The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-24
THE OMNIBUS.
THE SUMMER WIND

Speak for me, winds of summer,
Blowing over the moorand,
Over the crested pillows
Over the mountain SUBMITS
Over the forest branches,
And chimneys of the town
Speak for me, melancholy wind
And say to suffering human kind
The hopeful things that might tell,
Had a voice to fall and swell,
Like thine, upon the land and sea,
As all-pervading and as Free
Breathe gently in the cottage,
Murmur through door and keyhole
Or pipe in the coy ingle
Where sitting with his loved ones
The poor dreams of Fortune,
Or mourns his low estate!
And tell him, ere he goes to rest,
Of all Earth's blessings Love is best
That honest bread and strength and health
Are better than O Princes wealth.
And good mems sleep richer boon
Than all the gold beneath the moon.
Breathe soft in shady alleys,
Where lovers at the twilight
Sit under hawthorn branches
And paint the rosy future,
And tell them Youth and Beauty
Pass like the spring;
But that if Love and Virtue lean,
Time shall not dim its golden mean,
But light it on it's earthly way,
Until the mortal shall decay;
Then lead it through the immortal door,
Where Love ID young for evermore
Breathe gently, wind of summer,
To the exile and the captive
Heartsmitten and responding,
Dreaming of distant landscapes
And joys forever VANISHED
And home they love well!
Tell them whatever tempests roll,
To keep their summer in the soul,
And that the Wrong which seems to stand,
And overshadow all the land,
Is but breath of vain endeayor:
While Right is Right, and lasts forever.
THE SULTAN OF TURKEY-Abul Aziz the present Sultan
of Turkey, born the 9th Of February $780, He is
the second of Sultan Mahmoud H., and assembled the
throne the death of his elder BROTHER the 25h of June
1861 He is the thrtyecond sovereign of Turkey of the
house of Ohman the founder of the dynasty and the twenty
sixth Sultan who has ruled Constantnope and the territory
of the old Byzantine empire He is described by Mr. c. NJ
Kennedy, English tourist of great energy and
his appearance indicates that he possesses considerable ability
According to this writer the Sultan jealous Mussulman
One of his first acts to issue edct against the thin
walls that the Mohammedan began to He also
greatly restricted the liberty which the ladies of the court
had enjoyed during his brothers reign Every Friday he
attends service at of the mosques visiting the CHIEF
mosques in succession according to his pleasure In the
morning is given out that he intends going when strangers
generally repair place in the line Of the procession
in order to pass The procession is short and without
any great display 1t is headed by party Of officers then
Omar and Fuad Pasha, attended by adesdecamp the
Sultan and his personal attendants followed by squadron
of household cavalry At Constantnople every goes
about with umbrella to keep off the SUMS rays; this il
lowered he passes, being the proper Turkish mode
sautation to sovereign The Sultan never bows nor doe
he often return sauatons when he Does it is by looking
the person he honors On the day when went to
him. says Kennedy the line of procession short
extending only from the Palace of Dona Bagtch mosque
about three hundred yards from it. Rows of Turkish spec
atos lined the way which kept by few soldiers.
member of the French corps dpoatique and myself
the only Europeans present We took up position at
bend the road and obtained good view besides receiving
the honor Of being looked at by his majesty He
plainly dressed in the ordinary costume of Turkish gentle
man. the sole distinguishing mark being the diamond orna
ment the fez He very particular in requiring
the attendance of all the officers of state mosques the order
of procession formed that he them all in coming out
of mosques and scandal that several of them drop in
toward the end of the service in time to take their place
in the of ministers through which he The Sui
for some years past get it in good order with regard
equipment as well discipline The soldiers have been
clothed in uniform somewhat similar to that of the French
army The navy has also engaged the Sultans attention
He often inspecs vessels of and good story told
of the captain of certain vessel of these OCCASIONS
The Suas intended visit had become known to the captain
who sent away all the inferior looking belonging to his
the finest looking portion Of the Of