New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-21
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rtied with Psnth about Louis NspoIeu a. tbi.s-
eotien red, in strong terms the Imperial rs,;m.
The London pubic bas then generously tsSa. a.
bsresvtd family Of JerrVd under their Ell lent ass
ronsge apd tho invitation givea by tic mos, ~.
treuihed writers of the day has not been sent -
In vain But aoother question arises: Il Il nos
SAD ana buuilstns fact that slmost every taJest.i
writer. almost every gifted player, drs in noyorsv
leaving those who were nearest and deanst b tnn.
reduced 10 beegary for let Us call the nrocssI;a.
ne,royloi As much IS We hSt il falls very ah.r, =,
receiving alrs. We do not allude here to usl,o,'
RI, or undiscovered genius. who suffer ana dA !.
the awful struggle for daily bread. but 70 thoe W.
have sctuslly bee, ne celebihes and would scaN
con upand fortune. 1t must be acknowledged tkattAs
6u,t lies not with the pubic, who are ever rea&y h
buv coed books aud TO pay good price tor tha.
nor with the newspapers, which eyrr sound u
trumpet Of praise and reward handsomely any vla-
able contribution TO their columns NO, tie f.sh
which sends our men OF talent to the grave w'thss
having made sufficient provision for their hmlheS
rests with themselves alone. Everybody Is nov y
fmiiiar with the fact Of seeing renowned arusx
and popular adopts Of literature die penniess, thatl
committee intIusted TO gather subscriptions 70 u
most appointed before sick author has brcstAs1
his last Nobody secu astonshed that success-
Gl drauatist, tho chief editor Of largely circu.
j,,ed newspaper, should bequeath nothing but lis
psme ard beseary to has wife and chldreo, in face
Of the high wages paid in England to editors q
talent. In France, Gerard de Nervd commits sui.
eide in consequence OF his embarrassed c'rcxm-
stances. and in Britain private benevosace is
,etitiored necessarily on behalf Of the relations Of
deco sej wliters Ii is a consoling fact indeed,
that men Of letters remain unpolluted by the general
caceIuess for gain aud the universal love OF money;
nud redccming character 81 our ago II Is, 10 oca&
that those who worship the muses. generally not
kneel before the golden calf But there sds-
incton between the search for ucre ana tae neglect
Of social obligations. Many an humble trsdssmsa
whose income never reached the salary ct cue
cessiul writer, manages t. provide amply toe 10
welfare Of his relatives; ard to be man OF geaiw
gives no right to ignore the sacred duty OF htsw
and husband. -
But cconouiy and forethought can but enhsss
sry ones Town worth" be it that OF a sccsa1
Shakespeare or another Dante. Men Of letters asd
pewspo per chropiecrs (the distinction does not b.
long TO NE, but TO the Jewish iinancier MIiaud NJ
the lions of the day. aud should endeayOr to keep
their lofty position Thus, the municipal authorizes
of tie French watering place, Dieppe, in ofdtrt
restore its former splendor to tho iiyorite bathing
town Of the Duchesse dc Berry, have invited hffy Or
sixty French and English editors to splendd hsa-
QUE The Times, The Globe, The Posi-, Ihe CMss.
,rie, Tie London N,tcs. and Mr.. Punch, oct down At
the same Ia bic with Les D6bdts La Presse, LsSeo.
L'Isdlp.n eonce and lie NOrd. After dluner an En-
2 French eo.frtre answered with FrancO-EngiiS
toast: but, unfortunately, the two nations can o.
rive no advantage fiOm this cosmopolitan exercise
since no one WAS able TO understand single sen
teuce, nor had the cOnccit to ask, with Wailen-
stein. for tho " short meaning OF the long Ia.
rangus"
The great news from France is that DolgAs
Hume has LETT Paris for Baden Baden. In Eng
land "Spirtualism has made its appcarancch
ifS IA pr Uu1
els and romances Mr.. William Hewitt, the author
OF 1.-Two Years in Victoria" has published Tai
" lancetta the Squatter's Home; Story OF Aus'
trallan Life" in two volumes; and whenever @
wants to bring forth new and startling EPISODE
there appears certain Dr. Woolstan, :
mesnerist, who performs sundry physies
marvcls, and delights in astonishing spnt
ual revelations. Tables speak, and spirits as
called from the grave, TO bring the events OF theAs1
TO happy issue. Mr.. Hewitt grively prstessaa
bis belief in spiritual agency aud clairsoyant CON-
m,BicatiOns and snesrs even at Mr. Faraday an
other scientific unbelievers; yet be employs tn
supernatural machinery, which TO him is rel
psy sociological phenomenon, rs dramatic rcsourcs
We will not discuss tho subject of Spirtualism here
but to employ that agency in a novel seems alto
cetber mlsckeyOus and reprehensible in an esthsti
cal point of view. Some fifteen years ago. Bslssc
escorted to the same machinery in his " Ursue
MirouGt.' Some bonds destined to the her0neby her
UllnE uncIe were sccTtuy stOitu ~ o STOUT
the villain Of the story, and there no earthly
means for bringing about the discovery Of the rob
bery, the French novelist evoked the spirit Of W
poor uncle, who told every particular But "Ur.
suls hrOutt' was never looked upon 40 oue u
Bazacs masterpieces, and likewise whatever Mr..
liuwitt may think Of his own merits, and they ara
not light in bis own estimation, Iallangct,a Will
neyer be regarded as chef d9Krr. -
Those who take An interest in the question
~ al l..
volume OF Mchcet's French History, "Henfi ~
ct Richelieu,' which has recently appeared !
contains the most wonat rful disclosures aud sryy
ment. concerning tho worship of tho Evil Spirit
s1rcery and magical illumination, so frequent in
Hedaya tues. Madame dc CarOwitz has already
throws very curious light the Ienj6isrershruxs
in Germany, and now the eminent French histDnu
shows the social and political meaning OF tho same
delusion in France. Some startling facts of "Spint
ualism," as praciced i'll cOnvents By priests monks
and NUM-, are told and explained in the volume ~
Nicheld finds that tobacco and alcoho proved The
strongest enemies Of sorcerers, and physical ntcir
cation, carried the day over moral ard intellectual
iudGliug -
Aro,Ecr sciious Int interesting book has been |
published in France by Celestin de Blgnicre4
former pupil Of the Polytechnic Schcol, and fornsM
abridged AID popular exposition Of positive retg.
ion and philosophy" It is an excellent Otregs o.
OF ADgoste Comics doctrine, given even in q more !
comprehensive form than We lind il in Hiss Maf~ /
nesu's mastery compilation, although Conts HIM 7
sc!f gives prominent place to the later N ~:
"Eositisist library" The philosopher has AMOS
reached the age OF Go, and was, as . DISTINGUISH
natht ma,cian successfully a pupil teaecer -
an examiner in the POLYTECHNIC schoci which ~
prc1uced 30 many llustrious scientific investigates /
UG6er The Bourboos he was without public en- /
.lOyment. and go be is under the scientific Nap ]
leon Ill, for thus English newspapers eel /
the Emperor of the French. But Comtss |
Disciples subscribe ior him an annuity Of SI,s00,
,,b;ch certainly speaks hjghy for the nastor M0k