New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-30
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p;.,u,. og..s, MIXTURE in IBIS surriej Newport
Ef,-tte fast world epdes'osios 70 croSo we
sensations and epjo,ments OF year lot" ''e '0'''
,p,ee of the season, and ~e quiet edmpag""us'
eouirg within their sps-Te TO oee"'d 'e'n, ''0
eau.bt by the outer surface Of she vac e' spd '''
Rod r,uId with them. 1t il se!ies OF diSsoi'loS
x;sxs I,r, 10 hold them fast for your sake; ou'
mo can photograph moving p'oorsoa ~ Tue
seven prismaiic coloIs, ~hirlea rapidly T'uuu' 'io
said to compose merely white surface 50 Tue
su if succession Of scenes here makes 'heh I'll
seem "A one tspg. Ball. concert, pic-Dic, p''t!-
v,s all thc,e have seen, and partl coored enonsn
inv were ettbey al make ne oank IN VI! o7H'
zl,d mind On not nov should Describe 'ueu'
but Ii the Winter; ihIoIsh long visa y, o'n'
~, DAYS. bow Clearly shou zee the Visions o'
the oa,t Suauer They would wall u ME theh
viii a pl,iuriy, serst of the past and sh"ue no.
look urgently upon them, slnse WIN tneh nave
p,ss,d some Of the few irretrIevsele hours OF sun
thine that was destited Il eau nine on et'tu'
But THE RIBUNE waits, and recent ADD ia as the
present always is IT is th,t which AIN oonod 20
d.lv.r 10 Won. once went TO the Font, and Ell 'yed
i, Indeed. in u former letter slsnbcd as much.
Rnt | was younger then. l have been thrice
IN the Font this Summer and have not enjoyed
il at ALL Tue frst time l went as 10 an
enchanted spot with vague feeling mat tneie' IL
anywhere, happiness was ~ be t"uhd. r. uem'
beI.d wuuer beauties and tvletfes O TWO years
AGO and some how fancied that they bad beed wait
10y there ey.r siDce for De ~ behold them again.
We all TIT 1T The world If it we're our show-oox-
when We v ould zee sgaln what has delighted
Us, We Iced only taAe another peep Well, have
Won found 1T "Oh dear bo-ths IL somebody
el.e's chow, not NINE" Yes, it is somebody e'ses
turn how. The Epbe neTs Of that year died a.
such; they live now ia better world, ss wives,
mothers, nen If business; but IS the show OF
golden youth, they live DO NOE for aby QUE, 1
sail went ~ the Font on the old Traditional
Wedne.oay. 1t was lovely att-rn 'On. Coa,h,
coacfn and family were al got up, not snoo-
biz We hoped, yet almost genteel eooughto be IN
: danger The be,t bpnnets said, g Here We are =
and there was certain lutteriog OF ribbons and
pars,ols smorg the more juveblle members OF the
company. We had a. prossion OF penhles wnere-
with to satisfy the CAT, .leecn, that Creature that
ibfesis every pretty drive ne'r the town. We
turned, ore by one, into all the avenues tnat lead
to the Fort 10 our surprise, they were all empty
of carri,pes. "lf is early We thought, aud
pushed on. Still, as We got Dear tee For, We be-
van IL have . strange, lonely feeling and to long
for the sight OF our fellow creatures 90 wheels
Finally. We Ssshed dOnn the last steep slope OUT
side the in lsure, and shut our eyes bile our horses
made the desperate leap Of the sally port. When
eyes. Who-what did We ,eei N-,hiDg-no one
the empty squaIe-the bare walls OF the bar
racks-tle wood, u piaf,Tm of the biod in the CEN
ter q sentry box ano theb-urthermOre nothing.
1t WIS positively ghssty tile bltcA curtain OF the
IN, alter oowp-Ihe orchestra Invisible, the actors
all struck ~nh spoplexy, or arrested Tor debt.
Still We sad, "ls is early" and ~a,ted with sad,
patient eyes, bur with cei tain nl'giSln2s OF heat.
Five, xix o'clOck-tneD truth so"ly dawned
"a oh n ain
which much greater fool than yOur correspond
EFT should hav. guessed ut once. Fort-diy bad
been chADetd-nO longer "Wednesday, but Thurs
dsy; and tomorrow all the world would be here,
and you not. Here was coil iodeed; but resll.
zug the patience Of great heroes OF aotiqaity, snt
tho impass bfy of Indians at the stake, We SHUT
our eyes 10 the disoppt ointment, and pretended to
admire the scenery, which, 10 truth, was nsver
less inviting 10 US than st that moment.
A second time went ~ the Fort, not on Fort
day, 10 a boat and, t. mp,ed by rumors of review
t. be- held ID homer Of the Mexican Minister, whose
cook, drowned the day before, had left him in
state requiring diversion aud change Of scene.
Are You sure there is DO Di-takei" sad |, die
trurifvIy, to the proprietor Of the Phoebe Ann, as
We stepped on board. 80 dear, no, Sir. there's
the Colon.rs barge awaiting for hin.' Aud
there, indeed it was, with three or fo1r
barsenen upset on the benches, waiting
for that august parsonage, sucn patient at
teLdaoce being, Of course, glory aud employment
enough for the vulgar Mid i he sail to the Fort
was swift and sunny, the wind bring due north;
bat arriving there, We founo the inclosure neary
o. epp'y AZ before. A very minute artillery com
psny WAS drawDuP; hslta dozen uniforms on npr-e'
buck rod. up a0d down. at long intervals aud re'ted
and looked about. As many Dot-soldlers were
detailed 10 inspect the great sun on the ranParts
holding it 10 readiness to sslute the dlstnx ulshsd
guests, ~ben they should arrive IT ever. The re-
view " "a To be If 3 O'Clock. We waited. ), g, 81.
We had eroucbtd, for shelter from the Wild, in q
coper on the lee Of the artillery, whose patience
watched aid INFLATED. They began at last ~ show
son human f,eiOg. One soldier sa0g Pop res
"tbe Weasel" We heard every word Of that ex
citing lyric. Another yawoed and said: "Well-
"ihis Is " hat cali o humbug-" A third Kicked
and cured his horse. Then good deal Of vague
dSmnalon Was invoked, bat strange ~ say, nobody
danLed the ColoGel. At ID We gave up all faith
in The Fort, and repeating the soldiers word
hunbug prepared ~ raise the siege. But at that
critical mOmebt bang went the b gun, bang went
Mother, and another, aud for ten minutes We had
as much smoke, Dti.e, and gunpOwder one could
wish ~ c, npaln Of. Under cover Of this battery,
the wOIshpul company came driving into the
Fort d"Zeh Carriages or go. We could not dis
tipgui,h Him Of t." Eub,-sy, nor the gsllsnt
Colonel, usually suffice oily dscefnible
whoever be is. But as the WOrship'us spread
themselves upon the rampant thther We also as
pred. And DOW the REVIEW began 10 good earnest
lhe trumpetor trumpeted iitt,- be had weak
lungs, aid WIS nasal-sti, be trumpeted. Then
the mounted artillery men rode, dragging the can
nOLs and Wsgops after tDem-fTst az pas, the q a;
a tIot, then at full gsllop; then they broke down
one Ut tho wagons then they mended it; then
caue more uumpeiiog, and they began again.
This vas repeated thrice, perhaps. IL was pretty
enough to SEE, 10 far as It went but did not sug-
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