The New York herald., 1871-02-16
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sifiea 20 "Aceomy4lshcd Facts"

sifisa 20 "Aceempssshcd Facts"
We have been assured by an English poet
that ''thcrc Is 9 tide In the affairs Of men
which, taken at the Aeod, leads on TO fortune"
Horace, the Roman poet. who lived almost at
the very dawn sfthe coming day Of christianity,
and who may have been inspired 10 pen his
pungent satires against the vices and fcilies Of
Roman society by the warmth ~ tho frs. scln-
tlllatioas OF the Saving Light which was then
approaching In the East, has left on record the
almost unaltcrable maxim that nobody Is abeo-
lutely coniented with bis lot in lie ;-"Nemo
oostSntss riraf a,r sorfe seu ratio dedeyft, &c.
Against these tendencies Of erriug humanity
man has had waralngs, many, serious and re-
markable. The Christian dispcnsasioa warns
him OF the present sin, and melancholy fniure
const tquences. Of an indulgencs Of the passion
OF personal ambition. lie In told, almost In
the very words sfHosy Writ, not 10 be In haste
10 ride on the food tide which leads 10 worldly
fame or fortune he Ia commanded absolutely
by the same authority not 10 seek 10 create
such food. The Bible exhorts him 10 con-
tcniment with lis lot In life. 10 peace. patience
and forbearance. The pageso the Holy Book
are Glled with warnings against sin and ad-
moniiions against preconccrted violence.
The rule prevails to-day. By special cable
tetegrams frop Rome we have already re-
ported In the HERALD the circumstance q the
extraordinary riparian protest which was
made by old Father Tiber against tae sove-.
eiga advent OF King Victor Emmanuel 10
Rome. The river ovcsAowed lis bsu&s. the
city was inundated 10 very considerable and
most disastrous extent In consequence. and
his Majesty found barely dry spot on which
to rest his foot II may be said. indeed, that be
did not rest; for, after havins donated some
material aid 10 his new subjects, the King re-
tired TO Fioreace, leaving the Romans 10 turn
for consolation aud support 10 the ancient cen
tire of the Vatican. and permitting the Tiber 10
roll on as 1t has from the first and since "a
thousand ages have passed away"
Next came tho visit Of the Kings son,
Prince Humbert. Again Is The Tiber angry.
BY special mail correspondence from the
Holy City we learn that al the moment OF
this second royal Italian cntry 10 Rome tho
water Of the river Tiber was so high that the
boats in the port Of Ripetta were on lcvd
with the street, and the municipal authorities
deemed ii necessary to Issue warning notice,
addressed 10 the inhabitants Of the lower dis
tricts of the city. A despatch arrived from
Monte San Giovanni announcing flood. and
another from Orte reported that the river had
risen six feet at that point. The aspect Of af-
fairs was vcry threatening in the Hoy City
for some time after the youthful scion Of the
House of Savoy made his entry. The river
Tiber, in its eternal roll appeared 10 tue
alarmed, perhaps somewhat superstitious,
citizens of the capital to send forth In swen-
ing sigh the same air of anthem which was
chanted for Ireland on the occasion of the visit
of the Prince Of fWa1es-afterwards George the
Fourth-to the Green Isle, in the words -
He comes. the Messiah Of rogaty; comes.
Like g0Odly leviatban rdled from the waves
Then receive him. as best such an advent becomes,
With legion or cooks and an army OF slaves.
Our special advices from Rome on the SUBJ
ject Of the overflow of the Tiber are, TO say
the least, extraordinary. They denote, as it
were, the condolences of nature against the
materialisms of the hour-a feeiing 6 which ap-
pears to have also animated some Of our
fair American countrywomen in Rome during
the moments when the lay royalism was about
TO knock at the portals Of st. Peters.