Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-01-06

alover, should not beneath this ruby casting
cover, one tooth Of pearl.
But IKE rose beside church yard stone,
| Be doomed to blush DER MANY mouldering bone
Even now In dawn Of life, her early breath
Burns with the faint OF empires near their death
anu Ike the nymphs Of her own whitening slime
She's old In youth, she's blasted in her primen
Of Washington he thus wrote:
How shall we rank thee upon glory's page,
Ihou more than hero and Just less than sage,
Too formed for peace to act q warriors Fart,
Zoo trained In camps to learn statesman's art.
Nature designed thee for hero's mould.
But ere she cas-. thee let the stuff grow cold -
In his last verse he does noble justice most
unintentionally, saying
GO All thou hast been reflects less fame on thee,
Far less than what thou hast forborne to he"
Unlike all poets who derive their inspiration
from lovely woman, chaste as q dew drop that
hangs from dams temple, who so base az to
seek to desecrate tho shrine of man 8 idolatry,
contaminate the pure source whence all his
hopes of happiness spring?
Without the smile from partial beauty won
WhatwSre a man! world without sun"
Their devotion never fades on the sick couch,
when pain and langour shakes the frame,
Then woman's pure affection flows with brighter
fame.
When fading away in the cold embrace of
the pail and the winding sheet she clings to
the last sad remains.
No living form in all its brightness possesses
so much attraction, and were it not for inev.
liable decay, each mansion would become
charnel house Of the dead.
Death once seen at our hearth leaves q
sh adow which abideth forever.
" Methinks even now hear, to freeze the soul Of
mirth,
On the sunk coffin pelt the rafting earth,
DIstractlng SQUADS at whose disastrous tale
TIE live flesh quivers and the moon grows pale.
Shrek forest, shrek tia! fainting mourner's
And close si the gloomy cavern, whence is no re.
The Duchess de POmpadur, whose panegy-
rist announced her as living in the school of
all TIE virtues, but playing truant all her life,
was vOrshipped and adoIed by the emorous
Louis XIV. A noble, seeking office, asked the
monarch to introduce him to his mistress who
exclaimed she was tired Of having all the no.
bles at her feet. Even her lap-dog was sick
Of homage.
Dying in the odors of sanctity, and holding
the hand of the able who administered to her
extreme JUNCTION, when about to bid an eternal
farewell, she TRANQUILITY said "A,,eae IN
moment cNTe, nous t"Oj1S snSembie.' He
went on his work Of salvation-she to her
dread account
The heartloss monarch, beholding from his
window her funeral eortege pass in a shower
Of rain, coolly said "Poor Duchess, she has
bad day for her journey" And forthwith ap-
to himself, Madam de Maintenon.
A Stir.-The arriy al Of the Hon. John Ap-
pleton in this city has, Of course, generated
quite bu,s in the political hive; arising
from the fact that he has spent most Of the
time since the election at Wheatand, and is
perhaps the recipient of moro Of the confidence
Of Mr Buchanan than any other gentleman to
be named. He looks in capital keeping bat
IL remaining among US for month he may
expect to find himself much worse for the wear
and tear to which he will be subjected by the
politicians. From gentlemen ambitious to
manage Cabinet portfolios down to the walters
in the hotel-all in Washington being polit.
cisns-he will be compelled to run the gaunt.
let Of shrend AID persevering questioners, few
of whom will take ~ don't know" for an an.
swer. He was always famous for being pru-
dent gentleman, this Mr.. Appleton; so We
have no reason to fancy that the wonder
mongers will make much out Of him. How
ever, it is very certain that he will be the
means of posting" the President elect with
reference to the real state Of democratic con-
gressional opinion concerning the compost
ton Of his new government-a matter Of
first Importance to him (Mr. Buchanah;) inso-
much as upon the sentiments which the De-
mocracy Of the two Houses may entertain to.
wards his administration, depends the solution
of the problem whether it is to be happy and
successful one or mott being certain that
every man Of the opposition of whatever party
name will combine to defeat its triumph.
More About tho Dodge.-what's. in the
Wind!-We clip the following from the Jour
nal o. Commerce of Saturday last:
.'WHAT DOBs 1T MEAN ?-MeSsrs Editors /:
clip the following extract from the letter OF
the Boston correspondent of the Hartford Re-
ligious Herald Of January ], 1857, 10th per-
HcuiGriy sound on tie goose 1t is short bat
very suggestive. Taken in connection with
many developments since the election, re-
specting " bleeding Kansas" Congressional
morality, lobbying, DC, &c, significant sur
misses will creep into rvstive minds, re-
specting tho integrity AMI honesty Of the lead
ers of the party that comprised all the 'piety
and principle In addition to their other
objectionable acts of trifing with the honest
sympathes Of well meaning men, are they
making stool pigeon of Senator Sumner
Can you give US any light? The writer says:
"SenatOr Sumner is in this city walks tis
streets with his accustomed ease and ell as lefty,
aud the Efforts ofa Attke cLiguc here to hurry
hIDs to htS grace, to nuke room for another
man (D will not succeed. Mr.. Sumner will
be in mis- seat in the Senate in few days,
and his surprising elOquence will yet do ser
vice Tor the cause of liberty " ISQUIRER.
Significant Votes-Two votes given yes
terday in the House Hall foreshadov what
are to prove facts in the history of the sss
sion's legislation.
lst The vote upon the proposition to sus
pend the rules to consider the bill to inoreaet
the pay Of the army officers. Though lackin;
the two-thirds necessary to give that motion
triumph, the majority for it was 50 large as 4
render 1t certain, in our judgment, that err
tho session ends the bill in question will be
\ come law, 10 some satisfactory shane