, 1863-09-20

..*AEss""*+t"s& HOttATcFS ttfEH{1F anu ltttt.
'"Ty G"=ttr, Of Sept. l5:h, f:s comet 1,and,
fon4 Which VIC felect the following items Of
hte.ary Interest:
-Er:ial, l:o'dc1a. tho greatest book ccl-
ire1ot o. Jug century, and 1'o:scs4'pk the aaess
gust Int. Mr. Bo, to'd published, some yelrs
ogn. - AT Account If the ,thed.al Libr:4.ies
i'll E1':tsnd and Wales" Sun,r Two years sco
liz ]'us'',eieu beau:Ifnl vo',1:nc, in auurto,
"rrcfaces te the Frat Editions Of the t;rcck
~as all eminent b:lli"grtl,hcr.
ID. W. Giihurt, the lrst manager Of tbc
London acd VIZ. tDins:cr Bank, wloso "Trea.-
ise o.; Hankfng," " Banking IL America" arc
*cll known III th: Quilted States, i;st. at Lon.
don short tine since. Some five years aso
he retired FROM The management Of the bank,
the Million" and "Lsgic for the YounS," are
etill poi'ular. He may be- sud tn haye been
tile fccond founder Of the ioint-stuck .yatem
Of bapking iu England.
The literary circles of Paris have met a
sensible loss ln the death Of Mons. Delecluze,
ta Wno was above tor1y years taeart critic ofthe
Mons Dtsecluze was on sn intimate footing
Ct friendship with Talua. and Mile. Mars. liz
was one Of the pcseOns present (thero were
but twenty In ally at the famous scene be-
tween this fanous actress and Talma.- She
A1tA JASt 0INA ACSEiAEA ny NOtu1lEl
whom she desotedly loved. She vas almost
broken. hearted. She sobbcd. She screamed.
She apo6tropbiZe1 the absent tickle soldier
who. hal hleelhe easiated with all
those cbarmc which tho world never
crew tired Of admiring. shs detesmin-
hou,s passed away without morscl Of
food passing her lil,s. Her attendants really
nprrehentted that death would cusue, aud
they conjurcd Talma to come and try to per
ssusas lie: to relinquish her fatal resolution.
Talu came. snade tho cook give him savo.
~ eenp, went To Mile Wars, who had not
spoken Il word for wtlulo day, and said to
| her, II. his tones OF tie:pu.t tragedy: "See
here. Mars. Ills thy OLD c,mrate-'tis TAlma
-whp bsSs it Of yc-iase-do take this
| fonp!" The words were scarcely out IF his
1aoith when Mile. Mars tack her hsndker.
chief frou. her eyes. and turning suddenly on
| Ta!na, said: ITO to the ID with your saul>l
| Order NE gord dinner" She laughed, aud
alitllc others laughed ,abd her days Of ulourn-
| irE were ut an end.
-A1ons benjamin Paut.x, 4 modest aud la.
boritus pbilulogist Is dead, Herr ]. ".
Lccl,cl!, professor Of history ut the Uniyer.
| si1y If Bonn, has likewise departed tits Life.
| lie was born ut Berlin in 17sEi.
.--Baucroft, Julia Ward Home aud Tucker
man are ut Newport.
Tho Rev, Chas 7. Brooks has been min.
lister of Il church in Sewpor* tur twenty-six
|
have caused tln1e to touch him so lightly
that stranger would not set his BIRTH
.ruch further back than the actu1l date
Of Ills ordination. Mr.. Brooks has
made the best translation IN existence Of
Goelhc's Faust. His translation Of Jesn
paul'e q Ti'an,' task Of extrcme difficulty
and tle]icacy, Las been received with unla,i-
fled praisc ly the whole chorus Of critics,
l4tsa1c.l l,y Thomas Ctrlyic. Aaimatcd by tho
great success cf THIS work, Mr. Brooks has
oSs afys$ y ssu sa,p s pFasssssa
i rcrn-." It has uccn completed within t',e
iast few days, aud tho rich manuscript nov
l,es % On Lis liable, tempting E,iSs Tor pniH pIsi,
r MIR. nsooAs Las or hand :. finished trtusla
| tiou Of "rhe Abnitau." u famous Gtru,a,
t,ugtjy, by Gril'.'orzcr. AID lc Is now i
tho mtuet Of II translation Of tho "141yln sa's
Bresm1y,' by Leopold SSh-fsr; 4 scrlous
lucr.i nt,d ieItginns taedi' 'a.toas.
DR.. Edward Hitchcock. well known II
This county n.,d ubroaJ ao copious write
uron geological aid other subjects, although
VIC bvlicsc he has reached the ripe age j
thee scote and ten, st;ll retains hls lova q
l,c l.s breu engaged In preparing VOLUME Q
"Reminiscences cunnecied with Amherst Co
lego. which No understand Is in press I'LL
tta'ly. ready for publication. Tho work
!. apart fsutn lis local intorest, will be Of vaiu
) Al containing tccollcctIous ot tho nuthor'
l
Miller and other geological celebrities.
3 --A German writer, named Karl Fried'
, Nenmaut,. has published in Berlin, the iirs
l volume Of {" Ecscllichte der perGlu3gten Sta
: ten von Noru Amcr1ca'') a history. Of IL
}. United States Of North America, which PR
4 ic1scs to bo he first Garuau "thorouyh hi
y tory osthc United States, compiled from OF
+ ginal xousccs.'' Tlu 1iret volulno inc!ud
. events from The foundation Of tho colonies
IF the Presidency Of Thomas JeGsrson {tGo'
e lS0l}; the second will continue tho history
TIC close Of Andrew Jackson's second Pre-:
t. | dcucy, In 1887; The third will bring It dow
s. to onr own time. Tho first yotumc is mrltt
d, witt. care, industry, ana ability.
he In tho London papers ~c tln1 adyestis
"Sev&n Irars' Strrct Preaching Ia San Fra
"a tieco." written hy tue Ruv. ". Taylor, auth
W of" California Life Illustrated" The tlEst
D. anncupcca as 1T It's twcns = seventh thou.aE
N ard the othrr as In It's twenty fourth.
+ Il has generally bccn believed tlat Capt
r" Ro,seet dc rixiu composed the music.
=, we'll nd the Ere~t patriotic war.song Of
~ French rcrolntionists 1t Is now claimed,
-. whai 1cads liko s,toug evidence, that ~ CO
ae pcsrr known Gs Navutsllls, but really Jult
=, was the ptrson who ect " La MastitlaisS :"