Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-09-04
From oar Evening Edition.
Dashing's Diary--Tho Castle.

MARINE PARADE, DovsR, July "a, 1888.
DEAs DAsHiss,-W-- has just gwen me
sheet OF paper, and seated me comfortably before an
open desk, where, unseen ! ara learning Q little
OF the manners of fashionable watering place
There are the lovely Misses B, looking ~ tho
London papers, and every moment locking ever
them at knot Of young subalterns who, with their
glasses stuck in corner of their eyes, quizzng
every fair face and pretty ankle that passe:i the
stately daughters Of Col. C laughing with all
the officers in the garrison showing Their pesrly teeth
and shaking their ambrosial curls with an snjoue-
nent never saw equalled. By heavens! hose
shoulders-that neck-that majestic walk must be-
long to something more or less than woman. IT'S .
lovely walk, this paradei the broad carriage walk
the lofty houses-the neat squares and lawns, with
the seattle castle and the ciffs-the bright and
healthy smile fits fair madens, and the glitterng
uniform of the military whose band 10 stationed on
the beach, consprs render this charming place any
thing but desirable position for letter writing.
Well well, the world must turn upon Its axis, and
turn with it, heads or tails " hich 10 hint to my
self, my dear fellow, that when commenced this
sheet thought of making some very learned remarks
on the lives of the poets. The rank that they hold in
the rational world is decidedly inferior to none; Their
importance is best tested by the duration Of their
works and of their fame. Achilles mght have fought,
and Ulysses have plotled-but had not Homer sung
their deeds, poserity would never have known that
such persons existed The battles of the warrior are
forgotton--the tolls Of the hero unknown-the very
names Of the patriots and statesmen have been lostn
obscurty bat the writings Of the poet are before As,
fresh as when penned two thousand years ago. His
morality has instructed the werld in all ages, and his
sacred Tyre sounded its melodeas chords among the
ruins of Carthage and the wreck OF Rome, and sui
breathing it's heavenly tones wherever the soul OF man
is capable of virtue or his mind sensible of the charms
of beauty and awake TO the notes OF inspiration.
1t appears to me that the comparison between the
I ancient and modern bards is idle. Our Milton was
| not inferer to Homer Virgil IN sublimity OF style
| or parity of thought-TOm Moore Is the modern An
acreon-Byron has Ovids soul with the polish of Ho-
race-and il would be difficult task TO find mod
ern Sapho or Llbullus-for as Jane says eoniound
it, am not writing about jamie now-but II ID ssIange
how often her name on my lips, and her syiph IKE
form before my eyes here, at three thousand miles
fre home II is not surprising that her innocent at
| reminding me of the few friends whom have left
behind; and whose affection is sadly cenirasted by
the cold civy of the stranger or the base servlty
Of the hireling !-ah there she goes her large blue
eyes flashing through their long and slken fringe
her light and tripping steP-and modest 81 le-egad,
| | must 90 with her-so adieu, for the present.
i Ell bien-we have had delightful walk-I am
| still out of breath when think Of the number oil
| steps we assembled, and the height from which we
looked down. After tollng up 10 nearly the level OF
the caste-we presented our pass to the sentinel, and
| a ssd er was ordered 10 show US over the works-we
entered the immense subterranean galleries where a
whole army might be hidden-were shown the maya
| zines governors apartments, the key OF the great
gates which is snail bit of iron, about two feet long;
the gardens watch house, &c; but what excited our Gu
rioslty above ALL the keep, situated on the highest
summit of the hi and rising in all the solemn gran
dcur Of the gothic ages, over hill and dale; the walls
OF astonishing thickness, with loop holes 10 them
80 formed that the flows OF an enemy could never
enter ill they had spent their force against the was-
Here we could walk acce ding to some, in the very
halls where the lofty Cesar uode WIN unquet step
when he had seen part Of his set scattered oy the
Withstand behcld bands of ierc> DarpariaRs ready
10 snatch the Rsman eagle from the vais and tram
PIE under foot the standard of the Imper. city
| Here the bold Harold and the Norman conqueror
by turns commanded and Henry the First W, coined
The Earl of Flanders; here died Stephen-and this
place CGur de Lion surveyed his gallant feet betIv
his departure fer the Holy Land-wthin these walls
resided John, Henry ILL., Richard H. Edwards III and
III, the Princess Anne, Henrys v, VII and WILL
The maiden Queen visited the castle in 1875 the
unfortunate Charles Stuart received his bride, the
Princess Henrietta of France al Dover; and at De-
yer Castle resided his late Majesty King William Nv,
when Duke of Clarence.
But enough-we needed no recollections of the dead
to make US feel the beauty and submiy Of the scene
| around Us, especially when we arrived at the sum-
init and found ourself elevated on single tower 400
feet above the sea- with prospect Of 20 miles in cir
conference, and the busy town Of Dsver at feet
There were the people gathered together in crowds
some embarking IN the steamboats, for the CONT
| nent-some laughing, signing cheating quzzing,
coaxing, threatening, swearing and praying But in
coors of their dresses eltierng in the sun and LEI
them be as coarse or sgy rs they might, from the
situation in which we stood, all then mperfections
were yelled, and nsught but the smiling and the
THUS, in the worlds course, we ever misiudee the
happiness Of others. Diamonds oft glitter on an
anxious breast-"uneasy lies the head that wears q
crown"-and, truly, if every "csre that rends the
heart were writ upon the brows' of those on whom
the very sun OF prosperity teens many woud receive
tear who now excite our envy We Ieft at last our
lofty keep and turned our face once more towards
the town.
The conclusion of this letter in few days, with
an anecdote Of the debtors CELL
ALLAN CUsSEeHAx WITH MARSHAL SorLT.-Our
good friend Mr. Allan Cunningham was introduced To
Marshal Soult and as the ntcrviaw was interesting
the reader should suppose, viii be the reverse Of
dspeased peruse hurried oft given a. nearly
as possible in his words -" saw him in his resi-
dence in Portland House he received kindly, AID