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as Beecher’s Story, ‘TProm the Albany Bvening Express. } Mrs. Southworth, Sylvanus Cobb, Jr, Fanny feu, AMo® Bb NOW READY, fiituiramnc isp Commenasta—Bosides publishing © | Cary and Wallace all write for it U P E = tiory tinea tha pon atilia, Deseherie, Bonner han pamnand {From the Utica Daily Observer. | # THE NEW YORK LEDGER, for THE LEDGER, as announced tn an advertisement pub- | Buscuxn 4s 4 Novapist.—Bouner has sent us an a4. and Nahed elsewhere, a series of twelve articles entitled, “Ad- | vance copy of THE NEW YORK LEDGER of May 16. i PG® SALE AT ALL THE NEWS OFFICES. vice to Young Men," and writen by the Presidents of | contains the opening chapters of Henry Wart Beecher's new Special Telegramstothe THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND COPIES | twelve different Colleges, ‘Tho drat by:Dr. Hill, of Harvard, | novel, Weave read these chapters with interest. Wesbait 3 ee eee ae : c ., AURRADE COED. a" om “The Study of the Mathematios,”” appears in the same | be disappointed if the novel is not # success, Tt opens most Herald. ‘France was to supply Italy WHAT THE PAPERS CAY ABOUT (T. number with the beginning of Mr. Beceher's story, and | promisingly. taformstion from [from the Bufaio Daily Express.) contains some valuable suggestions. ‘The whole series will [From the Easton (Pa.) Datly Express.) ae terse: Tus Maw Yous Lepaxt.—We contoas on prefoundadmira- | undoubiediy be highly instructive. Hexay Wasp Brscuss’s New Sronr.—Mr, Bonner, Organization of the Peace Congress and wating: Gov Praneny uae Si be tion for Robert Bonner, Not so much for the business ge- (Prom the New York Herald.j having popularised bis New York Ledger by filing it with terme which will Be accept- nius of the man whose nerve in the expenditure of capital | He (Mr. Beecher) bas always been.s capital hand in tell. | matter attractive to the masses, then took 40 popularizing the Fiat Dag's Pe . the writings of superior moa and sound thinkers, whées works had not previously reached the great body of the people. This was a good work, well done. It is to be further contiaued, and the number for the 18th of May comes tous im advance with the first four chapters of Henry Ward Beecher's story, entitled “Norwood; or Village Life in New England.” It opens with fine promige of being @ story of deep interest, and one that will be sure to afford both diversion and instruction to the readers of the Ledger. There is in the same number, in addition to che usmal variety of interesting matter, the first of a series of papere of “Advice to Young Men,” contributed by the Presidente of has made his name Known wherever in thie country a news: | ing a story, and if be can only work out the love passages as paper goes its rounds, or » dead wall lifts itself for adorn- | be touches off the humorous points of a narrative, bis suc. ment at the hans of the bill-poster, as for the indisputable | cess with the women will be immense. good which, while reaping the rewards of ‘honorable enter- [From the Norwich Dally Advertiser.] prise, he has managed to confer oti the largest element inour | It will be seen by an advertisement in another column society. ante that THE NEW YORK LEDGER of this week will contain | By no violent, transitions, oo rash reforms, quietly, but | the frst instalment of Henry Want Beecher's new story. Of surely, he has changed the (one of a literature which ts the | course, everybody will buy it. THE LEDGER hasaleose- only literature of the masses. To concede this is to ascribe to | cured a series of articles from the Presidents of twelve of & single individual a power more potential than that of | the principle colleges in the country. By an advance copy many kings, and yet very few careful observers will hesitate | of THE LEDGER we see that the opening of Beecher's to acknowledge the justice of the claim. Twelve year ago | story has all the characteristics of that gifted writer. : £ : fF The Neutralization Demand of France and Guarantee Claim ‘of Prussia. England’s Hesitancy and an Adjournment. 64, adie. 94. Barley, de, 94. Oats, 38. | William should 1d, Pons, 44s, which England would mecesgarily preseroe’ absolute mete Liverroot, May 8—Evenin, trality, disapproves the excessive claims maintained — — — Re ee, Tzed Westra oy jo hg eu a m THE NEW YORK LEDGER was one of & score of jour. {From the New York Evening Gazette. | twelve of the principal Colleges of the United States, 44s, Wheat unchanged. ee ” | Germunaetiving ie Paris were slgeing ac cidrese to thelr | nals of ita class, each enjoying a moderate circulation, to | ‘The day te past for speaking of THE LEDGER as a simple {From the N.Y. Tribune.) Active Preparations for War and the Situ- Livorpeel Provisions Market. Sa eee siting cea ts tem 8 — gether aggregating lesues enough to prove the universality | story paper. It isa first class journal, ‘The commencement of the new novel by Mr, Heury Wart ~ gtion Declared “ More Serious"... The provision marke: ts quiet, Beef has declined to | Journal adds, that i 6 openion 2 eee with which the stories they published were devoured, (From the Elmira Daily Advertiser.} Beecher, which appears in THE LEDGER of this’ weet, by Bismarck. Tis. da" “Tard hes pL to 53a, vig} ae favor of the evacuation of Lazemirg . Had Robert Bonner purchased the LEDGER, employed | Tar New Youre Lapczg is making known 0 the | presents « striking illustration of the versatility of the Amapican. eas 806. Cheese, 608. telegram from Berlin, which caper In a Dore e the pens of firat class writers and heralded his determina. | world, widely as advertising can doit, that the publication | writer, and the power of his genius to adapt itealf to widely ihientiod Fst car panoply ig laa! taken place in Use Kasten of — tion to reform the literature of the masses, the paper would | of Henry Ward Beecher’s story has already commenced in | diferent spheres of intellectual action, Still it exhibite Russia Arming and Looking perme, wae tallow bas ben = bert rel owt. | sidered in political circles to be less disquieting, Pras. | probably be today struggling for existence, and its proprie- | its pages. It cannot fail to add an additional multitude of | many of the qualities which have given him such @ brilliaas 183, Spirits tu on sae sian diplomatists do not look upon the maintenance of | |... wocaown as those who started with bim, Reformers | readers to the smiall army that already weekly peruse its | position among the masters of popular eloquence tmthis to the East. ne, Sha dates gals taiapaenlae, anki. Feainse Will nik reject © ” = 3 Tefined, 1s, 2344. per gallon. | such o Bias ot S08. Gaonen Ss. Soni. regace mast have something to rest upon; and reforms are not be. | pages. country, His mind {s essentially dramatic in tts character: i greeny 3--Noon, | the protection of the ‘European Powers for the com: | yond the breadand-buter Sensations which overcome ordi. [From the Troy Daily Times.) he throws himself into the situation which he describes; Bie sai? Dutch standard sugar, 24a; Sootah pig ron, | Pisseabeng. 7 OF Germany And OF the nalionnlty OF | nary mortals. Mo sudden change alarmed tho readers | an advance copy of THE WEW YORK LEDGER for May | most vivid conceptions 1ske the form of personality: be ‘What the People Think of the De- signs and Prospect. &c. &c. &e. oil, 218i; Whale ol, £30; linsded cakes, 20 tromtoe marker io tran arene... | THE PROSPECTS OF MEDIATION. 583. per ton, mixed numbers, 3 falls into dialogue with the freshness) and facility of a obild; he has no taste for the cold abstractions of thought, but wit him all {s life, activity, scenic representation, combined with of the LEDGER. 18 has been received by us, This number contains the first That Mr. Bonner purcbased the concern with any other | instalment of Beecher’s novelistio venture, ‘Norwood, or Sugar steady at 24s. for No, 11 Dutch standard. Divergent Interests of the Medintors—Prus- | V!¢™ than to make ita financial succtiés may or may not be. | Village Life in New England,” embellished with wood cuts —_ sia’s Power and Allies. Whatever the motive, the isthe same. Step by step | by Rachel Liscomb of the heroine, the old Templeton farm | 9 deep sense of truth andan earnest sincerity of purpose, BY THE CABLE TO MAY 8. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. go tar bebe Pesta Timapras st the Cone the great feature, the unending romance has been elevated | house, &c. Norwood opens decidedly rich, and we think | To such mental traits the construction of # novel 1s aliios® an instinet of nature, The success of this story, whlol ts entitled “Norwood; or Village Life in New England,” mag, be regarded as foregone conclusion. Tt opens in a styleet almost homely simplicity and directuess, but of great Vigor of expression and variely of illustration. The characters ab once gaia the interest of the reader, and thetr artless batons to its present grade, not lofty, it is true, but still removed by | wilt prove another suocess for the Beecher family, as well ‘an immeasurable interval from the blood-dyed narratives of | as for the indomitable Bonner. the earlier day. It would be atrange if many thousands, [From the Boston Daily Volos. 7 allured by neat typogranhy, well engraved illustrations, and | Mx, Brzcusn's Srony.—In our issue to-day will be found above all, by the charm which hangs about « successful | an advertisement of Henry Ward Beecher’qstory, to be name, did mot unconsciously become interested in Mr. | published weekly in THE NEW YORK LEDGER. We may japo- Quxexstowx, May 8—2 P. M. leon’s mind, it would seem easy to acquit the French The Canard freight steamship Aleppo, Captain Harrie eet blame ia thet unfortunate matier son, which left New York on the 24th of April, arrived | she neither offered nor intended any provocation, She here to-day on the way to Liverpool. only complains of Prussia’s dog-in-the-manger policy. Cons, May 82 P. M. ive why that Power, 8 job of its last year’s venture, The ship Dragon, Captain Clements, which sailed from | bor a little business in the same line, and stand in the San Francisco om the 284 of December, and which put ee SSeS soe ee down THE PEACE CONGRESS. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD, “Phe Organization and First Day’s Preceed- praia cnamghingy the enor te Dea in distress oa: April 27, arrived at this port fee's lands ore gait pom pot, orders by Beccher’s story. That they will thus be deceived tnto read. | have received an advance copy of that paper, containing the | if carried om as It has beets commenced, will afford « rare Prussin Demands a Great Power's Guaran- ‘i Lacaneccr, May 6-8 P. 0... | swanenesdered tUSG,'" which oho RAMMNS abr well CORD 1 een ern eee ee ae name Sime NET Rat chalers, which we hare goad, Of course, as. ererybedy | Sppattuntiy of Wiekly Clonee. teo—England Hesitates. The ship Garibaldi, which sailed from Yan Francisco be don ben eke. * ate yaa Sone of seahory rately af is no more singular than, that they should by any | will, Wé think Mr. Beecher has chosen just that subject on (ron the World. Quarx’s Hora, Lowpox, May 8, 1967, | % the 11thot January, arrived at this port to-day. Jartios will depend on the eurnsotncosand unandmay wien | PowiDilty have Deen educated up lo THE LEDGER of to- | which harare powers will be best brought out—vulage | ponner's Lxpoen is gorgpous. Beecher tepien be ‘The first session of the Peace Congress, after its Marseries, May 8—2 P. M. See teen cee France, if we may believe M. | day from its standpoint of adozen years-ago. Let us be | Life in New England” —and we predict @ charming and in- | novel, “Norwood,” which unquestionably will be better thankful that » quarter of & mailillon of our people have been | structive story. Mr. Beecher has in him enough of the induced to take healthy mental food, asking n0 questions | juices of human nature, enough of imagination and humor, about the means used to create the appetite. ‘suffictent acquaintance with mankind and with New England But there is another large clase who have never read THE | fe and character—in short, we know not what qualification LEDGER, but who will buy ft now. If Mr, Bonner had | he lacks to produce one of thetmost readable and profitable looked the world over to fidd a man the ansouncement of { stories of the day. mary ‘whose intention to write a novel would excite curiosity or [From the Titusville Daily Herald.} interest he could hardly have succeeded betier, We have | Baxcaun’s Nove, “Norwood; or Village Life in New Defore us the edvance sheots of the first chapters of Mr. | England,” is the title of Henry Ward Beccher’s novel in Beocher's story.” Istakes ite name, “Norwood.” from the | THE NEW YORK LEDGER, With thie announcement ‘Wow England village in’ which (16 scene te laid. * | -wo'expect peopte to rush to Hurd’s and subscribe for THE Mr, Beecher will win enthusiastic greeting from those who | LEDGER, and that its circilation here will go up from one than bis sermons, or his lectures, or his stump specchee—te beter, let us say. President Hill, of Harvard, writes eom- sible advice to young men; Saxe sharpens his quill tomew epigrams; Corsens writes of Sitka, and Parton of Quesm Elizabeth; Mrs. Southworth, Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., Faamy Fern, Alice Carytand Wallace ail write for it [From the Evening Post. | Me. Bazcuun’s Novas.—The LEDGEE is out to-day wits the firet installment of ‘“Korwood"—four chapters, ‘The story opeiia’well, bat we fancy that Racket Lisoomi end Abish Cathoart are not the heroime and hero. Norwood te 0 village or towa near the Valley ef the Cea ‘organization in this city yesterday, was not merely -@ formal meeting of the Great Powers’ representa-, tives, as seme persons here assume, but one at which the Luxemburg question was discussed with @ desire to bring the difficulty between France -and Prussia to a speedy close. ‘The diplomatists met in the same room in Down- ing street in which the Schleswig-Holstein Confer- ence of 1864 assembled. : The names of the Plenipetentisries are as fol- tows:— Intelligence nas been received here stating that the | Smale, Binmarck es ot ll times shown bimeelt se ship Hotspur, from Mankla for New York, was lost at Sake Be pe a spa fas sea, No date or other paréiculars in regard to the disas- yy, the mere outcry of beerhouse tor have come to hand. Me fed ier taming catia anon the State of Maine in poh tn Bed knows full well what 855. She was owned by Messrs. Seymour, Peacock & Co., of Liverpool, Eugland. Stie was over sixteen hun- | over may Dave seemed, te his veatares, perenne . ibang ara ene eh atoulation tn his aude i. eh DETAILS BY MAIL. | sxdcsuiynmy wt Sunny ome ts tone England—Lord Stanley, President. “The malts of the China renthed this city from Boston po pt te gilt SS her can appreciate the charms of bis fresh, vigorous style, bls | hundred and fifty copies a weck o—beyond stculation, For | necticut,’ end Abiih Cathcart la & sturdy Kew Magia -niiraqce—Bainge de'La Your Auvergae, pene py toe, except, perhaps & east soe how far Dearty syumathy with nature io her visible forms, and the tf Beecher’cau Witte an “entertaining” sermou every week farmer, whe takes occasion coming home from ehurch'te Prussia—Count Bernstroff. a ‘The London Times of the $th of April. writing in op- | would be the enemies’ arrayed agains her. If the me- | °Yidences of his deep insight into character which even these | fora weekly paper, sserstion which le the best feature.of } «op the question” to-previy and demure Rachel Liscomy v z ‘ pra panos, rect ag franchise in Eng- ee ren cer ae ie bgp Booty hd Bod fow opening aud mainly deseriptive eliapters of bie narra- ‘thedndependent, and we know of no other preacher in the enoouraged thereto by the text of that day's s¢rmon. PP if e says: ink etre, then, sera What- | tive manifest. wes i world, except Spurgeon, who can doit, it 18, of course, not “There had been some tittle parish quarrel, and on tha on oe ewe we fi the neutral » : {From the Boston Evening Journal.) 3 to be feared that he will write “dull’” novel. Orthodoxy afternoon the text was, ‘A newcommandment I wrile ante }—Marquis a f ‘ our Tax New Yous peers. Mr, Robert Bonner, whose hae not often, and never successfully, impugned ‘his reed, | yon, that ye love one anether.’ But after the sermon was Luzemburg—Baron de Torasce. into the scales with | shrewdness bas been thanifest on many occasions, has again | certainly morality has never found “‘spots”’ in his bfe. He | done, the text was the best part of it. Some one said that Beigium—M. Van de Weyer. 4 iustrated the value of being » man of original ideas. No | hasbeen a sort of Boanergosin the church apd s populer | Parsod Mardh’s sermons were like the meeting house—@ pou eopengeg ge oye tS TSCUK® | other publisher but Bonner would hate thought of obtaining | tribune on the bema of public discussion for the past | steeple wae the only thing ites Coiks could soe sfter. they i g Rev. Benry Ward Beecher an original story, and | twenty-five years. He made s faux pas on reconstruction a Pulpit Orator.9. contributor he has | which exctted the ire of the ultra-radicals, but be “tegkit : Capa ATY, gm harsatapnt which | alt back,” and his antalants bare more cansete : ‘te sure to pay. The fret instaltment of the story appears in shat be has, turningss they did so savagely om their THE LEDGER of May 18, and we doubt if any one that even | leader “whose shoe latchets they were not worthy to un- ances at it can resist the iepeplation of giving it a careftil | to0se.”” nae perusal. Itts full of Beecherisme=pléssant conceits tartly | 1 Beecher can’t write a good novel we are very moch mis. enunciated, and it promises to prove intensely | taken, He wastes enough intellectual “gems” in bis eotertaining. Bat Mr. Bonner does not make Mr. | speeches—in those impromptus struck out in his written ad- Beecher a star writerand leave him to support the whole | dresses—to save a dozen volumes from oblivion. His “Leo. paper. He surrounds him with a perfect galaxy of popular | tures to Young Men" show that he has studied bumanos- authors. President Hill, of Harvard College, contributes | ture andean delineate ite strong and weak points under & valuable article on “The Study of the Mathematics,” in | every aspect, His “Star” papers prove that he can paint which he gives wholesome sdvice to students, This article | scenery like Scott. Some of his admirers claim that his 1s to be followed by other articles from the pen of the prest» | novel will rank with the best creations of Dickens and with got home.” pres é The oecy ond wall; Mr Bessher le plainly master of (6 ‘Aituasion, od: iateresta the reader from the beginatng. — ye” **” errom, the New York Dally Times.) menced in this week's issue of TAE NEW YORE LEDGER Th ts written with his acoysiomed dlrectages and vigae of ttyle, and gives promise tn its opening chapters of a very ts ‘lose of the Congress. This much, however, is | fwelisation of Luxemberg, and the dismantling and fasing of the fortress, so that it may not remain ss @ menace. Prussia is not disposed to consent to this unless all the great Powers now represented in the Con- @tess give s guarantee of the settlement. The giving of this guarantee would bind them to en- gage in war against the future designs of either Power (France or Prussia) seeking aggrandizement in this direction. England hesitates to give such a guarantee, and i The party favorable to the anion of Croatiaand Hen- gary has recently considerably increased in numbers in Agram. Horr Coach, the royal commissioner for Fiume, arrived in that town, He was enthusiastically received by the inhabitants. Tn the sitting of the Holland Justice Chamber at the | 4:—Mre S. A. Ajlen’s Hagee, April 26, during the debate on the budget, the =— ‘Minister for Foreign Affairs made » speech, in which he BAIR BESTORER AXD DRESSING said that the Soutn Beveland Canal fully answers all the — maritime exigencies of Belgian commerce. He also ere rn Oo What twas not Holland that had given the tet impalce | x Atlstieg sewieg Machines, manetaciateaty ihe West ‘Mani Sold only by Bilipuc is marked by the enterprise and originality charactertetie of te editor and proprietor. [Prom the Philsdeiphia Daily News. Noawoop.—The country may not be dtartied, but thepes- ple who make up its population will, without doubt, be tat fs rather in favor of the idea of the people of Lux- ped coanpercaoheees pe eee BSS Eases Company. dents of the principal colleges throughout the United States. | the immortal Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Certainly he is not de0- | ested inthe fact that the first novel by the Rev, Henry: Ware emburg for annexation to Belgium. a prnnnys sana tae initia Mr, James Parton, John G. Saxe, Mrs, Southworth and | cient in comic powers/ His wit and humor enliven and | Beecher is now on the presses of THE NEW YORK Lai The guarantee question being discussed and points at issue and bases of action being defined, the session was adjourned to Thursday, to enable the representatives to have telegraphic communi- Fevolts which took place in the months of January and ries Vogeebfeitfeuinsuie Kenedy ponatoes 4 Sane, 1886, A delay of thirty days is allowed for the | Apenis, DEWAD BAUNES, 3 Fark rows HEMBOLD, $04 several other writers of acknowledged ability appear as | humanize even the dry and unpoetical topics of politics and regular contributors, Mr. Bonner deserves success, and he | theology, Certainly on the subject he has selected, he, if is sure to gain it, We understand that 60,000 copies of THE | any one, is “at home.” Heis as much a Yankee as Victor LEDGER, containing te firet chapters of Mr. Beecher’s | Hugo isa Parisian, or Thackeray London maa, Heknows GER, and thta the first installment of {t will appear i tap tssue of that journal forthe &hof May. Mr. Boamer'has politely furnished us with advance shects of several chag- ‘Is 15 expected that a Turkish representative assemb!; Dy will shortly be established in Constantinople, caigiita Boston, wil open tsar agin ofice td sears Ff ters, and we do not hesitate that the story is much ew cation with and receive instructions from their re- | of sixty members, and having committees for the several | 2*°*4¥*Y (Metropolitan Hotel building), in « few days, story, came to thisefty, ail the strata of Kew England socety “like © book:” | perior in. point of merit to the generality of novel writing spective governments. administrative depots, It is stated that a new measure A New Meer (From the Springfela Union.) the characteristics of her people; the ute, close | wnicn is prepared for the present generation. Norwood ts upder the consideration of the Minister of Marine, pro. | Manufactu g orm hg posing that in future all the rossels ot war belong ng to | Holling st. renday, ear Your seni Repaog the Turkish navy shall be ofloered only by Frenchmen and | 4._spring and Sw Sayles: of Bnglishmen. wdis cogent on pouahn ready popaiee pris, Dre The trial of the Fenian Colonels Burke and Doran cane ee commenced in Dublin, April 98. The Attorney Wanerat’s | A No. 1. A No. 1. A Ne. Kaldenberg’s opening address occupied two hours. A witness named | ¥ ———— up . Keogh, formerly » Fenian, stated that he went to Tal. |“ ™""® laght under the impression shat he was going to a prize 1 Succeeds sche a eonlnt vraty other roma thar | SERLEEG SSE eed moe been present, Another witness named Massey deposed | colds. 8 Barclay street. to s meeting of Centres in Now York, at which arrange- ————E ments were made for a goneral rising in Ireland on » X. A. X. X. A. 3 oA Shrove Tucsday. It was stated at that meeting that aft srinind nen Out aha obi, we there were 14,000 enrolled Fenians in Dublin, and 20,000 —_—_—__ in Cork, with 4,500 stand of arms. Witnew had been AeA ee Lager Lestertes.-Olree- ‘betrayed, and voluntarily gave all the information he J. CLUTE, Broker, 176 Broadway. . —__—____—__. . h Dye.—The in the rising had been planned. In cross examination by Mr, Ser as aely gctat yo nraiess ube intaasane — RIERA tate LenS TEE b sewed B. '.—“Exceedt Effective. Bri Napoleon to Command a French Army—His tat Froshew oe Ae Ye te relat ot Genera! Henry Ward Boocher’s pow story will begin in this week's | feted, narrow.minded ‘and meddlesome traite thet NEW YORK LEDGER, and there will, no doubt, bea great | deform her social physlognomy, {a parts, and Fush to obtain it, The frat aumber can be obtained this | at times, and her larger virtues, her grander evening at Richard's news room, at the. Post office rotunda. | endowments and that Grecian and German culture by dit The opening chapters of the story, deseriptive of New Eng- | of which sho leads the rediant and resistless march of land scenery and homes, are 1a Beecher’s best vein: the | Amerioan empire in art, invention, politics and schotarship. principal characters are introduced, but the reader gets no Me knows every rood of her soll from Plymouth Rock to inkling of the plot. Several other choloe articles appear in | the Berkshire hills, from Wareham, to Leno. He knows this number, of which we acknowledge the receipt of an | sit about her village life, “courting,” “thanksgiving,” advance copy from the enterprising publisher. “teaching school,” as well as her clty life, “Boston Com. (From the Turf, Field and Farm.) mon,” “Old Yale,” her “isms” in parties, “splits” in ‘Tux New Your Lapcrn.—The fret chapters of the | churches, and all “the great awakenings” of the last half Long promised story by Henry Ward Beecher for THE NEW | century in the germ and harvest, which nave made New YORK LEDGER.are now before the public. The title of the | England history the history of our American civilization, story 1s “Norwood; or, Village Life in New England,” and it | However, everybody will read “Norwood; or Village Lift ives promise of great power and brilliancy, THE LEDGER | in New England.” Its versatile author will hare a nation for has grown to monstrous proportions, and it proudly stands | listeners in THE NEW YORK LEDGER, the most ppular of monument to the genius and ebterprise of its propristor, | weeklies, for a medium. The masses will Gnd it » new Robort Bonner, Esq. Now thas the paper has succeeded in | ‘‘sensation,”’ and critics will mend their pens for « “slash” Acquiring an immense clreulation, the work of elevating ite at ft, So much for the prestige of « name, for Beecher’s ts one of those beautiful New England villages upon which the eye rests with #0 much pleasure, when journeying thtough the Eastern States, and the story ia, therefore, of New Sing land people; but the ability vest tt with a pecuilar interest {Prom the Phitadelputa Ledeer.} Hexer Wanp Burcuna’s New Stoxy.—Mr. Bonner. haw- ing popularized bis NEW YORK LEDGR® by diting @ with matter attractive to the masses, then took to popular. izing the writings of superior men and sound thinkers, whose works had not previousiy reached the great body of the people. This was a good work well done, It tte be further continued, and the number for the Ith of May comes to us in advance with the first four chapiers of Henry Ward Beecher’s ntitied “Norwood; of Vie lage Life in New England.” It opens with fine promise of being a story of deep interest, and one that will be eure te afford both diversion and instruction to the readers of THE LEDGER. There is in the same number, fo addition to the _ PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Active War Movements of France and Prussia. Queen's Hors, Lonpox, May 9, 1967. Meantime, pending the issue of the delibera- tions of the Peace Congress, great war preparations are going on on both sides, notwithstanding official denials to the contrary. France is buying arms both in England and Spain, and Prussian troops of the regular army ere being held in readiness to support the garrison fn Luxemburg. COUNT BISMARCK’S OPINION. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE WERALO. ; hgavenneee throat, ‘are certain! usual variety of interesting matter, the first of «series Banuix, May 8, 1867. Ie and Strength by Sen and Land. affective. We known, instance in which — — {Paris (April 96) correspondence of the Independance Kd S Ez eee ‘after one or two | tone has commenced in earnest, Such names as Beecher, | “a household word" from one end of the country to the of papers of “Advice to Young Men,"* contributed by the Count Bismarck, in conversation on the aspect Belge.) ore akon, *Ehritlan Word, London, Boy Hi, Saxe, Parton and Alice Carey dignity ite columns, and | other. Presidents of twelve of the principal Colleges of the United. of affairs on Tuesday, declared that the situation thilia is now more serious than ever it was before. Raessia Arming. In addition te the Count’s opinion, I may state that Russia is looking out for her chances of ag- @randizement in the East and Poland by the op- Portanity of « general war. Muskets are being converted into breech-loaders for all the Russian army. through them Mr, Bonner is making his journal s medium [Prom the Jersey City Evening Times.) for educating the masses up toa high standard of literature. | Bazcusa’s Novat.—We have received the first four chap: This is » Commendable work, and as Mr, B, employs such « | ters of the Rev. ‘Henry Ward Beecher’s story, “Norwood; powerful engine, in THE LEDGER, success ie sure to | or, Village Life in New Hngland,” published in to-day's crown his efforts, If they who benefit mankind are public | NEW YORK LEDGER. ‘Tt abounds in strong common benefactors, then Mr. Bonner is one. sense, felicitous deezriptions of aatural scenery, an intense (From the Troy Daily Whig.)° love of rural life, and.e simple homeliness as fresh and de. Buxcusn’s Srony.—“Norwood,” Mr. Beecher's first story, | lightful asa breezy May morning on the Berkshire hills. fe commenced in THE LEDGER of May 18, an advance | The first instalment of the story Introduces us to Abish copy of which hae been sent us, It fe 8 etmple story of New | Catheart, an honorable apectmen of « New England farmer; England life, and opens interestingly. The peineipal char- | marries him to Rachel Liscomb, a beautiful, simple, sensi. acters are Rachel Liscomb, an honest, rather pretiy New | bie Yankee girl, daughter of Deacon Liscomb; starts them England farmer girl, and Abiah Catheart, a hard working, in life, and brings them happily and prosperously together Ynoral and rather intellectual young farmer; and these two | to the time when they have soos and daughters—with the fare property married and staried in life together in the youngest two, Barton and Alice Only, the story will have second chapter. to do, ae [From the Albany Knickerbecker.) {From the Newark Evening Courter.) New Yous Lavcen.—This excellent journal a unques- | Naw Yous Lenasa—tenry Ward Beccher’s novel is tlonably one of the best weekiies published. Mr. Bonner, | commenced in this week's NEW YORK LEDGER, which the proprietor, Is full of enterprise, He has secured the | appears today, It1s.witten with bis seoustemed directness (From the Boston Dally Advertiser.) We have received the advance sheets of the redoubtable NEW YORK LRDGER, containing the first chapeer of Henry Ward Beecher's story, “Norwood, or Village Life.im New England."” The appearance of the pastor of Plymouth Charch in this new. field is certainly = matter worthpet note, and after having read 56 many of his politigal speeches, ° not to mention his sermons, one fs almost startled at eothing upon the illustrations of his novel. “Norwood’’ ts supposed to lie {a the western part Of this State, Mr. Beecher takes especial pains to warn his readers ‘that they need look fer nothing sensational, and remarks:—“Our simple story of domestie life will take us to «point intermediate between the rugged simplicity of mountain towne and the easier life oft the cities.’ Abiab Catheart and Rachel Liscomb, ste (iret characters introduced, are indeed audicientiy oommomry piace, although It ie true they are enly to play the aint a esting part of ancestors, However, It ts rot critioise Me. Beecher's work, and if he adds the fame What the People Think. ‘The general opinion on the Continent is that the maintenance of peace depends on the action of the London Conference. Fears are entertained that the failure of the representatives there assembled may bring on a general European war, in which each country, caring little for the Luxemburg question or the future position of the people of the Grand Duchy, will endeavor to forward their own particular designs by force of arms. ‘THE PRESS TELEGRAM. services of Henry Ward Beccher, who is writing @ new tnd vigor of stzle, and gives promieg in Ite opening chapters trovediat fo the fam of the orator we shall be giad,W Fe. Imperial Military Concentration. story, entitled, “Norwood, or Village Lite in New England,” Of 0 Very interesting comtrfution to curreat American lite. : oh a) Lonpox, May 8—Evening. Sy qommenest ‘1a (ho test teens He hae also secured a | ratare, TAR LEDORR hee coveral other novel end striking Reports from Warsaw state that the Russian govern- , meat te concentrating troops and accumulating muni- “Mons of war in the province of Poland. iene SRR Te series of articlan from the presidente of tweive of the prin. | feapares, Provident Mill, of Harvard, writes sonable af. ipa! collegem in the countey, all of which will prowe ot the | vice to young ten ; Bate shariehe Bis quillto new epigrama; | Greatest jntorest to the publie i Couzens writes of Bitke, end Parton of Queeh Blicabete; ‘|