Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-03-29
Literary Notices.

+ 1864, has the following table OF contents: China
d New Enganders and the Old Homei Forsyth
i Lf7 OF Cicero Cap. Speke's Journals Guns and
R Patesj Eels; Rome il the Middle Ages The
Danish Duchies.
The first Of these articles ia discussion Of the re-
: sources flhe Chinese Empire at the present time,
B and contains much curious and valuable rs well
! as interesting Information respecting people, OF
/. which the public generally know so little. New
: Enganders and the Old Home, is decidedly
English, self complacent criticism Of Emer-
q son and Hawthorne, praisng the former be-
cause he praises England, and condemnIng the
latter because he has so sharply photographed
the marked peculilres Of both the male and
female John Bull. An Engsbman, especially il
, nothing but England, and whatever is nj like
England is Mt worth mentioning Capt.
Speke's Journal" is . learned theoretical discus
sion respecting the facts of Capt. Speke. record,
aud the writer very agely reasons himself into
the belief that, after all, the Source of the Nile
is as much hidden as before Spoke and Grant
commenced their explorations. " Guns and
Plates, sa statistical account Of great variety
Of experiments to test the power Of the Arm
strong and Whitworth guns against iron arnor.
Eel., is scientific treatise upon a wriggling
subject. "The Danish Duches," is an elaborate
defence Of the Danish side Of the Schleswig. lioa-
TEN war, and has the merit Of setting forth its
views strongly and clearly. It. sharply condemns
the policy Of the English Government, and ur-
ges Intervention in behalf of the Danes
BLAcKwooD FOR FEBRUARY, has the following
table Tony Butler con!inuedj Tho Royal
Academy Reformed Cornelius O'Dowd upon
Men and Women, and other things 10 General
an exceedingly entertaining bit Of autobiography !
Witch.Hampton HaI-a story such as you can
only hnd in Blackwoodi The Perpetual Citrate,
contnuedj A Ride through Sutherland-a de-
lghtful piece Of historic and descriptive writing !
and Charles the Bold-being a critical review of
Kinks h istory Of this Duke Of Burgundy.
The ATLANTIo-the Evening Post calls it the
organ of the Hub for April brings its usual
quantity of fresh aud pleasant reading, and vgor-
Gus, forcbls writing. 1t opens with Fighting
Facts for Fogies," in which the author, C. c.
Hazewsll, proves that successful military men
have been as often old as young-in snort that it
is somewhat Of an error to suppose that old men
are only ft for counsel and young men for war.
We quote from this article the following interest.
ing statement respecting the ages Of the promi-
nent military men Of the United States begin
nitg with Washington
Washington was in hi, 4&th year when he as
sumed command Of the Revolutionary armies,
and was so when he took Yorktown. Gen. Tay-
lor was in his ed year when the Mexican war
began, and in less than year he won the battles
of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and
Buena Vista. lie too was badly supported. The
secession war has been conducted BY elderly or
mdde-aged IA en-. Gen. Lee, whom the world
holds to have displayed the most ability in it, is
about S. Gen. Rosecrans is A snd Gen. Grant
~ Stonewall Jackson died at 81. Gen Banks
is 4s, Gen. Hooker 45, Gen. Beaureeard 46.
Gen. Bragg 40, Gen. Burnside 40, Gen. Gilmore
SO, Gen. Franklin Al, Gen. Magruder SO, Gen.
Meade As, Cen. Schuyler Hamilton 49, Gen.
Charles S. Hamilton 40 and Gen Foster 40.
Gen Lander. man Of great promise, died in
his 10th year. Gen. Kearny was killed at Al,
and Gen Stevens at As. Gen. S ckles vas in hi.
4lst year when he was wounded at Gettysburg,
and Gen. Reno was 81 when he died 80 brsvely
at South Mountain. Gen. P.mberton lost Vioks-
burg at 10, Gen. I. w. Sherman is 46, and Gen.
w. I. Sherman a. Gen. Mcclellan was in bis
55th year when he ASSUMED command at Wash
ington in 1861. Gen. Lyon had not completed
the first month OF his 43d year when he fell at
Wilson's Creek. Gen Mcdowell was in his 43d
year when he failed at Bull run. in consequence
Of the coming up Of Gen. Joe Johnston who was
81. Ger. Reyes is 50, Gen. Kelley 81, Gen. |
King 40 and Gen. Pope Al. Gen. A. S. John. !
ston was SO when he was killed at Shiloh. Gen. |
Halleck is IS. Gen. Longstreet is 40. The |
best of the southern cavalry leaders was Gen. |
Ashby, who was killed at 3S. Gen. Stuart is 20. |
On our side, Gen. Stanley is 80, Gen. Pleasanton
49, and Gen. Averell about 80. Gen. Phelps is |
81, Gen. Polk So, Gen. s. Cooper 6s, Gen. ]. |
Cooper 81, and Gen Blunt 80. The list might |
be much extended, but very few young men
would be found in it-or very few old men, |
either. The best Of our leaders are men who |
have passed beyond middle life or who may be
said to be IN the enjoyment Of that stage Of ex
slence. IL Is so, too, with the rebels. If the |
war does not afford many facts in support Of the |
position that old generals are very useful, neither
does II afford many to be quoted by those who |
hold that the history Of heroism is the history Of
youth.
Gail Hamilton contributes apictor leno.
tus,' or review Of a recently published life of
William Blake, an engraver, artist and poe, Of
the last century. Dr.. Holmes has political e..
say on Progressive Independence discussing
the views entertained towards us during the
present war by, Europeans.
The First Visit to Washington" is an inter.
e'ting narrative of Secretary Chasos start in the
world, how he left bis home aud blind mother
10 New Hampshire at the age of eighteen, and
went South seeking his fortune, finally stopping
in Washington, and advertising for school in the
.Vat,onal inteLigeneu. This was in 1926, and
Hon. Dudley Chase, an uncle of the adysnturer.
vas then one of the Senators from Vermont
we cannot tell the whole story, but our readers
will find it all in the Atlantic.
Mrs. Stowe. continues her House aud Home
Papers, and Fitz Hugh Ludlow gives in lively /
md interesting way his experience Among the 3
Mormon', in which we find the following &C. a
'ount OF /
HEBER KlMnALL's WIVES. .
one day In the Opera House at Salt Lake
vhen the carpenters were laying the floor for
be Iourih.nl.Inly Ern R,n Hi. - L