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s a tuttog Morning, *Ell 17;,-.115i
ktltttrt linttr;.
WHEN I AM OLD.
When I am old—and ob, how soon
Will lilts sweet morning yield to noon,
And noon's broad, fervid, earnest light,
Be shaded in the solemn night ;
Till, Ike a story well nigh
Will seem my life--wben I am oW.
•
When I am old, this breezy earth
Will lose for c rne its voice ormirth—
The streams will have an undertone
Of sadness not by right their own;
And spring's sweet power in vain tihrcild
In rosy charms—when I am old.
When I am old _I shall not earn
To deck with flowers my faded hair;
'Twill be no vain desivernine ,
in rich and costly dress shine;
Br kin jewels and the brightest gold
Will charm me naught—when I am old.
Wheo tam old, my friends will be
Old and infirm and bowed, like me ;-
Or else, their bodies 'neath the sod,
Their spirits dwelling safe with God,
the old church bell will long hue toll'd
Above the rest—when . I am old.
When I am old. rd rather ber.d
fhns sadly o'et each buried friend,'
Than see them lose the earnest truth
That marks the kiendship of oar youth;
Twill be so sad to have theta cold
Or strange to me when I am old
When I am old—oh, how it seems
Like the wild lunacy . pf dream%
To picture to prophelip rhyme, .
That MM. far distant shadowy . time,
Bo distant that it semi o'er bold'
Even to say—" When Cam old !"
When I am old—perhaps ere then.
shall be missed from haunts of men;
Perhaps my dwelling wilt be found
Beneath the green at:a:quiet mound;
My name by stranger hands enrolled
Among the dead—ere/I am old.
Ere I am old!—thst:time is now,
For youth so' lightly on my brow;
My limbs are firm, and strong, and free,
Life has a ihousand'charms for me ;
Charms that will log their influence hold
Within my heart—rtre I am old.
Ere I am old—oh,l4t me give
My life to learning ,tow to Gee!
Then shall I meet with trifling heart,
An early summons to depart,
Or find my lengthy days consoled
By God's sweet peace—When I am old.
The Catacombs of Palermoi
We extract from the letter of a rompean corres
pondent of the National Intelligenner, the following
BIM
"Chief among the wonders of Palermo are the
Catacombs of the Capuchin Convent, near the Por
tiil 04utia. It is said to be a place of great anti-
City ; many of the bodies have been preserved in
for Centuries, and still retain much of their origi
` freshness. I had heard of thesis catacombs in
ris and my visit to Palermo was induced chiefly
he extraordinary account given of them. En
tering the ancient and ruinous court of the Convent,
distant about a mile from the city,we were r con
ducted by a ghostly•looking monk through 'tame
lark passages to the subterranean apartments of
Ind. It was not my first visit to, a place of_ this
kal, but I must couless the sight - was rather steal
. It est like a revel of the horrible,
toning ghastly exhibilforrOfiikeletenil6has,Wd
, eyes, and shining teeth, jays distentlo; and'
bony hands outstretched ; headi withont 'lrotruts,
and bodies without heads—aiher yotmgc,tbColdi the
bore, once beautiful sad gay; all wangled - hi the
thinly throng. We walked :throtigh long.. Stabler:
wean passages, lined with the dead :on both sides ;
with a stealthy and measuredtrearl aresteppedifor
•
they seemed to stare at the irittitalun, and, tee . 1
Skeleton fingers vibrated 'es iffetirairig lie iris:Oho,
living in their embrace. Long. rows rd . upright aieb
!sweat into the walls on each sidel in. eriii . ryi
niche a skeleton form stands erect a/ la lite, lispit
ed in a robe of black ; the Mee, hand, and feet na
iad, withered, and of an :obi hoe; the- grizzled
!cards still hanging in tufts front the jaria; aid. its
the recent cases the hair still ilinging,,to the skull,
btn matted and dry. To each Carpools attached a
label upon which is Written thelnittne and . the date
ttfdeeeese, and a cross or die iait ge, of 'TheSoi
Oct.
Soon recosering from the shotit'et the'fiiiit:4l.;
Potion, 1 mias struck .Ist%. "lb* isfoildeif4 l o 4 .4 4
ter marked expression of 4i is
and forms around *me. There mere' Pnie llii _ d *B '
dues of death, extending fi eld firedfsi'heir:Ot7,7?
to this present period, the niCh4'.:helesg eole.,alleged
as to admit a regular order of deposite. Many of
the Ixi dtea Mood erect, as if just' Mid tram : the
deathbed ; the faces colinfilets; ail the liciftolo-ag
ott ies of dissolution stamPett, open. the findings' the
laaer jaws hanging upon the breast; the teeth On.
i nlasil glistening between the ptiebea '# . ltd
the Mack hue of sickness, alxint Jitfiath ilk 3
k°ulld the sunken sockets of ibieyea 7. and in some ,
the sightless orbs were' open anict itirihg . lettth - sc ,
1614 glare of affright, as if peerieg tit* the itetful
mysteries ol the unknown 'bairn lic;rilithence none'
mom; while others troselegrotesquelingfrof Ja
nuar still mote aplialling,4with,the 113 Psele• of the
mom h drawn up, the eye bilfilifted,Theibead
tnovingiy On
the bate spottfon the elta i lie;likilhe
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iebtlil
•1 E of a harlequin ; the sholeton :anus 411% 411 41
eld the bony fingers spread as if to clutch the fe.:
'ales destroyer, inuttereatleivithk him tnthe last.
TheeE lamed were liiely'fellairsi'whoWeitiai- ,
tied oft midden!) , after a rcittbiaisq *
4°e° on a bet containing a &rod child, and looked
Vets row of bodieibpposhe thet attracted meta
Ine in a particular degree. At'thel'atniltestocid - a
roficking fellow, about two years dead, whose leo'
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kin arm miataxitsfilllatlinti ute MVO, life
humor. 'Rill bads iirerelifted diiPitiat
ing manner over.a congregation• of corpses silting
on a shell below. Some ilipeared to be listening ;
seine grinning "at ' his hurnorous herangue; others,
with their hinds together, seemed' to question' ilia
propriety of hitt anecdotes; old gentlemen with
knitted brows and - lantern jaws ; ranges of bodies
Stood on each side of - hint as if laighitig talking
prayinif, dyingcs ming, listefiing, rejoicing, and
besting at the bulgiest of death. Oa little man, in
a dingy suit of blak, eat hi a corner; the end of
his indie4ite eaten off by the norms ; his meant
ort m sue'
a a pulehe 4 expression; his
heads grasped eagerlyatiannething. I thought that
little man was a Miser; whose death was !daubed
byjuarvatidn: 4hother fignaca lager pertly body, I
stood in a conspicuous part of the vault; it was the
comae of a fat old bishop, whose jaws were still
round and smooth ' With good living, and his sleek
hair patted down to his bead as with the oil of
by
gone roast beefs end macaroni soups, and jolly east
of conptenanee, betokened a synem liberally, sup
plied with the juices of life; end a conscience
erred• easy by attention to the Creature comforts.—
That man lived , an easy life„and died of good feed
ing. He was carefully labelled, and carried on his
wrists a jewelled cross. There ittood in ' another
part of the vault* fiery orator, •with open mouthed
and distended arms. The head was thrown back,
the breast partially bare, a few tolls of black hair
fell from his piebald atoll; his round staring eyes
were stretched open, and his brow arched, high on
his wrinkled forehead ; he looked toward heaven
for inspiration. I booted I could hear the flaming
torrent, as it' bleed .and crackled and scintillated
from hie thin ashy lips. Tt was the glowing elo
quence of an ardent soul that left its parting impress
upon the clay , ; the form yet spoke, but the sand
was not there. Passing on from vault to vault, We
Saw hers and there a dead baby thrown opdu
shelf-ii-its little innocent facesleepingcalmly among ;
the mouldering eke& ; a leg, or an arm, or an old
skull, from which the lower jaw had fallen; now
a lively corpse, jumping with a starthng thine from
its niche, or a grim skeleton in its dark corner ,
chuckling at the ravages of the destroyer. •Who
vaw the prince here? Who was the great man, or
the proud man, or the lien man? The musty, grin-
nin,g, ghastly skeleton in the corner seemed to
Chnctle at the &Ought, apd bay to himself, " Was
it you, there on the right, you ugly, noselese, sight
less, disgusting thing? WU 0 you that rode in
your fine ca r riage about a year ago, and thought
yourself so great when > you ordered yout.coach
man to drive over the beggar if he did not get out
of the way t Don't you see he is as handsome as
you are now, and as great a man; you can't cot
him down, now, old fellote ! And you, there on the ,
lea. What a nice figure you are with your flesh
iest shanks and your worm-eaten 'lops! it was you
that betrayed youth and leanly and innocence, and
brought yourself here at last to keep company with
such fellows as 1 a Why, there is not a living
thing now, saw the maggots, that would 'tit tam
away in die st from you. And you sir, on the op
ponite side, ow proud you were when 1 last saw
you ;.en officer of state, a great man in power, who
could crush all below you, and make the happy
wife 'a widowed mourner, and bring her little be
bias to starvation : it was you that bad innocent
men seized and cast in prison. What can you do'
now? The meanest wretch that Mocks you in this
vault of death is aegood as you, as strong, =great,
as tall, as hand as pretty e piece of mortality, and
a great, deal nearer to heaven. Oh, you are a nice
set of fellows, all arising together without ceremo
ny! Where are your rules of istiqttette ; your fast,.
tenable rinks, r end your 'plebeian ranks; your thin.
sands of admiring friends, yopr throngs of jewelled
sinters! Why, the lowliest of us has as many visi
tors hereouttl as manY honest tears shed is
H 4 hi! This. is a jolly plaCe, a ft er all ;,we are all
a jolly let of re publicans, and old . Death is Oat Pre
sident.:,
- Tdmipg away from ibis strange exhibition of
death's doinifs, follci l civedihe tank into the
vaultivailiated to ,ffie women. Here the spectacle •
was still more shocking . and impressive. The bod
ies WilTer not fibbed in supright libation like thole bf
the imp, bat were out at foil ling& .in glues
cases, the - witllsiin • both sides being covered.
Theyoung, the gay,' the beautiful, were all here,
laid lowly in the'relentless embrace of death; deck
ed out in silken dreues, laces, and jewelry, as, in
mockery of the past. Each corpwi had aired his--I
tory. I saw a young bridewbo was stricken down
in a.ltheliff~the after her Miniagtt2tAb was
dressed in her bridalciioiiine,;, the ti?nnet and veil,
8141'07 the White g)tivet irswa over her by
the ntoaming one Oohed-left behind, Timulth the
thin veil could be seen a blanched, grinning, ban
face; . atitiketVslieliits; Omitted around sirithlhe liatk •
linee of &way her' , leas haiiWasilrawn in lex.
ariampaseeseeer her withered. bosom. Another
held in her arms a skeleton babe. Softie wain
habited 'in walking &fords; others in all'the finery
of ball , room costume, With gay silks, slippers, -silk
stockkngs,nral tawdry lace. It was s ghastly' sight
to look under the bonnets, utilize upon ihe tank
en ashy featuresidecked'agund with artifichifffoir
lint, and trace in &oil, Withered hneemeo4 no:fin-
Piiorlineof beauty, no flickering-nay of the int.
mouslepirit, but a dreary history' of •mortat
detaty; 014 anoptiiiin Yet hetithe hushatidContets,
to holdammuoiptiwithlhe saTtilitt mice ,
dwelt in iltat moulderinge4pse ; tolookoponthose
blanched features, Altruists once 'animate irith lire
•
suidkaffeetkin ;"to lOitr-the told ti" uo re:
airnlfij; harp,: I : o ollhetaille_iti f o l k ei i;
Oita:an444e come le gaze! upon the dead
herethe mother comes to sleep over the withered'
corpse tif her babe' Oneltra Ploarot - froill ,
the tittittionh;Eihit'rcetktfiei-of CeCuali‘:4',,uoutel
10 pray jot • the salation of them/psis,. 04 deal
their bodies with flowers. . .
Mita the cotiverietion tithe MOO, y letifittl i A
thied - eiltaiembs aploOtiedttYol# l (ll o l2'll', 664l ",r)
the relatives of the 4eeettsetl, who pay eordis4
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eintein'seef"-Orthe •preitetvadoes `of dni bodiem—
*lick new corner iii Paola '7n "a tiMpeOV blebs,
and afterwards to .a pimusamit place,
where he is permitted to Ismaili as long as the
ecottributkons toatintie ; but when thw customary
tees are ',forthcoiring, the corp ses are'
. thrciint
a
aside on shell, wheis they lie the relatives
think. proper to hale them set op again. Whole
'shelves muffled yith skulls and bodies of the deed,.
pot outol the way to
: ,make room for obeli' of a
more proStible Character. , . . ,
• It might be supposed that the air of thecatacombs
is ie some degree affected by the fresh' bodies; but
this the There is pq ellibiiieedor, aiid
the visitor viouldecarcelyknow,- if he did not see
them, that he was surrounded by the dead. d could
perceive no difference in the atmosphere' of these
vaults from that of any other 'sribterrineelt
except a slight smelt of mould, not altogether disa
greeable. The fresh air is admitted from the top,
and it is to its extreme drynetis that the preserva
tion of the bodtee may bedtributable."
Tea Max MID rut Vine.,—ln` olio of the early
years after the oration of the - world, man began to
plant a vineand Plan saW it, and dreireear.
What la, win of the earth!" said the
prince of demons.
" A vine !" replied-the man. •
" What are the properties of thin tree?"
itifipit is Pleasant to look at, and delicious
to the taste: from it is. produced a liquid which
fills the heart with joy."
" Well since wine Malre glad the heart of man,
I will help thee plant ihil irce."
Sawing, the demon brought a lamb and slew
it, then a lion, then an ape, and last - of all a pig.
killing each in succession, and moistened the roots
of the win! With the blood.
Thtindo it hair hippetted'iiiiiithic'e, 'when a
man drinks a small portion of wine he becomes
gentle and caressing so a 'lamb; after a little more,
strong and bold as a Goa, whin he takeistilf more,
he reuiriblei as ipe in his lolly, and abeard and
mischievous actions ; but when he has swallowed
the liquid to excess he is like a pig wallowing in
the mire.
Beturr or nit delightftd it is
to contemplate the heavens! They are stretched
out as a curtain to dwell in ! Not only as .far as
the human eye can see, bat beyond the remotest
boundaries which the highest telescopepower can
reach, does , the 'etherial firmament extend ! Wecan
find no limit, no boundary. Millions of miles may
be 'ravened from any given point of space, and still
the heavens appear illirditable. Infinity is stamp- '
ed upon them. And with what gorgeoue Splendor
and magnificence is that curtain adored! rn every
:direction it is studded with worlds, suns and sys
tems, all harmoniously movintin Pertert and unde
viating obedience to the Almighty will. The soul
in such a contemplation is absorbed. Earth ceases
to hold us - with its silver chain. The mind, set free
from grovelling
. pureuits, mounts up, as on the
fonds - et an eagle, and soars away through immen- '
city of space, surveying and admiring the innu
merable revolving orbs,, which, like so many
ncroetns of glory" and "dithlems of beauty," be.
Spangle that firmanent " whose antiquity is of an
cient days," and which so powerfully attest that
"the hand that made them is divine !"
The laments . distance 01 the fixed stars claims
our attention, end - airakens the most enrapturing
kelings. RC me mma: iseeststis-i.elr
the reins to iniagniation,Awhich tells us'-there are
stanrsedistint that their light tam bee& Since the
creation; apilthst arnazingly rapid ai.light ,travels,
uo ray from them has yet ever reached.ue! .
os Theletavens truly declare the glory of ? God/'
toid, in beholdingierh - a"displitiot glory and bean
ty, 'tve 'ST - deeply impressed with its rinutifirstatintr,
of the power of the Creator, who sustains, upholds
and preserves such myriads of ponderous revoliing
bodies, each in its Orbit, movirig in;unettirtgicibedi
eopi3
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kaing riehel folloviiitg' Wild meet and
- yetfinuertnityl.aftlii them both on ' yoor belly; the
moment you pop, Op your lead, on they gikteltustl.
ing in the, wind, and you sea no more of them. II
you have no art of stickhig-by tittire, lou Must au.
quire it by art ; pot -a couple of pounds of bird-lime
*upott'your - oflice stobt, -- and sit. down !Vert it • get a
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.lih t ettl•Pelf Pienwente,
wall °Uygur place of business; like. a weasel is
blip demo* the -eign of spread eagle Ovwhat
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mit a penny anil my (or yoursAyou
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'ocotgoirukt i - leer:Wig; iniergise;
era 4itill'ele;tri when they:4ooi 1 4. icif.n.ln, you for
your.good,wick.op to them for the loan of s sots
ereigri, and if you ever ewe them on ye:kr; side of
the'streiii Shiver" me in iffplOom,i,i'but to do any
goPtipt*Fl o4- 9T9 r And-Oer /. 0 1 1 Inn* be
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forms of that, paper; tried the ; bea4l4,lwc ,
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AD sock lair proofir of t he mnUer,.that ibis week tbe
mintantrof the Th ee. was entled:iti!and 'lnitikett
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„ arts 0 rg to terrain at the. Puce Neatens!
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forsorse.days, being enable to obtain a - guide -and
unwilling to attempt the ascent alone. I had set
my mind upon I Frenchman' who, within a few '
days Entwines : ha:l ascended the Peak of Grine&
twice, pto it* very summit,-_-anexpleit which he
Is believed to have the first ever to haws performed
Iliiiiimeli Alettartdietrolgeon, and . heltidead de.
servo to be mentioned ke `having twice undertaken
so perileasand-difficult- an expedition entirely by
himself, vint over grcemd of which he was perfect
ly igeorint. The'first time,, he Wes accompanied
part of the way by several others but none of them
succeeded in reachingthis summit except. himself.
On his retain to the plain; the Mexicans in the
nighboring villages laughed so much it the idea of
, his having reached the tammit which mut suppos
ed impracticable, thatheoflered if they ;weld. only ,
make hue a flag, to carry it op and plant-Woo the
top. They made him one, five yards long and two
wide, which, together,wi th • flag.staff three yards
and a long, merle'out el aiietiiitilegreen and hea
dy, and a crowhar,,he carried up the mountain and
victoriously planted on •ts highest point. . When I
arrived at the Pasco, I saw it still flying there. On
his return he was received attherPrincipal town of
the district by all the autUrifick headed by a band
of music, and was feted on ail skies. A letter
from me interrupted him in these pities and on
the afternoon either 14th of April, he and Land a
young German belonging totheterneiting:eitablish
meut 'tailed together on hontebaelt to the limits of
-vegetation. The weather was far lrom promising
for it was 'pouring rib : and not - feeling . quite so
strong as when I ascended PotrocateCell, I did not
ant cipate entire success. A ride of- about three
hours, through thick forests, along the edge -eta
frightful precipitate ravine, !nought us to a hutch:tee
to this limits of . vegetation, at, a place carded El-
Puerto," well known to the contrabandist. of the
country being the. path they mike use of for their
Gronggling operations from the coast. ' The boil
inustiter point at this place was 19011.Pahrenheit,
indicating a height of 11,328 feet. At . 31 o'clock
on the morning of the 15th we started again on a
horseback, being myself armed with a long.point
ed stick, a balometer and two thermometers, and
a pair of cricket shoes. We were not able to avail
ourselves of our horses tor more than about two
miles whiCh brought us to an elevation of above
12,000 fe et. Here we dismounted and began the
ascent in good earnest at exactly six o'clock. The
first part . of the pith was very steep, and orei the
.I°o* stone and masses of rock ;shah hail tumbled
from above ; it was exceedingly fatiguing, espe
cially as the large stones occasionally slipped from
under our feet. We were further incommoded by a
furious wind which came driving down from the
top of the mountain, made our limbs eche, and im.'
peded our respiration so much, that every time we
stopped to take breath, we were obliged to turn
our backs to the wind. After about an hour of this
painful tumbling about we got to the permanent
enowline,
_which is considerable lower on- this
mountain than It Popocatepetl. Snow-line it can
hardly be called, for the mountain is, one i mass of
ice, with a covering of .not more than two itches of
snow general. The sides ate so steep that the snow
very soon blows off and is Melted; in fact, it is a
solid glazier withfreottent enormoutcreiices, some
as much, aa a hundredleet wide, others not more
than a tootLbutalljp:ilekkthat,:airp..sSoisetass, A-,
bottom - olihem. It is these that make the ,aacent
more particolaly dangerous: for they are fniquent•
ly covered With a slight crust of ice, which give*
away as soon as you . put your foot upon it: When
there is no snow, the color of the ice is different in ,
these parts ; bet when there's a slight coal, as was
the cue When we were ascending, evoking to the
rain on the previous night,-the only chance of safe•
ty li feeling hnele soly-hrstriking the potted With
one's stici. ' We ware' trisiinentty obliged to make
:014.04v:tits tit avoid the fiorrifeb ; but creessionally
-they-so completely barred the. path that we were
forcedto make the ben of it ; and go over thethin
trust of ' fie , its' quicklt and lightly as we tonal ;
but I confetti, the feeling was one I illudinOt fatally
forget.. ”The wind confirmed:to increase as - we got
higher ; the - elm:Wean& fog , were ierjr thick,. and
view there was lunch' to - onedieapettintments,
.-__ ro r when theatmosphere:is clear,the. teak Of On
zava must comitand the moat extensive and mag:
nificent view in - the Republic. , _ Now and then we
ritlitglirimie of the aumniit,,this'ohject of our *min.
0 0 *:, but after, having olnbea tki! . h e utr•ititit, ti, the
htelieitien having • Wiwi., eenatiatly- , about TO deg
.wa toned cameleer statabon64gmooiiiet front the
"ItlfainTlieleiliiiitichlefilie- **hider, 'aboit 15
deg The wind was now so tura. shit' We could
hardly,tand . ofrifhir I . firtler - iiiiiineter.wss at zero
1441640* - w ' I #kolias*llEL-440!$;11feit to t h e
~lower arantainsof Europe. . can imagine-the -buret
keenness cil • farione wind -at-that . temperature
a4xmt steoptot aboviiiica'la4el of the sea "My
iiniar comp
Anion iltiOn.beflitll ' to -B Pli brit s ds Ad X my.
-self was-mach fatigued ;so that.we agret.d, though
with meth le:roc/hay it weinot worth -while in
'evriitig Veal, riskfit t - tti's lisksr,•of -endeavoting to
• ittadi Wit,* aiiiiiiisticit . nfite*aiir 'Weather: At
- . ' ".' ' d . lc't he
.thie.point I 11....—v0re tele e heig ht but to my
great volition the barometer livoidd not rid, foi
some 7 reasen rhave not yetbeo ableto investigate.
Et `dtifinifittiiiiil ioifghi - i‘pitil - lanai ;band:hough
I contrived a shelter _tor A, tbeitzind was Ice violent
ghat I Ito tektite io lighranythiag, aril ciiitaegient
`'lii to 'ohtititi thehoitiog Water, point. I Canna but'
--ill._initzt!ci..!4iehr, Coil/Sting', th at with th e anent of
roper.atepad, that we were ati east .0,000 feet .
',Aims the level of ifieseiti'and - that the trammit
*luti s t he above. i 8 feet' high, though .'it is gen:
7.inol:4444ifirldlci44-fflitli she, tonnes -; but the
height:has never yet:beeit calculated from the top.
•Certain it *that thWaseent id Popoeitiped Weill
kttiefe trifle eteititYed' tv*iiiht 7 . - tieiti . iel'iiiit4dee
41 .1"P1fr44.4 *Arii; ' T.60 4 4i, PPipt e wikilain:,
isms Itle smoseilainzftom,thelop and - we:were
and -by Alexindre - Doignott -that it did.not siateeeri
=1
MU=
from the crater, but from a crack iu the ruck Wulf
at dui very summit. He described the crater as
being sniiller than that of Popocateped, and stated
that smoke issued loom two or three points , at the
bottom of it, but with no great degree of activity ;
_much is sisentocume from one point in the very
precipitpus northern side of the mountain. The
same peculiarttrof the lower lip, being to the south
and the h,her to t he north maintains in,this crater
and the, crevices on its sides are filled with crystal
lised sulphur. During the few minutes we remain
ed at this point my hands became so numbed that
.they did not recover their feelings till we reached
the bottom, and. then with went, pain..
It was impossible to descend very rapidly on ac
count of the fissures I hue described -above ; and
that the ice.was very hard and slippery. As it was
1 put my foot on a 'thin crust, and down I went ;
bat luckily lot me, only with one leg, for the crev -
ice, though deep enough for apything was not wide
enough for both. , According to the advice, of the
guide we bad taken no spectacles with ns for, as he
truly said ; it was necessary to see the danger well
in order to avoid It., _ Upon my getting back to the
hut, therefore, we congratulated ourselves a good
deal upon feeling no disagreeable sensation in the
eyes ; . I counted without my host, for, after return
ing to the Paso and dining, I began. to feel great
heat about my eyes and bead. I, went to bei, and
half an hour afterwards the inflammation increased,
and the pain was most intense ;
,cold water , was
my only remedy, but so active, was the inflammation
that the wet rags dried np and became hot in three
or four minutes. For two days was quite blind
and for two days more 1 did not date to look at the
light.
„Now lam tolerably well, though there is l i
still a cloud ov er distant objects. believe I shall
recover from this entirely, but I can conceive the
repetition of such an attack, .might do permanent
injury to my sight. Olconni 4 e, all the, skin peeled
off my face : but my :German' companion, though
he did not suffer at all from his eyss,presented the
most extraordinary amararies. His face was so
swollen that his most intimate friend would not
have recognized him. His cheeks were cov
ered with larie blisters filled with blooi. This
and my blindness I attribute principally to the keen
wind which drove the tine frozen snow into our fa.
ces and eyes. Ii could not have been owing to our
drinking anything strong, for we had , forgotten to
take even any wine with us.—Paper by Mr. 27iont.
ton, read to the Royal Geographical Society
Re/t scrtom—As we-look back ot. our past liven,
we regret many a bargain we have maile,and ma.
ny a step we have taken. Here we went too last,
and there we .went too slow—ensoday welnat by
our folly, and the, next An -our pride•and extrava.
game. In reviewing the past, we then sea causes
for regret and re&ntance. • Bet there is one thing,
we are never sorry 10T, let is live - as long as w -
may—we never mourn over a correct and vinanns
lite. When pillowed fot the night, we have no re.
proaches for a . good deed or a kind suggestion.
When the world has no attraction for us—when its
prospects and its glories fading from our gaze, and
the visions of an eternal state are-bursting upon ne
--it is then we think of an honest and , upright life.
Who, with the hourot death in view, would ewer
perform a wicked act One hour of iteriousrefiec
lion wiliznfit us: for any vicious society or unholy
career. How arrange is it that amid , the dying anti
"lb. dead, mankind will so tat forget themanivea
~...r.r.rre WerfeerOr tally and
crime, when the next breath of disease may sweep
them to destruction. •
Ptimosopity of nit Eames But,i,--The bulk Of
ow planet is so well adjusted, that were it increas
ed or diminished; the greater part of planus would
(lief and theaditnais which did survive, would lead
bflt * buldenstither exigence were it greater or
stitaller,"denser 0 , 4 fgret,it *oUld require a s ebangit in
thir ; gtriitithe of all the inalks,of the towers. %moor
.earth as large isidpitei, motion would be oppres•
site to stark living being; the deer would era*l
like "the' shith: and theigagfe reouTtl hare'no higher
MA( tfta. Ale chimney top.. In such a
_case, too.
the ait,wattld becssme so dense that - no animal
cotild breathe it=perhapsno animal conht sustain
ita irgight.. , :Atil 'Were . the earth
. to be as small as
lifereurp, o f the Moon, the animate would be ea.
posed to the opposite ineee,entenee•--ell our M.
Ilene iirettld ifre' eat posed to die opposite ineoriven
oni•tiiiitionsWouldbe unstable, like those
of a drgoken man, the air would boss° t . to as to be
ittcapable otrapporling life:: ,
„
• "",: A fffriipikin"*.—A way nit itiTermont a king
an ,464 ",help” had spoiled a lot'ol can•
dloa by letting beer fall , into a -hogshead of mir.
water. -The patience pl!her mistress gave way en.
Veit . Mid* Ilniiiliaoster, and sherreitred to heilrqiut
in:o tfaisiOn;- rinsucoevitudy to calm
her excited raelingby taking violent exercise in the
.tacking chair,•an odd odor more penetrating; 'than
'agreeable assailed her nose and cauaetl her to ex.
elaiiii .• : . ,
, _
.
"Mercy sallee, Bridget; what-is the matter
_ .
(rNothiii ina'im," replied iladgef, - c• i - , iinly , pn,
the candles in the hot oven to dry.P.
11 Pitiomn yonjell nie wha? . is a virgin I"
"To be sure I,can, Jeramy." - ,
- " Welk therriwiitya be eitbr dein' it?"
• IrYOl, jivf, IVA' a woman flitit : fiebMeVer Win mer
ited to alt.'! -
".Be ye , earnest,. /id?"
"Yea Jemmy.*
write saiats - in heaved be" praiseji fat ley
meter its vissie ;in, father *beta Mir‘lea hic , at
sa acre." •
TO 'tie feeierrOvie.A. re!ser4 of *5O kill "be
Ole:* SetiTa ii!ad clos; one
ibet i : willing to. edam
duitthere dtc giutythhig publist# ilavr;% gays k vor n i
reading."
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Strength of the Via.
•It hoe been the belief of a huge class of correct
thinker's, that the ability of a man to perform anj
given action, within the scope of rearot4 is only
limited by' the extent of his natural capacity. 'ln
other words—that which he wills to do, if he sets
resolutely about it, hecan perform to the fullest es•
tent; provided his task lies williin the compass of
his mind.. • -
To a mental organization at once vigorods and
well balanced, it its powers be rationallyemplOyed,
failure in any given pursuit is Minost next to im
poisible. A steady perseverance in one path' atul
in quest of the ofiti object; being all that is requit
ed.
It is by vacileation of purpose. by trying first one
thing, and then another, by shifting backward and
forward, by changing, the object of attainment,. end
becoming discouraged, when to press vigorously
forward; is the one thing needful to success, that
the position! dim many persons in life are so vast
l' inferior to what might have been expected from
their natural abilities. his the infirmity of the will
counteracting the strength of the understanding.—
They have frittered away their talents in trying to
"accomplish many things, and have,- naturally
enough, succeeded fully in one.
- The first thing which a young: man requires on
letting out in lite, is a PURPOSE The second, Jut -
resolute determination not to be turned- aside by
any lures which may spread themselves across his
path. Let him ft: his eyes steadily on any one
Object, and it he will but work toward it..w ith uu
ffaning and. undeviating energy, he is as certain of
' reaching it eventually, if life and health are sp'atetl,
as the pedestrian is of corning tothe ei.d of his jour
ney, or of the troy growing to manhood.
•
Above all let it be remembered that perfection is
only to be obtained by a devotion of the &nod or
physical powers to the one vole object, and that ev.
sly, deviation from 64 direct path of pursuit, seri
ously abridges the chances of success.
Quarm &tarmac —A worthy deacon in the
town of M—, in the neichborhood of this city,
was remarkable for the facility with which he quo
ted scripture on all orvasions. The divine word
was ever at his tongue's end, sod all the trivial, as
well as important occurrence of life furnished occa
sions for quoting the language of the Bible. What 14
better, however, the exemplary man al ways nude
his quotations the standard of action.
One hot day he was engsed in mowing with his
hired man, who was leading. off, the deacon follow
ing in his swath, conning his apt quotations, when
the man suddenly sprang from the Swath just in time
to escaper a wasp's nest.
" What is the matter V' hurriedly enquired the
deacon.
it Wig's! exclaimed the other"
" Pooh !'' said the deacon, " the wicked flee
when no man pursuethi but the righteous are ea
bold - as a lion."
And taking the workman's swath he moved but
a step, when a swarm of the brisk insects settled
about his ear', and he ar s forced to retreat with
many a painful sting, and in great diwonifiture.
" Aha !" shouted the other, with a chuckle, " the
prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself,
but the simple pass on and are puilida.d."
The good deacon had found his equal in making
application from the sacred writings, and thereafter
-....mirs-sitown to quote the scripture in the mowing
field,--Portland Eclait.
Tc3IpERANcE ArlEttmore.—The following anec
dote was told of a very clever lellow w!!o'had been
somewhat frolicsome, but who' had recently joined
the Sons of Temperance :—Atter becoming a
" Sort," fie went to Mobile on business, and wad
t aken ill there. The . physician was called, and af.:
ter examining him pronounced hilt . in a very dan
gerous pbsition, Ind 'presc ribed brandy. The sick:
man told him he could not take it. The doctor in- -
elated that it was the proper remedy, but the patient
'told hirrilme woulmf not take it. Time doctor said he
most, or he would have spasms. " said time
Son . .nt Temperance, g , f will try' a couple 'of spasms
Stoltz!. lie did not take the brandy, nor did he
. have the'spasins, Inn went on hittviay -rejoicing:
Oz:7- " Come here, my lad," saill no' attorney to s
boy abont nine yearn
The boy came and asked the' altomely4 l what
case was to be tried next?''
The tawyer answeied, "a casts between the peo
ple and the-devil—whieh Jo' you think wilt be the
most like to gain - the aetion
The boy rept ied—" I guess it will be a pretty hard
squeeze—the people have the mostmoney, the dev
il the most la*Yefg."
. .
....I'D& ?doming Itcr.sitost.—The celebrated En
glish writer, Addisen, has tenon record the tullow: 2
important reutence .
"Two persons who laye chosen each other out
otnli their species, with a design to be . each other's
mutual dolnfort and eniertainmeni, have in that
action bound themselves to be good-humored, aft ,
bie r: forgiving, patient, and joyful, with tespect, to
each rther's frailties and imperfections, to the end
of their Brea."
BACtiNd 4601 r. Or A 1 1 01411(1N —A goriliet.!hat ec.
eentrie'litier, s liehig engaged in defending d hitit
ease, and being altogether pleased' with the Toting
of t* Vrtiatiling itidge; remarked that he believed
the bole eduit eiabl'd" be f)) . tr,;lit with' a peck' of
beans:
The Judge, of Conroe, io..k tliht remark in high
dudgeon, and orclete die, lawyer to tit dou tr,, and
demanded ati'apoiO6r for this 'con' empt if the Conrt
threatening him aritliso.r..tnitment for the offence if
hexlid not apologize. .
lie tattler, after a little reflection, remarked
that belted said he believed the Court cotildlte
bought 4ith 'a peck of beams i that be I) ef i .-- eaYdit
iirithatil reflection; and
. wished to tale back, ti'ut
'aid he, it i'hatl 'poi it half a besCeli 1 never
'Rebid hate taken it'lmok in the `'
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