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Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

0Sr of the officers of the Manhattan Gas
Company states that on the evening before Ss=
cubic feet Of gas were sent cot to illuminate
New York city, being more, By half million
of cubic feet, than had ever been sent ont on
any previous evening.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

Mas. CoaA L. V. nArcr, the trance lecturcss,
more recently prominent before the public on
account of difficulty with her otheEhalf, Mr.
Hatch, having dissolved partnership with the
gentleman who formerly tended door for her
and pocketed the proceeds, lectnrel in New
York on Frday evening on the following sub
ject:-'Is the Law OF God unit or is viola
ton OF one command the breaking of the whole
lawI" The n. Y. Tones says .'the Spirits
talked arrant transcendentalisn of the diluted
kind and babblcd deal of vague unwisdou.
During the delivery of her lecture her eyes were
constantly upIifted. She was plainly dressed in
black, two white roses were pinned to her belt
on the left side, and her hair was in ringets.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

NrGRoEs sell well in Texas. AtTyler, little
girl, . years old. was bought for slllo; wO-
man, % years old, with infant 1880; girl, 9
years old, $500; boy, years old, 1928.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

Tns rapid growth of the West by immigration
is shown in the fact that, of the tuenty-fve
members Of the Senate Of Illinois, only one vas
tprn IN tbs Stats,
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14
SENATOR sLIDELL's REPLY 70 DOUGLAS.

WAsHSGToS, Jan. Ex-senator Slidcn, in
the Union Of this morning, replies to the card
Of Senator Douglas, saying there lisa paragraph
in it which fairly admits the construction that
he had denounced me in Chicago, as calumnia-
tor, on the authority OF = statement, imputed to
Err. Braiuard, without even calling on him TO
learn whether there was any foundation for his
charge, when the event proves that DR.. Brain
ard, If called upon, would have shown the whole
story to be fabrication. Mr. SidsI states the
facts and circumstances under which he made
his publication Of the 18th of Dec, adding I'm
my judgement they formed a very sufficient
warrant for the declaration contained in il, viz:
that Mr. Douglas had authorized and counte-
nanced anonymous attacks ON me. through
person officiating as his private secretary.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

TINS Chicago Times has introduced into its
columns new feature. Here is the head line,
which, we presume, may speak for itself
OUR HORRIBLE DEPARTMENT.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

TWO uous=s Jotn street o-s Hose Ha-r-s-,.
s-Tsrz! On czlzcy street AEG cE-l-a-- El-a- ~
store ron IN C=atrr Wk=s'Iu- TIE errrs- a. gaz
50 lIarsrt AII-g- Rrq-Fr EtJz--t HAS, zl ~ 80.
zlsr c John Aul sth sirsrts. 81
IaIrs.s 50HN EErcE.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14
Trust sale.

D sred OF from Gecrge Irsin azi Eifs
ID % Abrahau1 r D=n1rmandyi dstsd seta Feb-aaEys
80 daily RECORDED - LIZ Ct=rks oEl-e q tie County
county Book -, pa-e z15. AHd . vEtss
order Ce1usy Court q Oa.o county, aace A.
January The is59, apo uting TIE uateF-
signed the said deed % place % ti said
Abraham Dsncrsnandy, stan the ssh day Of Febru
4rI is, u o'clock A 81 q nat day, az tn ffoat door
Court Hose the city q WrraE Virginia, Hpos=
sale ~ pabHe 4aeIisa the =st tiIeT, S01h
half Of lot u1brrsd (ss, lie last SIDE
part the said city commonly alied Centre Whsehng-
TERs sALEFoT the Fret $50 cash in hazd and for
The residue OF purchase MONEY ucE cret ut fhe
day April. 1859 With interest from tie day Of sale
and to be secured b nss0tb.s note sta a. approved
e1dorser.
lite the above property e Gndoub:ed, ard there Is
! convenient k1ase erected unol the stove haif LOT
j.nls ALFRED Caldwell, Trustee
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

NEssRs- EDToa..-I &c zayssf candidate for The
oee q street Coai,sions At the ensuing charter eer
lion. II reelected VII eudeaver daeka-re the dutes
Ct The SsieS, bfSrs - he bsst - Antilles
!1Acs H1SaE SHARP.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

Until the srst day a. March, $50, vii sell al
u ELSZEE DRY GOODS, nov II store, At less taaz
rt cess, in order % reduce tie t0ek 4s 1-h As oshie
before TIE arrsyal % sr-iar goods
NJ stock Comprises zlralst complete ssscrtuent OF
Frre Nerinors, al coor and STEdss Cot-rEs eoi De-
LANES, Drb AL kinds ~ Bayaf-Tz Dress Gots. D-cais
etc iaEzs stock Of Blankets and ssv=rai sets q nas
F;ch F---- Also, Rzuket ali stella SzEls large s;ocks
together sin endless variety Of st-F soOss TO
E7=Ets9a-
L=i.ss EaLi o. rsry cheap Goods Eil sud = % isir
advantage 70 give Al early can. ALEN- HETMAS,
janis Ia y -
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

MRsszs. FpErors-You will please announce cur much
respected f.ead, NJ GLoEsz BuLslE, candidate
Alderman FoGrih War; and he is elected he IN
doubt discharge the dulles o. the oce faithfully
izPartiAliy- [faul.'l MANY VOTLEs
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

MrssEs RrIToEs -You vii please announce in the In
teliiseneer, thai JAMS g. wHsaT, Es szrPortsi
candidate CLEGE C1TI, the apprnaclin
Charter eiretion, By ulhT'l MANY works..
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

As things look there seems to be a tOlerable
opening for snuss between Senator's Slidell and
Douglas just nor. See the despatch on the
snbiect.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

the Office % Street ConEisi0ue-, tie csUin eiaT
eleetion H<leetet vii strive al the
vantage OF the pebble tians-l THos. J. POWELL
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

Mgssss. EDiroas-Plsa,e announce the following teket
for the Fifth Warj, obsc MANY.
C0HHeiI-Geo. FoE5es H=ry Eehois, p D. Notion, JaI.
wilson, y. Wiki son, Robt. Prat.
4fdermdn-Andrer Q1fgey. ianI5S
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

Eos isTsIIrsETcEa-Psas- announce JosEFH MASSEzs
ianits MANY VOTERS
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

MEssEs- EnIToEs--I bvg leave - Inyssif
Candidate for r-eleetion TO ks Office OF Superintendent Of
Water Works, AZ The ensuing Election.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

MEssEs. EDInEs.- Please announce Capt ASDEEE VII
sos, the CltIEsns Candidate lie oise % Mayor
janis TIE MAJORITY
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For Rent.

THAT desirabfe property rear 81 Wee Cs--s.--
/ fuouz - the KinE arrpsrsy- T. 1EtllzE co.'s I,
suaseisDt -aseoE1z sdatlcEs foE lzrF- Any. = .
ecstslrstEo arres zAi=h eosid - uza1e -ssl no
aardsn Also gsed o-eAaTs. Ec-. A1s al Lzaly sE-
iTiti =. e1eeI.rEtfzrEe- Fer terEzs aPsIy .
-. - ID HI LII
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

MEssEs. EDTross -Tou riease announce DGX'L DUs
candidate FOR supernteneaI q Water WORKS, a
ianiSs '''s'-'' an MANY FRIENDS.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

MISSES ErTIoRs Please Nunounee Hr VIZ n MATsEE-
didat= Of Street Couaialsslotsr at
jaaIi. MANY YoIERs.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

MEssAs EDFroE.-I respectfully announce myself can
dictate for the once ~ City TrsasuTeT the charter
eeer0n tiAni2l r W HARDING.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

Ens. vii please the
Of ions u PoETIH, present City lrrk,
the otee, At the approaching election, AID osliEe
j4nlJe MANY CITIZENS
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

Frs. ISTELLiosScEn-Pease announce the uauae Of A.
HAIIousLL candidate for City Sergeant, obIige
iaultS AAST VOTERS.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

MEssEs EDTTols. II beg leave 70 myself
eArats Ter Tr-eeesa the otee OF CITY Sergeant
the ensuing election Uanli.l SMITH MCDONALD
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

EDs INTEIIIeESczA II myself aala ny fei-
low etEens candidate for the o== OF wharf Master
II re-sleeted viii a!@aya ts At my post
iznils ROBT. HAMILTON.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

TaE Philadelphia Press says Lo.d Lyons,
born in 1917, is two years older than Lord Ma
pier. At the age of -. therefore. he may be
considered as desirable man at Washington,
for he is unmarried. Lord Napier is removed
from salary of $500 in this country, to one
OF $4,000 in Hoiland-a most undoubted dcclen-
sion, the canses OF which, have yet to be ascer-
tanned and stated. Lord Lyons is said TO be
positively advanced Heleares Tuscany, where
he was oH,y Mird-elas diplomatist CEnvoy
Extraordinary aud Minister Plenipoten,iaryl. to
assume the position at Washington, of se7oad-
elas man, and rise from salary of $4,000 at
Florence, to one of 1900 years at Washington.
BELA SQrRrs and Mrs. Mary Cormac, whose
united ages amount to one hundred and thirty
years, and who were married at Hartford last
week, rejoice in the present possession of TWEEN
ty-seyer children,
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M u = I g.
For Rent

STORE ROOMS OFFICES. KELLIs6S -Fsa--. r..
- icons In me s-cond a- tairu s--ry q go Lz=s.f
bsse aid snail Hail - b. : f-r--ss Ezd- -. ,
TIIU=- HQENFElgE
r. O5ee, We Iis5f, Nain street, 1T Sesz Assr-slr
Usies-I-p ssaLra- IL
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olee er .he CIs.ssH. sianaGasIarissC g

HHAEl Nc, Va Tsuaarg -Sh- Is.
He annual ElectnF sfockho1-fs o. a. tE'f
Il Manufacturing Co. Tor TIE eiccfinn g Pr@sH-era
serS1 Directors, VII be tsI1 the Cazrz-z'f e1-
wheeling. Va o. Wednesday. Tea s7h, 4 p a. :
~ geazr-I atfsn5Iaae- - P-TfielI-ry -r7ssst--.
ot-r b7EEesa 81 in poTta-rs Usii = h-ggEht is-is
1erfinK- y. WILLIAMSON.
EuS-.d sccr-tr-g
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

KEEP YOURSELVES WARM
" have q fhr best tnfs q NsE-' u
w szT1s ARD DrzHsrs l. * & und n he CIV = -
ALE zen iou - MuEtIlR LAkiNr
- nAkEg FlsSNkI-1 isa lslFe IsgCgs g ;lss f'E--'
- EhlAar Flaaasi Ter stirtSs .-Ef received b -
tsEI NIEsu ; E4It-@
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14
NORTH wEsTERN nAAk OF vlEdIYla,

NLoslSG oCT--ws have iAre- lot .; siAs a. =
X and Use Dress Geo uhich Us haze Eses
naizds 70 al Also- snail lot Ee1arazts q - =
thst - u sa- AiAo iiTe stoeS az " l-tri -
dsels srONE IHoNAs
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14
NEW FIRM.

7IE undtrsfEned have zssaeiated t-zserEg tu-r-f
Il - h-n, under The ssyI- %
MAXWELL, CAMPBELL & TIFGtE.
FOR the urpos- - doirrz TBOEEIALE CE.'t ~ 2
GESEEAL COMMISSION ts,sllss-. ~ NJ : A-E -
IL Ts= rssll forzl=riy cercfltd y izk=r ElFaaE'
We rsss-stf aiy soiet tne aJrvniiC n . th- IT,
JAS- NAM I'll Of late 81 Paatc-- ii1rqatt-
THOS-J } CAMPBELL L. Izte IN Let 4 itcErl
GEO- r TlAGLE, Ikte HiEh Last 4 HsEeL -
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ANNoUNCENIE NTs.

ANN UNCEAI ENTS.
Ms,... E0,.ass-rl,... 4aaouns. .As fsno.las asts,
Foss si5ry Eahoi P D. SOiioa, jiI
wil,on y. Wilkinson, Rosi- PTAst-
4idsrmGR-AndreE 0liEiey. jaaI5'
MEss.. F8Iaas. Please announce Capt AyPrEE VII
sos a. the Citizens candidate 70 he os Of . MsysT
Srssss EDrross viz pisA.e announce DIST Drs-
candidate f1r Superintendent q Water Works,
ianiSs ',-'''' '',N'-'1' - MANY FRIENDS.
NEssAs EDFroAs-I respectfully announce myself
dictate for the Once ~ City Treasurer the charter
eeeIion t!Ani2l r W HARDING.
MEsszs- Fprrors-You viii please announce cur much
re<Iteisi fread, NJ GLoEGE BULeEE, candidate
doubt discharge the duties c; the fatbfuy
i=zPartiAlly. uAnl.'l aANY vOTLRs.
MEssEs ErrToEs--IbvF leave - snnou-ee Iyssf as =
candidate Tor reelection 10 ne oee superaieEdeHi Of
Water WORKS, AZ the ensuing ELECTION
Ems ISIEIIsrsczA = announce myself a=aia to fe-
Low citizens candidate for the o== OF wharf Master
Isnii' va : fRoBr HAMILTON.
ddate o-e OF Street Coulalssotsr, At
ihs coming Charter Ei,eiien' and 9bdse - $500,
MEssEs EDTIoHs;-I beg leave 70 announce myself
erddats Ter Reelection % t oes Of cry sressnt at
the easans election Danli-l SMITH MCDONALD
Frs. Isrrl-iossernPiea,s announce the name Of A. 8
As candidate for City seFgs4ai, 21s 9sliss
Ens ISrELLIsEScER-Yon vii please announce the
Of JoHs PoETIH present City lrrk, candidate for
;. sI5 Al ne ess''n Ma % S or1zESs
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

TIE Reta Store q NeCIaIlens, Knor I c.. harip-
ehaaE-a hands an psrsons iadbEel lie urdersiEn-S
gu please rail- and p1y tseir ndebtedness ub,rt &C.,
ARR reasonable period al accounts unseffei MI *
gwen 70 ofHeer for eoliectiau- - =
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JANU4RY SETTLEWFVTS

YIN UIHI SEIILEWENTS
hUk aeeourts ready settlement and or es
~ toners VII piese notice that those acr1pf, ~
syted CO the lit iii Be p-eent-1 ir1rsiiat=iy ttrr
Ihose inds eted % the las frr Of J. n IIs &C. III
prepare th-1seiFss % Sttte tie lfuSF u
-4e1ea- lanai HOBBS 4 HARNEs
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-14

Hardware at Auction.
WILL sell a. Auction Satzriay, Ssh, Wednesday
lsth omEcacils O'clock ny eEtires;o-t q vaiu
Ne Hardware AID CounteTs shsivnF, h SAT-
and DzE Tgrnts OF sale-Au Tseutr DoIarg
Cash; over TEenty and under Fiy g dats Al 1orii
ana 70 their advantags 10 attend he goods vii -
sold 3 Low hg-re
ian5-till 18th sA1f-I SErr
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1859-06-18
Poetfy.
Porphyrogeniius.
by BAYARD TAYLOR.

Born in the purple! Born in the purple!
Heir 70 the seeptre and crown
Lord over millions and millions Of Tassals-
Monarch Of mighty renoWn!
Where. do you ask, are my banner-proud castles?
Where my imperial town?
Where are the ranks of my far flashing lances;
Trumpets, courageous Of sound;
Galloping SquadrOns, and rocking armadas,
Guarding my kingdom around?
Where are The pillars that blaLOn my borders,
Threatening the alien ground?
YainlyyOu ask, IL you wear not the purple
Sceptre and diadem own;
Ruling yourself over prosperous regions,
Seated supreme on your throne.
Subjects have nothing to give butallegiance-
MOnarchS meet monArchs alone.
But. if king, you shall stand on my ramparts,
Look on the lands that sway,
Number tbedOmes and magnificent cities,
Shining in valleys away
Number the mountains whose foreheads arc
Lakes that are azure day.
Whence inherited such domain?
What was my forefathers' line?
Homer and Sophocles, Pindar and Sappho,
First were nnointed divine:
Theirs were the realms that God might have
governed,
All, and how little is minel
Hafz in Orient shared with Petrarca
Thrones Of the East and the Wet;
Shakespeare succeeded TO limitless empire,
Greatest Of monarehs and best:
Few of his children inherited Kingdoms,
Provinces only the rest,
Keats has his viney ards, and Shelly his islands
Coleridge in Xanadu reigns:
Wordsworth is eyried aloft on the mountains,
Goethe has mountains and plains.
Yet, though the world has been parceled anon
them,
A world to be parceled remains
Blessings enough to be born in the purple,
Though buta monarch in name
Though IN the desert my palace is builded,
Far from the highways Of Fame;
Up with M Standard salute me with trumpets!
Crown me with regal acclaim!
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1859-06-18
NUMBER 46---VOLUME a.

information, not of speech, but of music,
which frequent devotion in company with
Others naturally call out; showing US that
poetry and music, and not prose and
speech, are Che natural expressions of the
deepest and highest emotion.
They rose with the prayer of benedic-
ton, and we withdrew. They separated
to station themselves, one in each ward of
the hospital, there, aloud and standing. to
repeat their prayers-the sick men raise
themselves on their elbows. or sitting in
bed, or, if more feeble, raising their eyes
and clasping their hands, and all who can
or choose, joining in.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1859-06-18
Annual Report

Of the Board of Directors, submitted to
the Stockholders Of the Jefferson City
and Neosho Valley Railroad, June LIST,
1859.
In making the first annual report Of
the directors of this company, it will be
appropriate to consider the general sys-
tenn of railroads for Kansas, and refer as
briefly as possible to the origin, history,
and object of the organization of the two
companies interested in the construction
of our railroad.
A convention of delegates from various
portions of Kansas, to consider the rail-
road interests of the Territory, was held
at Emporia in July, 1857, at which time
a system of railroads was agreed upon
similar to that which was incorporated in
the ordinance of the Leavenworth consti-
tuition, and which was unanimously
adopted by that convention, and which
was, also, with few alterations, adopted
by the delegates representing the various
railroad interests Of Kansas and Missouri
who were in Washington City during the
last session OF Congress. The system oil
railroads as incorporated in the Bill sub
mitted to Congress, was as follows, viz
A railroad from the eastern boundary
! of the Territory at or near the mouth Of
the Kansas river, on the east side, by
the way of Wyandott and Quindaro. and
touching at the Kansas river opposite Law
renee, Lecompton and Fort Riley, to the
northern boundary of the Territory il
the direction of Fort Bridger.
A railroad from Leavenworth to tn,
southern boundary Of the Territory in thu
/ direction of Fort Gibson and Galveston
bay, with branch running south of thu
Kansas valley to the southern boundary
of the Territory in the direction of For
Union.
A railroad from Atchison via Fort Ri
ley, and connecting with Fort Uniol
branch of the railroad from Leavenworth
| A railroad from the western boundar,
of Missouri, south Of the 4th STANDARD
parallel, where the Usage Valley ant
southern Kansas railroad terminates, ant
running from that point westwardly b,
way Of Burlington to Emporis, in sail
Territory.
| Another road was incorporated in tn
Bill asking grants for the Territory 0
Nebrasks, Is follows "a railroad iron
d Elwood in Kansas Territory to For
Kearney in Nebraska Territory" Thi
| system Of railroads met the appreciation
Of nearly all the parties interested i
i Iowa, Illinois. Missouri. Nebraska an
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1859-06-18
BY G. w. BROWN & CO..

of the yard Of the hotel where I lived
saw the servant of Humboldt approach
he handed me note, saying there was
no answer, and disappeared. l opened
the note, and l see it now before me as
distinctly as if I held the paper in my
hand. II said:
"My friend, 1 hear that you intend
leaving Parisin consequence of some en-
barrassments. That shall not be. Iwish
you to remain here as long as the object
for which you came is not accomplished.
| inclose you a check for ESQ. 1t is a
loan which you may repay when you
can"
Some years afterwards, when / could
have repaid him, 7 wrote, asking for the
privilege of remaining forever in his debt,
knowing that the request would be more
consonant to his feelings than the recove-
~ Of the money, and am now in his
debt. What he has done for me, l know
he has done for many others-in silence
and unknown to the world. wish
could go on to state something of his char
acter, his conversational powers, &c, but
feel that | am not in condition to
speak ofhim. l would only say that his
habits were very peculiar. He was an
early riser, and yet he was seen at late
hours in the saloons in different parts Of
Paris.
From the year 1880 to 1913, while in
Paris, he had been charged by the King
of Prussia to send reports upon the con-
ditiou of things there. He had before
prepared for the King of Prussia re-
port on the political condition of the
Spanish Colonies in America, which, nc
doubt, had its influence afterwards upon
the recognition of the independence o.
those colonies. The importance of such
reports to the government of Prussia may
be inferred from perusal of his politica
and statistical essays upon Mexico and
Cuba. 1t is circumstance worth MOTTO
ing, that above all great powers, Prussis
has more distinguished, scientific snd
literary men among her diplomatists thar
any other State. And so was Humboldt
actually diplomatist in Paris, though ht
was placed in that position, not from
choice, but in consequence of the benevo
lence of the King who wanted to GIVE
him an opportunity of being in Paris al
often and as long as he chose.
But from that time there were two mel
in him, the diplomatiSt, living in the Ho.
tel des Princes, and the naturalist whit
roomed in the Rue de la Harpe, in ,
modest apartment in the second story
where his scientific friends had access t.
him every day before seven. After that
he was frequently seen working in th'
library of the Institute until the time wheI
the Grand Seigneur made his appearance,
at the court or in the saloons of Paris.
The influence he has exerted upon tn,
progress of science is incalculable. Ineet
only allude to the fact that the Cosmos
bringing every branch of natural scienc
down to the comprehension of every elias
of students, has been translated into tn
language of every civilized nation of tn
world, and gone through several editions
} With him ends great period in the his
tory of science, period to which Cuvie
Laplace, Arago. Gay Lussac, Decandoll
J and Robert Brown belonged, and {
) whom only one is still living-the venel
able Blot.