The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-14 00:00:00

VULCAN AND VENUS.

(In consequence of several typographical errors occurring
in its previous quotation, we have been requested try
reprint the fallowing stanzas from Aletheia; or, the
Doom of Mythology, a new Poem just published by the
Messrs. L 91101411 and Co.)
White though the Goddess, black the God of Fire,
Black with the reeking of his dusky forge,
light aspire,
mouth of
gorge
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With the loud blasts his windy bellows blow,
Snorting the cinders to a rosy glow.

Before his anvil stands the brawny lord,
His forehead smirch'd with labour's grimy tan;
His del) breath heaving to his work abhorr'd;
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His body crippled by ts earthward ban;
On smoking thunderbolt with batter'd flank
His ponderous hammer whirls with leaden clank.

Down from his shaggy chest, in glistening drops,
The warm sweat falls, as fromthe fainting noon
Of sultry autumn days, .o er bristling crops
The cloudless skies rain forth their scanty boon;
So from the fruitful season of his prime
Ooze the rare showers that nurture deeds sublime.

tumult dire,
Gnome;
dire,
Whene'er to him the victim boars expire.
The Subterranean thus, with gnarl 6 I thews
Melts 'mid the dismal discord of his home,
Where, hurtling blocks that stubborn metals bruize,
There
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Yet sweeter thrill'd the pulse of his rude life
When, from the creaming of the ruby tide
That lav'd the shores of Cyprus with a strife
Of shells and blossoms scatter'd side by side,
Born from the foam, his naked spouse, between
The opening valves, shone forth of pearls the Queen.
And wafted stately to the floral strand
By cool ambrosial breathings from the lips
Of the gay zephyrs, o'er the glittering sand
Of purple Cytherea, on the tips
Of the fresh billows, like a flower afloat,
Glode the strange glory in its fragile boat.
Then downward press'd the Seasons to the beach
Of all things beautiful, to her the fair
Young goddess of all beauty, fondly each,
And lavishly, their treasures proffer'd there—
The summer citron, and tile harvest rice,
The vernal crocus and prismatic ice.
A gorgeous carpet for her path lay strown,
The jonquil, and the pansy, and the musk;
And luscious banquets from the trees were blown,
Figs from the bough, and almonds from the husk,
The Pleasures numberless, and Graces three,
Around her frolick'd in nude ecstasy.

And still she stands, as stood her marble shade
In Paphos, or as, yet, the magic mould
Smiles from the pedestal—a shrinking maid,
Dazzling the oaring pilgrims who behold
That miracle of art, whose timorous arms
Veil, yet reveal, inebriating charms.
'Round her lithe waist th' elastic girdle spans,
Rising and tailing as her passions swell,
Token of man's futurity, which fans
The life that ♦acillates 'twist heaven and hell,
Typo of eternity, whose round duth roll—
The zone of joy, the cestus of the soul.
Down, from the slacken'd stress of her small hand,
Flutter the damask petals of the rose,
With greenest myrtles twia'd, a vermeil band,
To bind the pallor of her brow's repose,
While to her loving pa'm yet cliogs the prize,
Pluck'd in proud Ids's orchard paradise.
The prize awarded in the lists of lore—
A red-gold apple ripen'd to the core
By sunny looks, that, coming from above,
Lived in the thoughts of Paris evermore,
Visions prefiguring with carnal joy
His dream of bliss, the nightmare of old Troy.

Close to her dimpled feet the ringdoves press,
Her feet like ivory flush'd with shadow 'd pink;
Full in the splendour of her loveliness
Bask the twin swans that from her goblet drink;
And sparrows, dear as that which Lesbia mourned,
Whose lowly tomb Catullus' lays adorned,
Flit in gyrations of congenial glen,
O'er the blithe Queen of laughter, from whose smile,
Rays forth the happiness that fitfully,
With jocund mimes dejected hours beguile;
So to the Paphian dame flock Cyprian
With haggard cheeks and gay disorder'd curls.
So with half sad and half exultant air,
Pandemus twangs his silken-bridled bow,
Driving his poison'd shafts now here, now there,
Piercing the bosoms of the high, the low,
The greybntrd peasant, and the child-like prince,
Who, thrilling, sigh, and--sighing—thrilling, wince.
Love tempering thus, like acids in the plum,

The gladness and the grief that Beauty wears,
When Youth, with sudden rapture stricken dumb,
Her fleshly form with fancied shapes compares,—
Though high o'er Venus Cupid reigns above,
Beauty's the mother of celestial Love!"

AMERICAN NE WS•

There is but little news in addition to that brought
by the Atlantic. A Philadelphia correspondent, writ-
:—" There have been few
imngailoinnethoefyOothurultl.e,ttsearysof
the 27th inst., but I am
or no political movements worthy of note since the
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The canal, however, goes on slowly. Mr. White,
glad
therein
the American company's agent, is in Nicaragua, and
endeavouring to get a modification of the charter.
Ply the original terms one half of the stock must be
held by American citizens;
but this is found imprac-
ticable, and Mr. White is trying to have the charter
changed, so that the stock may be thrown open to
the world. A steamer and barges are soon to be put
on the lake, and carts will transport freight over the
fifteen miles of the almost level road between the
lake and the shore of the Pacific. About 900 miles
will be saved by this route, and the Nicaragua cli-
mate is said to be delightful. The following decree,
dated at Leon de Nicaragua,
j and issued by the Go-
vernment of Nicaragua, has .ust reached us :--
" The Supreme theater of the state of Nicaragua,
being informed that on or before the lat of May next,
the American line of
~stea.mers in the Pacific Ocean pro-
pose to establish depots in the port of Realijo, and to
tench there in their voyages o obtains
. upplies of coals
and provisions, therefore, and in virtue of the powers con-
ferred by the law of the 4th of October last, he does
" DECREE.
" Art. 1. The said lines of steamers shall have the
right to enter and depart from the said port free of all
anchorage or tonnage duties.
" Art. g. All vessels exclusively carrying coal for said
steamers" ball be Allowed to enter said port and dis-
charge their cargoes Upon the same terms.
" Art. 3. Each of the said lines of steamers shall have
the privilege of erecting such wharfs or docks as may
be necessary for the objects above indicated, under
such regulations as may be agreed upon with the Go-
vernment,
" Art. 4. All regulations conflicting with the provi-
sions of this decree are hereby suspended.
" Dated in Leon, the 7th N
day of March 1850.
" ORBERTO, RAMIREZ."
A shocking occurrence took place a few weeks
since on tit entities.. Mrs, Ireland and her daughter,
from Illinois, were froten to death. They were on
their way to California,Witli their husband and father.
Conscious that they were dying, they requested him
to save his own life and leave them to their fate—and
this brave and affectionate man left them accordingly !
Some months ago, at Fox River, on the prairies, a
young man named Green, impelled by a diabolical
spirit of evil and cruelty, shot an Indian squaw. Her
tribe demanded him, was at first refused, but at length
threatening the lives of the whole party, the murderer
was given up, and the Indians then skinned him alive
before his father, and brother, and friends! He lived
four hours after being flayed. Such is an instance of
the revenge of savages—horrible indeed, but wan-
tonly and most wickedly provoked.

THE TEA. TRADE, MAT 13.—The deliveries of
lea last week were 631,490 lb., being a decided increase upon
he last two or three weeks. The market, nevertheless, has
tiled heavy daring ate last few dais fVr Moat doricriPtion&