Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-07-22
Kaleidoscope II ,meward Bound.


| NEW ioRk, July l4th, 1862
MEssRs. EDITORS "A fortnight sioce was
gazing from the summit Of the Enchanted Rock,
In Western Texas, away out over rough, broken
landscape, the home of silence, of desolatiop
and OF despair. To-day am In the whirl a,d
roar oil the great metropolis-havc exchanged
the sombre home OF the savage, for tho glitter,
ana music and aurements Of the votaries of
pleasure. have spurned the rough garb of the
irontiersman, and have donned the stunning
habments of fashion-havc exchanged rife and
six. shoote rglov sand aneand am now fully
reconstructed and pai tor one OF the civilized.
Ileft Austin at the dawn, on the first, and Sat-
urday found nc on tue steamer Bagby, bound
ioi Galveston. Down through the weary hours
Of night we driited, and while 'sMusc arose
with It's voluptuous swell" from the cabin below,
sat on the hurricane deck, iuhaling the heavy
perfume OF the magnolia blossoms, whose intox-
icaiing aroma foated Oh the night mir, reminding
ME of the talvs of "Araby, the Blest.'
beautiful, but talented lady, of huge muscu-
Lar development, was torturug the piano iu the
ladies cabin, and sat enlranced ut the success
oi her efforts. She had just been through q
shehiaie feminary," In tue interior, and was
now goiug Mrongh the piano. ALI the music
crnmniod into her for q "period of three years
or during tho war;" now threatened to come
forth at one fearful sound-burst, and / trembled
LOT tie result. An explosion must ensue, l
.nousht' ana had no Accidental Insurance
follcy'' thought it the best policy to get i'm
mediately over the boilers, which did.
at last she sang. frantically rushed for nv
riie, forgetting, for n moment, that was no
longer on the border. Her song was I'm
almost Eighteen" bat thought her bellows
oew Tor forty-but she escaped an cxplosion-
'no song was safety-valve, and thanked my
iuchy stars that was safe. regained my seat,
pfea'h'ess Tor her first shriek made me gasp
+, :, Saii,ahcnes III thou ght 1t war whoop. At
, ,ast SUE sang wish To be an Angcl''-goud
!" ',ns, Mat eoice! Finally she sang
uny Mus onot maker" with pcg-driving
lnourbful wave sw chi over ma aud a, ti'. d,nc.d
nunce ly stOcking-lcg Don't call INC
.',..5 ~, ie for that flea, and he He'd "pur-
sum IN ~ , .ue fcnglng hand OF Fate'-thits me-
f,ir M ,an, .bly informed, of Aaama-joined the
iii, 7 ~ at with an accordion, III d although he
,sei,f iny accord on TO tune. he did his best to
nm 4, making a noise, amid which sank into
I is .nvnsy sluuber in which thought was
r. no with large sized night-mare stamping
''ugi'shod over my keys. nw,ke aud the
night was silent and heavy with dew. stars shone
resplendent in the sky 10 rcl cted in the spark
ing water below while the monstpnous whirl Of
the boats wheels awoke varying echoes in the |
sOmbre forest We were yet on the Bayou, sew
eril hours run from Galveston. The piano and |
accordion were breathl,ss. Whether The music |
bad all been played out" or whether the per- |
formers had voluntarily stopped operations, l |
know not,
The morning, Sunday, dawned bright aud beau |
liiul, with aeelicilus brceze floating in from the
snow crested waves OF the Gulf. We were at |
Galveston. The slow, sweet, sad music of the |
cchurch-bells swept half regretiuly tu my ear. |
Were yon ever In II strange city of a sabbath |
dayf Did not the church-bels awaken mem- |
ories Of the past-thc dear but msurniul past
We landed, and vocitcr0us drummers for " hirh-
m Ills expatatcd in stcntoriil tones the merits |
OF their particular establishments, where The |
weary traveller could wnge unequal warfare with |
v0rhclots 'tisecta at prices varying iiom three tu
four dollars per day. did MT take any In niue,
but took u furnished rom, instead, and sought |
The sca-beat shore" where passed most of the
day.
No steamer would leave for New Orleans till |
luesdny, aud was compelled TO slaughter time |
as best | could. Sea-fshiug. swimming in the
surf, and permitting my "soie to march on the
city pave, were my only resources and en-
ployed them ceaselessly, If net more At last
boarded the City OF Norfolk, and was oil. must
say uatdipg n steamcr-ut least In the Gulf-s
costly business A man may be able To keep u
hotel, and still be unable to board steamer
Two vessels on this line -Morgan's-lhe City oI
Norfolk, and the Josephine both fine specimens
of naval architecture-are the work OF Whining
ton flrm-Harlan & Hollngsworth.
reached New Orleans at noUn, Wednesday, |
the 7h, aud ut O'clock, p. NJ, was wlirlIg
Northward. 10y rail. On, through swamp and
vale, o'er hill and dale, sped the iron horse, aud
my heart bounded exultuntly at thoughts of again
reaching hoD,. Well, on Sunday, at 8, A. MI
reached New York. My faithful buots and border
toggcry still accompanied me. Has the Cali
t,ruiI steamer came in 7" inquirer il barbarous
New Yorker To whom the sight of one So well
attired as myself suggested the Idea Of an arrival
frou, abroad
Wen. not that I'm aware ot,' | returned,
8 but have ?"
Strange to say, he did not appreciate the joke.
have since learned that all jokes which have
not been put in circulation ty parties duly
licensed by the City Assessor are semcd fr;lhdti-
lent Niue would not pass, hut | escaped de-
t.ctiou by reason of the obtusenrss OF mental
vision possessed. by my wnuld.hc victim, who
" couldn't see it,"
Having procured the fashionable disguise COM
monty worn by New Workers II the male per-
,ulsion, saun'ertd, late in the day. UP Fifth
Avenue. Here | saw about mile Of beautiful
won,en-a solid phaanx, who trOd the city pave
in "all the pomp and panoply of glorious" =
Grecian bends. They have evidently got their
- backs up" on the question Of woinans rights
10 this city, but II is u be hoped that Il remedy
may yet be found |, for one, am willing tp give
he question the widest scope, so long ~ it does
not Interfere with the scope of your
X LEiposcoPE.