Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-30

sequence into narrative. The confusion which the hu
nan hhd embraces at gance is certainly beautiful but tn
tehcn iind loves order and will long put up with
fhatasl; loves exp lanaons and in the midst Of the
1 oni where it is
nr" men we started from Paris on Sunday, the 9th
i d' hAii.past In the evening, with rain and fog
,.ieMy hl'omen We sped rapidly, and arrived at Calal
80 ae mat we could say had never seen decided
VI morning Here, If you have any dca however slight
aens INTO the steamboat Immediately end traveller ap
prise You OF wofud danger you lose 20 minutes in OBJ
ang pass by the aid of your passport you 20 min
@ III recovering your luggage lost the confusion Of you
ana H. after all you are favored by fortune max
-rem-a the end oil the ettey-aGd the distance is
sa te boat waits to convey you to the packet from
when voumes OF smoke silently arise and float away 10
When say that this inhospable boat await, vou nm
hcorlect-t waits for this hour Of cloud veIec
SKIES anu growing pillows; from these shore
the erand of this little boat is fetch away score
80 o travellers but the din tho tunu the despair Of France
from day to day Whether you arrive in time or whethe
you do not matters little this English vessel as counts
each precious minute passed in these OF France
despatched by people greedy Of waited from Paris
a huy bring back with the utmost speed what Paris said
anu what FaIls thought that very morning And this i:
wy having duly obtained its dispatches this English YES
SCI s.s OIL taking scarce one or two Of u.s. and leaving
rest oil the caravan behind with leg in tile water
Can you not from here the impaence and rage of
companions In misortune2 Can you hear their
natons-their nteDections-lheir naedc,ons upon Eng
land and their appeal 10 the French Government 2-or in
all matters call upon the Government for assistance
q child upon lis for help.
The wisest had already made up their minds endure the
result OF this nsy departure Of the London courier
cd upon the shore they listened did the priest of Apollo
the shng OF the deep and bothought them Of all the
events all the thunder caps which this courier had already
4 borne away over the complaining wave.
II nlned; we entered Calais by long ood-paved path,
of picturesque appearance The Hotel de Paris which
accustomed To these accidents and complains thereat
had prepared everything for the due accommodation OF these
innocent travellers, who thought have started in despite
Of the wind of the tide and Of the London courier Little
by tte several angers have abae recognized each
Other aud made up minds that the best and simplest
pan was wait patiently for the ocean and the boat Of the
morrow Wosat down TO table, and fell into conversation
All these travellers attracted TO London by the nyor
sal exposition, and the greater number consisted
manufacturers and worken bent reIoning the work of
their hands. Could you Know Sir, how admirable is the
good sense which at this moment possesses these various
minds, what profound consciousness of their duties wha,
desire for order and obedience, what contempt ndg
they expressed both and the other towards
who foster dscord and with what vigorous hatred they
pursue wrctches who have driven France into this
YOU would rest persuaded strongly be- that
France cannot perish second time what may; and
that from the midst Of these women would be raised ir.
rcsisbe of "Out them m These men, wise and brave
they are ask OF heaven but for little Of its peace and
its good WILL the rest they will seek for in their toll They
are content they but before them few years
peace and SO Deep alas the wound inflicted upon France
that the most ambitious dare not hope for years exenp-
ton from fever and restless wakeuness Only years Of
peaceful toll TO this is reduced all the ambitious long.
ing OF great nation Oh misery oh vanity Of all this troop
! ut grandeurs
AS the conversation proceeded inwardly admired the zeal
and ardor of these artisans inspired with a the fire and with
all ambition Of the artist There seated table
dycrs, who explained us with the enthusiasm Of
igo their battles their tumphs their defeats in the
ic with the purple of the East, the blue of Prussia
There were cotton and flax spnners fanatics n their craft
who detailed 10 with all the forms Of cpc the various
transformations of cotton and wool this excelled in CIV
ing form and grace the of the other that one with
the steel OF his neghbor produced innitube and
decacy and altogether the OF the great struggle
about 10 commence seized with the trembling and
lion which Is felt by tragic poet at the fatal moment when
the three knocks have been given and the curtain wrinkles
up with cold shiyer.
The night spent in this fashion, each talking of his
art, and without word OF politics AT sunrise We went
10 the scashoe and there saued the vanqushed traces
Of many kings and many monarches that had pressed
those obvons sands their arrival their departure
and when last the consented take US il fell
that the heavens showed themselves kindly and the
mcrcul tho horizon vast and those coasts OF France
and England clear that each congratulated himself ha
he present this magnificent spectacle of the waters the
heavens and the earth in such perfect harmony Already
had arrived when il seemed since
cd Here Dover, and here again. apprise yo OF &C.
neral confusion OF passports and packages Yes passports
a, Dover But Of late it the triumph OF England
the foreigner landing her shores that he asked for
his credentials ses papers) Thou hast official vouchers,
rendso much the better for hec but for part they
of HE thee 10 and froarriye depart
thou wilt thou are tho master Of thy movements Now be.
ourselves be it said the Fenchman at the bottom Of
his heart felt profoundly humatcd at not being asked by
1 England TO exhibit pnpicrS.
This time, however the traveller landing from France will
no longer be exposed this humliang exemption from
showing his passport. 1t is asked for, and moreover 1t IS
scrunized copied into register which register you
quired to sgn and certificate is handed 10 you which you
are 10 present. quitting England, 10 the Custom house
officer the port cmbarcnton Such tho provisions OF
The Alien Act and all this would be without any great harm
the ceremony of the certificate and the ceremony oil the
Custom-housc not tedious TO undergo. While you
signing and opening and shutting your trunk the ran
which waits for sounds its perious whistle and
arrive, after running yourself Of BREATH Just in time
vanished in the distance These the laws of the
Cutom hous. and of steam; obey them YOU must. From
Dover you start at in the evening and reach London at H.
wheea you astonshcd seeing that 1t has taken you one
night day. and half another night 10 perform ~ hours
Journey after expressly taking with very andnoIe II no
sku prccaution the train by which the mail bags are des
patched. Prospectuses be cassed with revolutions
they always be relied the promise IS oeou
and but the result medocre nevertheless once ar
rived London and in possession OF that paguey baggage
which Julius Cpsar justly calls impedimeuH we are eas
ly consoIcd at the deceptions Of the prospectus.
shall describe my stupor more correctly my ave.
this tumul of this smoke and OF this fog SO many OBJ
ects moving backwards and Forwards and the hubbub OF
great city, produced upon the effect OF DREAM
seemed be sleeping with my eyes open Nevertheless
strange say not seized with that utter despair
which have always experienced upon finding myself alone
left entirely myself in foreign town; and whether II was
that the French house. where found kindly asylum or
that the anticipated emotion at what was about to see had
rotec ted and guarded against the first assaults Of this
despair have had much fault TO find with my inward
frame of mind. And when morning came-a pale and gloomy
aurora bearing yet in her unkempt hair few stray eeks
The snow fallen the evel emerged bravey from my den
and walked through uf the long thooughfares
The sleeping city The city slept weaed with ambition and
with toll, drunk with It's smoke and with lis gory it sep
happy nations Sleep when they certain 70 lind on he
awaking the laws the habits the belief heeancSWe he on all
rho richrs nf their IItJ anu o
nrs from The farm and the market garden the Gay Prov
ons were on the road In another moment the whoe po
Iaon will be awake, and aoo like one man. mere no ole
hns and every one says himself what d. Arnaut saio
y, Scole when the latter advised him TO take niue resi-
ere death came-"Rcst said NJ Arnault can you ,hnA
such thing, Sir? Have we not all eternity LOT !es'i
Al midday in oIerable burst OF sunshinG we d. , h
found our way through that marvellous Hyoe-falA, W @
mous CRYSTAL Palace which at this moment the sehe
ndszyous of the whole world In spite OF onessel! on a
nroachin This solemn meeting place of the results 50 I'D
nv and such various ubors Is seized with tna' oe
noniu emotion which the spirit ol man n a. iJ M
nnnroach of sumo portentous event. poet mas M hhd
thai il was In itself spectacle to contemplate wan hnb
which was being led important cause o hn,u
,he ton of the whole human was aree.so'
much more must all the strength OF our ysion on . s
of our minds npeed towards those oria ia
scattering beneath their da phanous shadows o Von
nstounded at the part they made 10 Pay LIND nf
from afar-hat is provided the sun be ;nas
Iuyre like 10 the palace Of the sun which Inc poe
Of ,,, .,,,mns,'
",.gia soils subinibus alta coiuu'''
Around this Fairy Palace speada the swars % Glimpse
hnned park and already the charmed eye cacns in
If these collected wonders You enter-you
n fairy region by an elm of many centuries, ,J;sn an
of Queen Elizabeth and never do Tor.neh summit Of
near at the gates of great temple FROM m s,v rene
III old ,rae whose every branch has shelteeu in