New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-30

That Of Ingenious inquiry gracc'ni eoc'ah'y' "gnt-
Glowing banter rather pr.ckly for most parp,up TO
de6r;,e word of con manc, up to desoating word OF
Tebukc and reprobalioni voice the clearest ana
,uost agreeable in conversation ever heard" says
,r;.sv Dr Moore lie speaks a great DEAL con-
rnss the doctor yec those who hear him regret that
he does NOT speak good de al more His observations
are always lively, very often just aud few men pos
tess the talent OF repartee in greater perfection"
1t s Of this figure visibiefor the last time seventy
wears age, our author tells us, that he is to treat
sin The way Of s"Iaeing ingenious human curiosi-
ty." We have hint If his true position in the
following brief exposition Of
.wHAT FRIEDRICH DID.
Tbi- was man OF iuini,e mark 10 his cotempora-
ries; who had wine,srd surprising eas from him in
the world; very questionable notions and ways, which
be had contrived to mail tain against the world and its
criticisms. As an rgina man has always to do, much
original ruer Of men. The world, 10 fact, had
tried hard to put him down il does, unconscOusly
consciously with all such; and after the most con-
scOus cXertions, and at one time dead-i spa5m OF
all It's energies for Seven Years, had not been able.
PIincipaltes and powers, Imperial Royal Czaiish,
papal, enemies inDunerabe the sea-sand, had risen
against him, only helper left among the world 5
Potcntntes and that only while there should be
Lelp rendered in return) and he led them all such
dance as had astonlsi ed mankind and them.
Nowonder they Thought him worthy Of notice. Every
original Of any magnitude is-pay, 10 the long
run who or what ese is But how much more If your
original man king men; whose movements
polar and carried from day to day those of the
world along with them. The Samson AgOnistes-were
bs life passed like that Of Samuel johnson in dirty
garrtts and the proince If it only bits of written
paper-the Agonstcr, and how be will comport him
self in the PhIstiuc mll-this ~ always spectacle o
truly epic and tIagie nature. The rather, it your Sam
con royal or otner is not yet Blinded or subdued to
the Wheel much mur. ii he vanquish his enemies, not
by suicidal methods but march out AT last ourishlng
his miraculous fighting implement, and leaving their
mill and them in quite runOus circumstances AS this
King Friedrich ialry managed to do.
Hero We have q few suggestive words as to bis
relations with
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
One of the grand difficulties in History OF Fried
rich is all along this soe That he lived III Century
which has no History can have little OF none. a
Century opulent in accumulated ialslties-sad opu
hence descending it by inheritance, always at com
pound interest and always largely increased by fresh
requirement on such immensity of standing capital
opulent in that bad way never Century before was
Which had longer the consciousness OF being false,
30 false had il grown; aud stepped in alsty,
and impregnated with it to the very bono, that-in
fact the measure of the thing was full and a French
Revolution had TO end il. To maintain much veracity
in such an element especially for king, doubt
doubly remarkable. But now, How extricate the man
from his Century! How show the man, who is
reality worthy being seen, and yet keep his Century
as aHypocrisy worthy Of being hidden and forgotten,
in the due abeyaDcel
To resusctate the Eigf teenth Century or call into
mens view, beyond what is necessary the poor ana
eordd personages and transactions ot an epoch so re-
lated TO u.s. be purpose of mine on this occa-
pion The Eighteenth Century, is well known, does
not figure to me lovely one, needing to be kept IN
mind, or spoken of unnecessarily To me the
Eighteenth Century has nothing grand in it, except
that grand universal Suicide named French Revou-
toD, by which it terminated its otherwis most worth
less existence with at least one worthy act--setting
Gre TO its old home and self, and going up in flames
aud volcanic explosions in truly nlenora BILE and m-
portant manner. A very fit termination, as thank
fully feel, for such Century Century spendthrift,
fraudulent bankrupt at length utterly nsolyent
without real money Of performance IN lts pocket, and
the shops declining to take hypocrSies and pecosites
any further what could the poor Century do, but at
length admit, Well, it is so. am swindler-cent-
ury and have long been having learned the trick of
il from my father and grandfather; knowing hardly
any trade but that in false bills which thought fool
isly might last forever aud still bring at least beet
and pudding to the favored of mankind. And behold
il ends and am detected swincler, aud have moth
ing even to eat. What remains but that blow my
brains out. and do at length one true action " winch
the poor Century did; many thanks to It, In the CIR
. cumstances.
For there was need once more of Divine Revela-
tjop TO the torpid frivolous children Of men, II they
were not TO sink altogether into the ape condition.
And in that whirlwnd of the Universe-hgbts obiter,
ated, and the torn wrecks OF Earth ana Hen hufled
aoft into the Empyrean black whirlwind which made
apes serious and drove most OF them mad-tnele re
WAS To- men, a voice audible-voce from the heart OF
things once more az if to say, "Lvng is not permitted
in this Universe. The wages OF lying, you behold,
are DEATH Lying means damnaion III TINS universe;
and Bcezcbub, never elaboratcly deckcd III crowns
and mtres is not God l. This was revelation truly
10 be named of the Eternal in our poor Eighteenth
Century, and has greatly altered the complexion OF
said Century to the Historian ever since.
Whereby in short, that Century is quite coniiscate,
fallen bankrupt given up to the auctioncers-Jew-
brokers sorting out of AT this moment IN confused
distressing manner, what is still valuable or salabe
And in fact il lies massed mp in minds as dsas-
trous wrecked nanty, not useful TO dwell npOni
kind Of dusky chaotic background, on which The
figures that bad some veracity in theme small COM
pany and ever growing smaller as our demands rise III
stricness-are deneated for MS. And yet II Is tue
Century Of our Grandfathers, cries the reader.
Yes reader truly. 1t Is the ground out OF which we
ourselves have spru,g; whereon now we nave our
roots for nourisbmen; and alas in large sections OF
the practical world it what we specially mean by az
still continues fourishng all round us. To forget
quite is not yet possible, nor would be- profitable:
What to do with il, and its forgotten iooeres ana
"Hstories" worthy only Of forgetting We'll, so
much of il as by 0dRerGs; what OF can not be
disencaged from our Hero and bis operaons approx
mately so much, and no more. Let that be our bsr-
gain in regard to II.
In this wise, Mr.. Carlyle brings before us
THE MOTHER OF FREDERIC.
Sopbe Dorotbee is described To us hy coutier con-
temporeres as one of the most beautiful prncesses
of her day" Wilhelmna on the ether hand esles that
she was strictly to be called beautiful, put had
pleasant attractive physognomy, W ich may be con-
sidcred better than strict beauty. Uncommon grace
Of figure and look testhes Nilhemina; much dignity
ard soft dexterity ON social occasions perfect in all
the arts of department. and len an impression on you
at kindly and royal Portraits OF her as Queen at
a later age are frequent the Prussan Galleries; she
ia painted sitting, where best remember her: scr
ous comey, rather plump, maternsl-ooking Lady;
sometbing thoughtful in those gray still eyes OF hers
in the turn Of her and carriage of her head as she
sits there considerably iZng ont upon world Whch
would never conform to her Will; decidedly hand
some wholesome and afectOnate aspect OF face: