The New York herald., 1867-04-08


fedsrats Crssr' By Cornelius =. Hunt one Of her Of
Aosn. and "Nosby and His Men," BY J. Mashaii Craw
ford, Of Company tbosh pubshsd By Carisson,, and
the "ThrlIing Advsnturss Of Daniel Ellis. the Great
Union Guide Of East Tennessee, written BY himself
published BY Harper Brothsn). bad the slightest
claims to literature Of any kind they would have 70
classified under the head Of the literature Of the war;
The future historian would cot certain value the
Iogbook Of the shsnandoah and for that alone would
have excused Mr. Hunt from the trouble OF writing
good many dull pages To the credit Of Mr.. Hunt IL
must b said that he shows, sailor should show,
better disposition towards the captured by the Con-
fedsras cruiser than shown by sher the Tennessee
scout towards hts secesh neighbors. the Mosby
towards the Yankees The public little whether
the officers OF the Shenandoah were justiHable or
not In their quarrel with Captain waddsll.
Crawfords record OF his comrades exploits has
scarcely anything interesting about Il ex-
cept its title, "Mosby and HIS Men, But neither
Crawford Hunt guilty Of such outrageous at.
tempts at fine writing" Daniel Ellis or his
ensis Daniel worked at his trade wagon maker for
many years, until he volunteered In the war against
Mexico He does not distinctly state whether h. had
then realized his early ambition 70 open shop for his
own personal emolumsul" In Mexico he acquired q
decided aversion 70 war. which, he says, sewers the
cord Of human friendship loses his respect for his
fellow man. his nature becomes changed 10 that Of
incarnae DEVIL the goddess or virtue ostraczed and
vico is worshipped in her absence" Mr. Ellis Ia liberal
nhs style OF dressing up nature Now. the faos Of
In every direction Is clothed With the dreary habit
ments OF winter" Then he bids night "put on ber
blackest robes" And again, morning comes clothed
in her beautiful robes OF Orient spendorn Occasionally
be lets Aurora, with her roseae fingers unlock the
golden portals OF the morning" He is fond Of quoting
Scott, My Lord Byron" and especially Shakespeare
He puts Raphael, whose profound genius Is at ali
times exhibited 10 his artistic desisns" and
particularly In "a painting which represents the Arch.
angel Michael sIaying The old serpent. which s the
devilp But be chiefly reves in classical illusions Of
sncisnt and modern date He conscrpts''
crassus, "who was considered the most a.
fluent parsonage In the whole Roman Empire"
and Alexander, Calishenes Eurpides, Philip and ths
Macedonians the King Of Denmark and the King Of
England Richard III Alchisss aud Gaeas, Dr. John
con and Mr. Garrck; In hns. almost every nossbiiity
from Adam and "Nessus with his ab,ed shirt 70 that
,fmpulsive aud ambitious individual n the person Of
yef Davis" Of whom he mAguanimousy ssys:-'n u
should be deemed advisable let him be treated q my
Uncle Toby treated the ny which annoyed him greatly
on one occasion. Let the government say 70 him, Co.
poor devil FOR the world s large enough for Jen Davis
and the United States and the extinction Of your inss
ndcant life could In degrssa,one for your damnins
Deeds whose name is legion, and are as BLACK az,
blacker, than the raven wings OF midnight" &c, &C.
And yet after all this display o. eoquence and erad
ton Daniel would have NJ believe him when he modessy
afnms the only advantages to learning which can
boast Of are those which generally obtained 10 'ne
old ned scboolhouse' where, u is we'll known oy ~
who have been initiated into rst elements Of sduca
uon In that sacred retreat Of boyhood that tho uoen.
ID scarcely ever annoyed with the intricate proosms %
v,c,,d ~ ur,tor NOR bs mind enlightened with the
~, ..rs,ao.on of Homer OF virgil OF Horace nor
,b theological subtietcs Of Socrates Of Plato
or or Aristotle nor does he "rummage into volumes q
hl.ct letter ,ore,v &C obviously tho Peaboay fund
sor southern education not needed in East Tonnes
see where the graduates Of old field schools can make
such an astounding display o. cneap srudison. Dr.
s..r h,msef could not beat H. Our admiration s fairly
s,bs.s,ed before we reach the account Of the scout
hafrbrsadth escapes. n4
Grsoe orcsnwood's Records Of Five vearsu seem 4
have bssu rescued from the oblivion which usaa''