New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-20

be elected so that he may share IN the spells. Ly
ing at this day the negroes worst falling They are the
most bsre-accd pejurore that infested court OF
Justice The negroes are marvel The of unclean
language and in this respect the women are as bad as The
men, Chastity an exception TO the prevailing habit
natural consequence of their past condition Is that pun
ishment is looked upon disgrace. The imprisoned
convict OF lesving Jail his old place in coorcd So
ciety and in fact is treated like lion returning from
foreign travel Drunkenness is universal among the ne
groes of both sexes and is also playing mischief with
the whtes-Thc poetry in this nuwber is Of high
order, including contributions from T. H. stoddaTd, H.
W. Longfellow, Mrs. Pratt. H. H., and L. C. stedman
Mr.. LOngfellow's poem is as folOws
BALLAD OF TIE FRENCH FLEET.
OCTOBER, l746.
Mr.. THOMAS PRINCE ioQuihT
A feet with flags arTayed
Sailed from the iOrt OF l}rcst,
And the Admirals snip displayed
The signal: Z" steer southwest"
For this Admiral DAnyIiie
Had sworn b. eros ana crown
To IavaGt With fire and steel
Our helpless Boston Town.
There were rumors in the street,
In the HOUSES there wac fear
OF the coming ~ The fleet,
And the danger lowering near:
And lille from mouth 10 mouth
Spread the tidings VI dsmay,
stood IN the Q!d South,
Saying humby Let us pray!
90 Lord we would rot advise;
But il in thy Providence
A
To dive the French feet hence,
Aud scatter il far and wide,
Or SINK II IA The sea-
We should be satisfied
And thine the glory be-"
This was the prayer / mode.
For my soul was all on iaue
And even a. prayed
The answering tempest cam
IL came with mighty power,
Sinking the windows and walls,
Aud tOlling the bell IN the tower,
As It tolls at funerals.
The lightning suddenly
Unshcathod it, flaming sword,
And cried: "Stind still, and SO
The salvation oil The Lord
Tnc heavens We're black with cloud,
TIC white with h8ll,
Aud ever more fierce aud loud
Blew The October gale.
The feet il overlook,
And the broad sails in the
Likn tlC tents of CUsnau shock,
or The curtains Of Mdlan.
Down on tDc rceins decks
Crashed Tie Overwhelming seas;
All. never were there wrecks
SO pitifu! as these!
Like n pottor's vessel broke
The great ships Of the line;
They were carried away n smoke,
or sank like lead in the brine.
TLcy vanished ana ceased to be-
when thou ddSt walk IN wrath
Win thine horses through the sea!
Mr. stoddsrd's "WraIisaw" is a highly wrought,
artistic narrative composition, relating the quest of his
brother who had fallen captive to Gench!s Khan by the
hero Of thc tale the little WIaslav," boy Of twelve,
who rcdeems the captive by Offering To become slave in
his place delicate miniature sketch first brings him
before the Tcader:-
There was vet another one
ChnEHg 10 sill Bcrl IS side
Nrsti,iaw. his youngest son,
Who his stiOSc to hide,
For one must be brave, he saw,
And cheer his father, poor old man,
Whose heart had zone ont after Jan,
And had forgotten Wratislaw
piece OF childhood; for, In sooth,
One might not call the I'D youth;
Tie saus of twelve short Summers had she'd
Their light upon his ittc head,
Upon the golden locks that shOne
With greater glory than ther own;
And locked upon him like the sun,
And seen their loneliness OudOne
y soaeiinS Y FL hS gSGSyS 1 facs
Perhaps its might OF martyrdon
For there that about the boy.
lNunS &s be Wa. anu slSl. OF frame,
And only death Destroy
such wac the child. aud sueh the IRE
That ia lis fair irall body burned,
As be belcld the wasted land:
Hc sighed, hui wcpt not, for his sire
Hated tie sight OF tears; lac turned
And shut them back, &ud kissed his hand
At the risk OF impairng the unity of the admirable
poem the sequel must be given IN the words OF the cap
tive who his return relates the manner OF his eS-
cape: ,- -. ...,,..o
And that great helmet shagged with hair,
Aud from his own side Genghis Khan
Took of the symetar wear;
Two steeds were brought 10 pursue
My long long journey back to you;
lode, Tor all the ways were clear,
rode and rode, as if for life,
And here am. the same old jan"
But Wratislaw I" lie up them
And led his father and his wife
Straight to the easement, whence they saw
In the courtyard TWO Tartar steCdS,
And his squire holding them: Ike reeds
They trtmiled, for two seIYng-lnen
Bore something Observation-Disclosures
No, no. IL was not lee they bore
with slow steps through TIE DC. castle asst. gate,
And up the stairs. ana In the hall!
II was a strong box, that was all.
Studded with knobs and bands OF god
And il was heavy, too, TO hnd,
The bearerS dropped beneath the weight;
An Oakcn chest, wherein OF old
Brave Geughis Khan Ibis treasure stored
The crowns he had conquered with his great
sWOid,-
treasure chest, no more.
Jan put his hand within his breast,
Aud then took out a curious key,
And, kneeling down where they could SEQ,
Yes. il uGs Wratisaw lie died
The day lac found his brother Jan,
Died then. and almost az his side.
Struck with his greatness, Genghis Khan,
Hal the dear body then e;ubaimed.
II was lis body that they saw,
They stood and looked at one another.
Like men whose days are nearly done:
al thank the, God, for such q brOihcrW
How beautiful be was! the child
Was lOyeler than ia life his face
Had caught more thdu earthly grace;
II was as IL q angel suliied,
But strong angel, one whose might
Wa manifested there IN light,
TO which the light Of day dim;
Yes, IL was Wratisaw who slept
In the rich chest OF GeBghis Khan.
His promise had been kept,
For he had found his brother Jan,
Aud Jan had now returned WITH HIN.
In an articeO "The South, Her Condition, and Needs"
writer III The GGl0ry Mr.. j. L. NJ Curry who presents
the subject from strong Southern point Of yiew insists
m the iriury arising from the mutual esrangenent Of
lie North aud the South, especially from the policy
which Anus 10 prevent permanent reconciliation This
osrs has helped To create hopciessness
A 10 the future The South needed encouragement and
Ill. - ,,oao,i,tion The craving