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Londondebby, Novombor27-Noon.-The atoam
eUip Dumasct-s, wliicli loft Quobeo on the 17tb,
ioucbotl boro to-day on hor way to Livorpool.
Havre, Novcmbor 27-Noon.-Tbo General Trana
atlautic Conipany'a steamer that left Now York on
the 7th inst., arrived at this port early this morn
ing
ndon, November 27-Noon.-The Fenian
oublcs in Iroltuul havo aaaumed considerable
proportions, and thoro is no donbt that a eorious
outbreak has occurred. Two rogiinonts of nation
al troops wore urgently ordered to Ireland yostor
day evening, and transports woro being propnrod
all night last night at Portsmouth. A largo do
tachmont of marines was sent over to Quoonstown
on tho war stoamor Plymouth. A gunboat at
Chapman baa beon ordored to Bail for Quoonstown
immediately. Much alarm is folt at Cork and
through Ireland gonorally.
Tho London Times of this morning bolicvos that
tho chief organizor, Stephens, will soon appear on
the scone, if indeed ho has not already. The
Globe, oditorially, hints that a moro serious
troublo with the United Statos is really at tho bot
tom of tho Fenian outbreak.
A telegraphic dispatch from Washington was re
ceived to-day by tho United Statos Ministor at
Paris. The dispatch was vory long, occupying
many hours in the transmission, and it is bolioved
that it relates to tho Mexican question.
The Morning Herald pt to-day saya that United
tales Minister Adams has rocoived information of
tho Alabama case; that a Cabinet mooting will
eoon bo held, at which tho caso will re?oive the
consideration it merits.
It has been officially announced that tho Gov
ernment has promptly refused the use of parks for
tho tnido reform demonstrations.
SECOND DIS PATCH.
London, Novombor 27-Evening.-Tho Morning
Herald bolicvos tho Govornmont of the Unitod
States will, at the propor time, endeavor to dofoat
the Fonian plots against England.
J Pabis, Novombor 27.-Thoro aro rnmors of
* changes about to bo made in the Fronch Cabinet.
F-oiuiNCE, November 27.-Tho Italian Govern
i ment havo dotormined to Bond Veoissi on a mia
' sion to Home.
LIYEBPOOL AND LONDON MARKETS.
Lrnmrooi,, Novombor 27.-Cotton oponed dull
but steady. Sales to-day will approximate 8000
bales. Middling Uplands at the opening -were
I quoted at 11 ?c1. Breadstuff- market without ma
terial change.
I London, November "27-Noon.-Money market
i\ quiet. Consols opened at 90. Fivo-twenties, 70j.
jj^kiea, 48. Illinois, 28.
^^"* LATEB.
Li*ra_POOL, Tuesday Evening.-The Broads t-_fl_
market closed with a downward tendoncy. The
latest quotations of corn are at 40s. Tho Provision
market closed with lard inactive.
London, Tuesday Evening.-Consols, 89j.
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New Tobe, November 27.-The steamer Scotia,
from Liverpool on tho 17th and Queenstown on the
18th, ha i arrived.
The Loudon Morning Herald advocates the con
sideration of tho pending questions botwoon Great
Britain mid tho United Statos, even by arbitration
if necessary; and the Times Bays that her Majesty's
Government contemplates empowering a commifl
sion to inquiro gonorally into the application of
the neutrality laws, and to report upon tho possi
bility of eo amending them aa to bring them into
moro comploto conformity with international obli
gations. Thie inquiry will not preclude fair stops
in regard to the settlement of the Alabama claima,
which aro atill undor consideration by the Govorn
mont, and must bo entertained upon their own
merita.
Muoh damage had been dono by the floods in
Lancashire and Yorkshire.
A subscription for tho aufforora by the Quebec
firo had been atarted in Liverpool. Tho London
list hid reached ?17,000.
At the aitting of the Saxon Chamber nf Deputies
at Drosdon, on tho 14th, the Minister of State de
clared in the most positive manner that Saxony
had not concluded any treaty of alii once with Aus
tria, either boforo or during tho war. The Minis
ter added that Saxony had faithfully observed the
promise to that effect made by Baron Von Be?st.
Advicos from Paraguay stato that tho defeat oi
the allies at Cumpatz had caused a complete dis
union of tho loader** of the alliance. Gen. F_om_s
had boon in Montevideo sinco September 29th.
Gen. Mitbe had evacuated Cr tia a and left with the
rest of the army of Tuoentz. He had refused to
avail himself of tho Brazilian transports for the
conveyance of his troops.
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Radical Celebration.
Wabbonoton, November 27.-There aro four ne
groos among tho invited guests to tho Radical ban
quet on Saturday night. They are Fred. Douglas
Bobt. Purvis, Rev. Highland Garnett, and Howorc
H. Day.
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Prealdent'a Message.
Wasitxnoton, November 27.-At a Cabinet moot
ing to-day the President read a portion of his Mes
sago, and from what can bo learned, he has no idei
of departing from the policy heretofore laid down
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Seven-Thlrtlca and Fivc-Twciitlen.
Wabhinotoi*, November 27.-Parties desiring t<
convert Sovon-Thirties into Fivo-Twentioa are ro
mindod that all conversions after Docemberls
will be niado in Fivo-Twentioa bearing inter?s
from the 1st of January next, and in tranmnittinj
.or adjusting their So ven-Thirtios thoy will mako u;
their in toroa t account to that date.
Penlaton Agent at August?"*, He.
Adqusta, Me., November 27.-Eben F. Pii_u"
B.BY, of Farmington, Me., lato Democratic candi
.date for Governor, has boen appointed, and ha
received his commission, as Pension Agont at thi
place, vice Cn ajiles F. Pott_b, removed. Ho tri]
take possession of the office immediately.
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The Negro In Jtlasaacliusett?.
Boston, November 27.-At a caucus for the elec
tion of a candidato for Mayor, at Chelsea, lat
night, Bobt. W. Morris, a colored lawyer, reoeivo
242 votos to B. S. Fbost's 334.
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Arrival ot the Quaker City.
Na""-"*? Yobk, November 27.-Arrived, the Quulce
City, from Cha ric eton.
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The Markets.
Nsw Yon-, Novombor 27.-Gold-0J. Exohangi
' 60 days, 0} in gold and 54_ in curronoy. Sight 10
in gold and ??H in ewvaoj. Money 6Q1 per cm
lending to oaso. Fivo-Twontios of 18G2 rog. 106.J.
Bid Coupons 109... 1804 Coupona 107?. 1865 ton-for
tioa Coupons, 107; reg. 100 Coupons, 100i. 7.30,1st
Dorics, 10G ; 2d scries 103} ; 8d sorios 105.J. Mis
souri G'a 88J. Virginia 6*a 65., Gold at 1.80 P. M.,
42*. Cotton firm; MiddlingvUplands, 85. Flour
dull; Bales 800 bbls. Pricos unchanged. Whoat
qniot, and Western advanced 1 to 2c. Bice and
Barloy dull. Corn advancod 1 to 2o; salos 36,000
bushels, at $1 25 to 1 26_ for Westorn. Oats dull.
Beef quiet. Pork dull. Lard dull. Whiskey quiot
and unchanged.
EVENINO DISPATCH.
New Yobk, Novombor 27.-Flour opened dull
and cloaod a shade Armor. Salos 16,000 bbls
Stato $8@11.50; Ohio $10.00@13.40; Wostorn $8?
13.25; Southern $11.50@16.25. AYhoat l@2o high
er. Sales 5600 bushol?-No. 3 Milwaukio $2.30?
2.32_. Corn closod dull and declining. Salos 96,
000 bushels-Mixed Westorn $1.25. Oats unchang
ed. Salos 27,000 bushols.
LATEST NEW YOBK -OLD QUOTATION.
New Yobk, Novombor 27-4P.M_Gold -12?.
Baltl-oiie, Novombor 27.-Whoat dull; Rod
$2.92@2.95. Corn steady; now crop 97t_J$1.02.
Flour Bteady; Baltimoro high grades scarce. OatB
steady. Seeds scarce Provisions nominal. Cofiuo
quiot and unchanged. Sugars Arm, with a botter
demand. Whiskey dulL Cotton dull at 33_@33?
for Middling.
Philadelphia, Novombor 27.-Flour very dull;
Superfine $8@i*8.55; Extra Family $11.2D@$12.
Wheat dull; Red $2.78@$2.93; Southorn $3.20.
Corn dull, Old Yollow $1.20; Now 90@96 conts.
Oats 58. Whiskey dull; Westorn 43.
New Obleans, Novombor 27.-Cotton activo and
firm ; Low Middling 32@33. Sugar doclinod 4c
Molasses declined 3@5 conts. Provisions dull and
unchanged. Bank Sterling 53.J@5?i. New York
Sight i@J discount. Gold activo, and advanced to
43. Stato Fair oloaod to-day. It was suocossful.
Beof heavy. Pork .closed firm ; Moss $22.50 ;
Prime $20@20.50. Lard firmer. Butter hoavy.
Whiskey dull. Cotton firm, but not very active ;
salos 1000 bales ; Middling Uplands 31 J@a?. Gro
ceries dull. Naval Storoa quiet and Btoady ; Tur
pentine 72@73 ; Rosin $4.50? 10. Petroloum quiot ;
Crude $21?| ; Rofined $32.50. Freights to Liverpool
more active and firmer. Cotton 3-16<L(?l]d.
Cincinnati, November 27_Flour dull. Super
fine $9 50? 10 50. Whiskey etoady at 84. Hoga dull
at $5 26 gross; receipts 11,000. Mess Pork dull at
$20. Lord dull at 12@12.jc. Gold 42_.
Milwaukee, November 27_Flour steady at $9 25
for Double Extra. Wheat l@_c. bettor. Salos at
$2 07 for No. 1, $1 84 for No. 2, and $1 72 for No. 3.
Oats-Sales at 43c. for No. 2. Corn 2 conts better;
eales at 88c.
LOSS OF THE H TE V?I8HI?? 1-I?*GFISI1 ER.
FULL PARTICULARS.
The Baltimoro Gazette, of Monday, the 26th in
stant, has the following report of tho foundering
of tho steamship Kingfisher, on her passage from
Baltimoro for this port :
LOSS OF THE StEAMSUTP "GlNQFKHEK, OF THE
BALTiMonE and CnABLESTON Lnn*.-The steam
Bhip Liberty, Rollins, master, arrived hore ahort
ly aftir noon yesterday, from Havana, via Key
Weet, with merchandise and passengers to H. M.
WAnFiELD & Co., agonts. She brought to this
port a portion of tho officers, crow and passengers
of the steamship Kingfisher, Habbis, master, of
Mobdecai's Line, botweon Baltimore and Charles
ton, which foundered in a galo off Capo Hattoras,
sixty-five milos, on tho 13th instant. From tho
report of the chief officor, R. B. Boaos, of tho dis
aster, tho following is taken : .
"The ship left Baltimore at 2 P. M. on tho 10th
instant; at 6.40 A. M., Nov. 11th, Capo Henry boro,
west; ahapod course S. S. E.; in afternoon altered
couTBO to south; mado Capo Hatteras boaring W.
by 8.; wind S. \V., increasing fast, with heavy sea;
P. M., engineer reported leak in uro and ongino
room; sot watch to assist in bailing; steam pump
at work; Nov. 12th, A. M., blowing a gale from S.
W., shipped to S. W., with hoavy cross sea; sot
jib and epankcr, ahip hoading W. S. W.;A. M.,
shifted deck load and started steering gear; throw
overboard dock load for the preservation of the
ship; wind and sea increasing rapidly; engineer
reported leak increasing; all hands employed in
baihng; furled jib and spanker, and split spanker
in taking it in; hove ship to on starboard
tack; P. M., ship fell off, sea making a complote
broach over lior; brought her to on port tack, hoad
ing from N. E. to '?.; leak still increasing, all hands
bailing; Novombor 13th, P. M., went down in fore
peak and found five feet water in the hold; report
ed same to the captain, who concluded to abandon
the ship at daybreak; got threo boatB all ready for
lowering, and at daybreak lowered them safely
crew still employed in bailing incessantly; ono boat
containing four aoamen put off from tho ship first;
tho lifeboat, in charge or Capt. Harris, with threo
officors, two passongora, the pursor and six men,
and the long boat, in charge of the first officor,
with two officers, one pasaongor and six men, then
left the ship, and at 8.30 P. M. were pickod up by
tho United States steam frigate Susauehanna, ant
taken to Havana, where they arrivod on the 17th
instant*,"
The boat which first left the Bhip, having four of
the crew aboard, had not boen hoard from at the
time tho Liberty loft Havana. The namos of
these men are : A. Benn, Charleston; Gable Chew,
Savannah: M. Hardy and John Dawson, Baltimore.
When tL ? captain, officers, crew and passengers
reached Havana, they wero entirely destitute of
money, ?te, having saved nothing from the ill
fated ship.
The following is a list of the passengers, officers
and crow of tho Kingfisher, who arrived hore yos
terday in tho steamship Liberty :
Passenger?-Mies M. E. Smith, Baltimoro; Mr.
S. L. Jones, Texas; Mr. Hosegood, South Carolina.
Officer?-Captain F. M. Harris, Georgia; chief
officer, R. B. Bogga, Sonth Carolina; second officor,
L. J. Nelson. "Virginia; chiof onginoor, J. H. Rhoil,
Baltimoro; first assistant onginoor, G. A. Dean,
Baltimore; second assistant onginoor, E. H. Brown,
Virginia; pursor, N. H. Mordecai, Baltimore; pilot,
I. B. Smith, Charleston, S. O.
Seamen.-A. Spenoo, Virginin ) F. Smith, Balti
more; J. Burnos, Ireland; Peter Pehorson, Eng
land; Thomas Williams, Baltimoro; F. Dalkin, Ger
many.
Captain Harris, togethor with tho rescued pas
senger.-?, officors and crow, wish to acknowledge
publicly to Captain Rollins, his officors and crow,
tho many obligations they aro under for their
generous treatment and tho many acts of kindness
received from thom while on board the Liberty,
coming from Havana to Baltimore.
List of Aromen of the Kingfisher loft in Havana,
to ho Bent forward by the first ateamor leaving foi
tho United Statos by the Unites States C?nsul: J,
Apple and J. Pasca?, Baltimore; R. Rovoll, Vir
ginia; J. Slaughter, Ireland; T. Leach, Scotland; J.
Muller, Germany.
Thoro wore no eorions casualties occurring dur
ing the prevalence of tho gale and the Bubseqnonl
loas of tho ship. Captain Harris had his righi
hand slightly mashed, and the second officor, Nel
son, han ono of his arms badly bruicod while al
the wheel.
The Kingfisher was a very Ano ateamor in all re
spects, staunch and well ordered. She was built
in Mystio, Connecticut, about eighteen month
ago. Sho was owned by Mordecai ?k Co., of Balti
more and Charleston, and was valued at about
$100,000. Tho amount of insurance oould not be
ascertained. Her oargo wa? rained at about
$125,000, and was pretty generally inourod.
SKETCHES OF TRAVEL.
LETTES KT___3EB XXI.
FRANKFonT-oN-TiiE-MAiN-, 18GC.-I havo travollcd
through Gormany from tho extromo South to tho
Baltic or North Boa, from Borun to tho Rhino, "nil
havo (lIbo visited all of bor principal cities. In this
long journey I havo ondoavorod to koop my oyca
and oars wido open, to seo aB much of the country
as I could. But to rocord the thousand and ono
objects that prosont themsolves in Buch a journey
is not on easy matter; I noto down tho principal
objects of interest to be digested and written out
when I havo moro loiauro. I liko tho honest, opon
hcarted German pooplo, and have studiod carefully
their manner.-., habits, customs, and examined
their system of education, commerces, agrioulturo,
manufacturing and railroads. I havo reviewed two
of ho mostpoworful annie., iu Europo, standing in
battlo array. I am now in tho far-famod city of Frank
fort, just in timo to witness its last free days. Tho
torriblo scones and trialB through which this old
froo city ha? rocontly passed, and its historical as
sociations, having been for moro than noven hun
dred years a froo town, and during a long poriod
tho capital of tho great German Confederation
all tbeso circumstancos ronder tho city, at this
timo, peculiarly interesting. Hero tho eloction
and crowning of the Emperors of Germany have
takon placo for oonturios. I'ranfort has boon tho
soat of the largest banking houBos in the world.
It was in a narrow alloy of Fraukfort that the
founder of tho great banking hourn, of Rothschild
was born. Yonng I_o__.so_t_d bogan lifo without
monoy or family infiucnoo; but he possosscd in
dustry, energy, oconomy and honoBty-qualifica
tions which insuro bucccsb. It is estimated that
tho difforont governments in Europo owo tho
Rornscmi.Ds at bousand millions of dollars 1 In
tho immonso business transactions of this houso,
thoy look moro carefully into tho security of tho
negotiation than tho largo profits. Tho troatmont
of Frankfort by tho Prussian Gonorals has excited
universal indignation in Europo. Gen. Reedeb
demanded from tho Mayor thirty million florins,
with a threat that if the monoy was not forthcom
ing in twenty-four hours, the post?nico and tolc
graph would bo closod, and tho city guarded to
provent any articles of food from entering. Thoso
domands wcro mado as tho right of war, which,
after all, is but tho right of tho strong over tho
weak, and should only bo practiced in barbarous
countries. But war, in ita most modified usages, is
nothing but a spocios of barbarism. No Christian
nation should engage in it. Mayor Feuleu paid six
million florins, and liquidated tho balance of the un
justifiablo demand by hanging himsolf to tho bed
post. The excitement was so great in the oity, the
coffin was removed to the comotery at night, and
the funeral took place at 4 o'clock A. M., instead of
9, as advertised. Notwithstanding this precaution
tho concourso of pooplo was immonso.
Nearly o very ono here has Prussian soldiers bil
leted upon his promises ; ono family was required
to provide for two hundrod, bocauso the ladies
throw flowers from their windows upon tho Aus
trian troops and brick bats upon tho Prussians.
The history of all wars prove that the women aro
moro spirited and vindictive than tho mon. Tho
fair daughters would bo bettor employed in strew
ing olivo branches, for war makes for thom any
thing but beda of rosos, and doprivos many a one
of a lifetime companion. Germany, from the days
of JUMOS C_esab, has occupied a prominent posi
tion in the history of Europo. The Romans ex
tended thoir conquests ovor Spain, Franco and
England, but never over tho Fatherland. It is
situated in the contre of Europo, and in length,
from tho Adriatic to tho North Sea, 750 milos ; in
breadth, from Bolgium to Russia, C50 miles, and
contains 50,000 square miles, with a population of
Bovonty minions-in tho now organization, being
protty equally divided botweon Prussia and Aus
tria, and thoir allies. In nearly overy quarter of
Germany oxtensivo chains of mountains aro to bo
found, but nono of them will comparo in height,
or boauty of scenory, to thoso of Switzerland. Tho
most elevated mountains I saw wero in Bavaria,
thoir summitB boing whito with snow oven in
August. I was surprised to find in this old country
immonso forosts of timbor, which aro a ______ of
great wealth. Moro than a fourth of Gormany ia
oovored with forests. Tho climate varies with
the elevation of tho different localities, but noithor
the heat nor cold ?b extrome. During my journey
thus far through tho continent of Europo, the
thormomotor wa3 not abovo C5 dogrees. Gor
many is well watered ; I found it particularly bo,
as it rained 57 days out of 60.
Tho system of agriculture is botter in Southorn
than in Northern Germany. At tho South the
Napoleonic code is introduced, the largo estates
boing generally divided into small farms, which aro
owned by thoso who cultivate thom. Food and
living is consequently much cheaper in Austria
than Prussia. The country is not in as high a
stato of cultivation as I expected to find it, though
I saw it under very unfavorable circumstances, as
nearly tho whole of tho malo population has boen
for several months withdrawn from agricultural
pursuits. If tho pooplo of Gormany would cult
vftto poaco, instead of engaging in wara of thirty
years' duration, tho situation of tho daughters
would bo greatly changed for tho better. Upon
them tho most of tho drudgeries of tho farm do
volvo-such as ploughing, hoeing, raking, reap
ing, threshing, otc. They aro ovon made beaBts of
burdon. It is not an uncommon Bight to soo a
delicate femalo harnessed beside a dog, trudging
along tho public roads through rain and mud, pull
ing a heavily loaded cart. Thoy also carry heavy
baskets strapped on their backs, filled with market
vegetables. Tho women in this old country havo
a hard, hard time; they guratly outnumber the
men, who oinigrato or aro killed in battlo. Tho
oonsequenoo-Rlormoniam ia practiced on a largo
soalo. There aro, howovor, many finely educated
ladies hero. It ia the frequent wars that ronder
the situation of tho women in Germany so hard.
In tho Crimean, tho Anglo-Indian, and tno Italian
wars, all of which occurred botwoen 1853 and I860,
moro than n million of men perished.
In tho Crimean war alono, whioh lasted only
two and a half years, Europo lost six hundred
thousand men. The amount of monoy swallowed
? up in the almost porpotual European wars is past
computation. In the rocont suovt etrugglo bo
- tween Prussia and Austria, moro than two hun
i drod thousand men wero killed in battlo and diod
from disease. Tho cholera has mado sad havoo
? among tho soldi oro. More persons dio from dia
, oaaoB contracted in camp than aro killed in battle.
; But ono need not eomo to Europo to witnoss tho
. horrors of war. Our own Bunny Booth, whioh was,
. six years ago, the most prosperous country in tho
world, has boon dolngod in blood, and her pooplo
. roduoed to poverty. This cruel war has made a
. nation of widows and orphans, with no govorn
i mont to protect or caro for thom. It was the will
. of God that these calamities should como upon our
I people. Lot na do our whola duty and .runt in
i Divino Providence. I mm not without hopo that
j our land will again blosooru au tho rooe. We must,
however, ?11 work, Q. Wa Wa
NEW BOOKS.
Laub Venebib and othor Poems and Ballads, by Algernon
Charles Swinburne. New York: Corloton, Publishor,
No. 413 Broadway. London: Moxon k Co.
If tho ardor of licentious passion, convoyed in
tho utlorauco of wild libidinous longings, and "liko
laBciviouB regrets,"-if a frantic abuBO of all that
mankind has agrood to consider, at least theoreti
cally, as holy, and good, and true,-tho wholo
clothed in a wondorful brilliancy of diction, and
adorned with an almost unequallod mastoty of
rhythm,-if all this constituted a poot, then has
this last volunio of Mr. Swinburne's unequivocally
established his claim to that proud title Origin
ality in a high dogreo it cortainly displays. It is
hardly too much to say, that thoro is not a singlo
Uno, from tho beginning to tho end of this extra
ordinary produotion, whioh can bo canstruod into
an endorsement of the vulgar idea that truth and
purity aro at least to a certain extent worthy of tho
ollogianco of humanity. Othor poota havo found
a thorne for thoir rogrcts in the fact that man had
fallen from his high estate, and havo not thought
it unworthy tho dignity of thoir vocation to
T-_oh high thoa_!___ and amiablo words,
And courtRncas and tho desire of fame,
And lovo of truth and all that makes a man,- ??Q[
but it baa been reserved for Mr. Swinburne to add
a now pago to tho drawing-room litoraturo of tho
day, and to colobrate the delights of the brothel in
sounding anaproats, and tho abominations of name
less lnsts in melodious sapphics.
A moro practical homily on tho text -'Evil, bo
thou my Good," could scarcely havo boon penned
than tho pages of this book afford. Tho raro merit
of porfect conaistonoy Mr. Swinburne undoubt
edly posat-ssos. Ho props himself up with no
saving clausos; ho indulges in no clap-trap expres
sions of a morality which his teachings bobo,-his
rogrots and his longings aro alike fearlessly con
sistent. The hymn to Dolores, so wondorful in its
gorgeous coloring, so fascinating in its molody,
may bo rogarded na embodying the cardinal points
of his creed:
What ailed ub, O gods, to desert you
For creeds that rofuso and restrain?
Como down and redeem ub 1 rom virtue,
Our Lady of Pain.
Which agreeable result being obtained, we then,
according to Mr. Swinburne
Sholl seo whothor hoU be not heaven,
Fiad out whether tarea bo not grain;
No doubt a consummation devoutly to bo wished!
It is almost impossible to convey a just idea of
many pointe in Mr. Swinburne _ philosophy of Ufe
without quoting paaaagos with which wo would bo
unwilling to defile these columns. Some of his
poems, wo aro glad to think, will bo uttorly unin
telligible to many of his rendors, for thoy deal with
subjects which, by the common consent of man
kind, have long since been degraded to that region
of foulness and filth with whioh fow who read his
works, as those of the last now poot of the day, are
likely to bo familiar. Despito his really wondorful
power of rhythm, Mr. Swinburne Booms vory often
to labor under a great obscurity of expression,
which may voil vory profound moaning, but -which
cortainly convoys tho imp ros sion of vory lit tia real
maatory of language. This obscurity was very ap
parent in Atalanta in Calydon.
Tho construction as well as tho meaning of tho
following passago, from Atalanta in Calydon, is
certainly not very evident :
She thereat
Laughed, ob when dawn touches tho sacred night,
The sky aces laugh and redden and divido,
Dim lips and cyulids virgin of tho sun,
Here, and the warm slow breasts of morning heave,
Fruitful, and flushed with flame from lamp-lit hours,
And maldon undulation of clear hair
Color the clouds; so laughed sho from puro heart.
Lit with o low blush to the braided hair,
And rose-colored and cold, Uko vory dawn,
Coldon and godlike, chastely with chaste lips
A faint grave lough.
Tho same involved and often obscuro expression
ia found in many of the poems in the prosent col
lection, as for instance in tho oponing Bontenco ol
tho poom "At Eleusis."
Men of Eleusis, ye that with long staves
Sit in tho market houses, and speak words
Mado sweet with wisdom as the raro wlno is
Thickened with honey; and ye sons of theso
Who In the glad thick streets go up and down
For pastime, or grave trafilo or mero chanco;
And all fair women having ringa 01 gold
On hands or hair; and chiefest over those
I nome you, daughters of this man tho King,
Who dipping deep smooth pitchers of pure brass
Under the bubbled weUs, till each round lip
Stooped with looso gurgle of waters incoming.
Found mo an old sick woman, lamed and lean,
Beside a growth of butlded olive boughs
Whence multiplied thick song of thick-plumod throats
Also wot tears filled np my hollow hands
By reason of my crying into thom
And iii Lied me; for na cold water ran
And washed the pitchers full from Up to Up,
Lo I washed both oyes fuU tho strong salt of tears.
It was to bo expected that a poot who ovidontly
puts so much faith in the power of appeals to the
aensos, should not diadain "apt alliteration's art
ful aid,*' and accordingly -wo havo a surfeit ol
Buch expressions as-"Intolerable interludes and
infinite ill"-"Memories shall mix and metaphor,
of me"-"Lilies and languor of tho Lesbian air"
"Bathing the blossom by the bud*-"O lips full oi
lust and of laughtor"-"Lifts languid wet eyelid.
ond lashos, And laughs with inaatiablo lips"-an
no forth, a? irtflnilum.
But indeed all the paraphernalia of Mr. Swin
burne's poetry is open to this objection. Th?ro if
too muoh of it. Wo oro constantly hearing oi
"shuddering sensations," "glowing ghosts," "fad
ed fears," "hoavonly hair," until wo are tempted te
wonder what Mr. Swn.nu._NE would do if ho hap
pened to wish to givo expression to an idea which
would not bend to this Procrustean alliteration
whioh Booma to shape all his utterances. The follow
ing stanzas from "Doloros" well illustrates tint
abuse of mechanical old in the structure of verso
which is fast bocoming a moro curious verbal oxer
oise, in whioh a certain amount of what, in imita
tion of Mr. Swinburne, wo may call melodiou.
monotony, is mado to do duty for vigor or origin
ality of idea :
Ob sands by the storm never shaken,
Nor wet f rom the washing of tides;
Nor by foam o f the waves overtaken,
Nor winds that tho thunder bestrides;
But red from tho print of tby paces,
Mado smooth for tho world and Its lords,
Hinged round with a flame of fair faces,
And splendid with swords.
Mr. Swinburne has put forth a defence agains*
tho strictures of the English critics upon the im
morality of his "Lana Vonoris," in whioh ho de
fends tho book upon tho ground of tho dramati.
nature of the poems, and tho fact which he allego i
of hie personages simply spoaking in character.
Whether the assertion oxcuaca tho blaephom?
of auch passages aa abound in "Anactona," th.
"Hymn to Proserpine," and many others, or tin
revolting obscenity of suoh poems os "Los Noya
doe," and "The Leper," must be decided of cours?
by the moral instinots of those who read them
But if the reverence for purity and refinement hi
not a miotako in morals,-if tho Judgment of ha
manity, based on tho ixwUnotiYO r?_peot for th
beautiful and truo, which has novor boon wholly
without witness in tho world, bo not ontiroly at
fault in domanding, as the requisitos for our ap
preciation of womon, something other than and
apart from tho "strait Bott flanks," "splendid sup
plo thighs," and
Wkito wealth of bodies matlo whiter
B3- the blushes or amorous blows 1
which charactorizo tho horoincs of Mr. Swin
B?-tNB'B erotic lays-thon wo can havo no fear of
tho verdict of posterity upon his book. Tho moral
sonso of mankind is novcr outraged with impunity.
Wo forgive to tho great goniuses of past ages tho
impurities which too ofton disfigure thoir pagce,
and which wo aro willing to ascribo to tho debasing
influences of corrupt surroundings. But a book
which, iu tho ninotconth contury, omulatcs the
obscenities of RocnESTEB and Wyodebly, and
which Booms lo havo boon written simply for tho
purpoBO of promulgating tho faith that
Thoro Is not ono thing with nnotlior,
But Kvil saltli to Good, "My brother,
My brother, I am ono with thee,"
must find the fato of all proachors of now reli
gions which violate tho truost instincta of that
vory moral nature to which all doctrino must ulti
mately address itsolf.
After so much censuro wo aro glad to bo ablo to
say a fow words of prainc. Of tho melody and
boauty of many of Mr. Swinbubne's pooms thcro
can bo no question. "Dolores," "Hesporia," tho
' Hymn of Proserpine," though nono of thom aro
freo from tho taint of the author's peculiar philoso
phy, aro nevertheless almost perfect in rhythmical
structure, and abound iu exquisito touches of
pootio fancy. Wo will conclude this notice by
quoting a graceful little poona entitled
AX INTERLUDE.
In titc grcenost growth of tho Maytime,
I rodo where tho woods ivoro wet,
Between tho dawn and the daytime,
Tho apring was glad that wo mot.
Thoro was something tho season wanted,
Though tho ways and tho woods smelt sweet,
The breath at your Ups Hint panted
The pulso of the grass at your feet.
You carno, and tho sun carno after.
And tho green grow golden' above,
And the flog-flowurs liglitenod.with laughter,'
And tho meado .v-s woot show with love.
* Your feet in tho full grown grasses
Moved soft as a weale wind blows,
You passed mo as April passes,
With faco modo out of a rose.
By tho stream whero tho stems wero alonder.
Your bright foot paused at tho sedge ;
It might bo to watch tho tendor
light leaves In the spring-time hedge.
On boughs that tho sweet mouth blanches
With Ho wer y frost of May;
It might bo a bird in tho branches.
It might be a thorn in the way.
I waited to watch you linger,
With foot drawn back from tho dow,
Till a sunbeam straight like a finger,
-truck sharp through tho leaves at you.
And a bird overhead sang Follow,
And a bird to the right sang Here ;
And the arch of tho leaves was hollow.
And the meaning of May was clear.
I saw whero the sun's band pointed ;
I knew what the bird's soto said ;
By tlio dawu and the dew-l-U anointed.
Von wori quean by tho gold on your head.
As tho glimpso of a burnt-out ember,
Recalls a regret of the hud,
I remember, lorgot, and romember
What lovo saw dono and undone.
I remember the day wo parted,
Tho day and tho way wo met ;
You hoped wo wero both broken-hearted,
And know wo should both forget.
And May with her world in flower,
Seemed still to murmur aud smile.
As you murmured and smiled for au hour,
.1 saw you turn at the stile.
A hand Uko a white wood-blossom,
You Ultcd and w lived and parsed,
With bead hung down to the bosom,
And palo au it seemed at last.
And the best and the worst of this is
That neither is most to blame.
If you'vo forgotten my kisses.
And I'vo forgotten your name.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
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WILLUM KIRKWOOD,
Novcmbor 38 1 Chief Clerk.
JOST C U S T O M HOUSE.-THURSDAY, 23TH
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tar FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHABLES
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November 27 2 Cashier.
1_
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, November 28 1 H. O. LOPER, Cashier.
\ **r ESTATE NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS
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' HOWARD will present thom, duly attested, and eil per.
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Mr. B. RODDIN a Candidato for Aldorman of Ward No.
i, In place of William L. Tuen holm, and obUgo
MANY MECHANICS AND WORKING. MEN.
November 23
JGSf-WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
E. M. WHITING, Esq., as a candidato for Sheriff of
Oh-xlo&ton (Judicial) District, at tho noxt oloction.
September 10_
JO-ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS OF PUB
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Novcmbor 23, 180f..-City Connell will proceed, at it?
next Regular Mooting, to an election of Comn-daslonen
t of Pabilo Institutions.
By order: W. H. SMITH,
Novombor 28 Clerk of Council.
j 49* NOTICE.-PURSUANT TO THE PRO
VISIONS of tho Aot of Arsembly Incorporating the
PLANTERS' AND FARMERS' BELIEF ASSOCIATION,
r tho booka of subscription will be openod by the under
' eignod, at tho Storo of R. W. GALE <V CO., No. ?5 Went
' worth street, To-Morroxo, 12th of November, and will ro
* main opon until further notice.
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. An Instalment of five dollar-per aharo will bo required
> opon making rabscrip-on. 1- W. GALE.
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CHAS. E. ROBINSON.
3 j NovmbowI- ?ulm-T? WM, H. DELLAMX,
_tIA_.UI__.I-,
On Thursday evening, November __, lRCfl, ot tho Moth.) -
dist Episcopal Churcli, Georgetown, Ko. Co., by the Ilov.
Tuos. Mitciieli., Dr. TIIOS. P. IJAILEY lo MARIA LA
VAL, socond daughter of tho hilo Dr. CnAtt. Wh.i.iam.h. .
OBITUAHY.
DIED, nt Rldgcvillo. S. C, on Thursday morning, tho
8th lust., In her-24tb year, und of that fatal disease, eon
shmption, Mrs. THEODORA CLEVE FKEMDEH, belov
ed wile of Copt. Cuas. F-_-_-__D_.il, and daughter of Copt.
Theo. Cordes.
In tho demise of our Theodora we have lost n trea
sure. Kho was beloved by all who enjoyed her acquaint*
ance. Having beon of a pinn-., amiable ami gentle dispo
sitlou, and though atllicted lor ycart, with thal dreadful
disease, her earnest con. was always fur the wt Ifare of
those around her. And scareely had U_?fl_ tlcar to her
beon gathered, after separation of lim years during our
lost caus-, when that dread aunimona caine ami removed
her cherished form from their inldst.
Ilcr sutleriiigH she bore with Christian fortitude, having
rcsigned her spirit to her Saviour, and tullin?-: ni>on nil nho
hold dear upon earth, instructed (hem, and one by ono
bado them farewell.
81to was also attended in her hint hours by her bc-Iovod
Postor, Iho Rev. Mr. Mui.li.i..
Obi bereaved, bear up, for Kura has led you a great
consolation, nud has pasHcd to the "Spirit Land." having
the testimony of a good conseieuco In religion., hopes, In
full communion with her Church, in favor with her Ood,
and in perfect peaco with tho world.
Charleston, November 27, l.Oli. A FRIEND.
DIED, on the evening or Nov. 2Gth, 180'), EDWARD
MOTl'ET, aged 53 years.
/KSf The Friends nn.l Aetpiaintanccs of his family, and
those of Theodore HncttExand family, arc rcspceti'ully
invited to attend the Funeral Services at St. Mary's
Church, llasol street, This Afternoon, at Four o'clock.
November 28
?in- The Relatives, Friends mid Acquain
tances of Mr. and Mrs. GEO. Mt-KINLAY, and of Wm.
Mc-__I-.la-x and A. Weston, aro respectfully Invited to
attend the Funeral of the former, at Four o'clock This
Afternoon, from lils lato residence, Meeting, nearCalhoun
street. * November 28
ANEW AND REVISED EDITION OF THE ITYMNS
IN E_.a_.I8H, for the use of UEUREW OONGRE
OATIONS, is just to hand and ior salo by
SA3TL. HART, Sen.,
BOOKSELLER,
Price-81.00 No. 332 King Street.
November 27 2
Au Autumn Suggestion.
Now, as heavy fogs arise and scare hing winds com
mence to blow; now as tho human body, exhausted like
inanimate nature by tho beats of summer, begins to wilt
and droop; now, ore the inclement winter makes Its try
ing onset; NOW Is tho time for a preparatory course of
the best acclimating medicino In existence,
nOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS.
- Fever and Aguo Is rampant In all parts of the country.
Quinine, the physicians admit, will not quell the phase
of tho discaso wldch at proscnt porvados tho ontlro West.
It Is well that it is so, for tho remedy (so-callod) is dead
lier than tho malady. But if quinine Is inefficient in in
termittent fevers,
HOSTETTER'S BITTERS
is irresistiblo. It would bo safo to moko o contract, un
der bcavy penalties, that any given "Fovcr-ond-Ag-e Dis
trict" should be exempted from the disorder for any par
ticular time, provided ovory inhabitant would take tho
BETTERS according to directions, during tho term of tho
contract. There bos never benn an instance in which
this sterling Invlgorant and anti-febrilo medicino has
failed to ward of! tho complaint, when taken duly as a pro
tection against malaria. Hundreds of physicians havo
abandoned all tho olllcinal specifics and now prescribe
tins harmless vegetable tonic, and nothing else, as a pre
ventive and cure for all tho forms of chills and fevers.
Vigor is tho thing most needful in these cases as well as
in dyspepsia and ncrvons affections, and
HOSTETTER'S BITTERS
aro the safest, surest, and most wholcaomo strengthen
ing preparation that human skill has yet concocted.
November 20 0
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TO WHOLESALE GROCERS, LIQUOR DEALERS, DIS
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ESSENTIAL OILS, EXTRACTS AND ESSENCES FOB
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Neutralizing and Mollifying Whiskeys and Spirits, Ex
tracts of Holland and London Gins, Colorings, Gum and
Sugar Byrops, and Fruit Juicos. Dr. FcucMi-anper*?
Treatise on Fermented Liquors, with 1000 Receipts and
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Fon Boat Ma_-ju_.acto_.k_ib.-Silicato of Soda, Soluble
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Form; Cauetlo Soda, Soda Ash, Palm and Cocoanut Olia.
Soapstono and China dey.
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C-tobor 10 wfm8mos
MARION FIRE ENGINE. COMPANY.
THE MARION FIRE ENGINE COMPANY OF THIS
City have, in accordance with the sentiments of the citi
zens gonerally, determined to procuro a STEAM FIRE.
ENGINE AND APPARATUS, of tho most approved- pet
terns. They therefore Bellellt the liberal aid ot their fol
low-citUons to _____? them to pay for the same. The
Company refer to their services for the past tweenty-sovon
years in tho Firo Department in aid of this appeal.
A Committee, consisting of W. BONAN and A. HAM
ILTON, will call upon tho citizens for their contribu
tion-. HENRY L. CALDER,
November 0 Secretary Marion Fir? Engino Co.
POSTOFFICE. NOTICE.
POSTOFEICE, ?
CHARLESTON, Notziodeb 6, ISM. f {
From this dato, until further notice, the "Way" Maila
for tho Northeastern Railroad route will cloao at 11 __,___.
(except on Sundays, at 10 A. M.) ' *?
Mails tor Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, by
Northeastern Railroad rout. , Expresa train, at 0 P. M.
Malla for Augusta and Colombia, and the connections
of tho Routh Carolina Railroad, will olo-so at 7 A. M.
For Georgetown, by "Kiugstree," Sunday at 10 A. M.,
Wednesday and Friday at 11 A. M.
November 7 STANLEY G. TROTT, A. P. M.
M APES'
SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME.
NEW YORK, Novombor 115, 1866.
HAVING APPOINTAI) MR. HBNBY W. KINSMAN,
of Charleston, S. C, our SOLE GENERAL AGENT ft?
the -ale Of M APES' SUPER-PHOSPHATES OF LIME in
the State of South Carotina, ?ire beg t _ refer purchaser*,
and -fcuoso desiring to arrange for sub-agencies for the
.ale of tbeee Fertilizer o In that State, to him.
MAPJSH' SUPER-PHOaPHATE OO.,
OHARLES V. MAPAS,
November M \ O-aeial __?..*?