New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-21
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the SpDtemOer HdrDCr Skelch Oh toN
sensitive genius Edgar Allan Poe. There Hs'e Do0n
,n, 1,,oor Americans with whom magazine biography
has had so much TO do with Poe, and u "oOu seen"
that little Of interest could now be said OF MS ei'0
and unhappy career Nevertheless MI otOuuaru naAo'
nm article which alike entertaining, Nhoy' anu JUST
Poe's many critics too apt to dwell upon tne iuoi
painful passages OF his life and his most 9n'oNeH u"is
while Mr. stoddard does not neglect these, he pictures
also the nneness the delcaoy and sweetness OF that III
balanced nature OF the time when the poet was one VI
the editors Of The BroGdroy JouTnd-that clever DaiV
ling of a year-he gives this bit OF personal remem
brance:
Twas then II not boy. very young man. and haq
n weakuess not wholly confined to very young aAeh
nd Wtten assumed that pleasing form TO nv delndeq
imagination. II was an lode on Grecldh @ .l,a
reading Of and that particularly adT ssSt m mls
lode Grecian Urn BE TINS as II may ,h letter
addressed TO Edgar A. Poe, ESQ., and waea d ~ aid
ard trembling. One week. two weeks passed. anu l u
not appear Evidently the demand for odes was aek.
When could bear my disappointment no IoneSr i1uo
JouyrGi in clinton Hall, and asked for Mr.; Poe; nc
was not in. Might inquire where ne hE ,hat
have forgotten but II in the eastern part OF The
city, think in East Broadway, near Cinton,sL-ss
nechbOrhood now given up to sundry OF the tribes OF
Israel knocked at the door, ana was pIesehnHS
shown ny to PoeS o o IT errand and he
promised that my ode should be printed next week.
the elegance OF his appearance. He slight and pale
saw. with large, luminous eyes and was dressed IN
black When quilted the room could not but see mrs
Poe who lying on bed, apparently asleep sue 700
was dressed in BLACK ana was paie ano wasteu, os
her cunt, but glad on my own Tor had noi
was not nv ode to he published at in his paperl
bought the next issue Of The Brodd0y Journal put
Somewhat ia this stye We decline to publish the ode
on q Grecian Flute unless we can be assured OF lts
authenticity" l was astounded, as almost any young
gentleman in his teens would have BEEN was indg-
naut also. made time to take another long walk TO the
Office Of The Broadcay Journal and asked again I1 no
Poe. was told that he was out Out W0u9 pTopeuy
in in na an hour SSo hack s S Se end Of an
hour. Poe had returned, and was IN the inner oice:
a ave w'I b m''H e was in mCrose mood Mr. Poe
1 said 81 have called to assure you Of the authen-
tcity az th, ode on q Grecian Flute" He gave me
the lie direct declared that never wrote it, and threat
ened to chastise me unless | eit him AZ once: was
hiul as LIE desired and walked slowly home chewing
the cua OF sweet and bitter fsneles ood not unIgG
nity think can When came 10 think the
had rot the great Poe declared that did write the
poem whan knew that didi What Mia a,,i genius US
IN Tie streets. but We never spoke. The last
time that REMEMBER TO nave seen b a% S sbSw t
had come up suddenly, and he was standing under an
share Il with him on his way home, but somehingeer
t.uly not unkndness-wtthheld me- went on ana lett
h there the rain pale shiyerng' miserable the EN-
Whom uumsrciIni disaster
Followed fast, aud followed faster"
Emilio CASTELAR, adds another TO his comprehensive pa
est Of the series nothing in Col Hays Translation
which Is admirably fine clear The present article
discusses the political methods Of the sclayic peoples
gives the picturesque and pathetic story Of Aexan-
Uertzen for long time the victim and terror Of the
Emperor Nicholas and his race This ardent conspator
and exile short in stature with large head, long,
fair hair like Goth's, clear complexion light beard,
small luminous eyes like those Of the Huns, which, ac-
cordng Fernandez terrified the degenerate Romans
he had in shOr the traits of the Northern races but
he had at the time ia the viYdDes OF his speech In
the warmth which animated IT, IN the strong emotion
by which he agitated in the sudden transitions
from the sublime to the grotesque. in the marvellous
variety and the inimitable grace. all the warmth and
yerYe OF the men of the South To write the story OF
Russian revolution be had written his MEMOIRS and
had done WELL because bis memoirs summed up all the
revolutionary events which took place in reality and oil
ideas which to light IN the conscience Of Rus
sian thinkers He democrat, q republican, fed
erast; and in addition, devoted himself with special
energy to the diffusion of the social ideas which are
destined to accomplish the economic emancipation Of
the people, With such merits, 1t is scarcely necessary
to say he very sent into exile in Siberia
There he compelled by force TO be the servant Of
the same Governor who tortured him. and in the same
district which his prison. This able writer, with bis
restless character his naughty spirit his nnoyating and
audacous talent had TO submit to bureau routine; draw
ing up tables OF statistics, his only companions the
machines Of the service, brought up TO discipline,
his gloomy exile ended he changed It into
happiness by his marriage TO lovely cousin, whose
beauty almost charming romantic affection
for her husband When at last he released reformer
and revoutionist he was, he again became Govern
ment employee. letter 10 his father incautiousy
rating instance Of crime among the imperial police
was occasion Of further trouble and another long
banshment for in this way disclosed his incogible
tendencies to criticism which is revolution In the
science aod the spirit. But his exes singular
ones He was treated like prOdigal Of monarchi-
cal and aristocratic family. He passed from
ployment another In his long and involuntary jour
Deys through all the territory Of Russia From the Min
istry Interior in St. Petersburg he went TO the
Council Of Regency gorod where he performed the
duty of the inspection Of police and where his life
rendered wretched by the continual occurrence Of
the most horrible despotc cruetes practiced by the
authorities upon the helpless people. His beau
tiful wife suffered too, for loving him she
did with the exaltatiOn OF ardent enthusiasm.
an unresraned devotion she could not understand why
should be when she was who lived only for him
Presently he resigned his Office, and after living under
surveillance for several years in Moscow succeeded in
ls45 In obtaining passport go abroad After having
assisted in the revolution February Paris he began
London the publication of newspaper in Russian
and French called the Tocsin Therein he passonatey
the brutalties Of the Russian Government
and ran probable danger OF assassination at the hands
Of imperial detectives II he sometimes Graded himself
in dreams and Illusions he forgot his faith in the
aptudes Of his race its capacity for republican govern
ment, civilization, and progress and be has revealed
the unity the modern spirit in showing that in
the heart OF that Russia which appears immense
desert OF ideas under the Byzantine Church and the
German autocracy, the Muscovite noblesse the army
OF Cossscks hnd Of Tartars, and the bureau
cracy OF machines, there still nourished ire
pressible aspirations toward universal liberty
The political characteristics Of the modern Greeks
,nlea flv had nv K mel In