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POETR Y.
SONG.
BY MRS. HtMANS.
If though hast crushed a flower,
The root may not fte blighted ;
If thou hast quenched a lamp.
Once more it may be lighted ;
But on thy harp or on thv lute,
The string which thou hast broken,
Shall never in sweet sound again
Give to thy touch a token.
If thou hast loosed a bird.
Whose voice of song would cheer thee,
Still, still he may be won
From the skies to warble near thee ;
But if upon the troubled sea,
Thou hast thrown a gem unheeded,
Hope not that wind or wave shall bring
The treasure back when needi and.
If thou hast bruised a vine,
The summer's breath is healing,
And its clusters yet may glow
Through the leaves, their bloom reveal
ing.
But if thou hast a cup o'erllirown
With a bright draft tilled—oh 1 never
Shall earth give hack the lavished wealth
To cool thy parched bps fever.
The heart is like that cup,
If thou waste the love it bore thee,
And like that jewel gone,
Which the deep will not restore thee ;
And like that string of harp or lute,
Whence the sweet sound is scattered,
Gently, oh ! gently touch the chords
So soon for ever shattered.
PLEASANT CHILDREN
nv THE LATE 11. KIIMOSSTOSE.
Every where, —every where, —
Like the butterfly's silver wings,
That are seen by all in the summer air,—
We meet with those beautiful things !
And the low, sweet lisp of the baby child
By a thousand hills is heard,
And the voice of the young heart's laughtei
wild
Aa the voice of a singing bird 1
The cradle rocks in the peasant s cot,
As it rocks in the noble's hall,
And the brightest gift in the loftiest lot
Is a gift that is given to all;
For the sunny light of childhood s eyes
Is a boon like the common air,
And like the sunshine of the skies,
It fallethevery where !
They tell us this old earth no more
Bv angel feet is trod,
They bring not now, as they brought of yore
The oracles of God.
Oh ! each of these young human flowers
God s own high message hears,
And we are walking, all our hours,
With “Angels, unawares
By stifling street and breezy hill
We meet their spirit mirth ;
That such bright shapes should linger, till
They take the stains of earth !
Oh ! play not those a blessed part
To whom the boon is given
To leave their errand with the heart,
And straight return to heaven !
-13 fl « KSiSiA A T.
Wr rrMi'KA.— Tho venue lias always
sounded most inha.m e. sis in our ,«nrs,
hut the fight lia pro.* u poetry Jo the eve.
The first glance unpio.-sos tlio visitor that
ii is the lit*- t singular as well as the most
thrifty, of our now Southern towns. It’
iias sprung up a\ ithiii tlio last three years :
anil already numbers upwards of three |
ihousaiul inhabitants : of whom a major:-'
tv appears to bo engaged in mercantile t»ur-!
suits. It is located on the Coosa river, a
noble stream, (navigable by Steam Boats
of the largest size) about live miles above t
its junction with the Tallapoosa, a stream
of nearly equal magnitude. The navi
gation of the Coosa ceases at the town in
consequence of an extensive shoal—that of
the Tallapoosa, at Tabasco, about forty
miles from their junction. The navigation
of the latter is somewhat difficult, and i?
only attempted by boats of moderate size.
Among the singularites in the Location
of VVetumpka, may be mentioned, that it
la situated on both sides the river, and
nearly equally divided between the coun
ties of Montgomery, Coosa and Autauga,
and is again divided in the following dis
tinct sections and interests. Wetcmka
proper, in Montgomery county, the Frac
tion, and “Georgia"' in Coosa county, and
West Wetumpka, in Autauga “Georgia,”
receives its appellation from being settled
by several respectable citizens from the
middle section of our State, and is a place
of residences only. West Wetumpka is
situated on a large and beautiful plain, rt
an elevation of thirty to sixty feet above
the bed of the river : is handsomely laid out,
and contains a considerable number of
good dwellings and stores, some of which
arc of brick : anil many buildings are now
going up.
The Eastern side of the river presents
most attractive objects to the romantic
traveller. At the distance of two to three!
hundred yards from the river, rises a steep
and almost precipitous mountain in min
iature ; probably of about three hundred
feet elevation, and extending parallel with
the river nearly two miles ; affording room
at its base for a street ; and near the low
er end ol the town two streets. Onlhe«c.
the town is principally built, and contains
manv good stores and dwellings: a nonr
■ ber of which are of brick and three sto
ries high. This narrow plain is of about
equal height with the opposite bank, and
inseveral places is severed by deep ravines
| which have been worn by the mountain
I torrents. To connect the streets cross ing
: these ravines, several bridges have been
! thrown over them of twenty to thirty feet
| it) height ; and to a stranger, it would he
! a dangerous experiment to venture far
j from his lodgings on a dark night. Many
buddings are so situated, that you may
; walk into the front door on a level w ith
i the street, and at the back door you will
(find yourself looking down into a gulf of
I twenty feet or more in depth. On look
|mg above your head ; a most romantic
| scene presents itself. You there sec at the
| height of one to two hundred feet a con-
I siderahle number of handsome dwellings,
whose white walls are ri>ing among the
! green foliage of the mountain,from shelves
j and spurs projecting from its side,affording
small spots of earth comparatively level,
as scites for building and gardens. From
1 the summit of the mountain a prospect
! presents itself beautiful as the eye could
j wish in culm and pleasing objects, and
boundless as the extent of human vision.
The river, with its placid bosom below,
its foaming current as it is tossed and
fretted along its rocky bed above, the
town, the deep solitude of the tallies in
the rear, the cultivated fields, and forest
in the distance, and the blue summits of
the mountains in the horizon, form a land
scape, over which a native of Switzerland
might recall the scenes of his father-land.
Near the centre of the town is a bridge
built after Town’s patent of five hundred
feet in length, and'a similar one is soon
to be built near the upper end of the town.
A large shoal of rocks obstructs the nav
igation above the bridge, and w ill furnish
an inexhaustible quantity of substantial ma
! terials for building. On the Fast bank a
raceway has been cut through them, and
a set of mills are nearly completed ; and
water power to an endless extent can he
| obtained with little labor. In these shoals,
i the finest fish found in our rivers are
caught in traps, in the greatest abun
dance.
Wntumpka enjoys many groat and im
portant advantages, which must soon ele
vate it to a city of the first class for the in
terior of our Southern Country. It is at
the head of navigation of a noble river,
surrounded by the most fertile lands to
an immense extent, and must remain with
out a rival in commerce. It is the first
healthy location on tlie Alabama, or its
tributary waters, and w ill be a great resort
j for the wealthy planters and citizens of less
favored regions below and in its vicinity.
About ti mile from the south east part
; of the town, near the foot of the mountain,
I is a watering place of considerable repute,
known as the 11 arrow-gate Springs. This
place lias been handsomely improved by
the erection of an extensive tavern, which
is kept, in good style, and is the resort of
a large number of people during the sum
mer. The water of the principal spring,
in taste, somewhat resembles that of our
| celebrated Indian (Spring, but is less
! strongly impregnated.
Taken altogether, VVotumpka is a most
I singular place—-highly favored by nature,
j and is shortly destined to become a wealthy
| and extensive city.
An Inti'.iu ri*TF.n Duspatcii. Ilood s
■ Comic Annual contains an article relleet
titg oil 1 hr* notorious rudeness, of what is
| called t in/ war—and furnishes the follow
ing intercepted letter from an ollicer. and
a finished gentleman of the old school,
to show that even ci\il war may he civil
ized anti carried on with becoming rourt
sey. —Tlje letter is presumed to be from
! an officer of rank in (Spain to the Com
j mamler in Chief:
1 “Your F\oe!lency—l had the honor of
describing in my last despatch a little
personal rencontre with the gallant (ioner-
I til on the other side ; and 1 have now the
pleasure of laying before vou the agree.t
hie result of another affair of the same
, nature.
Early on the Kith instant ottr piquets,
with a becoming deference to their supe
riors, retired from the presence of a large
| cavalry, and intimated tit.it I might short
ly expect the favor of a visit, i immedi
ately sent tin* light dragoons and lancers
to the front, with instructions to give the
: gentlemen on horseback a hearty welcome,
> j and provide as they best could for their
entertainment till l should be prepared for
■, their reception, cs well as of a;i\ friends
j they might bring uitli them. I flattered
myself, indeed, that 1 should *;ijov the
company of their whole army, and they
were so good as not to disappoint me.
A lively cannonade announced their
approach by a which was cordial-
I ly returned from the whole of our batteries;
1 and then a cloud of skirmishers pushed
forward to our front, and commenced a
j liberal exchange of compliments-with our
tirailleurs. Our cavalry in the meantime
had sought an introduction to their horse,
, which was met in the handsomest man
i nor, and many intimacies were formed that
I only ended with life. The cavalry at
length retired, but evidently with regret,
and many reiterated promises of soon coin
ing again.”
“Their main body now appeared moving
in the best disposition towards us. whilst
the rid s on the flanks paid tiic most mar
ked attention to our officers, who recei
ved mauy substantial tokens of their re-
I gard. A closer acquaintance was now
sought with an impressment quite flatter
ing : indeed it was difficult to replv in ad
equate firms Vo the warmth tutd importu
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
nity of their offers. Perceiving that we
had some vfery heavy guns on our right,
they obligingly undertook to carry them,
professing at the same time a very sincere
inclination to serve our hgbt artillery.
They also wished to take charge of a hill
oil the left that might annoy us ; but had
tlie courtscy to resign it to Colonel Bow
er, on a representation that the eminence
was indispensable to his views. Their
cavalry also endeavored gallantly to make
a favorable impression on us, and in par
ticular evinced a lively desire to visit some
of our squares, but which, on, the plea of
inconvenience, we found means to de
cline. There had manifestly been a de
sign of dropping in upon us unprepared,
but fortunately 1 was enabled to foil the
pleasantry, and even to turn the table upon
themselves. The enemy finally gave up
every point, and handsomely offered to
accommodate us with the field of battle ;
but feeling bound in politeness to return
the visit,l ordered an advance of the whole
line: and we were at once hospitality per
mitted to enter their lines without cere
mony, and make ourselves at home in their
camp. In justice to their generosity 1
must not omit to state, that we found it
abundantly provisioned,—the artillery en
tirely placed at our command, —the whole
baggage devoted to our use, and even the
military chest left very much at our ser
vice.
“The list ofcasualties is not yet made
tip, but lam in possession,of some of the j
details. The 111th was politely invited to
a masked battery, and a succession of balls, j
kept up with a spirit that the regiment, j
and Major Smith in particular, will long
remember. Cornet Bower is deeply in
debted to a lancer, who helped him off bis
horse; and Captain Curtis is lying un-i
1 tier tt similar obligation in the hospital,
j Captain Flint owes the cure of his wound
j to the skill of a carbineer; and Licuten
j ant Bower was favored with as specific a
j remedy for extermination of blood to the
head. Colonel Boult was handsomely pre
sented with the freedom of the field, in
closed in a shell ; and Major Brooke is
absent, having received a pressing in
! citation that he could not well resist—to
i visit the enemy’s quarters,
j “I have the honor to be, tScc. &c. &.c.
(Signed) Ma writs.
( Countersigned) Cn estek field.”
Northamton. The extensive Mead
ows spread out contiguous to the Coiinec
j ticut river, have been overflowed during
! the past week to a great extent. The far- j
j tners are sulfering severely, as the crops
! already planted tire destroyed and the
ground now overflowed will require to be
J newly worked over. The danger is, the
season is so far advanced, they will never
iconic to maturity. The uncertainty of
j floods at tdl seasons and the repeated loss
lof crops by late spring freshets, render
; Meadow lands of very questionable value.
The rain has been almost incessant ibr aj
week past and the w hole country lias been ;
deluged with cold water. Not only are I
the crops destroyed, but vegetation is I
; checked and the prospects of a harvest oft
i great bounty is made doubly dubious.!
j The floods occasioned great annoyance:
tutd loss to the farmers, but they adorn
the landscape. The Meadows inundated, j
present, in some spots, extensive sheets of;
water, and in other places, slender linesol'i
glittering beauty, running across the grass
lands, like broad threads of silver. The!
boundary of these waters on the east and i
■ -Youth are Holyoke and Mount Tom. Thej
exact line of the River i> lost and the im
mense area betu re,i this village and the
< mountains is much of it covered into a
beautiful, but transient lake. At such a
1 season n>this, when the green foliage is
just opening and the blossoms are whiten
ing the vail v and Kill side with their fragrant
. flowers and trees, and shrubs are seen
shooting up, as it w ere from the bottom of
the “great deep the landscape possesses
singular richness and beauty. It should
be seen from tin elevation such as Round
Hill or Holyoke. It is worth vears of
heartless and dull looking at brick and mor
tar and paving stones which make up“citv
sights.” [Northampton Courier.
Ct NNiNu. . It has often been said that
where nature denies talent, she gives cun
ning ns a substitute. An Irish gentleman
had a son who was deemed an idiot; the
little fellow, when nine or ten years of a or,
was fiend of drumming and once dropped
his drumstick into the draw-well. He
knew that his carelessness would he pun
ished by its not being searched for, and
therefore did not mention his loss, but pri
vate!} took a large silver punch ladle and
dropped it into the same place. The but
ler was blamed, but the draw-well was not
1 thought of. lie then got a silver pint cup
| and tumbled that in alter it. The servants |
were blamed, and in a short time it was!
forgotten. llp tit last got a silver salvor, ami!
th rew that down also. Tins was a matter!
t<> be investigated, and a very strict inqui-i
ry took place. 'l'lieservants all pleaded;
ignorance, and looked \v! it suspicion on j
; each other, when tlso voting gentleman,}
who had thrust himself into the circle,
said lie had observed something shining at
the bottom oi’the draw-well. A boy was
j dropped down in a bucket, and soon bawl
ed out from the bottom, “I have found the
punch-ladle, and salver,and here's the hall
pint cup, so wind up.” “Stop,” roared
out the lad, “stop; now your band's in,
\ou may as well bring up my drum-stick!” j
American National .Mei.odies. We
remember, olte morning, visiting the rooms
°t a distinguished (Jcrmfln who recent!".
visited this country for scientific objects ;!
1 and found, among a mass of statistical j
tracts and learned documents of one kind j
or another, an assortment of music, which j
, seemed singularly out of place in such a j
collection : nor was our w onder diminish
ed when, upon turning over the pieces!
which had been selected by our grave and
philosophic friend, to find that they con
sisted wholly of negro airs, such as Jim
(’row, Clar de Kitchen, Ohio Bluff, and
' other such choice tnorceau —each orna
-1 mciited, or rather disfigured, with the cus
tomary lithograph of a thick lipped Ethi-j
| opian. Upon inquiring of Dr what lie;
intended to do w ith such stuff, he gravely j
informed us that he collected them to take!
back to Europe, .as specimens of the mu
sical genius of the Americans. [New
York Mirror.
Some w r eeks since, at the moment when
one of the actors at the theatre of the Porte
St Martin, Paris, said to another in the
piece, “Now, y.ou have nothing more to do
than to recommend yourself to God,’’some
one amongst the audience cried out,
“There is no such Beifig.” A violent tu
-1 mult arose—cries of “Turn out the Ath
} eist,” “Turn out the impious wretch,”
j were heard from all sides. The whole
house was in an uproar until the author of
the confusion had been removed from the
! box.
Anew process has been discovered at'
Strasburg by means of w'hich a white crys
tallised sugar is produced in twelve hours
from beet-root, and which does not re
quire any further refining. This inven
tion is the more curious, as neither rmy
acids or chemical agency is employed in
this remarkable operation, and the use of
I animal black is entirely dispensed with,
j It has also the advantage of saving 2d per
j cent, in the consumption of fuel. The
; new process is applicable in all the pres
ent manufactories of sugar, with the ex
i (-option of those upon the principle of des
! sir at ion of the beet-root. The inventor
jis M. Edward Stolle, who, though not
! more than twenty four years of age, is al
ready highly distinguished for his experi
ments in chemistry, and his works in po
lite literature.
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TO say that this is a reading age. implies a
desire for instruction, and the means to
gratify that desire, on the first point, all are a
greed ; on the second, there is diversity both
of opinion and practice. We have newspa
pers, magazines, reviews, in fine, pamphlets of
all sizes, on nearly all subjects, which hava
severally their classes of readers and support
ers. And yet copious as are these means of
intellectual supply, more are still needed. In
addition to the reviews of the day and passing
notices of books, the people in large numbers,
in all parts of our great republic crave the pos
session of the books themselves, and details,
beyond mere passing allusion, of the progress
of discovery in art and science. But though it
be easy to ascertain and express their wants, it
is not so easy to gratify them. Expense, dis
tance from the emporium of litcratuie. engross
ing occupations which prevent personal appli
cation of even messages to libraries and book
sellers. are so many causes to keep people a
way from the feast of reason and tile enjoyments?
of the covered literary aliment. It is the ob
ject of tile publishers of the Library to obviate
these difficulties, and to enable every individ
ual. at a small cost and without any personal
effort, to obtain for his own use and that of his
favored friends or family, valuable works, cotn
plete. on all the branches ol’useful and popular
literature, and that in a form adapted to thtr
i comfort of the reader.
The charm of variety, r.s far as it is compati
ble with morality and good taste, will be held
constantly in view in conducting the Library,
to fill the pages of which the current literature
of Great Britain, in all its various departments
of biography, history, travels, novels and poe
try, shall be freely put under contribution.—
With perchance occasional exceptions, it is in
tended to give entire the work which shall be
selected for publication. When circumstances
authorize the measure, recourse will be had to
the literary stores of Continental Europe, and
translations made from French, Italian or Ger
man, as the case may be.
YVliilstthe body of the work will be a reprint,
or at times a translation of entire volumes, the
Kver will exhibit the miscellaneous character
| magazine, and consist of sketches of men
and things, and notices of novelties in literature
and the arts throughout the civilized world.—
A full and regular supply of the literary, month
ly and hebdomadal journals of Great Britain
and Ireland, in addition to home periodicals of
a similar character, cannot fail to provide am
ple materials for this) part of our work.
The resources and extensive correspondence
of the publishers are the best guarantee for the
continuance of the enterprize in which they
are about to embark, as well as for the abun
dance of the materials to give it value in tho
eyes ol the public. As far as judicious selec
tion and arrangement are concerned, readers
will it is hoped, have reason to be fully satisfi
ed, as the editor of the Library is not a stran
ger to them, but has more than once obtained
their favorable suffrages for his past literary
efforts.
TERMS.
The work will be published in weekly num
bers, In stitched covers, each number contain
ing twenty imperial octavo pages, with double
columns, making two volumes annually, of
more than 520 octavo pages, each volume ; and
at the expiration of every six months, subscri
bers will be furnished with a handsome title
page and table of contents. The whole amount
of matter furnished in a single year, will be c
qual to more than forty volumes of the com
mon sized English duodecimo bocks. The pa
per upon which the Library will be printed,
will be of the finest quality used for book work,
and of a size admirably adapted for binding.
As the type will be entirely new, and of a neat
appearance, each volume when bound, will
furnish a handsome as well as valuable, and
not cumbrous, addition to the libraries of those
who patronize the work.
The price of the Library will be Five Dollars
per annum, payable in advance.
A commission of 20 per cent, will be allowed
to agents; and any agent or postmaster, fur
nishing five subscribers, and remitting the a
mount of subscription, shall be entitled to the
I commission of 20 per'cent, or a copy of the
j work for one j’ear.
Editors of newspapers, to whom this pros
i pectus is forwarded, will please insert the n
b«ve as often as convenient, and send a copy
of their paper containing the advertisement
marked, and entitle themselves to a free ex
change for one year. Address
E. L. CARY A. HART,
Philadelphia.
THE HERALD AND STAR.
IT cannot be denied that the present state of
our country demands peculiar and well di
rected activity on the part of the press to make
known the features of the various topics which
are now agitating the various portions of the
national confederacy. To supply, at a low
price, the inland towns with information, at a
little delay only, after it has been received in
| the Atlantic cities, is praiseworthy, and should
i in the end reward such persons as exert their
ability for the successful furtherance of this ob
! ject.
The Editors and Proprietors of the Boston
Daily Herald, convinced of the importance ol
i '1 ( arefiiily conducted press to disseminate in
: formation throughout tho country, some weeks
since issued the first number of the Semi
Weekly Herald and Star, which they have
found to be suitable to the wants of the inland
community, as it lurnishos over one hundred
newspapers in a year, at the very low price ol
two dollars. This paper is made up from the
Daily 1 let aid with such additional matter, in
the shape of stories, legends, poetry, statements
of the markets, and such information rcspcctinT
sales as may be deemed advantageous to the
yeomanry of the land.
The peculiarity of the Herald and Star will
be found to be in the fact that while it is not
cn S a S e< l ' n party politics, it reserves to itselr
the liberty ot speaking boldly and openly on-?
every subject which concerns the weal of the
w hole country—and summons to aid, besidcs
the constant supervision of the Editors, valua
ble assistants, who are industriously and hour
lv exerting themselves to give strength and a
; bilitv to tlieir various departments.
! Ihe Herald and Star is published every Tucs
; day and Friday morning, and mailed on the
J ffiglit previous in order to ensure its speedy
'•transmission by the mails.
! The price is Two Dollars a year payable in
advance ; $2.25 in throe months ; s2,;">o in six
| months; $5 at the end of the yeap. The best
! method to ensure the reception'of the paper is
to enclose $2 in a letter addressed to the Pro
prietors. HARRINGTON <fc CO.
Boston, 18S7.
810
LOST from the piazza of Mrs Lamb's house,.
a russet leather VALISE, containing a
few articles.of clothing, a dressing case and a
file of papers and three memorandum books, of'
no use to any person but tho owner. Whoev
er will return the papers and books either with
or without the other articles, shall recoive the
above reward of ten dollars and no questions
asked, on application to this office
Brunswick. June?. 1837