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VOL IVNUMBEM. i-
ASIIEVILLE, A'ciOVEMBIiR 10, 1843.'
WHOLEJVUMBER 170.
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BYilcKEE & ATKIN.
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Order. Will be durjfed twenty-fiveper cent extra,
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For the Highland wwwengo.
The Fall of IVlasara.
"AH (I' picurciyou may see, all the doacrip
iinn. vou mav i cad. of lliene miehty Falla, can
oaly produce in your mind tho faint glimmer of
tbe gloiv-worm, eomparro wnu ure uyorjuwwitijs
jjory or the meridian aun : auuuumi.
Amonff the many natural curiosities
which are presented to the traveller in A me
' rica, for his ndmirntion,the Fullaof Ninirn
rs are certtViuIy the liipst interustingi The
power of Iunguage c;nn give but a very faint
una innaequaiG iuou 01 uigir uijiosiug ruiiu-
cur and sublimity, lhey era. celebrated
throughout tho civilized world,. ''ie
grandest find most sublimo vifcrtncle to be
luund in nntural scenery, enu nre, unqus.
"lionablyj ihe finest jntj, most attractive wa.
terfalls in the known ' world. Here the
lover of natures-he whS looks with the eye
of an enthusiast .upon lun'snWime- and' tiic j
bMutifiil."ns it camo from the hands ot the
Creator can apend mnoy an houryf plea,
wre in watching the Niagara, as it Cuijies
nwhing ami Jhunil:.ring down ttie steep
precipice, sending fortrPlts rainbows of
lught spray ,.inJukeruiiy4bMhe- rmiti
ay is pn88ed-6ver, tid tliat its waters may
aflfrwards roll on in cwnparative peace
tad quiet, f
It was on a benuuful nod plensunt eve
aing in the fall of 1841, thi.t I visited tliis
rcltbrsted place.' The delipfitlnl, the Inxl
arious Indian summer had jiist reached its
meridian. The jjright rajs of the ifcclin.
ingsun fulling upfm tlie surface of the roll,
iruj waters, sparkled in respleiiflfitnt mag
nificence. clot. line hilt and dale in Vclon
om rob of p'oldon liizhL Not a sottnd
cameunon the air, save tho deep lifjllo
tliitoder of the catarocts,. mingled with flio
mr of the long nnd angry rapids. The
crystal waters of the majestic Niagara, a
chnvt lidiiHrt l..lnur ih fitll ritllcn tin in
null UlVVnil-V Ul.lun '. ''", . " ...
tltat grandeur, uninterrupted, save by the
lsnge ol the Jerry-uoat or some pleasure
bark, that moved dttlighlfullrtipo'n its pol?
. .1 t l l . . . T ........ nnnnn n
upeclacle of real splendor. . The forest had
... L a . J : ' nt1n. nnriranno
wiuib nua U w 1 1 d.ji i ik, r
aificent draperyThe fields, shorn of their
nl. !iut A itkoui n it in ll most fliaiT.
harvest treasures, lay like golden laceieqis
m ma mellow suhseni. . mo no(im; nig-,
lands, like ciant warriors, threw their sul-.
ten-shadows far out upon the bosom 'of trie
i...,:?..! NT: AuM .n lumnnivlinU-
.mi uunutu, it, ,uo' wti j ,
isoniuiien rainuuw m uio mnuuitiuun.
inl r.r nnmnrtl'i n nrlf
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.'VW OCR a IIIC IXCCHJO K1.uui )(uliv .oav...,
That checr'd them with its warbling all the day,
That pours its aparkling wealth upon their Way."
Old Sol hnd just sunk to his burning bed
L- i .' J i : I it,.. Aral
'ninn hA wkiprn nnri7.nn. uuu itiu mi
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uptain,tree and sDruo.nin ana,uuie,
and rivulet, all commingled in one
tv tiiiinnea iAn( nrintr 11 i Nt:t i u ui in
lof nrimitivo innocence, ere sin was
beautiful, a nicturcsquo scene was pre-
Med t6 the View-Of the admirer of natu.
cencry.- It was a scene well calculated
call forth the poet's brilliant conception :
Britfarrhqfea man, with gouTeo acud,
Who never to himself liath uid,
This is my mi)-, myi native land ?"
Early next 'morninc, ns daylight came
Hwig o'er the eastern horizon, I was up,
hiring to enjoy a magnificent prospect.
'Wropiioy with n gentleman; who wj
fll (fcoiininipfl with' the DlaceVl repaired
'he Falls, and by six o'clock we were
pandiitB.i, nnn ik, TnMn Rock. - We stood
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ome minutes in muto delight gazing
ibemacnificent scene beneath us. Save
ratnng of tho cataract, every mmg was
I end nni mi d(.ih. The scene was
r" calculated to impress one with awe-
pur eyes wander from ono point ot view
"Bother, never tiring wth its beauty, its
less and its vaslness ; and if vou do
flclaim with the Mussulman, "'God is
rl!" you must feel it through eve-ry
frt cvcry-ipuisntion onne near:.
'AM mnat have neWC Ol iron unu sinews
toss, to maintain his equilibrium in view
"eh obscene." -
Toe falls orrsiftiated in "that part of tle
f" Su Lawrence which flows between
tin Ann nmnrio?. but it is called
'rartve'trTnasue from the north
d of Lake ErMorms the boundary
e the United Statca and Upper tan-
Mid. falls into Lake Ontario. It is
be a remakahle fuel that it is subject
Roods is never swollen at one sea
i the vear. nor shriiuk at another.
nRth is thirtv.six miles, and varies
n) half a mile to a leaeua irt breadth.
Wand, which stands near the centre
Mream, divides the river into two
p0, which issue in the.two great falls
the Horse.slioe and tlio American. Bo.
fore reaching this, the traveller will observe
at a distance the agitate billows, tuuh tho
white crested breakers, and at length oh.
tain a full view of tho rapid, nearly a mile
in length; ' The precipitous end of Goat
Island suppports a scanty covering of earth,
and is rowded to the odgo with pines.
The most stupendous of the fulls is that
on the Canadian side, known as the Horse,,
shoe fall, from its bonring sprne rosem
blance to the form of a horsg-shoe. From
tho ccntrd of this fall rises a prodigious
cloud of mist, which some -say can be seen
at the distance af fifty miles. The Amc.
rican fall is a most beautiful sheet' of water,
although-it cannot, bo compared to. the
Horse-shoe fallin sublimity, tt is said to
bo about twenty feet higher than the Horse,
shoe, vhicli is owing, probably, to its
rocky bed being composed ofThardcr ma
lerial, or. to the .greater weighty of water
coming down theCanndian side and wear,
ing away tho channel more rapidly. It
doe not full into a gulf or caldron as tho
other .doea, but among huge rocks, where
it dashes itself into an oceanof foum, and
then ruhes on with tremendous velocity
until it joins its former companion.
The Table Rock affords the spectator!
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a. Compieie.'.view Ol liie iiorne.suuu iuiij
commanding at th aarne time the--whole
of the furious rapid above, from the first
turrfultuo'us toll of the waves, down through
its foaming course, till it subsides at Ihe
rniddlpof the curve into momentary smooth,
hess, and then dashes down ipto the abyss
far below. Here, also, , is given a more
appalling impression of the awTuI sublimi.
ty of the soene, os the view from tho edge
of the rock is cortninly without a jinrallel,
when lookindowh into the deep abyss, ,
V WliEratiui tmrtstcmtf "mortattias never trod."
At one lime the Tuble Itoek extended
some fifty feet beyond tho clitl? thal'supV
port It, OJl IIS prcvilll Jirujeuwuu la uui av
great. In 18 IB a Hugo mass ol tins rocK.,
oii'which visiter Had forniei lyetood with
careless security, fell with tremendous
noise.'1
On cither side oY the falls is a staircase
by which the most nervous and timid pcr
aons iiiay descent) to tha boHom"bf tho lulls
whit ease and safetyf where they can ade.
qutilely appreciate tlic vasUiess oj the foam
ing caleiaets, their tremeudous sound, the
Yrror of the impending precipice, and the
boilinff 'of the mighty flood.
TlicXuantity oLwater that tumbles down
the precfpkja js. estimated at one hundred
mHliiins of tW-er fiour, - From this fact
it might be thcrogWllint tho current 6uld
be impassable for onml! boat.several miles
below tho tails, mcreavqie os may seem,
the surface is sufljcientlyXanquil to allow
h..nt to nass across th streihn with ease,
minediulely below tnis immensa r.usu oi
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waters. Ana, l om iniormeo, uinyuuuia
often advance to the very base oTtne iuiis.
After leaving the Table liock, we pro-
ceeded down the l iver nearly nail a nine,
where we camo to a small chasm in ttie
Uink, in which 'there is a spiral staircase
enclosed'in a wooden building.' We de.
scend.-d this ,stnirj which is seventy or
eighty feet perpendicular height, and tound
ourselves in a short time, under tho pre-
mice on the toporwhicu we had tormeny
walked, a nigu uui Biupmj; uii
from the base ol this preci)ico to me coge
of the river, nnd on the summit ot tins doiik
iere is a narrow, slippery pain, cover
with angular fragments ot. rocg, which
leads to the great foil. , " The i impending
HfTs. says a celebrulea writer, in ins ue.
. '. J.. . i .1. .ri.nm
scription, " nung wuu u piuiusiuu ui invo
and brushwood, oyerarch this road, nnd
seem to vibrate with the thunders of the
cataract. 4n some places they rise ab.
ruptlv to the height ol one hundred teei,
anJ display upon t-ir surfaces fossil shells
and the organic remains oi a iinui;r wu. .u ,
thus sublimely leading the mind to content.
plate the convulsions wnicn nature nes uu-
derconc since the creation. as wo u-
vanced, wo were ingiuiuiiy siuiuitu vj
orrpaiitng noise or tliejCnTaTacrrancrciouufi
ol sprav sonictimes cnvenipi u uj(uu
nlv checked our initeriug su-p.
scrambling over piles ol Hugo rocK umi
obstructed our way, we at length gained
the bottom of the fall, where the- soul can
be susceptible only of one emotion that
of fear. Hero we spent n snort umc in
nn,inrf at this sn endid sccfie. It was pain.
ful tolook upon the.fulls, and watch with
u.hof a Hnf-n n unce Willi wnni lrresisuun?
ihh tvntrra dash down, and theft roll-
.iMirniivn t-rannui litv - As we
stood near the? falls looking at their wild
cafeeTr4istening to their, roaring as it in
anger, and watching the madness of their
speed, 1 lelt a sensaiioiiwot "Ur-.'
ward acknowledgme
" . I . t I . ...a ?r r rc a ,i l ill1
jvi n wnit f even o ciutu 1
"Vr '-v. i . ti.n r.lirtc hMu-prn the
river in .a icrr y-.ui v
Canada and American snores, BjH.ub uC
,.a, iho fnlls. where the river is very iron
nnil. fin mac iiner the mionio oi ine rivtr,
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our attentions werfcV cpgngeu vy iyv y
passing grandeur of trie scene. Within an
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area ot a semi-circie ,oi caiurJti, iniv
than threes-thousand feet in extent, and
(l.mii-d on the surface ofaculf, rn"ing
fathomless and interminable, majestic ciifls,
splendid rainWr-As; lofty trees, and columns
of spray were the gorgeous decnrtionsif
triis" lheutre of wonders while a drizzling
t .1 r..1nvt nl.trtfia unnn pvorv nn rt
sun sneu rciuigtui jiui?." -r-j
uf the scene. Here a' rainbow isperpet
ually seen, forming itself upon the mist
nnd for arising from the violent dashmg of
the waters and, as Byron aung of the
Cataract of Yelino, in IU, v:, .
ii. " On the verge, 4
From aide to aide beneath the glittering morn,
An Iria milm amid lliA infernal aitrm.
- - ..ov.im & . .
Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn. -J
I la steady dyes, while all around jsjornj,
By tho distracted waters, bears serene -Its
brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn :
Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, .
Love watching Madness with anuttci able mein."
" Surrounded with clouds of vapor.
said a gentleman who viewed the falla from"
this advantageous situation, " and stunned
into a state of confusion and terror by the
hideous noise, tho traveller looks upward
to the height of ono hundred and fifty feet,
where are vast floods, denser. awful, and
stupendous,' vehemently bursting over the
precipice, and rolling down as, if the win.
dowsof he6ven were opened to pour an
other deluge upon the earth. Loud sounds,
resembling discharges of artillery or vol
canic explosions', are distinguishable amid
the watery tumult, and adding" terror to
the abyss from which they issued." The
sun looked majestically through the ascend
ing spray, and was encircled wiili a radi.
am halo; while fragments of rainbows
floated on every side, and momentarily
vanished only to give place to a succession
o fibers more brilliant. Below the falls
iho j-iver-is calm and tranquil, rolling on
magnificently between the towering cliffs
(hat rise on eillrer side, and raccivihg show,
crs of orient dew'-drops from" the trees that
gracefully over-orch its trnnsparenfbosom.
It issiipposed by many that the falls were
at one time considerably lower down the
river than they are at present. This they
say, can be proved by reason and observa.
lion: It is" said to bo a known fact that the
falls of Niagara have undergone numerous
changes, both in form and position, during
the short (ime they have oeen under ine
TjrjsTmTOrrcTWlllzed nw
and soft moteriat on which' the limestone
-rock rests, and the destructive, actton Of
the water upon it, is probably the cause of
the retrogrude movement, i'lie water also
penetrating the crevices bctweenthe strata
of limestone,, detaches them from cacti
other and disposes" them 1o fall. l5ome
think the fulls were originally as low down
the river as Queonstown, seyen miles dis
tunt. " That their site-wis-once at this
place," says adistinguished writer, "seems
highly probable from several circumstances.
The precipices which form the two ajjdes of
the river, have a close resemblance to each
other in form and outline,' and the eleva
tions of their respective strata exactly1 cor
respond. The clitfa in many places bear
disticcf marks of the agency of water, six-.
ty or Marantjr foot aBoo..preciii. levej
of the river, t It may perhaps be said that
this deep chasm or channel, through, which
the river runs on its descent, was a rent
made bv on earthquake. This supposi
lion would avail if the strata were deranged,
but tho reverse is the fact. Ihe strata on
each side are parallel and on the same level,
nd bear evident morRs ot ttie action oi
some powerful instrument having cut thro'
tliem.uia perpenaieuiaruireeuoH uu mm
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instrument ..was water. Ihe wall-like np-
peSrance'of the rocks an each side of the
river is precisely the sanle at the falls as at
the commencement of the chasm at Queens
town."" If this supposition of iho retrograde
mnvftment of the talis be truerand most of
the oldest citizens agree in their statements
rcsncclins the alteration which has taken
place in the shape, of tho Horse-shoe fall
within their recollection, the disintegration
of the rocks will doubtless continue until
the falls reach Lake Erie, a distance of
twenty miles, provided the present causes
continue to operate. In the- course oi a
few centuries then, it it De auowaom even
to speculate upon such an event, Goat Is
land, which now separates the falls, by the
wearing away of the rocks, will be precipi
tated into the midst of the falling flood a
collosal pillar carved by the resistless hand
of Nature, and a splendid and astonishing
monument, from which posterity, oy turn.
ng to the rccoTds ot the .present uay, may
learn what Droeress the tails trove maue
towards Lk4eitlitn--eeiHam period
of time.
A story is related here of a very singu.
lar persori who made himseii a reciuse,
that he might live .upon Iris Island, and
constantly enjoy the beauties of the sur.
rounding scenery. I no story ruiissmus ;
In June 1829. a welt dressed gentleman
came to tho village of Niagara on foot.
He was apparently a young Wan, and was
an entire stranger to the inhabitants of the
place. His baggage consisted only of a
flute, a porttolioj ana a dook oi bouio
i first he toOk-JfbVincs at a'smtrll tavern
onffio American side 4)f"the-rtver, but af.
terward, removed to a cottage a short dis.
hlow tho Horse-shoe fah- Ho be-
came gradually very secluded in his habila
nnd manners, and finaUv withdrew almost
entirely from intercourse With society.
LIo conversed enoi'gn.nowever, ,?"
those who" visTtViThim, to show that he
possessed nn accomplished' mind, and
had been accustomed to move in good so.
citty. He used several .of the modern
languages with fluency and grace j was
Icarued in the profounder principles of
science and the arts ; sketched and painted
accurdcTTnasle; ami periormca
with on unusual degree of skill on various
rtinsicul instruments, "lie was a great ao
mirer of the sublimo and jhobeuulin
natural' scenery. andssesscTun ardent
i...,o r.,r irnv. llinff. which he indulged to a
great extent, having travelled over a large
5: r K.irriirnndoilier parts of the
" TheVe were times wben he would hold
no ccriwaunicatloii-rwith mcn exce b
means of a slate ; at such times lie would
let his beard grow out withou shaving, for
several months together; he nvuld go willf
his head uncovered, and his body clothed
only in 1 coarae woollen blanket, and would
seek the deepest solitude f- an"orteiPat
midnight he was seen bathing in a small
eddy just above the Horse-shoe fall, or
hanging by his hands "and feet on a piece;,
of timber; which projected from the Tera.
fin bridgo somo distance over the,"tpjrrent.
n the most tempestuous times he would
pass quickly over the most dangerous pla
ces in the vicinity of the falls, without any
apprehension or danger. .His whole con
duct was very singular indeed," and could
wtno tutiioi une, i03i.ne wesson-
served by the ferryman who plies below
the falls, bathing in" a favorite resort. This
was the last time and place he was seen,
Mis clothes were found near the water,
where he had left them, and a few days
after that his body was taken from the
river below Fort Niagara. Whon nn ex-
amination was made in his cottage,. his
dog, who had so often accompanied him in
his secluded rarnblcSj was found faithfully
guatdipg ihesdoor, his . cat was quietly
mewing on the bed, -and his flute, guitar,
violin, and music' books were carelessly
thrown about the room, but not a line or
scrap of paper of any kind could be found
Which gave any inlormalion with respect to
rliis history or name. ,-
It' has since been ascertained that he
called himself Francis Abbot ; that lie was
from England, and'that ho sprung from a
very respectable Quaker family, who re-
side in the neighborhood of Plymouth.
1 he reasons which induced him to separate
from society to leave his home and his
ir.J ;l0TiseTcounrry, have ncventanspircaT Whether
his intellect was deranged- whether he hna
become disgusted with tho ways of civiliza
tion whether he had. sullored a grievous
disappointment in" love, or what-was in
reality the cause, will doubtless lcmaii'i
forever unknowH"."Tt give 'tho. incident ft
knmnmiP mm m Rnnnnm thnt he was dis.inal dust. In the sprin.! time ot yomn ne
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nnpoin
n Uitn nnH iu thoHnli.n U) iAUIKI I
by many, especially Jho young. .. pe it as
it may, the deep and corroding melancholy
which preyed upon tho vital energies of his
soul, done its work of -destruction, and he
now rests fromjhe.suflrerings and iaresof
this unfriendly world within tho portals of
the tomb,"where trouble is banished for
ever, and the care..vorn rest in undisturbed
peace and security, unconscious of the tur
moils and vexatious scenes of dull morlali.
tyr-"""-' "O; RTB."
CaitU If ill, Tenn., April 18-13.
From the New York Sunday Mercilry.
Short I'alent Sermow.
M': BY DOW, JR.
I have selected the following as a
text
for this occasion,
- The autumnal leaves now falling fast,
To all this warning give :
Prepare to die, ye sons of earth,
- Yc slull not alwuys live.
My Hearers: I fear that too many of
you flutter yourselves with the idea that
yoo are to live to a great and good old age,
and thendio in the piety-bought hope of a
happy hereafter ; uiid 1 know that sortie of
you appear to live as though you were pe
rennial plants of mortality, never, to be
transplanted tojbe soil of somo unknown
island in the vast ocean pf, eternity. But
erring friends, deceivo not yourselves.
The evidencoVof decay is exhibited upon
every caflihly lihject around ytfu ; change,
wondrous change, is daily taking place in
the world, and all things animate are
steadily progressing towards one common
tomb. Could we but see at a glance what
multitudes of us insignificant, insocts that
crawl along life's narrow' pathway, are
hourly being crushed beneath tho big boots
ot time, wc should shake in our shoes,
through fear least wo be the next victims H
but being bjtnd, as wc are to danger, we
canter fearlessly along our career till we
foci the dartrof dcatlric1rrnginT0Tir"l.r
zards, when we straighten out like a dying
frog and give a gasp and galvauic quiver,
theu yield our souls to God, the giver, aud
our bodies to gravewormsyCoe dissection.
My friends tlienuwimu leaves Jhat now
fall around you waj-n you, with speechless
eloquence, to prepare for death. .They
seerrf to-say that every fair object of eirtfc
must fade and fall that tho wreath of
beauty must be stripped of its blossoms
the laurels that bind the brow of fame
must witherand that tho proud noble,
majestic form of man must soon bo laid to
moulder in the'dark dreary sepulchre. : The
glories of the year are passing away, and
so also are the,gleuf:s of tho world-The
day is hot fnr distant when time will bring
an autumnal rrost upon ine wnoie univorse..
The stars will cease to bloom In heaven's
vast field ; lhey will fall like leaves before
the wind, and mingling with tho common
rubbish of chaos they will doubtless look
like broken bits of diamonds, glittering
among the worthless refuse of creation.
The sun will appear like a rusty shield up
on a field of blood and carnage the moon
will melt and drop into the ashes ef annihi
lation, like'a piece of. toasted cheese ; the
earth will shake itself like a spaniel just
emerging from tbo waters, and scatter all
its vermin upon tho torders-of eternity.
lylTearers this generation wTiniavc
nassed nwav ere that awful crisis shall oc
cur. and vou will all escape its attending
terrors-j-tievcrtheleas.you are doomed lo
die, and tho sooner you begin to think and
-make the. necessary preparations, ine oe
i it will he for vou. Now is, the season
of the year to be orious jind thoughtful.
You, whose hearts pave grown liardcMn
iniquity than a ball cf jputiy in the sun, and
you in whose heads a couploof worldly and
wicked ideas are continually rattling, tike a
gravel in a gourd shell, may go on your
reckless career, tll you una yourselves ir
rcvocabfy lost in the labyrinth of destruc
uan and the devil may netp you, tor i
cant. ' . '
. But to the wise, the prudent , and the vir.
tiious, I would say, do Walk in the tyoodsat
this sweet Sabbalh of the year and worship
in the socred,4emple of nature. All is sol.
eratrand silentt All there is caltn and still.
The birdshave ceased their summer ca
rollingsthe chijjkeroo shell- his nuts in
quiclnsss po sound is heard ,,savo wheo
the light fingers of tfio breeze art feoling
about among too rustling leaves and the
warm light that shed a golden lustre along
the landscape has as religious a hue as sun.,
shine through the stained .window, of a
church. Yes, go , kneel at the death-bed
of Flora, or sit at the sick couch Of vego.
tntion, nnd moditaje likejahungry , horse,
upon human frailty and the shortness and
uncertaipty of lifavThe flwwers.all faded
and gone, show bo quick1y youth casts its
bloom never to bHoom again; and the do.
coy ing' verdure oF. the trees proclaims lo
man thof the' season of , maturity must
shortly give place to the "autumn of ago and
desrepitude, and that, tho cold cheerless
winter of existence Is'nigh at band.
My worthy friends aud ' fellow-citizoni!
when you spe how each tender plant is
drooping nnd tho leave are dropping ono
by one to the ground, you have a picture
before yorf respecting the constant egress
of vour friends and kindred from this world
of wickedness and wojnd JpoughL J
"aft means, to put yourselves in readiness to
deuart when death shall knock af the lioor
of vour hearts, and demand a release of
tho sOul fi- Vm its prison of clay. What is
man but a vreelable that Springs trom the
dust, buds,. blossoms, ripens und sows its
seed, and then" amalgamates with its ongi
PS I. ,T1. . ..l. ..;..n nAdV n Vtum
nnliriSllHH 1 1KB U B1IUUDII TIIJv llvui u
yard in the summer o! manhood ho ex
hibits both fruit and flowers in the autumn
of aire he withers and decays and then
the winter of death hides him forever fromj
tho world- 1 "
My dear liearers learn' your destinies
from the (ailing leaves: Young maidens !
allowing you three score and tcri yoars to
enjoy yourselves paintullyftt best upoiiiuo
AlmiHhtv's footstoOL It will be but td-mor.
row ero your 'raven "liair-is as grey as V
woodchuck. Ah ! soon those sparkling
eves will loso their lustra in the dim ove
nine twilight of existence. Time will kiss
every, particle of paint from your checks
the roses will fade in the wreath of loveli.
ness, and you will bo no more an object of
attraction than a dried mullen. slam in a
sheep pasture. " Decorate, then, the mind
with tho garlands of wisdom, in order thut
you may be thought beautiful, -uvuh wheii
n; nens naD o noriiou su;u imvu i,-i:miiw
bliiihtcd and withered by tho frosts of ugi
I have no doubf but the' old and young, of
both sexes, are profited by'thc lessons they
receivo from the.Iiarinonious but wondorlui
operations "of nature; but ns fpje attempting
to set them seriously thinking upon the pre
carious situations in which lhey nro placed
bv the aid of my potent preaching, I sup.
pose 1 might as well undoriaKo to.rwiu to-
wash the sky in order to render uie.evc-
nint's liuht und ideasanWin the absence of
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a moou. . .
My hearers all that I wish is, tlmt'you
may live in such a manner that your lust
days may bo as mild and glorious ns those
of autumn; and that when you deport, you
muv bid adieu to tho world with hope in
i'our hearts aud a smile upon your lips, bo
moto it be!
Saturday Niglit.
How. many associations, sweet and hal
lowed, crolaroj)nd I thn short sentence.
,rSalu7duy night." It is, iuieeabut tlie
prelude to more pure, more holy, mere
heavenly associations, which tnoiireairsme
nnd thankful sou haila wiin new. ana re.
newed joy at each succeeding return. .
'Tis, then the din of busy life ceases
that cares and anxieties are forgotten j that
the worn-out framo seeks its needed repose,1
and Ifep mind its relaxation from .earth and;
its concerns with joy looking to the com
ing day of rest so wisely an beneficently
sotaparfTor man's peace and happiness by
the Creator.
The tired luborqr sieke now his own
neat cottage, to whfch he has oeen a stran
ger perhaps thd p?st week, where a loving
Wifa and smiUttgfcbydreft-HfHecl him with
smiles and caresses.
Here be realizes thc'blisj of hard, earn
ed comforts; and, at this timer perhaps,
more thnnony other, Uio-JioppiacMS o. uo
mtslic life and its sttendant blessings.
Released from the distracting cares ol
the week, the professional man gladly ho
holds the return of " Saturday night," and
os gladly scuks.in theclustering vines nour
ished by his parental rare, the reality of
those joys which are only his to know at
these peculiar, season? and tindcr.these.con
gcnial circumstances so faithfully arid vi
vidly evidenced by this periodical acme of
jijnyh.titnn(l repose. -
The lone widow, too, who has toiled on
day after day to support her liukcharge
how gratefully does she resign her-cares at
the roturnof " Saturday night," and tlj ink
her God for these kind resting p.accs in
tho way of life, by which she is eiicoiiiaged
from week to week to. hold on her way.
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lint on whoso ear does the sound of "Sat.
urduy night" striko more pleassmly than
the devoted Christian? Here he looks
amid the blessings showered upon him, and.
thanks God with humblo reverence for
f their continuance. ,' , .
; His wailing soul looks forwa.d to that
mopu, when, sweetly smiling, the. great
Redeemer shall burst death's portals and
complete man's redemption. His willing
soul expands at the thought of waiting nn
God in tho sanctuary on the coming day
and gladly forgets tho narrowf bounds of
time nnd itsfeoncerns, save 'spiritual, that
he may feast ori joys evor'new, ever beau
tiful, ever glorious, ever sufficient to sntinto
Iho jpy .fraught soul tlinf seeks his "id. It
leads him ,tq ha larmT of protection, and
rationally points, out the way to joys', on
higli an endless Sabbath a perpetual rest
for.the vigilant, tho" watchful, the thankful.
A BEAUTIFUL "THOUGHT. Ifowfc'.W mSll
seem to mo lormcd a concrption ot tho
original dignity of thcis nature, or the ex
alted design pf their creation, regarding
themselves as only tho creatures ui time,
endowed merely with tho animal passion,
and intellectual faculties:' their probers,
aims and expectations, are circumscribed
by the narrow ouilno of human life. They
forjjet that instnbi!$V and di'cay are written
asvilh a sun. beam, npoh. all earthly objects
thut'tnis world, with all its pageantry nnda
pomp and power, is crumbling to tho dust
ihat the present life is scarcely deserving of
a thought, excepting as It forms the inlro
ducliontfcHthother, and that he alone acts a ,
prudent or rational part, who frames. his'
plans with a direct reference to that future
nnd endless stntc of being. 81. has st. ,
hlhldetf --t-lie-tHidtrrs I afiding--rrrrtKlTrrrtr.,d---i
the will, and debased "the alfoctioflS, that
men never fail to invest some temporal good -with
funded perfection, and idly imagine
that the ' attainment of it would s.itisfy
the di sires and fill ihe capacities of the. .
immortal spirit. Vain thought! How
little they know of themselves'! The soul is
not of earth, trtul they will strive. in vain to
chuin it to the ""dust. Though its nativo
strength has been impaired, and its purity
tarnished, and its 'glory changed,' it will
not. always bo a prisoner here. Send it'
forth as you will to. range the v"hole mate.
rrorumverse; and hKe the eve dismissed
com the nrk, it wiLreturn without, finding
t ilonld jlace,t6 tcst-,rf6r it has no resting
' The degrading habit or flrBuifl; It
is not easy to perceivd what honor or'credit
is c'oriniicled with, swearing. Dues any
man receive promotion because he is a
notablu-blusterer? OrUoes any man ad
vnnce. tQ dignity because ho is expert at
profunefcwoaring ? ,. No ! lw must bu tho
chnr.ielor which such impertinence will not
degrade. Inexcusable., therefore, niust. bo
the practice which has neither reason nor
passion to support it. The drunkard has
his clips; the lcecher, his mistress; tho
satirist, his revcnifo"; the ambitious man,
his preferments ; the miser, his gold ; but
iho common swearer has nothing ; he is a
fool ut large ; sells his soul for nought, and
drudges continually in the scrmnif the devil
gretin. Swearing is void of all plen. It is
not the unlive offspring 'of -the soul, norm,
terwoveii with the texture of the body, nor
any how allied to our frame, for, as n great
man (Tillotson) expresses it, though somo
men pour'out onrtis as if "irSv-1 'hiimraf, yet
no man was ever horn uf a swearing consti
tution.' Hut it Is a cus!oir,;i low, paltry
custom picked up by low and paltry spirits,
who have no seuiu of honor J no regard to
dcccnc-v, but arc forced lo substitute somo
rhapsody of nonsense jo supply the vacancy
of -;ood sense. Hence the silliness of those
that adopt it. Dr. Lmmmt
Why is there no fkost.ix A.H.ocuif
night ! The remark' is; frequently1 made,
that " there will he uo frost to-.njghtJojrjL
Is too cloudy." A correspondent thus ei.
plains this phenomenon, so familiar to all,
Cut the why and wherefore of which fey
have taken tho trouble to ascertain j
AH bodies emit heart in proporliouuisthey
contain it ; two bodies of "equal tempera,
ture placed besidebach other will mutually
give-ftnd.rccuivoual quantities of heat,
therefore one will nor gain of tho other.
But a piece of ice placed in a wurtu.room,
wil receive much, more heat from the sur
rounding objects than it . imports it will
therefore gain in temperature und melt.
The earth during tho night receives' much
more heat from ihe bun than it imparls to
the surrounding space in the suine time.
But durum a clear ulsilillhexlaceoiahe
earth is coiisTaotly purling with its hcut and
ruceiying none ; the consequence is, that it
becomes so cold lhal tlut humidity contained
huhs surrounding otic become coiulcnsed.. ;
and attuclres itself toothings iir the form of
dew, in the same muuner that a tumbler or
a pitcher containing eo!d water " swciUs, '
as it is called, in a hot day the. surface is
couteefby the water, and tlas surface con-
denses thoJTumidity of tho conliVuous air.
If ll surface ol- tiio eurlh, nfifc-r, tlie forma,
tion of dew loses heat enough to brifg it
to tlio freezing point, the dew bj.comes
frozen ajid we have frost. Bt if it bo
cloudy, ihii rim heat, ladialini; l'rorqlho
i;arlh. will bo received by the clouds, and'
by th'tm the giuater portion of -it it 'will be
returned to iho earth, thus the surface of
the earth very nearly returns jts-Uinipera.
lure, which not only prevents a' frost, but
almost always prevents tho .formation of
dow BvfahCpmmeraaf,..--
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