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From varioas gardens with care."
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toe vim A [-num OF "CORN LA NV ftli 51 E,Z."
Rise, young mechanic! Idle darkness leaves
The dingy town,nrul cloudless morning glows:
Oh, rise,nnd worship Him who spins and weaves
Into the petals of the hedge.sido ruse
Day's golden beams and all.embracing sir!
Rise, for the morn of SabliTith riseth fair!
Tho clouds expect thee—rise! the stonechat hops
Among the masses of thy granite chair:
Go, toll the plover on the mountain tops,
That wo have cherish l dnests,and hidden wings,—
Wings! Aye,like those on which the Seraph flings
Ibis sun-bright speed front star to star abroad:
And we have music, like the whisperings
Or streams in heaven: our labour is nn ode
Of sweet, Had praise to Him who loves the right.
And cannot Ile, who spins the beauteous light,
And wen yes the air into the wild flower's h tics,
Give to thnsouldhe_mountain -torrent's might,.
Or till thy veins with sunbeams, and diffuse
Over flry thong lib the green wood's melody?
Yea, this and more He can and will for thee,
If thou wilt rend, engraven on the skies
And restless waves, "That Sloth is misery;
And that our worth from nor inicegsition
rows, as the rivers from [Hs clouds descend!"
Th: Er! uhur Gf a 6'iflrtge Fehtfral.
BY IIYNILY ALY0111)
IWhile our shrub walks darken,
And the stars get bright uloft,
Sit we still and hearken
To the music low and soft,
Pp the old oak yonder
Where we watch the getting Ann,
Listeaing to the far-011 . thunder
Of the mnllitnde as one.
Sit. my best beloved,
In the miming light;
"Yield thy spirit to the teaching
Of each sound and sight,
While those sounds are flowing
To their silent rest;
While the parting wake of sunlight
Broods along the West.
Sweeter 'tis to hearken
Than to bear a part;
Butter to look on happiness
Than to•carry a light heart. -
Sweeter to walk on cloudy hills
With n sunny pinin below
Than to weary of the brightness
Where the floods of sunshine flow
Souls that love each other,
Join both joys in one;
13Iest by others' happiness,
And nourished by their own.
So with 'quick reflection,
Each its opposite
Still gives back, and multiplies
To infinite delight.
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FOIL TIM GErrvsnuno STAR AND DANNER.
A CRITIC R 1: Ti
( 2 ,6 staluit ntimeid, parte itiludita altrra;
•:r licet staturrit,haud aphis (St.-f,4ENECA.
"If nay gie decide upon hearing only one side of a
controversy, although such decision prove correct, he
has acted unjustly "
Ma. Furrow In looking over the columns of your
paper this morning, my attention was arrested by an
article, professing to be a criticism on the recent
cmitest between the two Literary Societies connected
with Pennsylvania College. Aml truly the learned
critics lif the nineteenth century, may boast their
newly acquired champion; for judging from the speci-
DUI, of his genius, submitted to the public gaze, we
would spontaneously conclude, that the spirit and
poignant sarcasm ofjuulus have crossed the Atlantic,
and are now being manifested over the signature of
"A Farmer's Son." Surely it is enough to cause
every novice i❑ composition, to shrink from the
piercing, cutting gaze, and withering sarcasm of this
prodigious critic! But lest I should appear to be pre
mature in my conclusion, in reference to the profundi
ty of thought, intellectual acumen, refined taste, and
sound jinlguient, which so peculiarly characterize
this mammoth critic, I will proceed to glance at his
splendid criticism.
But first, let me premise, that ( if there was nothing
else by which we might judgx,) the critique of "A
Farmer's Son," affords sufficient interior/ evidence to
convince every candid rt:atler "what manner of spirit
he is of." I had indeed supposed, that no true
"firer of learning," sustaining the relation he does
to one of the parties concerned, had so little integrity
and uprightness, as to attempt to palm such a piece
upon the public as the views of n spectator, who was
unprejudiced, and whooc mina teas free from the bias
of pre-existing causes! For my own part, Mr. Editor,
having only an ordinary mind on which to rely, I
have found, that "plain, good intention, is a healing
and cementing principle." End "A Farmer's Son"
acted on this principle, he would have exercised
more of that candor and magnanimity, which always
become an honest purpose. Like the fiends in Mac
beth, he made the word of promise to the ear, but
broke it to the hope!
Bet to the criticism: After making a short pre
liminary, by way of introducing It niself to the lite
rary world, he proceeds with his learned comments—
and truly it may be, that
"To laugh, is want of godliness and grace,
Yet to be grave, exceed s all power of face."
Only think—a treatise of such elaborate ingenuity
and factitimis ornament, embodyin g so much wisdom
nod patient investigation, the result of only four
weeks' labor! Almost incredible—b u t so it in!
First, the critic objects to the performances 'en
infuse,' on account of their length. As regards this
point, I have only to say, that all the IL:fibrin:emus
have to puss under tho inspeCtion of the President of
Pennsylvania College, (if I am IMCmisinforined,)
and if "A Farmer's Son" thinks he knows more
about such matters than the President, and those who
have the direction of its concerns; or that the per
formances should he accommodated to the crude and
capricious notion, of " Mountaineer," be it so.'
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, And now, Mr. Editor, I have endeavored, in no
ticing thisfionous criticism, which would lose nothing
by a contrast with that-of the "English Bards and
Scotch Reviewers," "nothing to extenuate; nor to
get down aught in malice." My object has been, not
to vindicate either - party, but merely—to repel thu
aspersions invidiously cast upon some of the perform•
era, by "A Farmer's Son," and to show the baseness
of conduct that is prompted by interested and selliSh
motives—and, in part, to illustrato the truth of Sir
Walter Scott's remark, that "Envy always dogs at
the heels of Merit."
•erj.Tho error in spelling here alluded to, was a
typographical one, and Or Which the "Critic"
'Monk] not be blamed. [Pm. Sean.
IWhat would the critic say; if the performances had
been an hour long, as they are at acme Dis!itutions?
He next proceeds to remark, in reference to the
I first essay, "It bordered a little too mnclt on Aber
crombie, and was almost too metaphysical for all au
(Deuce composed prinripally of young persons," &C.
• Now, I have two or three things to say about this
criticism. The tirst is, that the essay contained, if I
recollect aright; not one sentiment distinctly from
that nuthor; but I can easily account for this "lapses
men:is:" The /carried critic had brain enough to
discover, that the general character of the essay was
rather metaphysical, and as he never saw ally work
, on mental philosophy, save Abercrombie's timetable!)
work,; ur &winners, he very justly concluded it must
border on _Abercrombie! The next remark is, that he
very highly compliments the audience, assembled on
that occasion, by stating, they were principally
young, and consequently incapable of appreciating au
essay, based on the principles of mental philosophy.
Truly eiimplimentary to the literary character of the
citisnms of Gettlisburg! Wit:lV - not nble to compre
hend the metaphysical disquisition of a Sophomore!--
ha! ha!! ha!!!
Ile then notices the second essay: 'that of George's,
(13r5-notice the two genitive cases.) I wish the rea
der here to mark the consistency of his criticism Sr. the
congruity of his sentiments. This is too "flimsy,
and figurative, and better suited for the yomig." The
critic evidently has not discernment enough to dig
criminate. between what is flimsy and what is figu
rative. In this case, the essay is "adapted to the
taste of the yeung" —while, he says, there were a
good ninny deep-searching geniuses waiting for
weightier substance; and still these "geniuses" wait
ing for "weightier 'substance," were incapable of
cornprehending Master Charles' essay, because "it
bordered a little too pinch on Abercrombie, and was
almost too metaphysical!" This appears to be rather
a "non sequitur bull!" [low precious is consistency"
especially when found in the honest "Farmer's Vino."
He could no doubt discern better between a "tater
hill" and a mole hill; and surely he would not make
such prodigious blunders it ploughing corn. or sow
ing turnips! How forcibly am I shark with the old '
Latin proverb—"Ne suitor ultra cripidalll ' Yes, my
dear sir, you would better have remained between i
your plough-handles, content with your "'moody i
joys and destiny obscure."
The critic next discharges a volley of his satire at
"Gottlieb," who, he affirms, used "naming elocution
rind vehement gesticulation"—a charge, by the way,
nut very well founded in fact. Indeed, I thought he
was coo/ enough. But supposing he did, what then!
Does the critic not know what great importance the
Romans attached to gesticulation? And is it not rea
sonable to suppose, that, in describing their great
ness, grandeur and glory—in speaking of the Tribu
nal, the Ithstrum, tiro Comitium and the Curia—in
reverting to those walls, which once echoed with the
electrifying peals of a Tully's eloquence, and rever
berated with the acclamations of applauding :Tienates,
the speaker should be animated and imbibe some of
the Cice'rouian spirit? "lint," continues he, "when
Christian arose, be soon, by the calmness of his
speech and manliness of his gesture, showed me, and
I have no doubt the majority of the audience, the
folly of Gotlieb's wishing to thwart nature," &c.
This is very good irony; or, if the critic intended it
as a burlesque, it does very well!
He next proceeds to give "old James R." a touch
of his sublime critique: And here it may not be amiss
to remark, that the term "old," as here applied, is
very common among a few of the lower class of stu
dents, and is used without any definite idea attached
to it. He says, "old J. IL with figures and allusions
almost enchanted the assembly, especially the female
part of it, whose tender passions are generally very
much lifted up by such descriptions." Now, the very
nature of the subject discussed, and the position sus
tained by "old James R.", rendered it absolutely
indispensable for him, to show, to illustrate, and to
describe the influence of education and eirilization
upon the refinement and 'consequent happiness of the
domestic life—to paint, in the most fascinating image
ry, its influence in unfolding the lofty powers of the
mind, in developing all the sensibilities of our nature,
and in refining, dignifying and purifying all that is
noble and admirable in a depraved and degraded, yet
truly wonderful be rig. And yet all this, so admira
bly adapted to adumbrate the beneficial effects of
education, and place it in a• captivating aspect, was
not jo the point—only calculated to lift (a very classi
cal expression to be sure!) the passions of those ten
der creatures, TUE I. , tniEs—intimating,'Ont their
passions and feelings could bo elicited by mere
shadows without substance: Quito a compliment,
ladies, to your heads and hearts! Well may we
exclaim with Ovid—
"Prop supuri! quantum mortalia pcdora caeca('
Noelishabent!"
In proceeding, be says, "if I understand the goes
ion of debate rightly," &C.—which, by the bye,
vas n good interpolation; for lie evidently understood
no more about the precise point at issue, than an
unlettered cuff does about integral calculus, or conic
sections. Ile says, "his arguments were as the
asymptote," wishing, in the meantime, to leave
the impression, that he had studied conic sections;
when his not knowing how to spell asymptote, plain
ly demonstrates that he knows nothing about them,
and that lie has only heard something about the
asymptote, and he thought it was an asyniptuic.x -
So much for his mathematical tact. He thinks, how
ever, "Tobias VV." exposed the fallacy of Mr. K 's
arguments, and established his own side pretty well.
And, upon the whole, I am not astonished that this
truly wonderful critic, with all his precocity of ge
nius, with all his disinterestedness, critical correet-
miss nod boundless information,
.should come to such
a conclusion—especially since he is so ted! acquainted
with Abercrombie's Mental Philosophy! But really,
Mr. Editor, I just thought of it: I must stop.
So—l must pass over his remarks in regard "to
the rigging off of body"—only, observing, that it is
not strange to rne, that an individual, born and bred
in the suburbs of one of our towns, and who has sel
dom exhibited his beautiful physiognOlny within the
pale of polite and refines! society, should make such
a tirade against plain, genteel dress; for I saw very
few superfluities.
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"I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAF k ER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION."-•SHAMF
the world go as it will, we will be happy here."
This sentiment found universal approbation,
and tho glasses wero filled to the happiness of tho
bride and groom. At that moment, tho door
oponed, and a young man entered, who touched
the shoulder of the groom, and retreating to tho
end of tho room, beckoned him to follow. Gran
ger astonished at the interruption, would have
rofusod, but there was something so appalling in
the palo face and disordered dross of the young
man, whom ho recognized as his had clerk, that
ho arose and was soon engaged in a low, but ani
mated conversation. In a few moments after, lie
beckoned to Belford and Rutsen, who immediately
loft the room in great basin. By degrees, all the
gentlemen had gathered in a group. Something
oxiromoly agitating seemed to be going forward,
and the cheek of the bride blanched. A stillness
roignod over the table which had so lately echoed
to their gayety. The tolling of the bells En d to
mult in the streets became louder and louder.
Tho gentlemen had nearly all 101 l the room, when
the door again opened, and ono of them returned.
"Como, 'Granger," said ho, "you have not a
moment In lose, if you would save your papers.
half the town is on fire! So dreadful a light I
have ilettirscuii—wiiilrc it will eta; hearon only
knows."
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"A FarmeV's Son" has showed, he is just about as
capable to criticise the productions of others, as to
succeed in his own: and, indeed, judging from his .
peculiar clearness, and purity, and felicity of expres
sion, ono might readily suppose, that lie, like the
author of Ihnlibras, had held personal communion
with the Goddess of Truth in her fragrant bower!
Anil if the bountiful •Creator has deigned to bless
"A Farmer's Son" with greater talents than the rest
of us, I ask, is it just, is it reasonable, for us to envy
him their possession? No—no—Let us rather remem
ber the erudite Opinion of the Dutch magistrate:—
"If Gad wills Mal a man shall pile off his num 1103 e,
why hr will pile it nfi?"--and, by the same mode of
ratiocination, if "A Farmer's Son" is destined to
possess the same genius with whieli Junius was en
dowed, why surely it will inspire him with the same
conceptions.
CLODIMPPER.
Gelly4lturg, (Pa.) Monday, Ilky 30, 1.43 ti.
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A TALE
"Ah, Granger, my gond fellow how are . vein"
exclaimed George Utilsen, to his friend an they
met one December day, in Wall street. "livery'
thing is settled, have spoken to the clergyman,
and this evening you will call the lovely Caroline
yours. What a lucky follow you are--ovary thing
prospers with you—" '
"Why yes," replied his friend, complacently;
"have nothing to complain of—my anirs art'
every thing I could
"Your store is filled ..Vith hundreds of thcii
sands worth of goods—your now house is com
pletely furnished in the most costly manner, and
to night you will ehooFe the chosen one of your
lieurt —"
"Yes, it ie true, and I wish nil my friends were
HS or as
George sighed—''Oh, that I were as lucky as
you. ' But I am (MO of the most unfortunate fol
lows alive. Every thing goes against mo—l have
been unlucky in business and in love. The sor
did mother of my Julia not only refuses her sanc
tion to my attachment to lint daughtcr,but is using
every endeavor to force her into marriage with
that old SWUM, because he is rich."
well,! keep up your spirits, my poor
George. They say fortune's wheel is always
turning, and if you aro at the bottom, you aro sure
whon it moves, to go to the top, while at every
change I must he plunged the deeper."
"Perhaps so—but, good morning. The church
will ho lighted at seven—after the ceremony, wo
shall repair to your house, where the supper I
have ordered I hope will suit you."
"Thank yon—you are a very efficient grooms
man. Good morning—we moot at seven."
At the hour appointed, the bridal party entered
the church, and as Augustus Granger led his love
ly bride up the aisle, the friends assembled around
tho altar thought they had seldom looked on a finer
couple. Young Rutscn came next, but he had
not the felicity of walking with his Julia, as she
was forced' to enter by the side of her rich, but
disagreeable lover. Tho ceremony over,the whole
party drove to the elegant mansion of the bride
groom. As he led his young wife into the
antly lighted rooms, and placed her on a sofa, he
gazed anxiously into her faco to mark the first
impressions of her now house. With a smile of
pleasure, Caroline glanced around het:—
"Augustus, you have displayed much taste in
your furniture."
"Do you like it?"
"Indeed I do, Had I selected it myself, I could
not have been better suited, and see, Julia there
is a darling French work-table in the nest room,
on purpose for me, oh we shall be so happy here!"
Julia enjoyed her cousin's happiness, but sigh.
od that her own loved one had not such a home
to offer her, and then she should not be sacrificed
to the ambitions views of her mother. Julia
possessed a yielding, timid disposition, and had
not courage to withstand her mother's arbitrary
will, but accepted the attentions of the rich Se]
ford, nltho' devotedly attached to
. :young Rutson
At nine, the company began to assemble, and
soon the rooms were graced with a select few of
the fashion and beauty of the city. The supper
was announced complete, and hilarity and happi
ness reigned in the hearts of all. During a tem
porary lull in the conversation at table, the alarm
ing toll of fire bells was heard—at the same time
the windows were shaken by a violent gust of
wind.
"What a terrible night for a fire!" said Julia
"I pity the poor creature who shall be turned ou
in this cold weather."
"Came, come, cousin," said Augustus
"away with such chilling images. Here take
seine champaigno. No one must mar nri• wed-
ling feast with such gloomy anticipations. Lo
Augustus approached tho bride. His mouth
quivered ‘vitli emotion, but ho struggled for com
posure. "My lovo, I must loavo you, even otamy
bridal night, W . ! would 8/113 you tram ruin 7 -my
all is at . stake! list keep up your courage, and
hope to return ore long."
"So soon to part!" sho exclaimed, and for a
moment tho heed of the bride sank on her hus
band's shoulder; hut raising horsolf, she added,
"Away, dearest! you will find mo worthy of you;
whatever happens. I will bear it with fortitude."
Ho sprung front the room, followed by the
remainder of the gentlemen, and the bride sat
surrounded by her friends, hour oiler hour, await
ing their return. At last one of the guests arrived.
His accounts of the tremendous conflagration,
and destruction of valuable goods trodden under
foot, made them sick at !wort.
"Thank heaven, my store is out of danger. If
it wore not, 1 should ho a poor man indood—it is
filled with valuable goods; but I have locked it
up, and here is the key."
He had scarcely finished when a servant open.
ed the door followed by a gentleman—Mr. Allot.
ton, ho observed, "I am commissioned by the
Mayor to request the key of your store, for the
purpose of blowing it up,us that is the only means
which can bo used to stop OM raging element,
whirh is devouring the city. Engines era of no
use, the hose lap like a frozen serpent upon tho
ground."
Mr. Allerten gazed a few moments on his wifo
and daughters; hut the nom, handed. the hes , to
the gentleinan "It is for the 'good of the.eominu
nity. All I um worth in the world to in that
~turn;," he said.
"Sir, you no', as a Chri.ition, and doubiloss w
tPeeive your reward."
"Come wile, conic girls," continued Mr. Aller. -
:tin,when the gentleman had departed, "lot us go
and take ono more look at our home—heaven only
knows how long it will ho ours."
'The carriages of the other guests soon after ar.
riving they all departed, and left Julia and Caro
line! alone. Midnight had passod, and for two
druary hours offer they wandered from window to
window, 11l hopes of seeing Mr. Granger return.
But it seemed to thorn as if the world was on fire,
and they worn alone loft to struggle with the de
vouring clement. The heavens were illurnis , cd.
Lurid clouds loaded with flakes of firo were pass
ing incessantly over the city, whilo 'vast masses
of flames were springing up to the heavens, and
goods wore piled in the street, and contusion
reigned over all. Occasionally, an explosion
shodir tho house to its centre, and sent them
tro.ohling to each other's arms. Two more hours
passed over: Caroline at last hoard her husband's
foot. Fin entered—but oh! how different from the
elegantly dressed, the confident and happy brides
groom of tho evening!
"My poor Augustus!" exclaimed Carolina,
throwing her arms around his neck. He heeded
her not, but stood gazing into the fire, an imago
of calm despair.
"Carolino," lie said, in a low and sad tone, "I
am a ruined man! Four hours agp • I was worth
half a million; now, not a cant. My fine store
and rich goods are reduced to ashes; and the men
who owed me, , are involved in the wide destruc.
tion; and what is worse, I havo ruined you. Oh!
it is that which rends my heart. Were I but
alone, I could boar it batter."
"Dearest Augustus, do not grieve for me; you
know I can live on a very little with you."
"But I have not that little to abr. You must
now beg for a living."
"Beg! Oh, no! I can work. I arn strong and
healthy, and will work for you. How many
women support themselves by the labor of their
hand, and why cannot I?"
Augustus pressed her to his breast. "I have
not lost all, ingrate that I am! You, my doarest
treasure, are 1011. 'Tis true, my earnings ofyears
arc gone; but I can go to work again, and may be
able to keep you from want."
Carolino by her soothing manner and dauntless
confidence aroused her husband from his despon•
dency,und inspired new life in him. "This costly
furniture," she said, "must all be sold, for plainer
will suit our fortunes better; two rooms we can
reserve for ourselves, but as you have lost your
storo you shall have the rest. This front room
will make a very nice office, and with your friends
nod good character, you will still be able to stern
the torrent; while I, to do my part, will discharge
some of the servants, and wait on myself."
With thanks and almost adoration for her kind
ness, he left her to endeavor to assist his friends
in their distress. When ho had departed, Caro.
line called on the weeping Julia to assist her, and
with the help of tho servants proceeded to put her
plans into execution. The costly curtains and
carpets were removed. Tho rosewood chairs,
chandeliers and other ornaments were taken out;
and when young Granger returned at daybreak,
with Selford and Rutsan, with a few: goods saved
from the firo, they started with surprise to see the
metamorphose. A plain carpet was on the floor,
and a few chamber chairs stood around. From a
costly drawing room, it was changed by some
magician into a comfortable office. Tho fire burnt
brightly, and on the tablo was placed a hot supper
which gladdened tho sight of the cold and weary
trio. Augustus seated Ina friends at tiro tablo and
departed to seek for the. Ministering angel who
had so devoted herself to his comfort. The hour
passed with his young bride there, was fraught
with moro true happiness than any in his most
prosperous days.
Ruison was soon" by the side of Julia, "Heaven
has been kind to me," ho said, "I have lost noth
ing, but Selford, whose money lay in insuranco,is
ruined."
Julia clasped her hands and a glow ofpleasurc
almost'passed over her chock.. "Alas, poor man:"
she exclaimed,cheeking hersolf—"l am very sorry
for him, Now, howovor, I shall be released, for
mother only wished ma to marry him for his mo
ney "
"And I howl now a hope of obtaining my Julia
To-morrow I will onto more apply to your moth
or, and I am sure she will not object," -
Nor did she. The utter prostration of her plane,
seemed to tho stricken woman, ns an interposition
of l'is;videnco, and she no longer opposed her
daughter's happiness. They wore married soon
after, and wore received in Caroline's house as
boardors,who thus sought to lighten her husband's
expenses. With his Caroline,to encourage and
assist him, Granger has gone to work with double
energy, no longer despairing of retrieving his
fallen fortunes, and no ono feels more truly the
force of those oft. repeated lines of Scott:
Oh woman! in our hours of noon,
Uncorta in, coy, and hard to please--
When care .and anguish wring the brow,
Oh! then a ministering angel thou!
TELE VTAGMTJAMM3III;INGIX:M.
"One spirit—Hl;
Who wore the platted thorns with bleeding brows-,-
Rules universal nature. Not a flower
But shows some touch or freCkle, streak or stain,
Of His unrivalPd pencil. lie inspires
Their balmy odors, and imparts their hues, •
And bathes their eyes with nectar, and Includes,,
In grains as countless as the son-silo sands,
The forms with which he sprinkles all the earth.
Happy who walks with Him! whom what he finds
Of flavor or of scent in fruit or flower,
Or what he views of beautiful or grand
In nature, horn thebroadinajestic-oak;
To the green glade that twinklee, inthe sun,
Prompts with remembrance of a present GOD. [ COlC,per
Of the three grand dapartmanto into which ibo
works of tho Lord in the natural world aro divid
ed, none exhibits a greater variety °florins of use
fulness and beauty than the vegetablo kingdom.
Its s tronsures ate poured forth over the faco. of the
whole earth, and as man walks abroad, clothed in
a body firrnied of tho elements of the material
world, the Lord God has caused to spring forth
from the dust beneath his feet "the herb yielding
seed, and the fruit tree yielding' fruit," to nourish
and sustain his natural life.
No zone or climate from the equator to the
poles is destitute of its nppropi into vogotablo pro'
ductions. Tho torrid regions, robed in unfading
vordure,presont a novor failing succossioi of fruits
and flowers in almost endless variety. There we
find the monarch of this extensive kingdom, the
lofty palm tree towering to the skips, the banian,
spreading itsolf into a continued grOyer and the
baobab, extending Its glint shade hundreds of feot
in circumference. •
It is a wonderful proof of the care and kindness
of the beneficent Creator, that in those burning
climates whore the unabated influence of the sun
causes almost perpetual thirst, the fruits aro filled
with abundant and wholesome juices, to refresh
and exhilarate exhausted nature. The cocoa-nut
with its store of vegetable milk, the agreeable
acids attic, orange and the lemon, and delicious
pino-apple, and medicinal tamarind, abound in
those regions whore they aro boat calculated to
promote the health and comfort of man.
Hero too aro produced the rich spices and pow
erful aromatics which ripen only beneath the rays
of a tropic sun; and which afford a -useful and
necessary addition to the simple food oftho natives
of those countries whore they aro found, as well
as a salutary proventwo against the diseases of
the climate.
The fig and olive, the grape and sugar-cane en
rich the warm regions, and vast fields of rico'and
cotton, cultivated with littlo labor, supply the in.
habitants with food and clot Ling.
And in our own temperate zone, the changing
seasons bring to perfection somo of the most ved
noble and useful treasures of the vegetable taco.
Hare early Spring, awaking tho earth from her
wintry slumbers, dresses horin robes of fresh and
tender groon, wreathed with garlands of beautiffil
flowers, on which the eye rests' with more intense
delight from their being the bridal ornaments in
which she welcomes the vernal sun.
Next comp the summer fruits, bursting forth in
thoirjuicy richness, from garden, field and forest,
as the solstitial heat renders their timely refresh
ment a blessing to the parched lip and thirsty
palate. And now the yellow harvest fields ; laden
with various grains, aro ready for the hand of tho
reaper; and when the autumnal frosts have reach
ed the bright green foliage, and changed its rum.
mor hue to gaudy red arid yellow, the later fruits
appear in rich profusion; and the poach and plum
the pear and apple crown the declining year with
bounteous fulness, and furnish for tho coming
winter an important supply of culinary storos.
The intense boat of the sun during the few
summer weeks in the frigid zone, clothes those
dreary climes for a short limo with vegetative
beauty, and leaves a valuable covering of mosses
which defy the attacks of the cold season, and
furnish the chief food of the hardy roindoor,and a
tolerable substitute for broad to the inhabitants.
But if so suporficial a vtow of the wonders con-
tainod in this departmonlof nature excites in us
emotions - 1)f admiration, and calls forth the best
foelinga of tho heart in love and gratitudo to the
adorable Creator, how delightful must bo the son.
Buttons of those to whoso inquiring eye the hand
of science has unlocked tho hidden secrets of the
world of plants and flowers, analysed their inter
nal structure, explained their nature and proper
ties, and taught their regular arrangement and
classification.
Bata Nv!—enchanting science!—Flow much of un
alloyed and stainless pleasure dost thou bestow on
those whc; seek thy flower-woven temple; and,wrapt
in contemplation of the sublime and beautiful in re-
getable life, learn to worship that Goo whose glory
and excellence is dfully ehadoved forth in these low
ly representatives of Divine mercy and goodness.
If •the mind is enlightened by the rays cf this ele
gant science, not a walk in the garden, the meadow
or the forest, will be unproductive of useful and du•
ghtful instruction. The smallest llowret that springs
n our pathovill be replete with interest; the blossoms
or the lield lase their inanimate character, and almost
breathe and speak 11$ we behold then).
Few minds of true sensibility are indifferent to the
eliarius of the floral tribezi. 'rho Lord bieuselr has
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pointed them out to us nibbled)] of our oldie' Jar
tention, and has commanded us to !'consider the linen
of the field, how they grow.". . • ."
Great and good men of alLages have loved their
beauties, and studied their qualities and virtues; sot,.
that daughter, or wife, must be destitnte of the inunte
perception of delicacy and beauty which coustitafiii
one. of the most interesting attributes of the female
character, who delighti not to trait around ber direl.
ling the blended blossoms of the Lily and the Rote.
The liftman Fz:anre.
It is made' for health yid haPpiness„ and when
we look upon a counte'' , tzejo blooming wlth bean-
ty, and observe its expression of quiet enjoyment, -
wo fool that the being who formed it is e , God of r ‘
love. But •we must not forgot, that within that ,
very blooming; cheek, there is contrived an apps.
ratus capable of producing Somothin eve ry d lin
ont from enjoyment. A fibrous not-work spreads
over it,coming out of the trunk, frOm thehrain,ex
tending every where its slender rarnifications,and
,sending a little thread to every point upon the
flee. What is this mechanism for? Its uses are
many, but among its other properties, there is in
it a slumbering power. which may indeed never
be called into action; hut which always exists.and
is always ready, whenever God shall call it forth,
to be the instrument of irremediable and unnttera
bin suffering. Wo admit that in almost every
case it remains Tiarmless arid inoperative; still it
is there, always there, and always ready; and it
is called into action whenever God thinks best.
And it is not merely in the cheek, but throughout
every part of the frame that the apparatus of suf-
faring, lies concealed; and it is an apparatus which
is seldom out of order. Sickness deranges and
weakens the other pot,vors,but it seldom interferes - ,
with this; it romaine always at ite post, In the ---
eye, the oar, the brain, the hand—in every organ 4 . -
1 and every limb, and always ready to do God's bid.
ding.
True affection.
DV RODRRT WALMT. .
It is a perish:tido matter, this human
old Cato was right in comparing it to iron4ifyim:X::
use it, it wears away, if you do not, rnstriffti:o4ll,
destroys it. Men exhaust or consume thomiss*lsof
by action: if they remain listless and Irilictivd : the
suffer more decay than by labour and bustle
a recent Work we hive just remarked the
ing rhapsody, "For lave, thoro is no death, no
figuroniont, no decay; it dwells for over in the
realms of otornal life and bounty. Wa
granted mo, oh! enviable lot! .Might
ing hoart beat over me, when mine con.
ono tear of sorrow fall on my path.'
one trembling band support my to
sloop of death would be softer and .
is the mood of many from time to
`lotions boto eon husband and wife,-
child, alone furnish the' truly. loving :,
this what Individual at all cultivritoir and r•
or
or woll constituted in general. does not yearn
is a want of our naturo,and there is an Wane,
for it, which in •ot a fow instancos, become.
stronger in the autumn of our existence. In the
summer of our days we cannot do without mutual • -
and cloim affection, resulting from sympathise of
tho purest and most estimable description.. Those
of more friendship or. consanguinity, are not.
onough,for
onough,for even tho most religious eipirit: • • •
The Late Faehion:
It has boon adoptod by the oxclusives of New
York, that 4 o'clock in the morning bo the rash.
ionablo hour for performing the marriage,care.
mony. We hoard of a couple in high, iiNc,4 t :
wore lately unitod at this hour, and by_do;_,,,,,?
were on their way to the western cenntryi,''y,
onrly start, wo should say, for the marriage:
and Michigan.-4V. Y. Times.
This is nothing now; at all. Those morning;
weddings aro all the rage horn in Buffalo. They
generally happen about 4 or 5 o'clock in 0 . 6 morn.
ing, the customary "notice" (accompamod,&c)
sent to the oditors; the parties take ono of the '
morning steamboats at 9 o'clock, and bofore the
evening papers aro out containing tho 'notice,"
they are half way to Detroit; a tbw days after
they may bo soon "settled for life," in some newly.
erected "cottage near a wood," in the state of
Michigan and—conjugal felicity.—Buffalo C. A.
The private Treasuries of the Sovereigns or
Europe.
From an article in the Monism, wo obtain the
following curious particulars:
Russia—The Czars have a treasure begun by
Elizabeth, accumulated with rich objects of mas.
"sive gold, rudely chased, and precious stones from
the diadems of Europo,that their power has struck
out of the catalogue of potentates.
Prussia—The Ring has 400 million of francs
—groat part disgorged by France after her sub.
jugation to the Holy Alliance.
Austria—The Emperor has not opened it for
10 years but to add to it. From the Mines of Hun
gary alone, which is his property, ho has gold
which would coin 12 million of ducats and which
novor goos into circulation.
Holland—The Dutch King is a second Crossus
—his treasure has boon roplonishod by- all tho
provinces which ho has lost or preserved.
Saxony—This monarch has more jewelry than
money.
ltfecklenburg, Denmark, Sweden. and Bavaria
—Tiles° potontatos aro poor, and scarcely can
mall° both onds moot.
Franco—Loins Phillippe--szeossively 60- by
.. .;f
his Palais Royal scats, loft to his ancestor by Car.
dinal Richelieu.
Spain and Portugal—Prodigal in diarnondlost:
pcciully Portugal, ,
"Turin. Rome, Naples, and Lacea--pnov.
Florence—rich to tho amount of2oo million.,:.
With all their wealth, the -lowish Bapier• iris • .
their solo reliance—Baron Haber sustains
Carlos, and Donna Ainria writes to Rata•
"Sand me on my diamonds if you wish asO' , 401 .
reign.,,
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