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ANOTHER “OLD CATHOLIO? The French Abbe Michand Interviewed by a Herald Correspondent. Tho Priest's Views of Infallibitity and Ultramon- tanism—Moving in Harmony with the Dollin- ger Plan of Reform—Alarmed at the Power of the Pops—No New Church ; Re-Estab- Wish the Old One in All Its Purity— Numerous Sympathizers in the Present Movement Within the Churoh Who Keep Silent for Certain Reasons. Paris, Feb. 28, 1872, ‘Tho sun shone brightly, the Chaussée d’Antin was crowded with the faithfut on their way to church as I crossed the Place de Ja Trinite on last Sunday morning. Fine weather and dry pavements in- crease the outward exhibition of Parisian devotion, fer, alas! the display of elegant toilets 13 but too @ften the incentive for otvendance at church. Tne Femection how many of that fashionabiy dressed throng are acquainted with the history of the rell- gion they profess? crossed my mind, My venera- ble tutor, a respected minister of the Church of Bngiaud, was wont to say:—“My dear boy, we are @asnoncs—the true Catholics; the word Protestant means that our forefathers protested agalast the abuses which had crept into the Church of Rome. I mid become a Roman Catholic to-morrow could ‘ t ve the Papal dogmas, but I cannot’? He. bis sincerity by perpetually writing books the Pope, one of Which, tf I remember Wighily, entitled ‘Figmentam Papale,” caused especial consternation in Roman Catnoho - priestly Circles, and the Archbishop of Westminster and his Priests, 1 solemn conclave, decided that the most Judictous course to adopt was silence in the presence Of the undentable historical facts made public by my ‘ator. Years bave since rolied rapidly past, and 1 am now as old as he was then. 1 had nearly for. getten the friend of my youth ana his “ Figmentum Papaie”’ yntil both were recalled to my recollection by the letter written by the Abbé Michaud to Mon- seigneur Gutoert, Archbishop of Paris. An English clergyman declared he would become @ Romsn Catholic could he believe the Papal dog- poy St he could not; the Abbé Michaud has left urch of Home But there is anotter potur which reuters. the two cases el—my tutor was excessv: clever, but Was said oy his opponents to be a lunatic, and = Abbé Michaud is.declared by nis adversaries to Anxious, however, for an interview with the priest, 1 proceeded rapidly up the Rue de Londres, and, traversing the Place de l'Europe, the Boulevard Exterieur and the open space beyond, arrived at the door of 74 Boulevard de Neuilly as the clocks struck nalf-past ten, the hour at which, in answer tomy request for an interview, the now celebrated Abbé had sept me word that he would receive me. THE APARTMENTS OF THE ABBE. “The Abbé Michaud?’ I inquired of the con- 4*A Dentresol a arotte,” replied Cerberus. Trang, and the door was opened by an old woman servant, who took me into @ clean but somewhat seantily furnished dining room, asked for my card and said she would inform Monsieur Abbé. On the walls, near to the door, were several photo- gTaphe, which, on examination, I was not sur- prised to find were portraits of Pére Hyacinthe, the Abbé Dollinger, Pere Lacordaire, Pere Martin de Noire Liev, late Guré of St. Louis d’Antin, and Peneieoeue Darboy, tne late unfortunate Arch: wop of Paris. On the opposite wall l observed seme drawings—one apparenily tho study of a nude figure, but whicn I had not time to examine, for my attention was atiracted by the sound of approach- Ing ivotsteps, PEESONAL APPEARANCE OF THE ABBE. ‘The madman, whose luok, gesture and intonation have something avout them disquiet for the ractiged eye of a doctor, turned the handle of the and in another moment a priest, apparently of about uurty-five or forty years of age, a slight man, of middie stature, with intelligent and agreeable face, straightforward, honest, gentie pon dere | forenead, expressive gray eyes and determi chin, entered. Iwas in the presence of the Abbé Michaud. IN THE PRIEST'S STUDY. The Abb¢ received me most kindly and we then entered the adjoining room, his study. I made @ basty survey of the place whence M. Michuad launches his taunderbolts, The bookcases, crowded With theological works, are Of unpolisied oak; there 3s also between the windows & writing table, over which, suspended irom the ceiling, hangs @ large terresttal globe. On the mantel piece 18 a handsome black marbie and bronze Clock, two candelabra to match and two vases containing bouquets of white Mlacs. In tront of the fireplace 18 a large square of carpet and easy Chair, a price dieu chair, & sofa ant a small round ottoman covered with tapestry work. By the jurmture of a room an opinion can often be formed respecting the tastes of its occupant; and therefore I give these detatls, which otherwise, be- fore relating the geltglomy discussion Which ensued, might be considered trivial. The tapestry work and bouquets of lilacs are indications of refined tastes and tell tales of female attention. The Abné is gentlemanly aad kind, evidently accustomed to g00d society, THE INTERVIEW. “I must apologize to you, Monsieur !’Abbé, for Baving sought an interview, but as correspondent of tne New York Hena.p | am naturally anxious to hear irom your own lips the course you mean to adopt and the precise position you have assumed. Iwill, to the best of my avility, faitnfully convey geross the Atlantic what you teil me, and should there be error in my narrative, I trust you wil: be. Meve that it has not been intentionally committed.” WHY HE LEFT THE CHURCH OF ROME. The Abbé replicd that he would gladly give every information. He had entered upon a struggle which he would continue to the Jast unflinchingly, and ne then calmly and frankly detailed at length his rea- sons for having leit the Church of Rome, “ If,” said M. Mictiaud in conciusion, ‘my humble self was alone concerned, I would have remained silent; but the moment thatit has become a work not exciu- sively personal, a work which I beileve to be meri torious apd which is destined to be largely devel- 2. Thave no need to conceal from you the fact it a large number of priests aud layinen await but the opportune moment for declariug themselves favorable to the present movement.’? A FEW DIRECT QUESIIONS. 1 have listened with the greatest attention to your statemeng,” I repued, “put in order that your Views should be correctly reported, will you allow me, Monsieur PAbbé, to ask you a [ow direct ques- Fi “Certainly,” replied M. Micnaud; “I have nothing to conceal.’ “Let me then ask what is your precise position with respect to the Caurch of Rome?” “Rupwure—compiete rupture. Tue pretentions of the Komish Churcu since the ninti ceutury 1 will Combat on historical grounus. In Jact, the real question 13 oue of nisiory. Let ultramontanism prove the dogmas to wich we take excepuon, even tzose Oo! the original Cuurcd, aud we will cou- feas our error.”” “With respect to the aogma of the Immacuiate Conception, promulgated in 1454, was it ot an @ssay Of ultramontanisin to try its strength?” es; It was Lue spark which nas caused the ex- Dlosion. It was a vrai guet-apens,” “When did your conscience first revolt against ultramontanism—i, ¢, the substituuion of Wwe Bomish ior the Universal or Catholic Cuurch 7” ALARMED AT THE POWER OF THE POPE, “it is long since I trst felt alarm at the power @asumed by the Pope, Two-tiirds of the sacred college are italians, Can, pen, ihe World accept a —Aan italian elected by Itaitans as infallible ? The Pope of Rome would interiere in the politics of Germany, France, Eugiand aod every other coun. try. Who couid accept this’ M. de Remusat, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has told me that the French government sees with apprehension the ultramontane tendencies of the Komush Church, Dut dares not interfere, from fear of the Jesuits, ihe andard bearers of ullramontaninm.”? NO NEW CHURCH; “Do you, then, hope to estabilsh a new Church ?? Tasked “NO, We propose to re-establish the old one; to make & great scientific and re!iyious movement; to form a committee in Patis in connection with ovners Uhrougnout the world, J have even received en- couragement from Protestant pastors, We will Work for the restoration of the original Church, the History of which has been audacously falsified since the ninth century. In fact, we intend to form @ Christian league against uitramontanism. The committees Will be of two classes. Ihe frst will undertake the collection and pubitcatioa of facts connected with the history of tne Cuurch. The second will bring together and unive those wno de. mire religious unity without abdication ‘of their civil independence, The elements of this league already exist: In the East, the Bulgarians WHO reiuse to ac- cept the late dogmas; in Germany, tne old Catholic at A Which recognizes as its chief the Abbé Minger; in England, the Ricualtsts; 1a Denmark and Sweeden, the Lutherans who have preserved the ancient 1orms of Catholic service ; in France, Italy and Spain the true Christians, after naving umed too Much on the courage Of some ot their shops, are deeply pained at their savmussion to jave doxinas and reiuse to accept them. The Pope, Who 18 at present the intallible organ of trath, was originally but a simple bishop. The rope has ho right to cali kimself the successor of St, Peter. St. Peter went to Rome, but ne went there 28 a simple Apostio—he exercised’ neither qusperi hor episcopal jurisdiction, The Pope a’ Bishop Rome cankot be the sucopssor of St Peter who was never Bishopof Rome, Tho Popes of Rome, ing more,” THE BDICTS OF THB CHURCH, “From what @o you taxe exception to the edicts of Catholic Church ?? “Tne miath centary, when, snddenty, false decrees Tear Ehanaaace bat ttre eat da race jo oene Ser ea ueane 8 enjoyed pre-em! and universal direction ot ike Gatholte Church, The op of, Rome, recogmzed patriarch of the West, in consequence ‘of the importance of the town of Rome, anu becaine a territorial sovereign by domaing given by Pepin and Chariemange, aspired to extend his spiritual dominion througnout Unrisuan Europe, and to become chief of a kind of universal mon- archy. He subsequently aimed at infallibility to ar- rive at absolute 0} 108, and thus to seize the supreme dtrection civil soc) We have now arrived atthe culnunati point of the ambition of me % To-day a jous Pope, like Pius 1X., creates religious dogmas; to-murrow & political pon- some future whee like Gregory VII, Bonifico Vill, and Alexander V1, imay im- Pose on the faithful political The Popes Nave gradually increased their power. For ceutu- ries they have deviated from the original intentions of the Church, and slowly but surely have they ad- vanced, step by step, from Episcopal precedence as Bishops of Rome, to sovereignty, mfallibility, abso- lute omnipotence.” OTHER PRIESTS SYMPATHIZE Wi “Do you i to build a church } “The faitatul rave asked ine to do 40; to them I have replied my mission 18 to simpiy struggio against the /allacies of the Unaron of Rome, With Tespect to the money gosstion, concerns your- selves; butid a church, } wilt late, ‘There are twenty other tg in Paris ready vw join me, And, then, among those who support me, there is ere present in but who: but tne Hyaci at will be in Paris within a fortnight. At the present time I nave fit up a Toom in my house as a& chapel and perform mass )? FATHER HYAOINTHE. Pore Hyacinthe in the Btefaal Cyt" 1 sngaired. ya inqui “He is gad - yr ts ‘there fi necessary; bu! ir BOF founder of l’Esperanaa, pablishea in Rome, as has been stated, although he is the moving spirit of taat: journal, Besides, ne has many friends there, even. 4m the Sacred Coll Not only have we adherents among the living, but the dead have also enter- tained the samé opinions, among ovhers tne Pére jaire, WOO died if 1862 and Monsieur ue Montalembert in 1870, at the time when tue Concile opened.” RBASONS FOR KEBPING SILENT. “Bat why do not ali priests who entertain the same opinions as yourself deciare open hostlilty to the Uhureh of Rome?’ “They awalt @ fitting Opportonity. Trey will avoid declaring themseives hostile to ultramontan- ism until, like myself, they may be provoked to speak. ‘the Pore Maret Doyan, de la Faculte de ‘Theologte ae la Sorbonne, wrote strongly against ultramontanism prior to tae Voncile of 1570." Dur- ing the Concile he opposed it, together with Mon- signeurs Darboy, Dupanioup, Strossmayer and more than oue hundred bishops. After the Concile, how-' ever, he and all the Professors of [meology at the Sorbonne—the Pere Gratry, the Aobvé “Loyson, brother of Pere Hyacinthe, aud the rest—sabmitted, Lateiy Pere Maret and others called on mo ang 6a. vised that I should submit to tae Concile, us pressed I revolted openly, as in heart 1-nad long previously «tone. I dia not go to them—they came Ww me; otherwise I might have stil remained suent, DIPLOMATIC BISHOPS, “But to me, & lavman, It appears extraordinary that priests can outwardly support doctrives which they Kelieve to be erroneous. How can bishops re- concile their consciences with such deceit??? “You must consider as diplomatic bishops those who accept the dogma of infauuoluty externaily, but reject it internally because it ts absurd, Mon- seigneur Darboy did and Archbishop Manning of ‘Westminster, for instance, does accept itas a means of governing.” STROSSMEYER’S PRESENT POSITION IN THE CHUKCH, “And Monscigneur Strossmeyer—what 18 lis pre- sent position vis-a-vis the Romish Church ?? “He has not yet forwarded iis submission,” “Do you think Lat he will do so?” “Perhaps he may do 80, forin his case the ques- tion is complicated. During the Concile Mon- seigneur strossmeyer, Bishop of Agram, in Hungary, eloqueaily op the leaders of the ad- verse party, He has not yet sent his submission, and without doubt tne Vatican trembles atthe de- lay. Happily for tne Vatican, however, temporal considerations may, !u the case of Monseigneur Strossmeyer, Outwelgh religious scruples, He 18 not only a prelate, but also Seigneur domanial. Shonid he resign hia Kpiscopal see he will sacritice, im addition $0 his crosier and mitre, an mmmense fortune.” BOUMENICAL ASSEMULIES, ‘How many of the Ecumenical Assemblies of bishops do you recoguize—Protestants, I believe, only admit of jour’? “J recognize seven.”? THB DOGMA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, “Do L understand rightly, in reference to a previ- ons question, that the doctrine of the immaculate conception of the Virgin was intended as the ad- vance guard of that ot infalltpuity ot the Pope 7’? “Yea; otee a eccade CF the wire Sangin by making the Po) lone proclaim, in the Pea git is trae, of 400 bishops, but ‘without either deliberation or decision conciliaire, the dog- ma Of the immaculate conception, simply desired to try their strength and calculate the resistance they would meet with when they shoula propose to decree the doctrinal iniallibility of the Pope. Now that Popish arrogance has reached its climax we mast scientifically labor at the restoration of his- torical facts, as Lhave betore said, falsified by the ultramontane party and religiously found a Church which may enlighten the faithtul by the preaching of principles in accordance with the Churca of ist.” Lrose to take my leave, when the Abbé assured mo that at any time be would giadly afford every inior- mation in his power respecting the present schism d | inthe Church, Shaking ands with ine, he said:— “fam not intimiaated by thelr calumnies; I am neither hasty nor do | fear the result o! the struggle which I have undertakea. I can but labor vo the utmost of my ability—tne result isin the hands of the Almighty,’’ 1 TOOK MY LEAVE deeply and favorabiy impressed with the Abbé Michaud. He is neither obstinate nor 1a the siightest degree aitiicied with religious exaltation; but be 18 one of those who, having decided to consecrate their lives and labors to an enterprise which after mature consideration they conscienuously believe to ve righteous, never recoil. le 18 talented, devoted, and full of ardor for the cause he has espoused, and, backed by historical proofs, can reasonably hope for @ successful issue; but whether or not he will be able to effect a re- ligious revolution time alone can prove. His dream of seeing @ fervent, universal Church rise from the ruins of vanquished ultramontanism may wever be realized, tor he nas not only to overcome the prejudices of the faithful flock of Catholics who blindly accept Papal dogmas, but to excite the in- terest of the innumerable masses of indiferent Jaymen and to unmask the dip!omatic bishups and priests who accept the dogma oi Intallioiiity as Christians because itis true, but Who reject it as men because it 1s absurd, WHAT NEWARK WANTS, Free Roads, Free Bridges aod Free Fountains in Public Parks. ‘The live, enterprising and progressive merchants aud manufacturers of Newark have at last come to the conclusion that free roads and free bridges be- tween there and New York would be of immense value to the commerce of Newark. The H#kaLp and the locai press moved in the matter years ago, but it is only now that the business men in Newark nave fairly aroused trom their lethargy. They held @ meeting at the Board of Trade room on Friday night, and re-echoed in speeches and resolutions just what has been dinned into their ears by the press for a long time past. Tnere is now before the Legisiature @ bill providing for a free road, such a3 ig wanted, but the railroad Imfuence in that body has not looked favorably on the matter, for tne reason that this same railroad influence holds in 1ts ‘agp the toll bridges and turnpikes which now unite Gearon and Essex counties, ‘The most important resolution passed by the meeting is one setting forth ite approval of the bill aliuded to; «out our opinion should be so amended that the Commis. stoners named therein may purchase any or ail of the present roais, provided they can do soon bet- ter terms than a new road can be constracted.”” ‘Ata meeting of the Common Vouneli $3,000 wag appropriated towards the placing of fountains to the public parks provided citizens subscribed .as much more—an odd way of doing business, con- sidering that the cilzens will have to foot the enure bill 1m any case. . A QOUBLE BURGLARY. A Horse and 81900 Worth of Silver Stolen. Ou last Weduesday evening the stable of Abrabam Levy, No. 403 Weat Twenty-seventh street, was broken into, and a horse worth $250, belonging to Abraham Wormslock, of 348 Seventh avenue, was stolen therefrom. Mr. Levy yesterday went to the Sixty-sixth street horse market, and there found Peter De Baum in the act of selling the horse which had been stolen trom his stale. De Baum was arrested alld arraigned at tae Yorkville Police Court, where he was coministed tn default of $500 bail. On the sameeveuiug tnat Mr, Levy’s stable was broken open and the horse stolen, his hot was encered and robbed Of several articles of silver vaiued at about one hundred dollars, but he does not suspect De Bauin of this ropbery. FIRE IN MARION STREET. A fire broke out yesterday afternoon on the second floor of the fiye story buliding 46 Marion street, oc- cupied by Weathered & Scheevoy as # heater man- ufactory. The third, fourth and firth floors were occupied by Anansgon & Co., paper collar manufac- turers. The building was damaged to the extent of $1,000; imsured for $15,0.0, Goods to the amount of $150 were destroyed, out the entire stock was insured. for $33,190 in various companies. During the fire Wiliam Woods, fire. man of engine company No, 93, fell through @ hatchway, injuring atnself severely. He was taken to his home by te men belonging to the ene LITERATURE. CRITICISMS OF NEW BOOKS. YasTeevays Wird Avrnors. By James T. Fielas. Sans James R, Osgood & Oo,, 1372. lumo., pp. ‘This 1s an appetizing, and in many of its features asuccessful book. Its whole make up, in a mechank cal sense, bespeaks the artist in book publishing. From the delicate rubricated title to the creamy- tinted paper, and from the gilded top to the taste- fully bevelled cloth of the binding, all 18 elegant and rich, though perfectly simple and in good taste. Of the contents we can speak favorably, naving en- Joyed already a large portion of them as they ap- peared in the Atlantic Monthly under the title of “Our Whispering Galery.” Mr. Fields has drawn largely upon his portfolios of. private letters as well as upon his personal memories of five out of the six notable authors who make up the staple of his book. These are W. M. Thackeray, Nathaniel Haw- thorne, Charles Dickens, Wiittam Wordaworth ana Miss Mary Russel Mitford, In the sketch of Thackeray there are many life- lke touches, which bring us nearer to the person” ality of the great novelist than anything else we bave seen in print. Mr. Fields was in London with Thackeray just at the height of the success of the newly-lauached Cornhill Magazine, of which he waa the first ealtor, The combined literary excellence and the cheapness of the new monthly (sold at a ‘shilling, when all the old magazines were published at two and alxpence), took wwe pabiic by storm, and the sales goon ran up to the unprecedented figure-of 110,000 copies, Thackeray waa wild with joy, and | Fan Off to Paris to be rid of the excitement for a few days. Here Mr. Fields found him running about the shops of the Palats Boyal, gazing in at the glit- tering windows of the jewellers and eager to rush mand order a pocketful of diamonds and “other trifies,” as he called tnem; “for how,” said he “can I spen@ the princely income which Smith allows mo tor editing the GornAut unless 1 begin, instantly | somewhere??? On his American tour of 1852 Thackeray was nugely delighted with the pubhc Interest in him and his lectures, From the Clarendon Hotel, 1a New York, he wrote to Mr. Fields—~i make no doubt you have seen that admirable paper, the NEw YORK HERALD, and are aware of the excéllent re. ception my lectures are having in this city. It was @ lucky Friday when first I'set foot in this coun- wy.” Of Thackeray’s style of composition (always an interesting trait in famons writers) Mr. Fields tells us the following:— Thad the opportunity, both in Engiand and Amer- fea, of observing tne literary nabils of Thacieray, and it always seemed to me that he did his work with comparative ease, but was somewhat influ- enced by @cusiom of procrastination. Nearly all his svories were written in monthly instalments for magazines, with tie press at ms heela, He toid me that when he began a novel he rarely knew how many people were to figure in it, and, to nis own words, Ne was always very shaky about their moral conduct, He said that sometimes, especialiy Mf he had been dining late and did not feel in re- markaoly good humor next morning, he was clined to make his characters villanously wicked; but if he rose serene, with an unciouded brain, there was no end to the lovely actions he waa will- ing to make ms men and women perform When he had written a passage that pleased him very much he coud not resist slapping ov nis hat and rusbing forth to find an acquaintance to whom he might instantly read his successiul composition, Of Charles Dickens Mr. Fields has more things to tell tnan of any others of nis heroes, except Haw- thorne. Some nave objected to the publication of 80 Many and such detalis of private correspondence and certainly nothing in Mr. Dickens’ own example would justify it, But we remember how eager a curious public 1s to find vont all particulars, even the minutest, rsgarding its famous men, and how Precious to us would be as life-like glimpses into the T1uds of Shakspeare or Milton as these private Igtters convey, and we abandon criticism, Here are two characteristic extracts: — O, heaven! such green woods as | was rambling among down in Yorksiire, when I was gevting that done tast July. For days and weeks we never saw the sky Dut through green boughs; and ag day long I cantered over such soit moss and turl that the horse’s feet scarcely made a gound upon tt. We have some friends in that part of the country (close to Castie Howard, where Lord Morpeth’s fatner wells in state, im nis park, indeed), Who are the Jolitest of the jolly, keeping a big old country Louse, with an ale cellar something larger than a reasona- ble chureb, and everytoivg, like Goldsmith's bear dances, “im a concatenation accordingly.” Just the piace for you, Felton, We periormed some madneys there in the way of forfeits, picnics, rustic games. inspections of ancient monasteries at midnight, When the moon Was saining, that would have goue to your heart, and, a3 Mr. Weller says, “come out on the other side.’” Oy ee Bay By ot Now, if instantly on the receipt of this you will send’a tree an/l independent citizen down to the Cunard waari at Boston, you will find that Captain Hewett, of tne Britannia steamship (ny ship), bas @ snail parcel for Professor Felton, of Cambridge, and in that parcel you will dnd a Christmas Carol in prose, belug a short story of Onristinas oF Charles Dickens, over Which Christmas Carol Charles Dickens wept and laughed and wept again and ex- cited himseif in a most extraordinary manner in the composition; and thinking whereof he walked about the bleak streets of London fifteen and twenty miles, many a night when all the sober folks had gone to ped. * * Its success 18 most pro- digious. Aud by every post ali manner of siran- gers write all mavner of letters to nim about their homes and hearths, and how this same Caro! 18 read aloud there, and kept on a litule shelt by itseif, Indeed, it 13 the greatest success, as I am told, that this ruffian and rascal has ever achieved, Such drivinga, such danciogs, such conjurings, such blind-man’s builings, such theatre-goings, such Kissings out Of old years and kissings in of new ones, never took place in these parts before. To keep the Chuzziewit going, and do this litue book, “The Carol,” in the odd times between two parts of it, Was, a8 you may suppose, pretty tight work, But when it was done I broke out like a madman, And if you could have seen me at a cnildren’s party at Macready’s the otner nigat, going down a country dance with Mrs. M., you would have thougnt f was a country genUeman of independent property, residing ou a tip-top farm, with the wind blowing straigat in my face every day.” Tne Coin Book, Comprising a History of Coinage; a Synopsis oi the Mint. Laws of the Untitea states; Statistics of the Coinage from 1792 to 1870; Last of Current Gold and Silver Coins, and thelr Custom ¥ Dictionary of all Coins known in Gold and Stiver Produ Danly Price of Gold from 1862 to 1871, &c. engravings of tue princtpal coins, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippmecott & Co., 18' 5V0, Dp. 159, 5, 16 pl. For the preparation of this highly useful ana con- venient manual, on one of the most important branches of finance, we are indebted to Mr. 1. smith Homans, Jr., the well-known publisher of 7’e Bank. er’s Magazine. The opening history of coinage in all nations is reprinted from Mr. Mushevs careful article in the Encyclopedia Britannica, and forms, with the “Numismatic Dictionary,’ the most valuable portion of the work It is w be regretted, however, that the values of foreign coins as gtven in the alphabet of this dictionary, were not reduced from sterling to United States currency. It is, of course, some satisfaction to the reader to learn that the tael of China is worth 68, 8q., that the Russian rouble (spelled ruple in the Coin Book’’) is valued at 3s., and that the reicnsthaler of Germany is worth 2s, Vid. But it would be much more satisfactory to have these amounts stated in dollars and cents, which, in @ book intended for American circulation, should have been done, In the vwenty-five puges devoted to the Mint of the United States, instead of giving the reader a succinct history of the estab Mshment and its branches, with a account of pro- cesses, we are treated to a verbatim reprint of the acts of Congress regulating tne Mint, from Bright- ly’s “Digest of the Laws of the United States.” ‘this is very dry bones indeed to the reader who would fain hear the chink of the dollars througn a graphic description of that wonderful instiution, the United States Mint at Philadelphia. The plates of coins are well chosen and well executed, and the work 1@ printed on the finest and heaviest paper, precisely adapted to the character of the book, Lucretros on THE NATURE OF THINGS. Transiated into Kngush verse by Charies Frederick Johnson, + With introduction and noves, New York: ‘De Witt ©. Lent & Co., 1872, 12mo, pp. 333, In this elegantly printed volume Mr, Johngon presents us with the first American rendering of the great poet of the materialistic philosophy, At an epoch when, more than im any former age, the at- tention of thinking men and even of tne masses is directed to the physical laws, the transiativn of Lacreting may be regarded as opporwune, Jistin- guished by his accurate observation of facts, his elevation of sentiment and his contempt for super- stition, the work of the Roman poet may be regarded 48 @ protest against the religious errors of antiquity. Scaliger pronounced him one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of Roman poets. Re has 4 singular depth and fervor of thought, united to a style of remarkabie foree and beauty. Lelaure ia wanting to w © compare My, John- YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1872—QUADRUPLE SHEET, at inate son’s translation carefully with the ortginal or with the work of his English precedessora in the same field. His nope wnat he has added something to the Mterature of the country ts not a presumptuoas one, But our translator is simply not well informed when he says that bis “first draft was completed when as yet.no classical author had found @ translator in this country.” Horace was transiated and pub- lished at Philadelphia before the beginning of the presentcentury by an American, And the Ilad of Homer, by William Munford, was printed as eariy as 1846, Tas Lanp or Desouation: Being a Personal Nar Fative of Observation and Adventure in Greenland. By Isaaol, Hayes, M.D. Ilustrated. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1872, 12mo0, pp. 357. Another of Dr. Hayes’ excelient and entertaining volumes of Northern travel and adventure. Besides nis own experiences of cold, nunger and fatigue, with a spice of danger and excitement, our author gives us @ Condensed chronicle of Greenland derived from earher writers, The literature of that frogen region, although not very copious, is authentic and highly interesting. The “continent of Greenland,” as Dr. Hayes more than once calls It, contains nearly seventy thousand cubic miles of fee, and 1s the property of Denmark. If Mr. Sew- ard’s pet project of annexing the Danish West In dies to our republic had not miscarrted the next objective point would probably have been Green- land, Whether this would have been for us a desira- ble acquisition or not we leave to tne readers of Dr. Hayes vo determine, LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. ‘Tur Rev. 8. N. Hupson’s new book will be en- titted “Shakspeare: His Life, Art and Characters. Witn a nistorical sketch of the origin and growth of the drama in England.” It will be in two volumes. THE Larsst Srortina Boor will be ® Western one, and will be entitied ‘Buffalo Land; and Au thentic Narrative of the Adventures and Misadven> ventures of a late Scientific and Sporting Party upon the Great Plains of the West. A manual for Sportsmen and Handbook for Emigrants sy W. EB. Webb, of Topeka, wansas,”” ‘The book will pe profusely illustrated with photographs and engrav- Ings, and published by E. Hannaford & Co.,, Cincin- nati. CHARLES D, Waker, whose “Summer in # Gar- den” gave him @ very pleasant literary reputation at home and abroad, has a new book in press, en- Utled “Saunterings,” It will embrace letters from Europe, travel sketches and his “Sorrento Days,’ from the pages of Old and Net. JOHN G. SAxw’s new book will be entitled “Fables and Legends of Many Countries Rendered m Bhyme.”’ J. R. Osgood & Co, will bring tt out. Proressor James D. DANA, of New Haven, will shortly publish an elaborately iNustrated work on “Corel and Coral islands.’” HENRI Roou#rorr 1s no longer the popular man in France that he once was, He is seeking In vain for publisher for Ins “History of Napoleon IIL” Possibly Frenchmen think as did thelr ancestors after the downfall of the first Napoleon, when ‘As- sez de Bonaparte,” became & proverb, Mk. ULIFFE LESLIE contributes to the new volume of “Cobden Ulub Essays” an argument for the abo- Mtion of all indirect taxation, He proposes to raise the whole national revenue by an income tax of a shilling in the pound (five per cent) and an increased duty on successions and estates, The laboring classes would on this scheme escape all taxation, A CURIOUS MONUMENT Of the German occupation of Paris and its suburbs is being republished. Its the “Moniteur Prussien de Versatiles,” which was publisned in Frenen (and very bad French at that), by the Prussian army during five months of the stege. Mr. HERBERT BARRY, Whose recent work—Rus- sia in 1870"—has had a success in London, will soon tésue a des¢ivtive work, entitled ‘Ivan at Home; or, Pictures of Russian Life,” A MEMBER of the French National Assembly, Léon Lefébure by name, has written a book on “New Gere many in 1871,” which will soon appear. ‘Tp Atheneum says of Hay’s “Castilian Days’? that it 1s. pleasant book, by a keen observer, bat evidently intended for an American public, with ita notions savoring “of the smartest nation in all creation.” Mr, J. O. HOLLEWRLL, who was lately shut out by the will of his fatner-in-law, Sir Thomas Philipps, from all access to the great and valuaple library left to his daughter by the latter, has presented his own rare collection of Shakspeariana to the University of Edinburg, It embraces, among other rarities, no fewer than thirty-eight of the original quarto edi- tions of the plays. MR. kK. H. HORNE, author of “Orion,” “A New Spirit of the age” and otyer works, has been recommended for a litere#7 pension by Mr. Tenny- son, Mr. Browning, Mr, Swinburne, Mr. Carlyle, Lord Lytton and others, A New ‘Medieval Latin-English Dictionary,’? based upon Du Cange’s well-known Glossary, by M. Dayneau, will soon appear, It will condense tne six volumes of Du Cange into a moderate compass, and willadd many new words, besides a thorough critical revision. Carrarn Buaron, the African traveller, writes & long letter to the Atheneum to urge the importance of a publishing society to print translations from neglected languages. He instances the Brazilian literature as espectally worthy of an English au - dience, which it will never find 1f left to private en- terprise. ‘fhe Brazitians especially owe to José Basilio da Gama (born 1740) the richest wealth of their poesy, which in him is truly national and eml- nently American. Nature ts picturesquely painted, ‘with @ touch at once broad and beautiful.” Tae ENGLIsH “Newspaper Press Directory” for 1872 sliows @ total of 82 dally papers in England, 2 in Wales, 12 1n Scotland and 19 1n Ireland, or 115 in all Great Britain, This shows the gross exaggera- tion of a statement we recently quoted from a Ger- man press directory, which gave the number of daily newspapers in the United Kingdgm as about 1,200, against 600 in the United States and 1,800 in Germany, The actual facts are that by the census of 1870 we have 586 dally journals in the United States, while Great @ritain has but 115, The Ger. man authority evidently inciuded all English news- papers (daily and weekly) in its estimate, as is proven by the latest newspaper press directory, which gives 1,111 newspapers of all kinds as pub- lished in England and 245 in other parts of Great Britain. AT ARECENT autograph sale in Lelpsic Goethe brought 49f. to 85f.; Byron, 88f.; Casanova (that en- tertaining scamp), 27f.; Rousseau, 60f.; Schiiler, 45f.; Voltaire, 75f; Linnseus, 31f., and Sevastian Bach, 88f. a lewer, A Lavy Wnires to the Academy of Sciences that she has at last “found the principle which differen. tlates the finite from the innnite, She demands that five other academies, with the Academy of Sciences, shall together pay her the sam of £1,000,000 sterling. At this price she will yield up her secret, At latest dates the Academy had not voted to come down with the dust. APapse will appear in Soribner’s April number from the pen of Dr, Tayler Lewis on ‘The One staman Race,” in opposition to the theory of the pre-Adamite man. “Tae GREAT INDUSTRIFS OF THE UNITED STATES” is the title of @ voluminous work treating of the nistorv and development of manufactures among us. Such agutde to trade is certainly desirable, but the present work 1s too much devoted to indi. vidual interests to be accepted by the public asa disinterested exponent of our industrial progress, It, however, contains mucn information of a useful order. NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. From J. B. Lippincott & Oo., Philadelphia— “Thoughts on Paper Currency and Lending on In- terest as Affecting the Prosperity of Labor, Com- merce and Manufactures,” by William Brown; “Israel Mort, Overman: A Story of the Mine,’? by Jonn Saunders, From Lee & Shepard, Boston—‘‘Northern Lands; or, Young America in, Russia and Prussia,” by Wil- ham 1, Adams (Oliver Optic); “A Slaver's Adven vures on Land and Sea,” by William H. Thomas, From Ginn Brothers, Bostoa—“Shakspeare: 18 Life, Art and Characters, with @ Historical,Sketch of the Origin and Growth of the Dramain Eng- land,” two volumes, by Rev. H. N. Hudson, From Roberts Brothers, Boston "The Thief (in the Night,” by Mra, Harriet Prescott Spofford, From D, Ogilvy, London, Engiand—*Talk and Travel: or, Two Strings to Your Bow.” by Biceps, AN EASTERN TREATY. Articles of Alliance Between Japan and China. The Influence of Western Civilization. Grains of Wheat in an A Few 2 Ocean of Chaff The efforte now being made by the present government of Japan to break away from its an- clent exclusiveness, the organization of the Em- bassy already arrived, and the evident partiality for the institufions and: government of the United States, have invested each movement in its pro- gress with peculiar Interest. One of the first appil- cations of their newly acquired experience has been to provide for a revision of their treaties, most of which were forced upon them during their ignorance and hostility to for eiguers, and it is in part with reference to this that the Embassy was despatched. But while they are thus endeavoring to place themselves on a footing of equality and to adopt the customs of Western Bations, they have also set aside the slumbering animosity of centuries and sought to cwltuvate the | mood will of the neighboring government and peo- ple of China, ® Early in the spring of 1871 an Ewbasey was sent from Japan to China, having for its object an ad Justment of the relations between the two empires and the formation of @ treaty in which, as it ap- Pears, should be incorporated some of the princi- pres of Western policy so long and pertinaciously resisted by botn, it was not before: June that the Embasay reached Tien-Tain. The summerand part of tne fall were gone before the negotia- tions took form, and it 1s not yet known Whether the result of the slow and lengthy detbera- ons will be approved and ratified by the respective Emperors., Whatever may be the, result in.thia re- spect, the HERALD 18 able to give a translation of the several articles agreed upon by the representatives of the two Powers, which have not yet been made pudiic: A slightexamination only will ne required to show how 1ofuenwal Western ideas nave becume im the East, It must be borne in mind that two Eastern nations were treating with each other, and whatever appears in the result as distinctively Western 1s the effect of the chauge impressed upon them by contact and experience with a civilization not theirown. The articles vf a proposed treaty could not be presented already prepared to one party, and assent demanded or half enforced, as More than likely would have been the case had one | party been Kuropean. The enunciation and adop- on of any principles of imternational law were of their own accord, as were the provisions for the cultivation and protection of commerce, At ig understood that both nations entered on the ie or arbitrators, who shail be charged with the ad- Epping aio inas Gainer a ts ons a ot ‘and ‘the settlement of eathtem, ‘bitrators shall apply the laws of bie respective peering oy i criminal, in cases brougnt ules arise between subjects of the different nations the case shall be referred to the juuge of the nationality of the jaingot iu case he shal) ve unable to effect a settlement, the local authorities shall pe res quested to assiat the In cases of rovvery, larceny and debt the local authorities shail make examination and may arrest the offenders, but they Dot be reqaired to make good any losses thas may havo been suffered. ARTICLE IX, In the event that one of the respective natious shali have no judge or arbitrator at & port vat shall be opened under this treaty the subjects of eact shall be awenable to the local authorities, and theee shall have jortadiction of alt offences committe: and power to arrest and investigate. They may, however, submit the case to the juuge or arvitratur at the nearest open port. ARTICLE X, The subjects of each nation at the open bit 4 shall be pronibited trom carrying arma or weapon o1 any kind, under penaity of their confiscauon the punishment of the oifender., No ctr 8] ve inade im the national dress, whether tne resi. dence be permanent or temporary; and at a!) mimes they shall be subject to the control of the Jadgeg and arbitrator, ARTICLE XL The Tocal authorities of ail places shall be ree quired to make search for the offenders and fugi- ‘ives (rom justice of eituer pation who may escapa tothe ports, vessels or towns of the other. They) shall inforin the authorities of the nation of the ofpoder and provide for bis support aud trauspor- ARTICLE XIL The local authorities of either nation at the: Ports shall have power to arrest aud riotous and dangerous subjects of the other, and, resistance is shown to their authority, the oat may be slain, but, 10 both cases, a full and impal report shall be communicated to the judge or arbi< trator, Ifthe riotous proceedings occur in the iné terior @ like report sall be made to the judge or ar. Ditruvor, but the case shall hear and defermmed by the local authorities where Une offence was committed. If an attempt is made by the subjects of elther nation tothe number of ten to excite a disturbance, or to destroy property, or to incite the natives, the local authorities shall have power to arrest them, and, if at an open port, the judge or arbitrator shall assist at the trial; if 1m the interior, the jocal authorities slone ‘shalt ae~ teratine, but the judge or urbiirator. shall ve: ims formed of the circumstances and proceedings, ABrICLE XII ‘The vessels-of-war of eltier nation may enter any, of the open ports of the other for the purpose a! protection to tig subjects, but this privilege: si Not apply to interior waters nor to poris not open, unless driven in by sivess of Weather. Violauond of this may be punisned, 4 ARTICLE XIV. In case either navion shall hereafter be engaged’ in hostile military operations. With, another ri the ports openea under this treaty and ali other may be closed and trade suspended, but prope: notice shall be given to the other for the proectial of vessels engaged in trade, The subjects Oo: erthel nauion at an open port, tue Chinese in Japan-and the Japanese in China, are prouibiied irom taking® any part between tue beiigerents, ARTICLE XV. The judges or arbitrators suall not be allowed to engage 1a trade, nor to act io their oificiai capacity jor other nations, If a judge or arbitrator sHall be proved to Luve violated his trust the proof shail be laid betore the representative of hus nation, who shall have power to remove lum, ARTICLE XVL The vessels of either nation shall not use the fl ofthe other under the peaalty cf contiscation of both vessel and cargo, ana whe oifenier, if he 13 an oitcial, shall be disgraced, The puolications | ; eltner navion way be introduced and circulates | freely throughout the otifer, ARDICLE XVIL The plentpotentiaries, haying been duly ape pointed agreed upon the preceding articles tn oracr Degotiauons on terms of equality, although the imiuative was taken by Japan. It 1s possibic, how ever, that the careful examiner, and one skilled | somewhat in the mysteries of Oriental customs aud | rank, may discover some few and not very tmpor- tant particulars 10 which Japan has nov quite neld her own. Article second, for instance, which, alins at pro- viding for mutual assistance in case of the compli- cation of either nation with a foreign Power, 18 hought aa likely to operate for the present, at least, to the benefit of China. The establishment of an army and navy by Japan, equipped with the best of Western appilances—aiready lar in advance of | China—makes this, however imperiect, al- Nance a desiravie one, and its adinission | into. the «treaty seems to have been | sought early in the negotiations. A similar | Teflection 18 impressed by the provisions of article | 1d, WhICN Wutually prohipitsy the contracting pur- | ties Irom favoring a belligerent in case the other is | at war, Taking the two articles together it will be seen thav Japan, the rising Power, and tne one rap- laly freeing herself from the causes of foreign hos tility, has bound itself in support of a government and people that view with distrust every movement Of foreigners aud are Ut disposed to change or | conciliate. A preference appears also to have been admitted into arlicleé for the Chinese over the Japanese language asa medium of official communication, and tne provision requiring a copy of all corre. | spondence on the part of Japan to be furnished in Chinese exhibits a delerence towards China that 19 not easily accounted for, It is to be Observed also that provision 18 made im article 10 for | dispensing with the arms always worn by Japanese | above a certain grade, and with whom they repre- | sent position and office, and it is with no smail reason apprenended that this may prove distasterul | to a people so sensitive to deference aud venacious | 01 the insiguia Of rank. Ibis even alreaay rumored | Uiat Opposition is shown in Japan to the ratificauon | of the treaty, but moching so far appears to ; be definitely known, and the causes are only | conjectured. Whatever may be the result, whether | the treaty shall be approved as it stands. or modi. | fied, or finally rejected, the noticeable fact will yet | remain that Great China and Great Japan—in their | own maguiloquent phrase—nave, of their own | motion, adoptea the Western method for adjusting | diferences and providing for mutual intercourse on Verias of comity and equality. The Treaty. THE PREAMBLE, The preamble opens with a statement of the ob- jects of the treaty, which are repieseated tu be a desire on the part of both nations to maintain and increase the long stanaing good feeling between | them, and that to this end Great China has ap- poluted as her plenipotentiary His Highness Karl- Le (Hung Chang), President of the Board ot War, Guardian of the Heir Apparent, Secretary of Commerce and Chancellor of State, and Great Japan has appointed Tsung, high Minis. | ter of State, and two Mimsters, E and Tah. These | representatives of the two nauons have full powers | from their respective sovereigns and are instructed to deliberate on articles of amity which each nation shall exert Itself to maintain in good faith forever, | rhey have agreed upon the foliowiag:— ARTICLE 1, China and Japan shail regard cach other with mutual and equal respect, Without tus the tran quility Of neltner cau be maintained, aud Lo oppor. | Lunity Shaki be lost to increase the good will Low existing and preserve tue same througn ali tue. ARTICLE LL. In case complications shall arise with other countries or States on the part of either of the con- tracting parties, and either shali sufler harm or degradation, the one 80 suifering shall ve entitled, on communicating its wish to the otner, to wid aud | assistance. ach shall, moreover, at ail tines | be willing to lend their iufuence in benaif of the ee ARTICLE III. ‘The difference in the laws oi the two nations is | recognized, and it 18 agreed that the local iaws ot | each siall be obeyed by the subjects of the ower, and no attempt shall be made on the part of either to ulter the laws of the other because of the provis- | ions of tunis treaty. ‘Lue jaws ol each nation suull be used 3 provect the subjects, merchants and | ers of the other, - ARGICLE IV. | ‘The Plenipotentiaries, Ambassadors and Ministers of tue two Uations shail eujoy the right oF access to the posts to which they have been accreuited, with- | out hindrance or delay. They may noid and occupy | lands anu housos for oMictal purposes, but these es- | taplishments shall be provided at ter own ex- pense, and not that of the nation to wilich they are | accredited. They shail also nave the rigit to bring ‘with them the outfits ior such estavlisuments witu- | out restricuon, Freedom sliail be aliowea to | couriers in te conveyance of oficial colmmunica- | tions to the respective governments, ARTICLE V. The correspondence of tne representattves of the two nations shail be carried on as nearly as may be possible between officials of simiar rank and grade, Altnough officials of the respective natious Lave the | same rank aod titles tueir functious difer. The correspondence shall be between tose Whose rank | and lunctions most uearly agree. Au toieriorin grade shall always give precedence toa higtter, and extend vo him all the ceremonies attaching. to mis grade, No correspondence shall pass directly from an in- terior to a superior, but must be agdressed to the Official nearest his rank. When personal interviews are sought the name and rank must appear on the | card, and on the arrival of a representative mea- @ures must be taken to prevent a lorgery of his name and title by transmitting a communication paeios his seal to the municipal or local autauri- | 1e8, ARTICLE VI. The language of edhe, between the two natious suall be ds follows:—That of China in Chinese Characters, and that of Japan in Japanese characters; put 1 the latter characters are employed & copy suall be made in Cnipese; or, if preferred b Japan, they may use tue Chinese cuaracters instead, without the copy, x ARTICLE VII. The ports in the respective countries to which merchants and traders shall be permitted to resort Shall be indicated by each nauion communicating at the same time the regmlasions necessary 10 be observed, rice VITT. aurent ‘of the open ports referred each pation may avpomt judges Upon tne to in aruicie 7 to avoid difficulties between the two nations and to | preserve and augment the iriendly relaions now existing. ‘They waiMx their respective seals that when upproved and ratifiél by their respective sovereigns Lue articies Mwy beexchanged and = pro- muigaced for the information of all. TUNG CHR, luth year, nonth, day. MING CHI, 4th ye month, dav, ARTZ. Richard Adams. Captain Richard Adams, a well-known marine? and commander in the mercantile sailing and steamship lines to and {rom the port of New York, died at Havana on the night of the 14th instant. Few American travellers, none, we believe, of our more aristocratic tourists, but Nave been acyuainted with the blud, open spoken, large hearted and fatun.- {ul eatlor at some ume or other during their jour neytngs, and none who knew him tn life but will regret his removal by death. He was about sixty- four years of age and sudered from sickness during the past six months, tne effects of a former attack’ of Chagres fever asserting its mastery over his once powerlul frame with fatal eifect, Captain Adams entered the service of Mesara, Spoitord & Tileston, ship owners of tuis city, in the year 1833. He had previously sailed in tne ship india with Captain Carreja, whese monument now adorns Greenwood Cemetery, and profited vastly ia the acquirement of practical professional expert- ence under bis instruction, Messrs. Spofford & Company commissioned Mr. Adams first to the command of the brig Dromio, engaged in trading between Havana aud New York, He was soon pro« moted to the deck of the ship Adelaide, and suvse- que nuly to that of the steamsnip Union, plying be- tween New York an@Charicston. He became very popular on this route, He had command next in vessels of the New York and Chagres Steamship line, and in mail and passenger steamships of the New York and Havre ines. Captain Adams de- iivered to the Austrian Lioyd’s, at Trieste, the stip Cornell. Leaving this vessel, he made iwo trips io the Kast Indies as the special agent of Spoford & Tileston, and was thus engaged actively during a space of two years. During this time the Captam had in his custody letters of credit covering money ww an amount wich 1s entrusted very seldom to an individual agent golug abroad. He was rewardea for his fidelity in the administration of his mission by bemmg complimented highly and in special terms on his return by the firm and owners on the manner in which he discharged his peculiar daties in reference thereto, At this era im his career the Captain gave ample evidence of the fact that be possessed great mercantile capacity and shrewd- ness in business, aloug with lis excellent quaiities asa sailor, Returning to New York from india Captain Adams took the steamer Ocean Bird to Havana, from which port she ts stil ranning. He retired from command of the tradicg steamer Ragle in order to superintend the construction of the Morro Castle for the same firm. He com- manded this vessel, with the exception of the last four or five voyages, to te time of his death; the Morro Castle naving mean- while been sold to tne AUiantic Mai Steamship Company, engaged in the same trade, Captain Adains Was at mes very gruff and biunt with his iriends aud passengers, but none that ever once sailed with him—and these were many of our first cluzens—but afterward sougiit the vessels under his control. He was, indeed, a diamond in the rough, and possessed the most kinetly feelings, aud ns 1034 1s regretted by @ very wide circle of iriends im the Old Wortd as well as the New. OBE William F. Goodwin, Captain William F, Goodwin, a soldter of the way for the Union and @ man o! deserved literary repute, died in Concord, N. H,, on the 12th inst. He was carried off by typhoid fever, aggravated to a speedy fatal termination by the exhausting consequences of @ severe wound which he received when uphola- ing the flag of the republic. Mr. Goodwin was born in Limington, Me.; studied at Gorbam Acad- emy and graduated in Bowdoin College m 1840, He taugut as an instructor in Concord Hign School and the Friends’ Academy at New Bedford until going to Harvard Law School, where he took his degree in 1354 He practiced law in Concord unti the war broke ont, When he was Commissioned tirst jicuten- autot the Sixteenth United States regulars, «Lo tue baitle of Chicamauga ne recetved a teariul wound, laying open iis rut thigh to tae bone frou up to knee, and for gallant conduct was breveied captain september zy, 1463, receiving the full rank May 14, 1364. 1a 1865 the obstiuate character of Uus wound necessitated nis bemy put on the retired lat, and from thatume ne devoted limself wholly to literary and antiquarian pursuits, for which he had all the fondness, cuitivation and patience wien are requisite to render the science attractive to che student aud useful to nis Kind. He published a Work on the “Constitution of New Hampsiire,” aud Was @ leading regular coutrivator to many historicat works, Captain Goodwin was rather ecceatrie in his manner, but of @ warm heart, generous anda sound substauual iriead. George Eustis. A telegram from Europe in the Hgmaxp to-day reports tne death of George Eustis, ur, at one time member of the United States Congress, and, sequently, Secretary to tho late John Sitdell. Mr, Eustis was born ip Louisiana and educated in Har- vard University. He studied law, was admitted to. ihe bar and practised his profession in New urleaus, Entering the field of politics he was elected Representative to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-Afth Congresses, serving on the Committees on Commerce. He cast his lot eventually with tue leaders of the rebellion against the Union. Henry J. Howard. This gentleman died at his late residence, No, 9. Clinton place, on Thursday, 7th Inst., in the 58th year of his age. As @ merchant he was very successful, and his business transactions were marked by the strictest integrity. In the social circle nis porous jarge circ: Ww a BUUCeriLY Not olten Witnessed,