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NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 3, 1875,—TRIPLE SHEET. EUROPEAN BOOKS, A Movement for the Better Protection of Foreign Authors, THE RELIGION OF THE FUTURE. Workmen’s Clubs in France—The Bishop of Orleans and the Freemasons. A New English Biography of Michael Angelo. TRAVELS AND NOVELS. Panis, April 13, 1876. The London Times mentioned last week that Blanchard Jerrold had been sent over here as the | Te; resentative of the English Association for the Protection of the Rights of Authors to see what could be done to establish a community of action | with the Société des Gens de Lettres, 1 saw Mr. Jerrold yesteruay and was glad to learn irom him | that he vad already made considerable progress in | bia mission, the French society having appointed | @ special committee to cxamine the propositions De had laid before them, which committee had Unanimously reported in favor of them. As this action renders probavle some important changes fm the copyright relations of the two countries and their subsequent adoption by the worla gen- eraily, 1suall just state briefly the reiorms pro. | posed by Mr. Jerrold and his associates in English legisiation on the subject. By whe acts of 1844 (7 | aad 8 Vict, chap. 12) and of 1852 (15 | Viet, chap. 12) international copyright and | Stage right have been regulated after a@ fasuion which, though it may claim the credit of gOvd intentions, has but very imperiectly attained | the object contemplate, By the first o! these acts | the Queen was empowered to grant copyrights and Stage rights on books or dramatic works’ frst | prodaced in foreign countries tor aterm not ex, | ceeding tha: of English domestic copyrights. The provision was, however, qualified by the condition that reciprocal protection should be afforded to English autnors. By the act of 1852 tne powers of Ber Majesty were extended to the protection of — translations of books and dramatic pieces, and to the conler:ing of copyrights and stage rights in such translations, for a limited time, however, ana under conditions of a burdensome and vexatious character, It isin these provisions that Mr. Jer- fold and bis associates aesire to introduce the Modifications which have been so warmly ap. proved of by the Suciéié des Gens de Lettres. By the Set in yuestion the protection jor translations 18 limited to five years—the shortest term ol copy- Nght known, The English authors ask that the Queen be empowered, without any other condition than that of reciprocity, to extend the time wo the full iimit fixed by the International Copyright act Of 1844—that is to say, to a period not exceeding that of English domestic copyrights. In the case of | translations of dramatic pleces there is another Section of the same % which provides that translations approved of oy the author must be published, or, as it is otnerwise interpreted, must | be de, osited, within turee months after the regis- tration of the original work. But, as is very Justly observed by Mr. Jerrold and his associates, “The foreign author has generally no desire to abush a literal translation, and would have no eed to do sv but for the unnecessarily harsh con- ditivn of the act, Asarule he does not desire to — pudiish at ali, What he does desire is to adopt, | that is aiter, the original work to suit the tastes and ideas of Epglist audiences. The publication ofa literai translation is, therefore, useless as | well as expensive.” The society of Englisu au- thors is of opinion that it would be suficient, in the rat place, to compel the foreign dramatist to fegisier the title, the date and place of drst pro- duction of his play, and such other particulars as Bre required in the caseof one oi their own body registering his play in England; but as a conces- sion to the tendency of the Legislature to umit the rights of foreiga autuors, rather than as a proposal founded on justice, they suggest that it Might be expedient to provide that the foreign | dramatist should exercise his right and Produce on the British stage an adapta. | tion or transiation of his work, and | should register the title of the same as | 8D adaptetion or translation of such original work | Within three years—tne time allowed for publish- jag a complete transiation of a book. In regard te whatis called “The Fair Adaptation Clause” | (sec. 6), Which provides that nothing therein con- | tained li be “80 construed as to prevent fair twitations or adgptations of any dramatic or musical composition publisued in any foreign bouutry,” the English society of authorsis of pinion that it should be repealed aitogetner, for, ts they justly observe, there seems to be no more | fearon Why a pirate should be permitted to make | & play out of another man’s play, than a novel out of another man’s novel. ‘There is a discreditavie meanness adout the clause, they add, because the | éramatic genius of the French nation being (at | present, at least, for there have been times when 16 Was far otherwise) more fruitial and inventive than our own, there 1s temporarily more to be gaiued by pillaging our neighbors than we can joasibiy lose by asystem of reprisals.” Using frapk and generous language of this kind, and by their recommendations striking directiy at the Foot of the grievances complained of by French wutiors, it is not sarprising that the overtures of the Kaglisn society should have met with a cordial feception by the Société aes G de Lettres. As BS farther evidence of the satisiaction with which they regard the mission of Mr. Jerrold, they have Wmvited the representative of their British con- freres \o their annual banquet, Which takes place bn the 19th inst. THE RELIGION OF THE FUTURE. A brochure tas just made its appearance in Ger- @any, which bas produced a far greater sensation Among reauing and thinking people here than tne gudden revival of the irritating tactics by which Prince Bismarck, through tle medium of bis semi- SGicial organs, seeks to Keep alive the hostility of his countrymen to France, There is 4 suapicious ooincivence between the publication of this work | and the renewed attacks of the Berlin press upon | tae Frenen government, which would almost iead w the conclusion that whey are intended to counter, | tct the efoct of the interview of the Austrian and Weallan sovereigns at Viennaand the favorable in- Quence which it is likely to have on French Inter- pets. Be that as It may, the work to waicht Bilude, “lhe Religion of tne Future,” is a very re- Markable one, inasmuch as it puts forth some ery Griziwal and startling views as to the /u- ture of Christianity and as to the woral and Fr igivas prospects of the generations that are to succeed us. Its author, lierr slartmann, ts a man bf estavlished reputation as a thinker and writer, And 1 be was lent nis pen to the Prussian Chancel- lor it Wil ve acknoweuged that the later has 4 & poweriul auxiliary in bis efforts to de- th in existing religious systems, for in wockiog tu wipe out Carholic.«m it intst not be fwagined that Prince Bismarck thinks that be is | Ravancig the interests of lis own religion, On | that point ts convictions May be said to be iden- tical With those of the Irish peany-a-limer Who au. | nounced in his Journal that a certain bisvop “had renounced ihe errors of Popery to emourace those of Protestantism.” Herr Harimann gives Bs no very clear or aistines idea of What ine feligion of the future is to be and Is eager to | guard Nimseif against the supposition hat we de- Ures to be either its founder or prophet. All that on be one at oresent, he says, is to prepare the ements ior the new religious rejormation—or Vulution, 28 it should be calied, seciug that it 18 jo leave nothing of the existiog Jatths or instiiu. HOUs eXtant. | svould not like to assert that Herr Hartmann seriously eontem, lates tne probability of the recurn of the worid to Paganism; but, with the Most Cariest desire to arrive at a comprenen- slob Of his religious programme, | fiud that I can- not reacn any other conclusion. I must own that my mind is fled with anxious forebouings When Lt reflect ever the trequ wita = whieh works of (his kind are making their appear tn Germany. (np tne eve of every great po convulsion there have always been similar todics Hons of the existence ui # settled Dilan to weaken | br overthrow established convictions, fu imsure | | ing'the movement ior tue relormation of taear d! | Mal of Lorraine was, in jact, the | @ Diocesan Bureau, tne success of & scheme of universal domination barriers opposed by religious and litical faith bave to be removed. ‘io this prelimmary task Prince Bismarck seems to be now applying himself, and so far as the choice of his instru meats 1s concerned it wili be admitted that tney are admirably suited to his purpose, He makes one cardinal mistake, however, in his calcula- tions, ‘The World 18 no longer in an age wuen craft and cunning, uided by brute force, can en- slave the minds und bodies of men. Ine growth of education and intelligence and the influence of settled religious and political convictions will al- ways prove equal to the defence of the hoerties wales have been won at the cost of centuries of sacrifices and suffering. WORKMEN'S CLUBS IN FRANCE, The publication O! the report of the second gen- | eral assembly Oo! the association entitled “L’Ouvre des Cercles Catholiques d’Ouvriers” atiords me opportunity of bearing testimony to the progress of asociety which, though but a short time in ex- istence, has aiready conterred vast benefits on the French Working classes, that 1 owes its creation to the humane tnspira- tions and active personal exertions of Captain de Mun. Bory in the heiuhts of Belleville, amid the Jast dy.ng yells of the Commune, when the young and briliiant officer, having iought his way so lar, turned iu sorrow and shame over the bodies of his bleeding compatriots, iis late opponents, into | the desecrated church which stood joriorn and opeu, and there vowed to God to do everything in his power to reunite in Christian fetiowship | and helpiainess the classes then arrayed in deadiy hostility against each otner—born in that solemn hour, 1 repeat, the tdea bas stvcu the tesis ol ume and éilort and turned out to be one of admirable practical uctlity. The young svidier has nobly Tedeemed is promise. ‘he first step which be took Was to bring fhe Workiug classes into close connection With Lose more favored by lortune or education. He rigntiy judged that it was tue duty of the latter, as the privileged ones, to make the first advance. He communicated bis couvic- tons to his ielow officers, to some of whom the idea had occurred aiuost simultaneously, aud five Or SiX of them at Once set to work wito fim. They soou learned that @ workmen’s cercle (cluo) bad been in existence jor several years a+ Montpar- passe, and had dune good in ajsmall Way without, however, influencing she creation of any similar | associations, It had falien into difficulties since the termination of the war, and was menaced with dissoluuon. M.de Mun and his associaies resolved to prop uy then to form otherson the same plan, ior tne Cercle de Montparnasse realized many of the tdey | which they had tormed jor tre improvement of the condivon of the working classes, They worked with energy und bopelulness, and success | crowned their efforts. Not only have they established =a of these cluos in Various = quarters of Paris but they have exteuded the movement vo the | provinces, where a great desl of good has been eGected by it, There is no central organizauion among the not neces: working independently, thoagh mutually com- municating through oflicers appointed fur the pur- pose. In all, 1¢ ie the workmen themselves who wominister the funds and control the alfairs of the club. ‘fhe Weasthier associates merely Start the new brauches 01 the society, name the first cum- muttee of direction, cxert themselves to procure junds when required and assist ut the social | herinus. The committee elected iu the first stance choose phelrown president or director and afterwara recruit their bumber vy vote, Many of the educated associates of the wor: men's clubs already belonged to the Catholic com- mittees which were imstituted immediately alter the war, befure even the insurrection of the Com- munists broke out. ‘The members o1 these com- mittees are engaged in various works OL benevo- ce, and carried thelr efforts to every art ol France, At preseut their name legion, and the; ure to be found in every department. Gradually as they extended their operations tue necessity of organization sug- fetter acuon anywhere, but yet one that would promote fraternity, Hence the Union des Ouvres Ouvrieres Catnoliques. At this stage the associa- tons were grouped in dioceses, under the supreme direction oO: the bishops, so 4s to give fo them the guarantee Of morality and religion, Almost every | diocese has how its own society, each of which has a bureau of correspondence by whish inter- course is kept up with the other societies. Alter the workmen’s Clubs were set going In Varis au expansion was given to the movement by the foua- | dution 0! other societies under the titles of Les Ouvres de |’Usine and Les Ouvres Ruraies, botu of Which originated in the provinces. L’Ouvre de VUsine was commenced at Val de Bois, uncer the | gested itseli—not such an organization as would | | Every one knows | ne rickety instituiton, and | } Men of catechism as regards its subject, whiie its of “Of the Skelligs” reappear in her present work, The lady who cals herself on the title NEW NOVELS. | pages of her novels Mrs, Forrester, who has Under the title of “Marie Caaseaing’ Mi. Adolphe written some iairiy clever i ephemeral books, Badin gives us an affecting story of the tusurrec- | “Fair Women” and “From Glympus to Haces’? tion of 1870 in Algeria, Arab lie ts depic it | Deing among the Lumber, has just written & muck the administration of the day—s singular qualia. | cation for a soldier! | s a! with such vividness that tbe reader can yeaaly | bester novel toan either of these. It is calied fancy himself a spectator of the scenes narra‘ed, | “Dolores,” and 18 very good of its kind, Jules Vernes’ new work “Le Chancellor, Journal | which is the moral. At first, wheo a’un Pasgager,” Is in every one’s hand: In dis- | one finds the pretty, secluded young girl, | Whose picturesque avode and lovely Seli are dis- covered by the young artist, Who paints her pic- lure, Wins her heart and goes of to Paris alter & ovol lare Weil of her, and when tue tnnoceut young Jady Jollowa the artist to Paris, we tuink we have read sumething very like Loat belore, and tuat Plays ail the fecundity of tinagmatiou aua versa- lity which have characterizea his previous works, while it reveals lis talent in a new | hase—that of realistic force of description, ‘ake, for instance, the scene On the rait when the shipwrecked Unforiuvates cast lols to decide whose body 1s to furnish food to save them trom | Mts. Forester las stepped tnty “Outda’s” pair of the horrors of a lingering death. [do not remem- | Wooden shoes, or rather into an tintiation of them ber to have readin any work of fiction & scene | 1M prunelia. But tue imitation is only at the ve- ginning Of Loe story; aiterward the incideats are 48 OFig1NAl AS Loose Of MOsE Works Which deal with “tine” peopie and modern puases of sentiment, and as te book is larly Welt written and the heroine attains the bemgit of eartily Jelicity Go o povel) by Marrying a wealthy you.g nobleman, there 18 nOCMIDY Lo be desired, and the popularity | OL “Dolores” may sulely be predicted, which fas more yividiy impressed me or which | nas filled me witn greater admiration for the | aescriptive powers of the author, Michel Levy's | idea of collecting the early stories end sketches of | Dumas, Jr., which were only to pe found scattered | tbrough the columns of hewspapers and serials, | has resuited in the publication of a charming volume, rendered all the more imteresting by & pre‘ace irom the penof the new academician, | There bas been a good deal of discussion since Another recueil of somewhat the game character | the deatu of the iamented Count ue Jarnic re- isthe “Réeits du Golle Juan,” by Mme, Juliette | specting his achievements in the way ol ficuon Lamvert. ‘The stories are simply but feelingly | and drama and & very creditable list has at ieugta and naturally told, and are full of local color, | been put togetuer; bus in nove of the Journais ‘The saie ol the second portt.n of M. Goizots ; Which have discussed the matter bas the most Lhe assumed Character of Sir Charics Kockiugbam, which te adopted from ts own first level, “Rockipgaam.’ ‘The story 18 shot and whims cal, aud ib 18 put Logetiier in a Way which we woulda now cali old fasnioned, delightfauily droil, and the lile ike wise oj Lhe people introduced 18 extraordinary, A more laughver- provoking story it would be impossibie to name. Miss liza Pollard, whose ursi novel, “Hope Deierred,” was very well received a couple of years ago, and was ‘really @ very abie exposition autographs. Tve weil Known Fronch writer and dramatist, Alphonse Royer, died on the loth inst. He was director of the Odeon from 1853 to 1856, and then assumed the direction of the Opera, His “His- | toire Universeilé du fhe tre’ 1s a work yery much | in ,equest among book collectors, ENGLISH BOOKS. Lonpon, April 10, 1875. y y ol the French system of the mariage de con- | Mr. Charles Christopher Mlack’s “Lule of | tenance, is the author of @ rowaniic and well con. Michael Angelo Buonarotti? (for whom | triyed story, culled “ne Lady Superior.” ihe | his blographer claims the utles of | scene of this novel 18 nov exciusively laid in Sculptor, painter and architect, but not | Sranoe aud a greater number ol persons, | WICh more complicated interests, play their parts those of poet and soldier, which were surely as j | much his due), though much superior to the “Life | of Leovardo da Vinci,” which was published by | | the same ‘irm (Macmillans) last year, leaves a | bratea k;nsuip, Jor he 18 & hopelessly uasuccessiul | great deal to be desired and fs not so full and pre- | ATI al cacao ara tt ae ae Se | cise as the iie of the matchless artist, piu | raopers brother—no English novelist has ite | eache mortal angio divino, which Miss Bennett | | (who died a lew weeks ago) translated from the | | lo it, Itisa very good novel, more interesting joan the Urst, aud better constructed. With the exception of Mr. Phomas Avolphus froiope—wio 18 a melancholy instance of the danger of cele- and cuuracrer, His “La Beta,” “Maciatua,” aud go lurth, did not attractany hotice beyond & pass- ing wouder that any one could possiviy expect tuem to do so, and ihe genera: disinciination to Joreigh themes anu scenes 1D Huglisa Oction was by no meaus soitened by Luese lailures, We were ailquile content te accept Edmouc Avout’s chef @Mauvre, “tol,” as the Most perfect and only Tequisite exponent of moaert [taltan lic, manners German some years since. The book, like the “Life of Da Vinci,’ is beautifully gotten up, a marvel of typography and arrangement, but it is | rather vague and speculative. The illuscrauons | (photograph) are remarkably fine, and the work | SOrInGY.. 8: S0niGen Rt HARORAA | Ot nearest | and ideas, apd to admire tue admirabie saul with jrom the circumstance of the late investi- | wyich we krench novelst inducted, 1a a Way as into the identity of the remains | striking to biglish as ey Peep pepuetes | tue difference between italiaa and Frencu deposited in the sarcophagas which i# sure | social customa and domestic Ile, An English mounted by the famous figures of Dawn and | yovelist nas when up Oo similar tusk and pertorwed tt to admirauon, The ‘‘itallaus,” Twilight in the Medici chapel at Fiorence, This by Mrs. billoc, the accomplished wife of the Dean investigation bas placed it beyond a doubt that | 1 “ of Bristol, 1a a perfect pic\ure of the social status the bodies are those of El Moro and the Duke of | guo iu italy, conveyed in a UctIOn oO: Iuen Luter Urbini, so that the German speculations on the | est, striking ouabain) Se! rik Sons IaH ON ower Of construction and dramatic elfect. ‘Tne SALAS ATS WOR, AT eRe weperes belies, founded \ aparacter of the Marehesa Guiuigo, with tne on tradition, 1s correct, Coincident with this | Mile, de saint Melau of Kugéne Luis Matnilde, confirmation is the discovery tn an old palazzo | or Lady Kew in the Beh icmar rine ba @ periect ‘ , | type of natlonalty applied to individuality, ‘Tne at Florence of w statue, that of a fawn, which ts | [328 Cet hour the book is aduurable, and unhesitatingly assigned by the most competent Wie Interest Of Lhe story is made to culminace very critics to Michael Angelo. It is rather remark- | Skiliuily, Miss Thuckaray’s Serial sory in Corns 2 4 | Adu, “Milas Angel,’? 18 asignal ‘ature, She intro. et gobs ano hush en sina vel ga dctel nied at tahcaprig | duces pr. Jonson and makes bim use the word da Vinci” was padlished last year tnelong missing — ++ej1able.” If she nas DO respect tor a dead iion, skull of the painter of La Jocunde was found, the great lexicographer, wi0 uas proved him like MR. MARKHAM. a living one, M he could pave conceived his being x4 suspected of such a blunder, she mignt be ueterred Mr. Clement Marktiam 18 an industrious writer py ine recollection of tue recent sirictures on the on out of the way subjects other than tire Arctic | pointin tue Saturday Review, regions, apd the history, past, present and pros- shad sipssgrnepccie: - pective ol discovery and enterprise in tuose un- POETICAL AND LEGENDARY RESEM- genial climes, His latest work is @ queer speci- BLANCES, Mr. Matthew Lewtas sends to the London Atheneum an old Portuguese poem, as “a strange and not uncommon proof of the cosmppolitan and ubiquitous nature of ballads,” and though | | | | | | gation | | | | style is an atiractive combination of learning and | gossip Of the grave ac(ualities of history and the | Jancies of romance. Itis a “Memoir of Lady Ana | direction of M. Harmel, a large manufacturer, His object, aNG be has succeeded in it, was to make his hundreds of workmen a siogle Christian famuy. At Orst the women were leitout oi tis caiculations, but, a8 Was to nave been expected, instead of aic pated husbands and brothers, tuey ser tn laces agalpst it, and made their .omes sv uncom jortable that it required @ good dea: of courage on | the part of the men to remain steadfast to their aliegiauce. Tuts experience having been ac- quired the Women themseives Were takeu in hand and were jouud hot only an agreeable element but active coadjators in the Wor« of association, Ail that Low remained to be dove was to group the children together, and this bas been accum- plished with t most meritorious results. ‘Tue ouvre de ’Usine has lately been extenueu to the Bauarat and Maxéville, which, togetwer witi Val de Bois, are in tue alucese of Naucy. ‘Tne old cap- rst to esiabiish ‘Yo this part or France also belong Les Ouvres Rurales, Which now exist Ip more than thirty | Some of | parishes, They began witb the young. tue curés took to assembling on the Sunday the children who had made tueir arst communica and keeping them together the whole day, Aiter assisting at Mass Various kinds o! innocent amuse- ments were provided for tvem in the snape of active games and exercises, dramatic recitations, amusing of iosiructive lectures or singing, sume: thing, 14 fact, to sult every Envious of their cnildren’s goou luck the fathers asked to have something done for them also, and thus tue calidreu were Made to conduce to the moral im- provewent of their parents. Lhave yet tu deseribe the valuable wwnovation styled hotelleries or maisons de famille. ‘tue name speaks for tteeif. In these es: sumen Worsmen are lodged at the chy vie rate, pest Protected against While as the same time they all temptauions to dissipation and vice. The hotelleries are still oo few in bumber, That at the Cercle Montparnasse has receutiy been considerably enlarged. One of the subsiaiary ovjects of these insiitutions is to provide comvort- abie ,oagings for workmen who have to travel, where tuey may meet friends ana protection wherever they go. Avother, (hough as yet it h ony been carried Out on a@ siall scale in Haris, te provide oMces jor the demand ana supply workmen, Paris fas already its Salons des Ouvres, where educated members of the union can assembie and | converse together on all topics of general interest. Mere Musical periormances can ve given or poetry Tead; occasionally some traveller or foremner relates what he has gathered in other countries On subjects (hat are likely to prove interesting to the Workmeo. Lauies are occasionally admitted. Indeed, in many things they piay an active ; Every Cercle d’Uavriers fas iis Comit’ des Dames, viten the richest and the nobiest in the land. dheir ousiness is to collect funds and to grace the workmen's fetes with their presence. At all social gatherings only ove Topic of conversation or discussion is taboord; need Lsay that ieis politics. in addition to these Meags Ol eMtertainment Of amusement confer ences by competent iecturers sre periodically given for the beuefit of the workingmen. ‘iney are, of course, gratuitous, and, laa happy to say, e always well aitended, Such are the chtef veatures of the important movement which is DOW busily at work in France Hd Weien Constituies the west counter-checa to Kociaist tendenciés tuat eam be devised, it seems to Me tvat some of them mignt be applied successfully to tue improvement of the condition of the Worwing classes In the Untied Stat The Population of Lhe large cities of the Unton is in- creasiug with Such rapidity ond the vicissitudes of Industry bave become so great that the same pro- portion of pauperism, sutering ana viciousuess that @Xists Im Burepean communities is, un- happliy, bat too Irequentiy to be iound there, Thas there means Oj ajleviating itand of im- proving th i108 OF the Working ciasses gen- eraliy, 18 & conciasion WOtcu I hope Lue perusal of this ietter will have veft on the minds o readers. THE WISHOP OF ORLEANS ON FREEMASONRY. M. Dupanioup, the most aggressive uf the cniefs of the Church muitant. bas puviished in the form of # brochure @ vivient attack on Freemasonry, which he denounces as “in radical antagonism with reiigion.’”’ He supports his theory by as- sumplious of what is uttered in tue louges; a sin- gular wode of reasouing, seeing that their pro- ceedings are secret and Liat no evidence that can Teach nim on the Subject can ve saiey reliei on. ‘Sake, for instance, one Of tae Bishoy’s gene: aliza- Hons involving (he gravest charges against the bouy, “Cnristiabity Is Constantly asserted in the lodges to be a lying, bastard, vrutaliziog religion Which must be anuiMilated, It is au aggregatiot Totten edifice, which must fail to give Pice to the Masooic tempic.” In Englana and America numbers of the most pious and respected ciergymen of the Protestame Church are afiiated to tue Order, MOS’ Kenerauy in ine ollice of chap- jain, | jeave to them the task of vefenaing it against the fulminations of M. Dupanioup. Having been & Freemason mysvif jor upward of tnirty years | haturaiy feel mdignant at seeing stich sianders published o the signature listian prelace; but I jee: thata reply to them will come With more force from the wem- vers of @ priesthood; which, though dittermg in rom that to Which Dapanioup be- jougs, 18 scarcely less distinguisned jor 1s plety and attachment to che doctrines of Christianicy. “THE AUMY OF THE REVOLUTION.” Unger the above te M. ©. de Verizat, a retired officer of cavairy, bas published a yoiume, the od- ject of Which seems to be to cast iscredit on the new military force, ’ Armee Territoriale. in orcer to dO this he traces the Mistory of ihe Natonal Guard and endeavors to prove that under the present regulations the new force ts likely to be- come af mstvttion more political thau miitary io Character. In orver .o guard against this dan- ger he recommends that the choice of officers your | should be based, not merely on a military but on & moral examination. In other worus, ne seeks tw create te very peril wach he prolesses & desire to avoid; for every one knows what the phrase “woral guarantees’ means in France in connection with rank or oMece of any kind, It is er more nor less than the as- sumption that tue political opinions of the postu. jam) mast be entirely in accordance with those of de Osorio, Countess of Chinchon and Vice Queen of Peru,” and tt magnifies the chinchona tree (whose bark 18 the raw maierial o| quiniue, and Whose successful culture in Inuit 1s cuiefy doe to | Mr. Clement Markam) with much earnestness. | It appears that the Countess of: Chinchon was a | remarkavle and mMieresting personage, ana the | firs: important individual who was cured of | | tertian lever (1 1635) by tue use of Peruvian bark, | “strange and not uncommon” 18 a curious condl- tion—ike the expression, “very opportune and quite ill-timed,” we once heard—the resemblance to ap English song he points out is suggestive. In the Portuguese young Dom Doardos and the Infanta are sfain by the King, her jather, and the Ere the m whien she subsequently imtroduced ito Spain, | ballad say: | Mr. Markhaim’s book 13 a pieasant and skins | Xo they slew young Dom Doardos broderie upon the supposed suoject, and suca | At them light's evening's close, | readers as du not care Jor the story of tne liig of | And the Jowiy the beausiul Dona Ana will find pleasant reacing | 1D bis description Of Chincon, Im Catalonia, aud | his account 01 nis journey thither TRAVELS IN ASIA. A travel book of a diferent kisd is Mr. Thomp- son’s “Malacca, China aad Indo-China.” Thougn this Work goes over Very muca the same ground | @s that parraied by Mrs. (Longworth) Yelverton In her really amusing vook, Which she called py toe silly und uffecied name of “Lferesina Peri | grine,” it is quite new, because the journey was | Ubuertaken aud recorded im @ Very aifereat sprit. Mr. Tuompson's great work on China is ope of the most val e and beautual vooks ever published, bat mucd too voluminous and ex- pensive ever to enter 1uto the category of general literature, or even to be relegated to thai waich 18 enlarging its bounoarics day by day—oi ine books whicn bo gentiemau’s library ought to oe without—and the preseut voume is a very userul and acceptable corollary to it, whien, | while ic treats of suojects not alluded to in the | | larger work, the mysterious political and social systems ol the Kingiom of Siam ure rendered | more easily mteliigible to the Wesiern inteilect oy Mr. Thompson than by any writer within our | | knowiedge woo has attempted to elucidate them ina popular jorm. The poysical ieatures of tue couniries described are maue very vivid, and the | That (lium s wails were subject to their view, cuaplers on te court and toe administrations | The trees’ tall summits witherod at the sight: throw @ ligni pou the mtricactes and tue im. | A constant interchange of growth and bligat. Portance uf the late quarrei and reconciliation of | tne two kings woich we shouid Certainly nave lacked without them. O01 Indo-China Mr. Thomp- ‘One was buried in the chapel, The other near the portat ire. An olive iree grew irom her body, And from hisa royal pine, ‘Thrives the one aud thrives the other, And entwined their branches grow. Mr. Lewtas relers to the resemblance to this of occur the verses:— Lady Nancy was laid in the nd Lord Lovell was laid in the chotr, And out of her bosom there grew a red rose, And out of ber lover's a briar, They grew and they grew to the tall steeple’s top Until they could grow no higher, And twisted themseives in a true lover's knet For all true lovers to admire. We may add to this another corresponaing passage im English ver! It is the concluding stanza of Wordsworth’s ‘‘Laodamia,” which is founded on a Greek legend Upon the side Of Hellespont (such faich was entertained) & Knot of spiny trees lor ages grew From out the tomb of him tor whom she died ; Aud ever When such stature they had gained cold churchyard, mstances, and the fundamental moral of all such son gives us a More cheeriu! aud attractive idea | 1egencs, or the one legend 1p its various iorms, 1s than we haa hitherto gained irom any Papal | finely expressed in the verses which precede the Probably vecause his purpose tu visiting the re- t above :— mote region that o1 the genera: wravelier, | bet to human ea@ering are e50 and the previous bvoks writien on the same subs | And mortal hopes derented and o'erthrown Ject have been mostly written uy specialisis. Are mourned by man, and not by man alone, ITALY. aAstondly he believes. Among the sound, sober ana yet readable books | ‘ penalty is “fhe Vilgrimage of tue Tiver,” vy Mr. Wiiltam | LITRRARY CHIT-CHAT. Four thousand years ago the Babylonians pos- Davies. 11s title sudiciently describes its purpose, | wuich is most admirably iuililied. ‘Ihe traveler in italy wno would truly, thorougny and pronta- | biy enjoy bis Visit to the Eternal City ought to TeckOU AMONE VECesBATIES OF ile Jor Tue OccAsWa | Mr. Augustus darts *Waiks in home” and “Vaya Near Kume” and this celigaviul “Prigrimage.” In the course Of last year Very genergl attention was writven om clay instead of on paper. Specimens of the Assyrian books, boing oplong pieces of clay, stamped on both sides witha metal stylus and excited by a Series of papers whica were contrib. . then hardened in the fire, are extant tn the British utee to Macmittan’s Magazine wnuer the titie of museum. “sketches of Spanish Lie and Character.” Toei spirit, noveity, sympatheitc tone and | A Bew Revue Historique, to appear quarterly, the tue Known regions ot the loerian Peni. containtog original documents and correspon- Sula. In which the scenes o! these ske‘cies | dence from all countries, will be started in Paris were selected, set nem apart irom ail preceding works Ol situinr Kind. These skeiches have been pudiished in HOOK lorm, with the addition ot several Chapters descriptive of mines aud miners im the Spanish “biack country,” Liuares ang Ava uta generaiiy, ‘ihey are written by the Kev, Huga Kose, woo lives at Linares, in toe somewhat dreary capacity of chupiam to tae Germaa ana Engiish ming companies there. Mr. Kose 13 & conscientious clergyman, & rare sportsmau, an ardeul traveller, and @& man evidently endowed Wilh Much power Of Observation aud ano lysL picturesque iaucy, strocg taste for the roma And WUCOUMOD Aspects OF lie, ANd (he Invaru: gilt of ready aud Vivid symoatines, @ tical result of the combination o: Lbese qualith & DOOK Wihicu 18 48 Surprising lo ts matter as it by Gabriel Monoa, January 1, 1876. Nearly every Englishman who does anything in literature seems to think it bisduty to writea book on the Eoglish constitution, The latest is by a barrister named Langmead. Harper's well Known ‘Handbook for Traveilers in Europe” wilt soon reappear, the frst of tue three volnmes being wholly rewiitten. ‘The late Lady Dut Gordon’s “Last Letters from Egypt,” aod it is @ pity they are the last, will soon appear from Macmillan’s press, with a ne | portrait of that remarkable woman. is capuvatiug by its manuer. The jacile generals | The admirers of ‘Pepys’ Diary” will welcome zauons > which emeannes ot te Lea couvens | the forthcoming edition, which will be the first | to sk ee inaividualities o auisn charac- | ter do mot coutenc Mr. Kove, who nay | Complete one from the original manuscript, con- studied 1% under exceptional circumstances taming at least one-iourth new matier. | and im distiicis far removed from tue patd | mr, fl. HL Furness, of Philadelphia, has nearly of the oraiary tourist, where live 1s rade inuerd and is condivions are onervus, but Where o sees the f e character in ail irs pecuitarity totally pie or t ready his Varioram edition of Shakespeare's “Tamiet.”? book iss very | Mr. Justice Strong, of the United States Supreme Curious ove, and m®&ca more atsractive than any | Bench, has a book in press on the relations of the Volumes on Spata with wai we are acquainted, | civil law 20 ecclesiastical polity and property. Its active, vita: sympathy aod spontaneous appre- utuineers, The London Hornet, established in 1866 and clauion contrast strougly wita the dilettante * criticism and languid estrangemenc of spirit DOWaht In 1872 by Mr. Stephen Fiske, an American, irom the people, ana their Lhoaghts, alms. needs | has been again soid for the small sum of £200, aud purposes which Marred ihe beauty and sat is $s o1 MF. fiarr’s exceeuinigly cever “Wanderings in Spain,” woile the Classes of peo- ple and the species of mdusiry of woich Mr, Ruse treats are enureiy Out oO: tle Way ol te general traveller. His descriptions of wwe scenery of Spain are very veauiiful, and he gives a most vivid and lie-ltke representation of the forras, or jairs, Wulch are amoug Lhe cater uational ieatures, and wWoich present curious jocal differences amid their general resempiance. SPRUNG NOVELS, | Anumber of noveis have been published for the Easter hvitdays secsou. and many more are an- nounced, With the exception of “The Law and the Lady,” by Mr. Wilkie Couns, there is no Mr. Gladstone's pamphlet on .Vaticanism has really added @ new word to the English language. The passion for odd tities in books is shown in Mr. Charies Hamilton's “Oriental Zigzag; Being Wanderings in Syria, Moab, Abyesinia and Egypt.” The Church Times prints anew first chapter of Genesis, of Which the following are specimen verses Primarily the Unknowabie moved upon Kosmos and évoived protupiasm. And procopiasm was inerganio and nndifferen- Uated, containing atl things in. potential energy; And # spirit of evolution moved upon the fluid library comes off on tre 28th. It 18 principaily | amusing aud noteworthy of his productions been composed of historical and religious works, and | Mentioned. This 1s a novel called “Dark and will be supplemented by a collection of Vaiuable | Fair,” written under the assumed Dame and in | but tne book ta | duiged us of ia.e with scenes O/ native Italian life | the English ballad of ‘Lord Lovell,” in which | The leading idea ts the same in each of these | | punished. THE BROOKLYN TRIAL. Wailing for the Curtain to Rise on the Last Act. Probable Course of the Prosecu- tion This Week. ADVICE FROM THE BOWEN FAMILY. To-day opens the eighteenth week of the Tilton- Beecher tria!, and it will be the eignty-first day actually occupied by the proceedings. Ume expended amounts to $20 hours, and we have only seen the end of the second act in this legal drama. In keeping the chronology of this most wonderful and exhausting trial we are constantly reminded of the theatrical posters and advertise- ments so familiar in these days o1 long runs. Not only has the trial had a “run” of eighty days, but it has occupied seventeen weeks, and to-day it begins its M{th month, The hits’? have been nu- merous, and the range of character displayed by the leading personages has been diversified and unique. Like most dramatic pieces, the third act in the trial 1s looked forward to the most interesting part of the performance. Tie rebutta! testimony to be offered by the plaintiff’s counsel 1s expected to be not only important in its legal bearing on the question at issue, but it will probably throw a bew ana stronger light upon the charges made by Tilton against Beecher, It has been bellevea all along that the prosecution reserved some of its heaviest guns for this part of the proceedings, and it we may judge trom the utterances and actions of the couusel this view of the case will be con firmed during the preseut week. It may be men, tioned just now that the real reason— as 18 wunderstood—ior the sudden clove of the case on the part of tne plaintit! was because it had been discovered that the defendant had ae- cided to go on the witness stand and deny every- thing alleged against bim. This discovery was made about the time Mrs, Moulton testifiea; for 1t may be remembered that Mr. Beecher declared her evidence false, despite the efforts of his friends to keep him quiet. Finding that the rdle of the de- jendant was to be that of a general and positive ; denial the counse! for the plaintiff quietly shut ap their magazine and allowed the other side to open fire, Well, the deiendant has aenied, and dented, until his evidence grew Somewhat monotonous, He denied jeading points and insignificant points | on his direct eXamination, and when in the hands of the hard-hearted Fullerton either repeated his denials or somehow forgot all about the matter unaer inquiry, He even could not remember passages in ‘Norwood,’ |and tt was quite evident that hay fever was at the botcom of the whole mischief, | It was @ merry dance while it lasted, for the de- fendant seemed to enjoy his opportunity for de nying everything, and only began to be atrala of his cross-examiner when he {ound toat he was going beneath the surface 1D @ most surprising and pertinacious manuer. THE VROBABL" RESULT of this procedure will be the imtroduction of evi- dence that will—so tt is claimed—upset a few of the pleasant pictures drawn bythe defendant and utterly contradict many of his statements and explanations. Having got Mr. Beecher down on the record as denying certain alleged facts ‘Til- ton’s counsel will endeavor to Mx upon him the stigma of falso evidence. They have obtained his version of the scene witnessed by Mr. Richards, Mrs. ‘iilton’s brother, and wilt compel the latter to tell what he saw in clearer janguage than he did velore. We are told that will be overwhelming, Then Mrs. Moulton and her husband will reappear, and either reamrm teir statements or ive additonal testimony. But What interests the pubic most is whether Henry ©. Bowen will be summoned; jor it is ad- mitted on every side that his evidence would. no doubt, establish one fact tuat otherwise wil: never be solved. it Mr. Bowen is to be believed he stauds ready to tell the troth, and says that what he has to say will hot be satisfactory wo either party. So mach tne more reason why he should be ed upon to speak, Tae quescion of perjury is just now occupying more atteotion than the evidence; for It cannot be concealed that there has been some terribie lying somewhere in this case, If Mr. Bowen can reveal where it exists be will be the most important witness in the trial; aud, as it is understood that be can do this, it Is absvluiely necessary that he should be called, no matter Woat other harm he may do the side not guilty of perjury. ‘This crime has been committed, and itis to be hoped that (he guilty ones Will be reveaieil and properiy The ortginai cause or motive tor the trial is Almost Jost sight OF in the presence of the shocking perjury that has been commitied. That tne prosecution intena to call Mr. Bowen seen probavle, and when he does ny renewed in- terest will undoubtedly be manifested in the pro- ceedings. DURATION OF THE TRIAL. Judging from the past we may expect to see the case of Tilton against Beecner closed by the mia- | die of June, just about the time the hay fever | are: sessed libraries, though most of their books were | beuins to be must troublesome to the defendant. ‘The revattal ana semi-reoutial evide D- mitted will probably occupy al. of this and tne greater part next week. ‘Then we shall pave Mr. Evarts’ speecn, which will no dvubt exhaust another week, and then Judge Porter wilt take up another. $ Will be masterly eMorts and greatly add to the edleority and importance of the trial. Tue deience having finally ciosed their side of the case, Mr. Beach wili next rise and address tae jury. Though be announces that Wis address will not occupy mauy days im its delivery, there is very little doubt that another week will have to be givea upto him, Mr. Beach's speech, in sum. ming up for the plaintiff, wilt be a terrible ordeal for tae delendant, jor it is quite evident that the leading counset for Tilton wii be derce in his devunciations and bitter in his invectives. All aloog Mr. Seach bas betrayed this im his lan- guage whenever debate arose on dispuced points oi jaw or evidence. His arraygnment of the ae- Jenvant will be somewhat leariu! to hear and ter- Tribe to read, and coming as it Will ju-toelore the | cnarge of Judge Netison, must have great eifecton | of the work of @ Importance = amoug them. | masa. Mrs. Oliphant Val Mis Brotoer’’ Ana animalcule begat ephemer: then began is reprinted irom bla and creeping things to muitipiy ou the face o: tne | 1s bY no means on $s most | earth. remarkable works. It is not cie ib as Now these are the generations of the higher Hot natural. ‘Ine style lacks the strarghtiorward | yertebrata, in the Kosmic period, that the Ua- simpli whieh distiu ed wha Of yhe Long knowavle evoluted che bipedal m: line o| Works by Wich Mrs, Oliphant’s fame as a Piatyrhine begat writer of ficuion Was establisned; avove al, it is tue monkey vegat the antaropord not interesting. No che cares What becowes oF the ape begat (he long cmanows orang, and the lawiul heir or his gypsy mother, wod the nodle | tue Orang Dewal the chimpanzee, und the chim. grandparents are aristocratic bores of ths dryest | panzee evoiuted the vimana wnat-ise writting a& novel calcd her two type. iphaok is Scotts ontat . “white Ladies’? (4 little, by the way, ra The Scottish Figaro, & montniy humorous pert Weil Worn, this is the third Ume It has been used Odical, Isto be started in Edinburgh to coniute within our knowledge), Which if appearing side | the ancient joke about Seutcn heads and surgical by side with one by Jean Ingetow. ta Good Words. | soorations i 18 an improvement on “Valentine and iis | OPerations. Brother,” and it bears contrast and comparison Henry Holt & Co. are about to publish a new | with “Fated to be Free.” but badly, Su tar as edition of Gautier’s “Winter in Russia.” This frm a3 asyet gome Miss lngeiow's ome Hook i | fue supertor vitality ot interest and ssi in | Wil Soon bring out ® new edition of Auerbach’s | Coustruction to her first, A few of tue personages | “Om the ielgnts,” Urausiated vy Siuiom A. Stern, the patient jury. The Judge’s charge is expected to cover | hree days at jeast, and then, when the trial has lasted some 110 days, the jury will retire and deliberate on how to agree or disagree, the case may be. t they ought to render a verdict, and so forever setiie the Issue, there can be ne tion, Yetitis to be jeared that alter ali ana trouble had in this case the question as to the guilt or innocence of Heary Ward Beecher will re- main a legal conundrum, not to be cnswerea by an appeai to @ jury. A BOWEN SPEAKS. WHAT HENRY C. BOWEN’S SON THINKS OF TIL- TON AND BEECHER—WILL TEE FATHER TES- uiry? CHICAGO, April 28, 1875. Mr. Clarence A. Bowen, son of Henry (. Bowen, one of the founders of Plymouth church, is stop- ping at the Palmer House, and your correspondent interviewed him this evening about the Brookiyn scandal. He was coartebous and frank In bis man- ner, but spoke with much deiiveration. He satd that the truth ought to come oat. The time for concealment had passed, No one would be abie to hide the facts very long, andin tne end the gullty persons would be overwhelmed. He knew that his sather had been siandered most unjustiy and cruelly, and time would vindicate his course In the Beecher matter. The family felt tné sian- derous attacks keealy when they were first made, but now they cared jittie for them. CoRnnEsPONDENT—Mr. Bowen, are you willing to give your opinion of Mr. Beecher’s guilt from what you know personally and otherwise ? Mr, BowEs-— A few months ago I would have sata nothing, but now I will give tne facts as farasI can. CORRESPONDENT—You have an idea of the truth atement, made by Mr. Tilton, that your father first charged Mr. Beecher with adultery; that ne knew of his guilt Im more than one tn- stance before Mrs. ‘Tilton’s name was menuoned ? Mr. Bowex—Ii my father said so mis family were ignorant o1it, Ituiok that! would have knowo it had there been any suca charges made, or even hinted by my father. CORRESPONDENT-—In your own mind, Mr. Bowen, from what you knew of Mr. Beecher personally and by report, did you suspect bim guilty of im- | proper conduct with Mrs, Tilton ? Mr vo. '—Did you ever hear it hinted, in your family or elsewhere, that Mr. Beecher was | inclined to make free with women in or out of his | memory So far the | bis evidence | Both of these ad- | denned tn am Uuniewful way toward any of mis lady Mr. BOWEN—No, sir, I heard nothing of the kind until the charges were made pabiic, CORRESPONDENT—From what your father has be eg you think that he believes Mr, Beecher gu Mr. Bowen—I have never heard my father say a word against Mr. Beecher, belore the trial nor since. If he has said anytoing aguinst him | know i Sathing ofit. Ido know that it ts not like him to 0 So. CORRESPONDENT—Mr. Bowen, every one has his | private opinion of anotner. A person may have no real proof of a man's Vices, and yet he may have ap intuitive perception that ne 18 wicked at heart. For instance:—A taiented lady, in Boston, Said a few weeks ago, “Ldon't want ny doay. to testify as to Henry Ward Beecner’s guilt. Ican read tim like a book, The limes on his face, his lips, bik eyes and his whole vody and tempera- ment say that he isa man of passion and sens' ality. He is @ sevsualist trom the crown of his heav to the soles of his feet, and itis periectiy natural for him to gratily his iaxurious appetites.” Mr. BOWEN (laughing) —She was certainly frank, CORKESPONDENT—Now you understand woat | | mean. How do you read the man? | | Mr. Bowex—From what 1 Koow) of Mr, Beecher Thave always considered him & pure man until the trial; out in saying cols 1 do vot mean to im- ply that | think he Is guilty ot adultery, CORBESPONDENT—Now, Mr. Bowen, you bi your oWd Opinion, and you KNOW the sentiments of your family, Do you think that Mr. Beecher ia Jastly accused by Mr. Iilton ? Mr. BOWEN—I do nor know, CORRESPONDENT—What ao you think of him, anyway ? Mr. BoweN—I consider Mr. Beecher a bad man | but Wuether he 1s guilty Or innocent of adultery cannot say—I don’t know. COKBESPONDENT—Are you acquainted with Fran Moulton or Mrs, ‘rilton; have you anything to say about them ? Mr. BoWEN—No, CORKESPONDENT—Waat do you think of Bessie mal aud the account she gave of Tilton’s house- 0) Mr. BowENn—I no attention to her; I_ know nothing of her. Those things troubled us very | litte. We are not naif s0 much disturbed as the | pubiic seem to imagine. | CongEsPonDeENt—Well, you know Mr. Tilton. | What do you think of nim ? Mr. Bowen—L consider him a perjurer and an adulterer, CORKESPONDENT—Will your father be called to the stand ? Mr. BoweNn—He ts willing to tell all that he knows avout it, But they are afraid of him. They dare not cali on him for the truth, CORRESPONDENT—It is Said tuat the prosecution will use Him tn rebutting. Mr. BowEN (laughing)—Oh, that 1s,an old story. I don't believe they will. He will give a clear and | truchful statement of what ne knows, and thatis | Probably what they are afraid of. GLENDENNING'S REVOLT. HE TAKES POSSESSION OF THE PULPIT—WHOLEe SALE SECESSION OF THE TRUSTEES—CHARGES OF HERESY. The curiosity seekers who belped to fill the seat in the Prospect Avenue Church, Jersey City, yea. terday, were disappointed in one respect. A | State of siege was maintained, alrhough the pree caution of placing a policeman irom the Third | precinct at the door of the churcu was unneces- | sary. Mr. Glendenning boldly ascended the pulpit | and conducted the exercises as coolly aud ear- | nestly as if some of the stirring events of the pa: year in the neighborhood of that church were only dreams, He had many hearers, but as fp ae the trustees and elders of the church were con- cerned he spoke toempty benches. Hider Howell was not there, neither was Eider Dunn. The laicer | sailed for Europe on Saturday in company with another member of the church, Mr. Brown. Mr, Howell, learning tnat the deposed pastor would persist in occupying the pulpit in opeu deflance to the Presbytery, resolved to stay away. So did another venerable pioneer o! the Presbyterian Churen, Mr. John Gordon. So did the organist, Mr. Hellermap. So did Mr. Jewell, Tne only prominent members of the church present were Messrs. Haliowell and Dean, An outbreak had been anticipated, and many stayed away ratuer than become spectators of such a scene. Bat there was no attempt at violence. Que of the young ladies of the choir occupied the seat so long | Billed by poor Mary Pomeroy, but the music fur nished @ painful contrast to that of the previous | Sunday. “‘Taere was no Spirit, Do enthusiasm, Mr. Glendenning preucned frou tne First | Episue of Paul to the Coriutoians, seventa chap- ter and tweaty-iourth verse—“bretaren, let every man, Wherein he is calied, therein aoide with God.” Phe great feature of his discourse was tts abundance oi rhetoric, He laid down tae propos! tion that im every station of life wherein man placed be should pursue fis caliiag withouc ree piuing and without fruitless aspirations aiter sume other calling which in the eyes of the world | is esteemed great. Greatness does bot consist of | fine surrougdiugs. A man snouid pursue lis cail- ing, and in bien | so remember that ve is to abid witn God, despite diMicutties of every kind and even persecution, The Speaker Was very fuent, apd scorned the aia of notes during tie sermon. No reierence | troubies of the churen, | The palpit was Qankea by large bouquets of cuoice fuwers. A HERALD reporter called at the rest dence of Mr. Howell, woo seemed to feel keenly ken. He Said he whue Mr. Glenden- tor lis presence would be ah indorsement «1 this flagrant detlance of the wuthority of the Church. He had been eutrap- ped the previous Sadoata into atienaing, bat chat could not ve repeatea, If Mr. Giendeouing desires | toremain in the pulpit be canuot do so within the Charch just now, uniess by open rebellion. If | he sets up @ pulpit eiwewnhere nobody had | rignt to object. The Cuurch felt his lose | keenly, as he was both talented and popu | lar, but they coulda not reinstate him till the judgment of the Presbytery snould be re Versed. “In any case,” continued Mr. Howell, “1 aon't think we could reinsiate him, for some of lus doctrinal opinions lately uttered are very ua. sound. ‘This is 4 serious matter and must be met, For instance, he douvis the doctrine of e.ernal punisomeat and taciines to tae Roman Cathoiic | doctrine ot purgatory or @ middie state tn tne next world, Whoever heard beiore of a Presbyterian | Questioning the doctrine of evernal punisoment f From the ariit of Mr, Lowell's remarks it is clear that a dissoivtion of the church is inevitable un- less the governing power of tae churcn ts exe | ced speedily and firmly, not omy against M | Giendeuniog Dus the iaymen who encourage and Sustain him 10 his defiance of the constituted wa thority of tue Presvyterian denomination, A BULLET IN THE BRAIN. LEFT ON THE BATTLE FIELD TO DIE. {From the Bridgeton (N. J.) Daily, May 1.) The Landis-Carrutn shooting affair has been the means of bringing to light a jew remarkable cases of shooting and miraculous recovery of persons whose brains bave been periorated by pistol oF rifle balis. Wiham V. Robinson is aged thirty-three years and Is a bottier by profession. In 1861 Mr. Robin son enlisted in Company K (Captain Timovhy | Moore, of Camden), Sixth regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, which regiment was attached te Hooker's division of the Hhird Army corps, He participated in every battle tougnt by the Army o! the Potomac, except Amtictam and Burnsice’s ning occupied the puiptt, mud campaigo against Fredericksburg, and was in over thirty general engagemen beside s number of minor ones, | was three times badiy wounded. Robinson | recetvea nis first wouna at the pattie of Wiliams burg, being severely wounded, and it was sup posed for a long time fatally wounded in the thigh. His second wound was received in the battle known as the second Bull Raw. The third wound= | in the muscles of the left arm—was received dur. ing General Grant's succession of batties betore Vetersburg. ‘The second wound was received on August 29, 1862. The Sixth regiivent, to Which RobIn.on was attached, was supporting the Fith regiment, New dersey Volunteers, which had devloyed as skir- mnishers and was chaning on the enemy. OF the shooung Robinson reculiects tuat a sharp paw darted trough fia ear aud mto his head, and | then he remembered nothing more. He was le | for devd, aod remained on the baitie fleld at least | an hour, but was 7, Temoved and taken to | the arviston hospital, suffering ontoid agony irom | a mosket Dail wound, fue bal, ether a mime or a musket ball, enterea the left ear, cutting of the pendulous lobe and taking an upwara course | through toe braim and sodged near tae upper part of the occipital bone. ‘The Wound vied provasely, | and semi-consciousness returned to him. ur. | Wiley, now of Cape May, Who was the division | hospital surgeon at the time, proved jor che ball, but was unavie to reach it. Robinsun convaiesved rapidly, and m & short ‘ime was transportation to the Untred Star wen hospital, as Chester, Pa., where the wou Was again proved in vain for the vail. in three months time Kodinson #as returned to Ms reqimegt and periormed faithial service win it, 10r Which he Was promoted to a <ergeantey and remamed with it untt tue close of (he wa | In a conversation with our representative Robin- | son informed bim that he was unabie to Work In the san, and wren he attempts to his head be- comes aimos: immediately muddled and spius | Found like a top. while suarp pains dart from bis | lett eve to the seat of the bulret. at now do | You Know the ouiliet isi your orain?” remarked | the interviewer, “Because 1 fee: tt,” was che | reply. Although shot directly through tne ear iis hearing is uoimpaired aud is as acute «nd sem sitive t und as anyone sear, His mtellect and re good ana but “rarely w be Woubied consrevation; i & Word, did you imaxine that he | about the head,”