New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-16
FROM NEWPORT.
Of The N. Y. Tribune.

Twas deep 10 LATIN aud Ex'coos, occuP%' !" s'N
ting Ohio e. u'ortsbly out Of Existence, and 'i~us
suitably ITO sutboriiy-eomparng moreover La
c,,u. with Prescott, and the oid-uue battles "i'a'
The bu.e encag. meuts OF modern warfare. was
I,,ipy 10 heat tire extremity decorous nature oil
Roman suicide The unfcrtuaste enp@ror OF gen-
ern,, 6tdpg ,h.t the turn Of tbioss leaves niH'
stranded ns were on the shore, suddenly comes
10 The concu.ion that OF no i0rtoer use % 'he
world snd the out Of It the better Tor him aao
ALI vsrtle. He takes touching 'ease0t his irieods
uters eoify ing sentences in mage ncrht LaVo' anu
having emo, ed good draught III Iced water anu
nights r, pose early III the morning us iec.nos n.'
hast ppou the poiut Of n sword, and 30 parts
.sylu, ms ab.ebce at the social meal W oo &C
counted Tor - IT my pessr h""'en aou 'u,.o "nV
6,d him What useful process-eh Tribune
and how coumrndobI- Ia public MA OF The pfe'ent
dhy. i, they conld only BE- got up " such poh' o,
n,iriotism A drsugbt Of water, nieots re y anu
ramos Ii seems 80 me an especiai'! su'"'o,v va!
al, d,.po,ipp of ex Presidents OF these United
St,t,.' What duh aud HOPELESS years wouo IL not
snare them What empty eRg'shtls Oh 'orusf
hopors, the egis having been long since sucheu,
and n pew our. laio Tor others. Surely, such
sontion of all difficulties suggested ltseil W
T,l,r Frank Perez ct aliis. Happily, this paper
viii not come too late for Mr. Bucnaosn. Let bun
remember It's ,dn ohlIion at the proper moment
Such were NY thoughts, such my occupations,
when sudden letter arrived from YOU asking LOT
news Of Neaport and its folles nat can you
want of them, sage sober THIBUNEl Yet, on the
Other hand " hat contrast more nstura' tnsn 'haI
YOU seek between your Own gravity and the fri'oi-
NV ablch ke. Us the world 10 equlhbfiuu-the
l,ndeb ballast of Wisdom would sink the ship OF
Socr,v veye il not for the lut eriog, wide spread
sails Of tb. other thing call 1t actually =
which carry it ahead, through much humping and
grosuiug of the heavy rides. All natures o' power
delight IN there contrasts. A Newton loves tue
csnrrs Of destructive poodle, loves the maternal
soclety Of the cas and her Kittens. AgasslZ plays
With turtles in a tub, and f"raetiul auows tue
machine I'm which be IL h,tcbiDg eggs OF chickens,
s-rpruis aud sea-drsgons, II oSeIhrat, ana roast
the eDbr,os b,J ond tho possibility OF scientific Ut
domrstic ustiulDess. Aud 90 We not all see even
il Ncwp IT. great men aud great writer's who leap
from thor ,udy tables 10 coper Dimbiy 10 lady 9
paror and " IT'D uDlOok. for cor descenslon demon
str.t 10 The nstoplshed world that they can be as
great fools ns any one
So then. my tribune, it il meet and right that
your imagination should di-port nelf IN these larry
waters for Il season. You have deal OF heavy
work on your haDd.-~hnt with Kansas, the Al
mini.tration, the Police Courts, and Louis NaPo-
| leon change Of scene ALL do You good. ABOUT
.h u. then, ny little cockle--he'l ofa craft. Leave
follow log the Roman gall-ys aud the shore farus
| auam T.Jeris iaru " aid follow the yacht squadron
| down the smooth waters Ut the bay to the lovely
harbOr bch it helps to dress but which Is beaut-
! ful enough without 1t.
The yachts came down-or is it up l-yesterday,
win full sails aud prosperous winds Tue streets
Will be enlveptd for some days with the yacht
sailors bearing on their hats the Danes OF TIER
respective ses.els-Rebecca, Julia, Una, PIs aud
| 1Limbe; ard With the yacot heroes, IN gay cos,
tunes, characterized by great jollity OF gait and
| c.uptepance They have all an uncomm Jnly tast
ar these yacht men. They baSe the look OF eman-
c,pation which We expect to s-o ON the iaces of
southern slaves, Cd the nillennial day OF their
| liberation. The truth Is, wives add mothers oi
families come rarely Oh DOaru these aancihg crai'si
| hence these smiles.
All of us have friends perhaps relatives, on board
| the .auadron if vi could ind them O1t. They
will turn up at hops ard great dlonrrs, from when
our nodesly excludes US. Some clever scape-
gIace OF brother cousin, long u0seen and un-
noted BY Us, is sure ~ have come on, beneath one
of those white sails and holiday pennOns. Come
ither to lie, thou prO6ga, We Will 80 out to meet
thee with tears and embraces. The best garment
in the house, that dressiDg-gOwn preserved with
care shall clothe thy iubs. Calf we have none.
Our own was sold ~ the butcher three month ago,
| for four dollars, Including the sHeetbread! But
! We will XII for thee the fatted goose for which
/ Newport is Justly celebrated. Come, speed with
/ rascsty. We VIII feed thee On curds aud whey,
with blsckbeiri.s sour from the swamp. Our an-
ciebt farm horse shslI conouct thee various fam
lily Standardization shalt walk up the hills that no
/ may ascend them the more easily. Our cnildrea
| .hal hang about thy steps, and gambo IN thine
eye, and thou .h,t particularly dels ht 10 tue play
/ tulness Vt our little Augustus.
But be of the yacht, regarding us, laughs till the
| tears run down his cheeks. Leaving the scrip
| tural Legend, he replies: You very good, my
little relative, but jour invitation is droll indeed
| i am Oh 0UaId 50 aud SOS yacht with French
! cUob, at fifty dollars per month-champagno ad
! | biWm--lot. Of Lice f7ljOws-my stories allowed
! to be the best. Would like ~ get you on board
cab't-pity you're WOMAN. hop OF the Ocean
I 10 mght-dInner with Grimpagus good by, dear.
/ AJo 50 the yacht prodgal leaves US, wondering at
this yerslon of the Jewlsh story, aud thinking that
the husks the swIIc dd eat, must De llaOle, III Ils
cas., to a liberal Interpretation.
Eutwe pee not 20 to the Yacht Club 10 find friends
ard acqUalntances-w We light upon them everywhere.
! Now ard then, from the gay thrOng Of common
places, rises aD august figure, towering, hk, the
Ub,hsk at Paris, secuTe above d world OF bOnsense.
Such figure SURPRISED Tx on Sunday i.st, When On
! entering he Unitarian Church, We cav toe mojes-
tic lead If BD ant calm in tue corner OF his pew,
/ cloud. WRAPPED, like Wordsworth on Helyeliyn.
I here is shade OF severity in the blue eye and
dIsiI CT features but II Is the severity % q grave
and col ceDtrated, hot al ungehial mao. Tue face
strikes at once different chord from al that sur
I routd IT, Il sugg, SITS at once calm, earnest
thought-the higher philosophical regiDos-not
dresm-lar d, something higher still One thinks ha.
cOiUmhO strength that head has crowned, how un-
moved rs position through all these years Of hurry
aud cbaI ge. Through the crowded tide of New.
OK hie through the changing fashions Of man
Ders aid politics, It has represented the moral