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From the Home Journal. j dows stretched upwards in the pale air. la the I was still happy then ; I had 6li!l my Infinite tu following tweet nd touching lines ure-J 0peQ coffins none 'now., lay ' fcfeepi'ngt 'bat the 1 Father, and lduked. up; cheerfaliy j froml the; frow the pen of an accomplished and beautiful chUdren. ,Over the whole heaven hung, in j mountains, into the immeasurable Wearepttnd ed my roanirled breast on 1 his heaimj; vapour was drawing. down, nearer, form, and acid ;eTen in ihe; bittcrncs-s of deijitb ; be very pathetically narrates. Her little bojr cj03er and hotter; Afore me" I heard the dis- Father, take thy son from tiii ty4no w daoj'-rousl ill of fever. Ai. midnight bp tant fall of avalanche's; under "me the first step Ui.d lift him" to! thy heart !--Ahl yeltoo hippy a J lenl awokt from troubled icq, ana ofa iujyjig eartliquakc. The Chnrch waver- inhabitants of Earth, ye still' believe in ffim. and and rldcavoring in vain to minglei in unison. At I tear., and lift trustful hands, and cry wiihfjoy-j times, a gray glimmer hovered along the win- J streaming eyed, to the opened j Heaven dows, and under it the lead and iron tell down too thou knowest, Omnpotent, and all tray wiMlr for hlj raothor. 1 crccmng tnai ine aai . down wUh twQ ionninable Di-son- Perhaps even iiow vour SuniKoinjr down,! neir him, he became calm, andtooo afler7& anceg ' wUcu stru-Med with each vtlier in it: yekneelamidi Wossoms. and briirhtnessJ L i . iuo. itin hul tjinirht him m his . . . . ; . .1 . ... i -. . . ": ' . ... . 1 1 l II. Th lurtT had alrcaUV lOSl IWO CBUurju, w - j to which aHlictloa ibe alludct in her own supplj t.i l.oan Tliia child recovered, and still CltllUII w ... , , if our readers regard the lines as we dJ, lires. molten. Ea.th brou' st.- 1 - - - i pa is.. - n . ; i i like the king's gift, whithersoever it turned, ! it pro-jpercd.. ; .R;ff '; . i T it. j The eyes of the simple one were blinded,' ,so that he could not," in all ! ihUl perceive the sub tilty of anf evil genius. TfieVefore the lying spirit waxed bolder'and yet bolder, and whatso ever his soul desired of dainjy meats he freely took ; and when the scholarwjjixed worth, and said, "This is my idaily portion from the table of the mufli there is not CiVgh for thee and me," the dog-faced deceiver :fiiyed sotne plea sant trick, and caused the silly one ;Uf smile; uiii.ii, in ui time, luc suuiai ,)uivt;ii that, as his guest grew stroiSgr and stronger, he himself waxed weaker adi weaker . i I . Tho net of the mit, and the tottering J wounds ; and at death thou received me,' and tUey win us ior.givmg vaen, " ? . T . - . f w . . irt two! noWnbushe. two dftath tneV will not WrWd! aL whea he' I ' Now, also, there arose- freriaent strife betwixt ITome Journal, we are grauneu u iem miw-.. - - - . . J : i - f. y , i i tlA our uircorrctponuemu.3rw.uiW.-w-w.wT - ? - ,, , , - - - -- , r , - , , , JonPtp(1 ,.i, K lmiilrea.Jv inrousn unKnown onaaows, on :vnura auciuui mto t le cart i. to s een U1L a t..ifer ilormntr y 7 r ' - " .. . j . ,.. . i v . i i " her many frituds to rcsci our Uiiiveriity iu Christian miuistryj in 1617aijd on his duties at aor f Mathematlcy nd Natu'rai ! l,hiiosoidiV.-i-. But.wheu Prof. O lege in 1825, Pro t because its' studio to his tastes,'; and 8 IS. 1 1 At first he was PrufeV mstead returned to Yale &A- M. filled his vacant chair Were always most cooemal fthere he' icontiuuvJ lill th, day of his death.! 3 low faithfully and success: fully he rendered service in ttiii cjair,1 the pub lic knows; better' tijaia any on can describe. It is sufiieient tiei 4 Ito say that '.no' pupil of Dr. llitcheirs ever welit from his labratorv without a lair ena'nee ot learning all thai; was newest cud beat in he departauents he presided over. ( Iu ueea wuaievcr inuucneii unnertooK, lie tried 10 uo as weu as iii coum men uc uone. ilu t mon and his "dupe, and t last the youth plans were generally drawi to a large '.'scale the fiend sy sore that Ai .departed for' a and where ' he1 wai bermitted kol finish what he r 1 Vvriueu.ia a volume soyu prcia of this city. , I ! THE MIDNIGHT PRAYER. ii,i tha dprn mid stillini sadoesj. the stillness aiid tho lrloom. Thathdn a veil of mourning round my dimli . litriitcd room. 1 he.ird a voice at midnight, in strange tones 4f '. ancilijll. SUV. Como near me, dearest mother 1 Tow, my God ! oh, let rao rfdy i ;' And, soft as Vesper music,' wailing sadly through tl a Kir. . r ' t- lu pUinttre oltcrnntc, then tolled forth his simple evening prayer ; - Tim mime sweet livmn his lisninz tonsue so olt lo me bad said, ! Wlieu. but'rtu iufant still, he knelt beside cradle bed. to be issued from tlfc l ccnturie were impressed. AI the Shadows full of Truth season. And when he was gpne, Abdallah re- j bcgiwi it rarely erer acquired were standing round the empty1 Altar; and in . 1 h,fuU ofVLitue and Joy: he awakens f UB ue s;u uuauau pegivn it rare.y erer aciuircu( araeu.iiueui. In n fitftPmv rWan.': in th fiver ftRtlrtw IidniTht; iJr r"T I -. - "'rtrr -r y 1 -.v v w, "-v lis iriaxe, and to examine for himself in every direction the propriety jjf iu plan. Besides wj . ;ay; 8y that just sncli varied acquirement were 'necessary for the proper discharge of his duties as Lecturer Ciemistry, aud iliueraki gy, and Geology. The Mjodily comforts of civ ti!izei man and.w proper understanding of th rjmeuumena la mature rouDA Him depend So sfnuchon a proper, apprehension ol the truths in -,4hs sciences, that onj can be a powerful ex jKiunder of them only b possessing thefacU to e obtained by general feading. Ir. Mitcheli' library made him a tnati f power iu Lis labor .wrv. - s.. all, not the he:.'rt, but the-! breast Quivered and n'd there cJmes no Morning, and no 0fL enemy, and whatsoever tima U pieaseth me,1 I tal and physical, u his undertakings that sa . ' i . i- .. i. i" . I ... T , . i I ,. ; . , i , "' i .-- ii. v. ; pulsed. One dead man only; who had just been healing hand, dnd no Infinite Father I Moflal, buried tnere, still lay. 'on his coBin' without beside me'1. if. thou still livest,1 priy to Him - J quivering breast; and on hU Brailing counten-j j else hast thou fost him for ever 1 ' 1 ance, stood a nappy uream. . uui., aw iu en trance of ono Living, he awoke, and ' smiled no gality. i Bift Dr. MitcheUwas strength He was ted "And as! felL down, and loolced into;thc spark'ing.Universe, I saw the upborne' Rngs shall smite him so that he -die;!. Is be not al- voitred of his prodigality together in mine own powet'4' But after not rich in. resources and many davs, the tempter caraelback, aain: and f enousrh ia his life to1 ma this time, he was arrayed iits oodly -garments,' j dozen common mln, Onq who knew him well, and he brought a present ia Uls baud, and jue on hearing that hei to make the fortune of half-a- longer; he lifted his heavy eye-lids, but wUhin Lthe Gant-SerPent, the Serpent ;of Eternity, spake of the days of their firs friendship, and our State Fair in wa3 to deliver the address at iS5S, exclaimed i'U warrant he looked so mild and feeble, that his smooth j tliat Br ilitchelt begins jwjth the garden of Ail Wniilrld I1U CtC tliA lit -'"'; . V 11 LUIS UUU VWUVM HOH ivnim UVy f Ul V irvywJ j . 1 - . , m' T 1 . I - i -and the Rings sank down, and encircledlthe . o f . i i. M . i jT UUU cajiiua xo huh uviy u"v ; v. uvvrii tv" uo uu it lay, instead of heart, a woul d. Ho held up his !tani., and "folded llieni to pray ; but : the arms leAthened out,' and dissolved; and the hands, still folded together, fell away. Above, AH doubly; and then-it; wound! itself,, innn merable ways; (round Nature,' and Worlds from their places and crashing, squez sweet llhe on 'Eternity whereon no number which was its own index: but ii. . i. ii:-!,!, inA mni i.iUav tifnt. I pointed thereon, and the Dead ! i I I .1 'I 1 . gruceiai uiue vine, r Whose budding tendrils 1 had taught arouud 1 - O f I .... ,- I lu f',linrrK-fTrtrit KtnniT itiU U15.nl nl.ltft ff I o.A fd ;Tamn'(v'nf.Tmrrnin:tT .arrnnr in Hill V" h.- . - v . J" - I CU .kUVl Hlll I V : "I i j . ' v u - appeared, and Church of a Buryuig-ground, and all grew I is alf black finger 1 strait, dark,- fejirful,- and an immeasurably ex sought to tee throne to twine. Mcthoiight an angel's gentle hand the silver chidie did toll. That called to prayer each thought within the templo of his boui. , j . " And by the tearful beaming of hia eyes leemid . to truce - , I ; - The si)iiituiil worshippers within that holy place, Aa.solcnin light will sometimes .through calhedfal windows pour,- j And reveal the pale nuns kneeling upon a marole f.oor. the timq by it. "Now sank - from; aloft a noble, high Form, with a look of unefl'aceable sorrovy," down to the Altarand all the Dead cried out,: Christ ! tended Hammer was to tr;ke ithe last hour of UJ,j . W . . 1 .1 I . M V W A. 1 V. Ml. , ! WHEN I AWOKEl ved him asrain into hi3 chamlier. On the morrow, when Alidallah came ! not'! toihO ifttO' the-assembly of studiouSyouth, ithe mufti said "Wherefore tamest the; son ot Abdul: Perchance he sleepeth." Therefore they re-, paired even to his chamber1;: lut to their knok-. inr he made no answer. Wlrefore the mufti. opened the door, and,4o! there lay on the divan cent visit i i i i tv he had, as usual, sriven to say full of rare learning and ful suestions, ' My soul w'ept for joy that I copld still pra . J the dead body of hisdisciple. His visage was ,, i black and swollen, and on- Mi throat was I the the - ' n 1 y . Jit U' ' I.,. 1 A r.'HAnce seemed to gather o'er his mourn face the while, is there ho God V; He "answered ' There is none!' The whole Shadow of each then shud dered, r.O the breast atone; and -.one. after the other, all, in this shuddeiing, shook into pieces.; of its twilight-red on !the. little ' Moon,' wHich Christ continued : I went Worlds,' I mounted into the Suns, and. flew between the sky and the earth; a gay tranifcn with the, Galaxies throuprh the w: stes of 'Ilea- air-Deonle was'strett-hirior out ita ,'short wifcsrs ven ; hut there is no God 1 1 descended as far as aud living, as I did, beforeNthc! Infinite Father if ful I Bing casts itat shadow, and loo-ked down into J and from all Nature around me ; flowed peace-i tlwj Abyss and cried, Father, where art tdou? ful tones as from distant evenin-bens." J and by the time that he got r 4- o Chatham. Coun- the public an ,es- abouridin iu use- was of a sound As a Preacher Dr. -Mitchell theology. ' V He ackntjwledgtj most, heartity that this Kosruos, with whose minute phenomena he .,i -Vi.i L:.,. 'ii J a fciauiiai vnyu, iu inuwu jiuqci niauuui wu ness, and awful holiness he directed hi3 hear- ers with no" littie fekilL M For the redemption of mankind;, from i tie abys3 of sin. and. misery Like starlight stealing sadly down a consecrated I j Qaj storm wh!ch , Witbout commenting on.this'singubr piJceJ ? ..-,- ! i ' t' f 1 pressure of a finger broader (han the palm of mini uu ihiij npituj vjttf i -tM- " - t . an .v . -ffl7s;i Li ' j iij - the Sun was glowing deep behind kho full pur-1 UC T 1 into :the Hl of Adam N? Aro 1 ..t . ;i 1.1:5. -, 0 . . . tl finpiivprft rone, and in -this soft earth of ithe , -j., . v 1 V m - j -, .. .. "" - o ' :: ' a ; .. ! . j, : oy iaun imo ine fteari 01 eacu luamuuai. ixiis through the was riin, in tbe East without an Aurora-. And S awu "Tl . , - 7 , JV.' philosophy led him to. advocate the leavening ' t : t , r i .ii 1 lYifiTri ttt fln an rtii iw h 1 11 .-4.111- rii 1 iu sJiLlv uvjuuiu l i . - - . . 4 : - t r --1 - . - ;j ; . j I -i otthe mass by tlictsubjecuonoteacn component . i I a '1 , ' . I 1DUU1 tu iiiu "j yi :uuu in vuiuv. uitu uii Header, canst thou expouna the -nadie; is it the bottle or the i. Mir 1-1.T. il- ii i..:-7 oiiuaru-vauiu or- ue -uKMRiuHf x ujeiuuiuS4.t . . .,. TT ; t - ; 1 or,,r,,T lrfb. insr ouini. f im, saw uuiiiiz 11.0; unui iiiv s?v l expound the - riddle? t lis expecteJ njnh perinaneit to result bottidg;hook? ,1s it itne f omtac eSrort Ivhich have1 aUifferent start theatre? ; Is it! smoking? -- . - , T 1 t H -V-fc i .r 1 ' Is it laziness? I3 itnovel-fekrling? But know ''vl f I ' . . -.' - -n 1 ! I ; -(! . And round his pale, high forehead, hung aJvajor "o one guides, and the gleaming itaiiioow 01 we must here itor the present Cldse our lufcu-1 an evil habit is an el 1 If -tantl ;ex and' -manT associatio3 for the , reformation of ( the pjia an y expau 1 j30f gocety skillfiilty organiie and vehenient- soft and (aiut, A f-illj from holv tancrs on And that frail, suffcrilig, patient child, so full!of , faith divine, , I I His soiil lit up with holiness tliat saiut-likp boy w.id mine: .. ';' , . ; 1 ,! And, like tlie broken clirysatis, my heart was oftly . itrobed ' , !. To sco Its nursling heavcuward spring, in shining vcature robed. . t i . : i lie prayct and, dumb with anguiih, did muiv.i... ... .... ....... r ' Till that low wail had entered at the everlasting Kilte i i I And Uien I cried, Oh! Father, thronjs of angfcls dwell wijWthcc, ! 11 And hr. U ttilucv but leave him yet a little wh.il c with me. ' ' i ! I "Two bud; has Azracl plucked from out the -pardon of my love, a ' V J An l pl.ufd them' in the'living wreath that span Uiv throne above; .1 L Twi o oVr love's consecrated harp have swtpt liii rold .dark wmga, : ! . And wtu'Ti I touch it now, aUsI there drc urokk-u siring. ' . , . 1 - ( .1 Creation! hung wijhout a Sun. 'that made it, Over bra tions on Jean Paul." .-To deli the image of a saifit. Abj.' f an(j t,icklcd (down! . And when I correctness, 'the specific featm ineate; with 1 1 ' n- .- i . tures . 01 isucn as soon - srroW' 'Society skillfully 1 -t But it was as a teachjrr, and as an officer of tlie University that Dr.Hitchetl chiefly improv the talents committed tj him. .During the for ty years he was connected with the University hp Tiever published or rote 1 as much as other professors and men of science have written a ad pablished. : His large intellectual stores wefo for his pupils, and for osiers "who might associ ate with litm. ; After scjme experience at Yal College and elsewhere ii Connecticut and Long-- inland, he began his ifarecr as a teacher ii Jorth Carolina when the Coursd of Iustrnctlou . at the -University- contained but fij w subjects when compared wiiu he number that now crowds ; its ample .liimVa. : Iu 1817 when Dr. Mitchell was appoiuted Professor of ilathemat- ics, there-was . no Cbeihistry taught, lhe Se niors studied English "pjanirhar--tbe Juniors Algebra and Geometry Jaud the Freshmen phered in Arithmetic. But in 1818 there was a remarkable elevation of.the Standard of acqui sitioa at the University. Chemistry, kcn was introduced to the Senior with Astronomy th ' J uniors were. admitted toi the mysteries of Fluxi ons, now known as the alculus; Algebra and Geometry did not rise higher than the Sopho raore year, and the Freshmen quit studying yEsop's Fables. It wcfuld be iuterestiug ! to compare that Course ofjlnstruction with what appears in the Catalogue for 1857, to see what changes have been madet in the order of studies, and what have been removed, from the Univer sitylo jibe preparatory ourse,' and also to dis- ' cuss the wisdom and determine the effects, of these; changes. Cut in 11 of them, many and -great as they have beefi, Dr. Mitchell was a j prominent and efficient Agent. So that an ex- V l a,. An A A ArTi A! I" flf Vi m lL.MlU nroiin) n tit . ' t i !!':. " . k. '1 I . -.-t I 4-V.ol-' nri evil 1.1 1 ..' 1- it. V;l .. .U 4 1,. L j .iii . .. -i i ii . iuu Mvvi.. 10 kcu up 10 me luiuieasuruuiB wuiia ir uic 1 genius, anu 01 11s operations ana resuiiJi in inei ... - Divino. 77i. it,' frlarrd on me : With an eniDtv. 1 arpnt varipfvrif nrnvinyoa wlinra iif-. iIivpH. Anrt; I ; t.f.ii.tr Kuttittntuc j V.ii0-Qrnl'trt nr Vl&rnittf IflV I xwtwXi cA trAra It lnv foci-, f.v. tvrt.ivli nn.fi .iVvc ! I $ 9? UlllVn WVbVfll.lVO . .nvvi i'J J 1 nwiaLUj Tl VI W fe IVIJg kllO& j iui Ylilwl, tl L.ikT, T. ' ' 1 A 1 t r m n it Yn n in nr T 11 n .l-qittii nil Till I ii will I. 111H.Y I .11 in; ill i&ti bun .At:, v uu t iv ki a w hi ii ... i . ... ... . . i ... ' - I . ... . . J . i . - --l j i i 1 . I I I. MiAimminiTMt nii-4 irnt ! ci'n'iAWrti4Ai4 hff' 4hm. I t. ...!.?...; .l - , ' . . . - i. ' ..i-r- 1 i i iy H.WU11UCUUCU. auu jci, ou (ciscucu vi liiuii. luuuy lUYcsuvrawiii iiue Dro?ress 01 ranrft. too big tor the poose. : jvnow, aiso, ' . -. .- , ' " 4 - ' r : --4 . 0 lisi! ii. iwi .! nriertnal tm .i4r.tnrfc " l not whi I4. ho TtT-Ar nnnnsna I linn in. nrfliirn.n1m. . ..i.t.:... 1. habit can takafte life' of your soul, 'frT r-.-r-w """Tl "T -r-j .rr? - r;vv-J w'-b W i - w i ' j Li L.!.vJ:i any scueme wmcs reneu on uieinaueoce 01 an mucn the - University is How benefittin h ihj youyourseit nourisn; anu cuensu iu f. ..; ;--. :.i . i -i - t 'i- ,. ' . . . . . -f .", - :;4m (n,rtm, fni;w n-Tv-o 0-'"""va i-" rrr r.-vi..1v, . - 0.r. ,vwwu, v w vwu KAiiv bcwqus. xxi our ujon Cliaos, eating it and ruminating it. Cry on, ye Dissonances; cry away; Jthe Shadows, forllo ii not!'; . ';..;., ; ,:'Vj Ifj;--'--; ; " Tlie 'pale-grown Siiadows flitted away, aa white vapour which frost has formed with the vvsirni breath disappears; and all Was void.: 0, ilicn came, fearful for the heart, the dead Children! ! who had been? awakened in the spme groundwork may have been laid heref and; which, as occasion serves, it will be pleasant Ifor us to resume. ! 1 Probably enough, our readers. these strange- matters, will too them of that Episode concerning it a strensrth greater . than ypur own. EEV. ELISHA MITSELL,1 D. D., n..:jA.i.lrD..'.... aii...'.j. nr;Uii.;in sm,i dnrJr- A.,,-, iT.,A,. 4 t,r... i.i 1 , ui tiniiuciiii i I ji lyczisii uj vy;twtvy, uu.iftjfci.u.vv, wn j.vi?- i vivjryu uum iit;aii:U caiiu .iiai luo titip luulu I SrincilH3 anil 'rT 'it, 4 1. ' often be-tlilnk . gy, in the University-of ZpHk Carolina. ; I expected by thos bulyvho reconciled to fted rm&npnt nmonk-. f - 7. J.. " PaOl's It i3 eminently proper tUtthe first number God through a Dibne and Priestly Mediator.-.it Lad n-t-mn u UlL 5 end, yet he-j never expected much permanent good to result trprd them. Dr. Mitchell .be lieved that man . Was to be permanently raised above his natural condition Only by help sent pace is so limited thatlwe can but point out this fertile field 'for a future exploration - ' 1 ' ' - l - i i i . Whatever pr. Mitclill taught be tanght inorougmy. Me -was t$l ways referring lo .firs! lion to the elaims I extensive and van i . 1 -I led knowledge lhlncr... Tt'va L. - .1 . 1 " " i;gtiwuua room mat ho uSfci most constantly j and opportunely th , knowledge he was constantly accumulating ; and there information:' and tro-pirn an 4., . - j Li1 4" r t ma buti Having be- ' IV o asunder; and the Temple and the Children isank down, and the whole Earth and the vSiin Sank Twice have his strong, sharp arrbw3 pierced the after it; and tlie whole Universe sank .with its laiubi within my fuia, ' 1' immensity before u; nnd above, oh .'the sum- And aow in his unerring grasp another shaft .... , , . . i 4 behold I " , i ; 1 niit of immeasurable-Isatnre, stoiKl Christ, and Two prayvrs went up at mlduight and lie)last gazed down into the Universe chequered with so 1 u u 01 woe, - j its thousand feuns, as into the Mine bored out aa . 1 i. A . ill I . . i .1'.'- : " lhai Vl uta ureas, me arrow set iu Azraei s shilling bow. Cauloii 1'iuet, February, 1857. KosjC. lUCHTEE'S DREAM. THNLATED BY TnOMAS CARLYLE. Costumej" and conclude that, as in 'living,so Qf a Journal devoted to the cause of Education I Hence he constahtly taught the , necessity of a f? . ... . I. "I . . tr -: '.' 1 - f. 1 . - . - i. . .. I S! Si. . : j . ; i r i. I ' 1. i . i. a- .. ! . 1 I.I".' , .k ' . ' iinwnung, ueiwas a Manners, ana manj oi in North Carolina should contain a sketch ot prompt anu persavenng aiteuxu Uliurcliynrd, into the temple, and cast them- 'continued- AUectations.' ;VVe;wiIl not qcarrel the professional life; charaqr, and services !of ot personal Keiigiou. ;i tlyen before the high Ftiroupn the Altar, and with hem on this point j we must not venture the late pr'0fessor Mitchell-who was for .forty As a man of exteisiv said, Jesus, nave we no.rainerc Aim ne among we intricacies it .would lead us into. lAt years one bfthe most prominent of our teachers; and of scientific skUl in his ii vestiiatioAs. it is' UnpcWinn, Mn j , answered, with streaming! tears,; We are all the same time, we hope, many , will agree with Xhe preparation of such a sUtch will be found well known1 that t)r Mitchell had no superior if ,kt "-Ut ' h' ' - irnhans. I and vou: wo are without Father ! ' us in honourin?RichterKiieh iiafhe vvnsr and i nr4-:i liii. ;:';? a..;4L m ' :J L:JJ 1. .1; IttL T .' .. i - Z J : c' 'i ' ... , i 1 : - . " iT .7 - ; ,7 J .s 7 i uu caoy uibtci... ..uaicimi ukic 10 iu smuuuuuiv.'.. uiiy ciiuai iu uiu tuuuu y. '.was aivfas I rnnM tA met tvith nr. u 1 ri...; .u..; t.4 .uir:,. ..4.- - --i. .? t.i' i. ... j . i n i i i i . m i- . . - hi it.- i -.. . - t-.- i , .i - u i . , . r , i . . .- r " uciv-vmv. xueuMii ifKeu uiu iiaaouaiives uu iouuci, in spue oi ins uunurea rei,f ana nis en jut jt is difficult to select tlfiat which will render learning..- the quivering. wans, oi ;tne ; ; lempie pariea 4 thousand seeming lanlts," discern under this sucn an articlo as this picfubbt. and sujrirestii I . I.I . ii ! 1 !-.-! . . I ....": i .1 ' ' i . wondrous guise,the spirit of a true Poet yid Qf a pr0mpt and perseveriel' imitation of, Philosopher. A Poet, and among the highest -uscfui and sclf-denving exifole". The life oi uis wiue, we ujuau iecnou:.iui,, uioHSu-pe secluded teacher, and devOeeiot bcleQce otten quality ot thqseT;Uooks establishes that his I come history, that he Jfisely became caetiouj wrote ho uuosupucr, u.uugu u po- lacKs incidents wnicn are wnque, ana iiKeiy to Knowledge was oi ahigh order.- lie kept him-. resnectin- ailed ed dhjtbveriea. and slow nf r,. ...,, r. . :lv ..V.f I . mil ' . i i. 1: 9. i lrr.1 1 I 1 ! 11 Li i ) I! . . t ' ' ' . . . Iii - ' . !' .-i ; ncuu. iu! u jiuc.nuuic, Mabi set on ma portrait io . ausmqfuie., Hine nuge i tjeu wea postea up ns to ino - current .merature l lief concerning new ftukAnnnuvnu' Tt, -n.i. I w ! ; ' - i - i . i . Hi . i - i 1 - - ' - - - -:i 4 . i 1 - ! ' I . - 7 C- T w am QVL14 Riiiwet as a uicaaus ocx w.wuuu.iua jw.i uuu eweuw.. xj suppucu Ul msc 1 1 11 Derail V I cases he ia m wh o'nllan . :;E 1 ' .. 'I ' . . i .., L. - - . . I '- u . -1" i - . 1 ' V " , w itQ retoguueu mils, aud gives direction' uifld- volume to its with the iKeviewS, Journals, Magazines, &c, of 1 and patiently waited for the develonmpnt. f . the Invisible, iyen under; "the?; naean'.formij of ; streams. Still the marks 0 ijjs action may e. the day... Hence ibis, Ubraryj whiA,'cost'Mina'rthe-'fuiare while otkeri' were - craxy wjth the these .days, anft with a. high, string, f not' uiyn- apparent to the eye3 of thedcated only. . But greaf deal of rrioiiey, will not prove . valuable to : prognostications of the Iresent." So thn -mhen ,...:4 knf ln,. ..-4 ;4-; i... IT'S .: I 4-.. i. . . j;..i:Ut..Ji,.i. i:.t.!. -x.t 1 . t .t 11 ; . . . . i u,cu iicmh, diiuic lu .cpuitit hi ibc . ar iUW may uu auie 10 uiau.ijuiAu me nuges iiis ueirs. miners wait unui WG proceedings ot pothers prophecied1 coall enough to "coorjer and oie,- anu puuiisueu uuings oi it? 10 iuis leupw dntt, and detect the smaiki ;Douiaer3 that at- learned toocieliesL icienUhc Journals, &c. are I copper-tasten all creation ' or old mnncrh t7 .'L e : j . i .f in . 1 4- - ! .,. : . i . r . .., ' . --. ..'.!. . .. . l - -. o or announced a lionize our domes- displace the Kew- of the EternalNightj in which the Suns run like mine-lampsj'and the Galaxfesfike sjlver veins. " u And as he sawjhe grinding press, of 'Worlds the torch-dance of celesti.J wildfires, and the coral-banks of beatit g hearts ; and as he saw how world after world shook otT jts gUrnmering souls uuort 4he Sea of Death, as a water-bubble scatters swimming lights on tue waves, then i . !.' "If wo henr, in childhood, that - the dead, about midnight, when Qir sleep reaches nearthc tout, and darkens even our dreams, awake out najetie as the Highest of the Finite, he raised of their, and in the church mimic '.the worship bis eyes tdwardsthe Nothingness,; and towards of the living, we shudder at Death by reasorJ of the void Immensity, and said ; Dead, dumb the deid, and in the night-solitude : turn aWay Nothingucss ! ', Cold, everlastiug Necessity 1 our eyes from the long nleiit windows of the Frantic Chance ! know ye what; this is that . church, and fear to .carch its their gleaming, U'cs beneath you? ! VVhen .vCill ye, crush the "whether it proceed from tho moon. , 1 Universe in pieces, and me? Chance, knowest - Childhood, and rather its terrors than its thou what t-hou doest, when with thy hurricanes raptures, take? 'wings and radiance isgain in thou walkest through that ; snow-powder of .dreamy and sport' like fire-files in i th little Stars, and extinguTiest Sun after Sun, and that night of the soul. Crush , not these flickerjng sparkling dew ot heavenly ; light goes out, as fparks! Leave us even ourduik painful dreams thou passes, over it! How is each so solitary. as higher half-hbadows of reality ! And where- in this wide grave of the All 1 : I am alonewiih . with will you replace to us those dreams,, which myself I 0 Father, O Father! where is thy m bear us away froni Under the turault of the finite bosom that I : might' rest on it ? Ah, if wntcrfall into the slid heishts t.f childhood, each oul is its own -father and, creator, iwhy where the stream of hie yet ran hilcnt in its) can itfeot be its own destroyer too? j lilt.c plain, and flowed towarJs it nbysscf, a 44 Is this pcslde me yet a Man?, ..Unhappy mirror of the Heaven? v ; one! ' Yodrtle life is the siglif Nature, 'or 1 I 's lying oik-c, o t a ummcr evcn'ngj' iu only itn echo ; a convex-mirror throws its rays ( the nmshitic; and I fell nslecp. Mcthought 1 into that dust-cloud of dead men's ashes, down awukti in tho cliurchynrd. The down-rolling on the Earth,and thus yon, cloud-formed wayir- wlu els of tho stccple-clock, which was striking ing phantoms, arUe.'Lcok; dotn . into the eleven, hud awoke me. f. In the emptied night Abyss, over which clouds of ashes are moving;' Jicavcn 1 looked for the Sun ; for I thought an mists full of Worlds reek up from the Sea of eclipso Was veiling him with. the Moon. All Death ; th Future is a mounting mist, :and the the Grates were open, and. the iron doors of Present is ja falling : one.- Knowest thou tby the charnt-l-house w ore swinging to and fro' by Eatih "again ?' ;! ; ... , y.ri '.'f-iy? l Invisible hand-;. On the .walls, fl'.tted shadows: M lIere', Cbrist loolied down, -and his eye' filled' tthicb proceeded from no one, ant) -other sha j with tear?,' and he said: Ah, I was once there: The wonderful vantyof subjects come acquainted with his peculiar deDartmenta re that.is found amng the Upok of his library ir- :mainly; as they were .levelooin-. and harln his resistibly, impresses one with the fact that their I i'npn ka rnan'a- icortiAjia riJ- ... ofa owner was of insatiable curiosity ; while the theories vanish, so marly prophecies never be- mulgated no s no syste f' Divine Idea of the World stood in clear . - 1 . : -- . i . i i ethereal liorht before his mind: men. xuis one vinuu, uie louifuauou- oijau i test the moulding power ots, quiet Dutirresis-- winnowed, until Che trash that is in. them, has 1 buy oat Australia and California.' oiner virtues, anu which a ioug stuuy more uuu note course. Although onejmignt not point out I ueeu eliminated, tvna the truth has been ascer- I .Aluminium as about to revol more clearly reveals to us m Jean Pau',. wni i man v. brilliant rassares mSDr. Mitchell s life. 1 tamed with a close annrnximntion. m- nntil th i " u4miAmt.i' I - . . , - i I J X O . . i ! k! I) . " i ... l I . ,T "Tl .-T" v I . v.vvMWWl..) vii hJ lar greater sins man his were. it raises jnor recite many single ,acfc5i that .were peculiar I hrst and i costly editions, of good books have 1 tonian explanation ' fl the Solar cover him into'o.uiteianother sphere than tliat of the thousand elegant sweet-singers and cause-aad- System, Dr. ert, practical ibiscoursers, once reckoned! in. Such a man rwe can safely j followed the publication of 1 . I .... .... i'.... 1.:. I : . J J .ill - I i. i II recommend to who, in the ac most blame hi in, repeat the old maxim : VVat j Journals from Itfew Engla is extraordinary try itolook at with your own eyes." a and decided in their ehect$ yet that he was no Jaeen sold, and the books are cheap. Such pru-: 1 Mitchell taught his perils that they must at - common man, that the maika he made ou the dent and economical souls Dr. (Mitchell allowed Ktfmes turn a deaf ear tol the eharmer charm h ever so sweetly The Ecience that lie tbos dis seminated through the country ?was remarkably ;tee from dros3, and the principles he inculca. ;ied such as are conservsjtive while they are truly hd permanency progn'asive'., "As a disciplina nan Dr. Mitchell actecLaccordipg to the old niaxlm'an ounce of prevention is worth a "pond of cure."f . Uut vhen .his constant self- denying vigilance faile4 inits aim, he always fsffe'ct hUosopherSy-m his own. country, or in various departments of ouiBOCial life were fre- to pursue their o'h plans. He could not wait ihis ; the million Novel-man ufacturers,; Sketch- quent and widely felt is chfarty attested by the for stale bread, nir Jet his meat be cooked and alinost horror, that then basked, j Ha liked tdTiave his food fresh iis unexpected loss.- and then he wanted to do his own chewing be universal study ; ; and "for those There is hardly a newspaper i,n the Union that sides. '..When! a new idea, or a prolific principle oal stale .'of matter?, may jhe has not announced his deaJhito its ! readers. " well illustrated wii'lo -bebtained.dollarS'and to Louisiana have cents rarely w ere ihindrances toj Dr. 3Iitchelh . - - - From the Home Journal. - AN EASTERN APOLOGUE. BOATiLin s'at at' his morniug. i meal, wrfen there'alihted bn the rim of his goblet ' a liitle .1 0 - s . . i-. l r . .. .' . . By." It sippedfan atom of syrupy and was gohe.j But it came next 'morning, and the : next, and the next again', 'till at last the scholar noticed it. 1...-- : , - I :-i "...'.'if i :-..i ' : I , . ..I.- 2Sot quite a common fiv, it' seemed to know: that lt'.was.beautilul, ana it soon grew very bold. And lo? a. great ! wonder:"--it becatu daily, larger and yet larger, till there cdnld sbe i-i-L- j - A j '1' t - 1 ' 1 it 1 1' . Qiscerueu, m ijie tiz.e,as oi a locust, me appear ance ofa man. j From a handbreadth,Stj reacned the stature of cubit; and still so winning were its ways, that it found Vaore and more fayot w-iththis son of .infatuation. It frisked I likei a satyr, and it sang like a peri, and like V mbtix of the evening it danced' on 'the ceiling ahd, tald about the great Professor, and T expressed Some; may say (that bad he Tursued a difierent sympathy with the public oNL C, and with, its plan Jiis family might have been thousands pf Uaiversity, under this afflictive 3isDen3ationi r dollars richer. - But then hisiown ku1 arid Statesmen trusted1 with a Nation's secreXs, Min. 1 those of -his pupils and children would have1 ister3.of the Gospel who cdne to us ambasaar! i been thousands of truths poorer and Dr. Mitch- dors from the. Court of Hftaven, Cabinet Qffiij ell cared iao3t for the meat that does 'not perish. cers whose 'skill is sealed by the applause of I No man ever deserved better the appellation millions, Teacuers'in every rrade of the service j walking , Encyclopedia;" llesides an inti- whose secluded and often iu requited labors f mate acquaintance with the subjects of his" own form the strength and hopefoffoa'r country, Far- J, departments, .bis '- general f ' reading was i mers, l hysieians, anaLtawyers, upvernors, Lo gislators aud Judges, Succe.teful Merchants, and eminent politicians in all j-rts of our country,' as his pupils gather around'the bier of Dr. Mit chell and cry with the .desrfring prophet, ly Father ! my Father ! The chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof V ; 0 .-l- -' ,j f Dr. Mitchell was. born inyWasbington, Conn., and had be lived until the lOtli of Augustj 1$57 wpnld baje been sixty-four 'years old.- -.He gra duated & .Yale College - in'- 1813, entered r the so ex- tenslve that there'; were. few topics of conversa tion' among sciendfiic men of lanV '''profession. whereon Dr. Mitchell was not an intelligent and interestedf listenei; or an interesting and in structive expouhder. j Some may judge that he might have done more for! bis' fellow-men had he confined Ibe attention of bis powerful mind to a more. iimitrane;bf;sabject3. So' he might bad snch bejen ius inclination. But Dr. Mitchell loved to 4"expatiate free o'er all tie world of man.'VIHe loved to realize tie mightiness ot leant to the side of mercy even while most dt" jqded and firm. , lie ws naturally of a quick jt&mper and lively imagination, and so would of. . 'atl express himself to Ibe subjects of college censure in very strong language. ;To the evil-f ifjoer's themselves he set ifortb the character and ! ;Cpnsequehces;; of their sconduct in their true light.L ; Yet "inflicting punishment' be oftenest recommended that which appealed to the grati- ' iiude and better feelings'of the culprit, if he had any.. Repentance and .reformation was what -$e sought, not merely tbe getting rid of the of- . lender, nor the striking error into the hearts of iajl who should bear of urn. ;. ' 1 1 That Dr. Mitchell - shewed faults as well as ?rcat virtues, in all the relations, he fulfilled to :13 fellow men, no one should deny; They were. . patent to all who. associated with bim. To ' those who did not associate with bin it is not t t : i I . , 1 Hi:.- l-'.?h '-, ' . - g 1.- - a III I Iii I ' l i ' 5 , . !, T :5 i !v. """ 3. t ' -t.t :i-;. i; i.r;? . ; 'VJ
The Leisure Hour (Oxford, N.C.)
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Feb. 11, 1858, edition 1
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