The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-12

nn'd only place couple oi paragraphs
side 10y side. Lt us take for instance
few lines which paint canon in the coast
rnngc, where a deposit Of cinnabar is dis
co,cred
The sceno WINS word enough without Wilc.'s
.b mass of hiart sh9,ioy- ehnrplv Cu hrr,
/ and fher' AGAINST o sky 500 iucoueolvahy remote
! tnut tNr wpr l-s.rk soul must have ospuirvd
gyr ry. HING ~ l!r on oil Ginning MS
and hrnliunt hut cold and -t"adfu-t. They did
not tanr" nlr tw.nkl" in their aIumuniiuc set
n 'n uu Indian r.'l. Ounce nu hrv'Itlv-rolOrcl
huutrf and sefuut. but wis eventually caught
1nd ui-nr"d ih the waiting shadows OF tho
furnnr' door. Tine low. hllf-eung. hnlf-whis-
nerd ioregn speech oi tn group. the roaring
coyote ou tio plain below were ths only sounds
that broke tho awful silence OF tho hills.
Now we may turn to the record Of the impress
sion left upon thr mind hy an Angus, day in the
national raprl:
,. 1t was a mii-ummers day in Wellington.
/ lN'u Ni .tiN WOruluG. while the sun W vet
snud"lcss avenues, it WIS in.un"rahly hot
lstcr. the avenues thtMsclvOs sAunc like the
diN"rsiug rays of aupticr sun tH' Capitol "a
ihiu- Co. ho I"ir.d hy the naked cyc Later yet
u 80 W hotter. und then mist urYsr from the
g "N', and ur 'srnt'y un'l up along il" horizon
/ dolu-tvn thunder clouds that spent their
-irourl and ~ stance elsewhere. an left it
hotl tlun before. Towards evening the sun
came uut iuNlgUrdt"d. having cleared tue hcuv-
~nb QtoY ~ p'ispirar'h but leaving its lever
/ uhuhu'!.
And hero Is tvrc which will he casiiS rccog-
nitod-thc average American legislator:
In This ca.ital. on this languid midsummcr
day in 1n upper room 81 one ~ TO- scrD nh-rttc
hoiels. the Hon, Pratt &. Gashwiler snt = his
wrliug-tuh". There are certain large. neshy
men With whom The ON i~~ion II even "a nccktir
or collar las all the rflrct of IN Indecent cN-
posture. Tho Hon. Mr.. Gashwilcr. in his trnus-
en- and shirt Ma- sight To hc avoided los the
modest eye. There were such unlpuhlo suggo--
lions ~ vast ovtouts ~ uncttnus flesh In the
Slight glimpse offered hy his omen throat that
hl- di-hahun should have bcena private as his
business. Ncv'rthclcss, when there was a
Knock at rs door he unhcsiatingly said;
Come in =! pushing away q goblet crowned
WIN certain aromatic herb with his right
few proof slips " his forthcoming speech. Tho
,mshwller brow became a. it were. Intelligent
You ar" at work. see, the intruder said.
apolugoticaly
Ycs. replied the Conc. essr,an. with an mir
%. p'f'.nH =, rearineis- oncCf mys speeches
fhosr ID printers make such mess OF IT,
| suppose don't write very fine hand"
II the gifted Glshwiler had added that he did
not writ" "a worry Intelligent hand, or very
srammHtieal lnnd. and that his spelling was
faulty No. would have been truthful although
the oopy and proof before him might not have
borne him out The near tat was that Che
speech WIS composed and written 10y one En-
prtnut lohls. q poor retainer OF dushwI"r.
and ia" huuoral le m"nh"r's labor as rrooi-
read 'r was confined a. the INTRODUCTION of su n
words A. "anarrlN,, oligarchy.' satrap.,
with little relevancy M ~ position or place. ana
no pcrc"pub!c effect H. To argument.
Now this etching is obviously NOR, faithful.
while it is not less aorid than Di,kcn-'s sketch
~ our Indigenous politician IN American
Notes" Nor could We hcitcr signalila the
thoroughly impartial and. So to speak. impor-
sonal attitude which distinguishes tho artist
from ile -afir.-t than boy contrasting with tho
Hon. Mr.. Ga-hviler very different typo %
statesman. whose solid worth Is clearly marked,
although 20 the same umc his foihlo- are
touched with delicate irony. The reader
viii Ns course identify the portrait Of
Scuet,r Sumacr. for in this instance
unique. so ilr n We know-ihc author has
allowed himself 10 transfer. without adjustment
ar sublimation. the lineamrnts II life;
1haro was az this tme IN tho Senate q
the United states an omiuont and r,-lN 'trl
o .f.s.ltu. d. |iurly, orderly ]. norm .r, ant
rmi ihc d, ,rpro- utniv" OF ho.Hry
+ lNt inNnN Nvuf. Doc uul h"lA h.- trlef with
conscious r. ttulr ana a slight depreela-
I f.Nu ui other forms oi merit. and for as
nanny years Aud boon Is regularly returned -
his -cnt ly nus cou-titu, with rqutl con-
s'l1uSur-s ul rccttUde IN thuns ives and an
,INu As 'ru'i-m reS1r'ing oth r. Rom. Il
tenn tufini-. and hv circumstances beyond even
il" know" .e" oi th"ls. his social amt political
in'' gritty w spot, .--. An 'raigr uui pr'l 'ti'd
-pupilty, and the Iuhi recognition of thcrom-
Iitto uu--Islu -. - hi- motives and d.
inaSni'!l" Il ni- doem9- nr99i.'ioi i'm irom
rcalel 90 by Is hr.n": b, Lad rarely been al
preached by an emotion.
We must IND space for ono moro extract.
namely. the inimitablr interview between the
Sow England Senator and an impu'sive MeXi-
can young lady. whose knowledge II our idoms
istrareable to Californian sources:
nrAh." sald Carmen. sadly. il is true thcn.
great ulrty-thHt your voice is not longer heard
IN the old-what you call this eh-the old
Ifaqy one has told yolthgt Miss De Hare"
,pok9n foolishly. You have been misiniormed.
>" Al. said carmen. ." | know not, 1t is In the
ar. | am stranger Perhaps am de,cssiyed.
But il is Of all, say to them. when shall hear
him speak | 90 day after day 10 the Capitol,
| watch him. the great Emanrpaor. but II is II
business. ch lit is the claim Of that one. It Is
Int il is the great speech Of human rights
i'e'e', NEyaR, say. low arrives AZ thsF And
some say and shake their heads. Never again
/ llr -t"ahs. lie II what you cail played yes,
ti~ So. eh - PLAYED out know it not; it is "a
oh speak MT the English ,well-the party he
has shaken. shook '-ycs-hc has the party
~ ahon. ,ol; 1t is rieht-it is the language Of
Boston. ch -
d" Permit me to say, Miss De Hnro returned
tho senator rising with some asperity. that
4 you scrm to have been unfortuna,n in your
4 lection ~ aeguaintnncos. and still more SO IN
/ your ideas ~ the deriyations Of the English
/ tou-uo. Thc-cr-the-er-oyp rrssions you have
/ quoted are not common 70 Boston. but cmanatc,
/ believe, from the Wrst.
Carmen D. Ilnro contritrly buried everything
1ui her black eyes in her shawl.
1t would be superfuous 10 enlarge nj This late
day on III" intense sympathy with nature, and
/ the luminous. unerring rendition Of all her
moods and aspects which, EXCEPT in the pages
of Waiter Scott and Of this writer, are so sell
dom found among English noyellsls. coupled
with any very profound or comprehensive
knowledge Oh men. The author Of Gabriel
Conroy" has the power of placing landscape
before the eye. not only in lis native tinge and
outline. but bathed in congcnial feeling. and
ho !, wont to suggest the dominant tone Of the
composition by deity striking the keynote in
one or two apt alicctiycs. 1t is perhaps reason
able tO say, that a. a prose painter of nature
wrrn that his sole conspicuous merit-our
American novelist would deserve to rank above
Hardy and Black. who have no other claim to