New-York tribune., 1869-05-19

Then follows a letter from Louis XIV. TO Milton,
thanking him for his account of his voyage and OF
his interview with GalileO He then reminds Milton
that in his letter he had said that since his return to
England y he had kept up correspondence WIN
the illustriOus Forenne, and that If 1t be not ASK
ing too much he would ne glad to have either tno
letters themselves or faithful copies of them lie
calls Calico 1.-THE torch of the world" and says he
has an ardent desire not only to know but TO possess
everything he wrote. To this Milton makes no
reply. apparently but we have the following iet'cl
from him to Monsieur Voiture, who' he tilnA'' i'''
letters of Calico.
LETTER FROM MILTON TO NJ VGFbThd TLis Sd Of May.
SIR: While was in Paris remember tnao you You celc
you had considerable nuioe W Who was NOT only
learned i'm ali sciences but who was. also, man Oh le
f % bin6 ooh he had made particular study This learned
man wrote much, and almost 3ouso at
ArcetH No doubt, he made you acquainted Win ms
writings and with the nuuberess maeIlalS lor tn MS t
toTy Of literature which he mad cleaned ana broughL t
getRer Are you able to tell what has become OF
these precious documents Tor Know " thv thSm When he
should be dead and that he had the ntenton OF Puts
them into safe hands which would care M 1T , sne ptt
ed them to the hands of any of his countrymen; lor
know that he had little confidence ~ them nH 4GS ono was
martyred in his lifetime 1t was Calico Ana Dy Whoini
by his own @ Sa S Of SAY yoS G aHd SeeVS me-
Sir your very atectionate JOHN niiON'
To NJ. Voture. =. ,,o,,,,nr
JUN THIS c9TH MAY.
7 informed YOU. Sir, in a recent letter that
was greatly astonshed at the persecution ana humt
ation OF every kind which the celebrated Halueo
was made ia endure in his lifetime and at the means
that are employed he dead, TO bury his memory
with his ashes. And that which Is the most snipsIRuk R
who are acting thus toward him those who
ought oil the contrary to be proud lhat thlI Ger
prSduced so great genius. Not one OF them mas ever
ared IN him,
both OF his scientific and literary lanorS 10 aPlol 49,
them TO his own benefit Monsieur IOeeH among % omerS
This is Something almost ncOuceivabe his forebOdngs
were not ilOunded. And he dld Wen 70 usI1se I VI ho
papers and put them out of the reacn OF G oI1 i
would mutilae them! DE les metre en- Srts aes ap'a t
ton) And strange thing, ask why they nave souE, ,
sS6aa e s5GPo R Msh ana 10 20 RSVc It Deed he lost
his eyesght as pnnls9men' rctrote non ei1 ZOO far
into the mysteries Of creation Ana WHAT ,is nuu
strange is, that Messieurs Torce Eani anu Inots
beside who know the contrary that Is 10 say WHO koN
perfectly well that his blindness was not ehtre utii % m
last few months Of his e should allow sncn % n Meas
propagaed woud even think tAat my nf Pnnht
re these stories Wth3St ~ fSs GGeo seo
gehigMS gTd M yotn1s, hin sii' !OOi ilO'' J. MILTON
Prof. owen asks here, "On what ground did Mil
ton cast this reflection Toricelt y and after ask
ing who was the NJ. Rotrou alluded to in Mlltons
letter to the King says that we are told IN the lol
! lowing letter to Moliere. But, we submit that we
are left about as much in the dark as before we
may also remark here that we cannot find, IN the
poets letter to the King any statement that he Kept
| up a correspondence after his return home.
LETTER FROM MILTON TO MoLIERB.
SIR am glad to hear that you are in possession o' i.
the papers of the late NJ ROtrou lie was man W Vi = a'
merit and it is with reason that he mas pecn ccu u
father of the dramatic art Now, Py tIls means, you
have come into possession OF number OF papers Wutn
| by the very ustrous Calico. For KNOW that tIey
not only kept up correspondence Dy iceT Hd car @ s @
the fate Of his writings. sent the greater part OF
them to his friends in France among whom was mon.
seur RotrOu. He was great genius thls fIoTen,g' s
YOU cannot doubt and who was veTsed IN nearly an
human knowledge, and am not abe 70 explain Wy uis
cOuntrymen have not known now 10 40 mn JusuSc Du'
have not only misunderstood him so Tar as 70 pe IN
willing certain particulars Of his lie should DC u
lated He. who knew all things foresaw TINS clearly
were his greatest enemies his most powerful are
the Jesuts because they feared his method OF tcacng
dominance They therefore, sought to persecute ln by
every means in their power First, they sought TO rob
could accomplish this, they denounced him 20 the
Holy Office an atheist which. am convinced he was
not finally seeing that the tribunal OF the Inqusinon
| had not punished him as vigorously as they had
desired they I sought Nv 70 g1 bat nm he IN a .9G aeurssd %
| Of God, and lie had taken away the nght
Of day from him by way OF punishment There was no
truth in this Certainly, toward the end Of his life he
had weak eyes, often happens with old men, but e1
This do not fear assert will say more TO you in
this letter, except to assure you Of my esteem ] am
| ate servant JOHS MILTON.
To II. Moliere.
Another letter to Moliere, dated the oath Of June
probably of the same year, consists of repetition Of
the statement made in the one we have just given.
The only new particular is contained in the follow
ing sentence:
Gle was not deprived Of his eyeTght, as they have
wished have believed. He deprived Of 10 so Tar
as not be able make astronomical observations, but
he stl continued able to read, write and walk lie often
from Arcetr 20 Florence alone aud on foot OF this
fact able 20 assure you, and cannot explain 10
myself why people have taken pleasure. and stll con
tnue 10 take pleasure III prOpagang such iasehoOds'
No doubt, the authenticity Of the letters will bo
fercely combatted. and we shall be much surprised
if they are not proved TO be forgees and judged not
very clever forgeries either If could believe
them genuine-and we confess to having no belief at
all that they are sO-we should rejoice with all the
world in such precious discovery. They have not
only TO contend, however, against the wellknown
unwillingness Of the human mind 10 admit a dis
coyery in any important field but what is worse,
against the somewhat unfortunate literary antece-
dents Of the gentleman who, suppose, brings them
before the public 1t is to be feared that the credulty
of NJ. Michel Chasles if it be he who has fathered
this remarkable discovery, has again proved too
tempting a prey TO some ingenious literary knaYe.