The Arkansas banner., 1849-07-17
A Dialogue for the Times.

Suppose, for moment, and the suppositioa is by no means unreasonable, that some great diplomatic character, who had been engaged in the course Of his career on the part of the French Court. in mis- sions at Vienna, Munich and Rome, had, by some strange whim, joined in an expedition to the North Pole, and there, as by means uncommon, in con- sequence of a great accumulation of ice, had been prevented for about year from communicating with this or any other country. By combination of equally strange, though by means impossible, circumstances, he aruves at Calais without having had an opportunity of making any very special in- quiries about his friends. h Calais, however, he addresses himself to the superintendent, of the rail- road, and in few words tells him the strange ad- ventures he had passed through, and that now he is on the Pon, of meeting oQSe more Louis Philippe, his old friend and master at Paris.
 At Parisl Oh, no sir, he is not there"
 "WeIl, then, he is at Foniainbleau7"
 "Not there either7"
 "Then in yersailles1''
 By no means. Ifyou wish to meet hin, you must go 10 London" | "To London7'
 "Yes sir. He is no longer king of he French France is rePublie"' "A republican
 And Louis Napoleon is her Presideni.''
 Louis NApoieonl'' |" He is President of the republici"
 "We, sir. then shall take my course in dii- ferent direction. My friend of Austria the Em- reror Ferdinand, will Lot ia,l to give me kind ception.''
 " The Emperor FeEdiaarsais
 "Yes, sir" !" He is Emperor no longern' "No longerf" "He found that our time needs new forms of gov ernmeD;, because new spirit has been sent abroad among the people, and he therefore abdicated in favor of his nephew, Freneis Joseph:'
 :" "FrAhcis Joseph, the boy of twenty''
 |" Even so, sir. "And he Is Emperor of Austrian"
 .. Nothing can be more certain"
 "wel, sir then prefer taking up my residence with the refined head of Bavaria. There is such a happy chining in between my tastes and those of king Loaiss, that shall feel very much a, home at Munich''
 You will no; find king Louis at Munich, sir.' ." No, at Munieh7'
 |" He also has abdieAted."
 "L Louis abdicated, and whyl"
 "Well suppose his taste and those of his people did no, altogether agree.''
 We'll, then. have no other refuge left but with his holiness, the Pope, the excellent Plus shall go to Rome.'
 "The Pope is not in Rome, sir.''
 ' Not in Ronei''
 "He is at Geta, on Neapohtan soli!''
 And when will he return 10 Rome7'
 "ThAt is doubtful. sir"
 "Where then shall got"
 Yonder lies vessel ready 10 start 10 the Uaiied States If you wish 10 be on the spo, where ia the good providence of God. the great drama of human fly is to obtain is fail and perhaps final development you had better go there. California and New Mex ieo have been added 10 Its bounds, railroads and telegraph lines wii soon ualte the Atlantic and the Pacific. and when Asia and Europe shall be made to shake hanls aeross'the American continent, aud the United States of America shall have become as il were, the great beating heart of the human race, the star of empire which, until now has been west; ward bound, shall be iound to have completed its cycle, and to shine hxedly with more than usual splendor upon that favored iahd."' Captain; how much is your charge tof a cabin passagef' Two hundred dollars, siE.T .Pa, my name in your book. am bound for the United StAies.' ICln. Cosn. The prospective view here Fiayial.y psesessted has been ably aAlnts,aea ln the Review oi lsis, by Df. Neyio. m the first number oi the Mefcenburgh ! .ses.ew