New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-27


sisbce Of this the other day. Wien the Uni
yersi'y 81 G0ttingen celebrated its centenRil ar
niveIsaIy IN 1887, Humboldt ooce Student
ttere though be bad received special invt stion,
vas present. One of the PIivM D''ceDten-a sort
Cf thtor-was directed by the Rector to call the
roll for the procession in the great ball Of the
lbrsy. that gentlen M. l.. Te'lkampf-
glal cling through the | ct, saw that Humbsldt's
nsme aas On,ittcd-a small piece Of vanity on the
part Of the then X. ctor-Bergnnnn-who wished
TO psy the princpsl part on the occasion. On be-
ipg spoken 10 about it, Bergmann took the paper
away and gave it TO another ~ read. Tellksmpf
Ashamed for bis University that on such an occa-
son Alexander von Humboldt should be included
Oily in the general invitation for other gentle
nen" 10 fail into the procession after al tue iafe
ricr officers Ct the iLstitut on, went to HIN and
ap0logz-d 10 his own name, and that Of others who
j.lt with him. After the ceremonies were Oser.
TeilksmP aud toe poe, DinRlesteJt. called meet
ing dihe students snd othrrs,s which torcblieht
proc, ssion vas determined upon. Messengers
were cent in all directions to collect torches, and
vhep the night came some IL, GO people marched
to Iinmboldts lodgings TO do him the honor which
the Rector had denied him. Bergmaua hsd the
pleasure of seeing the demonstration to the best
advantage, IS his house was near the lodgings oil
the Philosopher.
Not long after came the invasion Of tia Hano-
verian Constitution by old Ernst August, which
fessors and tutors from the University Of Coffin
ger. Among the professors dismissed were the
brothers Grimm, and among the Privat DSeenten,
Teilksmpf. Three days utterward, the latter re-
ceived letter from Humb Idt inclOsins one from
the Prussian Minister Altepstein, Offering him q
place IN any Prussian University he might choose.
The young man, however. preferred going to
America, and many readers Of The TRIBUNE may
remember him as successfully connected with
Union and Columbia Colleges. Ten years nearly
Rad passed, but Hun bodt hsd not forgotten the
C0ttIpgen tutor. He wrote TO bin in Ne~.fork,
called him back to Prussia, and he is now not only
Professor in the University at Bfeslau, but
member of the House of Peers Of the Kingdom
his career due entirely to Humboldts RENE mbrance
Of an act Of politen.ss in le37.
At the regular meeting Of the great Geographical
Society, on Saturday evening, the veoef abe Carl
Ritter gave q tribute TO bs Inc nOfy, after which,
the relations between humboldt and the American
Legation here for many years-,he days OF Psks
representative flanagan Of course excepted-be-
ing we'll known, Gov. Wright was called upon to
say something for America. l add the substance
OF his remarks. which were exceedingly well re-
cty ed, and for whioh Dove the Rector of the
University, crossed the room and Thanked him:
I" He most gladly united bis sympathes with those
Of his German brethren Of the Geographical Socsty,
on this occasion. We ask TO mngle our tears with
yours upon the loss Of this greatest Of earts
The great, good and beloved Humbodt's memory We
love 10 clc1lsN. the news Oh uedtn Dc
ceived throughout every portion Of North America,
and by all classes of orr people with the deepest emo
tons of sympathy. lie belonged to country, and
his age is NOT counted by year,. Truly. he has lived
many cenurie5-long centuries IN thought anu Know
ledge
From lis Uniform kin dress to oil Americans, his
association with our institutions in their infancy aud
the deep interest Or ever Manifested 10 our success,
We almost feel that he was one Of us. Two months
ago. mifglibg with seventy of our countr,men, on
the anniversary Of the birthday Of the Atber Of our
common country, with the folds Of the lovely flag
of our united Repnblic-the stars and stripes-en.
circlipg his manly brow, he said, " | am half an
Americsn' More than fifty years sge he was the
companion and associate Of Jefrrs0n, Hamilton,
MsdlsOn and tbose " no laid the foundations of our
great apd happy Uniop, anc well understood the
principles Of our Government From that day IN
ill his death he watched, with the deepest interest,
every step in our career.
Baron Won Humboldt believed in progress, in the
elevation Of humanity, and in the lettering Of the
condition Of man. He had faith that brighter
d,y of knowledge, Of liberty and virtue was YET
ia ttOle for the human race
The Intellectual sun Of two centuries has gone
down. and we weep for the loss of the King Of the
rat realm Of knouiedge
La tie minds Of hundreds Of thousands in our
country, no doubt as in my own, Humboldts name
is the earliest with which scientific truth is assocl-
hted trace lifelong desire to see South Amer
lea to Humb0ldts description OF the southern
Cross 1t is not wish to traverse the intermlaabe
pa,npas climb the Andes, or voyage on the almost
endless riyers-but to hear for myself, from boat
man or mueteer,
Midnight past the cross beg to bend"
While tt mere lsd, was walked IN the night
to STE pale, frightened face bending over me, and
to bear Get up! get up! the day OF Judgment las
leone, believe-for the stars are all falliog " The
thrill of delieh bit that passed through me is indeby
depressed upon my memory, at the instantaneous
thought; it must have been such meteon; Pne-
pomepon as Humboldt saw above the lights Of
Cbuborazo! At later period, when few OF u',
students at Cambridge, were going the rounds OF
the magnetic needles and noting their variations
during the long, cold Winter nights, We never
wearied of our labor for We were humble assistants
in carrying out sn idea long before c'nceived ana
urged upou the scientific sOrld BY HUMBOLDT lt
is certainly no small gratifc itiOn tn b. here just
ROW, and to assist, in q small way, ia paying the
last tribute of respect to one 50 long revcrej.
1t will be gratifying, hope, to all the admirers
of tie great DEAD, that so honorable place was
given t. our Minister and the dozen Of cur coun-
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