, 1861-02-15
"Asweet, attractive kind OF grace,
4 full assurance It givcs By looks,
Continual comfort in i fAce,
The liaram ant a Of rG,knai hsonta -

We cali It 4 singular fact, because we Ian-
KEGS are thought t. b. fond ofthe spread eagle
style, aud nothing can be more remote from
that than his, We are rcckoned practical
folk, who would rather hear about 8 new air
teacher's practic1blliy il not Ii tho least ofthc
Poor Richard variety. II be have any Bun
combc constituency, it Is that unrralized COM
nonxealth Of philosophers which Plotinua
proposed to establish: and If ho vera to make
an almanac, bis directions TO farmers would
be something like this: OCTOBER: Aadtam
Axnuaer: now is the time to get in your early
Vedas" Whist, then, is his secret? IL it not
that le out Y YAnkAaR us ALI that his range In
clu;,-s Us MI? that he Il equally at homo with
tho rotGtp diseake and original sin, with peg.
Cipg stocs and the Dvcrsoul: TINT, as We try
,ll tlades, so has he triel a}l cultures and
above all, that his mysticism &yos us q coun-
ter1pise 10 our supcrpracticabllity.
1'hers is 10 man living to whom, a. writer,
90 many OF US feel aud thankfully aclnowl-
edge so great an Indebtedness for enobling i'm
pulHcs-uune whom SO many cannot abide.
What does he mtan ask these last Where il
his system. What is the Use Of IT ali? What
the dnce have xt to do with the BrahmAY
We'll, VIC do not propose to write M Cray On
EmtrsuI At The f4t.,,-cnd Of a February Atlantic,
with secession longing for somebody to hold
II, and chaos come again In fhc South Carolina
teapot. We will onjy cay that We have found
NNARl'SENAS|sA
Without caring 10 ask what 1t meant. taye
grandeur and consolation VIC haGo liked Mon
taisnt, rs some ten generations before us have
done, without thinking lin 30 systematic rs
. kone moEc cminently tedlons Tor shall We ray
4ediou,ly eminent y autlurt; We have thought
roses as good in their way "a cabbages, though
the latter would have luade better show in
t1c wi:ncss-box. If I7oss examined as to their
uscfulue5s and as for Brlhma, why he can
take care O. himself. and won't bite rs at any
rnte.
The bother with Mr. Emerson Is, That,
though le writes III prose, he Is essentially
poet. If you undertake to pazarhrase what he
says, aud to reduce it to words Of one sylla-
Lle IL. iufant minds, YOU will makc rs sad
work Of it as the good monk with his analysis
If Homer in the "Epistotie pbscuo1nm viro-
rum We look upon him as one OF the men
of germs whom our nGc has producod, ,@nl there
needs 10 bitter proof Of it than bis maseulinc
taculty Of 1rcundattuY other mindA Search
i r his vlo4ucnce III his books and you viii
pt reliance 1uiss 1t, but meanwhile you will
choice and plth Of lan.uagc be belongs to Il
better age than ours, aud might rub shoulders
with Fuller and Browne, though he docs use
that aboMiuahle word, ,>2iai{e. Ills eye for a
fine, telling phrase that will carry true is Ike
itat Of q baekwoodstnan fer ride and he will
Cotton Ma:hef himself. 4 dction ut once so
rich aud 20 honey cs his, NC know not where
10 match In these days Of writing by the l.agr;
ills like bomesppn cioth-ofgold. Thc 1nany
cauuot raise his meaning, and ou}y tafrleE eau
find Il. IL II tha Open secret Of al true genlus-
What docs be mem quotha? He means tn-
splrtpg hints, divining-rod, to your deeper
na'uts, "plain living md high thinking
The Bonarart4s-
Apropos Of Americans, there Is plenty OF
talE here growing out Of the jerome Bona
na1te Csc. -Four Baltimore Bonapa9te claims
f,ts right Of inheritance in the lste 5etonae's
estate, ns his iawInlly begntten hetf- True
,tl1at Napoleon L broke tho marriage ot hla
| brother Jerome with Miss Patterson; equally
11ue that the Pope utterly refused 10 Break 1t,
or recognize thst marriage sacrament as bro
ken. Our BsltimHa IctDme has engaged on
| his side II. Berryez, tue famous legitinlst NV
yer. one Of 1hc brightest ornaments OF the
French har, the Same who twenty years ago
| defcuaed the present Emp' rcr ~hen be was
| on trial for his life before tbs Chamber OF
Peers after the Boulognc of4ir. It Is said that
! the case will come on for trial next Week and
| it Is a1.otaid that (Ba1hmorcans have 7e1ccted
I ull propositions for squasllns the 6canuA-
such as offers Of French noble titles etc. Ing
| Emperor viii not ID any way Interfere WITH
| the regular course Of the lay II the c1ae-
| Whence eome inuocents conclude that the Bal
tfmozean Rouapartes .Hiif 1g11n ,the1' cause:
| The younger ,pf them. Captain; Bon4pstte Of
| the Cnirassiesa, II having hia ane psEsop trans
fezred to csnyaee By thatexeea1nf pea4r, our
countrymaa, 4Ay-Raris Correspondent =. I.
] Tribune. :'-1::s!