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

tlSeWEc.e tDut We near y. III ttt Fl4inu iEtUh,
for example, where be rext landed, ampLitoas
Heathen lOut hi him heavily across the shoulders
with the fa Of his oar, sent The poor preacher 20 'he
ground face foremost and suddenly ended his sautary
regardless Of results preaching the Evsnge to all crea
tuIes who viking unwilling, and pressed al
last into the Sacred Circuit, the Ro,nora, or place
Of Oakireos and Of Wooden or Stone Idols tBangpui-
tis, Patkullos. and ! know not what dlsboiic dnmD
Blocksl, which it was death TO enter The Heathen
Priests as may conceive il, rushed out, beckoned
him with loud uninteigibe bully yings and berce ges-
lures TO begone; hustled, shook him, showed him az
he did not 90; then took to confused striking, struck
fna y deathstroke on the head OF poor Adabert, 30
that he stretched out both his arms Jesus receive
me thou y ard fl with his iace 70 the ground, and
Law dead therein the form Of erucIhx, say his
Bopraphers; Only the attendant monks escaping 20
tell.
Attendant monks or Adalbert had known nothing Of
their being on forbidden ground. Their accounts oi
the phenomenon accordingly leave it only half
plained how he was surprised by armed Heather
Devils-servans in bis sleep; violently set upon,
and Bis beautiful bowels pRehra risceral were run
through with seven spcars; but this OF the Romo-
va" or Sacred BaDgputtis Church Of Osk-trees, per-
haps chief Romor0 Of the Country, rashy iDtruded
into with consequent strokes anf fall III the form Of
a crucfx, appears to be the ineligible account.
We will take for the real manner Of Adalberts exit
30 doubt of the essential trsnsaction, that
very flaming on both sides. The date given is
23d April, s91; date famous in the Ronish Caandar
since.
mian man Of rank; his name lAdelbert, Albert
Br7ghtn. AobicnesS he got =" at Magdeburg, whittier
he Lad gone to study aud seek baptism; where, as
generally elsewhere bis fervent dcvout ways adj
mirablc TO his fclOw-creatures man of genius
we may well say; Of Heavens bright souls, born
into the muddy darkness Of this world; laid hold
Of by transcenent Message, in the due transcendent
degree. He entered Prag as Bishop, not in a carriage
and six but walking barefoot, his contempt for
earthly shadows being always extreme Accordingly,
his quarIels with the s0cUiu1a were constant and end
l.. ..I o,,1 ,r.la nj
arguings in this world 10 little VISIBLE effect lasted all
bis days. We can perceive be was sh0rt-tempered,
thin of fkin, violently sensitive man. For example,
once in the Bohemian soltudes, on summer after
noon in Of his housandfUld pilgrimngs and way
farngs he had lain down 10 rest his or two monks
and he in still glade, with stone for his pill
low" (as always his custom, oven IN Pragl, and
had fallen sound asleep. Bohemian shepherd
clanced to pass that way, warbing something on his
pipe as lie wended toward looking after his flock. See
ing the scepers their stone pOws, the thoughtles5
Czech mschievously blew louder, started Adabert
broad awake upon him, who, in tho fury Of the first
moment shIeked - Deafness thee Man cruel 10
the human of hearingl or words TO that cfct,
which curse like the most Of Adalbcrts, punctu-
ally fulfilled: the amazed Czech stOad deaf ; post,
and went about go all his days after; nay for long
centuries perhaps down to the present time i'll remote
parts no Czech blows into HE pipe in the woodlands
without certain precautions and preliminary tu2ines
Of devotional nature. From which miracle, ~ in-
deed from many other Indications, infer an irritable
nervons system in poor Adabert, and find this death
in the Romoya was probably furious mixtare Of
Earth and Heaven.
At all events he lies there, beautiful though bloody,
{" in the form Of cruciX Jealous Adalbert the
hot spirit Of him now at last cold-and has clapped
his mark upon the Heathen country protesting to the
last. This was in the year 997, think the best Anti
quares 1t happened at place called fischhausen,
near Pillau, say they, on that narrow strip OF
country. which lies between the Baltic and
should say, or leakage Of shallow water, one of
two such which the Baltic has spilled out of IT in that
quarter, near the Fort and Haven Of Pillau whore
there has been much stir since; where Napoleon for
one thing had tough fighting prior to the Treaty
of Tisit fifty years ago he place-Or, if not this
place then Gnesen in Poland, the final burying-pace
Of Adabert, which is better known--has ever since
had kind Of sacredness better or worse expressed
mankind in the form of canonZation endless pilgrim
ages, rumercd miracles, and such like; for shortly
aterward, the neighboring Potentate, Bceslaus,
Duke of Poland struck at the event. drew sword
on these Heahens, and having (if remember) gained
some victory barganed to have the Body Of Adalbert
delivered to him at its weight in gold. Body all cut
in pi,ooo, cnd nucd to pvlvs hau long ignoiinousy
withered in the wind perhaps il only buried
overnight for the nonce being dug up or being cut
down. and pnt into the balance, IT weighed-ess than
was expected. 1t light as gossamer, said pous
runor; had such an excellent odor too, and came for
Il mere nothing Of gold This was Adaberts first
miracle after DEATH life he had done many hundreds
of Them and has done millions since, chiefly upon
paraytc nervous systems, and the element Ci pious
rumor which any Devils Advocate then extant may
who he'd known 81. Adalber in life and much honored
him. made pilgrimage to his Tomb at Gnesen in
the year thousand" and knelt there, we may be.
ieve with thoughts wondrous enough, great and sad
enough.
Here is bit of vivid painting of
TIE OLD PRUssIAN SOLDIER.
Remarkable men, many of those old Prussian SOL
ders of whom wishes, 10 no purpose, that there
had more knowledge been attsinable. But the Books
are silent; no painter 10 genial seeng-msn to pant
with his PEN was there. Grim, hirsute, Hyperborean
figures they pass mostly mute before rs; brly, sury,
in mustaches, in dim, uncertain garniturc, OF winch
the buff helts and the steel are alone cohspcn9us
Growing i'll cultural Tcutsch what little artculate
meaning they had spending, oi the inartcnate, pro-
portion in games Of chance probably, too IN drinking
beer yet having immense overplus which they do
not spend but endeavor to utter in such working a.
there may be. So have the Hyperboreans lived from
Of old. From the times of Tacus and Pytiea', MOTTO
speak of Odn and Japhet, what hosts Of them have
marched across Existence in that manner; and where
is the memory that would, even if it could speak OF
them all
As we have already intmated, we are not
the enthusiastic admirers Of Mr.. Caryle's political
speculations, but We will not withhold from our
readers the following eompendious statement OF his
POLITICAL CREED.
For have remarked that Of all things, Nation
needs first ~ he drilled; and Nation that has not
iirst been governed by socalled "Tyranis, and held
tight to the curb till il became perfect III is PAGES,
and thoroughly amensbic To- rule and law, and heartily
respectful OF the same, and totally abhorrent OF the
want of the same ever came To much III this world
England itself, in foolish quarters OF England, stll
howls and execrates amertahy over its w linam Con-
queror and rigorous line Of Nofinans and Plantage-
nets but without them, II you Will consider well, what
had II ever been gutionous race OF Jutes and
Angles capable OF no grand combinations, numbering
about in pot tbclhcd cqusnimty; not dreaming OF he
roc toll and silence, and endurance, such leads to
the high places oi this trversc, AMI the golden