National Republican., 1875-06-05
The British MAGAZINES.

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Sir Frederick Pollock. ''Macready-s Remints-
cences and Selections from his Diaries. and the
Last Journals OF David Livingstone. The rem
iniscenCes OF NGcre3dy are tul Of interesting per.
sOnal records and OF vivaciOUS and sound comment
upon people and thtngsC importance, and worth
rerceEn brauce always. and Of sharp critique upon
artistIc affairs and mis- own efforts MS,-cafy' 5
hue attainments, great popularity, and the gen
nine and earnest esteem in which the great and
good OF his cOtempOraTies 'hCld him in their hear II
Ol hearts. prove one of the assertions made by his
reviewer: "a pure artist will on the stage else
WLeTe- above all, be gentleman
Work for the knights Of St. Patrick.
The magnificent celebration in Washington 0!
ST. Patricks bay will not soon be forgotten.
though with every l7th uf March in the comm.
years tie exercise will be repeated. OF all he
in the Irish calendar the name :.
fatIlcA Is he!d IN stpTGhesV Soo5aIlon aud thvl,
sands On thousands Of lrish children are named
al;er b m every year. Great attention is paid 70
his supposed influence in heaven. and appeals for
MS protection and patronage are being cons anil '
poured in 0 his ears. His remains on earth. how
ever, are II OEt sadly neglected. 1t was more tt IN
fourteen hundred years agO that he Giel at Dawn.
lister and was buried in the churrhyard OF
EOwppatrick Cathedral, aud he site Of his
grave is now the most neglected spot il tie whole
place.
The sacred resting place is given up to com
pete desOluti ton and this Is the more cIuSIicIyU
IRON the TACT that the adjacent graves are
all well cared fGT. II j. not even marked by 4
crcss or siIb. or an inscription or any kind i nj
the sunkeu grave is filled with all manner OF
G,!rs.
ton permit his disgTaceIui state OF affairs to con
JlDue? Will they not otherwise organize a pill
grimaEe to -. Patrick's earthly resting place.
and 20 prepared TO suitably embeIlish it, to erect
monument over it. made OF Amer.can marble
ard blessed by the first American cardinal Ii
We are miSintOrmed in regard t0 the present IN
slightly condition OF St. Patrick grave. perhaps
the correction will be made. If the s;atcDeu: Is
true, Jhe knights Of 81. Patrick in America will
sugn remedy the matter
The Statue of Kemnon.
TTLo t,D,,rS stotua ,F1 11ru1Dop which h, ham
described as greeting the fresh rays OF the da aWn
Ctday with musical sounds proceeding from its
uniathomed interior, has been supposed by many
to have been but myth Of ancient writers. An
enterpTislng French So ran has examined all his
tOTic records and modern mention OF this grand
statue, and cast much desirable light upon its
nature and history The glorious old city OF
Thebes. 1.-The city OF the hundred gates" as
Homer named it, contains, among its relics Of
past grandeur. the broken and deiaced shafts ol
two colossal statues, originally men"lths, and
measuring forty-sCven feet above the soil and
seven feet moro below It, both statues of a great
Egyptian king who resigned 400 years b. Z.
" hen the Greeks invaded Egypt they found one
"l these colossi shattered 10 Its wsis., and at
Jrihuted its mutiatiun 10 OF tine phrenetic
freaks Of the old cOnqueTor, Cambyses.
The Greeks believed the statue to represent
Aemnon, the tabled son Of TithOuuS and Aurora.
lie prince who, Homer saws. brought E.hiUpiIa
luSsS 10 aid PTiam and Troy. After this Ge.I-
scn il appears the statue asSumcd feature Of
startling nature. Occasionally, at break OF day,
As he lIst sun rays struck the statue a singular
iruT-a sound resembling the breaking of harp
strings. musical melancholy and brief ''W hat
m"re natural" SAID the polytheisuc Greeks,
TiIai The 500 Cl Aurora should thus tuneiIlly
hail the advent of bis mgsher' yuvenal, in his
ssttres, mentions the statue and It's MusIc. Not
all .! the crowds AV ihrQnged about the statue
to hear Its morning mGElc wUfe gratfed. Those
WHO were rewarded lor patient waiting by the
sound were accustomed to ilscrIb be their fortunate
names upon the base OF the statue. and inscrip-
items from classic times in Greek and Latin cover
its surface.
To the seekers # facts and those incrcduIous
Of legend this statue had no existence for kUn-
dTedS OF years until within little more than a
century ago, when it has been rediscOvered aud
thoroughly wrItteD up, and the musical sound
which, by some, has been attributed to machinl-
tiOus Of priests has been considered as caused by
the internal mutiIatiun OF the statue by earth
quake rapiEe. The irTegulariLy Of the sound
and the time being early merning had not been
explained. and still the Voices of MemnOn." at
tract pilgrims TO its vicinity at early dawn,
sLd happy and fortunate Is be REGARDED WHO
hears the mysterious, sudden and prophetic
sounds issuing rom the colossal relic.
Filial Reverence.
TheT" s nothing more beautiful in this world
thar ahccticnate harmony IN families, and, while
ii ahounds in sImc. il is conspicuCusIy absent in
others. TIE lLeNc is most fruitful in advant "a
Gus thought, but in this monograph we propose
consideration of CGIy one phase Of H. and thai
latinE r. father and son. Ii may be assume a.
a rule that a sOu is good, mentally ami physi-
caliy. by natura! cnho" ment as his father, and
that he uug ht to bc better by the additional in
E'ri'aUcCs Of good at lis birth from his mother,
and II mere TTyiuuhu respect was pa d TO he
great ard splendid laws Of nature IN the rearing
Of children we should illustrations Of this at
every step and on every hand.
On many OF the golden pages Of history we n nd
the immrT;al pictures OF the singular lore and
reverence sting helu eF some "a hers and sons
and nov here Do read OF a held In honor
and affect. O. 10y mis- couLtrE men, no was unkiO (
and hTUtal I" his !ather. II IS not TO be argued
Tor a moment that some fathers. ny cruelty and
neglect At home. and in some instances by COM
Uniting series o. crime do not iOCfeit from tn cir
s"ns both reverence ana affection; and, on the
other bandit is equally true that some SONS who.
baving the hest Of fathers working IOr them by
day ard praying Tor them by n bI. are so incOrri-
Eibly bad, so persistent in a course Ol sin, that
love and care Tor them ceases to he a virtue. In
most cases, however, the mighty responsibility OF
a father, il properly executed. will train up tse-
ful. afectiOuate aui dutiIul sen; and such Il son is
MT 10 be a husband and father.
A father should be child with his child boy
with his boy, and man, GOt-!carng man,
walking in paths OF honor, uprightness and virtue
in advance Ul his son all the time. dealing with
him with a mTm, even and gentle hand. Herein
lies the foundation Of love and veneratOr. Then l.,
again, and even with boys Of a very tender age,
the great step may be taken Of teaching them he
and value Of money. and with high and rigid
notions Of integrity. One of the most celebrated
Of our foreign ministers was accustomed years ago
when travelling with his family, to put he en-
pCnses in charge OF his when only ten years OF
age. He WAS taught to huy tickets to pay hotel
tliS. and 10 contract !Ur tic Incidental expenses
Of he family; and when the father was absent
IRON home, that bo\ 2i Twelve years OF age man
aged with cynsummate ability the household y.
peDses He was taught TO be truly and wisely
social. 10 he liberal with friends and 10 Invariably
avoid the absolutely foolish custom OF throwing
away money. \ knOw ledge OF the world. even OF
some OF its vices. gwen 70 he son under the eye
and sauctICn ot the father held by the wisest to
be a wise thing.
The son who with his strengr hcning years
strong hens the original and tender love Of the
father is not only hrting himself for the inheri-
tance OF property. hut 10 continue the lire in a
noble way OF a noble ancestry Itis only Jy such
GUIs that tamil names and estates are 'bEiIt IN
until they become controlling powers in the Iaud.
Love harmony and financial integrity are the
corneTstones. the keystU"es and the Jewels of
family power aud Christian influence. There are
fathers in Washington surremcly happy in the
love and confidence Of their sons. and there are
sons who entertain for their fathers the profound
est respect and yield the deepe st nlal reverence
The mothers OF such sons are h4pry tao anj
happy Will be'tLc bTiJe who acrDmD4nics one of
them 70 he wedding altar. We have in our
minds eye a father whose love Tor his son i so
great hat he can hardly speak OF it without
'stsTliug tear From hSbabyhond to his man
hood it has grown with each increasing year,
"Amd. nursed by day and ni2ht by sun and
shower"
that love ceaseIessly sings in his heart the sony
Oi peace and good Will Strong and mapIv
thoroughly scbOOcd in The ways OF the world and
"l business, a Christian young man. rrspectiny
law and stunning vice. social and liberal in the
c"mpaniUnShip Of his friends ana often entru tied
with the manag ement Of his dther.s large bust
ness ahaiIs, he gives constant and beautiful eN-
hibition Of love returned ana Of nIiaI reverence
complete. All the words Of the father to the
son are like apples Of gBld:'' all the actions Of
the son toward the father are likE..picturcS oT
silver" and for all this there is one happy wife
Oae proud mother.
The Bryant Testimonial Vase.
Last autumn, on his eighteenth birthday a uropo-
Fiiun was made by his friends Of the Century cIub
TO present testimonial TO William Cullen Brv-
ant. and the committee to carry out the object
have decided upon a vase, the design Of which is
by Messrs. Tiffany y Co. We are indebte I to the
Art journal Tor May. published hy H. ApDIe-
ion X Co, Tor the following descriptiOu Of this
vase. The accepted design is tn be executed in
OXidiZed silver and thirty inches in hri kht The
style OF the subject inClines TO the Greek form.
and il is not particularly novel: but il IA the out
side oTDamentatiUH which IL its tour de force and
it is entirely OriRinal with the artists
The artist in his remarks before the committee,
IN explanation Of his motive, said: when the
Bryant testimonial was FIRST mentioned to me my
thoughts at once few 10 the country 10 the cross
ing OF the bOughs Of trees, TO the plants and
hOWeTs,0nd to 4 general contemplation Of nature,
and these, together with q certain Homer1c influ-
ence, produced in my mind the germ Of the de-
sign-tbe form Of q Greek vase with the most
beautiful OF American flowers and plants growing
themselves gracefully about IL, each breathing
its own particular story as It grew"
In the design the artist appears to have. in the
first place. nodded vase. pure and simple in
form, and upon this basis built up device OF
studies which entirely covers its surface. and IN
effect Illustrates the career Of the poet, from his