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POETRY.
soxti.
Th:it tow of thine was full and deep,
As ma ii ha ever spoken
A vow within the henrl lo keep,
Unchangeable, unbroken.
'Twin by the glory of the Sn,
Awl by tlx fight of Even,
And by the Stars, that, one by one,
Are lighted tip in Heaven ! ;
Th Even might forget its gold
The sun-light fade forever
The constant Slam grow dim and cold
But thy affection, never !
And Earth might wear a changeful sign,
Ami Gcklenen tha Sky
Yet, even then, that love of thine
Might neither change nor die.
The golden San Is shining yet
And at the fall of Even '
Tlwre'a beauty in the warm sun-set a
And Sura arc bright in Heaven.
No change is on the blessed Sky
The quiet Earth has none
Nature has atill her constancy,
And thou art changed alone.
FOREIGN.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER CAUDA.
SEVEN DAYS LATER. FROM EUROPE.
; bT. Jon.r, N. B., October 3.
Th steamer Canada arrvied at Halifax at a
quarter past nine o'clock yesterday morning, mak
ing tlie passage in ! than ten day.
The produce market la fairty supplied, but tlie
ilcmaod for moat articles is inactive.
Tlie cotton trade languished at fair prices.
Cash abundant at 2J. '
The political news presents no new feature. In
breidstuffi great firmness exhibited.
Advices from maiifnacturing districts unsatis
factory.
Comoro, though besieged.still holds out, and can
defy the besiegers for an entire year.
Hie influence of Russia and Austria is being
excited to compel the Porte to surrender the Hun
garian chiefs who have taken refuge in Turkey ;
hut letters from Constantinople state that this hat
lie?) positively refused. The Pope ha quitted
tiaitta and proceeded to Naples, at which place his
Yecepttoo ws of tlie most striking and popular
I i . it. til . n t - . 1.
na racier, no win m go io jwukj iw iuc pres
ent
1 he cholera it committing serious ravages in
Trieste. News is daily expected from Morocco,
where the Spanish andrench generals seem like
ly to produce something mere than mere demon
stration. The Moors were expected to make an
attack on Masailla, having already cut ofl'supplies.
r- j,jNewiy appointed ministers were assembling at
U i. ihfidiLI. kill no notice aeeiua to be taken of (.vents
dative to Cuba.
Tli i weather his been very wet in England, but
hat not mnterially affected the crop. The late
downward tendency of tlie corn market has been
checked, and a slight advance taken place; the
fa vora Me report of ihe potato diease caused the
Ireactio 1. The eases of moriuhty from cholera
jtliron jlrtiit England have declined one half. Since
the commencement of tlie diease 13,000 perons
hlve Uet n swept from Iondon.
Iret.aid. The potato disease, though extending
nto teveinl rfittricti,has 'not by any meant become
general.
FaAxti . A great deal of kttention hat been di
rected to the metropolitan council of clergy, which
hat cooiinf tict d its sittings it Paris ; almost all the
bishops and dUtingmehed clergy in Franc are as
sisting st tli's council. The cnmpiratort of June,
1849, are tu be tried at Verr.iiUcs on the 0th of
ljt)CtolM7.
KjATigitnF TUB DCTCII MW18TBY. 1 lie
papers received this morning announce the unex-
Ipected resignation of the Dutch ministry en m'e.
After dclilieraton, the king accepted their tvn -(inn,
tnd gave instructions for the formation oi" an
other cabinet. Tlie circumstances which led to
this result have not transpire.
Honor to Abdrl Meschii ! Honor to Turkish
niini-tt rf They have nobly done their duty, and
Iri-hise ti become pundcrers to the vindietivtsnd
Bil..l-tlurrty Emperor Niclmlis. The' Russian
,-nUi sea dors it the Porte demnnuVd the surrender
if tlie Itungsriao officers Kossuth, Dembintki,
P'errzl, Mesmerasaes, and their companions.
1 n Rnsnun general arrived at Constantinople,
it miecion bt'fng to bully the Sultnn into compli-
itice with (lie demands f Austria; but the Turkii.li
biverrum nt nfgwd ,to turreoder tlie UunriMn
fefupwi's either to the RusMan nr Austria govern-
mm. Ou i' bV ;j"'S!i't)eip e ommnpieated !o the
. . f .... ' !l ..
Sultan, he J. rlii wl in the most impressive and de
termined muiiiii r that the refugees should not be
given tip, let the consequences be whr.t they might.
We trust Lord Palmerston will do his duty at no
bly as the Sultan has done h-; and that Runaia
and Austria will be given to understand tli.i t t war
with Turkey for such a cause means war with Eng
land. '
We are rejoiced to find that Coaaa and his com
panions are furnished with passports from English
ambassadors, aud trust that every assistance will
be rendered to them by England.
The Londi.nSiinsiiyitli.it Petcrwnrdein surren
dered to the Imperial troops on the 5ih ultimo. The
Magyars decided lo still hold out, but a majority
overruled them. . The garrison of Comorn is well
provisioned, with 30,000 men in a state of complete
discipline. The officers had held a meeting snd
resolved, by a large majority, not to surrender.
Accprilingtothe Vienna journals, 80,000 men were
to besiege Comorn. The bombardment was to com
mence on the 13th. The Austrian occupied a great
part of the island of Schutt without resistance; but
a part of the Hungarians were strongly entrenched
before the fortress, and it was expected would give
tlie Austrian battle. It was rumored at Vienna
that Bern had fallen Into the ha ads of the Russians.
A number of Hungarian officers had been put to
death some by Russians at Irad and Temesvar.
A melancholy interest still Invests what scraps
of news we get from Hungary. With a heroic '
resolution, that will render the names of its defen
ders for all lime immortal, the fortress of Comorn
rein-ics to capitulate, even on the most favorable
terms It could be expected ol Austria and Russia to
offer. There is something wild and desperate in
a determination like this, that irresistibly reminds
one of Thermopyle. Would that the Forlorn Hope
of the Hungarians, in this cane, were rewarded
with the) same glorious restoration that followed
the high resolve of the sons of Sparta ! It is an
idle dream, however, hoping against hope itself.
Hay nan, with hie eighty thousand Russians, will
soon bo there, and either compel a capitulation, "oh
terms less enticing perhaps, else shower down upon
the defenders of Comorn a bombardmeut that will
bury them in a common grave. Turkcy,in refus
ing lo give up Kossuth and Dombinski, does her
self an honor that may well make Christian Aus
tria and Russia blush, i-
The course of the Porte, however, may pave the
way for trouble with the Czar, who, for various ob-
vioiiB reasons.it is not unreasonable to suspect of
no very ardent anxiety to escape a quarrel with the
Infidel power, that stands between and shuts him
put the Mediterranean. The rumor that the Rus
sians had got hold f the gallant Bern turns out to
be false, it will be seen. At last dates, he was sa fe
in Psris. .
The Pope does not sppear to have the remotest
intention of going to Rome. His headquarters are
now at Naples. The obstinacy of His Holiness
may irritate his French friends by and by to a pitch
that will induce them Is compel bis return. The;
have done things within the two years past, even
more absurd snd inconsistent thsn that would be.
Meanwhile, all manner of intrigue is going on in
Italy, and it appears to be participated in, to some
extent by the agents of Russia and Austria, as well
as by the more prominent emissaries of France.
What is to be the finale of the Roman intervention
is yet to be seen ; it can hardly be guessed at with
any approach to accuracy, or probability, even.
But there are indications enough to warrant the
belief that the difficulties there are now to be of an
exclusively diplomatic nature ; that .is, there will
be no more fighting for the present. Not that there
are no more malcontents not that all those who
are dissatisfied with the Pope and his government,
temporal and spiritual, have bidden a farewell to
the Eternal City but the fact that Roma, within
the few months pe.st, has seen snd suffered sadly
many of the severest qualities of war within and
without, appoars to have induced a temporary re
frain from 'ill further demonstrations of disorder.
On tho whole, then, the continent, as we see, is
gradually settling down into a temporary tranquil!
ty ; temporary, ftrthe calm that succeeds the storm
In this case hat been of such a compulsory char.
tcter as to prepare us ete long for new outbreaks
snd new revolutions. It is a question of time only
Over mind, thought, reflection, monarcht have
no power. These they cannot guillotine, banish,
shoot, or subdue ; snd so long as these are at work
among tlie masses, so long shall th spirit of a ra
tional and progressive liberalism defy the decrees
and decimations of despotism. There is as much
liberty in Europe, jnst now, if the people are true
to themselves as theis was before. France grew
reactionary before Rome wns crushed or Hungary
subdued s lesson learned from the bloody scenes
of the two years past which it will be hard for kings
to forget. Carefully avoiding all criminal excesses,
which but retard the grow.h of Republicanism, let
n trust fhat fk masses of mankind have grown
triyerwitbjhe times. Jf tihe : sword has , failed to
accomplish, the purpose for which it wat.unsheath-
ed, let the pen now do its duty. H ive nothing to
do yift 'jted.igiHiin, Socialism, Fourierism, or
any other ol the l.ini tlmt have prejudiced the spir
it of liberaliMB in France ; but, firmly relying upon
rigM, snd the eflicscy of accomplishing a great
mw'r without doing s grout evil, there It a Power
and a i'mviJcnce above tha.t Will bring about the
mutal and political regeneration of the nations in
its own viA time,
MISCELLANY.
AN IRlSH SAILOR. :
A few days since the a ate of an outward-bound
ship standing upon a wharf, at the north end, wat
accosted by a big, two-fisted Irishman, who wat
dressed in the sea-toggery of a regular out and
out ' black ball liner.'
Pat evidently had been told by some wag that he
would experience no trouble in shipping for an a
ble seaman, on board of some ship, if he would
but dress like a euilor. In accordance with such
advice he had donned the castaway 'tarpaulin
and jumper' of some sailor, and so far as dress
was concerned he was as salt as the Bay of Bis
cay boiled down lo a quart. Hit dress was to him
what the lion't skin was to the jackass.
'An' sure have yez the arlliicles (ship's papers)
open ?' asked Pat.
' Yes ; do you wa nt to sh Ip ?' said the mate.
I do that same, bedad.'
' Can you box the compass t' asked the mate.
' Box the compass ? Wah !' shouted Pat, leaping
sever.il feet in the air, snd flourishing his fists;
' begorra I can box anything less than fourteen
stun heft box ! wah !'
1 Can yon hand, reef and steer?' asked the mate,
evidently much amused by this specimen of sea
manship.".
1 Hands is it ? wah ! murtlier, as good pair of
hands as iter touched holy wathcr, an' as for the
rufmg and staaring, begorra, surra a day I wasn't
good for (hat same.'
' Can you belay a lee clewline or work Tom
Cox's traverse ?'
'Did jez know iver an O'Brady that couldn't
wattle ivery son of a Coxe that trud the sod? lioulv
mithcr, but '
'Can you parbuckle the bread box, take a round
turn out of the beef kid, or chip a Spuui.-h button
to the cook's coppers?' asked the immovable mute.
'Can I do what ? oonboocle the bread box?
och ! thunncr an' tliurl to ax tne ! do vet think
I'm a fool not to know that I'
' Can you take a Turk's head in the spritsail
boom an eye splice in the dolphin striker or un
ship the catharpins ?'
' Turk's head, or any other outlitudish, heathen
ish, furrin French cannibal in the world's head, I
can take ; bad cess to the minit I couldu't play
slather with a dozen Turks' heads wah ! I can
1 Never mind,' interrupted the mate ; you are
just tho man for tne; I perceive that you are every
inch an Jnsn sailor.
' Begorra, misther mate, I am that same.'
1 1 am satisfied that you are, and now I have a
very pretty piece of seamanship that I will trust
you to perform, and if you execute it to my satis
faction, yon will experience but little trouble in
persuading me to allow ycu lo sign the ship's pa
pers.' Saying this, the mate led Pat to the ship's side
and pointed down to the long boat, which was a-
longside, nearly submerged and filled to the gun
wale with water.
'There,' said he, 1 1 want you to throw out the
water from that boat ; it is a job that a good sail
or can do in an hour.'
Musha bad luck to the half hour that will see
cauld wather enuf there to wet a widdy's eye,'
said Pat, as he seized a bucket and commenced
bailing. For a long, long boor, Pat kept a con
tinuous sheet of water flying from the boat His
much vaunted seamanship and honor were at stake
The sun's rays beat down hot, and the perspiration
flowed from him in atresms. He worked like a
stout man, but he made no apparent progress in
his, work, for the body of water was undiminished.
The fact was, dear reader, the plug hole of the
bout was' open, and the seams would let in more
water than four men could have balled out with
buckets.
'How do you get along?' asked the mate, as be
looked down upon Pat mitchievonsly.
' Oh !' replied. Pat, looking confused snd ready
to link with shame and over-exertion ; ' it't a pow
er ov WHtlier that't in here; niver a boat I ever
saw ov its sizs would hould tuch a saa of wa
therat this.'
' A sailor of your experience should not be easi
ly defeated ; try it again, Pat,' ssid the mate, try.
ing hard to repress his mirth. . ,
' Be sure I will ', it'll go bravely whin it starts,'
ssid Pat, as he recommenced w'uh the air of one
determined to conquer or die. For a while be
flourished his bucket manfully, and spouted the
water like a fin-back whale, but it was of no svail;
not even an inch could he lower the water in the
boat.' "
' Houly St. Patrick, what an ocean iv wather it
here,' ejaculated he ; musha bad luck to the minit
I wat saduced in being a salt saa sailor; oh, Mis
ther Mate, Misther Mate, help, take me out of this!
I'm dead, kilt, drowned, mnrtbered intirely, by thii
wather 1 Ure an ages, but the svil has a spite for
me, and witched fhe watiier; oh i'bouly virgin,
(and here he crossed himself rapidly) purtect me,
take me out I '
'Oh! Fin afraid you will never do for this ship's
articles," saidthe mate, as be came) to the side in
answer to Pats dill. ' . ' , '
'Och! never a ship! I ship,' ssid Pat, as be
clambered up ilte ship's side snd jumped npon the
wharf; hud eens to the'bejynrly mild sailor's .fir-
s
mints,' muttered he as he threw the jumper and
tarpaulin into the dock, ' an cusses on the wather
that saduced me out ov the sweat of me brow,' con
tinued he, looking back towards the ship, and sha
king both ?ts for a moment with impotent rage,
then retreating up the wharf amid the thouts of
all who had witnessed the trial of bottom between
Boston Harbor and an Irish Sailor,
THESE YANKEE GIRLS.
A tourist in the North, who is writing very a
musing letters in the Nuw Orleans Picayune, Is
puzzled, as well he may be, to guess what the Yan
kees will Come to at last, particularly the girls :
"It is but ten years since I made somewhat of a
tour through New Hanpshire and other of the Eas
tern Stales look observations and noted manners
and conversations. Now, I seem to visit a new
country whether ns respects man or tho work of
his ha nd. Go-ahend-a-tiveness was never more ve
hemently demonstrated. Education particularly
almost universally has generalized the Yankees.
"What Ihe coining generation will he, puzzles
all human (Sought. The Yankee mind is now but
in a transition state. Its next development may
reveal miraculous at rata of intellectual organiza
tion. For what can be predicted uf a nation of
thinkers ? What unexplored regions of science,
what new philosophies, theories, absurdities, may
not be revealed 7 Here each individual thinks, and
thinks on "his own hook' each soul has a biogra
phy that resembles no other person's intellectual
training commences early, and continues a life
time. "On my way to these hills, I had occasion to
to stop at a tavern in a remote village, somewhat
off the beaten track. While the landlord attended
lo my horse, I made myself acquainted with a girl
of his I found in the bar room. She was quite
pretty, snd not a little talkative. Seven year, old
she told me she was, and she attended the town
school which, in New England, is kept in the sum
mer by a 'school marm,' and in winter by some
young aspirant for collegiate lioness. 'And what
do you study, Ann Maria? I asked. 'Reading and
writing, and Watts on tho n.ind,' she replied
Watts on the Mind, at seven years old and by a
girl at that ! What must a fullgrowu educated
Yankee, man or woman, be upon such a com
mencement 1 More than we can divine."
Most travellers in Yankee land, resemble the a-
bovo writer is one point, they are greatly surprised
at What's on the mind. Uusion Courier.
Horn, the punster, being in the Revere House a
night or two tince, was repeatedly asked to "im
bibe." kMix me; he said to the attendant, "a
quiet delicate punch, so as to have two modest
Horns together.'
"Ah !" said Gage, with one of those genuine in
tellectual flashes so peculiar to him passing rapid
ly over his countenance, "do yon know, sir, why
you should drink particularly light ?"
"No !" reponded the Inveterate.
"Why, because if you did not, yon would soon
become tlie Mellow Ihrn !"
The assembled crowd of admirers precipitately
retired to private life, while Gage coolly added the
sugar snd water to the pending concoction, and
swept up the change in a highly urtistica! manner.
Button Post,
BATHING IN WINE.
It it not generally known that wine baths are
qmie common in I ranco nevertheless such is the
The duke of Clarence is not the only gen.
tleman that has enjoyed sn immersiosln Malmsey.
Punch has tried it with the very best Sherry. On
ly imagine ! the veritable English Punch swim
ming in French wine, and kicking and plunging,
and laughing, until the tears ran down his cheeks,
snd never thinking of expense a five franc piece!
"What, a five france piece for a tub full of wine?
Hurrah! Vive la France.' -
"Gently gently. At least fifty others bathed
In the same wine after Punch. The keeper of the
bagnt had a preference for Punch, and gave him
the first dip. After him come fifty others mak
ing in all fifty five franc pieces. A good price for
the tub!"
M The wine wat then thrown o.:f ?"
Not at all. Not to, by any means."
"WhstthenT"
"Bottled, of course!"
"Bottled!" And for what purpose ?"
" Why for drink, to be sure."
Drink ! Who would drink such stuff?"
" Why, the English do the Yankees do I The
latter import it in large quantities. It is a great
favorite In the Yankee-land."
Now, dear wine-drinking friends, anti-temperance
friemU, when you next smack yeur lips over
a glass of champsgne or burgundy, reflect that a
Lyuonese sldermsa $s possible bavs bathed ia it,
and' see Jf the teJjectioQ will assUI yhu in apprecia
ting its flavor. ... . .' ..... V . . ,,
Commor School Comvutjos. The National
Common School Convention, whiot aWt postponed
from the 92d of August last, will be bold in this ci.
ty pii the 17th of October, Jt will, ws understand,
be attended by delegates from ail psrts of the U
oion.and the deliberations of the bodr will in all pro
bability exercise an iirpntfant influence over com
mon fchnol systems. ' Phila .Vert.
FRESH MESS TRICKS OF SAILORS.
There is no class of people who know how to
appreciate fresh provisions more than the sailor.
Frequently on long voyages of six or eight months,
living on salt junk or horse flesh, at salt beef is
called by the sailors, a fresh mess of any kind,
even of a dolphin or a porpoise, is a god-send. !
We were on a voyage to the southward of the
equator, many years ago, when the crew, who had
not a fresh mess for some time, fixed on a plan to
gratify their palates. There was a number of
chickens left in the coop, and a solitary pig on
board. The boys on the ship had been put up by
the crew, in the morning watch, when cleaning
out the coop, to stick a pin through the head of one
of the chickens. The death of the poor bird
would be immediately reported aft, when an order
would be given, in no gentle language, to throw
it overboard. But instead of meeting with a wa
tery grave and being devoured by the monsters of
the deep, it somehow was smuggled down the
forecastle, stripped of its feathers, and the cook
bribed to dish it with silence. Thus it seemed
that an epidemic had broken out among the chick
ens, which was reported to be a " disease of the
head," which generally carried off one or two a
week.
Tho savory odors of the mess would sometimes
be blown aft, and Ihe suspicious olfactories of the
captain were more than once excited, but " he
never said a word." On one occasion he ordered
the "fattest of them all" to be killed for a stew ;
and the pride of the ship, a royal chanticleer, was
guillotined accordingly. It so happened on the
same day another death had been reported by the
morning watch. On the stew being served up for
dinner, the mate, who as well as the captain being
very fond of gizzard, observed, " Well, I've got
the gizzard this time." " No, you have not, ob
served the captain, for I have kid it aside for my
self." "Then," said tho male, there are two ; but
how can that be, as there was only one c'.iickes
killed." The captain ordered the steward to call
the cook down. "Cook," said he, " how many
chickens did you kill?" "Only one, mass capiii,"
said the ace of spades, grinning through a fine set
of polished ivory. " Well, how is that," raid the
captain, "thai there are two gizzards?" The
cook scratched hit head and thought a second,
and then replied, " Wba, masts cspin, chicken
hab two gizzard sometime." As neither the cap
tain nor mate had any experience in the anatomy
of the fowl, tlie answer of the cook now pleased
them. :,.
Jt wat towards the latter part ofJune, some
time after all the chickens had disappeared, that
the crew commenced speculating on the rich treat
(hat would be afforded them by the death of the
pig, which it was contemplated would be executed
on the approaching fourth of July. Tbo day fi
nally came round, the decks were washed down
and wabbed dry. The ship was decorated with
bunting, or signal flags, and the ttripea and stars!
but to the surprise of every body no pig wss kill
ed. The crew became dissatisfied with their fourth
ot July lob-scouce and dough-pudding dinner, and
swore vengeance against the captain and pig. A
conspiracy was formed accordingly, and the death
of the pig was contemplated and imagined, which
of course constituted high treason.
The pig pen wat washed out every morning as
regularly as the decks were washed down, and his
gruntership on these occasions always received
a good scrubbing, and was the cleanest pig we
ever saw. It wss agreed that ore of the men in
the starboard watch, some cloudy morning, in
scrubbing the pig with a hickory broom, should by
means of a tide lick, suddenly give him a fit.
when another in the larboard watch was to dea.
patch bim with a knife. A morning cine at last
to favot the bloody intention of the conspirators,
and their plan was accordingly put into execution,
The pig wat suddenly seen to keel over and com'
mence kicking, when the cry " the pig has got a
fit" was shouted fore and aft the1 ship. A sailor,
who had placed himself away aft for the purpose,
nn forward with great haifo and alarta, and cried
out " bleed him and save hit' lifer1 and Suiting
tlie action to the word, lie seizod his sheath knife
and cut tlie pig't throat. ' "
Tlie pig was dressed and prepared for the cook's
galley, but the captain was too old a tar to be de
ceived. Having received a hint from tlie fumes of
the departed chickens, lit suspected foul play, and
gave orders to ;lve the pig a decent burial by hav
ing him thrown overboard, telling the crew that
at the animal wat diseased, 'it night injure their
health to est him. The pig wkt acconfingly cW
mitted to the deep. Jt was a death blowi to tlie
sailors, but it could not bs helped overboard he
went We have tince teen many a spirit depart,
but we can truly say that few have been mourned
over with so much true sincerity at the departed
pig. A. O, Picayune.
The St Lawrence Rejwhlkan copies on of
Umi Nipo)eort'i speeches, ana any U It's bel
ter speech tM a pertain other President who hat
reeeUJyUcp travelling could iktf." "' II tnight
have added that Louis Napoleon it not only a bet
ter speaker but a better Lbcofocd than Old KacV.
He hat already, or soon will, tell the republic to
teenre perpturty in power. .
" '. "' ' Albany F.renwf Jmnal
A DIPLOMATIST, A PHILOSOPHER, AND A
LOVER OF THE PEACE OF NATIONS. '
The Union announces the arrival of Mr. Clifford,
late United States Minister to Mexico, touch in tie'
style of fulsonie'eiilogy with wliich it commemora
ted the martyrdom of the stunts who have under
gone the manipulation, of Ewing the butcher, and
Fit Warren the meat-axel'': Mr. Clifford will pro- '.
bably come in for any surplus elegiac rhodotnon
tade which the defection of "old Simon Drum" left
upon the hands of the "sole organ." The Union
broke off its morning reveille and evening tattoo
upon "Simon" somewhat abruptly. "Old Sjrnon
was a "saint" of sublimest sacrifice till he tbdk'it
into his head that if his "blood was the seed of tho
church" he should reap some of ihe fruit, if it bore
any. Since then we do not find his name upon the
Calendar. .. . .':
Mr. Clifford's great diplomatic leat in Mexico
was the preparation of the protocol to the Mexican
treaty a performance which the last administra
tion did not think would bear exhibition to the 'sa
vant of the United States Senate. This document
may, perhaps, be better appreciated as a posthu
mous (officially speaking) work, and we marvel
that tlie Union did not introduce it into its obituary
article. At an episode in the "lire and remains ;
of Mr. Clifford, late Attorney General.Commlssion
er, Minister to Mexico, el cetera, et cetera, it 'would
make a chapter of Itself, and prove to the' world bow
a minister, whose chief work" the' administration
which made him thought unfit for the public eye,
may be converted, by a stroke of the axe, into a
"diplomatist, philosopher, and lover of the peace of
nations.
We are not prepared to admit that Mr. Clifford's
connexion with th protocol establishes 'the best
possible title to diplomatic' famt, though hit rsmor
al may make him a sufficient residuary legates to
whatever of lugubrious composition in the pigeon
holes of tlie union may have escheated to tne gen- ,
eral use, by reason of "old Simon Drum's" recu
sancy, '. '..'( '
The Union gives us to understand that Mr. Ciif-
ford won the hearts of the Mexicans, and asserts,
most positively, that "no minister has discharged
his wbols duty with more energy, fidelity, and abil
ity." We shall not dispute Mr. Clifford's fidelity,
or gainsay his energy nor have We the least dl
position to take from bim any fame for ability which
bis "protocol" ensures him. But able, faithful and
energetic as he may be, he possessed' no higher
qualifications in these respects than the Union at
tributed to "old Simon Drum" in bis particular
sphere. Tlie "hearts of the Mexicans" may bleed,
too, at parting with the author of the protocol, for
a long time, as it is not probable the present Ad
ministration will send Santa Anna thither to "com.
fort" them. That is bad, very bad. It it er.oour.
aging, however, to know that the Union can son
row with them in their afflictions with a less divi
ded sympathy, inasmuch as "Simon," that "good
old Drum," has been muffled. Republic.
BsautiiUL Allegory. A basso-relievo on on
of the sarcophagi at Pompeii, represents a very
happy allegory of the flight of th immortal tout
from the frail bark of mortality."" A ship has re
turned from her voya ge the has reached her port
tlie helmsman has relinquished'ihe helm th t
lendant genii, whom we may suppose to represent
the ordinary faculties of human sense, feeling-,
perception, dec, are going aloft" to furl the sails t
and ihe picturesque conception happily concludes,
as a bird soart away, with expanded wings, front
the mast-head the beautiful emblpm of tlie soul,
steering direct to heaveri. ' ' '; - '- .
' ' ' .1,1 J !'
THE FIRST MARRIAGE.
Marriage is of date prior to tin itself, the only
relic of a parkdise that if left for Hi one ttnil
that God let fall on : the world's Innocence, linger
ing and playing still upon in sacred visa ge Th
first marriage was Celebrated before "God himself,
who filled, in ?Ii own person, the offices of guest,
wilnffct, ffd priest. "' There atood tlie two god-Iik
lo'rifit of innocence ; frcsK in the beauty of tlioif
unstained nature. ' The hallowed shades 'of th
garden and tiie green carpeui earth tmrkd to loo!
on so divine a pair. Th crystal waters flowed
by, pnre and transparent as they. Th iinblem.
isbed flowers breathed incense en the) sacred ir,
answering to their upright love. An artlfss round
oT joy from alt M oiJ nature was'tltf hytlm, ii
spoutaneous nuptial harniotiy, tuch at a world in
tun might yield ere ditcord was ''hiventrJ:' " Rdi
gioti blessed tier two children thus, and led thcu
forth into life to begin her wondrous history. The
first religious scene they knew,' w their own
iiiarriage' before tbe Lord God. They learned to
love Him at the IntcrprVter and sealer of their Iov
to ach oilier; snd if they hs continued In their
uprightness, life would have been a form of wedded
worship a sacred ptftlerj of spiritual oneness
ind cornmunlcaj'ioii, 'They did hoj continue.-
Curiosity tripmpVd over innocence, ' They task-d
sin, and knew it In tbWf fall;' U tn Is chingedj
nisn's heart Slid- woman's heart are no bnin-r
what (h first hearts were. Ilea uty is blui,ibed
Lov-isduastd. Borrow apd tears w in tu'
world's cap.. Sin hn swent sway ll , hradiwun
mutter, and the world is bowed inioVr its e urs..
Still one thing remaiil x it was. G, merciful,
ly snared one token of I la- innocent world and
tliat the tea rest, tobn a ;y::'b.J i.-- . .
, of .g - w.
,t. 7r. 8atVU, '
win nrwv, rum una u marriage, -fliis one flow.