New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-27
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sf ReichcBbach, are described, though briefly and
quietly, with dramatic effect. The lesson which H.
1hiers teches in this, in the two preceding vol
0Tes the danger 10 the man and ~ the States Of
IN uncontrolled single raler. The danger ia hardly
kss~ned by the ability OF the autecat. The genius
Of no man, however transccDdent is equal in force
10 the genus the collective irce of Man, if unrs,
strained, it does, Just by virtue Of its quality o.,
senius seek TO enlarge s sphere Of action ana
CO. coming in contact sooIrg or later with the stro
kste obstfuctiOns Of natural laws, wasts i'seh i"
mad, rvinOus efforts 70 conquer them
The volume closes with the first campaign ~ sax
sny, Jure. 1913. II is composed OF tnree oocsS'
WASHINGTON end Saiqmdncd-that is, 90 inuch oi uic
Aistory of The origin of our with treat DTl'1ln
ss bears upon French history and the Spanish cam
psien of 1872; Les Cohortes, which tells us oi the
military and diplomatic preparation for renewing the
contest with the Gar Alexander, ana SHOWS US, Dy
the side Of Napoleon's greatness as man and Us
ruler degree Of dupIcty, ialsehood and htt!eness
tAst would become lower order of horse jockey;
Isf,,n srd Baunen which narrates the events Of
the Spring campaign in Germany, when reflection
Of the light Of their past glory shines anew on Ma
poleon and the French arms.
The armistice of Plcsnitz was signed the fourth
of June, and the army went into cantonments.
Napoleon decreed the construction OF moni-
nent, TO be placed the summit of the Alps WIN tnis
inscription: NAPOLEON TO THE FREScH PEOPLE N
ConnrEoRATIoS OF ITS GENEROUS EFFoRfS AGAlNsT
gHE CoALITIos OF 1913. The idea was stamped win
all the grandeur of biz genius; but Tor tns ffench
people as well as for himself, 1t would have been
better worth to send 10 Paris treaty OF peace. supu-
hating to renqush the Confederation Of the Rhine,
Hamburg Illyria and SPAN, superscrbed: SAcKiFi-
crs OF NaPoIEoS TO TIE FRENCH PEOPLE. Napoleon
would have remained q penonGge, not more poetic,
indeed, but more truly great, and this noble people
would have lost the fruit of its best blood freely
shed during twenty year,.
Purchasers Of Tbiers great work should be in
formed that atlas of some sixty plans and charts,
drawn by competent persons, under the direction of
the historian is nearly complete Ii adds largely TO
the value Of the text The Paris retail price is thirty
francs.
The ninth and concluding volume of "The Me-
moirs Of Marshal MarmOnt, Duke Of Ragusa, is
now out. The work, printed from the manuscript
of the Marshal, covers the period between 1872 and
1914, and is desirable companion Of the work just
spoken of and Of the Correspondence of King
Joseph Certain statements and structures Of the
Marshal, especially those referring to Eugene Beau
harnas, have excited considerable attention Count
Tascher de Ia Pagerie, a former aidde-camp of the
Prince, has endeavored to refute them in a recent
pamphlet; and curious case is now pending before
one Of the tribunals here, in which the heirs of
Prince Beauharnais demand that the publishers Of
the Memoirs shall insert at the end of the seventh
volume number Of documents which, as they think,
will uphold the memory of that Prince against the
Marshals allegations On account of the recent
death of the daughter of Beauhanas Il Countess
Of Wirtemberg, the is adjourned so as to give
time for the next nearest reatiyes-tO wit the Queen
of Sweden and the Empress Dowager of Brazil-tO
be heard in the matter
George Sand, in the Interesting novel entitled
" La Damiella" which she has been writing for the
feuileton of La PTesse the and persOnages of
which Italian, was led to say, by way of rhetOr
zeal effect Italy is courtesan past publication,
" and people always has the kind Of government
h N degpryps " This and others of eimilar
import, excited the regrets of ex-Presldent Mann,
AIRY Schefer the painter Henri Martin the historian,
who, through letter published in the papers signed
BY NJ. de la Forge, expressed to Madame their pain
at hearing such sentiments from liberal like herself
and made it out that she renOuncing her old
opinions and uIGsty aspersing the characters of the
noble patriots Of Italy. To this she made brief and
sufficient defense in letter sent to the Pressc The
last number Of the noyrl appeared in few days,
25th OF March, and seems to have been written in
some sort explanation and defense of the passage
referred to above 1t is q view of the present state
of things in Rome presented in the form of letter
from Of the persOnages of the novel. 1t is writ
ten in her best style, eoquently and vvidly that
1 sorry to be obliged omit any part Of it. Some
fragmentary extracts al that have room for
After giving due praise to the people Of Rome, who
acted well in lc4S he says he looks in vain for
them to-day; he sees only nation of beggars.
81 cannot speak TO you OF the people l have
=
herd Of superstitious but simple believers, whose
misery consoled by ceremonies and images. They
believe in nothing, not in the priest that spccter
who 20 long held his place by the side of God, and
was worshiped before God. They hate him, threaten
him in their ganccs and their thoughts but salute him
with the bended knee and with their lips. low pas.
sion for gain is the only dream of their life The lot.
tery booths, which offer gross cacature Of our spec.
ulations at the Bourse the only temples they fire.
<luent with enthusiasm. There moved by q remnant
of pagan superstition, they address their vows 10 the
Virgin or some Saint, before riskng their last coin.
But at each failure OF success the Virgin and the
Saints loudly cused and insulted in terms that in
France you would not hear addressed ~ the lowest
creature in the streets.
"When the Pope appears. q sort Of crowd still
gathers about him, from which, however he defends
himself by ranks OF German Swiss haberders, dressed
IN opera costume, which form hedge up to the very
soot OF the altar. IL is squsd Of noisome be,gars,
indecently nude, afflicted with oil the wounds and
vermin and monstro-ities Of misery that the worst
nightmare could present TO YOU. The orthodox
claim at the besu,y Of the spectacle. The Pope and
Cardinals trailing their gold and purple in the midst
Cf these rags and this ulcered wretchedness-what
humiliy-what fine sentiment Of Christian frater-
nifty
"Let those who will be amused with the easy un
concern OF the Italians, with the pride of the ragged
Roman, with the philosophy Of the laughing bcggar
making merry amid the ruins of the palace Of the
Casars. l cannot 10 al this is painful sight: the
philosophy of these wrctches repugnant their
sores. have never seen anywhere else the human
being degraded and the atrocities of the old pagan
time the wild beasts of the circus deyosring men in
sight Of public thirsty for blood slaves scourged
and tortured-all that contempt for humanity which
entered 80 largely into the magnificent ponps Of Ro
man fcte seems 70 me perpetuated and ncarnated in
modern Rome. Personages have CHANGED with the
scene, it is true. The terrible Caesars are mild pom
tifs, ard the victims mbruted nlendicants. But
essentially there are the contrasts, the same
horrors The lions and tigers Of the Coliseum are
debasement, corruption starving wretchedncss and
nn uha d.