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From the iV. Y. Evening Mirror.
WiM.IS’jl IiETTliR.t I'UOJl I.O.MJO.V.
KUM It Kit VIII.
The Italian Opera—Madam* Castellan in “Cost Fan tutte”
—Rita Uorio—JuliajUrisi—Drambilla, &c.
My dear Morris—Four or five of the first
singers of the world, in one cast of a “ benefit
night,” at the opera, and the four first dancing
women of the world in the ballet that accom
panies it, are (tn the heaven of theatrical star
ring) like a star-light evening lit exclusively
with moons. I am a little doubtful as to the
interest which general readers feel in tit scrip-
,a*bv 'he >e» r
‘‘lyN.H.
• - tfuirduns , - . . «
P TaciiUy in tl,e month, lhe “ oor *° r,en *” e
fit* 1 * iliroe in tlie afternoon, at the Court-house, in i; c w * ,
^-tS?ho° land u situated. Notice of these turns of common operas and ballets but 11.0 ex- |
• ,b f c roiut be given in a public gazette SIXTY DAYS pre- j iraordinary combination ofcelebriiics in I burs- j
£**, to the day of e»le. . ; day; night’s entertainments at the Queen’s
nf NEGROKo mint be made at n public nuetton ,, . r .
^crir..Tut-sd»y of the month, between the oattal h.ur» I Theatre, makes it worthy, perhaps, of all at- |
■'? |e »t the piece of public sale, in the county where the | tempt to “photograph ’ ws impression with some j
j Particularity. Juba Grisi, Castellan, ttita • Bo- j cers i„ Uds“pos'dc quatre” *lmwT each”," a
iTL,? in one of the public gazette, of this thr.te.niid »t tho j ruj , kossi Lacct.t, nnu Jrambtila were the (e- “public” of admirers wno prefer her style to
da^r of* he C-«*how* I male singers. Lahlacbe, (father amiI son) Ma- t(iat of the olhers, though Labile Gnthn seems
jLt.ee forprevious to t’hed*y of *ale. rio. Murium were l.te mare singers. 1 lie dan- | to me only a more vioierit copy of Cerit". I
. _c “’■* seuses were Taghom, Cento, Lucile G rah it, i had never seen this last limned prodigy till
and Carlotta Grisi ! ! To those who know n ty present visit lo England, and 1 must say
stage values, the very reading of these names
I But, I have filled ay much paper as the
Government will take to Liverpool Tor a slid
ing, anti only half niy'ftVfttrtng’s amusement is
I described ! The ballet by the four stars must
make the beginning of another leiler.
Yours faithfully, N. P. Willis.
NUMBER IX.
The four Gmidessea of die Dance.
My dear Morris—It was the benefit ofCar-
lottu Gr>si, (to continue the description com
menced in my hist letter,) and it needed two,
at least, of the three wonders of the Dance who
appeared with her, to show Iter peculiarities in
adequate contrast. Very little distinction is
commonly made, in criticism, as to the styles
ot dancing on the stage—the degree of excel
lence only being dwelt upon. Yet the four dan
The correspondent of the Albany (Ga.) | whose 'bosoms l,he mimic rainbows
Courier gives the following description of the
falls of Tallulah:
Creditors of an esiato must be
b«' m*d«»«Coorl^f Or-
.;,* 7 for Ware to ,cll LAND, mu.i be publiahed for
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FOUR MONTHS, before any order absolute aball be
* > Crtk*\o**\for letters of".Administration, most be publish-
J til'd v das*—for dismission from administration. month-
” Juntki—t'oT dismission from Guardianship, forty
^VdlU for the foreclosure or Mortgage must tie published
fgrfour momlht—for establishing Inst pnpers./or
ttetauiptm three.month*—for compelling titles from
Kiecutnf* or Administrators, where a Bond hns been given
v‘v deceased, the full * v oce of three montht.
; pnhlicsiinns wilt always lie eontmued according to these,
As treat requirements,unless otherwise ordered.
REMITTANCES RY MAIL.—‘A postmastermny en-
.eta money i" * 'eller to die publisher of a newspaper, to
suhscrintion of a third person and frank the letter if
iiim, by himself."—Amo* Kendo//. P. M. <7.
POETRY.
MY NATIVE HOME.
hX a. it. mbzk, esq.
Land of the Sooth!—imperial land!—
llow proud iby mountains rise-,
How sweet llty scenes on every band:
How fair thy covering skies!
But not fur this.—oil, not for thee,
I love thy held* to room;
Thou Its, a dearer spell to me,
Thou art my native home!
Tliv rivers ro'l their liquid wealth,
Unequalled to the sea;
Thy liilla and valleys bloom with health,
And green with verdure be!
But tint I'orMiv proud ocean streams.
Not forlhiue azure dome;
Sweet, sunny South!—I cling to thee;
'J huu an my native home!
I've stood beneath Italia’s clime,
Beloved othide ami song;
On Helvyn’s hills, proud and suhliinr,
Where nstars'* w. n >ers rimin''.
By Teiope's classic sunlit streams,
Where God* of old, did roam;
But ne'er have found so fair u laud
As thou my native home!
And thou hast prouder glories too,
Thau nature ever gave;
Peace shed* o'er tliee. her genial dew,
And freedoms pininna wave;
Fair science flint:* her pearls mound,
Religion lift* her dome.
These, these nalnrllM. to my heart;
My own. loved native home!
And “heaven's heat gift to man'’ ii thine,
G.al Ideas thy rosy gins!—
Like sylvan flowers, they sweetly shine;
Their hearts are puie a* pearls!
And gl are and goodness circle them,
Where'er llmir foots.e;i* rosin.
How can I then, whilst iovir.j them,
Not love my ualive home!
Land of the South!—imperial land!—
Then here's a health lo thee,
Lougas thy mountain harriers aland,
May'at aiiou be blessed am! free!
hlavdark disaenaion’a banner ne’er
Wave o’er lliy fertile innui;
But aliouid it come there’s one will die,
To save bis native home!
THE OCEAN BURIAL.
LT AMELIA.
The soft azure rim of the blue bending shies
Engirdles the low sleeping sea,
Alt thud mother bend* o'er itte sweet folded eye*
Of the infant asleep on her knee;
And the ripples lie round, with their edges all curl’d
lulu small wrest 1 ** of transparent snow.
For there brood* a deep hush on the broad uteau world.
As deep a* the quiet below.
And a veisel beeves to on tiie eelm, crescent seas,
With her beautiful pennant and spars.
Aad her snowy white sails that, alone with the breeze,
Lie asleep with the clouds and the stars;
While from her broad deck a low murmuring Sows,
As of sorrowing spirits in prayer;
For an angel oflivaven bath touched with repose
The soul of the mauliesl there.
Tli* t*sr drept lie thick in tho merry dark eye
Of the sailor boy swinging aloft.
For he ponders the wavs where bis comrade must lie,
Till his heart with its musing* i* rot't,
Aad, looking away where, by distance made diin,
The sky and the ocean seem blent,
lie sighs for the hearta that are pining for him,
Whose life like a drop was spent.
And then, while rich floods of the moon’* blessed light,
Roll down the blue pathway of heaven.
While the murmur of waters, the sad funeral rite
Is heard on the stillness of even,
While sadly and slowly the mariners crowd
Round the form of the lost and the brave.
And gather him up in hit simple white shroud,'
And lower hint duwn to the wavo.
And soft through the shadowy waters alone
The lorm of the voung sailor goes,
Where the hush of the Sabbath £>r ever is thrown'
O’er the hnw ami the lap of repose,
While the stars, all disturb’d from their soft mirror’d sleep,
■ As the lonely one sinks to hie grave,
how nestle away on the breast of the deep.
Till they slumber along with the wave.
Boil soft o’er the sleeper, ob, boundless abyss!
That hath sunk in thy motionless brenst,
Xnd’lM'ihe pale lorinrest as tranquil tn this
As the soul on the sea of the blest;
Forealm a» n thought in the bosom untold ,
Thro' yenocean of starlight an I blue,
Thesnirit willflont in l.is shallop of gold,
As calm and asbeuulitul too.
iui soffly, blue ocean ! we know thou art bright
With the glittering gems of the sea, _
oat what is the pearl or the ruby’s pale light
To the treasure bequeath'd unto thee!
For the pale human form that now sleepeth akno
Was beloved by the fond and the ir ie.
Aad long will the hearts of the loving make moan—
Roll softly, thou ocean of blue I
HOFF.—BT R. r. SMITH.
Hope in tba young lic.iri springetb.
As flowers in the infant year:
Hope in the young hvnrl aingetb.
As birds w lie.i tiie flowers appear,
Hope in the old heart diet!),-
As wither those early flowers;
Hope from the old* heart flieib,
As the birds front wimry bowers.
But Spring will revive the flower,
And the birds return to sing;
And Death will renew Hope's powet
In the old heart withering.
A SCOLD.—Pahodi'.
She never nuld her peace,
ill humor, like a harsh catarrh,
* red on her
Awl |
in one “bill of the pljy,” woulJ send a sigh
across tho Atluitiic.
1 was curious to see our favorite Castellan
on the stage, for, in New York we had only
an oppoilunity of admiring her in concerts.—
Site was to play the part of Folridigli in the
opera u[‘•Cosifati tutte” (so all women do.)
Tho opera is Mozart’s, but ir q uite takes tin’s
composer out of tho solemn uich in which we
commonly view him. lo see to what nonsense
ho married his delicious music. Two sisters
are betrothed to two officers, and the first
scene opens with Labianchu’s laughing at the
young men’s belief, lliat lltcir sweethearts will
be const int lo them. A bet of a Bdntlred se-1
quins is laid by tho old philosopher, that ho
will prove them lo bo no betier than all other
women—ready, that is lo say, for the newest
coiner. To decide the bet, tne two lovers pre
tend to be ordered off to. the wars, take
a heart-rendering Lave of the.’r lady
loves, and return immediately in disguise,
each one making love to the other's mistress.—
The fair, ones prove, inconstant, s'gn agree
ments of marriage with the new comers, and
when the plot is discovered, q ;icily change
back again, and marry as is first agreed upon
—the bet lost—out all offences must expedi
tiously forgiven and forgotten ? Fancy M«»-
z *rt ready to write ii s'* Iieq iie.it” after put
ting music to such a slander on the sex !
1 did not recognise Castt llun wl en she first
came from the side-scene, she is so clitinued in
Iter appearance. Her outer shell of plump
slugglsimess is eniiiely removed, and she is j
hold thin midspiriiiieLe-lookiug, as if tiie re
moval of fl -sit had d scloscd the spirituality.—
She is sum 'wltat less beaut fui about tho neck
mid shoulders, much mure beautiful in counte
nance mid iiciioti. Still, though site plays
with expression and grace, she lacks one qua!
ity of an ac ross—that capuhil.ty of inconstan
cy i.t herself, without which it cannot be rep
resented in stage character. Never was tiny-
lliinir utote ctinviiwi. tjly Li “->«c.st than L'L^.;.
d.gii s first refusals to hs:ea to a new I over—
never was anything more iil-don« and palpa
bly against the g^mo, than her } idling at Inst
to the lover’s persuasions. Any body in the
theatre would hive insured Madame Castellan
to have (off the stage) no idea that woman
cou'd ever do such a tiling. Madame Rita Bo
no, ou tiie contrary, who represented the oth
er betrothed sisier, played tne yielding much
belter than the refusing. ,
Castilian has not sung in all the capitals of
Europe without improving as a singer. She
has filled up the devices in her throat, so to
speak, mid in listening to her now, you do not
come to those places where tne ear is caught
mid left wondering for a note or t-.vo, as if some
thing, was there that requited nothing Cith
er by tlm composer or s.tiger. Those ex
quisite descents into tiie lower bill most eu-
j yable Heaven of the contralto, for which cas
tellan was so invut'iably applauded in our coun
try, 1 old with great effect lust night, and indeed,
the and coco seemed eager to applaud her
whenever there was an opportunity. One
thing we lost hyv her appearing only in con
certs—lici smile—which finds its way some
how to the ear, for her voice sounded sweeter
after seeing it.
Rita Bnriu is discour tg ngly plain aud coarse,
and I need not describe her singing. Bram-
billa is a handsome woman and n second rate
singer. Rossi Caccia 1 described in a for
mer letter, and liked her no better last
night. Liibluuche you know all about, except,
perhaps, that he is grown so moiistrously large
that Ii s stomach makes any part that he rep
resents comical. He must bo wholly unfit for
tragic opera. Mario and Morntni arc fine
singers, hot poor after Rubini.
But Julia Gtisi seems lo have missed the
way to grow old, and quite forgotten that her
voice should by this time stop mellowing anti
improving. Till site discovers those two ob-
siinato oversights.—till she lets tho last ten
years make their mark, and dismiss the deli
cious fulness that seems more at home than ev
er in her throat of pliable ivory, there is none
but secondary admiration for any other singer
in the world. It fatally impoverishes the
richness of Castellau’s voice, ami it makes trash
of most other memory of operatic singing to
have listened, since, to a single air from the
calm lips of this beautiful Empress of music.—
Julia Grisi does the most difficult acting and
singing in the same way that a curl of smoke
manages to be graceful. There is a queenly
ly ease—a voluptuous abandonment of her own
i ifallibility, which take away all nervousness
in the looker on—all apprehension in the ear of
the listener. The preservation ofher person is
that itsn mere dancer, 1 think her the finest in
the world. She is, m the first place, a fault
less masterpiece of nature, with a bust like a
sculptor's model, limbs gracefully full and ta
per, most symmetrical proportion throughout,
and a face of unfiiigtied sixteen. Her eyes
one full of timid modesty when slto curtsies to
the applause of her aud'ence, and, ft Per the
most powerful efforts, she breathes as calmly
and quietly as if she had but walked across
llte stage to be applauded. Her little, short,
regular teeth, full ftps and compact forehead,
express the vigor which characterizes Iter style,
and that style is the perfection of a beautiful
peasantgitl, simple as a new blown butter-cup.
(She is an exemplary wife, by the way, though j
Falls of Tallulah, Habersham-Co., )
July 15th, 1845. j
Messrs. Tift a Bougu tom ;—As 1 write
principally for the benefit of those who may be
seeking health and recreation bv travel, and
who are not disposed to underrate the wonders
and beauties of their own State, it would be an
unjuirdonabloomissinn if I were losay nothing
of these wonderful Falls. Much has been said,
and written about the passage which the Poto
mac has forced thro’ the mountains at Harper’s
Ferry; and Mr. Jefferson, in his Notes o t
Virginia, has gone so far as to say that it is
worth <i voyage across the Atlantic to see it;
and yet, if I may be allowed to judue, that
scene is scarcely worthy of comparison, with
tlm vast gortfo which the Ta’lulah has t-rn
through the mountains at litis place. Gould 1
impress upon your mind a true picture of these
stupendous works of ualure, you would, I fear,
set it down as a I reveller's story, and deduct at
least one-half. I am happy, however, to hav
ing it in my power to refer you to Gen. Bms-
hane, who is well acquainted with lltc locality',
for confirmation of all I ntay say. The Tallu
lah is a small river of the size of Kincltafoona,
mid uniting with the Chatooga, a few miles be
low the Falls, they make the Tugalo. The
mind is overwhelmed in contemplating the im
mense channel which this, comparatively small,
stream lias worn in enduring granite,’ thro’ the
unchrotticled ages of the past. This channel
is not ‘ess than three miles in length, and in
width and depth, ranges from five hundred to
fifteen hundred fee11 - The Falls have receded
e, like l Tiie beauty, truth, and power of the abovq
water-sprites in’the gayest attire. | ex’ruct should come home to. every man, and
The Kettle, ns it is cal ed, is another object j t<> the mechanic especially*! It is so true in re-
which is worthy'of a passing notice. It is
excavation in tiie solid gmniie. in the shape of
a hatter’s keltic, eight or ten feet in diameter,
of unknown depth, highly polished, and looks,
indeed like n woik of aft. It is located at the
summit of the fall, where the stream,' by its ae-
ce’eraled motion, is preparing for its mighty
leap ; and a portion of it" being driven into the
Kittle, gives it the appearance of a real caul
dron, in a state of furious eb.pJliti.in. Others of
the same form, hut of logs dimensions, may be
seen in other t arts of the chasm, in situations-
which do not prevent their exploration. An
attentive examination of the several finished
and unfinished specimens, coi.tainit g voupded
pebbles <fcc., will leave no doubt on Hie ini ni <>1
the observer, that tltev have been fixed v a ted by
lie mechanic especially,
ard to these females who move in the circles
ot show and fashion, that ihey are “admired hut
not respected.; desired but not esteemed.”—
All men wild wish their wives," daughters, and
sisters to Heme’ reverse of this, to command res
pect father than admiration, to awaken rSteern
rather than desire, should on all occasions
teach them to despise the meanness and loathe
the cot rtip’ion Which, as u pillar, suji) ort and
sustain tho dome of fashion, and without which
meatiness and corruption it could nol slat’d for
a moment, but.would topple to. the g.rounti-
Agoin,"itsometimes happens that those, who
either from a want of wealth br inclination, oj
both, do not mingle in the muddy current of
s r et fashion, are yet deeply injured in their,
domestic telat'ons bv those that do. Under
she retains her maiden name of CetZ-living i ‘ Z the °‘ l, ’ e moun,am ba, . ner *
a quiet life, off the stage, as Madame St.Leom) j Y e,0 ' ,U) d,,uh ’> ™"ch greater m times
Taglioni’s style, on the contrary, is well I " t 1T® 8 ?" 1 ' , La< 1 >km f l °
known ,o bo siiigu'aily patrician and ladv-like. ! "°. rk . t .'" S r,ver l,aS a,rei ' 11 ? ‘•ccomphslied,
the gyratory motion" of s md, -ii-avel and small j ht-se circumstances, we have onrdoubts of those
stones in the eddies of this impetuous torrent. | who are thus injured) appealing to court and
A dark aperture, i t the form of a tloo-, ot
one of these inaccessible cliffs, is another object
of attention. Wc are instructed by legendary
history, that it is tne doorway to the realms of
his Satanic Majesty; and is called, in vulgar
phraseology, the Uevtl’s Den. It is far hey ond
the reach of impertinent curiosity, and Old
Scratch could no where have found an inlet to
his dread abodes, which would be more secure
from the inroads of m irtul enemies, it he lias
litem and fears them ; for ii is certain that man
in the flesh will never cross his threshold. Tho
shutter has been thrown away, and the door
stands forever open. There may* he something
significant in this; hut, let not sinners he de-
g'-lting pecuniary damages, hut to man’s last,
best friend—the means which God aral nature
furnishes—and one that never deserts him.—
With this he can invoke the laws which defend
the honor of his name, and offer up to thorn a
pious and acceptable liballrin in the Llood of
the offender.—Balt. Republican.
The Balance of Ptnoa Defined by a.
Frenchman.—Two men—one of whom had
the physical outlines of an Englishmen, and
the other of whom was certainly an American,
—were yesterday engaged in a set to on the
( Levee. A crowd had collected, around them.
After a few passes the American put in a “In
terred from visiting thu place, on account cf j cer ’ to his opponent, which brought h m to the
the proximity of the infernal regions, lor I can
assure them, on tiie authority of our cicerone,
that his majesty is never at home.
Respectfully yours, * * *
There is digniu iu her grace, dignity in her j incomparison, which is left for it
* ° ^ j t *°» tmie it vvouiii seem, is near at hand,
when these toiling waters, that have known nei
ther sleep nor sabbath"since creation’s dawn,
most energetic bnunduigs across the stage.—
1 he impression she makes is a modest one—
die professional language of her petticoats be
ing entirety overawed and silenced by the un-
cutucicusuess and self-respect in her couute-
natice. O'race is tho leading theme of Taglio-
t»i, and in this quality of tiie dance she has nev
er been equalled. But 1 have described her to
you very tolly in other letters.
Carlotta Grisi d Ifers from Tag’iuni aud Ce-
riio as ciiaiiipague u fi’ rs fro n still wines.—
She dances with a sparkle. What Jules Jan-
uin is, among Fteneli writers, and Tom Moore,
among English poets—what boat lightning is
(probably) among thumjei’s more sober sisters,
u id yvlta’, in our paper-opins coutprv, nobody
ventures to b.*, i t anythin)*—th ,t is Carlotta
Grisi amoitg'dancers. Besides, heiue admira
ble, she is wholly peculiar. There is meaning j
and espicglerin iu her movement bus ties pew- |
er and grace. The p rims of iter toes fling off
a vibration whenever they are thrown out,
which affects one like wit. Sue s ems to he
graceful and ugiio to please yon, hut with a su-
, ll .il, of fl... .....I O il. ..1,1011 MltJ vent
to, lo please Iterseif, when the grace is comple
ted. Though site is quite ns much applauded
as the othci'3, v* Itile dancing, there is an under
tone of laughter audible throughout the house,
and 1 think, on me whoie, s to gives more pleas-
utelo the audience titan Iter sister figurantes.
At the same time she is quite t.ie plainest *>1 llte
four. Ilt-.r neck and shoulders are unfurnished,
and I presume Ma', by daylight, she is freck
led mid red-haired. TliflUga' full of most wilt-
mug misclti, vonstu-ss, her ieatines are common
and liomeiy—one of litost faces of which wc
can trll remember hundreds—wmch nobody
NEW ROUTE FOR OCEAN STEAMERS.
! The Washington Daily Union, of the 16th
j inst„ says;
I We understand that, under the authority
. - , . . - - ! granted by an act of the last C ingress to the
nay te-t from their labors; and yet, from : £* ost Office Depart meat, to employ steamers to
their inappreciable progress, it wtll he many c ,'- ,, )0 w European ports, a proposi-
thousands of years, before the stream can pur
sue its wav with a quiet pace, a noiseless step
and a placid bosom, through the immense via-
‘ duet which it will have m«de. The unreflect
ing will tleny that this little stream has perfor
med so great a work, and will j >in in opinion
with our cicerone, that Gjuil made it so at the
beginning; but he, who has studied over so
linle the Antiquities of the Earth, wiil not
doubt it. Time is all What is required for its
accompli Jimrai; and the evidence is cumula
tive and incontrovertible, that our planet pos
sesses a much higher antiquity titan is usually
ascribed to it. Standing upon these heavy
b.titk menls of nature, one cannot contemplate
these profound depths—the soaring vultures
witeeli g in lazy circles far. far beneath his
feet, w ithout feel rig uncommon emotions.
1 vasltlmuelitft.
- .. «- omnipotence, ifititmutle, eternity,”
crowd upon him nud oppress the soul with their
greatness. The mind is led hack, through the
mighty cycles of eternity, to that undi-fitied era,
when, *‘nt the beghm ng, God created the Hea
vens and the earth.” The great' revolutions
tion lias been submitted to the Postmaster Gen
eral to take another route than the usual one
by, the way of Newfoundland, &c. We do not
profess to be acquainted w.lh the subject, and
cannot undertake to recom iicnJ the new propo
sition for the permanent adoption of the post of-
\ fice; hut it certainly appears lo us worthy of
1 consideration and of experiment. The nrgu-
j meats by which it is supported uro ingenious;
: and the source from which it emanates is of the
I most respectable character. It is possible that
i it may be found, upon the whole the safest and
j best route for general navigation from America
to Europe.
The proposition submitted to the Postmaster
General is to have two steamers employed, for
the pres* nt, between the ports of New York
or Norfolk, and Lisbon. The alleged advanta-
gon of Boioe-img tiie port of Lisbon are various
and- importau', with respect both lo the ra
pidity and security of tiie passage. They
are—
1st.’ That it is the nearest and most direct,
frequented, western European port.
2-J. In case ot'disasier, seeme lmrhois are of-
which our glob* has undergone, from the hour [ f ert .j' without deviation ofcourse.at the Azores,
in which it first fe t the Creative Energy, the
dreadful agents which have keen nt work tear
ing aiul scattering its crust in endless confusion,
scooping out its ocean beds, upheaving its
mountains and continents, an 1 anon, burying
its forests, together with countless myriads of
living things, from the minutest insect up lothe
,T *i i colossal Mastodon, the Megathiuium. and the
but the owed* would suppose lo Juve any need - t . in !f . ,, = , c .
oi beauty.
Lu'cilc Gralin is n tall, pretty Get man girl,
a..d tiioug i allowed to bo worthy of ranking
with tho outer three, lias no peculiar character
istics.
There is liit’e to describe in llte pas de
quulre ill which the four tip-toe goddesses dance
together, it is rather n troubled show titan
otherwise, the eyas being very much embar
rassed to know which ore to look at most atten
tively. tjmneof the Groupings were never be
fore equalled, ol course, as, commonly, there
is but one star in tae duster, and the,rest are
common figurantes. Homage to Taglioni
seemed to have been tiie contriver’s principal
idea, and it wasdoubtless as beautifully paid as
was ever done to a goddess on Olympus. The
four danced singly, after the grouping was over
and each one, it seemed to me, had boquets
enough showered upon her Go have required a
cart to carry home. Those who have seen
tnese four dancers in one ballet are congratula
ted, as, it is said, the l.ke lessee of the Opera,
has tried, this year, the experiment of unlimit
ed outlay, and the Londoners have had all the
marvels of Europe accordingly—singers and
dancers, in single eiiieriaitiments. An opera
so calereJ Jbr, is Certain!/ an immense luxury,
and it would make almost any capital habitable.
The difficulty is to do without if, when one
has once drugged his evenings with it.
Taglioni is bent on going to America, they
say, but repudiation has so frightened her,
that site wants security before she goes.—
While she is waiting fur it, Time is rnakiug
sad havoc in her speculating capital.
Your's faithfully, N. P. WILLIS.
Mars, Saturn, and Venus.—The planet
Mars will attain its nearest approach to die
earth ott the 21st of this month, nt which time
it will he little less titan fifty millions of milts
distant. So near an approach of Mars to oar
planet, a New York p tpar says, occurs but
once iu seventeen years ; and its appearance
is now more brilliant than it has beeu since
singular. And 1 do not think it is by care of 1Q28. It now rises in tiie southeast about
her own, for I have often supped in her compa
ny, and seen that she ate anil drank with the
dangerous thoughtlessness of ah Italian contadi-
nu. As far ns her heart goes, (if she has one)
her life has been somewhat turbulent. If there
is any secret it* her immutability, more than a
good constitution ond natural genius, it is, I
fancy, in her “taking no thought for the mot- j *tar of evening* Venus
vow ”—saving thereby, the making of many a
wrinkle. A night or two ago, when she and
Brambilla were singing their most ravishing
duett of Dolce confvrlo almisr.ro,” a cut
run across (he singe and interrupted them,
eight in the evening, and ntay he distinguished
by its remarkably bright a ini d< ep-red color.—
About fifteen degrees westward is seen the
planet Saturn ; while iu the opposite quarter
of the Heavens, over the horizon yet glowing
with the fires of the expiring sun, hangs sus-
letnled, brilliant with soli and silvery light, tiie
ng tongs: s!
*uh n .-mir Dleat-ejred on.
«:likc He,-me unu,', l,er W
a witch.
stamped and ;
teniy,
during which Grisi stood for a minute or two
perfectly unconscious of observation. 1 was
sitiiiu: very near the footlights, and I could not
but remark the infantine play of her lips over
the small withe teeth while she was laughing,
and the dimpletl hand that hung beside Iter,
looking like a girl’s of sixteen tuei e than like a
Woman’s of forty.
Dry Goods.—The first sale of domestic
and staple goods, was held on Wednesday, by
Messrs. Wilmerding, Priest & Mount, and was
well attended botlt by city and country pur
chasers. In almost every species oi goods
fair prices were realized, and in domestics
there was a trifling rise.—X. 1. Courier.
An Ohio editor, in recording the career of
a mad dog, s tvs : “We are grieved lo say
that the rabid animal before lie could he killo.l,
seriously bit Dr. Hogg and several other dogs.”
Saurian, deep within its bowels; the creation
of .Man, flirt deluge of Noah, and the great fiery
cataclysm which, in the dim future, it is yet to
feel, that shall renovate, purify and prepare it
for the habitation of celestial beings; those, all,*
in gigantic outlines, pass in review before the
awe-struck an'd bewildered fancy. Such re
flections chasten and subdue the proud spirit of
man. What is he ? His life is “as the vapor
that endureih for a little s -ason—lheti vanish-
eth away.” How insignificant does' ho feel
amidst tnese stupendous winks of Deity!
** The lips
That mtiy forget God in the crowd,cannot forget Him here,
Where fie has built His own glory, in the wilderness.”
There nru two points in the vicinity of the
Falls, where llte descent into tins frightful
chasm is piacticuble, and, with a little precau
tion, entirely free of danger, even to ladies.
Inconsiderable as the Falls appear when
seen from the dizzy heights above, they will
well repay the labor aud hazard necessary to
obtain a nearer view. They are five in num
ber, but only two of litem are worthy of notice,
the remaining three sinking into insignificance
aniidst tho •surrounuitig magnificence. The
lower one is supposed to Full fifty or sixty fuet,
whilst the upper is computed at one hundred
feet. There is one point only, at the summit
of the latter, from which it can be seen at ad
vantage; a< d it requires some co tt age, on the
part of ladies nt least, to reach it. You are
obliged to pass over a table or rock, polished to
the smooth ness of glass by the running water,
and inclining at a considerable angle to the fu
rious torrent, just where it makes its fearful
leap. Nourished by the humidity of the place,
a few stunted shrubs and weeds have found a
feeble foothold upon its surface; and in pass
ing one cannot refrain from clinging to them,
from tbesame instinctive impulse that leads tiie
drowning man to catch at a straw; alive, at the
same tune to the uncertain tenure by which his
lilc is held. He is encouraged, it is true, by
SCein** neither hats nor bonnets floating in the
boilitti* gulf beneath; nevertheless, the hazard
U sufficient to send the blood whirling through
his vein*, i' 1 unison vyillt the wild tumults of wa
ters a round him. It wits from this place that
the illl’uteJ Hanks, by an unlucky slip, was pre-
cip tab d over tho Fall into the dread abyss, and
whose life was nevertheless preserved for a
worse fate, as by .a miracle. Truly might he
exclaim,
••There are moments of time* when the cou! it receives
Whole volumes ofilu»ught,oo its unwritten leaves.”
Tiie point of view sought for being gained,
the spectator finds the scene greatly magnified
by this near approach, and could spend hours
of delight io coiiterrtplaiing,
“ Tlit cataract,
Like a giant wroth, rush down impetuous/'
Tiie fall is not continuous, but is broken into
two leaps of about equal height. Striking on
the halfway step, which has a smooth lace and
an outward angle, it dashes with a maddened
spring, into the gulf below and against the jut
ting rocks, with a fury that sends the powdered
watersjihissin" away in wreathing clouds, upon
j situated in the very tract and mid-voyage, where
deposits of coal can be made at Fuyal, to bo
taken in, if needed; and
It is urged, besides, that the situation of Lis
bon, from whence a railroad is to he made with
all convenient dispatch to the frontier of Spain,
and probably at an early fu ure day to Madrid
itself, and perhaps beyond, ought to be selected
as the most convenient point of rendezvous by
travellers to all parts of Europe, Asia, a id Af
rica; for thero are periodical departures and ar
rivals of steamers lo aud from England, France,
and Spain, and to and from the ports of the
Meditoranean, &c , die.
It is said, loo, that this increased intercourse
with Portugal would necessarily give abun
dance of freight, both for the outward and in
ward passage, and hence revive the drooping
commerce between the two com tries; which en
couragement is not necessary to the long-es
tablished and direct trade, which will conlinuo
without iiterrupiitin, betweeu England,France,
and the United Slates.
Its friends allege that there is no doubt that
these American steam-packets would he sub
ject to no higher port charges, or other expen
ses, in the port of Lisbon, than are paid by
steam-packets of other nations, but that all
would be treated in every respect alike.
3d. There is less, if any, danger of ire.
The friends of the proposition, therefore, in
fer—first, that the rna'ls will cross the Atlantic
with greater speed and security at a'l seasons;
then, secondly, that these mails can be distribu
ted at the Lisbon General Post Office for their
different destinations, to be immediately, suit
forward by steamers to Gibraltar, Cadiz, the
Mediteranean ports, to Smyrna, Egypt, to In
dia. and thence to China;’by land to Madrid, Pa
rts, nn>l other interior places of Spain, France,
and beyond; and, thirdly, that tins correspon
dence will reach the above-mentioned places
mattv days earlier, and at a cheaper rate of
postage, titan if carried from America >o Eng
land or France; for, he it observed, Idlers
which are mailed iu England to go'to the enu
merated countries via Lisbon, where mads are
regularly made up ut;d taken by Steamers to
those ports.
Mechanic’s Wives.—Speaking of U e mid
dle t anks of life, a good writer observes :
There w-e heltold woman in till her glory ;
not a doll to carry sJks and jewels, not a puppet
to be flattered by profane adoration ; rever
ent e I to day, discarded to morrow ;' always
jo-tled out of the place which nature and soci
ety would assign her, by sensuality, or by con
tempt; -admired but not respected: desired j
hut not esteemed*; ruling by pass'oo, notaffec- :
tion; imparting her weakness not lterconsian- j
cy, to the sex site could exalt ; the somce and
mirror of vanity ; we see Iter a wde, partaking
the cares and cheerin'.* the anxiety ot a hus
band, dividing his toils by her domestic dili
gence, spreading cheerfulness around het, for
his sake sharing the decent refinements of the
world, without being vain of them, placing all
her joys and happiness in the man site loves.—
As a mother, we find the affectionate, the ar
dent instructress of the children whom she has
tended from their infancy; training ilttjni to
thought and benevolence ; addressing them ds
rational beings, preparing them to become
men and women in their turn- Mechanic’s
daughters make the be6t wi<>s in the world.
ground, and no sooner had he done it, than a
witty-faced Frenchman stepped out of the
crowd, walked up to the American, and with
a blow under tin; “listener” made him drop.
“Fair play ! fair play !”cried the crowd.
“That he fair piny, G d n !’’ said
tho Frenchman, retiring from llte ring.
The original assailants were now both again
on their legs and again at llteir work. After
some shying.and sparing, the Englishman tipp-
t d the American a l.c right between his day
lights, and he fell. In steps the Frenchman
again, aud before the Englishman, whose part
was lakett before, could say “Jack Rob
inson,” he was “into him.”
Fair play !” was again the cry. ‘Knock
him down !”—“4'wo against one will never
do !”—-‘Pull him out.”—And tiie Frenchman
was pulled out.
“Why, you frog-eating mounseer,” said an
Irish drayman, “Why can’t you let them fight
it out till the best man whips 2 Fair play is u
jewel, don’t you know that, ye fur’ in fool ?”
“Yes, I he after f fir plav,” said tiie French
man. Butyou no comprehend : I, like Gni-
not—I go for keep vp balance of power, G—d
d -n !”
Although he might attempt to keep tip the,
balance of [tower, tho Irishman showed‘him
that he could nut retain the power to buianco
bisgroavity, for he instantly knocked him down.
The police arrived and did the rest.
Guano—(he real grit.—The St. Augustine
Herald of the 5th instant says; “Why should
every body run crazy after the Guano from the'
Pacific when our own country can furnish a
much heller article. Wherever salt water or
fresh runs, there are Ja<-gebeds of alluvial depo
sited, which, on ehymieal analysis, we think,
will be found some ofthe most valuable compo
nents which combined with olhers will form
a much cheaper manure than can he imported.
“If Guano, hmvevor, must be Lad, why not
come to Florida;-nt-d.as long ns it fasts, we
will supply it. A friend tells us that.on the
Pelican Islands, of which there -are. a.-.p urn her
jn.'the Tomoco River, there ai£ large dqposiles
of the article—the real grit.. T.lVp Pelican
and other aquatic birds of tho epast congregate
there in myriads, • and afford to In? .planters a
rich manure if tln-y choose lo take tt-away.—
And besides this the young squab furnishes all
tee oil they ueed for use in the cottgii ginning.”
Kidd’s Treasure-—The N. Y. -Tribune
learns that the coffer-dam, for the •^"nrpose of
raising Capt. Kidd’s vessel, is now nearly com
pleted, and next will,be pumped out, and the
money raised ! The stockholders, it -is sup
posed, will not need pumping !’
A Lucky Xcwspapcr Publisher.—A pub
lisher in France says he cannot receive any
more subscripit-ons for his paper, lie now
Sends out 50,000 aud cannot tnatl any more.—
He promises, however, that should any vacan
cies occur, he will supply those who first place
their names upon a.list prepared for the pur
pose ! This is quite eiiCoutagmg.
Extension of Morse’s Telegraph.—We
learn, says the Bulttmorq Argus; that hi range-,
ments have Leon made to' commence construc
tin'’’ file,fme of telegraph from Baltimore to
Pitiladelp lia on the 1st of October next. By
the 15th of October it is expected that the. lino
from Philadelphia to New York will be ready
for operation.
We will, no doubt, now bdve' a conn’nuons
line nf telegraph from Washington to New-
York pi operation b'y. the beginning ofthe ses-;
sion of Congress in December, wh'eft there will
be seen a complete revolution in llte ‘‘news
wor d.”
] The Poor Man.—When a poor man at-
! tempts to rise—attempts to show that there is
no monopoly of genius and ibat God hath giv
en as free and noble a soul to the lowly as to
the great—he is not only opposed by the class
above hint, but envy at d scorn are but two of
ten his portion among his fellows—They do
not like to see. tliemseiv< s outstripped by one
whom they may have reckoned no better than
themselves,and instead of encouraging;, they
damp his ardor, and grieve his heart with
sneers, and cold (because envious) counsel.—
The next class above hint love not to see a man
who lias taught, to boast of but 'a noble soul,
no treasures save those of mind, presuming to
take his place among them, and there is one
universal shout of “keep him down !” This
upwards struggle which poverty-struck geni
us has to endure—this struggle against preju
dice, and envy, and misrepresentation, and
want, bus daunted many a mind, and discour
aged many a breast, and has kept muSy a
man, formed to be a fght to the world in pover
ty and darkness to the end ot Ins days. Be-;
cause of this, many a noiile spirit has coll conk
ed its own flame of brightness ; many a noble
and free man of whom the world was not wor-
thv, have gone "down lo the grave with all the
wisdom of their souls untold—^"have died amt
/ made no si^tt. ^
