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(latne has already been fully described in Tint
'rihun k.
Then the familiar Scotch airs, " There was n lari
eras hmn m Kyle" niul " Scots whahac." were heard
froui Ci al ti lia's Hand.
MAYOH OOOPaOt'l SrEECH.
In BeeggtMUJ the statue on behalf of thc eily,
Mn\ or Conns r mio'ko as follows:
How mond mid gaatnl ere the hospitalities of our
eouuirv, whom great dewMcrattoheart neate ie antone
with th.- democratic gentoo of all nattoas and times, it
Wks but a Utile while sluce I was called to wel?
come tn niy (?theil! Oapaolty the Boase of
Ireland'* crcat mi lodist. Thomas Moore, sod now
tie m'il-w nter of i. cotiand U at our gates asking io be
adopti d int.. the fellowship of the U< public?K.h'-rt
Barna. Askinir, dbl I say I nay. Inns: ugo, its SOI I
our Revolutionary ( ra, bs was sn adopted, ead has ever
slmc ic'.n'ieil iu our afl'ccltoiia as tbe. ino-t pathetic, the
mom hn morona, the on.si deUtrbUul un.l beautltid <>t all
the Bloaters ol lyric poetry, if I rceoBeet might.
the euria ll edition of BntUSS poems was reprlnled in
tbia country, and Item thu time to this his meMBl li ive
been fell and acknowledged with the meei grateful a*
BSbTOUOO. lt was laue, t '?'. that his t-Xi ell-nces were
early appreciated aid cr blunted tu strut.is that ure
likely io b immortal mi hi? own. Carlyle baa extolled
bis niatcatcaa poems; wilson, tao famoaa Chris?
toph, r Narin, has written cs atna Iv or Ids
amiga; CamaheB avows mme poem thoo
wont on bil n un- ; hts life his bern admiringly dwell
upon by l>r. Curtsa, by r/ickh in aad by eilan Cmming
bani; bu aotbmg that has been saul of him mr,.!-'
Bi penetration, in sympathy and in glow, the !! e poetic
tribute ot mir own Btoltocw, ee aa posed rlitv-.-evn years
ago In this cit v. sud given to the world in a N J XOrk
gsarludlijsi then edited by our o?ra Bryaat Many rn
you Will neall tbe lines?
And his that music, tn ? t n-e leno.
The cninmm DBlSS of MM keeps lune,
la esl eroastlet mirth or iiioau.
lu cold or sunny chine.
BJ Bl BO! for me even to glenn tn n field where such
oatgbty maalan have a Bea fly reeped. I eoelJ bul
new-name their epithets and repeat BM forms
ot m. .r 'teutlmoat Nor meal l anttolpata tin
though - .ti theaoeompilshed oem eman ic none after
mo wiih un eloquence I would despair to oom
maud. I shun not eUempt ii ti ii you ot tin- lowly orUna
ot tbe poet, if ins narrow circumstances, ol his temple
tiona, li :ais niul suff-i imrs. ami of bis Intention once to
2ti:| Hie OM Wm ol aol to sall fur lhe-e
applet shores. I shall ool attempt to tell you
bow, in despite of bis DnfavoraMe condition, be
mased himeaU M a pinnacle ,.f naatblmi fame; how
ami kindly heart took lo all forma ot Bfe, and io oouac
queuce lu- simple strains i-uiue to teach all human
hearts; hew bc made MM local rustle dialect al his coun?
try selassie language; bow he bas ht eur ad and ad?
mired in ail parts ol Use eat tu. ami how bli p am i mi n
amii, wherever they nay beaettiedoa Me surface al thc
globe, remember ins birth as i* benefaction
end a glory. Scotchmen and the s un ol
I I naen am >nc us proffer bete Hus splendid
Stain.-, so detliv iniinlilcil l.\ tue h.,ii.* ufa BUM r. al
n monument to tbi Peaaaat i'at. lt only temaini for
meM receive lt, la tuc aai.if the metropolis, witta
lhadki which I think express lae heartfelt feeling of
every oneoi ourpeopb canobie of appreohMtag genlui
and man lineal and worth.
AHlHtl-.ss, Ol' QEOBQg WILLIAM CCBT1S.
Mr. Sa-'.den, of the Burna Association nf Philu
delphia, then spoke ? tew words of greeting aad
essBgrotuletion to the Catodoaiona of New-York.
Aftertbie Mr. Lane, the chairman, introduced
George Willum Curtis.
lt woo intcreeting to watch tbe effect of Mr. Cur
t -nhs. Ajnong the Catodoniono next tho pint
form niaiiy faces could he noted that bore the un
nreeani direct Bcotttoh descent. The Bandy hair,
stool hine eyes, high cheek bones and strongly
Rtorkod batob features typical of theSeoltisbmee
could be picked ont here and there, As Mr, Curtis
went on, tin- rigid . stun ithst had aeanxoed an i x
pi ianion ol calm and critical attention beean to
soften and relgg. As he called up tho "lovell val a
od Ayr and Yarrow, of Teviol and the Tweed."e
dreamy light came into the keen blue eve-; and
when be pa tined tic "land ol the harebell
nod mountain daisy.land o' iii- lavarack and tbe
mu i I of braw vout hs and sonsie lasses," tbe
Bi inly si i lips quivered, aud m iny a stalwart High?
lander turned away his heail to conceal tbe moist?
ure thai dimmed h-.s eves, or breaking down
cobbed outright. Bul coon tbe team were changed
tn laughter a- "<?. Willie brew'd a Peck o' Munt"
rang out from tbe speaker. Throughout bis oration
lfr. lrn : is swayed dib aud ? u< e a ? it touching their
keart-strings. He spoke as fol lo wi:
LuMaa ann grrtlrmbx: The year 1760 aaa a
jiruud year lor Oread Bri ita. Two yt ats be
fore, amid aoiversal disaster, Loni Chesterfield
ged es aimed, "Wi are dc tonger a i i
Bm meanwhile Lord Chatham had restored to
: i the sceptre of the s'a< amt covered bet
name wli , tie glery of eoatlnuoue vtototy. The year
it ? . as ^rciti-t triumph*, lt was the yearuf
Minden, where t ? army w..s routed) of
i, i. neb Beet was destroyed; of thc
a ikti ti rah m. in Canada, where Wolfe died
happy .md the dream of French supremacy upon UM
Ameiu .n c intincnt vanished forever. Hie trlnmpbanl
tl.i.n .? . ol !'? nish moa wai beard all around tbe world,
as founding Brinah dominion inindia;
Boscawen aad bli rel] iw-admlrala were sweeping Pram e
trim, thai n ??' ; aad tn America Colonel (.? orge Wash?
ington bad planted te Bnttah (l igou the tiela of Brad
dock's defeat " We an- tot ead to nsk every moratBg
what vlei : i'i i" 1-," said Horace Walpole, "for fear
of missing one."
B la p les and war was BMgealusol
Great Britain iBnaUlooa. James Watt waa testing thc
force ol .i m; Hargreaves waa inventing the spinning
Jenny, n leb Ma tears inter Arkwright would complete;
ami v. ia making household ware beautiful.
? : J too i cars in print, and
Q i. Dr. Johnson bad total] pat)
Bshcd bis dictionary aad Edmund Burke il- eoaayoa
tbe Sail ian nnu BeauUfaL Iii lb- year lTofHlarrlek was
the hi >; ol actors aad BU* J abua u-ynoiiisof pomtom
Gilli B dated lu thl> year tie-preface of hts first wauk;
Hume pub1 tabed tbe th;r.i and fourth volumesot hts
in-t *j ? i England; Robertson his history of Beotland :
ami Bter e rems to London to and a puhllaker fur Trie
tram Shandy. Oliver Goldsmith, "unfrMadrd, solitary,''
trnatoiung for the 1.keelton la ins garret over Ptoet
Ditch: but four yean toter, with Hu k' and Reynolds
amii;.mick and Jo.ms,m. in vs-.mid found the most
faiuoiis of literary clubs gad fell the Vicar of
wi. field in save hhnseil ama .lad. It was a year of
oven ls decli ve of UM course ol history, aad of mea whoas
lometeaa Uinetrtoos national poseeeetoa. But among
those events sous lo mete memorable ti.an the birth of
a soil ill MM I> "irc-d Ol S-uioIi la nw - ; aud of all thai re?
nowned an.', re ititi.di nt throng ol statesmen, soldiers
and Beames; ot philosophers, poeM and Inventors, whose
fame ti.I'd the world wain acclamation, not one ls more
gratefully- iind fondly issaeaitwiieil than the Ayrshire
asangbniflii. Bobert Uurna.
na* great aaaemblyli tahune part emu posed of his
couu'rvin.n. Toa. fellow-dtiE'iis. were inontly boru in
Bent! Hid. 'lhere is no moro beautiful country, and hs
you Maud here ne inory and ImaeUuitlon recall yow
Halite 'and. MkUJ OOOMO and fur-stretching splendors
of mimer sea; solemn uiouiiiuina ami wind-swept
moors ; itagtug strcaaH aud rocky g.ens and waterfalls;
lovely rake ot Ayr and Yarrow, Of Tiviot mid
the Tweed; crumbling rums of ancient days,
sldii y end castle and tower; lom mis of romance gibliug
burn aad brae with " the light tbut never was on sea or
laud ": every hil with Its berets tradition, every stream
with its Mery,every valley with Us song; lund of the
Bombell sad the mountain daley, taodef the toveroeh
and tin-curlew, land of bin w > milli- and susie lass .,
ot a deep, strong, melaocboly m maood, of a rtc^p. true,
ti taler wdiuauhooil,?this is your Heollaud, this ls your
native land. And bow could >ou so truly transport it to
the hoe I et your adoption, how interpret lt to us be?
yond tbs sea, so tidly and so title, as by this meuiorlul of
the p e Whole SOOg to BQOttand I No wondul that \ou
plead!) Illili-' bl- statue and place it here under the
Ainu! lian sun. ni the chief American etty, side by side
with thar of tko "tiier grootBeotobmaa whose georas
god tamo, like tbs air and srashlas. no local boundary
eau (-'nilli:.', lu thia WaluaUa Ot our vunoiia nationality
li will be i"iig before two MMw-eonntrymea are oom
im-iimr. neil wapaS geelOl ia at "lu o mi characteristically
national aad ap broadly universal, who speak io truly
for iiii-ii o mi countrymen and tor ail mankind, aa Wal?
ter Scott and Bobert Bums.
a kiiiim; Manon rou BgJSJCATIOR,
Ima leeson of BM reddening leaf, sf sunny stillness
and o' roaring sturm, especially belita this coinincino
ratitiii, In cause it was at this season that the poet was
peculiarly lnsum , and beeoaaa BM wild and tender,
the wayward nud goiden-hcarlcd uutuuiu ia tho best
symbol of bia genius. Tue sculptor has imagined him
in some hour of pensive and eiiDobling inciltatloQ, when
lils ?oui, amid tbe hush of evening, lu the failing year,
was exalted to au ecstasy of passionate yearning and
regret ; and here, rapt tntosih-m-c. fast aa the hesveuly
melody I- murmuring from tils .ipa, here he sus and wiii
alt forever. It waa lu October thut Highland Mary died
It waa in Oi toner thal the hvuui to Mary in heaven waa
Wi ll Kai lt wa? lu Potshot, seer afterward, teal Barns'
sra- MCI in melancholy mosing aa the anniversary of uer
death thew near. Yet within a few days, while
bis soul might seem to have been still lifted
In that sorrowful prayer, he wrote tho uiost rollicking,
resistb a- and mud , al of drinking sonya :
O Willie brewer! s peck o' uisnt.
And lt b iinu Allan cam to lu sn.
Tin rr hhlber hearts thal lisa laug night
Ys wadna Hod in l.'hrislcndie
Here weir tko two atraina of thia marvellous genius, mid
Ibo ?"??(?. of in- two spirits that weat with him through
life:
He raised s mortal to the aklca,
Mba tiiewr so angel down.
Tbla wan Un.' n- Thia Waa Ibo blended poet Uad mau.
What sweetneas and Ctasl 1 What aoft, pathetic, pea
etiatlng n.i- .di, as if ail tbe sadie -s of ahairgy BeoUaad
had found a voice I Whet whiiaaaiog vito Bery of lom I
Wuat bmaterous jorial humor, excessive, daring, im?
bi id.ed 1?satire u: thc kirk so acorcbiUK and scornful
that J.. .11 Knot munt have bural Indignant fr,un his
grave and shuddering ghosts of Covenant.-ra hare Ulled
the iii'iuutaiuh with a rnelauoholy wall. A nunan au
Uia*toi lui, u charin so univeraal, that lt drew farmers
fruin the benia when bia coning Was known, sud njen
from their tavern beds at midnight lo listen do.iga ed
anni dawn.
lt can.mi be aald of Burua that hs " burst bis blrtb'a
Invm.i ii- b?r" Hs Was born poor, he lived poor, be died
paor. sud be alway* fell bia poverty to be a curse. He
Waa ninr < oi.s'-iiuis "f al un-.t and Ol blt intellectual
oupciiority. Hs disdaiued and i-eaented the cuiidescou
mttu ut thai areal, aud bc deaeuUy aaserted bis Hide
wndenee 1 do not ssy that he might not or ought not
0 have lived tranquilly and happily as n pom mao.
?i reaps, as Carlyle stiggeata, he should have divided ins
lours between poetry iiiul virtumis niduatry. We BOlf
mow that he did not. Like on uni un .lue SSgta he
lashed against the burs he could not break, and ina lue
,?ns a restless,starmy altoruaUoo of low ami lofty
ooo,ls. oi pur. and exalted feelMg, of mad level and
nip..tent regret. His pious mother crooned over lils
male matches of old baUads as I le rends of whtoh beni
iiiiiil was full, ilia father, silent, austere, lu
lexibly honest, taught bun M rand gnni
i,'oks. book i a boi ? preai ace lg hu poor cotton helps rc
ixplaia tbeaturdv mental vigor of the Beotoh peas,mirv.
Hut thc ballads ellarine 1 the nov. He could md lum a
line, but driv ag I bs carl, or ploiighinir or diirglug in
be Reid, he wm was etui sarum tbs mrase over sad
iver, his heart answering, Baa a ihall the see, anni
A bun he was fifteen be oomponed a son,' himself upon ?
aesM who drew Ids eye aad heart; and so, as be flam,
om ami poetry begee with Mm tngeih.-r.
THK- yoiitii ok ornum
For ten years his life waa a talc Of fermenting youth :
oiling and metung, tacntae tins way ami that, to bbp
mytagaad Bel dressing, ht tlie vam hope of Hilling a
keri r Ohenoi; B lover of nil the girls and master ol the
innis oioij shuni: hrfghlnolng tho long day el peet,
mtttag with the rettttag am ot wB Mum his
?amrades navet forgot; wilting lovc-somrs, and
Oaantatod hy BM wlkt laanggtot boys of Ktokaswotdi
ed hg them lOM bitter shame ami self-reproach,
mt tomtag otto ail the trnooiooooof boodyyonth open
ns iiinra! eeOBON und tatiiiling th. iii with tiiiiix.rtiil run
?nie. At twenty Bro, when his rather was ali. adv laid
iwar lu Alloway ktrkyard, tbs seed m lbs oki aa
ional legend which Ins mother bad dropped Int" b ?
iradto bogan to shoo! into patriotic feeling and verse,
i-ul Burnt bi oanic.scions ol distlm t noetic am lui iou.
ror two years he followed tbe pion h. ami wrote some ol
iii noblest poems. Bm tho farm which bo Ulled with
Us brother waa nnprodncUve. sad at I be very lime thal
Bs eenuin wee mosi un at als condor was moot way?
laid Distracted by poetry and poverty and passion,
ind brought to public abame, be determined to leave
he country, anil In 1786, wheo be wei twentr-eemn
ears oM, Burua publtsacd his poems by sabserlptlon
a get the money to pay ii passage M
Lmerice. Ab I could thai poor, deeper* ploughman of
doaegiel have foreseen this day, co iii : i have known
hst because of those poems, an abiding part of lU Ta?
nn i,imii.ai to every people, sung uod repeated rn
Imenoan bornes from aaa to a a, bia genius would be
lonored and bte name bleeeod and bia il due i alsed w li b
iraicfui pnde I,, heep ms memory la America ?:? en foe
Vcr, m rail ps tbe sousing risien mlklit have nerved
nm to iniike bia life ns noble ai bli genius, perhaps tbe
ult sun.-tnin- nf assured rion might baie wrought upon
hat great, generous, wilful soul to
tai' a though! aa msu*.
Burns'i sudden fame stared him and brought hun to
'.iliiihingn and Its lit lani llie.-in society, linn i
rone, but ada in Smith remained; Robertson was there
md Dugald il ewart, lacie, also, were Blacklock and
lUgb lt dr and Archibold Alisun. Praaer rytler
ind Adam Ferguson and Heury Brakiue. There,
oo, were tbe hean i ul Ducheei of Gordon and Ike trnly
louie Lord (lat urn. They welcomed Burua ns a
?tiiiii;\, but he v aid not be patronized. Glad of hts
ame. dui proud j and aggressively Independent, he
land.-is i.to.i gk > stately city, taking off ula bat be
'ore the house of thin Ramsay and reverently kl
itooert Ferguson's rive.", i elder broiler in misfor
-.11 a-." a - Bm ns ( bed him. Be roes to the i eal b< n ?? -.
ind slthoagb thej did nat know it, be was tbe greatest
raes! they had ever entertained, tbe creates!
met thai then or ever walked the streeti ? f
Edinburgh. ll - fame - wen ail Bcotcb
ia a. bul be was the only Scotchman among
lui in wno had Written Ul fcpc dlnleet of lil- COUC
iry, :iiul who bsd become fad us withoul ceastns lc be
Um one d v there a.nie into t be drawing-room
where r.u. a--i'm i i,uv el fifteen, who was pmsent r
to eclipse all Boot'isb tame bu! thal ol Burna himself.
Che poet waa looking at au engraving ol s soldier lying
froaen in Ibo ia u onder which were s,.n. touch! i -
lines, end ai be cai them Burns, with hui eyes fud ot
tears, asked who ole them None of tbe ulai ngniahed
company could tell lum, bul the roung boy, Walter
(scott, timidly wbiapei ed the name ol the aa: hor. and be
never forgot thal Burns tuned Upon bim nu full, dark,
tearful eyes?eyes which Booti called the most glorious
imaginable,and thanked him. Bcott never .-aw Bums
agata.
THU DAYS' i\ gDlRRCRGB,
Tbodeasltag Edtaburgb dayi were a glaring
contrast to BM rest of BM lite. The brilliant society l! it
tered bim, hot bu brllBaney outabone Ita own. ii" waa
Wi-el than the 1' ill II- ii. WlttlOI than BM lar-c-l, uni
courteous than the eourtBsat. His genius 'fl i me I
aod biased I ;ke a torch among the tapers, ami the well
ordered company, enthralled by tbe surprising i
winced and wondered. If the heel waa eondeaeendlng,
-? n is never obsequlon* Bm Hums aid not tove
a lord, and be chafed Indignantly nt the simile but ln
van-, ail-, nee of social distinction, fi etti g t"" inn ly that
tia- re,lim n? iri-urc an I i i.s. , | sphere in which he knew
U? be naturally maater, mus! always Bool be
ii.a.i, beyond?the uiluriiiir glimmer of a mirage A
thousand times wistfully watching tola faacluatlna
human figure amid the abarp vicissitude* of bi* nie.
from -N.ui-a- l ii ?.-?'s a,e imii a in Manebiine t" tbe
stately drawing-room of Gordon casiie, with all bli
royal manhood md magnificent capability entangled
;ihd Contused, the neut longs, but longs lu vain, to bear
tbe one exulting and triumphant cry of tbe strong maa
Coining to himself, " I Will arise."
Bm with all bis gifts that waa not orren Mm. Burns
lett Edinburgh to wander about bl- hoi,nm Scotland, bia
mind rall ol i's htatorio tradition and legendary lore,
and neg lining to overflow with songs burn of thone
tiiiioil melodies. Ile w aa tu SOS and lie w bibed to iee ii"
other lund. His lii-art heat low ard it With SOVetlonste
fl iciity. ii* if he fell thal somehow it? destiny wi re re?
ta- ted In hu own. At ( olditream, where tue Tweed di
tides Scotland from England, bc went across Me river,
ant us be touched tbs English aoli, he turned, toll mon
bis knees, stretched out bli arm M Beotland^aad pia., ed
bless m? ii wive land.
1,'is wandaringi ended. Burnt settled at twenty-nine
upon Ute pleasant br.f Ellisland, in nithsdale, over
;he miii from hui native Ayrshire,
lo make a bappv BtSSMS cllino
Pot weans aod wUe.
Here his life began happily. Be managed the farm.
started a parish library. wein to church, end wh- proud !
of Ibo regard of his neighbors. He was honored and
sought by travellers, and ids genius was in pe rf eel
iulio. 'lam O'shanter und liounio Donn, tin- Bongs nf
BlgoBmd Mary, Jobs Anderson my Joe, and Auld lama
Byee me ad Howers ol Killsisnd. But he cona] not be
farmer, manger, poe omi prince of good tallowa all ai
once. The cloud darkened that ww oever ta be lifted
Tue pleasant tarn a; Klllsland tailed, and Burna, ac lino
ali iii* sioek nun eiop and tisiis. withdrew to Dum fri et
lt waa the last change of bbl Bte, and melancholy were
ilie (lays thai followed, but radiant with the k,-ea flaabei
and lend-i gteamsel mo highest poetic rooina ol iii
lum-. Wiiiiuir exqulalte songs, ofteo lost in tbe nnwor
thie-t ciimpuuiotiship, consumed with iicif-rcproaeb, but
regular In his olllclii ilulies; leaching his hoy to love (lo?
gical Eiigli.su poets from Miaki ipeare to Gray, seel.,nu
pie..sure at any cost, conscious Ol a illly iind a censure
al which he could uot wonder, but QpncotoUl also ol the
inexpressible ttngedy which pin und eeoenrc conld
not know or comprehend, ami ikrougb evil report mid
good report the ?ume ooaamaadiog aad nobie nature
that wo know. Borne Bl thom Mei dark days of Dum?
fries is like a st i tcl.v snip in a tempest with all her can?
vas spread, with lar-flying streamers and gtanolng lights
end music penetrating the storm, drifting helpless oa
lae oreel rocks of u ms ihom One Mmmer evening
toward the cud. us ? yonns man roda mts Dumfries m
Htiiud a ball, be saw Hums loitering alone on one lidl
of ike street, while tbe other was thronged with gui
gentlemen and ladies, not ons st whom eared to greet
the poet. The young man Inetaatly dismounted, aod,
jieiiing Burns, asked him to croat BM street. 'Nay,
uay, my young friend, that's all over now " ; ami then
in a low, ault, mournful rotes limns repeated tho old
ballad:
111- tmnDet stood ance fu" fair on hlabrow,
li is .ii.i.i eas looked better Man mooy anea new,
Oat see be lets'I wearoay wey ll wail binn,
And (inls himself dow io upon the corn-blng.
O were wo young an we anec ISM hot n,
We auld bal bel a galloping down oa yon green,
And linking lt owre Ma niy while lea,
Ami Sirens inv neut tight ll wad die.
dram ot Bonna,,
Five years of letting his life " wear ony way lt would
bing " and liiirua'a lifo was ended in 1790, in bin 37ili
year. There was an outburst of universal sorrow. A
great multitude ci roded tho little town at his burial.
Memorials, monuments, biogiaphies of every kind fol?
lowed. Poets ever since have sung of him as of no other
poet. The theme is always freah and always captivat?
ing, and within tho year our own American BOOB, be
loved and honored in lils beuiitltul and HawoOMd age,
ninth of Hums as be sees bim IO vision, as the world shall
forever ?oe him, an immortal J nulli cheerily singing st
his toU In the brign' spiing morning.
Ill'It NS MOT ONLY a MAMU.
The personal bk Bag of LeagfeUow'i poem ts that
which Burna elwari inspires. Theta la oe great poet
wlio is lcs.s (U a mere nauie and nbMrarimii. His gTMO
is so human thal the he, rt insists upon know inc the
.-tory sf Ms Bis, and ponders B erith sodium eympntk]
ami wonder. It is uot necessary to excuse or.ic-al.
1 he key of lluriin'a lifo is tlie utrugcie of a shrinking will
tossed Between great exsraoMO?between poetic gen m.*
and n usi.d Ity. toMltoStasl turee, leuiJerness, conscience
aud generous ayiupuibie* on ono side and tieiii.iuiiuis
pass ons upon ibo other. We eannot tadOCd know the
power01 tho temptation. We cannot pretend Mdetm.
mine tho limits of responsibility for Infirmity of will.
We only know that however supreme anil re?
sistless the genius of B man may BS lt does mu
absolve him from the molal ohliirmmn that
binds us ali. It would not have comforted
Jt milo lilians as she held tbe BM cowing Bfle lo her
heart IO kuow Mast thl " fOOac lover " who ?? slaw " In r
rose waa uuriied Hiiakespeare or Hums. Nor la there
any basel OrOBtltatMO than thal which would glace self
indulgence wita an Immortal name, ir,, buy is u duooe
ai sobool U ls a fooilSti parent who consoles bltnsell with
remembering that Walter Boott was u duli schoolboy,
Ii nae not Scott's dotoeao that mode him the omgioian.
ft ia uni thowveitag ot Msnsto Possie*! sad BM oiobe
lOVOI a, am! UM reek a- ll fl al Mau BhllOS ah 1 Mossgiel
that endeared K-ioert Hurtis to mankind, gust there is
thc moorara! tragedy of bis story. Just lhere iles Us
pathetic appeal, rho young mau who wouid gild ma
dissipation with tho celestial g.am >i of BWras's name,
anati hes the glory of a star to light him to destruction
Hut lt la no less true, and lu ihe deepest und fullest meau
iug of his own words.
What ? doun we nsrlly may rompute
Hut know not what's reaialea.
"Exr*pt for grace," sui'I Bonyoo, "1 sh.mid buvc been
yonder sinner." " (Hauled," says Burns's hfOthor man
and brother Moot, Thomas Cai lylo, lu tho noblest plea
that one man of genius OVCC made for anoliier, "(Hauled
the snip comos int, burbar with shroud ami tackle dam?
aged, aud ino pnoi is therefore Nameworthy, rot io a..
OCtheM all *lso utid all-powerinl : bul to know how
blameworthy, tell us Brat whether bia Voyage has bern
round the globe ur oulj to Ram agu le and Hu; lalo of
Hogs."
NOT THE MIN ULT THK I'OKT.
But wc unveil lo day and set boro for perpetual eon.
temp alum, uni tm- ornamental ot too ahkaaa at whom
respectable Dumfries looked askance, but the statue gs
i great poet, (inco moro we BRRhBMBS that no gift ls
lure divine than his. thu no lull lenee la iimro
profound, that OS binn in ticing ls a MUM bono
fnctori.f his kind The spiritual power of poetry. In?
di eil. Bka BRU of natural Bssjottp, la Immeasurable, and
Rta net eena Meeaoeoed describe Bums's service to
BM w.nld. Hut willmot crllieal and BBSUtwi detail of ob
scrvatlon lt ls pla ii. sWat or .ill. thal he interpreted lOBt
I by a kindred
realm, Wei ny submerged and ber
people re ir pobtl - ead king- uni
rei is i,.,!i il ira In biaiorb - Bul seaeuti d
Beotlond, tb. ? ?> , supersilflons, langnam;
ibe groii icaeity, Me simple.
senou
life eaugbi
poet!
li
i-ifr. un
nf the
? turn of ibe Ratloaal
. mil In the bj tn path y ot
I 111 the poet's
,f -. .liol sparkle* III lt) tilt- birds
i ?n i Magi lin broema reatta, u? waters
murmur. Raeb " Umbra ? wea h.-mle," tbe
' ..111 .- i lt lu." ..ul t lie ? Killy ?llr..|.." uro oolllv lielin<-.|
.ind gatbeti il iii tull all-embracing mid of song. Oyet
the iimiifh'ii bailie ii imii uf'SVotawba hue wi'wal
ie ?<! emu auk of "Tbs (Jotter*!
h.ii nula, Right" fbrongk the w-iniwitrb romm.I
T un <)'.->ii .a t"i brenn i the iceni of thc wild rose ol
Alloway.and thedsriniand aatwandiag HhIm-i ot the
Jolly Beggars 1* penetrated by the heart hmshlng smh
to Joaato i
A lt 'n.iitrTi thou mann never 1>e mine,
? Aub,nigh i rou hope ls dented,
? i ii ?,.. ai ,r i a ih.r ile,,,.ni leg
1 lia.1 nulli Ul the WM M beside.
Tuc pom ton hes every seeaeoad mend, every thought
and feeling?hut the retratn of all ls Scotland, lu what
outer nun waa lt aver given so to trauaagnra the coun?
try of bto birth md lovel Every hird ced flower, every
mil and dale and river, whisper sad repeal Ms name,
aad tbe word Bootland ia sweeter beeausa ot Bobert
Hims.
Hut m Hms easting a poeUe spell anon everything die
tloctlvely Beoteb, Burns fostered ii pat riot him a bick nus
become proverbial, tttt latest historian of Rn gland
sara that al ibe tims of Burua'i birth Bngland wa* mad
with hatred of tbe Soots, Btu whoa Barna died then
was mn a M menin tu who *.** nu proud of being a
B totcbra m. A sui.i'ii ploughman staging of ms icllow
|t -i-mt. and I tn lives and love- |g their 0W0 lan
L'li.iif ?-. bad elven them in tim:; own eyes a dignity they
i. ol mvci known :
A tuan'.- n niau for nf lint.
And Ame'lea i^ UWtag Io iiii'ii- the i.1iii||.'',iii:i!i'
words true. Oreti poets beti i re sud after Bums
have in en honored by their eonotrtea and by
lae wot ': but i- there any tenn i.t "f obj
Mme oi i on n uv who bas so taken tbe beai t of wbal our
Abraham Uni oin, hiinseli one ni tliem, called the plain
people, that, w was Islet) teen lo BJlnborgh, ween bs
Iud been dead neatlj :i bundi d rears, workingmen
golug i.oine from wort begg d lo look op?ra nus itatne
lor i be love and bonni lb j bore to Bobbie Burna. They
love bin tor tneir tandi sake, and tbei are better
Scotchmen because ol bim England do I nm love
upi ,i i, nor Italy Dante, nm <; rraany Goethe,
with tue passionate ardor with which Scotland loves
Burns, lt ls no wonder, for ber i- Auld I coin ' thistle
bloomed om h. io a ii "Wi i so fair thal lu beauty and per?
fume ll I tbe World willi Joy.
sr.ri isr. un: KMOTIORB TO MUSIC,
Bat thc pow: r thus to depict national life and i hame
ter, ead Mina to kindle an Imperishable patriotism, con?
sol i"- limited by soy ii lUooaUty or country. In setting
words to Scotch melodies Burns mme ta mule tue emo?
tions common to humanity, and so be pnoMi from tbe
exe naive love of Bootland into the raver.?nee, of the
world Burns died at the mme ogs with Bapbael; and
Mozart, a bo w as ins e in temporary, dud only four roots
lu lon -lilli). Hap un-! and Mo/ nt arc the two men of
lyrical genius ta kindred uris who impress bom moat
exquisitely refined byearefalcultivation; sodaltbough
Burns was of all great poets tbi . usl unschooled, be be?
longs in poetrj wits Raphael tn painting and Mosart In
nu.-a. aad th-ie i- du fourth. An Indescribable rich
neas and Aowcrirki quality, a melodious grace
and completeness snd delicacy, belong M them
ail. Looking upon a beautiful human Madonns
ol Bapbael, we seem t" lear the rip?
pling i alienee ot Mozart and the tender and true aoug
ol Burua. The] are all voioesof tbe whole world speak?
ing tn tbe accent of a native land. Bera are Italy and
u riniti and Scotland, distinct, individual, perfectly re
,... i. table, lui i the sun that reveals and Illuminate* their
separate charm, th ii i- do I Itali iii ti Oe man or Si ot h;
ll ls theron ol universal nature, rbis ia tbe alngei a hom
line oommemorati -. tbe ilngei ol songa immorutl
ss love, pure aa tbe dew ol Me morning and a weet a- ii*
j Milk'- willi Which the Inver WOOCS his lu', le
und toe mother soothes her eblld; and tbe heart of a
p opie beats with ptarlotie exnltai.: songs thal cheer
hmuaii endeavor, aod console boman sorroa andexali
human life We ca: not lind nut inc secret of their
power Until we know why the rose la sweet, or tbe
dewdrop pure, or tbe ral bow beautiful, wecaunoi
know *hy tue pool is tbe best benefactor "t bo
ni linty. Wnether because be revi ila u ta cur?
se rcs, ol because be touches tbe soul with tbe fi
divine aspiration, whether beeau*ein a world of sordid
ami it-si.i-? aux let) be fills us with serene Joy, ol puts
Into rhythmic and permanent form tbe beal th
and hope- ol man?wi ?? sn ul nj t Bal nona the li ia is
Hu- beal l's ins) ucti ve loyalty to tbe noel ila- pi.mi ut ns
cnn-.el ni si,ts- 'h ti he d'" ? all tin--.- tn ul'-, ii al be I- fha
barmoi - beni-r aud oonaolrr. Mow tbe tsitb
ol t ni]-ii allum tass been stayed for centuries upon tbe
mi gb ly words o! tbe old Bebrew bards und prophets, ai d
bow toe veal and inexpressible mystery ol divine love
aud power and purpoi has been best breatbed In par?
able and poem I li we were forced to surrender every
expression of boman genius bm one. surely wa ibould
r. tain poi try: aud il we were called to ki m from t..c v gat
., ot literature all bot ? score of books,
among tba! choice and pei eci renuUndor would lw the
songs of Bm ii-.
1IINI..-S Ol ill) li D1CATIOR.
How fitly. Utan, arno ag I ilsofgroal no
those who in illili-; int cuinilries and ttflMB nod wai
have been leaders of ownklnd, we ratal this statue of
the poet whose grains m au unconscious bm sweet und
eh vating influi in- In our Nail.mal W'r. I; bj not ;i powet
dramatic, em tone, ImpoMng, imm idlate, like thal of the
stait-man, BM WaiTtOI aa: tl.- ur. cut ar, hut lt is in
deep sod etrong and abiding I Ightsfor his
native laud, bu; tho poet touches thilt lund With UM
chaim th u malteeU worm Rgbttag f ir. ami hms the
warrior's heart wlih the tl. ree energy thut uuikcs his
blow invincible. The itatoaman enlarges and orders
liberty in the State, bm tbe poi t fosters thc love of lib
iiiv in Ibe bearl or the oiUaen, rue Inventor maltl
pins tin- facilities Ol life, hut the poet
makes Ufa battas worth nv mg. Bon tuen
.- trees snd Bowira sad waters] here upon
the oreen award and nader the open -ky; bars where
birds carol, and children play, andJovera whisper, ami
tbe various nit am ol human life tluws bi?we raise
tia- statue of Bobert Burna. While the human heart
heals thal linnie will lie music m human ears. Qa knew
better roan we tbe pathos ol human ii:*-. We keon bet?
ter Man he the infinite pathos of blsowa. Ant Rober!
Burns, Holier! Burns, wboevei Itaerra hen ai be passes
.rn 1 musca upon ymir statue will see in imagination a
i-'i.iturv mount,du In your own beaiuliul Bootland,
Ueaveo ooortag, wrappe i to Impenetrable clouds. hiui
deoly the mute paw bod there are th- heather, the briar
rose and the gowan Rna 11ben an thc
Bnrules, wliiiplln' down ymir glens,
\\i' loddiin' ilin.
Or foaming strang wi" beaty atasM
Fi ac lia tollu;
the ciii-h.it is moaning* the curlew ls calling; the
plover ta staging! tbenddeei ls bounding) endlookl
the clouds roll utterly away uni lbs eleor summit ll
touched With thc tender glory of sunshine, Heaven's
own benediction.
OTHEB CXBEMOBIES.
A|MM conclusion of the speech it w.is announced
that Mr. Walker, of Toronto, would sing "Auld
Lang Sviii-."ui'd the ainlience was requested to join.
Mr. Walker manfully hagan, but unfortunately lu a
key much lower than tho baud. The result was not
suggestivo of good fellowship. Mr. \Vfllkcr grew
red in the face and abruptly Stepped Hut another
tri:il wiih inure BUOaeuMuL U'O touching old Birrong
in a great chorus ns tbs (ab d-minne, clasping banda,
swayed baekward and forward, after tko euston
peculiar to tho song. Tho singing closed, A.'ter a
parting look at the sterne, the OaMdontana flied
away through the crowd, their nodding plumes
clerking their progrrcea al adhrlance. The swarm of
spectators then dispersed, and tho benton, dusty
gross was soon thc only reinindorof the celebration.
ENTERPRISE IS THE CATSKILLS,
Kingston*, H, Y., Oct. 2.?Thc summer
hoarding season throughout this famous nu,i.main lu?
cidity hus ended. Indeed, nmst of the prominent
houses feaVo been closed fet a w eel. oust. 1 lie success
of thc past si a-t ti is withoiii a parallel lu the history of
thc bunin ss herc. Tho jin,lila of tho business Will lu
mest (ase- foot up liuti'lst'tiiclv, und enable owners un 1
proprietors to provide still treater comforts and eon
\ cntaneee te petrona another year.
A lurg'- nuiiiber of MW holds are already protected
for another season, and many arc now under way.
Sweet g .-*"!). ol New-York, have .lust selected a sib- for
an luiineii-e lintel on the Ulster mid Delaware Kullmad
about a mile from the Tramper House, ami on a moro
elevated point. Tho house and grounds are to cost
glSO,OuO. A few miles further sp the railway, near the
?mamu of Pine Hflt, another torso hotel, to seeommo
date M.Ml guests, ls also In procesa of oohatrurtloti Ina
Btniiii siock som puny. At Stamford also a Cm- now
hotel Will bc lidded to the ui-ciunuindatlous already ex
Isling. And all along the line of this raliway "new
boas os anti enlargements nie tho order. Iii brien
County there la ulan muen ucllvlty In the preparations
for increased BeOCBBBtOdetMOO,
TOE OIL-PIPR TROUBLE,
Mayor Lune, of Centreville,H. J.,Ibm mustered
out of service thornie hundred1 special policemen
who wei i sworn m lately, when lt was feared
HkM HMmVonld Imtronblo between the pipeiunn
Of the Mutulard Oil Works and tho employes of tho
Central Ita il mad ol New-Jersey. The .Standard
men guarding tho Centreville Illidge have alan
been withdrawn, tho railroad company having
promised nut to motaot tin* pipes hud Bernes their
bridge as long as tim ml trnfletonot given to tho
Pennsylvania or Bna Railroad. The pipoa hove
been laid across tko Bnekeoonek Uiver iu spito t)f
tho opposition Of the lYiinsvlvaniii Railroad.
Homf.thing Laen a Hiddle 1?Why in nu
Irish aabfU arter au eviction like that WSJoUBded
( . i bin i liliu* thal erowa so loud tu tho nilly uioru I
Because, don't you see, ll la a shanty clear. Kb (--[Judy.
??A young lady ut un cxitmiuutioii In
grsiiiiiiur was asked ?? wh> the Bono bachelor sss au,.
gular." She replied Immediately, ?' Because lt la veiy
singular liiey don't gut mau i ic.;."
TRAVELLING IN EUROPE.
illsKRVATIONS ON TEE QulDE 8T8TEM
?fl TltlP PROM DIKI'l'K TO I'AIIIS?AIlVAN Illili
Omi DISMiVAMVUI-s (1/ MIK UIIIH -if >l Ut BTU
tum?fsa osviniimii Of mr. flOROPl Al
MflTBOM 0* TaURflPORTlRa BAOOAOB.
Rton tiik. BBORLAa rXMUUBsPUBVUri Og rut Tutm-Ni: ]
PaHfl, Sept. 1.?A journey from DMpm to 1'ni
innot he rightly Sa M ul" d BB an ggi 11 in tr ( ptoodl
f Havel. The railway, it is true, pa-sis through fl
harming country, certain views of tlio Valley ol
ie Seine?of which gUmpOCC tniy he bed from Cn
indowof your carriage?nri1 full of beauty. Tlmy
ie, li.deed, so fine that no real notion of theil
? ve mess nm be had iu this rapid way
ho gpggue h to Kouen illili ibo depaitiin
?om it are, Berhaan. excepiious. Beenei appeal
ml disappear with the BUddenneCBol a manic-Ian
?rn; but Beeb. aUdo dimloeea n aeotlon of countrj
mt imiv lu- ciiil. ii complete in Itself, and eoob B
nlikethc other,oo ibnrp nra tin- eurvmof Ho
md and so ahrupttlii' Munetta in U um. 1 hey pro
oho a groot d--ile lor ii more b isiii.lv .? Univ, hilt 1
ouht wintle i the nun: iiiliniiile familiarity will
ie vail, ss nial no 'us und lulls BIMBI this fauioii.
tty would eniirt'ly satisfy the curiosity wi.id
ies" swift glances at tlmir mole eoaSptCUOOa fia
nes provoke. A detailed esamiuatiou ia to.
inch like a view of Migo scenery from tin
inga. The matnrlslsof Hs eompoeltlon beeoaai
lain to you, hut tho char.ii is gone, Naturi
, un an ist of n different sort. Bbc en
eater afford to let you into ber secrets
a thou-ands of cases sin Ls mora admirable wbei
?en uud known in tim itrietoBl Intimacy thai
'ben horridly beheld from n distance. lu others
s bom, the lirst impression upon tbe retina is wortl
ll tia- iiitue minute knowledge which follows,
a OUMPUn at BOURN.
Ronen itself, indeed, la a pince worth more thu
ie lew hoins Denolly giveo io u bf thc iona
eotAnericno. rbirtyyeanagn, before tbe Bra
Ire laid hands on it, the older parts ol the wwi
Ul till ll Cl I Si 11 DC Of tbe lilies! lilts il -sile, i i'.rclii. Cl '
ure in the world, l he eogin en ol Napoleon HI
ho tbongbt of nothing hut making brear
rennet tat cavalry ami good drain
ire, swept milch of this away, and their pltilesi
tilitarianiam has vnlgariz -n Rooen .as u has Pang
Snougfa remains, nevertheless, "1 early wi
ty a I ll ?? attention it is likely to '?'. t in these duvs
he cai hedi ul snd St. Ooen nnd the statue ol Cur
ellie .'lllil tl.the!' Well iilin.Vii il,als lil Kollell Ult
u* from being ita only ottractiona, I bat
he place for years, bot I assume tau tbe recent
oareboi improvement hm left most of wi.at Bone
iutist Prefects inured. In which cbm I would ed
mb a nan who enrea for domestic architecture ii
one ol its noeet perioda to pitch bis guide-boo)
ito the Seine, and go and loee himself in tho mool
becum etreets nod p i rtyardihecsi
ml.
me ad vu: bae boen given before now. wit!
?-peet to Rouen nnd many other places. Bi
ood as ever, und tbe nee I ot il surely lui! ,.
tinilier ol' travellon who poea their lives In
i", their bandbookadoea Dot diminish, 'ut; ii
id ilia l.seel 000*8 own o-.'e-, bl mote than ev.]
ostponed in Eavoi of other pooole'a eyes. It is
fter all, so oonvonloot to have one's opinions - ip
Iud reedy made; :u d the assortment nf them no"
nrobaeable in double-columns ;it BB a volumi
i greeter tbnn ever before, I will venturi
? say for in> til thu' thom nie no town:
i Europe 1 know io well aa ibo*
rhieb I hove explored without any other bell
han a moiler.ile knowledge of ;'.. n history ac
.., ,., i. i,,re 1 s.-t oui to boo thom. Tbe more in
neate tbe place tbe Icm yoi want s guilt, Koa.
ever really know, for example, mob a city as Cor
ova till yon have threaded Its labyrinths witbou
clew, nnd made o mop of lt In your own bead,
hon Itt -:i\ ila- .saiiu ol Yen ('".except that ni Vi-nici
mi ian-; employ a gondolier ; whom, however, yoi
riUflnd perfectly ready to trust nimeelf ami yoi
. lonee of i hence, and who will follow yon
wu w ti iui thc more readily because lie bas
ito on n. His otter Indifference end your own otte
geomnee of tbe place will prove Infinitely l> i*
units to you tbnn tbe most akiUed of M..
inductors.
UGBT*81 KC (. is CB AROS OP OTJIDER,
I nat yest* nlay in tbe li'ue des Pymmidec i;i tbl
ity of Paris a party of men aod women in tlie ac
fbeing**pereonally conducted" about tin- iowa
'in- rendel mnet give himself the trouble to form ni
mage in hie own mind of a large ran <>r <?
DOD to t he air snd si a ll at t'.-e -al. I ;i: id i nv, rial a
be top with ton rows ol sea's arranged
neb eeat holding at h-u-r si* persons; lim wooli
mi-hue drawn ot o quick trol by f > ?it r Iron-grey
eovy-maned horses gayly caparisoned mal ti II: ni
? with tbe mnsio of bells| then- driver nc
ec gayly apparelled in o uniform of hine ami rei
nllvened hy Innumerable tua--, buttone of sm il
!/.(> lau grent brilliancy. The vehicle woequitt
nil. Tin re h.list hove been sixty persons in it. Ile
najoiity of them in ordinarj dronmatancee wonk
eve peened readily for persons of ordioary Intelll
pnoe, though with peculiar views in many castes
Inuit dress. Hmded together US I llcy Were, ll
burge of a keeper who counted them, I don'
ill! it, as lliey elite,cd and ilga lu us th'-\ descended
hey had very much tim appearance und BXBmggtoi
ii face to be aeon among :i comp my af animals voy
icing for purely commercial pnrpoeoa in
iiilwuy truck. I do Dot know to what en
pjgementa a tourist of this son "ind.. himself on bein
Int shipped ml to tim Continent, but [opprebeni
! wa- 1 nally in tin' power of any one of this load i
|oitthoornnibuennd resume tim Independence h
uni ported with, and go and look at something, ii
Batter what, by bimeelf, It ikey had tins rigb
be] bad not need it, aod theil luces Indicated the
ive re fast toetogtbe power of coming to any rcso'i
ion for themselves, ur making tiny uso whatever c
IBS natural BOOBCC Bod fiiculties they had once poi
icssed. One and all, tiny wore u look of shaine
;hey were already conscious of being then
iclves ohjects of curiosity; they hail
iheepish BBUM of being humiliated, Wtiu li tout
if them tried to hide by laughing un
iravado; without sib cess. They had prohahly com
lireci treat England?for they were all Engitol
ivhctl.crol tho cockney or the provincial type ai.
lins was their first experience of the kind, and the
nay have had no c'.etir notion at the start that the
gera io he tkuenornded in an open wheeled renie]
uni in mass about Paris. Their shame ami rn
listless wen- ereditoblc to the poor creatures, mal,
ng them ohjects of syinpathv instead of rhltenh
llieit- ware, in tact, two loads, one clo,ely folton
lag tho other. ThOf hud Just bael conducted l
view BOOM monument, and wero about to view in
Mher; and were doubtless expected to in
PUTS a knowledge of tho topography an
physiognomy of Perta in t lie interval, and hy virtu
nf this process of UUntaPortOMOU on wheels. As nigl
drew on, they would ba driven back to their boto
when- they would dine together at the SBUM tahh
aTtke brum dtobee, nt the anani price, amt sleep i
rooms all on tho same tl .or.of thc game size, god a
to he paid tor DOSI Booming hy coupons or the BUM
value; utter which they would ad be condimlcd t
the same station, travel by tho BBUM class to th
mine town, whatever it might he that COOM next a
the wav-bill ( and so on for ns many days ur week
as tho programme of their excursion hud pmVMUe]
provided. They were n party of "Cook's Tourists,
iud each Hummer scores, uud l ggetjosB hundred
nf such parties ale t uk c - ii ikroed iii the same way
lad if the kceiHT in charge of them happens lo be
SRIBWd fellow ho prohahly BUfBJtadea some nf tbei
that they have seen tho Continent ; und they i
turu Impark tn their frtonde and families tho sun
delusion, Thousands ol such Englishmen arc living i
this moment who can mik to yon of the Arch i
Iriuinpli and tho Church of St. Pott i's, and wi
really Believe they have beheld Puru ami Kum
and have a knowledge of France and Italy ami
the inhabitants thereof, and who do not mean tod
ccive tho hearer when they assort that they ha
travelled ahmad; ami not one In u tho
sand of these amiable lunatics siihim>c
llial ho would bavo done better to nt;
at Lome and read a bink by soroche*
who had taken tho triuilde to go and soo Tails ,.i
Bonm by I iiom'Ii and for himself. Compared wi
tiie woolly notions these folk huvo brought hun
tho pictures of EnrenelB Mr. Mnr!; TwnbvV rataatM
of fnivels are photogiaphlc in their fidelity.
Tiif'R Bflfl OP '?? nu -nonKs'.
All this docs not mean that gnidi-hook--. genUBS
Mao, or tko! Mr. Cook dnsa net wortkily fulfll tba
in is-ma be was pia vu I"! ' I i I V d' tStgUC I l'. di 'I an.'"
?far from it. ll imiiti-. latBOV, thal people do not
always make a wi-. . UjOf .r ."ina-books or
guides; Mr.Cooh being, il ron look al bim < nely,
only :i gnni.' on a rai In I I i . - I MO BBUal.
Murray and M ie.lek' rand i loeb are rarely '?"' i'"r
Bitted toenmber tim earth wi boat a purpose, and
their troll meant Inborn do boor fruit ot a Barinia
kind?sumo of it green, mid all Deeding t" In?
discreetly. A gutdt)*b .. > I BM oilier ("live
I niencen, ls an excellent servant nnd ? bad bm ter.
Of Mr. Cook Mw came thine mei lie mid. His sys?
tem ino |oed tantana; it to the ? tnt ot them,
perhaps, on which I have dwelt. If be
would inpprecc absolutory bia ennduetort
and his pin I.es, an I eon ft fie l-im-cll to the -cll
mg of tickets?>by wey ol tj od i .turo I will
??vin add hotel ooopo - ? efulnem weald
not be diUMUtobed, bul I nero med. Mr, Cjaok'i
scheme is, however, a com.rein! one, and be
donbtlcM conducta Lt, as be baa a righi io. with a
vow to iiis own pioi'u ; mal linds lils account in the
weakness aad Banora! I Irdeenoaee ol Bte buaana
race. Ile has praTOeiVed. With ciriiei COnejoerors
nnd witb thc politico! phlloaopbem ol whom Mr.
Carlyle to now tho chief that tho thiog men most
wain and will poy bighead for le a meeter; nnd be
supplies tim artiele be conceives to be In uoraeod,
ti mihi iv of id ui-i'.
There certainly ara lanrc numbera ol adult Eng
!i-,h who attend to their own bruuneeeni ii imo, bul
who like to be rakoa ubi iad is little chi biron are
takennbroad) tobo led bj I do net aey
by til" noeet oil oTor wh it i ev call thc Coolinong,
to ba dry nursed, aud to have the pebblea picked
out of their pathi to I ipendineof their
boura and iiii-iiu - arranged for them; ta beal*
lowed twenty minutes fo a cathedral aud forty in
w inch to in (jillie a goal knowledge ol a thousand
pietnree. ll moy be sold, net rt helen, that
a greet <le;tl nf tbe development Mr. Cook's
system I ai taken is due to e I Ind ol nervous
tenor which befalls the Englishman shout to
navel lil tbe language >t
which ho docs i" i nob is u pfMnofoeuoD
wi o must bc act nu ? Fm somehow, aud I a<
coudI for Lim on a Implest t
I take it. Mr. Cook' tourists are people who go
abroad l"r the Ural ti ?-. Hie secoud time they
become aware il thc discipline th ? endure per
mite them to b? ? inyl bing tbol tbe
difficulties of I - I avel sre much exaggerated
by tho imagination. It can heonlj the most I
the moat iudolent, tue mool bubm'.ssive of human
i who would consent to weir Mr. Cook's col?
lar for a second tit
I have myself seen n good deal of c.is timidity,
;iml I hal my own .-hire of u when I Ural
tel t- m mi the (?: - -.:. Hm prevalence ol
uniforms, and particularly ol buttons, ia well
in la pi cd to strike terror Into tbe traveller unused to
seeing Industrial and Decal servnnta arrayed lu
wiiat appear to him the habiliments of wi
dlecbargii g i iscntially pe iccful duties with a more
than martial eternneaa of bearing. Tbe tone in
which tbe Ural porter \ nu i I
corry your dressing-bsa is flat which ron have
lauri tilth" stage t i native land from tbe
mouth of a bigbwayra I agged loni 'f a
loeoud-rate hotel ls equally perei a rail
gray guard tormore : .- for tbe nret eoe
ronvhouM officer you hove to do with, it Ut
difficult to rea -; the Impi a ' at he regor
as a criminal and thal lie will prc tnt ly have yon io
custody for defrauding the revenue. For the first
ten minutes the mool courageous of Anglo-Saxon
li may bc exi rm ? I for thinking Ins freedom in
jeopardy. After an bout a dey of such, enc
they become amusing, and the gentlest ol hi
t unreasonably be expected to recover from
ber agony, and perceive that do barra ia meant by
th.-, hectoring deportment. Essentially, nu
these, unit ills are polite mid helpful; though
disposed to exact from tbe foreigner a de?
gree of eeramonloua attn,iii.a to details of
manner winch the foreigner has not al?
ways been want to bestow on the beet of hie own
people. Between thia administ retire BUsteri I
the untravelled Huton, Cook com sin ni huller.
He saves tbe nervous system from s shock; or from
.. -. The ( attora Hou e
officer excepted, no functionary on t I tinent, 1
imagine, would for a moment concern himself about
anyone of tbe human entities who comp
Cook's porty, lin- ima ian.irv would deal with
ibeir couduotor, who ts the numeral st tbe left
hand Indicating Ike raine of all thom ciphers,
benign Influence again le probabl] ex?
ert* d quietly with the intp eton ol reveune
themselves. Asmnggler is no mon to be looked
for among Cook'acompan iee theo o wolf loo flock
dy hit p feeding In Hyde Park. If I have
tl ? honor t" Dumbei a imoggtor ami ng my readers,
1 truat thli may do! seem to bim to snaged ? fresh
expedient for the proseoution cf his peeuiiar form
ni industry, riie dtaeovi ry of one such would
bring Meting suspicion upon the inoei nnofteuding
of the human race and Indict miser] upon Mr.
Cnaa.
Tin; SktRUIOAR I RSVRLLRR.
Whether Cook bag taken rool in ajneriea I do net
know. The Atm liena is so much moro self-reliant
and so much more in the habit of taking care
of himeelf than bii elder cousin of Engiaud, thal I
sin,nhl not think he would take himself to thc
grandmotherly idea which is the beeta of Cook'i
tyttem. In any case, I do once more assure him
that the difhculiii i and tbe annoyances of foreign
travel are enormously exaggerated) even tins"
which benet tbe traveller who will not luke the
trouble to acquire a stock of travel talk. Without
a wold in bia lips thai lo not parn American, be
may journey from Calms to Couetantlnople, ulonc
or with his tonally, nnd never once find
blmaelf seriously embarraaaed, either about
railway tares, or betel bills, or custom
dut lee, orsiuht-seeiiiL'.or.invtliiikr else. Ho will have
to pay for his ignorance, hut that is Bdlflereut brunet
of tin.- subject and deeervee to be treated by itself
Ignorance ni weye coote dear. Wa generally eeotaeoui
self-love by ms lng it is experience we any for. He
Will enjoy less than if ho knew h:ilf-;.-tlozen lan?
guage! and see vastly less of the countries he visits
sa bas been a thousand times remarked. But I bes;
hun to believe that BO will enjoy mom and see n.on
then if be surrendered himself iato nay third poraon'i
hinds in order to BO expressed overall tho town.
and prlnetpnlittoe of Europe, labelled this side m
w uh care.
II. on tho Other bond, it suits bbn to settle Rb
route beforehand, bo may save himself sotno nm
nenla of waiting and worry af railway ticko
offlcec by buying bis ticket in advance at Cook'i
aflVc Ut Loudon. This BgaiB I reconinn nd to no
hody. I would not myself be Med te ? piirthulai
route, end Obliged to do it within a fixed limit o
time, if Mr. Cook would .supply nie with hotel
gtat:?. winch I fear 1 am not enoonrufinfl hun to do
Nobody with a will of his own, or with any *ensi
lulu, to external Inflneoooe, can say in advene
whether bo will want to stay one day o
two in a given place, or turn to tb
righi or lett, or throw over his pim
ollOg??thor. You meet a friend whom you wouh
Uko te accompany, bal hu is going whither you
tickets, long since bought ami paid tor, will no
frank yon. anti you mu?t choose hctwoeu sacritlciui
pour friend and your ticket. You huve elected t
spend six vv. ckslti Sw it zetland on Mic heaton track
At IBO end of Un days jon lind yon have ha
enough of Switzi rimal, and want to giggs, int
Neil loni Italy, but you have on hand a large ha
ance of unused coupons, ami they prove u mot
troiililcsoiiie harrier to your Italian ttrgrikaj tha
the Siuiplon or tho BB. Uotbard. And ao on. In th
end you will conclude that ymir freedom of BOOTI
ment is worth mure than the freedom from troubl
for which you have renounced the other and luigi
liberty.
THK UAUUAUU s'IKNH.
Moreover, ull tho Cook's tickets in the world wi
mil relievo vam BROU tho most serious of ult tl
unm- ii.-s w luci) lie io wait for you at the rnilw.i
stutmn. Mr. Cook does not mid cannot supply lu
gage coupons, ami lt is the exact nm nf a tux upi
bis luggage which occasions far moro bother to tl
imxp'ri a'ed traveller I han all bil 'i -
ll ? '.-iii inform bimmil bef< i ' ?
aili neve te pay tot !? providi
hlaajeif willi ibo exec
Ins j as.'iagc w.thoiil u ?: . -' B Word I
the name of thc pies be is
md tim clam b I ? itali by. Bol ,.
tom thal i ? ? ?
gael Man unknown quantity, leia ia inn
different tarti-. snd i o a rote rx ? on t a
rtor ami
n^,-nt. am! on I I ? B>
tmiou g tb i ra the
at tokes With j.ts
ai ii . mu.
Conj; prop sm in i I Iii ann b
to ti.c heln of tbs perplea Nor of I
kele .?ii . toad] v .1.1 .. i ii , . .. .
munni,'tv fi ii -.Hi the B
doepota wno preside ol foreign gnicktttt V i
miff he t. ? sorter wIm Irnnaporte rom
from y mr nab ta tbe Irani, Juii u y< ? rn is!
ii gearaelmob Bm 'invar ot thal mb, i ri
tun ably will have d n.i n servant oe two
imti I from .vinci ike ea i - i anghl j oe
Conks eoupododo nm coveronyo! thee
you the riighaaot i ben *i11*? i poa i ij
Hiv. in e.n'li euee. l*el I have know:, see
pendent character, and b ??
pnblie omiiion. to whom tue determlnal
mattera <? tessi med .
a dnUreae tor windi Cook supplies no
ena; or aiieviatio.i a h itel i In ll n i
tba ev i lg at its betgbi. M wi af
minim ruble small extortions flrat <
pecutative genius ol the individual Swis
rn v. r been legahzed bi the Hu toa tn th i
governing capacity. I'he 6*ati macriona indi -
I'm.- tho spoliation which n ut charitable to
pone was iii -?f ano ap .??i ii dei the et ress nf pen
poverty ; aud thc taxes up in thc trai lier ai aol
too harshly described by a French ernie ?
orgauiae." 'I ie innkeepi r. i i Bin i . ri -
bunt owner, tbe porter, tbe guide the "val I
the shopkeeper, the is downer, sri slim m i
ma : i : i du i omplaio < i appeal to tin
wbich you will never co if you are wise, yon will
llj a-, t1 ph Stun "1 i" I ag ia I '?
in _ rate io whom yon state ymir case, il di
v i. mao who bus nibbei you, lb* mun who robb d
yam f How-traveller yeafei lay. oi m- i
?o . bim i"-ii arrow. VVhal eon Mr. Coi I. ?
ail Switserlaud f fin Btefetselw \ - -n a ? ? fha i
any individual, even though be State iv ., ?
hon ol pen v republic ? cling na to tbe ei?l<
Alps nnd tbe individual the largest peddler ol i
w.",- nek- ts ni i ... ?? Mid, Mr. i < ok I. .
1 jodge, a Booina fm orgunigsl
bu done the work be se hin self t ?
mlh ri uni ks ile ability. I knon ala rintel
lug 0 ,i- mi ? gems 'i i: ? \ ? :. ce, ba
tuxes care that everybody -hall knee
i leui I", h ar ;i'., aia! ? ? mi?
ll ippil,, al (?????? v tula ol ev road in I l
know 1 - .11 foil in with t
ew weeks, oe I have in yean pa I, a
? Dough i bal I sba 'Iv h -ur
them before 1 get bm k to Londi ri. If 1
Uni III! i
ii k'sf mil. li it 11 i lll-a i.l t??r Hi
am qui e coi I 'Ul io com Indi letti
one oi the a . m.il- m tram e. u. W, a,
WABBINGTOS NEWE.
HISTORIC 1' iii * BETI LLD.
MINISTER I.t..Wi:t.I. BRIXdat IMPORTAIfl !?
TO MORT?TUg m ?' Y Ot lil Mi,!! I' Al 1". i \
IN 181 1 CLEARED DP.
Washington, "m.'J.?A dispatch hus beeo re
ci iv.- ; at tbe !? ; irtmeot ol i Minister
Low ell. .-;.i ii ?encceeded i
by tbe oourtery ol L id Granville, fi
chives "f tb Lords of rue A Imiraltj 11
. file al rep i . io??>? r n i li pn I ,
Lloyd .. . . ,!',. : - -ii tb Bl tn Wnry,
com main led the ships ot wsrcompu ugtbi British
iq .1.
;n'mil brig Oeneral Armstrong ai Fayal, j
26, 1814.
i .? .. ispatch is a ? 1 to Colonel i
Held. I Ile : Ml "il
? , um ..i, ,(i. of ;iu inii> .
aad interesting character, and with the report nf
the British consul mad al Pavel a! the time, fully
di ''id'- the loin. Hiisputed ijik -t ion i ?
of il e Portu. ? , I i -.
r ii permit i ? i ionol . i
: port.
, ? ? -
'lice le iW' en thc Gov rn men! - ol ihe I ure I
Si tea nnd Portugal! aud waa finally tafl bv ti
td tho ill h.. lal loll Ol LOUW .Mipii.o , 0
lng heft re bim tin- eviden ie, not I
a .i.s.h,i.- ni I'm nu'.ii, decided in favor u I
mid tims i rm Government iieenme babb
? i ? . tl crew .md other poi tone Intel
VruiHtrong who bad been kepi ".it <>i
.i lu ilocnmeuts a .11 doubtl ?
libbed. _
' l'l X REBELLION IN GEO KG I i.
PROPI l.i V ol' lil. I'M 11 I) Bl i D Bl
AliMII' Ul S Al DAI 1 R.
Washington, (ht. 2.?The followiug ?
gram was received a! tte Bureen ol Ii rnal K
lo div :
in.r-ii Oet. -'. 1 - -?'.
Onana b. r. mm ' -? '? ??
i ?!?. ni iuniv ai-.i, ii ni ,i iter d Dalt
i ? iul i, . ? i.-.. a i forcibly i
. i '\ ii,/ a i,: violations ol i b Ri i eau
isMii n < i uta ? -'or.
The following reply waa teal thia atteraeon, \
l "i..a.] -au.er Ri ;.-i- :
lake immediate sn ssnit i t" identi v the p -??
forcibly i. - -' ize ? prom ; | i 11
warrants and cad upon tbe Marsha inri,, .. I
Buipluj whatever fores mar be nea
i ia pm pose lia ic ? i- -. \ ?'.;?' tl' it ? In tbi <!
lill even one Ol 1 lils un* Bsa | . ? \ . I
United Binti k ullin-. -.
H. C. Boori t, acting Commission! r.
Tiie following totoaram wi ? * al als i bf ur. i- -
ju ..ii wm.mu. Btotnue ApnU, AUmntt, Om.:
( ... erl". I Isrt has bl '", a.rec I tl '?? ll-- eve.')
In . is powei tn ms axe tb irr st and i'm- meat el
lawlessp r.iwho ri urned property ai i> I ??
night I wish yon to coop ran wan theCoilci ?
lng your personal al ia matter, lin.'
i have exu * noted everv crt ut io tees
.in.- t a al puulshmsnl ol ncse law breaki rs, i
IUD the fact whether or not Ike Umtad dtatea - ,.
bc antarci d in Georgie
II. C. Boenna, Aethtg Comm. wiora r.
MS. MAVNAK1) FIRM,
Washington, Oct. 2.?rnsiinisur-ii. tn i al
Mai I-ai il il.-c[?!(?? I lu-il :v not t . -us,..ml tli? - t. , :.. , .
of tin-1*'-t unite i>epmilieu; firksdfltoglb* dunll| "f
legkuerad letti is ind p '-t il et u is io tba Keetau bi Let
tan * ? sop my. Honeeiaaee to reverse the one! aeti ?
of tue Dcpartui'-tii, at aad until lae lam | -
premeConn shall savedtapoicdol Uwiotier] au -
wtncii is dow before it.
LETTER* CAEKTING POS A "EAR,
Washington, Oct. 2.?Tit] peel Osaca 1' ?
pnrtmoat roporto thal st the ezpttnttouet tbei i
year tlicre were 10-1 free delivery oltlc s. ,,
?_',f.-S tottOB carriers. New York City BOOdS t.. I i
willi 470 carriers. The iTtsl nnmbOT Bf BMOSSOf mail
mutter handi-d amounted to fefltj.lll 111 | on BJctnnaa
of lflt?flfl7,T7fli Tue tclal cost was Bjg^ggjeg, ,
umoiiiit of ptrttagi sn local moll stntti r ? .- aa m ?
lu tc w redelivered Bie.lM,0o7 letten
??a.'. i'"-ial edits; collected, 380,469,190
Ttl ?.'sii.4:iii postal cants; lzxV3ln,u7fl ai a ,?.
delivered aad i3,OS3\6ao nero eoUectod. i'm -
vnts -t :-uMalniug at oaly four of the 104 offli -, Hes
v.-rii, 1'iiUuiit'ipuia, Bootoo, aad ll u a, r i. Own.
VERDICT AS TO lill: TERA CECE.
WasiumiTon, Oct. 2.?Inspector* Jayne ;uul
Mathew,ol New-York, repotted lo-dn| oulla rssnUtOl
UkIi tarosUaattauaf UM wreck of ihoaBsnamrCUy ni
Vein cruz. Tlie Mspsetorsfl si thal Rta iMp a ?- steam B
aptetheUaaeef ant attaetori thal she wi- ti1 sd \? ttl
vnMrtatengheaamtaRi ki t1"' aeok mad" by UM oneav
tag away ot ina tamer-work sudskyltabta ll tas
tomat Illili tile (.lilli wa-tully ei|Uipp?'ii vs iii . \ el > Unas
Kija ntl tty law.and that Hie captain BOdoflkvra
maineil at their posts ami did all lu their power t > -,-,,
thc ship. _
whin l'KKsinr.Nr hayks ffiLL REn.\
Washington, Oat 2.?AiijutaiitGenei.il
Drum io- Isa na-. IveI a SlSpatSh from Oesstrol RbaiUMM
lu Willed he stales that lim rrenlileul'a parly ntl n-'l
return to Vaesnogtoa before Boeaennar 7. Tue atopntet
doo ataleo thai tho Beeretsn "f War aatkortaea tbepir
ticlpatiaii ur tue Uiiieii States troops itatlooed .. I
Mclleury lu the ?BfUmaeBStsg SOO braiiou al IUiUuiou .
?WaUBUOTOM NO IKS.
Washington, ot. % Iflflfl
The Controller of the I'urreucy has cslleii ?Bee tli<
National bunks for a ici'ol'l-bowlug their con litton ai
Hie ol om "f BuatUeec tu Oetoher l.
ferine week endma to-day there have been 793.11'JJ
Itaadntd silver dull UV atotrtbUted. Portlio same period
In 1S7? lhere were Iflfl gflfl ilmrlbutel.
Poauiiasier-Oeueral Maynard will leave Wasluu^tui:
ta-Mghl for Iiidlauapulis, lo be abaeut ohonl SM ???<
He w ill probably make several poluicai BPOOShec ni lu
illulia before bu roiurna.
The Miiiihs.e.iiini liiatitultou hus received the in
nouiioeiuent of the discovery by Mr. Hasting: at Mus*
burg ol Sup tem ber JU of a const willi a bright teal t ia
iiihours fe muntee neat Bseecntaeuand -uj t.v n.-nu
,!.?( liuaitou, wllb a daily mollou of ur lu right asc.-u
sum.