A Modern Warship And An Ancient Fort

Wlien. i.ii the mlddle of August, a 'Iee1 of Uu i1 te d Staten wat Bhiiis steamed o rat ai C;is30 bay aad uichored in stat-ely processioin in the liaitwr of PortLiiUd, ib was a spectacle oí' extra ovdiiiary beamty and po er. Nevertbeless, uiiless the leachlaiga oí historj' shall laü us, the lime will ■ome wlien the world wlU ótLuclined M wonder at o-ar surpril anti admiration, Indeed, almost, aloüjgside o: jflie lagáhip oí Admk-al Slcard, in liiat very harbor, was a monument o-i the great lieroic ïact ih:U the World marclie.s 80' l-apidly .liat tiie áchlevememite of oue generalion o.' wlikh 'chat g'eaioi'atiom í no ■ioud are but tlie east-o.f i'aimanrt oí ilie inext. The guias oí ilio New Yot'k coiidtl easily In a day nave battered .11, u i w.uipeie.-w iilo o-; luiiu.-i the gTumite wall oí Fo-rb Górges, vrJiiclí was ooi oíthe íiaest fesults oí aiüiii-ary sciuiice siiioe 1860, baD -.Vflieü neTer recelved an armament because tttie quick Peaults oi the War o-l vlie Kebellion öhowed tliat all iorts built by modera, sctoace up t)o vliat date had become useless and obsolete. Tíuey Avere there, the mollera ílagship and ttoe anctent ío;nt, side by Bidé, hu priUe O(! day aod tdl iride oi o-ciher days wliich liad passed away. Tim priide o? oiiir day will pass aivay alsq, bufc 110b wit'hout doung tlie wark of oar day, which woL'k may noit be oá vlctory and i;lovy, bui, oi preserva ciíJn, a.ml peace.- UoVi. Iffijdmias 11. Kaotl iu vlij Illosirated Amei'ican.