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jhe countrv is believed, for the most part to be already 1:1 profitable investment, from wnich it cannot be abstracted to the extent required, without injury to some of tj>c great interests of the oo . 1 ' practical men concur in t*- cr r recti .ess t! t which i.s required lor our present pu . o-> - must lie in a great tY-givc </'*•;. < ,ro..a>ro: . To do tjjis is on toe e:leafiest terms, t a mo : oHdOuUei! secuiitv for its re-un uiseine.it inii't bead i ' is tl to c ous. Ci'c i Jb but the agent in ex • in" r our prouu for the articles which w< co me. » facilities we afford to ;h :v t, !■ ■ - diminish the exper. -e ot <h " r : L change. is licaefies <1 to tlie co: - -r. ■ 1 mifiis.-iin" the prices of the articles oi ; 's co vunritlo.!. and le exp* shipment of a car.' 'ot • I *■ - 1 : • molasses, from the \\ ■ 1 cs to Nt w Voi.. or of dry goo Is, hardware. ‘Sic., i.oinLvc - pool to t ie same ; »rt, to 1 i >Sat u or< interest, comm ■ *■ : •• so far diminish thev e»1 ' cn.lo.i, *• -'■ ol lumber, which i.r.y ■ ■ lor i : £on‘.;i Carolina has aht . sv : * l : ‘ ]. f. I . < lount of Lankin" capital u •:: 1' c i•. principal s< port, she m w t . pt'» •’.-.it ■ "'< - -rs ? *n ‘‘ml v-:inl To Civ lnteif "j ,(r people, provided a flirt ' r increase ol it from foreign sources, to the 1 ' cit <•: npvv ins of s;x millions more. I nle-'s we to; iw toe ex ample, we sit- . soon -••• I ':' ;l |n'o til • purchased in our interior inai '.i and trans ported to Charleston for export to foreign countries: wl.-fie she w : > turn.-It tm supplies ?<*r our con • ». It ■ ready occurred in ni-.tiv ins* : • that die n - . rciiai.t-s of Savanna!i hate l :q -vie! the proem- ■ ol u South, exchanged il in forei-in markets lor articles oi’constant and general consuiiiptioii at the South, and have been come, I. for want of sudi fa- :l.l> a- ; ■•• •• fi la. r to send thorn to \ew-\ mk tor a m .il.i t. Tiler# are even iusta.ic- wbi'M toe ' cry n <t chanl of Savannah who had sent t!<e returns of in's produce from foe pi ports to Xevv-Y ork lor sale, has received in ••on.dgc.mcii’ route ol his own imports, to lie s .id in ; ".rt i i Savan nah, and in pa>t to he lm w a rde 1 to tile interior of the State. It is too obv ions to inquire in tins case who j aid the increased expenses on these goolshere? These considerations in ti.ev.i.w oftlie committee, author ’-e an earn t i;j , e.,1 to the constituted authorities of Georg i to in: r* pose for the protection of our mer 'limits and our people, bv such an increase oi the banking capital of our principal seaport as may be ad equate to the j>ur| osesof a thrr • t foreign tra '< ■. Toe amount of banking capital which w,!! 1«* required for thecontciii] I ifed purposes w,d be large since the credits \\ hieh are neee- - irv to tiie import trade, arc much greater than what is requisite in the exportation of our produce. It cannot be stated at less than ten millions, to protect us from the evil under winch we at present labor. In iliustrathm of these facts, it, may be stated, that even foreigners are driven from our port > by the impossibility of realizing in cash the sales of their cargoes. Vessels loaded by foreigner <, ; . ! entering i ‘o our, ports, with i.istiu. '.ion •to ob'aiua return ear go, have been ncce-sardy ordered to other ports, from the incapacity of our ban!;.: to allbrd the facilities neces ary to realise their sales, so -as to put them in funds for the pur chase of a return cargo of our pro luce. In pursuance oftlie views advanced in the foregoing report, the Committee beg leave to nit the following resolutions : Ist. Resolved, That it be recomnu n k dto the Legislature to alibi'd the in ■ < ary addi tion of banking capital to tlie city of' Favannali both by tlie creation of anew bank, with n large capital, and the increase oftlie capital and resources of any bank already located tiiere, by tlie introduction of a foreign capital to be added to it, on such terms, and in such manner, as the Legislature may deem advisa ble and prop* r. On motion of Mr. Terrace, the above reso lution, after the words “city of Savannah,” was amended as follow s : “ And all other places requiring additional capital.” 2d. Resolved, That this Convention do re commend toihc banking institutions located at tlie commercial points ::i the State, tlie ne erssity of a direct credit with fore'gn capital ists, with a view to the extension of the requi site pecuniary facilities to our merchants, in a direct trade with fmigu countries. 2d. Resolved, That :h. - Convention do re commend to tlie Legislature the repeal of all such provisions in the e l . -iter of any incor porated companies, as prohibit foreigners from being stockho lers 4th. Resole !, That this Corivt ion re gard as of high importance the successful com pletion of our gieat sy 'em of internal im provements, and recommend to tlie Legisla ture the vigorous prosecution of the Western and Atlantic Rail Load, an ! the ex elision oi efficient aid to companies engaged in works of internal improvement, which m >y he deemed by the Legislature of general By Mr. Sanford, ol 1! tbershuni : Resolved, That this Convention respect!';:’!;, recommend to the General Assembly ofthe State, the expediency of inquiring into the policy of the enactment of a general law, au thorizing tlie format : ou ol a Joint Stock Com. panes for the purpo e of promoting a direct trade with Foreign Countries, with such ic strietions and limitations as they may deem advisable. Bl.ootl SHED AT LAST. We un ferstooil that a party of tour rega. lira were conducting twelve Indians from North Carolina, when about dark on Friday lust, t'ue Indians, made a concerted attack upon ti:cir guard—killed and sr i) ! two oftlie ic. gulars,and wounded a third dangerouslv, and then nude t'ne'r escape. (Jen. Scott lr turned the regulars, not yet left for the West, upon these Mountain Indians, suppo-e 1 to he several -hundred in number, ami lias also called lor a company of volunteers for t'.<* same ser vice. A part of this fotee Las already n ire! - cd to the Mountains, and tlie rcmuitidcr will set oflf m#oob.m possible. Gen. Scott h . de termined on asunmrv course with these strug. gling refugees. We think, however, it will be difficult to find them. Atlienn (Tenn.) Courier. M ISCELLANY. From the LVccmls r Number ot the Southern Literarv Messenger. THE LAST TREE ARTICLE. “Lastscem fall, • :1 • . Shakspeare. Mvlast [ a per was sent to you from the !.. oi'Oj.v.ood,—and contained a promise of ano'- er. to Ic dated in mv own New E . V ' ; eit is now my inter. l :o:i to re leetn. (Viit.t a transiti >:i it was from those fine old n \ , i . ■ ■ crowded thro igh It \ Ia change, an I c . ('rum ti.e coa e ■ 'V' of w.iien 1 have i.o • t tv .: now, i tovered. ••Ti ro. at *]:>• r •• y .ft r t:coding beech, T it wreat roots* thing seamed ! i new T i ol the rail v ovi r-cn iw < i street x t iu ii i jtjt il.f ;V s cOfi-.ti;iit moving • • - wuijk ' LcToro. . ivcnr t t!> < : ;n u; -i t t r-.lr.nd lawn t” Dc.-'t'.xotl ant! discon-oktto Mah! Slie could not shave these reverses w ith him who had made her the partner of almost all Ins rural pleasure ! .Sue t irii * her nose over the pal ings, and whinnied forth a not unmusical farewell, and as i was whii:< 1 away towards. ■ vn, she gazed v ti me, whose departure rut > i r i lucent en m ts. Mow M i tlie] hsea son! S e ate tiie delicio'.’s fruit ge from the each rare ■ . ! melicatcon separately, . —as a w i- :Id do : dain liing, w th her delicious lip, the juicy from the roi ;h i one, 1 11 if she were discu ing her «'«• eit with a silver knife. Poor Mab! to wiiosn < anion, a moiig tlie breezy lii'.ij of old i'aii'iiix ? Os coiir-e. she well ii'inemljcrs yet Vcr summer friend: metliinks I see her - soft expensive face,” saying, a : plainly as a horse can speak. ‘‘One morn, I missel him on tlie Vuslomcil hill, favorite tree; Another conu s, —not yet beside tlie rill, Noruj> the lawn, nor at the wood, is he !” Excuse this digres ’ a, my dear reader: but men and mare j have feelings, you must be aware. 1 have been quoting freely from Gray’s fine Elegy in a Country Church Yard. A beau tiful copy of this celebrated poem lies before me, os I w rite, —a book from wh eh it is de* to copy. E ich stanza is appropriate ly illustrated in the most perfect manner by wood engravings, after designs of Charles Landseer, Thomas, his brother, Westall, Stohard, Cooper, (' lleot, ( .'.a!<>n, Wright. C'attermole, Mulreudy, Copley. Fielding, and ot!:crdistinguished artists. It is a London book, and has a deserved celebrity. Each page is a sc a rate gem, and t nctly ami beauti fully set.—the touching talc being told ns ex e- July by the painter, as by the poet: and “ those rufreed elms, that ye'.v tree's shade, Wht re '.leaven* the L.ifiu i.iany a iii'iuldtriiiy huip,’’ as weil as “Full many a flower, whs h, !■ >rn to blush unseen, Still wastes itsswi etn< • the di sen air, - ’ being depicted tlierein with the most truth!..l •mi natural fitielity. How touchingly does this rare poem draw wood-pictures ! How breathes this stanza of the pure country ;.ir 1 “Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield; Their furrow oft the «tubbum glebe has broke; flow jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow’d the * >ods bt ath th< ir sturdy stroki 1” The custom of wood-felling always attack me as a barbarity. Rea on lias convinced me of t Ijc necessity oftlie ease, but still it an rks of cruelty, as 1 view the mutter. The trade oftlie butcher is innocent and respecta ble enough, so custom wills it to he esteemed: but only look at it in detail, —knocking down <t fine ox, or cutting the throats of tender lambs, in cold blood: and yet 1 know more than one very gentlemanly butcher, —and 1 have known othenvi e very good kind ofpeo p!c to order their oaks and maples felled, lor firewood. You cannot imagine how para doxical all this strikes me hs being. But 1 have blown my blast against wanton wood cutters heady, in one of the earliest of these desultory papers,—an ! will give them now a re pile—only tip g ing to the iegi lators, whether or not it would be a constitutional , enactment, to order that everv man who fells a tree shall plant two, either in its or another place. Old Herrick, (with whom I have already made quite free, in these articles.) has an ap posite thought. “ All things decay with time; the f.ir< ?t sees 'i he growth and downfall of her attch ::t tr< cs. '1 hat revt rend oak, whit h, threes core lustre;', stood, The proud dictator < f the slutc-like wood, Has bowed at last 1” Here is a beautiful simile, drawn from a kin dred s',licet, by 1 l.ibniglon, an English poet of the sixteenth centuary Speaking of an old weather beaten tar in Greenwich hospital, lie says, “ Thu ■■ (■ " - he, tike some f, a!lant pine, l amed : r its travels on the sea, Broken wi l.storms and age,decline. And in some qua : creek unnoticed rots away 1” At Oak wood, we bad all kinds of oaks, as 1 have already told you in a former article. Among t: two, the willow oak was to me the greatest ; uriosity. Miehaux gives a very minute account of tills tree, which scents to have no great reputation, however, in the pla ces where it grows. It is not so useful as tlie other \ iir etits, and, as tlie “utile” is more of a consideration w th our good ; eople than the “ dulce,” it is ranked in every quarter as tar beneath them all. It certainly is a singular freak of nature, how ever, and interests tlie na tural st who sees it for the first time. It bears an neorn. and this alone distinguishes it from the march willow, excepting when it grows to TIIE SOUTH ER \ PO S T i a larger size than any of this specie s ever does. Apropos of willows. Johnson this tree as one, “whose branches am worn by forlorn lovers:” and Virgil in bis EclogtAs tells us that willow is a badge of mourning for shop! erds. Byron lias these lines : “On the tcil’oir thy harp is suspended. Oh Salem ! Its sounds should be free ! And the hour when thy glory was ended, /Jut left me that token of thee!” But it was not always an emblem of sa loess. At the feast of “first fruits,” it was borne in triumph. -Ye shall take, on the first day,” x..ij Moses, in Leviticus, •• thg, boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm, and boughs of thick leaves, uml willows, —and so shall you rejoice!” There is but one poet worthy of a coronal of oak-leaf, as The l’oct of Trees, —and he is our countryman. Ills splendid poem, entitled “Forest Hymn,” entitles him to this meed. The whole of it might well be copied here, in proof: but it is too well known ai.d too easily accessible to be allowed such space in this clo ing paper of my series as it would occu- I’ . Lead it, reader, if thou hast not; and. if thou hast, read it yet once more, — blend it with tkv memory’s strongest associations, and, with the poet, J “ meditate In tho-s calm shades God's glorious majesty, And, t > the beautiful order of His works, Learn to conform ihe order of thy life !”— Bryant. Accept his invitation, — “Thou, who wouldst see the lovely and the wild Mingled in harmony on Nature’s face, A >ad our Rocky .Mountains. Thou shall look I 'poo tlie green and rolling forest-tops. And down into the secrets of the glens, A :.1 streams, that, with their bordering thickets, strive To hide their windings.” Cos w ith him to the glen, where, he tells you “Tlie fragrantbireh above him hung Jh r tassels in the sky, And many a vernal blossom sprung And noddled carelessby.” Follow him, and “ know where tlie tim’d fawn abides, In the depths of the shaded dell, Where the leaves are broad, and the thicket hides, With its many stems and its tangled sides, From the eye of the hunter, well I” What he tells you is true : that, “When our wide woods and mighty lawns Bloom to the April skies, The earth hath no more gorgeous sight To show to human eyes.” I fe will show you, “ tokens Os ages long ago,— Our old oaks stream with mosses, And sprout with mistletoe : And mighty vines, like serpents, climb Th* giant sycamore; And-trunks, o’etthrown for centuries, Cumber the forest floor.” He will lead you to the woodland fastnesses of brave Marioa’s men, and teach you their wild soil" ; “(Lir fortress is the good green wood, Our tent the cypress tree, — We know the forest round us As seamen know the sea ! know its walls of thorny vines. Its glades of reed y grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass I” “Tke woodland rings with laugh and shout, As if a hunt were up : And woodland flowers are gathered, To crown the soldier's cup. With merry songs wemoek the wind. That in the pine-top grieves, And slumber, long and sweetly, On beds of oaken leaves.” He will tell you when ’tis the bettci time to woo: “ when autumnal dyes Tinge the woody mountain : When the drooping foliage lies In the chocked up fountain.” And, as you rove with him, “Err, in the northern gale Tlie summer tresses of the trees are gone, The woods of autumn, all around the vale, Have put their glory on. Amid the woods that crown The upland, where the mingled splendors glow, Where tlie gay company of trees look down, On the green fields below,” — With him you will own, that “ ’Twere a lot too blest Forever in those colored shades to stray’; Amidst the kisses of the soft southwest, To rove and dream for aye ; And leave the vain low strife, That makes men mad, the tug fir wealth and power, The pasrior.s ana the cares that wither life, And waste its little hour.” Henry Longfellow’s is a kindred spirit with that of Biyant, and breathes, at times, most eloquently and touchingly, with the true inspi ration of tlie forest. He describes the Spirit or Poetry, as moving “In the green valley, where the silver brook, From its full laver, pours the white cascade, Ami, amid the silent majesty ofthe deep woods, Its presence shall uplift the thoughts from earth, As to the sunshine and the pure bright air Their tops the green trees lift.” He says, elsewhere, that the old and “ gifted bards Wave ever loved the calm and quiet shades For them there was an eloquent voice in all The sylvan pomp of woods, —the golden sun, — The flowers, —the leaves, —the river on its wav, — Blue skies, —and silver clouds, —and gentle winds, — The swelling upland, where the sidelong sun Aslant the wooded slope, at evening, goes,”—<j'c- d l '- This is a beautiful picture, and brings back Oakwood scenes most vividly. There is a broad belt of woods stretching far from south to north, upon the crest of a green slope, be iiiud which the sun sets slowly and redly tit the close of a hot summer day. Farther down tiie hid is a hedge-row. beneath which it was delightful to sit, and watch the gradual decline of the fiery orb, even after its yellow beams were hidden from the view: tor th* long and regular shadow ofthe whole wood) mass seemed to come gradually creeping icarerand nearer to my feet, until there was i no ’ r ghtness left but that reflected from the s: nkeii sun upon the rich masses ol cloud, that hung, like curtains of purple and gold, over the green wood-taps. But I was quoting Longfellow : and here is another of his wood land pencillings. 1 low touchingly appropriate to the rich scene of sylvan beauty spread out before me as 1 write! “There x a beautiful spirit breathing now Its mell'tw richness on the clustered trees, And, froiu a beaker full of richest dyes, /'oaring new glory on the autumn woods, Hud dippiil in warm the pillared clouds. 3/ m,on tfc mountain, like a summer bird, Lifts up b. | purple wing; and, in the vales, The gentlawind, Kisses the flushing leaf, and stirs up life Within tin]solemn woods of ash, deep crimsoned, And silver leech, and maple, yellow leaved, — Where au’pnn, like a faint old man, sits down, By the wa/side, weary.” “Oh wfat a glory doth this world put on For him,/'ho, with a fervent heart, goes forth Under tit bright and glorious sky, and looks On dutid well-performed, and days well spent! For hiiudie w ind, ay, the yellow leaves, A'hall h/ve a voiee, and give him eloquent teachings ; i/e shJl so hear the solemn hymn, that Death //as-fed up, fi»r all, that he shall go To lis long resting-place without a tear!” Perhaps after this I ought to recall what I said of Bryant, as the only American wood-poet: “ Let both divide the crown 1” Peabody of New England lias a truthful pen, when writing of such subjects. “God of the forest’s solemn shade ! The grandeur of the lonely tree That wrestless singly wi.h the gale, Lifts up admiring eyes to thee ! But more majestic far they stand, When, side by side, theirranks they form, — To wave on high their plumes of green. And fight their battles w ith the storm I” But I must draw this lengthening paper to a close. A mass of pencilled passages, mark ed in my books, lying around my desk, by numerous dogs-ears, otter themselves for quo tation, but 1 must limit my selections. I have been writing in the midst of all a New En gland autumn’s glory. October in Massa chusetts is the most picturesque of all the months. The harvest is in,—the orchards are yielding up their red and golden fruitage,—the , brown and polished chesnuts are falling from their husks, —the oaks are shedding their brown cupped acorns, —the maple, the ash. the j low sumac are putting on their brilliant color ing, the hectic glow that tells of speedy de cline, and early dea'li, —and, as Bryant says, i “The melancholy day’s are come, — the saddest of the year 1” Yet why are they called “melancholy”? “ IFliat is there saddening in the autumn leaves ? i ll. we they that green and yellow melancholy That the iwect poet spoke of ? II,\A he seen i Oar variegated woods, when first the frost Turns into besuty all October's charms, H hen the storms Os the w ild Equinox, wiih all its wet, /fas left the land, as the first deluge left it, With » bright bow of many colors hung Upon the forest-tups,—lie had not sighed.” Brainard. It is now the time of “The Hunter’s Moon,” and, to quote this sweet poet once more, “The moon stays longest for the hunter now, — The trees east down their fruitage, and the blithe And busy squirrel hoards his winter store : While weenjoy the breeze that sweeps along The bright blue sky above us, and that bends Magnificently all tlie forest's pride, Or whispers through the evergreens, and asks, 'What is there saddening in the autumn leaves ?’ ” William Howitt, the husband of Mary, that sweet poetess, in his “Book oftlie Seasons,” discourses with all the fondness of a true na turalist. cf woods. He says, “Ariosto, Tasso, Spencer, Shakspeare, and Milton, have sanc tified them to the hearts of all generations. What a world of magnificent creations comes swarming upon the memory as we wander in woods ! The gallant knights and beautiful dames, the magical castler and hippogriffs of the Orlando; the enchanted forest, the Atmida and Erminia of the Gerusalemma Liberate ; •Fair linn, with her milk-white lamb,’ and all the satyrs, Archimages, tlie fair Florimels and false I Inessas of the Faery Queene; Ariel, and Caliban, Jaques, and tlie motley fool in Arden, the fairy troop of the Midsummer- Night’s Dream, Oberon, Titania, and that pleasantest of all mischief-makers, ineffable Puck, —the noble spirits of the immortal Co mas. With such company, woods are to us any thing but solitudes. What wisdom do we learn in the world, that they do not teach us better ? What music do we hear like that which bursts from the pipes of universal Pan, or comes from some view less source with the JEolian melodies of Facry-land? Whatever woods have been to all ages, to all descriptions of superior mind, to all tiie sagos and poets of tlie past world, they are to us. Wo have tlie, varied whole of their sentiments, feelings and fancies, bequeathed as an immortal legacy,and combined and concentrated for our gratifica tion a id advantage,—besides the innumerable pleasures which modern art has thrown to the accumulated wealth of all antiquity.” Again, he asks—“ What can be more beau tiful than trees ? Their lofty trunks, against in their simplicity, asserting to the most inex perienced eye, their infinite superiority over the imitative pillars of man’s pride; their graceful play of wide-spre iding branches; and all tlie delicate and glorious machinery of buds, leaves, flowers, and fruit, that, with more than magical effect, burst forth from naked and rigid twigs, with all the rich and brilliant colors under heaven ; breathing delectable odors, pure, fresh, and animating; pouring out spices and medicinal essences ; aid making music, from the softest and most melancholy under tones to the full organ-peal oftlie tempest. I wonder not that trees have commanded tl e admiration of men, in all nations and periods oftlie world. What is the richest country without trees ? What barran and monoto nous spot can they not convert into a para dise? Xerxes, in the midst of his most ambi- i tious enterprise, stopped his vast army to con template tlie beauty of a tree.” Arc.: and so he goes on a strain which impels the wish on mv part that Messenger articles might be ex tended, ad libitum, and that your readers could have the whole of this delicious essay spread before them. One passage more, beautiful I and timely, I must transcribe. “It is in this month, [October.] that woods 1 may be pronounced most beautiful towards i the end of it, what is called the Fading of the : Leaf, [with us, The Fall,] presents a mngiiifi- : cent spectacle. Every species of tree, so 1 beautifully varied in its general character, the silver-stemmed and pensile-branchcd birch, the tall smooth beech, the wide-spreaking o k and chesnut, each devclopcs its own florid oak of orange, red, brown, or yellow, which, min gling with the gicen of unchanged trees, or the darkness of tlie pine, presents a tout en semble rich, glowing, .mil splendid. Yet, fine as our woods are at this season, far are they exceeded by those of America; the greater variety of trees, and the greater efiect of cli mate, conspiring to render them in decay gorgeous and beautiful beyond description.” Before this last of my lucubrations is turned to type, all this will have experienced a yet more striking change. The iast leaf of the trees the foliage of winch falls at all, will have been whirled from their branches by tlie cold wintery winds, and the gigantic arms of the forest will be bared to t';e howling blasts that will shriek shilly among them. The ever greens will retain a portion of their verdure, duller, however, than tlie summer tinting. Holly and mountain ash will alone keep their red berries, and some few faded leaves will cling with desperate tenacity to their brown branches. Max the season prove one of un diminished comfort to all who have accom panied me in these my woodland rambles! May the “Christinas chimes” sounding merri ly in their ears, welcome them to good cheer and happy fireside enjoyments : and among their chosen topics of reflection, may tlicbeau | ties and wonders of nature find a prominent place. May they cultivate a taste, which every \mcriean should peculiarly cherish, as a sure source of the richest enjoyment, and the highest mental and moral improvement,—the taste for forest-trees. Our own Irving, of w hom two worlds are justly proud, says truly that “there is something simple, and noble,and pure, in such a taste.” It argues as sweet and generous nature to have this strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy anil glorious sons oftlie forest. There is a grandeur of thought connected with this part of rural economy. It is, if I may be allowed the figure, the hcrioc line of husbandry. It is worthy of liberal, and free born, and aspiring men. lie who plants an oak, looks forward to future ages, and plants for posterity. Nothing can be less selfish than this. He cannot expect to sit in its shade, nor enjoy its shelter : but he exults in the idea, that tlie acorn w hich lie has buried in the earth shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing, and increasing, and benefitting mankind, long after he shall have ceased to tread his paternal fields. “Indeed, it is the nature ofsuch occupations to lift the thoughts above mere worldlincss. As tlie leaves of trees are said to absorb all noxious qualities ofthe air, and breath forth a purer atmosphere, so, it seems to me, as if they drew from us all soi did and angry pas sions, and breathed forth peace and philanthro py. There is a serene and settled majesty in woodland scenery that enters into the soul, and dilates, and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.” Indulgent reader, farewell ! J. f. o. Ncwburyport, Get. 7th, 18.'18. A silk worm was placed on a Morns Multi caulis growing on our plantation, a few days since, soon after it emerged from the egg. It •grew finely, and wc watched its progress to 'maturity with some interest, anxious to learn whether it would prosper exposed in the open fie'd, and fearing that a storm might do it in jury, anti perhaps destroy its life. A shower at length came, and when it was over we ic paired to his wormship’s head-quarters, not to inquire, but too look after his temporal condi tion. We found him safely enconsed under one of the leaves of this wonderful plant, ap parently in a meditative moot>nnd seemingly careless of the state or condition of the ele ments. The leaves of the Chinese mulberry are so arranged upon the tree, that a worm may find protection from the sun or rain in whatever point of compass it approaches. Tlie insect, in its native state, lies on the mulberry tree in the open air, and in the position of :ts leaves, the worm fin is shelter and protection in the vicissitudes of weather. In this, as in every thing else, we discover the munificence of Providence manifested in the care bestowed even on a worm, and to us it is proof conclu sive, that nature intended the Morus Multicau lis for the special protection and sustenance of this valuable and interesting insect. Silk Grower. CHANCE AND DESIGN. Aristippus was shipwrebked on an island, where he and his companions were apprehen sive of being destroyed by barbarians, or torn to pieces by wild beasts, lie perceived some geometrical figures roughly sketched on the shore. “ Let us take courage, my friends,” exclaimed he, ‘’for I see the vestiges of civil ized men !” The judgment which he formed was instantaneous and certain. lie never suspected that those figures had been scratch ed by the talon of the eagle, the paw of the lion, or even by the finger of a savage. If, however, upon landing on an unknown shore, instead of a few figures rorghly sketched on the sand, we were to find a geometrical trea tise, such, for instance, os the first six books of Euclid, with all the propositions, diagrams and demonstrations, would any one hesitate, for a single moment, to pi onounce that this was the work of some civilized and intelligent be ing ? No man capable of exercising reason would pronounce it the work ofchance. Would a voyager landing on an uninhabited island, and finding a magnificent and splendid city, adorned with palaces, and temples, and tow ers, imagine, b cause be saw no inhabitants, | that the city hud risen up there without the j operation of an intelligent agent ? No. A nativeof 01 iental climes might pronounce it the ! work of the genii; hut no person would ima gine that it had come there w ithout a designing cause, a contriving mind. 4 LL persons indebted' otlu-rubwrihir.piibcrbj im'e ' •/w or upon account, r 3 very respectfully invitee to call and seidt: he eery YV M. It. JOHNSTON January 21 Ifcf I CAUSE OF THE INDIAN SUMMER. What occasions that return of soft, miltl and sutninc: -like weather alout the end of Septem. ber and the beginning of October, to which we give the name of Indian summer, has been often made a question. An article on tie subject, in the Democratic Review, fumisl.w explanation. “ It is well known that water, when passing into the form of ice. gives out a large quantity !of its latent heat. In the high Northern hti. tides visju and by Party and Ross, it appears that the winter commences in tlie beginning of September and that throughout the whole of that month the congelation proceeds with (Treat activity. It is reasonable to suppose, there fore, from the immense amount of ice formed during that period, that the quantity of heat thrown into tin atmosphere during tlie month of September, must be sufficient to exert a very powerful and perceptible effect upon the temperature of the air in countries lying South ot the Article circle, especially as the Norther, ly winds prevails at the season.” INGENIOUS CALCULATION. In one ofthe spinning and power-loom cs. tablishmen s in Bury, there arc 1.140 looms at work. An intelligent book-keeper employed at these works has made the following curious calculation, namely: The shuttle of each loom, in traversing through the shed formed by the w harp, passes over a space of 4 feet 6 inches at least, some more but none less than that. Whilst at work, the shuttle is thrown 100 times per minutes, or 27,000 foot per hour. The looms arc in operation twelve hours [ier day, consequently each shuttle tra verses 324,000 feet or 61 miles 030 yards in one day. Among so many looms, there will be always scr.ie standing from various causes. Allowing, then, 110 out of the 1,140 to he the average number standing, and assuming that 1,000 are kept constantly going for twelve hours each day, these shuttles will tra vel 51,303 miles and 1,120 yards each day,or through a space almost equal to 2 1-2 times the circumference of the earth, hi theshort period of twelve hours. “ Let the heavens thunder and tlie earth rock!” For the Countess of Westmoreland ; cometli! Yes—the Countess of Westmore. ! land, with a niece, six servants, a travelling I carriage, and a medical attendant, embarked tit London on the 18th Sept, in the packet ship President for New Yoik. She engaged | the whole ofthe lady’s cabin for her own use. Her purpose is to travel for two or three years lin tlie United States, his said that she brings over a brilliant retinue of hounds, three race horses and the most splendid collection of I playing cards that ever crossed the Atlantic. We ‘reckon’she calculates to see lots of fun among our fo.ks. Microcosm. EPIGRAMS. An Epigram should never be extended to eight lines. Four lines ought to be the nc plus ulra ;if only two so much the better.— Here |is one uttered by an old get tlemnn whose 'daughter Arabella importuned him for money: '* Dear Bell, to gain money, sure silence is best, Fordumb Bells are fittest to open the chest.’ Another, on a lady wearing the miniature of tut unworthy person round her neck : “ What, hang from the neck of a lady !” cries Bill, “ Were ever such folly and impudence known ? j As to hanging, indeed, lie may hang where he will, /Jut ar to the neck, let it l>e by his own.” Another by Dr. Jennir, sent with a cotipie ! of ducks to a patient: i “I’ve despatched, my dear landau, this act a;> of a letter ! To say that Miss****** is very much bettor: A regular doctor no longer she lacks, I And therefore I’ve sent her a eouple of quacks.” And two more, cun fined to the Spartan I limits; one by a disconsolate husband upon j the death of his wife : “ Two bones from my body have taken a trip, ! I’ve buried my Rib, and got rid of my Hyp." And tiie other, by the friend of a gentleman who was expecting the deceat.e of his : “/Jrutus, unmoved heard how his Portria fell, Should Jack's wife die, he would behave as well.” OdF The New York Correspondent of the j National Intelligencer of the 12th inst. says 'that Mrs. Hamlin, late Miss Medina, the au thoi of the dramas of Lafitte, Rienza, &c., was found dead in bed, on the morning of tlie 12th inst. SUPPOSED MURDER. On the 13th inst. the body of a man was discovered on a hollow log, near Johnson’s Mills, in Jones county ; apparently having been in that situation eight or ten days. On i the body were sixteen or seventeen cuts and ! stabs; showing conclusively that he must have | come to his death by foul means. Some pa jpers w ere found on him, by which it appeared {that his name was Elias M. Isaacs, —some of them were hills lor the purchase of Jewelry in Albany, Utica, and Syracuse, N. Y. A note was found, addressed to him by a Mr. Whit ney of New York, who appeared to have [been his counsel in some diiliculty he had been involved in respectidg the purchase, or possession of Jewelry. The only light that lias been elicited re specting him, is, that a person who was sup posed to be a French Jew', answering to his name and description, w'as in this city a few days, and left here on the sth inst. in a Jersey wagon, with a man by the name of Williams, a Ventriloquist, and slight of hand performer; and another individual, who appeared to be an Italian. While here the murdered man was engaged in peddling Jewelry, and claim ed to have the value of three t.» four thousand dollars in watches, Jewelry and money ; which probably was the immediate cause of his mur der. No money, or jewelry was found with him, except a ring, which he wore, which lias been recognized as belonging to him, by per sons who had noticed it. A wagon, and in dividuals answering the description of those w ho left here with him, were seen at the place when the body was found, the morning after they left here. Os course strong suspicions arc fixed on the persons who accompanied the murdered man from this place, and the public would do well to be on a lookout for tbe perpetrators of such a foul deed. Georgia Messenger.