The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-03

EXTRACTS 1fouA 4AennoHf1 hF> Henry CratiI,
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The New,York Times giyes the,fqllow.
ing extracts froG the o.sd Memoirs and Re.
miniscences Of Henry Crabb Robinson"
literary character we'll known, alfew
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'iq I'M 1S06y Mr. Robinson had several in.
Aasyiewa With Fall ltQpt swh osa connection
with steamboats, he does not seem to
have heaId-at least We can find no no ialIuu.
sf00H tothe es1bfe6t ffi these "Reminiscences
: Hewas intersstetl.int Fulton for another
: nsasen. + q The machinist was just then 10.
tent upon the invention of q new instru.
ment in warfare. Let MIR. Robinson tell
the story in his own way: u
* He offered to Bo1aparte ,to destroy
the whole English feet by means of ex-
plosivss. Dining with him. one. day,
spoke .ofotheJt Perpetual Peace. of Kant.
Fqlton said, = believe in the perpetual
Peace; and op- my expressing surprise,
he added, ~ have no doubt war will be
put an end to by being rendered 80 muir
dereus that by common consent it will
be abandoned. could myself make a
machine by means Of which T could in
y - ;aTo ri ;L'FAYEfTE. :....
A. fewIyears later (l814) Robinson met
General Lafayette, and formed O high
opinion of his character. "Of all the
revolutionary leaders, he is the one of
whom think most favorably." He de-
scribes Lafayette as hale man with
horid complexion, and no signs of age
about him. The following recollections
Will interest our readers: u
I'm faeti he is fifty-seven years old, his
reddish complexion clear, his body inclin-
ing TO be stout. His tone Of converse
ton is staid, and he has not the vixacity
comm9nly ascribed to Frenchmen.
There isApparently nothing enthusiastic
about him. =, 4 .9.l hu. i ~ !:
.or"Of the future, LaF Fayette spoke with
hope which it gratified me to hear. and
he spoke respectfully of'the royal family.
then restored On general subiecta T.
have a. few notes!worth' abridgiup. /. He.
asserted that the manners ;of the French,
especially the lower classes, had been inn.
proved by the Revolution; that the mob
OF France were less violent than an. Eng.
lish; mob; and the common people he
thought moro honest. This he ascribed
,toD the revolution. oi,i OF &. l ..e !
,taFayette is Q strong partisan of Anne.
RIGA, as opposed to, England, He is
strongly opposed to QUE mnaritime claims,
and thinks we might cohcede these in re.
tur4 at2r the rsnunciatiop, of the slave
trade by other powers,
"On my relating that, at the idistribu-
ton Of the colbrs, I heard some exclama-
tons OF Vipe l'EDlpereur,' Lafayette
said: You are not to- suppose that this
proceeded from love to Bonaperte. It
was only mode of showing dissatisfac.
tion with the present state Of things, and
because it would not do to cry A 6as lie
'oi, or. "A 6as les Minisieres.'
COZ Spanish America he said that
Jefferson was Of opinion that those
States would ultimately become inde-
pendent, but that this would rather re-
tard than advance civilization"
....t4 .., BYRON.
Mr.. Robinson never met Lord Rvron
but he knew Lady Byron very well. He
tells us that Goethe was never tired M Of
Pralslng Byron--he compared the bril-
liancy and clearness of his style to n
metal wire drawn through steel plate"
Here is another interesting passage:
''It was D satisfaction to me to find
that Goethe preferred to all the other
serious poems of Byron the Heaven and
Earth, though it seemed almost satire
when he exclaimed: "A Bishop might
have written it!' He added: Byron
should have lived to execute his vocation
And that WASP I asked. TO dramatize
the Old Testament. What subject un-
der his hands would the Tower OF Babel
have beenl" He continued: You must
not take it i'll; but Byron was indebted
for the profound views he took of the
Bible to the ennxi he suffered from it at
SCHOOL. Goethe, it. will be remembered.
in one of his ironical epigrams, derives
his poetry from ennui iLanqe,peile d he
greets her as the Mother Of the MUSES..
It was with reference to the poems of
the Old Testament that Goethe praised
the views which Byron took of nature;
they were equally profound and poetical'
'He had not. Goethe said, like me, de-.
voted long life to tho study of nature.
and yet In oil his works found but two
or three passages could have wished to
Goethe was enthusiastic over the
Vision Of Judgment" and pronounced
the twenty y-fourth stanza "sublime:'
But bringing up the rear of this bright host.
=, A spirit OF a different aspect waved ''
his wings, like thunder clouds above some