkable for his swiftness at once of resolve and
execution and in remembrance as well rs illustra-
ton thereof suddep surprise is spoken Of by an
astonished Prussan "falling on one like Zeithen
from an ambush"
Now, old Zeithen, after the triumph achieved in
the Seven Years War, was always welcome guest
at the table of Frederick the Second. His place was
ever by the side of the royal master whose cause
he had more than once saved from ruin and he
only sat lower at the table when there happened to
ously obscure.
On one occasion he received command to dine
with the King on Good Friday. Ziethen sent
message to his sovereign, stating that it was i'm
possible for him to wait on his Majesty, inasmuch
as that he made point Of never emitting to take
sacrament on that day, and of always spending the
subsequent portion of the day in private medita-
tion.
week elapsed before the scrupulous old soldier
was again invited to the royal dinner table. At
length he appeared in his old place. and merry
were the guests, the King himself setting the ex-
ample of nproarous hiarty The fun was running
fast and furious, it was at its very loudest when
Frederick, turning to Ziethen, smacked him famil.
iarly on the back, and exclaimed
"Wel, grave old Zethen, how did the supper
OF Good Friday agree with your sanctimonious sto-
mach Have you properly dgested the vertable
body and blood?n
At this bllsphemy, and amid the thunders of
pealng laughter the saluting artillery of the de-
lighted guests Zethen leaped to his feet, and,
after shaking his gray hairs with indignation, and
silencing the jewellers with a cry as though they
had been dogs, he turned to the goddess master of
the realm, and said, words if not precisely these
certainly and exactly to this effect:
shun no danger; your Majesty knows it. Ny
life has been always ready for sacrifice, when my
country and the throne required 1t. What was
that am and my head would place on the block
this moment if the striking of II off could pur-
chase happiness for my King. But there is One
who is greater than !, or any one here and He is
greater Sovereign than you, who mock him here
from the throne in Berlin. He it is whose precious
blood was shed for the salvation of all mankind
On Him, that Holy One, my faith reposes; He is
my consoler in life, my hope in the presence Of
death; and viii not suffer His name to be deri
ded and attacked when am by, and have voice to
protest against it. Sir, If your soldiers had not
been firm in this faith, they would not have gained
victories for you. If you mock the faith, and jeer
at those who cling to it, you only lend hand to
bring yourself and the State to RUM
After pause he added, looking the while at the
mute King:
"What have spoken is Gods truth receive it
gracousy."
Frederick was the patron of Voltaire, who had
dared to say at his own table that what it had
taken God and the twelve Apostles to build up,
one man (Voltaire) would destroy. But Fred
erick was now for the moment more deeply moved
by what had been uttered by the unphilosophical
Ziethen, than anything that had ever fallen from
the brilliant bat irreligious Voltaire. He rose,
flung his left arm over Ziethen's shoulder, offered
his right hand to the brave old Christian general,
and exclaimed: "ziethen, you are happy man !;
would that / could be like you! Hold fast by
your faith, and will respect, even where cannot
believe. What has occurred shall never happen
again"
daep and solemn silence followed, and the
dinner spoiled according to the guests, to
whom the King gave the signal to disperse long
before their appetites had been satisfied. Ziethen
was preparing to withdraw with the rest but Fred
erick, taking him by the hand, whispered, You,
my friend, come with me to my cabinet" p. All.
Two AMrABLE NEIGHBoRs.--The Lyons papers
tell very good story. The bedchambers of two
wealthy gentlemen, who belong to different social
circles, are adjacent, and as il usual nowadays
thin partitions divided them One spends all his
nights at bis club house, never returning home be-
fore half past five o'clock In the morning. His
neghbor rises at six and sits down at once to his
piano, which he does not quit until dinner. The
former complained to the Commissary of Police,
who laughed in his face and told him to keep bet
ter hours. AS he had lease for six years he
could not change his apartment. He thought of
sending challenge to his neghbor; his neighbor
was parayzed in the lower limbs. He had his
walls lined with thick hair mattresses, still the
g sharps" penetrated into his room. He made his
sTvant play the French horn-his neighbor had
him fined by the police; the French horn cannot
be played except during the jours gras. He made
his servant take hammer and rap against the
wall-his neighbor waited until he was tired and
then began TO play He then bought large hand
organ which was sally out of tune, and ordered a
turnspit which would turn eight days without be-
ing wound up and which he had fitted to the or
gan. The turnspit was put in motion, after it and
the organ had been placed next the chamber wall.
The piano player bore the organ for nineteen hours
at the end of the time he sent letter Of truce he
was told that the club.haunter had gone out Of
town and wouldn't be back for a week. The pi
snist sold his lease-the organ is still going
Anshootosh Dey--well known to our country
men in the East Indies, and to American houses in
the India trade, as " the great American banian,
or banker,--is announced among the deaths, in tht
Calcutta Friend of India, of Feb. 2. This eminent
Hndoo was possessed of immense wealth, for tn,