The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-08-20
New York Correspondence.

C0ot MISUNDERSTANDING Citizens from Watering
Paces-44rrical Of Strang1s-FaH Trade Trial
TIP Of Steamer Illinois.
New YoRK, August Is.
The telegraph having forestalled me with the
stirring incidents of the last week, which might
have been put into letter, will relate a recent
occurrence, which is more remarkable than any
thing have lately seen in print, and forms another
striking illustration of that ckneyed saying that
'truth is stranger Than fiction"
Mrs. c., an elderly lady of my acquaintance,
was lately summoned TO -, in Maryland, on ac-
count of the illness other brother who was supposed
to be near his end. When she arrived he was dead;
and she, being the last of family Of ten sons and
four daughters, all of whom grew up to mature
age, greatly overcome, as may well be sup
posed. al walked out towards evening" she said
for she related the occurrence to me-''where all
my family lay, for the house in which my brother
died was ON the old homestead that had belonged
to my ancestors, who the first settlers of that
part Of the State; and, as | looked around upon
their graves, felt 80 deserted and lonely that ]
could not refrain from tears and sitting upon the
ground wept aloud AS sat there heard some
thing rustling me, and raising my eyes
saw terrapin crawling to my feet. | do not know
why, but felt impulse to take the creature up,
and, did 80, perceived from the feeling of the
shell that there were marks its back. took il
to the brook near by and washed it, and TO my
constituent discovered cut IN the shell of the ami
NAL, the foil name of my grandfather, with the
date l776 underneath&'
Having had "good cry" she expressed H.,
over the strange visitor, which seemed 10 her like
a resurrection Of one Of her dead kindred, she
pressed the dumb creature to her breast, kissed the
name of her grandfather, and then carefully de-
posted the ancient friend of her house in the hole
from which she supposed he had crawled.
There is nothing marvellous in this story, but it
is very remarkable coincidence that the terrapin
should happen to be taking an airing just at that
moment, and, to believer in metemsychosis, its
appearance would be regarded a supernatural
event. But the terrapin is long-lived animal;
and this venerable seventy-sixer may again be
caught under similar circumstances half centu
ry hence, unless, in the mean time, he should hap
pen TO be made into u callipee.
We were all alive with exultation on Saturday
morning, occasioned by the arrival of the Baltic.
Her short passage seemed to give much plea
sure to everybody as though we had gained a
great victory over an enemy; and, in fact, it was
in that light that the event viewed, for il is
not to be supposed that the mere circumstance Of
one of our steamships making passage from
Europe in six hours lees time than il had ever
been done before was so great matter as to
cause so much rejoicing But it a
triumph over John Bull, who has been rather
vain glorious since he built his glass palace, that
caused the Baltic's arrival TO be hailed with shout
of gladness. The Pacific, that had worn the flag Of
triumph until the Baltic arrived, pulled down her
bunting as the noble steamer came up to her Dock
and soon after started off TO carry the news of her
rivals triumph to England. 1t is probable that
the merchants in London who sent their letters by
the Baltic will receive answers from their CORE
spondents in New York in lees than three weeks
Ii had been reported Friday that the Pacific
would carry out nearly million of specie on
freight, which had depressing influence on the
stock market Monday morning; but when it was
ascertained that the amount shipped fell short of
five hundred thousand dollars, prices immediately
pressure in Wall street. but the actual state of af
fairs is greatly exaggerated by the writer's of emo
ney articles, and the fears of timid bears or the
abitual croakers, of whom there is always an
abundance, even in the most prosperous times.
The Canada, which left Liverpool on the 9Th, is
telegraphed at Halifax, and you will have her news
before this reaches you.
The tide of Atlantic travel is now setting strongly
honcwards, and all the steamers, but particularly
the Collins line, bring back more passengers than
they carry out. The Baltic brought one hundred
and forty eight while the Pacific took out but
seventy-two
In the year 1892, Goblet, to alarm his country
men, published in his Two-penny Trash, what was
then tremendous lact-nanely: f'From this port
alone (London) one thousand and fifty-two have
gone to New York this spring and summer tho
far greater part English people," What would
the sturdy old radical have said had he lived to
witness the emigration since then to New York.
During the first two weeks of this month there ar
rived at this port, from England, over sixteen
thousand emigrsnts The arrivals during the
first six months Of this year from Europe, of emf
grant passengers, amounted to 1852, 592. Goblet
urged parliamentary reform as one Of the means
for stopping the emigration of his countrymen to
America, but, since the passage of that great
measure, emigration has increased to an almost
incredible extent, and the human flood does not
appear to have yet reached it's height. That often
quoted phrase, ''the good time coming" which
has but recently been put in circulation, occurs in
that number of the Two penny Trash to which
have alluded. "Do not says Goblet to the farm
ers, "leave England just as the good time is com.
ing" But the good time ia still coming.
1t seems hardly more than yesterday since the
poet LAMAnTiNE doomed up the political hori-
of the world as the most august parsonage in
Europe-thc foremost man of great nation, into
whose hands fate had placed the destiny of an en-
pire. Accident seemed to have opened new era
when the poet should become the head of the peo-
pie, and many happy augury was drawn by the
whole tribe Of rhymers. and the "good time was
imagined to have actually come when the pen
would be really more powerful in the State than
the sword of the soldier. But, alas for poetry and
the pen, there found to be considerable differ
ence between practical craftsmanship and the
&c fine phrenzy'' of a lyrical philosopher. La
MARITIME stepped down from what to him proved
bad eminence." He returned to his old business
of authorship, and dealt in sentiment an article
of merchandise. Having sold his Confessions
for much they would fetch in the market, like
many other of the literary magnates of the day, he
engaged in the profession of journalism, wherein
he has shown degree of inventive tact that our
shrewdest publishers might profit by. His paper,
the Pays, we hardly think pays, for we learn from
foreign paper that, to induce subscribers to take
hold, he had advertised TO give every new sub
scriber for year free passage to London to see
the Glass Palace Think of the author of " La
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