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THE NOfltTMy CAHIOILUMIIAN IP Q J2 is aB Spells of Home. BY MRS. I1EMAK5. By the Foft grcon Iiht in the woody glade, On the bnnks of moss where thy childhood play'd, By tho household tree through which thine eye First looked in love to the summer fky, By the dewy gleam, by the very breath Oftho primrose Juifs in the grass .beneath, Upon thn heart there is laid a sjc!l. Holy and preciom oh! guard it wtl ! By the sleepy ripple of the strcnm, Which has luM-d thee into many a dream; By the shiver of the icy leaves To the wind of mom at thy raiment raves To the bees' dep murmur in the limes By the music of the Sabbath chimes By every sound of thy native shade Stronger and dearer the spell is made . ' . By the gathering round the winter hi arth, "Whose twilight called into household mirth, 13y the fairy ta.!e, or the legend old, In that ring of hnppy (aces told ; By the quiet hour, when hearts unite In the parting prayer, ond the kind "good night !,' By tiia smiling eye, and the loving lone, Over thy lift; has the FpeN been thrown. And bless that gill ! it hath genth; might, A guardian power, and a guiding light ; It hath led the freeman forth to stand In the mountain battles of his land; It hath brought the wanderer u'er the seas, To lic on the hills of his own fresh breeze; And back to the gates of his father's hall, It hath led the weeping prodigal. Yes ! when the heart in its pride would stray from the pure first-loves of its youth away ; When the sullying breath of the world would come 0' r the flowers it brought frum its childhood's home ; Think then again of the woody glade, And the sound by the rustling ivy made, Think of the tree at thy father's door, And the kindly spc!i shall have power once more. ; From the Alexandria Index. To the Kcltc. There is a sonl-iuspiring light Within thine eye of love, A star amid the s-tdly night That glances from above Then melts within the balmy air As if thy heart's true love were there. There is on thy fair check a rose Of ever radiant hue, That changes yet still lovelier glows With tints forever new ; And see thy snow-wh:te maiden brow Is wearing love's coronal now. Thy smile, it is a beauteous beam, Kight eloquent and bland; A grrmpse of love a midnight dream Ot the bright lairy land There is a spell in its mild ray CluriniiiPjjK eoul fitn earlb uwny. 'I will if give O vnuhalf a ffill and some cold victuals, it you J ... . a 1 .1 it will go into tlie back yard ana cm mu three armfuls of wood, and bring it iuto the kilchen,here tho scrvaiit3 want to make a good lire to dry the gentlemen's great coats when they come, and after you get your vic tuals, I shall waul you to go away.' He drank his brandy, went into the woodyard, and soon cut nnd laid by the kitchen fire, the required quantity of wood. The landlady placed a cold luncheon before him, remarking that there it was. 'And it is almost as cold as myself,' says he, 'but not half so wet, nor neither tea nor coffee - to wet it.' 'Beggars must not be choosers,' said she. 'I am not be?" ir of you, madam,' said he, 'but have paid" the full pi ice demanded.' 'I told you' said she. 'I would give you cold victuals, and there is cold boiled bam, cold pork and beef, I'll be off in the course of two or three days.' The girl returned and faithfully rehearsed the message, aud added that she believed the old fellow was druukj or he would not have said, 'as soou as my business is done 1 11 be ofTju two or three days. Well, Betty,' says the mistress, 'go back and when the gentlemen begin to sit down, do you stand by the head of the table, and whisper to somegentlentati that I wish a va cant place left at the head of the table for Judge Crane, aud then do you hasten back and see that John has the cider and other liquors in good order. And Mary do you fill two more tureens with gravy, and put one at each end of the table. Aud Martha do you see that all the clean plates fur a change arc ready, and that the tarts and pies, &c, are in good order. Betty again repaired to her post at the head of the table, and softly in formed a gen'.leman of the request of ber mis- .,.u nr.mi(.o r- nnd ifvou want anv lhinr li,.t. there is mustard nnd pepper, and here is tress. "Certainly,' says the gentleman, and no gOM 1 bread, good butter, and cheese, and all good enough tor such an old ragamuffin as you are.' 'It is all very good,' said he, plea santly, 'but madam, be so good as to let me warm, right from the victuals.' The cows Oil ! there is music in thy words, Like old Eolia's lute, At eve when soft winds kiss the clouds, And the dim earlh is mute As if a seraph's voice awoke, Ami oo the ear in "fcidness br&fcev Art thoCT, bright bird, an Angel sent From I he c"er sunny sky, With rich awed charms of beauty blent To make each bosom sigh? Oh! thoucan'st nover, never be A u "hi but a dream of heaven to me. Miscellaneous Anecdote of Judge Crane. Shortly after the first Republican Constitu tion of the Slate of New Vol k was framed and tho Judiciary system was established for tho civil department, the supreme court, or that branch of it called the "circuit court," was appointed for one of the circuits, in the county of Dutchess, and the eccentric Judge Crane was to presrdVr. Judge Crane was very wealthy and highly respected for his pub lic and private virtues, especially for his chari tableness to the poor; but he always dressed in a plain garb, and would hardly ever wear any -other coat, whatever ihe weather might be, an.l it was seldom that he rode when he went abroad, although he owned many valua ble horses. On the morning of the day in which the court was to legf, the judge set out before day and walked gently on, through hail, rain, and snow, t the .appointed place. On arriviug at Poughhccpsie-, eokf aud wef, he walked to a tavern, where he found the landlady and her servants were making large preparations for the entertainment of the judges, lawyers, and other gentlemen, whom they expected would attend the circuit court. The Judge was determined to have some sport, and in a pleasant tone addressed the landlady 'I have no money, and was oblig ed to come to couit, and I have walked through this dreadful storm 20 miles. I am wet and cold, dry and hungry. 1 want some thing to- eat before court begins ;' when the laudlady put herself in a majestic posture, aud putting on a countenance of contempt, said to the judge, 'you say you are wet and cold, dry aud hot ; how ca all that be!' 'No, my dear madam,' says the judge, 'I said that I was wet and cold, and H' yoj hod been out as long as I have in the storm-, I think you would likewise be wet and cold. I said that 1 wanted something o driuk aud eat.' But you have no money you sav,' retorted the landlady. 'I told you the truth," says the judge, 'the whole truth, and- nothing but the truth, but were I a-j rich as Croesus 1 would be willing to work for something to eat aud to drink.' 'Crcesus, who is Crcesus?' says the laudlady. 'I never knew him,' said the judge, 'but have understood that he was very rich. I want something to eat and something to drink, and were 1 as poor as Job in his utmost calamity, and have my health and strength as well as I now have, I would will ingly go to work a little while, if 1 could only get a good bite of good victuals.' Vell, old daddy,' says she, 'how much do you want t have some new milk cow, to wet this good are not milked,' says she. 'Then let me have a bowl of cold milk,' said. he. 'I would not send the servants in the storm to Ihe spring house to skim it for you,' said she. 'Dear madam, said he, with a pleasant smile, 'I have a good wife at home, older than you are, who would go out in a worse storm than this, to milk the cows, and briug tho milk to the poorest man on earth, at his request, or to bring the milk from the spring house, c--eam aud all, without shim ming, to feed tho most abject of the human race.' You have a very good wife at home,' says she. 'Indeed I have,' said he, 'and she keeps my clothes clean aud whole ; and not withstanding you called me 'an old' ragamuf fin,' I am not ashamed to appear abroad in the clothes I wear in any good company.' 'Well, I must confess,' says she, 'that when you have your broad brimmed hat off, you look middling well, but I want you to be off, for we want the fire to dry the gentlemen's great coats and umbrellas by aud among the rest we expect judge Crane.' 'Judge Crane,' says he, 'who is Judge Crane?' 'The circuit judge,' says the. One of the supreme judges, you old fool. 'Nell,' says he, I will bet a goose that Judge Crane has not had, aud will not have a great coat ou his back, or an umbrella over his head to-day.' 'You old goose,' said she, 'I care nothiug for your bets. Eat and be olf, 1 tell you ; Judge Crane is to be here, and we've no room for you.' 'I don't care,' said he, 'one rye straw more for Judge Crane, than I do for myself, and it has got to be so late, that if he has to come at this time of the day, he would be more likely to go to the court house, and stay uutil dinner time. I know something about the old codger, and some people say he is a rusty, fusty, crusty, old fudge.' 'Pretty talk, indeed,' says the landlady, 'about the supreme judge.' Now, I eat and be oil.' '1 tell you,' said he, 'Judge Crane is not the supreme judge, aud if he tore, Vie is no more tit to be judge than I am.' 'Well, now be off with yourself,' said she. 'Don't be in so great a hurry,' said he mildly. 'I wish to know who is landlord here, and to know where he i?' 'lie is the high sheriff of the county, ifcid won't be home till night: , but if he were here you would not stay long.' Well, madam,' said he, 'give me a cup of cider to wet my victuals, if you won't give me milk.' '.Not a drop,' says her ladyship. The judge, who had got pretty well warmed and dried, and wished for his breakfast, put ou a stern countenance, and positively declared he would not leave the room and fire until he pleased. 'But,' added he, 'if you will giant my request, I will eat and be oil'.' The cider was immediately brought and the judge par took heartily of the collation before him, took his broad brimmed hat, and gcutly walked to the court house, wheie he found good fires aud clean floors, and during the court hours he presided with dignity aud proprie ty . When the judge withdrew, the landlady an xiously looked after him for some time as he walked steadily on to the court house, suppos ing him to be some poor man summoned up to court as a witness, or some vagabond who might give her further trouble in time of court, and expressed to her servants a desire that they would see that he did not disturb ihe gentlemen and the judges who might put up there. While some of the girls declared if he did come, they would use some of his own frtitlmen present?' asked he. 'Why,' replied she, 'you Anecaoies oi ooks ana rumors. called him rusty, fusty fudge, and codger, and , latHariieockiukm. marine ock- said you did'nt care a straw more tor him I burn, wnose poeucai prouueuous procure! ner than you did for yourself.' And here the I the name of the Scotish Sappho, but who is wnoie company were in an uproar oi laugnter oeiier kuubu i v yj uu' J'c- agatn inV and other metaphysical lucubrations, expressions, which he used respecting Judge Crane. l,et me see, says one, 'rusty crusty' yes, aud 'fusty old Judge,' says another. Y nen dinner was announced, the couit not being thronged was immediately adjourned, and the day being stormy and cold, the jud ges aud lawyers poured into Rio sheriff's tavern where they were smc of good fires and good fare, alt except Judge Crane, who walked to n store and purchased a valuable shawl, and put it into his pocket on the inside of his coat; then walked quietly to the tavern. While he was thus detained, the landlady en tered the diuing room and earnestly inquired if Judge Crane had come in. The answer , , i was'iioiyei mauam ; anu peinaps no may uot come.' The landlady, who was anxious to pay the highest respect to the sujreme judge, retired to the kitchen, not a little chagrined or disappointed. In the mean time the judge arrived, and being at.proper times very socia ble, and at all times- fond of cheering the minds of those present, he began to make some pertinent temarks, and to tell some lively auccdotes, intended to convey good morals r which set the whole company iuto a i oar of laughter. And at this instaut one of the waiting maids entered the loom to inform the gentlemen that they might sit down to dinuer. She did her erraud and hastened back to her mistress with the tidings that the old fustv fellow with his broad brimmed hat on, was right iu among the bare headed gen tlemen, talking as loud as he could, and all the judges and lawyers laughing at him. 'Then go,' says she, 'and whisper to tho old man that I wish him to come into the kitchen.' The errand was done accoidingly, and the judge in a low tone of voice said to the girl, 'tell vour mistress I have a little business to drink?' 'Haifa gill of good braudy, madam I do with some of these lawyers and when done licllv hastened back to assist John- The gentlemen now sit dow n to an excellent re past, and after a short ejsculatory address to the throne of grace, delivered by Judge Crane, in which he adored the fruther ot all mercies for feeding all his creatures throughout the immensity of space invoked a blessing on that portion of earthly bounty then before them, and supplicated divjae mercy through the merits of our licdeemer ; the carved aud served round in usual lorm. But as the Judge was of a singular turu iu almost every thing, and had takeu a fancy that if a person cats light food at the same meal and that w hich is more solid and harder of disgestiou, that the light food should be eaten first; he therefore filled his plate with some pudding made of milk, rico, and eggs, and placing himself in rather an awkward situation, w ith his left elbow on the table and his head near his plate, began to cat accord ing to his custom, which was very last, though he was not a great eater. And some of the gentlemen near the Judge, following his ex amph, as to partaking of the pudding before the meat, ot course a large deep vessel which had contained that article was nearly emptied when Mary approaching with her two addi tional tureens of gravy, according to the com mandment of her mistress, and as she sat down the last near the Judge, he says to her iuan austere manner, 'Girl, bring inc a clean date to caUsorne salad on.' The abrupt man ner in which he addressed her, aud her dis gust at seeing him there in that position, so disconcerted the poor girl that she did not ob serve that any one execptiug the Judge had partaken of the pudding, nor did she know w hat he. meant by salad ; but she observed that the large pudding pan was nearly empty, and then hasteued back with the utmost speed to her mistress, and addressed her with, 'Lord, madam, that old fellow's there yet, and he is ccrtaiuly crazy or drunk, for he is down at the table, and has eaten more than a skipple of the rice pudding already, and has his nose right down iu a plate full now, shovelling it in like a hog ; and told me, as if he was lord of the manor, to bring him a clean plate to eat salad on. Bless me, where can we get. salad at this time of the year? Aud the gen tlemen have not done carving, and not one has beiruu to eat meat, much less to eat a tub of pudding. 'Ave, he'll get a clean plate, says Martha, 'befcre gentlemen want clean plates.' I'll clear him out,' says the, mistress, and starts for the dining room, burning with iudigna tion. The Judge was remarkable for not giving unnecessary trouble to any body w here he put up, and generally ate what was set before him without making any remarks: and seldom made use of more than one plate at a meal but at this lime he observed near him a dish of beautiful raw white cabbage, cut up and nut into vinegar, (which the low Dutch at Poughkeepsie call "cold slaw," and which he called "salad,") and he wished for a sepa rate plate to - prepare some of it for his own fancy. Ihe carving and serving were not yet finished when he expected a clean plate. and when the landlady arrived at the door of the dining room, determined to drive htm out She advanced ivith a firm step to the door, and fixed her keen eye sternly on the Judge when he, turning his eye that way and ob serving her, mildly said, 'landlady, can I have a clean plate to eat some salad on?' 'A clean plate and salad!' retorted the landlady indig nantly. 'I wish you would come into the kitchen until the gentlemen have dined; had reserved that seat for Judge Crane.' The company were struck with astonishment, and fixed their eyes alternately on the landlady and on the Judge, and sat or stood in mute sus pense when the judge gracefully raised him self up in his chair, carelssly folding his arms across his breast, then putting his head awk wardly on one side, 'You reserved this seat for Judge Crane, did you, landlady?' 'In deed I did,' says she. 'It was very kind, says he, in an ironical tone, 'but if you will step to the door ana see it he is coming, or send one of the servants to call for him, with your permission and the approbation of these gentlemen, with whom I have some business to do, I will occupy this seat until you shal find the Judge.' 'Find the Judge,' said she w ith emphasis, 'go look for him yourself, not 1 w senu me or my servants. I gave you your breakfast this morning tor chopping a little wood, because you said you had no money 5 aud expected you would go away quietly and keep away, and now you must come here to disturb gentlemen at dinner.' Here the whole joke burst upon tho minds of the gentlemen present, who tell into a loud fit of laughter After the tumult had a little subsided, the Judge mildly asked 'did I chop wood to pay for my breakfast?' 'Iudeed you did,' said she, 'and said you had no money.' 'I told you the whole truth,' replied the Judge, 'but I have a beautiful shawl, worth more than ten dollars, which I just now bought, aud wil leave it with you in pawn, if you will only let me eat uinner wnn tnese gentlemen.' Here the gentlemen were biting their lips to keep trom laugnter. 'Mow did you buy a shaw worth more than ten dollars without money?' 'I bought it on credit,' says he. 'And where did you fiud credit to that amount?' says she. 'i brougtu it lrom Home,' says he. 'That's likely story, and something like your abuse to Judge e,race this morning,' said she 'How could I abuse the Judge if he was not But as soon as it a little subsided, one of the irenllemen asked the landlady how she knew that the eentleman she was ad- was the youngest uaugnier oi captain uawa dressing was not Judsre Crane. ' He Judire Trotter, a native oi sconana, ana a navai ot- Crane! He looks more like a snipe than a fleer in the reign of Charles II. On the death craner ol tier lamer, wuo ieu a vicum 10 me piague Here the loud laughter burst forth for a third at Scanderoon, she was still a child. She time. And after a little pause the Judge said, had given early indications of genius, by I must confess I am not a bird of verv fine some extemporary verses on an accident feathers, but I assure you that I am a Crane, which, passing in the street, excited her at ana a crane is ouen a very useful instrument; tentiou oeverai oi uer relations aua irienu I saw a very useful one in your kitchen this happened to be present on the occasion, among morning ; ana sometimes an instrument cal- whom was her uncle, a naval commander. led a crane is of valuable use, madam.' Be- This gentleman, greatly struck by such proof fore she bad time to reply, some of the gentle- of observation, facility, and talent in a child men with whom she was acquainted assured observed with what pleasure the father of her that she was talking with the presiding Catharine, who possessed a peculiar taste for mrc TvvrDiKrr Mr Snob n inmnnr'anrft manr Vel Vrttf j&aw fojiaefcer. Hum! yes mom uurraum, my gizzard out with stays, nor stick my back up with bags of meV lUrSj noutuy.v5, . KxeuAt Mrs. Snob; in a lluffl t y r t 1 Scientific. judge. Astonished and confounded, she at- poetry, would have witnessed, had he been tempted some excuse, and hastily asked his living, this unpremeditated effusion. Catha pardon for her rudeness. - I rine, by application and industry, made her The Judge had bv this time, unobserved, self mistress of the French language without taken from his pocket the beautiful shawl and any instructor; she also taught herself to write folded at length one w ay, nnd iu a nairow In the study of the Latin grammar and logic form the other, and it being of very fino tex-lshe had some assistance; of the latter she ture, appeared more like an eJegant sash than she drew up an abstnet for herjown use. Iu like a valuable shawl. When he arose with J 1693, being then only fourteen years of age, graceful dignity, and with a half smile, ad- she addressed some lines to Mr Bevu Ilig vanccd a few steps towards the landlady, say- gius, on his recoveiy from sickness. In her ing, 'it is not my province to pardon, but it seventeenth year she produced a tragedy, en is my business to iudge that vou and I shall titled "Agnes de Castro," which was acted hereafter be friends aud I iudge, also, that with applause at the Theatre Boyal in 1696 ll 1 . a 11 1 1 m you win, without hesitation, receive this ana published, nut without her name, the lol- shawl, as a present, if not as a pawn.' So saying, he gently laid it over her shoulders and utivao ijii una;?, su uigj 'xunu u, iimucuu, and do not attempt to return it, for it was pur chased on purpose for a present for vou. She hastily retired in confusion, hardly know ing what she did, and took with her the shawl worth twelve instead often dollars. lowing year, with a dedication to the Earl of Dorset: aud when she wrote her "Defence of the Essay on the Human Understanding," she was no 'more than t wen ty-t.vo years of age. Mr Jjocke himself was pleased to sav ot this dclenee, in a letter to the fun author. "you have hereby, not only vanquished my ad versary, but reduced me also under your pow i" cr, and lett no desire more strong in me, than Retribution. 'Do you think I'd have a that of meeting with some opportunity to as- shoe maker or a tailor La me! no, I'd rather sure you with what respect and submission I live aud die an old maid, than marry a shoe am," xc maker of a tailor.' "We remember well the Gkotius. Hugo drotius. at the age of evening that Miss Sally Snipes made the eight years, is said to have composed verses, above indignant disclaimer. TYe then board- which an old poet would not have disavowed ed with her mother in an eastern city. Mrs. At the age of fifteen he maintained thesis in Snipes, the mother of Sally, in her youth, was philosophy, mathematics, and jurisprudence, unfortunately cursed with a large share of good with great applause. The following year he looks, aud very little good sense." She had went to Frauce, where he attracted the notice one idea in her mind, which is explained by of Henry IV. On his return to his own what the mass of fashionable folks call gentil- country, he pleaded his first cause at the age ihj. She indulged this one idea to such an J of seventeen, having previously published extent that it soon left her minus a husband, commentaries on Capella aud Aratus. When The poor man died of a broken heart, leaving only twenty-four years of age, he was made Mrs. Sntkcs and an only daughter to cultivate advocate-general of Rotterdam their notions of gentility as best suited their Cowley. Cowlev, losing his father at an humor. The evening iu question was a cold early age, was left to the care of his mother stormy night, and the boarders, six in num- In the window of their apartment lay Spen- ber, all mechanics, were gathered around the ser's Fairy Queen; iu which he very earlv stove in conversation, and as Miss Sally hon- took delight to read, till, by feeliug the charms ed the group with hei presence, love and mat- of verse, he became, as he relates, irrecovera- rimony contributed to the chit chat of the ev- bly a poet. '"Such," says Dr. Johnson, "arc ening. None of our company happened to ihe accidents which, sometimes remembered. be a shoe maker or a tailor, but there was an aud perhaps sometimes forgotten, produce that excellent young man there, a journeyman hat- particular designation ol mind, aud propensity ter; it was suspected, aud not without reason, for somecertain science or employment, which that he entertained a very sly and affectiouate is commonlv called renins." Cowlev mftUir . . - .1 J : o n interest in the welfare of Miss Sally; but the be said to "lisp in numbeis and . . . , 0-. very moment the words quoted above were early proofs not only of powers of language. uttered, it was evident a change came over but of the comprehension of things, as, to the spirit of his dream. About this time a more lardy minds, seems scarcely credible. spruce young cTanay of slender mind, but am- When only in his thirteenth year, a volume of pie impudence, respecting whose whereabouts his poems was printed, containing, with other or means of making a show, no one could poetical compositions, "the Tragical History guess, paid particular attention to Miss Sally, of Pyramus and Thisbe," written when he and waited on her w ith great pomposity wher- was ten years otd; and "Constantia and Phi ever she pleased to go. letus," written two years alter. And while I our years afterwards, we spent a few weeks still at school,' he produced a comedv of a in a neighboring city, and having occasion to pastoral kind, called "Lore's Riddle," thonnh look alter a washerwoman, went to the place it was not published till he had been some time directed, knocked at a rickety old door in a back alley, which the hogs of the neighbor hood had appropriated to themselves as a plea sant retreat the door was opeued, when lo, .las anu nenoiu mere stood uetore us a very anari- tiou of squalhd wretchedness, with dishevelled hair, and tattered dress. It was Miss Sally Snipes that was, but-now Mrs. Fitz Jenkins, the wife of the cidevant dandy, degraded into a miserable, broken down gambler and aban doned drunkard. The words quoted at the head of this article flashed upon our mind. Since then, whenever we hear a young lady speak disrespectfully of mechanics, or talk about 'setting their caps' for a -rich or fashion able husband, we mvoluutarily think of uu- tortunatc Sally Snipes. Ice. The freezing of water, though it is gene rally allowed to be the effect of cold, and has; bee'n carefully examined by the most eminent philosophers, is still involved, says Dr. Claike, in much mystery. Water, when frozen, be comes solid, and increases considerably m bulk. The expansive power in freezing is so great, that, if water be confined in a gun barrel, it will split the solid metal throughout its whole length. Bombshells have been fill ed with water, and plugged tight, and expos ed lo cold air, when they have been rent, though the shell has been nearly two inches thick. Attempts have been made to to ac count for this, but they have not, as yet, been generally successful. Iu the act of, freezing, wiud or air is necessary ; for it has been ob served that water which lay low in ponds did not freeze until some slight current of air fell on and ruflcd the surface, when it instantly shot info ice. Some philosophers suppose that ice is the re-establishment of water in its natural state; that the mere absence of fire is suflicie t to account for this re-establishmeut ; and that the fluidity is n real fusion, like that of metals exposed to the action of fire ; and differing only iu this, that a greater portion of fire is necessary to one than the other. Ice is there fore supposed to bo the natural state ot water ; so th.it in its natural state it is solid, and be comes fluid only by the action of lire, as solid bodies are brought into a state of fusion by the same means. Ice is lighter than -water, its specific gravity being to that of water as eight to nine. I hi rarefaction of ice is owing to the air bubbles produced iu Water by freezing, ami which be ing con's itlyrably larger in proportion by the water frozen, render the body so much spe- ii i" i. i . i . jl . ciucauy lighter: nonce ice ai ways uo.u i water. The air-bubbles, during their produc tion, acquire a great expansive power, so as to burst the containing vessels, be they ever so strong. at Cambridge. Doav. Dew is a dense moist vapor, found on tho earth iu spring and summer mornings, in the form of mizzling rain. Dr I lotion defines it "a thin, light, insensible mist or rain, des cending with a slow, motion, and falling while the sun is below the horizon. It appears to differ fiom rain as less from more. Its ori gin and matter are doubtless from the va pors and exhalations that rise froin the earth and water." Various experiments have been instituted to ascertain whether dew arises from the earth, or descends from the atmos phere, and those pio aud con have alternate ly preponderated. The question is not yet decided, ueither has Dr. Claike's inquiry been answered " is it water deposited from the at mosphere, when ihe surface of the groutid is colder than the air ?" Poverty.- We always say, "You need not be ashamed of poverty if is no disgrace, and most truly have we spoken poverty is no disgrace; but why do we, who preach, treat it as if it were a pestilence? shrink from it proclaim it insult if chastise it betray it loathe it abandon it? We shame to greet that "shabby-looking"' man, or bow to that "ill dressed woman," because wc have not indus try to separate the chaff from the wheat be cause we are too prone to honor (he garments woven by men's hands, rather than the crea ture stamped iu God's own image -because we want moral courage to walk erect in the right path, unless it be the chosen highway of the great and powerful. The grave is the poorman's only sanctuary; he can lay him down there, and neither feel nor fear the dull ness of the world the earthworm gnaws the Woman. There is a strength in woman's weakness before which the proudest spirit must bov in grateful acknowledgment of su periority. Meu may talk as they will of bein-g neart that poverty destroyed; but it only takes the lords of creation, but where is the heart ts portion. Earth has returned to earth the so callous as not to be softened by woman's spirit is far beyond the reach of povcity. affection, or so engrossed by self esteem, as not to feel ennobled by her preference? Well Quirk, upon being asked if he was in favor miht the poet say, of capital punishment, remarked that he wa Without the smile from partial beauty w on. autl when e was a boy at school, for trivial Oil what vvcrt man! a world without a sun:" J. offences, he was 'condemned tosh among the for darkened indeed must be the spirit over g'rls which he thought was capital puni-di whii h female loveliness docs not cast its man- menu tie of light. Its influence may be forgotten amid tne maddening connicis oi me nattie l should think that an editor would get held, and may lor a season give place to tho sick and tired pulling so many people," sar intoxicating allurements"of popular applause, castically remarked a lawyer, whose business but no sooner does the tempest of passion is chiefly confined to the erirniuul courts, toau 1 .L . . 1- f I. I I .- . . . subside than its appeals are felt, and "Tics around the heart are spun That cannot, w ill not, be undone." It may be thought lhat, in the midst of polit ical strife, and engaged as wc are in the wild roar of adverse opinions, we should find time to dwell on a topic better suited to the quiet scenes of the student's chamber or the domes tic circle, but we are free to confess that to us no theme is so truly delightful as that which treats of woman's power. Iu contemplating the charms of her all subduing loveliness, we forget the cares of life in the consciousness that they but serve to excite her sympathies and give room for the exercise of her endear ments. The companion of mau, she is to him a- seeond self, and constitutes his pride aud ornament. In gazing on her charms he feels himself her slave, and, happy in the chains he wears, desires no better freedom. The world may frown aud poverty may strew his path with thorns, but should dear woman's smile illume his path, his cares are all forgot, and in her love he tas'.es the bliss of paradise. ; JMadisonian ' editor the other day. "And I should think," retorted him of the rey goose quill,' "that a lawyer would some times get sick aud tired of defending so many thieves and robbers." II im of the law "looked daggers, but used none." K variolation. Providence has exactly proportioned 'he acqiufous surface of the earth to the terrene parts; jjp thafthere shll bean adequate sur face to produce, by evaporation, moisture suf lieient to bo treasured no in the atmosphere for tho irrigation of ihe earlh, so that it may produce grass for cattle, aud corn for the ser vice of man. It has been found, b a prcttv exact calculation, that theacqueous surface of the globe, is to the terreiie parts as three to one; or that ihrce-lourths of the surface of tho globe is water, anJ about one-fourth earth. And other experiments on evaporation, or tho quantity of vapors which arise from a given space in a given time, show that it requires such a propoition of ucqueous surface to afford moisture suflicicnl for tho other proportion of land. Do not enter a room suddenly, where you know there it a youug lady aud gentleman sitting, busily engaged in funning a flame. If you are but a newly married pair just caught the diuing room, parlor, or stage coach, is not a proper place for your billing and cooing. Jt is very bachelors. aggravating to old Some of the sterner sex, indignant at the prospective policy of the ladies, avowed in the popular phrase "total abstinence or no husbands," have started tho watchword "nat ural waists or no zetle. wives. Sprinfitld Go- Snow. Snow is generally defined, a well known meteor, formed by the freezing oftho vapors in the atmosphere." We may consider the formation of snow thus: A cloud of vapors being condensed into drops, these drops, be coming too heavy to be suspended in the at mosphere, descend ; ami, meeting with a cold legion of the air, they are frozen, each drop shooting into several points. These still con tinuing their descent, and meeting with some intermitting gales of a warmer air, are a little thawed, blunted, aud again, by fulling into colder air, frozen iuto clusters, or so entang led with each other as to fall down in what we call flakes. Snow differs from hail aud hoar frost in being cryslalized. Thl appears on examin ing a flake of snow with a magnifying glass, when the whole of it will appear to be com posed of fine spicula, or points diverging Ijke rays from a centre. Dr Clarke slates thct ho has often observed, the particles of snow to be of a regular figure, for the most part beau tifulstars of six points, as clear and transpa rent as ice. On each of these poitits are other collateral points, set at the same angles as the main points themselves, though some are ir regular, the points broken, end some are form ed of the fragments of other stars. The same writer has observed snow to fall sometimes entirely iu the form of separate regular six pointed stars, without either clusters or flakes, and each so large as to be an eighth of an inch iu diameter. The lightness of snow is owing to the'ex cess of its surface, when compared with the matter contained under it. Its whiteness is owing to the small particles into which it is divided ; for take ice, opaque almost lo black ness, and pound it fine, and it becomes as snow. The immediate cause of the formation of snow is not well understood. It has been attributed to electricity; aud bail is supposed to-owe its more compact form to a more in tense electricity; which unites the particles of hail more closely "than the moderate electrici ty does those of snow. Bui rain, hail, .snow,, frost, ice, &.c., have all one common origin they are formed out of the vapors which have' -beeu exhaled by heat from the surface of the waters.
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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