New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-27

year. Men would come together for few evenings
as usual talk over the evening papers yawn ana 20
clubbists only know p convenience for sleeping and
breakastng one ofthe worst effects of smoking Is that
II deadens our susceptibility 10 tcdum ana enables us
10 keep enduring what ought TO war against ana
overcome. IL is drunken people who won't go home
drawing so much revenue from tobacco; they ought
rather TO give 1t away for II tends TO enable people 70 slt
down content under every kind Of preston:
Men say in reply TO those who object to their clubs
their mems dinner parties and their smoking rooms
women Overwhelm society with superhuOns dry goods
The moment ladies invited, the whole affair becomes
mere question OF costume. party at which ladies
They dress toO not for the purpose OF giving pleasure 10
men, but for the purpose OF nctng pain on one another
her person must devote rcat part OF her attention t.
the management OF that estate. She may be talking To
but the thing her mind is really bent upon is crushing
Mrs Smith with her lace. Even dancing is nothing
but an exceedingly lab0rOus and anxious WicdlDg Vi
yards OF silk trailing out behind" &C.. -, or,,
selves in the draWing.rOOm in ways which may sometimes
be trivial but never sensual men fre9uey i s
and often succeed in delivering themselves OF one OF
Of the observations just quoted AS these nople III h
liant rln uDOn the piano. the notes Of hney Ia,eu
voice, the joyous laughter OF goup VI en;nrment
than sleeping their senses IN barDaTOus soho 1nctor
stick to their cigars and assume lofty F whose better
civilization is sounding In their ears. o. o., tobacco
1oo he male of our species" is TO disenclant him WIN
regard TO the female 1t makes us read inc poem lbs
Woman as though il only piece OF prose e ms
a TIC edge Of VIrlity III does not make man IgS
masculine, it keeps his mascnnlty III stuo W. indeed
torpoT which causes him to look upon %0men, l9v oou
without certain curiosity, but without enthusiasm,
without romantic elevation OF nind Wlnout any oS onr
% awe and veneratiOn for the august tot We
race n tends TO make us regard women from What we
NAV style the Black Crook point OF NISW, ,
man who boosted that he had seen me dCA NiSoh To-
sen amos i'm flrce months must have been anfrrtcih
able smoker Nothing but the dulled sensualeu nsGu
Unity caused by this peculiar poison couu hNo DlIS
mon 10 lie CHASTITY and haggard ugncss OF that eAhD
girls faces the bony horrors OF some OF helr hSchs anu
the ahby redundancy Of others; the cheap ana aWuy
spendors: the STALE rejected tricks Of London paniO
mines; three or four tunS OF ukalpy sIls su9pveu ~
the air various agOnizng atrldcs-tO hnk tat suel
a show could have run for seventeen monthS Even II
science did not justify the conjecture SAomH pt u
posed for the honor of human nature 10 lay the u@me
OF all this upon tobacco.
The political essay in this number on destructive
shows hepernicous influences of the false
" called democratic element In the national Government
and the fearful consequences OF again nrusting with
power The general contents Of this number possess
the usual average interest
The paper on Dante and His Latest Trans
ators Is the most noteworthy literary discussion in the
new number OF Putnam. It is mainly occupied with
critical estimate Of Dante OF whose characteristics 1t
gives Il minute and skful analysis Comparatively
little sand about his recent ransators bu several spc
cmeus Of an ual version Of short passages are pre-
sented showing that the writer is less skilled IN the
practice than the theory Of poetcal Translation The
whole article betrays vigorous, scholarly pen and
abounds in Just and often admirable thoughts. Some
fragments Of diary kept in Europe by James Fonimorc
Cooper give lively idea Of the politics and society OF
the French capital nearly forty years ago. ana VIII be
read with interest by the lovers OF historical gossip lz
Greene Halleck is the subject OF an elaborate article,
giving several passages from his letters and notices Of
his conversations, illustrative Of his pquan individuals
ty as man and thinker IL would appear from this
article as well from letter from the pastor Of on
Episcopal Church in Guilford that Mr. Halec had never
formally entered the communion Of the Roman Catholic
Church. in spite Of his personal confession, on the
authority Of which statements that erect have been
frequently made. There uuquesuouablo evidence That
I'm more than one instance, he had declared himself
Roman Catholic and il is not strange that he should
have been taken at his word, although another c0nsrc
ton now pat upon his declarations. The evidence OF
his conversation the Church Of Rome says the
writer we have heard that he time zealousy adj
vOcated the devotion paid TO the Virgin Mary-ls s inn
portant for ii proves proof needed this point.
that the gay ycrshcr. the mirthful social atst was
also a man capable Of entertaining profound religious
emotions If he became attached 20 any part of the
worship Of Rome, may be sure IL was solely 70 the
poetic and spiritual influences to which that Church Of
the Ages with all ITS mateasm never has been nsen
sble" The breezy charm of Mr. Hallccls familiar talk
which viii never forgotten by his intimate acquaiut
ance. is well described.
HaIecks conversational powers OF the first order,
later years with the privilege Of aud influenced by
partial deafness, species OF mOnol0guc. Ihcic was
rapid succession hc "luddcd jest upon jest" Linking
accdote to auccdoe. crossing by side avenues from
payfully ranked himself with President Lincoln Dis
ACQUAINTANCE with Joe Miller copy OF whose venerable
said Noah undoubtedly had with him In the ark! But,
he had Joe Miller" in his collection It 10 steer clear
OF him; there nothing Of that musty flavor i'm the
good things" OF HallcCk His Champagnc-tilk
fresh ana sparkling bubbug from the font of his gen
maurely considered; 10 WAS his own reading, bis own
observation his own way of thinking We never heard a
talkcr who embroidered his discourse With opposite
stories telling quotations The passages We have given
Of his letters show ms aptncs The latter; his language
in conversation equally pointed and refined. Alter
mating solitude with society his mind refreshed win
niscences," he should have written ms "rccoectons"
We would then have had another poet to add 10 the list
of eminent prose writer's As we listened TO him, We
sighed that many fccitios shOuld die away on the
empty air. He would talk, among other topics of the
Napoleon era. 81 Junls concerning whom ne had ms
theory, of Scott OF Moore Of Byron Of Wordsworth
HON he had visited, of john Randolph, OF Irvng-all IN
conditions Of poetry lie was a rare critic his well
trained perception catching by artists instinct, the
incest fectes Of verse. No one had finer FOR the
OF language.
a Talk with Orr Next President comes a day before
he fair, as "1hc Coming Revolution in England" is a
lay after and the Monthly Chronicle gives readable
nelange Of GRANTEES and gayctes mostly the former
The GALAXY has a searching article on Amer
can architecture, by Clarence Cook, paying just rlb
TO the merits Of the late Mr. Downing and the causes
Of the decline Of hls influence.
The real value Of Downing's work was not in hls po
tive teachings, Tor II lie had lived, he have sup
planted, not merely supplemented these b. better teach
lng II was IN the impetus he gave the love OF beauty
70 culture, to the arts that make home beautiful Henry
~ sad, nc wished that every French peasant might
nave fowl IN ms pot Downing, though no king wished
better wish and followed II with deed He planted
we must take Back some gG of vb herRsp' after ak
against Nature II may be, II she had made Downing
hueT framed MN chOccr given him wiser teachers, he
might have failed TO DO his peculiar task For that task
was hOt 10 teach the taught to set wealth ways OF
spending money, to widen the domain OF luxury. II was
much higher work than this 1t TO infuse into tho
whole mass OF the people love Of flowers and trees
love OF nome, ana desire to make home Ovable de
sire lor Detter pracca OF ying 10 ect the