New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-31

| Conrad, whose tragedies bsve held possession OF
the stage for twen't yesus. He Us not dead, as was
| reported the other day. But 1t s.ems to me that
| the sges which ibcarnsted the forces OF nature
| the old timss OF the mytbOloges aud Inc witch
crafts and fsiries and Rhosts--Apo ~'dioh made
the e,r,h the pivot tie center Of the uniyerse. an
believed paigtly in the ply sicsl up and down,
END In astrolec; and all that alone could e., zen
der the ,uperb swell: duo ths tragic field. Give.''
A live President now to sta6d Electrically in
Place Of Richard Ill, and he doesn't
poison or stab anybody for the succession;
improved machinery having dispensed with the
old high bred way OF putting competitors out Oh the
way. Tbtn if stage President went 20 sleep on
the eve Of ON election day, ghosts could rise up,
to Ike terror to bis soul Tor any Kansas murders
he had conn itted at second band ghOsts being OBJ
solete Idess those invisible electrical eeis called
raPpers not rising TO that dignity 60 IN amSl
nous General returning from border 5lrmise
WIN the Indians, would never afford che gu
DnmeSt sorrOwfuest vastness Of Macbeth.
mere is no Duncan to murder, ssd those physi-
csiiy tremendous old witches, how could they be
e'oived now The laws OF the positive have sent
thtm byIpg like dry old newspapers before south
western hurIlcane-the terrible now is the com
nonp!aee visible, the smoke helchIng bOre-crannch
lDg l0comotiye-the damned circle of Geld blood
go, hotnaued crueites aroSaa SevastOpOl--not
stun these tor the immatehal immens;ties, the
murky loomlnss, the inefable mneasura bieness Of
Tragedy. But how fondly the spirit turns to |
ihe dead ages, ana seeks TO go!vaDize corpses.
The Versailles Palace ia nothing more than A
divine sigh over Greek sllegory Il is very sad. |
Ard what a 'sree sculpture is now, when Olympic |
games are not, and the human form divine ia all
covered up, and education means everything but |
the ecstscies of ht alth and the forms which buged
in beauty that refuses to die in the immortal Greek
Spirit
Of tvua
as appears in the case Of the Rev. Mr. Demmtt, |
Dewitt, or Dammit Of ST. tPatrick's Church of this |
city This gentleman had given up the lusts of the
feth and all the delicious annoy aDces Of the sex
He was the bridegroom Of the Church. In the |
catholicty of its gories in the lyrical excitements
of its magnificent rites in the diurnsl martyriza-
tions of spirit that found consolation in the reli-
gion of sorrow that is the grand type of the
crucii xion-he had determined to wend his way
into the circularties Of Immortality. But this is
a marrying age. The fierce forces of the decaying
Roman Empire, fifteen centuries ago. which
butcbered and terrorized drove armies Of men
like sheep into communities, and hence the Essences
and 1b.rspeuta Of Egyptian origin, were re-
LEVIED under q puer faith. Poor trembling
humsLity found refuge 10 monastic organization,
and the golden universe Of a new life was opened
in the lowly cells of the hurrblest brother Wealth
that emperors could not buy was found by the |
penness deI liens of these sanctuaries, and the
.onte templ6tiOn Of Sty ltes g0d-reachings was
debrer love than Leander's for q HerO-a more
biting admiration than an Alexanders for an
Achilles But the days when men rushed into |
monastic poverty and ecstacy to esenpe war ani |
Slavery are over Generous security, rich crops, |
machinery which works like the special deities of |
the classic ages, elbow room for all tho heavens
and sl the helIs Of whatever theology, distinguish
this age and 50 mOnastic life is wearing out. Its |
corol,arJ, celibacy, is invaded by the solemn decs
ion of priestly crowds, and the zigzag determine
tions OF nen who act for themselves, without |
circle of supporters. This is case in question.
The Rev. Mr.. u. was subjected to morally atmos- |
ub eric Influences He lives in the Nineteenth Cen
fury, aud sees all its mpudent indviduaties. He |
could not act in drOyes. He wanted to rur for |
himself He did 80. He ran away from the |
church and COS married. His bride was lovely |
and accomplished. If q man can be forgiven for |
leaving a church it must be under such pr0voca-
tio1 But this is not all. The worst remains to
be told Mr.. D. had left the church-the church
spiritual and brick. But this morning he returned
to the church brick to get certain thngs-waEd. |
robe and sO-forth that belonged to him. de was |
recognized by the wrong persons. Tbe rene
gated priest! The word few like FIRE Quicker |
than Highland watch. fires it went round the corners
and up the courts. To see Mr.. D.-to see whether |
marriage became him, aud how renegade priest |
could look became the order of the day. Bus.-
pess was suspended. All the dear domesticitie, |
and retail busine deserted on the instant.
What an occasion for the odium heotog.eum,
Whist an opportunity sor an early-ep0ehed ireshot
Of wrath. What proof that the sueete't wins |
makes the sourest vinegar aud thas the priest
" orshpipg femDinities should be, for the nOnce,
trans moprifed into raging divinties, like those Of
Uinant Liege, or Paris But this, too, Is an age
of dissent. This fact was especially evident by |
the numbers of Irish Protestants that flashed o.
the scene, siding with the bridegroo., erst of the
spirit, ana now of the flesh Limerick, Boyre
Water all the memories of the clasking past, rose
up. What sacrifices might have been made 20
the males Of priesthood deserte 1, the Muse ot
History is hardly abe to say-fcf the Polire
stepped in. And do the ln6nitu6ss so bOthar
themselves about such matters that human saoEi-
fees are necessary!