New-York tribune., 1867-08-29


ba smalIost insect smaller, none has as yet been
soeo nbis indeed not seedbe forsmallness, by him
calf bnt visible only in cloud form on millions or
bIlions the bite and sting of them most maddenlng
and bewilderng; producing, 80 it is said, KIND OF
vertigo or branwaltz that to whomever Is so bit
and stunp all heaven and earth do seem to spin; he
also 10 spin with them in lamentablest sort! winch
supoests oueer spectaces if one thinks of an invad-
ing army British other, spinning all day IN this
dervish fashionl spectacle, my friends, which we
will not think of nay rather will earnestly torbGr
to think of
In the very navel of this region, guarded sits
the darling of nature, Theodorus, namely!
supreme lord, such as the world that part of it
lying about Chelsea and Denmark Hill. most burn
ingly longs for! lord absolute for life or death;
ruling dospodcally with no vexatious Parliament or
"takingbody' TO interfere with him. Also, no
"people" with chatter of rights" suffrage" or
other mad gsbble as Of monkeys at feedingtime. but
subjects" rather, who shall do as they are bid by
TheOdorus; "gft-of-God" to them, as before re-
marked the like of which gift, if it were sent TO u.s.
might move us to some thankfulness notable
figure this of Theodorus thus pictured to me- oy my
friend. A large man. large chiefly, laterally; III
hight not extraordinary, say five feet or 1t may De-
less than that by an inch so; but OF W0ndrous c
cumference no measure guessed at, OF Hot dllheh-
son Fat and sleek. shining. the naked body OF hlm
with oil civet-scented an unctuOus inquire Win no
covering, but with jewels enough pnake-belleve,
chefy). the ears nose lips of him being pierced and
thereafter hung with rings his head covered with
wondrous huge wig made of the hair of his deceased
wives; many hundreds now i'll number, these dead
ones the hair of them keeping them in memory In
strange enough fashion-a "hairy-carry' this, out
doing all japanese freaks in this sort as 1T seems to
mel
Thus attired. the wig we tell of, crowned moreover
by high mounting bird-cage, 50 to call it, or huge
crown Of gilded wire with rude settings of diamond
and emeradstone Tor if the truth be more palatable
bits of bottle glass hkest to these thought precious
thipCs.l King Theodorus sits immovable-the weight
of him making immovabeness a pleasure and for
the whole day, does-what my friendf strange
work methnks being nothing less than the making
of parasols Usefullest product in this land OF MIS-
chiefly made of the palm-branch! Parasols OF an OK
ceent pattern ttest to shield from the sun ana also
from the rain! blessed work, this say, for King
but as yet not known 10 us as kingly employment;
ours for tho most part making wars instead no bless
ings these my friends but far other! curses namely
XI
These parasols TheOdorus makes TO this end that
every subject of his may, while at his work, have
shelter Hereunder and may have to thank his king
for that His subjects, altogether OF one degree,
working class MOBILES gentlemen, or other useless
body to hinder him; scribbling gentry, either OF
the book-making. or newspaper-editing, species.
much less any so-caled poet, singing person, or
preacher of any kind, in these dominiOns of his )
These subjects labor perpetually at the raising OF
vans the one thing raisable in this region in which
toll they pass the whole year with its days no
holiday or other sloth-breeder known 10 letup in
furious as are all et-ups to the workingclass and
with no foolish hopes looking to end some day OF
yam-digging and of yam-eatng, also Not even an
end hereafter is set before them by any priest or
other iuggleman, to make them dscontented III this
working time OF theirs For. here in Abyssna, this
blessed end of all living is gained 10 think only Of
to-day and what is TO be done in ii that doing also
smplifed to the greatest degree sttanable To
filing the belly, namely! Which simplifying, for the
working-cass. certainly is without doubt blessing
| XII.
Here, then, my friends is figure for us Of great
| sgnifcance had some hopes, the dashing of which
was no little painful to me, that such model might
have been set up in lands nearer home 10 MS. by a
people of our own stock by the Southern Confederacy
namely; but, alas this rude of ours seems dis
inclined to such fabric Of society; WILL for many
| years tbs likely, as already for many years, grope
! blindly and willfuly, with true bulldog tenacty
clinging to this phantom called liberty" peryersey
preferIng it TO slavery, the only dynely established
social system thus far discoverable, mad herd
this lkest to the scripture herd Of swine, hOpcessy
bedeviled and bemred, with no souls, but bellies
merely, deliriously bent on plungng some whittier,
careless over what precipice that they progress
rs they grunt! In vain, however! For Slavery
must in the end, as fttest for the huge majority Of
them prevail over all who can be got under foot by
whatever fraud, violence, or chicane! If by chop
logic also shall be able to help What the worth of
an empire built this system may be, we are now
seeing and shall shortly clearly see. For this
TheOdOrut has now for many years been able to defy
! England and her armies, by wbomeyer led TO defy
them with cOntemptuOus thumb-at-nOse wholly jeer
| ing and scOrning them having men of our blood
Englishmen bOrn in his prisons fed on yams haply
| or on nothing, as seems most likely, and suffering
know not what torments of hOggng, and pulling out
OF hairs and fnger-nailsl Bravest Theod0rusl Thou
| wilt defend thy kingdom and its laws Thou serene
| ly busy at thy parasol-makng, with deftest fingers
under thy huge In Memoriam, fashoning these
curious fabrics; king Of puIest and most envablo
| pattern! Such one, alas as we in England may
not hope, for thousand years, to see!
! A youth Of 10, residing near Tonesta, eloped