The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-07-15
JEAN PAUL's FATIGUE OF BEING CHLE-
DRAFTED.

b6ATEU.
An authors change of opinion as to the value
of the enjoyments of daily fame are amusingly
given in the following, from Flower, Fruit, and
ThSrn Pieces:
:" l must tell you, the devil take fame In
short time l shall disappear, and mingle
among the people, and turn up again every
week with a new name, that the fools may net
know me. Oh, there was once q time, for q
few years, when wished 10 be semething-if
not great author, at least ninth electOr-if
not laureled, at least mitred-if not sometimes
pro-rector, frequently at least deacon. It
would then have afforded me pleasure, had
had the most terrible pains from the stone, and
consequently proportionately large bladder
stones, in order that might have extracted
stones from my bladder to build up the altar or
temple of my fame still higher than the pyra.
mid which Ruysch piled up in the cabinet of
natural history with the forty.two bladder. stones
of an honest woman. Siebenkas at that time
would have wreathed myself thorny philoso.
piers beard of wasps, as Widau did of bees,
only to become known by it. grant, I then
said, it is not the good fortune of every child
of clay, and he ought not therefore to expect Il,
that town should kill him like Mr.. Romuald.
las is related by Bembo in his life,) in order to
steal his holy body as q relic; but it seems to
me that, without being wanting in humility, q
man may desire that few hairs should be
plucked, if not out of his fur coat, a. happened
to Voltaire in Paris, at least out of bis skull, az
a sourenir, by those who know how to appre.
cate him; refer more especially to the re-
viewers Thus then thought; but / now
think more wisely. Fame merits no fame,
go Besides, / cannot know what glorious heav.
emily hosts and archangels live upon other uni
verses and little spheres of the milky way
this paternoster rosary of globes-seraphs, in
comparison with whom l cannot be looked
upon in any other light than in that of q sheep.
We souls, it is true, rise, and advance consid.
ersbly upon the earth the soul of the oyster
rises to a frogs, the latter to that of stock.
hsh the spirit of q stock. fish ascends into
goose, then into a sheep, then is elevated into
an ass, or even into an ape-at last (nothine
higher can be conceived) into q bush .Hotten-
tot: But such long peripatetic climax only
lrhates man until he makes the following re-
lection: We observe, among the animals Of Q
class, among which. as among ourselves, there
must be geniuses, good clear heads, and thor.
ough Misunderstanding but the last, or, at
most, extremes. No class of animals il near
enough to our visual membrane to prevent our
confounding the middle tints and degrees of
their value. And thus it will be With us. when
SPIRIT sitting in heaven, looks upon us all.
YIN account OF his remoteness, he will find il a
| Gimcuit task Ia vain one) to distinguish real
oiuerence between Kant and his shaving mir
rors OF kantites, between Goethe and his irni
tators and the aforementioned spirit will
scarcely, or not at ALL know how to d;stiueu;ah
masters of faculties from ounces, professors'
houses from mad -houses-for little stems are en-.
tirely lost to the vision of one who stands mon
high step.
But this deprives thinker of all pleasure
and courage; and may be hung, Sieben.
kas, If in such q state of affairs, ever Law
myself out to become properly cele brated, or
give myself the trouble to pull down, or to
build up, the most learned and acute system.
or write anything longer than letter.
Thine, not mine, l..
"'P. ST. would that God would grant me
second life after this, and that could occupy
myself in the next world with realities for this
is really too hollow and too insipid, wretched
Nuremberg toy-only the sinking froth of a
hfe-a leap through the ring of eternity-a
rotten, ashy, apple of Sodom, the taste of which
cannot get out of my mouth, spit and splitter
as l may. Ohi'"
The Senatorial and Editorial party to the
White Mountains drew together large mum.
Der OF happy and agreeable people. A cores
pondent OF the Commercial, writing from the
Flume House, says:
"a party of four, in order to save few
rods, took . straight line to reach the walk !;
and one OF this party, Senator Hale, from New
Hampshire, stepped On loose stone, BY which
means he fell forward among the ragged rocks:
but BY remarkable dexterity, or great good luck,
the only bruise he received was on his bands'
one OF which was terribly torn. was not more
than ten feet from him when he fell, and saw
him coming down the mountain, as it we're
head first and regard the escape a. truly won.
derful. GA our way to the hotel we met an
elderly gentleman and lady, Who intended to
60 up the mountain that evening, and spend
the night. When We passed them, they were a
mile or more from the commencement of the
steep ascent, and shower soon after coming
on, we thought, of course, they would stay at
the refreshment lodge for the night but we
sfterward learned that they had left before the
shower some twenty or thirty minutes; and az
they we're without guide, much anxiety was
felt for fhcr, hv nor