The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-25

sEA-sHoRE SKETCHES NO. 2.
TRE4osr HOUSE, Cape Island June az, 1854.
q TO the smooth beach, the silver sea
Comes ripping in thousand smiles,
And back again runs murmaringly,
To break around some distant isle.

Comes ripping IN a thousand smiles,
And back again murmuringly,
To break around some distant Isle
How shall reproduce the that floats before us
Can Claude Lorraine be copied2 All around is anma-
ton Ii is six o'clock in the evening and the island is
Samian partere of beauty The very gravel respon
sve the measured pulsations Of patent leather and
mice-ike feet toilets displayed which would grace
Chestnut in its OF glory dashing equpages
led horses and servants 10 and fro awaiting the
commands of their employers; at point you come
upon bevy happy children whose ghthearted laugh
rings upon the evening air in merry music at
other, you stumble upon group Of gentlemen with
parcel OF Havanas, clustered round table manmuvring
their little dotted black and white dominoes with wonder
full skill Apropos Of cigars they to be much the
sta of life TO the gentlemen here is their daily bread
they in the mouths Of high and low every masculine
yisage is seen through thin curling yapor that
their mustachoed lips look like the caters Of many
tiny volcanoes But yet we are happy 10 announce we
have not seen any sign of feminine smoking not
with the delicate cigarette which the Lonnes dc Paris
have adopted as being Spanish and piquant)
On the porco of the --- House group of young
girls, playing the notes of old air on guitar
while beautiful leans her elbow, contcmpla
ting with indifference the scene before her while she
glances sadly obituary notice of the lamened
Fanny Forester Dr. Judson whose recent death has
caused profound sensation in the literary world II will
be long before the chasm left in female literature by
her death win be worthy filed She will be long
bercd model of refined and lovely womanhood-ong
spoken Of by those who read her works yet longer by
those who knew herself:
'.To what bright world aar ddst thou belong
Thou whose pure soul seemed not of mortal birth y Il
From what fair realm of flowers and love and song
Camcst thou star bean to our Swallowed EARTH
What hadst thou done, sweet spirit, in that sphere,
That thou vert banished herey"
On a low balcony covered with rough awning party
of wayw lads coarsey clad and hickly shod lying
the benches their game bags tossed YEARLY at their
while upper story stand beyy Of ebony-cheecked
nurses like statues of dazzling bronze holding in their
arms the children of some doting mother whose golden
hair and lily skins form striking contrast to their sable
companions This viii give you, dear reader an idea Of
Cape Island at o'clock in the evening. The pursuits of
the day over and they the frontier of evening
On hand, lovely girls and light-heared young men,
the world all before them and everything tnged with the
bright hues of hope and the other hand many wan
and saow face and brokendown form to be seem be-
tokenng the prematurey old constitution Of those who
in years still young and who here in quest of that
blessing, health.
This Mecca for summer pilgrims contain within
itself every possible attraction that watering place can
offer and should be tempted TO express Of the
delight it affords beg to be forgiven for an earnest
desire to inspire readers with wish to visit it. If
Of the light and brilliant gaety be what their
fancy covets they may find here light and laughing
cheerfuness animate the spirits, and greater variety
brought together elsewhere II wonld be almost mposs
BILE find ones self in the midst of such assembly with
feeling inspired with strong inclination to enter into
the spirit of the Every step movement and glance
shows that the company assembled for the purpose of
amusing themselves; and might fancy ones self in
city OF the East beautiful the dresses and pic
iuresque the groupings And the climate Those only
who leave the hot and singed air of city
worthy panegyrze the crystal transparency the elastic
ghness in the atmosphere which renders the act Of in
taling it absolute enoyment-mere existence blessing
We have the sunny warmth OF summer without its OPP
pressveness.
Dear reader-you whose wearied with the
din Of business toronghlres, and your eyes aching with
the glare of brick wacome and glance at the view from
window write BY it you win learn that God
liveth alone in history but in Nature that He speak
eth alone in inspiration, hut audbly that lie is not
the God Of the dead, but Of the living
Before is shelving beach of hard sand, and the
like fine silver leaves spreading themselves
the g,ering expanse with sparkling pesry edge
like the Of bright glass Of champagne. Though
the pillows Of every size and perform their parts in all
of time, there is perfect harmony in the swelling
whole They prepared ~ al seasons and in every
state of the weather give with full orchestra
70 whoever may choose TO listen and they pour
ing forth such Of music would make the fingers
of "dreaJue ache in the despair of imitation In the dis
is surboat whose broadbladed ding The
light spray from them at every stroke like mimic stars
II is inspiring scene; and with the serene holy sky
robe in the candid supce Of the clouds bending in sol
benedicton IT, 1t the sacramenta ohalice
Of Nature and Its crystal changed into the mystic
life-blood Of the universe.
The New York papers yesterday bring the sad an
nouncement Of yseven deaths in that city from cholera
during the past week II falls upon the like the voice
Of the destroying angel.
Cape Island will, We trust proyea "cty OF refuge should
the disease extend to other cities.
THE IMPRISONMENT AMERICAN A Turks