New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-25


tiap 1saaes There are also with US lew Ofhcers
viyes who followed their husbands 70 the Onent
but the weeds Of mourning plainly indicate 'hs'
war and pleasure De- BOT always march together.
The Euxine Of grand aud severe reputation
the AzenOs or inhos Die, OF the Greeks ID con-
trsst with theh soft aud tranquil Asean-is ABOUT
three hundred miles in length from East TO west,
but much less in width, bting OF the shape OF
ecytbiap bow. In il are mingled the crystal Hoods
Of the Ural and the Alps, the melted congelstons
of the North and the weepings OF warm showers
on the Pontic slope Of AnatOia. The Eu1ine 10
tidele,s. and Notwithstanding il receives the per
petual inundations Of forty rivers, Is decidedly
saline Looked down upon by foas mountain
chains. the CarpathiaDs, the Hamus, the Taurus
and the Caucasus, and exposed TO the WINGS tha'
sweep over the steppes of Russia, we could not
expect TO flnd it pacific But the traditional dan
gers attending the navigation of the Eu1ine have
been studiOusly maPnihed by the Russians who
well know that the same will 10 great extent dis
appesr after the erection Of lighthouses along the
coasts and the completion Of accurate charts.
cannot forbesr aluding in this connection to
On adventure Of the Emperor Nicholas on the
Black Sea in the year 1-2S. He and the Grand
Duke Michael embarked at Sevastopol on small
,t4amer-L Enperafrioe de la Ner-for Varna, then
besie,ed Lv the Russians. Count NesseIrOde,
with several persons Of diplomatic reputation,
took passage on the PenteleimOH, which was to
bear the other steamer company. terrdc storm
came on The vessels were disabled and sepaT-
ated The one which carried Nicholas and his
fortunes was driven to the opening of the BOs-
ph0rus, and the commander proposed TO run IN
aud surrender as the only possible means Of saving
the liver of those on board To that proposition
the Emperor would not lsteD-preterring death
to submission. After marvellous escape they ul-
timatey made the Port of Odessa NesselrOde
and the members Of the diplomatic corps with
lin arrived at Sevastopol after eight days OF peris
and gastric perturtations, glad to have escaped
but convinced tbas Neptune Is 10 respectcr OF
persons.
am in no danger Of forgetting the horrid dis
comforts of my first and only night upon the EuT-
inc. To sleep without being lashed to the berth,
or packing oneself away like a choice piece OF
furniture in a box, was quite impossible. Every
timber in the vessel seemed to have forgotten its
ordinary tune, and squeaked and cracked forth
gibbeIish sound. The huge ship would roll from
side TO side and like tired giant, lay painting
the waves. Checked one moment in her course
by heavy sea- the puseless arms of her engines
would almost stop, then, gathering new strength
from the foods Of living fire within, she would
again cart forward like al arrow
"Tbe beating Of her restless heart.
Still sounding through the storm"
During the sleepless watches Of the night often
thought Of the Argonautic adyenturers wbo, we
are told,
Were the first that ever buI't
Into that silent sea-
and of the rich argosies which visited the Pontus
after the enterprise of the Mesians had dotted its
coasts with famous cities and converted the Are
nos Of the Greeks into the EurinOs or hOspitabe-
O lame which it has ever since borne.
Amid the howlings of the storm there came dim
visions of the many y-iOngued peuplads once crowded
on the shores of the Euxine-Of mare milking
SoytLians living in wagons, and OF
"Thrsc ans who nov led around infants birth,
And gave their funeral hours TO songs and mrh."
There arose out of the chaos of these mythic and
barbaresq sque times the Tauri cruelty decOyiDg mar
iDeIs upon the rocks Of their ChersOnese to sacr-
fee them aiterward upon bloody affairs, and the
Gete pursuing their enemies across the frozen b0-
risthenes with poisoned arrows. There alsO were
the Daghes indOmit, of the Caucasus, deiying the
arms OF the Romans and of the Pontic kings as
they have those of the Turks and Russians In
mode IN timce. Gentler visions there were also
of beautiful lphigeDia, forced 10 become the san
culinary pIiestess Of Diana, and of Medea, whom
ancient NY tbs surround with all the horrors OF
sorcery, but who, love to think, possessed no
other magic than that Of beauty was guilty of no
crime but that of love. ! beheld joyous dances
once more in the cool groves of Agathon, and be-
thought me of gentle Hylas drawn beneath the
waves by the nymphs. There had also lived
MthIidates, one of the idols of my boyh0Od
readings. The one and the only ilustrious name
belonging exclusively TO the history of the Pontic
kingdoms, it cODsecrates the very soil on which he
lived. After ALL the great and heroic man ls the
noblest product of the earth; and would travel
further TO see Webster sanding by the grave of
Milton or Shakespeare than to behold the proud
est monument of human hands blazing with In
dian pearls or piled TO the skies with barbaric gold
The past yields 10 the present.
The expedition fitted out from Narna, surpasi-
ng every thing of the kind in the extent and COM
pleteness of its appontments-the siege, to which
those OF Vienna and SsragOssa can hardy be com
pared-the EuIine swept Of q powerful navy and
q rich commerce-these have been the quick COM
ing events of the past few months. Hosts OF
mep, speaking almost every Languages and exhibit
ing almost every type OF the human race, have
been brought bither not for the purposes OF CON-
merce in region fitted by nature TO be the COM
mercsl center of the llobe, but to destroy each
other and crafty the ambition oil monarchs. With
the Allies the present war 10 nOminslly struggle
Of civilization and liberty against bsrbarous des-
pOtism; but seas swept OF commerce, sacked citles
and burning villages are the footprints OF their
path. The very armies enriching with their blood
the grsnary of Europe are III part proyisoned
from the prsirles of our own Great West such
are the anomalies OF war.
Iva. on deck at an early hour Of the morning
80 catch my inst glance of the Bosphorus and the
coast Of A,ia. The storm had swept past. Tho
stars twinkled as brightly as nhtn they guided the
ancient mariner venturlng out tmidly upon the
InhOspitabe Sea. The moon was sinking behind
the hills of Roumelia ust visible in the distance
at whose rock. bound bases 4 long line of flashing
breakers cleaned like the sheen of many tremu-
lous spears Tie air was delciously soft and
warm, and there was not a breath Of wind 10 re-
kindle the rage of the changing sea, but wave Pur
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