Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-03
TIE OvIEDO INITIALS.
Satire aEd GunpowdeT.

TIE OvIEDO NUPTIALs.
Satire and GunPOwdeT.
Below we give the poem written by young New
,rker, ED4rSD c. srEDxAS, and which occasioned
e belIigereut correspondence between Lieutenant
Irtlett, the father Of the bride, and yszng srEL.
N:
From the New York Tribune.
The DIAMOND WEDDIxG
o, LOve Love! Love! what times we're tAOss,
Long the age Of bellies and beaux,
and Brussels lace and silken hose,
When. In the green Arealizn Close,
You married Psycte under the rose.
With only tbs grass for beddIDgl
Heart to heart. and hand in hand,
You followed Natures sweet commARd--
Roaming lovingly through the land,
Nor sighed for . Diamond Wedding.
So have We read in classic Ovid,
How Hero watched for her beloved,
Inpassoned youth, LeAndsr.
She was the fairest Of the fair,
And Wrapt him round with her golden hsir
Whenever he landed cold and bare
With n7thing to eat and nothing to wear,
And Wetter than any gander
For Love was Love, and better than money
The slyer the theft, the sWeeter the h0ney-
And kissing clover, sl the world over,
Wherever Cupid might wander.
So thousands Of years have and goas.
Still Hymen's torch s lighted
And hitherto, in this land OF the West.
Most couples in love have thought 1t best
To follow the ancient way Of the rest
And quietly get united
But now, true Love, you're gro@iag Old
Bought and sold, with silver and gOH,
Like &houss hsrss and csrnlssi
Midnight tai 5,
Moonlight walks.
Fhs glance OF ths 81 and sSeetksSrt sigh,
And shadOwy haunts with no one by,
do net wish to disparAge;
But every kiss
Has price for Its bliss.
In the modern ends Of marriage;
And the compact sweet
Is not complete,
Till the high contracting parties meet
Before the alter Of Mamon:
And the bride must be led to silver bower.
Where pearls and TuOeS fall 10 q shower
That would fdghten Jupiter AmmOAi
Isneed not tell
How it befvII,
(SiDce jenkins has told the story
Over sni over and over again,
And covered himself With glory y
How ii hefell, Summers day.
The King Of the Cubans strolled this way
King JanuAry's his name, they say
And fell in love with the Princess May,
Tho regDng belle Of Manhattan;
Nor how he began to snirk and sue,
And dress as lovers who come to WOO,
Or IS Max tretEek and Julien do,
When they sit full.boomed in the ladies' view,
And flourish the wendrOus baton
Whose presence their country somehow tToublssy
And 80 our cities receive Ehem
Ncr OF your-n axe believe spanish grandees,
Who ply our daughters with lies and candies,
Until the poor 81 Is selieYe them;
No, lie q such charlstsn-
Full Of gasconade and brayado,
Count de Hoooken Flssh in the-PaH-
But regular rich Don Sstahzn
santa Cruz de la MuscoVsdo
SenOr Grandissimo OYiedol
He owned the rental of half KsVaaa
And all Matsnzas and Santa Anna,
Rich he could hardly hold
candle to light the mines Of gold
Our Cuban possessed, choke fall OF digEer'i
And broad plan tations, that, in round figures,
We're stocked with at least five thousand nggerIl
Gather ye rosebuds while ye mAyl"
The senor carry the day
To capture the beautiful Princess Nay,
With his battery Of treasure;
Velvet AID lace she should lack
Tiffany, daughwout, Ball & Black,
Genn and Stewart, his suit SHOULD back
And come and go g. her pleasure;
Jet and lava--silver and gold
Garnes-emeralds rare to behold
Diamopds-sappbires-we untold
All hers, 10 have and to hold
Enough to fill peck-meAsurei
He didn't bring all his forces
At once but like a crafty old Don,
Who many heart had fought and won,
Kept bidding a little higher
And every time be made his bid
Ana what she said, snd all they did
Twas writ down
For the good Of the town,
By Jeems, Of 1Ae Daily FIy4r..
A coach and horses, you'd think, would buy
But slowly our Princess yielded;
diamond necklace caught her eye.
But u wreath of pearls frst made her sigh.
She knew worth Of each maiden Elancs,
And like young colts, tia curVet and prAness
She led TIE Don deuce Of dance,
In spite Of TIE wealth he welded,
She stood such fire OF silks aud lAces,
Jewels, and golden dressing cases,
And ruby brooches, and jeS and pearls,
Thai every Of her dainty curs
Brought the price Of hun1red common girls;
Folks thought the lass demsntsdi
But at lasta wonderful diamond ring,
A regular Koh nor, did the thing,
And, signing with love- or something tbs sa1nes
whats in name y
The Princess May consented.
RuRl ring the bells, and bring
All the people to see the thingl
Let the Esuut and ragged and hungry and pesr
Throng round The great Cathedral door,
To wonder what all the hubbub's for,
And sometim. stupidity wonder
At 50 much sunshine and brightness which
Fall fr the church upon the rich
While the poor get all the thunder,
Rngl ring, merry bells, ringi
fortunate few,
With letters blue
Good for q seat and view
Fortunate few whom dare
Dilsnanfel Cre1nS de Ia creme!
We commoaers stood by the street facade
And caught glimpse Of the cavalcsde;
We the bride
In bediamoned pride,
With six ieweed unaidens to guard Ter Side
Six iustrous madens In tarletan;
She led the van Of the caravan
Close cehnd her, her mother,
(Drest in gorgeous 1aOire antique,
That told as plainly as words could speak.
She was more antiqus than the other,)
Leaned the Of Don Estaban
Santa Cruz de Ia Musoovado
Senior Grandissimo 0visdo;
Happy mortal! fortunate man
And Marquis Of 81 Dorado
In they swept all riches and grace
silks and satins and Honiton lace;
In they sweps from the dazzed sun,
And soon in the church the deed Was done.
Th-ee prelates stood en- the chanssl high
A knot, that gold and silver can buy,
Gold and silver may yet unite
UnlessIt is tightly fastened;
What's worth doing ataI5'I worth doing Wsll'
And the sale Of young Mahstsn belle
Isnot to be pushed or hastened,
So two Very Re SereLds graoed the scenss
And the tall Archbishop stood between,
By prayer and fasting chsstsned:
The Pope himself would have from Rome,
But urgent matters kept him at home
HAPPY these robed prelAtes thought
Their words the power that tied the knot;
But another power that Ove-knot tied,
And saw the chain round he neck Of the BRIDE
glstsnng, pri, eless. marvellous chain,
Coied with diamonds again and again,
As behts diamond wedding;
Yet still twas chain--I thought she knew II,
And halfway longe5 for the will to undo it,
By the secret tears she was shedding.
But isn't 4 odd, TO think, ,Fheaever
We sll go through that terrible River,
Whose sluggish tide alone can sever
(rhe Archbishop ssys) the Church decree,
By floating one into Eternity
And leaving the other as live ever
As each wades tn ough that ghastly Stresm,
The satins that rustic and gems that CLEAN
Will grow pale and heavy and sink away
To the noisome Rivers bottom clay;
Then the costly bride, and her maidens six,
Viii, shiver upon the banks Of toe styX,
Qu helpless they born
Naked sGuls, ard very forlorn;
Ard the beautiful Empress yende,
Whose crnoDe made the wide " rid wonder
And even ourselves and aur dear littis SiVes.
Who calico wear each nom of their lives
And the sewfo girls-and lee chi90BiSFa
In rags and hunger the livelung OAy-
And all the gTocms of the caravan--
Aye, even the great Don Bstaban
Santa Cruz de Ia Muscovadc
Senor Granessimo 0viedO--
That gold encrused, fortunate nani--
All will Land In naked equality:
The lord n ribhoned prineipality
Will mourn the loss Of his c0Fd08,
The Princess, too must shih for hersoiL
And lay royalty the Shelf
Nothing % eat and nothing to wear,
Will certainly be the fashion there
Ten TO one, and 1 u &c 1t alone,
Those most used to q rag bone
Though here earth they labor snd groan-
VIII stand il best Ehsn come ts rest
On the other side Of jordan
OMSoUs.-'The Boston Li5erator, the National Er
1t Washington, and the Anti-Slavery Standard o
this city," (says the New York Day BoOk) "publisl
The accounts of the conspiracy at HarPer's Ferr.
ssord Of comment! The New York III
ord tlS Doc} do Tof s,shliah lire q