"Where the oysters are roystering together In the caves and the grots where they lie, And the clams with a musical clamor Rejoice when the water is high," "O, there would my spirit conduct thee. Till, as waves began to swell, Thou shoulds't rise o'er the crest of the billows, Like a VENUS upon the half-shell!" 'Twas enough: for I saw her eye stir, And ope like an oyster wide, As in accents hysteric she whispered, "No, FELIX--I'd like 'em fried!" Did she take me, alas! for a friar, Or a man of a soul austere, That pearl of my heart's Chincoteague? Oh, no, she had nothing to fear. Then we reached the hotel together And partook of two plates of fry, And I marvelled to think than an oyster Had hoisted her spirits so high. * * * * * ~FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.~ (By Atlantic Cable.) Leaving Rome, I have called next on NAPOLEON, at Paris. He sent word, through OLLIVIER, that be wanted to see me. He looks _old._ Some medical man has put forth the idea that he has BRIGHT'S disease. An English _attache_ just asked me whether that has any reference to JOHN BRIGHT. As the latter is a Quaker, the first symptom of this disease must have been shown long ago, when the Emperor said, "The Empire is Peace." I satisfied my friend, however, that the case was not one of that Kidney. Well, the Emperor asked me, "What do they say of me in America?" "Sire, we think you are very wise, to accept the inevitable, and make a virtue of it." "Wise, of course. Disinterested, too!" "_Pardonnez moi._ Not ever _wise, of course._ Mexico was a folly, you know." "I know; though if you were not PUNCHINELLO, you should not say it. Will my son reign in France?" "Sire, I am not an oracle. But they have a proverb in my country, that it never rains but it pours." "_Je n'entends pas._ The _plebiscite_ was rather a neat thing!" "Worthy of its author. The old story; heads I win, tails you lose. But, will your Majesty say what you think of the Pope?" "That old Popinjay! He has been my folly, greater than Mexico. He would have gone to Gaeta, or to perdition, long ago, but for _Madame!_" "And the Council?" "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" "What do you think of BISMARCK?" "Monsieur, I detain you too long. You have, I am sure, an engagement. _Bon jour!_" _Apropos_ of the Emperor, it is said that, on the suggestion of England's proposal to take charge of Greece, and clean out the brigands, if the King and ministers there would resign,--Col. FISK telegraphed on to NAPOLEON, offering to take charge of the government of France, as a recreation, among his various engagements. He does not even require the Emperor to withdraw; be can run the machine about as well with him as without him. As to the _Plebisculum,_ they say that EUGENIE asked for masses to be said in all the churches for its success. NAPOLEON preferred to make his appeal to the _masses outside_ of the churches. ITALY.