The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-31

~ osly solAiars admitted IN tlfA1 fnnmnms
-sse oecupted In unpackMa "a ~ -
which are coming In With pol nall haats. Tkare
y Mailing and unnsiIfng, unfolding an1 Axlne,
hanging and sArssching, painting, sorehAine ~
polishing, writing Of lahsIs, sud het hmste s9oey%
where. In the finest place in the tsaa*apA b..
tween the two trees, buried il massive ggQup
Of rhododsndra and fresh blown roses, ~ ~
throne Of her Majesty the Queen. On sArh i'd
Of the throne springs up jet Of water descend
ing into marble basin; = range Of statues
forms both avenue and covssgs an awpithe-
atrs of benches covered with velvet awaited thu
spectators Of this festival which Il about 70 ~
der illustrious the month Of May 90 dear to
merry England month, ~ conceive, cajebs1.
ted rather from q feeling Of fSieudship ia
gratitude. The month Of May II loved 6sssISa
We love those beauties Of the mind and or our
juvenile days which we have never asen "A
which smile on US from distant ages aIale.
the youngest of the graces, Laia, Laetkeaia,
Tyndaris, and the three venerable grasses whom
the poet Horace saw dancing beneath ~ eeu-
tie Deems OF the May moon and whod1eI HSost
Thackery sang this very morning in the 7Tsses:
"Gratis cum nymphis, geminisqus sorribus
audet,
"Ducerc nuda chores"
Tomorrow comes the Queen surrounded
(another marveD with all the s,.lsndors Of her
throne and all the majesty Of secular crown.
She will come, and We shall hear that glorious
hymn resounded which the fortunate nations
address to the sons OF the gods, as La Bruyere
used to say. Already yesterday the Qreen came
incogni'a; and thus, without ceremony came
the other day to the expo sition another queen,
the Queen Of that great French nation, who
loved her to alteration, and who nevertheless
allowed her to depart--the king and her. hs.
husb.nd, and her children, and her childrens
children. Oh, august Queen She has vpmsin-
ed to US, and to the end, she will be our Queen.
All saluted her as she passed. Every hea wa
bent in the presence Of that benevolent maieatv
and before that more than human courage Il
has been said, however, that in the crowd one
or two voices, hoarse with gin, attempted to
mqrmur the MarseilLaise Indignation silenced
them, and contempt classified them
Yesterday, too an assemblage Of those en-
igrants 4 p every morning abandon their country
and seek their bread in distant lands, presGdapd
themselves at the gates Of the exposition. The
gates were opened, and these old men and these
children, this wretchedness and these tears.
these rags aid this wandering youth, will have
had glimpse at least, ere quitting their native
soil, of these accumulated marvels whit h not one
of us living in this exhausted century will ever
see again.
Was it benevolence or was it cruelty to show
these unfortunate wretches spectacle resplend-
ent with such witnesses of greatness when thew
are about to murmur on the banks Of some un-
known Euphrates, the .plainti-e elegy which IL
sung with bleeding hearts and streaming eyes
because We remember Zion.
Such is the first impression produced upon
me by the spectacle of these great things
write OF them az | am accustomed to write to
the public, who read me and trust in me, because.
if it has often found ~ wanting in exactitude.
it has always found me true and sincere.
Tomorrow Igo to the ceremony of installa-
ton, aud | shall relate it to you on my return.