, 1876-07-01

h,Tcg II ny rm asa hsetnE n ,ho pa.:,ss gssas
's,,!, nsf N issrjle rase hsr da9 syo aS:h!ne. !
saiins 0:1Ss S6a ut q'e.t &c '.s a" ye
;;s,s ,iis1: s'a'sd Il ihv sna a'aiy sa 'S'a
". Wataot, whose rcmtnta ecnccs extent from
lit to 19!s, gives etrnngc ficcntnlo tho nlaIi-
i,cr IT, sliIrl. tl.ocuato alMl tea were served OH
their tIrs. introduction !nto fhc Colon!cst
in " ,s % sfs III sssy: % T. Haa Wv 'SSs s d
snoso,sg; Y'e@ @ had 1n.s c9 sSe s int2 n'c In a
aS: I;s;, S.ass:; II and 'iier seii's ri
- wss "A 'ntfslneed Az Sale ~ tle s,a molc
and, after sinnns tic Iian"r Il, to inrtl herb
od ts.ef +; TT; .;,S"t
nothing t0 10 compared to tho II :quiat,c scakfast
which waa In cotnnion yogtc anM nlR The people oi
Gcsr ,tS s % 's' on in he tS E1ss
bress kcttle, md aimncrcd tyor tic hrc, viii, Tho
sEnss sysss q ase s With s mol r. 1 % s;ss w
'wlttsky bclly,scnscarcr.
The hard farc on which the nrmy patiently
e.ll'slstc1 during the dreadful " Inter at vallcy
Forge is described by one nj tho youlit< ulrers
acting u.s. Atlu tn Steuhcn, fl The following
terms: At tho olliccrs' incss tAc7 se'duns Ind
frusll lncat,' ansl,.'
roS sos hss3 Ss 4es ssa oSs ws. ak. So,s a RsHf
d pcwtef. akn1te,i fara nesl l,oE, spoo,,, s,ni
was carried In tie pocket ,iuel, II ,he Il dict WIS
,as eff; s sns n]nrs ate Ht tsy
ea @ to e. sssss s s% ssc rS Fly
ciatei. It waua mot aars farmers t. sril to ttsn
Ict chcct1ess a. was sneh stae, when tho, drew
s!ed Jul 10 sesH mlrt, and M iolllty. anti tn,nt
months payln onu ttgl,t Of merry revcry. i. ,nc.
Times ,G tpr yon n,St ses e1ua ns
Of Whisky Ssf 1hitLsh were o,en witIoutl, IND
Eassug round llIe stohs 1ng asf tllei: wl1en @ t.,
~ as Xxx X. HctrSnd s,fii ent ihn srcrc, IN
hopes ID. .paYs 70 anotlser and a,other unwary
wight: /. tifs.TGi -.
l'.NashthEton aliatca Tue halasn'Ph o. l.G !Ms
trIo o e,;c"rfn,,lcss ,s nsvn tnh,u j,r
,ras ,ccn.,o,roa :, III Town viii b,s
fnyitcd oGccrs, +. C., 10 a rcanly piccc Of
n,ea!, with some hnr,stead md isw rotatocy1 ~
~ hn.,t o"sS an n.usnc,itv ~ tc notnn in n"mO
toddy; and t4p lu1uIiota dessert consisted Of
plnto OF hickory nuts. There !!ts fortltM4e, "na
iss nitircrs ", Hyc.i n tho.s scencs hrs WISHING
ton, ~ was her !rracticc In w!nsor campaigns l,ad
{olncd Ut 1T 1 a'~mys; a. mo
tiraye VAL cheerful lcr countoil,pcc md hgr man.
nor reflected tAo feelings q the hsso whote i'ans
eo ents ,y sp i'cc aiMost ,'essonmr r
hcnrts retired la,l Of hope aud confidence,
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GLADSTONE ON HOMER.
HON. eric csYNC1lnoNISM: An 1Squ,nf, INTO THE
T,Ap "Sn ~ raasE .ax or ilonE' yr ~ .n1 ne II ayon MMo.
~. ~ Mnn u Il. &c, New Yotk: ilarper i Iroihcrs.
Bvo. pp. 284. Price. Sc.
The ra1nc ,,f tho EMsis!! ex-Prcmicr, anu Ills
wcll-kuown cxt cMslvc learning, arc sufficient to
recommend div work Of Ills at once, md GIVE
.i,, .oao. ~ In fin statrmcnts H. nuts
t"sos.1 ,e,,a;,a, ~. al tlrv mav l,c. rim l,oo,,
'or"ata' noWasct Hos'. '"s' "'Ay o
on tho whole, very satisfactory, nt-
tcn,t r. i,ri,nc. nj near IA may
~ ,saa,,,,. T., +,.s 1to,,t If rcrcnt i1,arovcr.
", Dv pS',vI pud WITH r1oso @ and nat,sut study Of the
1liad and Odyssey, tho Time nrd place III WINCH
these great poems were produced. Tho common
,ilca rcp.rrlnn Uomer il, that he lived seycral
,,asern ,Io chrts,,",, ern IN s,,c ciy
echlusssS no1olo 9no ~, 49,, st.t'". .,.s
OF Asin Minor; and that nc ~Fote elIncf tho
whole or q part Of tho 1lfud and tile Odyssey.
Long and agril havo been tho disputes over the
ouest1ou as to whether these two poems cma-
lAe',s. ls, 49,. va W. .,a sas,s o,,t,,or 1,n-Iar,
nntcd HUN ohe anu 1ne S"'''e nu.no. ,1s".t.
the point eann0t yet 10 colsslacfed dehnatelS
settled, though tho majority 0f scliolara-h1nong
xhon, is nInt,stoi,u l,inse,f-arc inclined to b.
,,avo nu ,l,ot IS ] IIon,cr ,vrot. tl,cm i,oth.
''sro ~, S''"' -tSH -, =, -, -. a,, 40
Iho recent discoveries IN Egypt, ocslVco es-
pccially from tho tlcctphcr1rg OF the monument
nj bicrpcJypl;ics. have given dasa front wll!cl,
A. CtrI.t,,no hoa wnvr,, n strong ar.,u,t,cnt.
M @ .,.s a,,,a, .os,,,,,s,o. ~ With, H., nrrircs
ING two ehlet CONCLUSIONS NJ "heh ~ useNts
arc: i'rst, tlnt tho Trojan War, which hc con-
stlcrs an historical event, took placo bctwcc1,
1887 and 1eJ b. c., aud probably, to Ok it with
IN rnrrovor limit 1,c,,rccn mi md 1}(r7 n q.
~ ~ ~ .c. ..'''e' ,,~ 80, ~ - -
This Is over - years @ eas11cr ttinn the common
iy'rccclVet date Of 1lS3 y. y. gwen ~ isTatos-
| themes. As Mr. ulaistono @ ronarks. tnis Hitter
uAtc Was basGu Solely On tEadit'ol,, aIM s thGse
| 1ore, not TO be rcenfaed "a colielt1aWe; @ lMe
second G1aelsis1en ol tAo hntnor ie, Inat nq!et @
lived within ha!i century alter tile Iroan Mas,
Gs uuf1lg lne thirleSntn century nGiofn Gnrni.
Ihls Also Is Wsdey uiIereHt llotl. sno eonG!n
eMnronoioey, M WINCH l1es HonSr'S o's ti,ic 1enlis
Mu years later or hb9nt oM u ~ y. ar: ~ Glae,- ~,
Stone osGnp'cs nset. ~ to lsst PaE. & " .,1 ns