Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-02-05

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seen their ceremonies. and v.s ,.uek vi,h
/ their rescmhla nce 70 those NJ IN. Catholic
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Humbo,d. >. recollection Of ,bs:sl :. Mann.
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sYau have ,rav.,ad in NJ .x;.o p s.;a
he: ado YOU OF agree " Il me 10 the opin.
ie.-.h.i the Fl ies, mountains in the world
are those single conss PerPe,uu suUw
rising out Of the spiendidregetation OF the
tropics, The Himalayas, although loftier,
can scarcely make an equal impression;
they lie fuither to the north, without the
| tropical growihs, and their sides are dresry
and sterile in comparison. You remember
Orizaba," continued he; "hsre is an engra.
wing from a rough ske.chof mine. ] hope
you will hnd il c9rrect-" He rose and took
down the Illustrated folio which accompaa-
led the last edition Of his Minor Writings"
turned over the leavessand recalled, at each
plate, some reminiscenee OF his American
travel 81 stiii think, he remarked, % No
cloEed the Oook, "ihat Chinbora.o /" the
grundest mountain in the world"
After showing me some of Hlldeorand's
water color drawings, he returne1 to As
seat and began to converge about American
affairs. with which he seemed to be sn,ire'y
familiar. He spoke with grea, adinlration
Of Col. Fremont, whose defeat ne profoundly
| regretted. "But il il at least most eheer-
Ing sign" he said "and an omen of good for
you country, that more than half "a million
o. men supported by their vJtrs q man Of
FremoDt's character and achievements"
With regard to Buchanan, he said. al
had occasion to SPEAK Of his Ostend Mani
festo, not long since, in 4 letter which has
been published, and could not character
ze its spirit by any niilder term, than saw
aye. He slso spoke of our authors. aud
inquired particularly after Washington
Irving, whom he had once seen. told him
had the fortune to know Mr. Irving, and
had seen him no, long before leaving New
York. "He must be at least f fly years ole.
said Humpolt. "Ht isserenty." answer
ed. "but a. young as v,r.""Ah!" said he.
IL have lived 50 bong that have almost
lost the consciousness of time. belong
10 the age of Jefferson aud GAlla'in, and
heard of Washington's death while travel
ing in South America. -5-t
have repeated but the smallest portion
Of his conversation, which flowed on In an
uninterrupted strea m Of the richest knowl-
edge. On recu'ing It to my mind, after
leaving. ! was surprised TO hnd how great
nu mber of subjects he had touched upon,
and how much he had said, or seemed to
have seid-for he has the rare faculty Of
pl lrciny Il subject IN the clearest and most
vivid ligh. by few luminous words-con-
cerning each. He thong h', as he talked.
without effort. | should compare his brain
To the fountain of Eauciuse-a s'ili, deep
and tranquil pool, without ripple on its
surface, but creating river by It's over
low. He asked me many qu.stions' out
did not always wait for an answer, The
question Itself suggesting some reninn-
cence, Ur some thought which he had evi-
de mt pleasure in expressing. | sator walk
cd, following his movemea an eager list.
ener, an speaking in alternate English and
German, until the time which he had grant,
ed to me had expired. Seifert at length re-
appeared, and said to him in a manner at
once respectful and familiar, "lt il une,"
and took nv leave
"You have travelled much, and seen many
ruins" said Humboldt. as he gave me his
hand again; "now you have sem one more"
.Not ruin" could not help replying,
'.but a pyramid" Fur pressed the hand
which hsd touched those of Frederick the
Great, Foster, the compsnion,,of Capt Cook,
of Klops,ock and Sch ller of Pitt, NJ Napolecn,
the Marsha > OF the Empire, JEFF
ferson. Hamilton, WIeland, Herder, Goethe,
(.uvier. La Place, Guy Lussac, Beethoven,
Walter Scott-in short. of every great man
yhom Eur,pe has pr,ducsd for three quar-
ter, Of a century. | looked into the eyes
which had mn, only seen this living history
,f tho world mass hv. scene after 9 enc, till
,ha .c,o,, ,.,;rsd o,e nv one. 10 return no
NOR. br, b,d behind the cat,rs,t Of Aturns
and the sorss,s of the Cassiouiare, chimbo-
-,z, The Amazon and the Popoca,apetl, the
4 I,,;,n Ain, of Siber;,. the Tartar steppes
md the C,sn;an Sea. Such a solendid cir
10 or exnsrience we'll be6,s lie of such
,s,s-ou~ 5evot;o, 10 science. have never
,sen a, sublime an example of cd age
.roxned with imperisbabie sue, ess, full Of
n. r mes, wisdom. cheered and sweetened