New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-11

swiftness with which the Southern 6overnmenI
COLLAPSED upon The surrender OF Lee. Among the
most desperate final expediens resorted TO or pro-
posed. was the attempt TO raise money on the BE-
curity of cotton which could not be got through the
blockade This, of course, was good deal nAe
selling the hide Of the bear before nc was
caught and the British capitalist though In general
well disposed toward the South, could not DC
brought to see it, But Mr. Bulloch shows how for-
lorn and hopeless struggle ii was from the nrst 80
far as his part in it was concerned, and even Inc
most decided opponents Of the Contederacy may
well view with sympathy the almost pathetic picture
here drawn, of men VINO, with all the courage %
their convictions labored for years 10 enecV Iesu,
which apparently nearly all of them peneVeu W po
unattainable. The Confederate agents "elo
evidently men of great energy and de1eElln"c,Ol'
but thew were handicapped fatally. Tho Con-
federacy had none of the resources necessary " VIZ,
successful carving on of war, within itseij anu IL
was practically cut off from outside help, hrst
nv the ripor of the blockade, and second py
the vigilance with which neutrals observed
tbe reouirements of international law. Inc ehect
of sending ont Confederate cruisers, moreover, was
not what had been expected They destroyed nucn
Northern property, but the result was hierely u
embitter the conflict still more, and to stimulate
the efforts of the Northern armies in the field MI
Buloch several times refers to the apparent apa'hy
of the Federal Navy Department i'll failing 10 scour
the seas for the Alabama and her consorts. bu'
there can be no doubt that the maintenance OF the
blockade was of more importance than the deStr"c-
ton of the Confederate cruisers and the navy was
wisely devoted to that duty.
There are few anecdotes or stories Of peril or adj
venture in these volumes. The author was man
of affairs. and though he had frequently TO employ
l. Ii, thnrp little or no per-
sonal risk to he encountered. The only description
which is at all exciting is that of the running OF the
blockade by the steamship Finga and as the author
was on board at the time in command, his account
is 70 he accented The Fingal was afterward con-
verted into the ram Atlanta but she had brle1 ana
ineIorious career her engines breaking down Just as
she was going into action and her commander oe-
ing compelled to run her ashore and destroy her'
CAPTAIN Bulloch has perhaps been prudent IN
waiting nineteen wears before publishing his book,
for If is only when the angry feelings engendered
nv war have thoroughly subsidized that the puplc
are capable of approaching, or even paying atteh-
ton to. such arguments and statements as ne
makes 1t is true, as he observes, that the lhslue
history which he is ut liberty TO tell Is diVulged
too late to have any practical effect but thefe arc
many thing5 here for the first time published when
tend TO show how difficult we might almost say
how Impossible, IL is 10 get dl lAC b'''iH' i'''''
during the heat of conflict. Captain Bulloch has
done his best TO clear away many well established
misconceptions. Perhaps those who peruse his
hook will reach the conviction that of the mis-
conceptions so cleared away is the popular belief
that the Confederate Government left great
treasure somewhere in Europe, and that somebody
is enjoying 1t surrepttiously all these years. The
trDth is that the financial and naval agents OF the
Richmond Government always engaged
beyond the available funds, and that when the
crash came those who had business arrangements
with them were, in many cases, obliged TO submit
to heavy losses.
THE ORIENTAL CHRIST BY p. c. MozuoWDA. svo
PIP 1913. Boston George ii. Ellis.
Mr. Protap Chunder MozoomddI the author al
this book has been spending the last few months III
this country delivering lectures in various cities ON
the religions movement in India known the
Bralmo-Somaj As he has taken pains 10 show ia
his lectures the latest and most hopeful outcome
of this movement is in the direction Of Christianity.
But it is a Christianity interpreted by Oriental
thought. and founded upon the Oriental ideal Of
Christ Kesab Chunder Sen, the present leader OF
that wing of the BrahmO-Somai which has shown
itself 10 bc progressive and ethical in its tendencies
pleads eloqucntly for n conception Of Christ and
Christianity which shall be suited to the Oriental
mind The Christianity which the missionaries
bring to Asia is a hard cold system shaped by West;
e1n theology. and deeply Hinged by Western
metaphysics. il comes moreover 10 tho A,iatics
weighted with the traditions and ideas of Europe,
and often carrying with il the suggestion OF an
alien civilization The essential Christ il almos
entirely hidden away under the dccrctions of many
centuries OF Western thought about Christ. and
therefore il is that the Orcntals turn away from
the European Christ of the missionaries.
The book before ms is attempt to depict the
Oriental Christine great Prophet and Saviour Of
mankind as lie appears to an Asiatic when Invested
OF all cxtrancCns cOoring The book is well worth
a careful pcru~al. Clear and simple i'm style, It is
nevertheless charged with passionate teTNor that
is nowadays seldom found in theological treatscs.
Though written by foreigner and in tongue
foreign to him, il needs apology ON the score Of
! stvle power or felicity of expression. Aud the
slight traces Of non-Engiish thought that appear
only add to its piquancy aud interest.
! II We turn from the style and expression TO The
! thought underlying it, the book viii be found
equally worthy of notice. II is rry'r'nt Hlysls
of of the great characteristics of CLIi-i and
! Christianity by q man who 10 technically not 70
Christian and who represents an alien race and civ
! ihzation. Viewed in this light, "Thc Oriental
| Christ is an important contribution to religions
| thought. Doubtless narrow p1Iti>dn- and big O.
! will see in this man only one who oilcrt strange
incense to the Saviour ofmen. But that Saviour HIM
self stcrnly rcbuked such narrow bigoty ia some OF
His disciples when He said Other sheep | have
which are not OF this fold them also must bring
and they shall hear my voice: and there shall be
one fold and one shepherd
1t might be well for Christianity if chose who con
slider themselves within the true fold oonld rcecho
| the simple aud humble confession of Mr.. Mozoon-
dar. My aspiration" he says, has not been Ia
speculate on Christ, but to be what Jesus tells ue
all to be. That labor. know, viii not end in this
life; and the goal rs well the prize is elsewhere
| snail be content if what / say in these pages
| at all tend to give completeness to any mans
ideas of the life kand ministry Of Jesus Christ.
have set down these views without any prctensiOn t.
| scholarship. They are but the medtatiOus Of a