The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-08-15

rrorortioned az poplar or pole.
A handsome man, that human miracle :
Ana III each circumstance Of love ar war.
Has well preserved his perpcndicular

ana certcs, be now seemed willing to 90 in for all
the advantages" at which manifest uapropri-
ETY. you may suppose that l. like all sri,tly correct
persons, became very much shocked: but the
naughty monarch did, indeed. seem too often to
forget his pious pilgrimage and moro intent upon
tho pretty faces that looked smilingly upon him
from the houses, than upon the :red duty he Wa
performing 70 st. George-Sho, fear, no ifreve-
Tantly regards as n humbTg. However, il his ma
jesty's bright gray eyes were not sobored down to
the true csnopical degree of rgor, there was one
actor in tais extraordinary pageant, anda very iu-
poitant one, whose coadnc. wa Of he mos. cxem-
play character. This was other than the mar
tial saint himself. Mounted showy charger.
sple ndidly caparisoncd, tho grim anil trucalcnt
ing glance upon the earthly angels, who
with liberal hands scattered flowers in his
path. Net he. lis varnshcd forehead shone
benignanily in the bright light Of day; fixed and
moTeless were those lucent eyes Of glass, which,
black and portcntous, were bent the mistaken
brows, that eontrastel strongly with the pallor Of
those checks, hollow aud thin with the lasts and
vigils OF his austcre life, aud with the rigid lips,
family tnged with vcrmilion, which relaxed not
even under the heat a the tropical sun; proof
Oi the excellence to which the art Of modelling in
wax has attained. Nes, his countenance was
moved. even BY the strange and (werc IL not s,
deyout an occasion and persona sc) what would
call the very aughable jumps, logs, hobs shakes,
htunces and gyratiCrs, that every carcoo Of his
charger gave him, which threatened TO dislocatc
every JOINT Ia his saintcd body, and which finally
obliged two more humans 70 grasp him and iorcbly
lold him on bis saddle by his martha legs. Truly,
81. George did we'll But where. he ard asked,
10 Lis dtsgon Docs the rortly Emperor, ia foaie
n yFtericus nnnnor cenctai hpn Or IL that ter
rblc fellow in black armor. who follows the saint
symbolic OF the mytho that ponderous black fell
low Nc! lie is only heavy dragon hs niser-
able horse; perhaps mere bold drag-oon in oil
mont lie, too, VIC ohcrye, (shame on psiosty,)
cnsts no shtcp'C eyes into tho wjincp's fsccs-s.
least that We can detect; for who can ten what Is
gong on inside the rusty bar Of That grin helmet.
tbat covers bis head like an Irish potaioc pot
CensCrs and lighted tapcrs, and little boys. come
diter ana then, venerable old gentlemen pol pain
fully along IN ample pctticoats and warm looking
pclisscs. with white ssTcamcr3 ike Bethel ha & over
their eyed shoulders and silver gill past .bolfd caps
81 form such a. my ancient schO0lmas.ec (p,ao5 to
lis bcaes ard birch) used whilome 20 crownms
"Vith diadein. high. fool1csg, 10.
and rfttr .hsse, an iaieTminable train of monks.
priests. aud ucOytes and orders lcco sa5ical. Winds
~ low length along; and then the military. and
the lea horses and the omblazonod carriages aud
the pIofaIe ygaT and ringing Of church bells, al
roaring OF cannon, aud rafting o. musko,ry, and
rubbing ofiockc;s. ttheugh mid day and
The trunr nad she dram.
Ana the mournful scuni q tbc bartaroul htrn.
And tAc dsp # the banners that ~ re they're borra,
hni N" t,igh 3; he stged and tue nultitude's bum
Ar a. cla-h AM the shout-they como they come -
Resi5es the crowded streets hoaTing and swelling
Ike waves Of che sea, with the motley population,
GBt the balconies iall q well dressed ladies' Haunt
hg witt fioh silis, brooad.s, bright tapestsi gag
cMGEtsl-!lelf al1-ADd if-CuNs
"ADd ,icstyas nothing ="
But asn giving you more than bargsinei ior
Hs toi1 you at the ecnmoncencut that J "a re-
'igiovslJ determined not TO "lCt myself Jst' on
'hs.e thI ga so let u return to our hancock.
Tbs superb clipper, built JUROR sac plan q iac =
; ship PCrtsmouth, and modelled by hr. Took,
ae naval constructor proves herscl fully NJ TO her
rork. Her captain talks about fifteen kro OF q
boNline aad t.see hundacl mites day, what sh,
can DO She aprung her main mast In seven degrees
oorth So badly that call could not be made ca il,
yet did tho distance out Ia thirty siz days. Taas
tsIk-snd WORK, too Nov, how much better can
seam do than that Yet this Cue sailing ship, e
fourteen hundred tens the admiration Ct every oac
Who sees hsr that ccst about sixth Ct steamer
'fthe s,me capacity, aud can Be stated Ger che.
sweptle;h Of the expense Of driving @ steamer, be-
J1gs 10 acles Of vessels which horofG buobugi
At home believe, or talk ifthey believed fast
Dassiug away frcn t5c ocean. No. Stree Il is rot
. ) and IN case O. another maritime war, II our
usv9 is &c be nsofef by the adve nturoGs Efforts of
sry private armed chips, let thea be-as believe
hey VII bg-ships IA as these, sailed aud iougbt
oy hardy seanen--not rsn " Grenon snd disty
cOplheavsfs.
mean no dispa ragement to the steamship scr
vice nor do uudeun'C the Science that IL calls tor
either 20 construct or h propcl them but th9re
cant about even our most prs Cttca relations, eai
there STEW more mOustrous forms which it las
taken then this osnt Of stesmshirt Let these sbo
.e,. ioolishly about il, 81 some long vosaSo 70
SO, u eitheS dCscrirtcn q vessel sad pee