Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-02-14

the leaves and recalled. at each place some rem.
iniscence Of his American travel. II still think
he remarked as he closed the book, ''that Chimbo-
razu is he grandest mountain in the world"
Among the objects in his study was n living
chameleon, in n box with q glass lid. The ant
NAL, which was about six inches long, was lazily
DOING on a bed of sand, with a big blue-hy (the
unconscious provision for his dinner) perched up
ON his back. "Ile has just been sent to me from
Smyrna" said Ilumboldt; "he is very listless and
unconcerned in his manner" just hen the clnm.
eleon opened one Of his long, tubular eyes, and
looked up at us. "a popularity of this animal"
he continued, lis its power of looking in different
directions ut the same time. lie can turu one eye
toward heaven, while the other inspects the earth.
There are many clergymen who have the same
power"
After showing me some Of IIildebrand's water
color drawings, he returned to his seat and began
to converse about American affairs, with which be
seemed to be entirely familiar. lie spoke WIN
great admiration of Col. Fremont, whose defeat be
profoundly regretted. But it is at least a most
cheering sign" he said, land an omen OF good Tor
your country, that more than half Il million OF men
supported by their votes II man OF tremonts char
acter and achievements" With regard to Buchan'
an, he said II had occasion to speak OF his Us
tend Manifesto not long since, in u letter which
has been published, and / could not characterize
its spirit by any milder tone than Sardge."" lie
also spoke of our authors, and inquired particular
" after Washington Irving, whom he had once
seen. | told him | had the fortune to know MIR.
Irving. and had seen him not long before leaving
New York. "Ile must be at least fifty years old, y
said Humboldt. '1Ie is seventy" | answered, "buI
rs Young as ever" 'Ah !" said he, Il have lived
so long that l have almost lost the consciousness
of time. | belong to the age Of Jefferson and Gal
latin, and | heard of Washington's death while
travelling in South America"
/ have repeated but the smallest portion Of hi
con versation, which flowed on IN an uninterrupted
stream of the richest knowledge. On recalling i
to mind, after leaving, | was surprised to find how
great a number of subjects he had touched upon
and how much he had said, or seemed to bavt
said-for he has the rare faculty Of placing q sub
iect in the clearest and most vivid light by a few
luminous words concerning each. lie thought, a
he talked, without effort. | should compare hi
brain to the fountain of Nancluse-a still, deel
and tranquil pool. without n ripple on its surface
but creating n river by its overflow. lie askc,
me many question, but did not als avs wait for al
answer, the question itself suggesting some remi
niscence, or some thought which he had eviden
pleasure in expressing. ] sat or walked, following
his movements, an eager listener, and speaking
in alternate English and German, until the tim
which he had granted to me had expired. Seller
at length re appeared and said to him, in a mar
ner ut once respectful and familiar, ut is time,
and | took, my leave.
"You have travelled much and seen many ruins,
said IIumboldt,as be gave me his hand again "no'
you have seen one more" Not a ruin" | conl
not help replying, but a pyramid" For | pres,
cd the hand which bad touched those of Frederic
tho Great, Of Forster, the companion of Cap
Cook, of Klopstock and Schiller. of PITT, Napoleon
Josephine, the Marshals of the Empire, Jefferson
Hamilton, Wieland, lIerder, Goethe, Cuvier. L
Place, Gay-LuSsac, Beethoven, Walter Scott, II
short of every great man whom Europe has prt
duced for thrce.iunrters Of "A century. l locke
into the eyes which had not only seen the livin
history of the world pass by, scene after scene, ii
the actors retired one by one, to return no mort
but had beheld the cataract of Autures and til
forests of the Cassiquai:e~, Chimborazo, the AMI
zon and Popocatapel, the Attain Alps of Siberi;
the Tartar steppes and the Caspian Sea. Such
splendid circle of experience well BELTS q life
such generous devotion to science. ] have nevt
seen so sublime an example of old age-crowne
with imperishnble success, full Of the ripest wi
dom, cheered and sweetened by the noblest attr
tutes of the heart. a ruin, indeed! No: a h
man temple, perfect as the the Parthenon.