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or Mi JriJ, for a year or*©', to finish your trade
with the very first masters —there they make
beautiful shoes —then you shall have a store
in Broadway, a small capital will set you up
iij business, and do you not think that the la
dies of the city wo'jid p refill a well educated
gentlemanly young man, with a gool address
and a perfect master of hs art to t tke measure
of their delicate feet, than a clumsy, rough
looking rude fellow, with his sing-rs all over
wax ? Certainly. You wool Ibe every where
patronised--your work would lie praised, and
vour fortune soon made. Now is this not
better than putting a pair of specs on vour
nose—a threadbare coat on your hack—
Blackstone in your han Is, waiting day after
day fir a client ?” “ Well, but father.” said
he! “ you will give as much money as I want
when lam a mm—t tore is no use in my
working.” •' Yes, but there it is my boy; yen
must eirn money by your industry—were 1
to give you money and bring you up in idle,
ness; wh.at would become of you when the
money was ail gone?” The little fellow did
not exactly understan 1 the philosophy of such
conclusions, but as lie grows older ho will view
the matter in a proper light. After all said,
much depends on the good council of mothers
in laying the foundation for a sound super
structure in the minds of their sons.—Let a
widow left only in moderate circumstances,
have four intelligent well educated boys, who
have honorably and successfully served out
their times in some mechanical business, and
see how much more comfortable are her pros,
pects in her oi l age, than ifshe had four boys,
depending on precarious professional pursuits
(Its living.
This reasoning partially applies to daugh
ter, who aro by far less troublesome and diffi
cult to manage than sons. It is incredible
how many avenues to comfort and employ
ment are open to girls, if they are industrious
ly disposed. Thco aro three young ladies,
daughters of a respectable hut moderate cir
cumstanced fimil,’, remarkable for neatness
of dress and reserved manner attributed by
many to pride. Calling in at rather an unu
sual visiting hour, 1 found the mother and
daughters employed in making shirts, for which
thoy received only a shilling a piece, and they
frankly informed me that they clothed them
selves entirely by the needle. The cause of
their pride was thus explained—it was the pride
of conscious independence.
From the Knickerbocker.
REV. MR. BASCOM'SSKETCIIOF THE GREAT
CATARACT.
The following picture of Niagara, is from
the pen of an eloquent divine, witii whose (ugh
reputation our readers toe not unacquainted.
To those who have seen the Falls, it will re
commend itself for its vivid truth ; and to those
who base n >t, we commend tlte writer’s intio
ductoi y ru»!e to the editor.
“ My Dear Sir : In complying with your
request, to furnish you with the following let
ter, for publication, in the Knickerbocker Mag.
azine. 1 must claim the protection of one of the
most indulgent canons of criticism ; that which
suggests, tiiat very production, claiming to be
a mere revelation of personal impression and
private feeling, should be judged of mainly in
view of the min I’s peculiar state, in giving it
birth. The annexed sketch, except the last
paragraph, was written upon an angle of* Ta
ble Rock,’ at the instance, a id for the exclus
aivc gratification, of a fric id, and without any
tho most remote, reference to publication, then
er subsequently. It was produced under the
influence of high-wrought feeling, and does lit
tle moro than reveal the heart’s mythology, in
presence of one of the most fearful manifesta
tions of the power and grandeur of physical
nature. If the feeling which gave birth to
the fragment you have asked for nrblication,
bo responded to by the reader, I have nothing
farther to hope for.
Very truly and sincerely,
H. B. BASCOM.’
York, February, 1833.
Cataract of Niagara, September 9, 18—.
My Dear E ; I have seen, surveyed
and communed with the whole!—and awed
and bewildered, as if enchanted before the re
veal merit of a mystery. I attempt to write.
You ask me, in your last, for some detailed
veritable account of the Falls, and should be
glad to ratify you ; but ho’.v shall less iv to
paint a scene, that so utterly baffles all concep
tion, and renders worse than fruitless everv at
tempt at description ? In five minutes after my
arrival, on the evening of the fifth, I descended
the winding-t ath from the ‘Pavilion,’ on the
Canadian side, and for tire first time in my life
was this unequalled cascade from ‘ Table
Rock;’ the whole indescribable scene, in bold
outline, bursting on my view at once. I had
heard and read much, and imagined more, ol
what was before me. I was perfectly familiar
with the often-told, the far-travelled story of
what I saw ; but the overpowering reality on
which 1 was gazing, motionless as the rock on
which 1 stool, deprived me of recollection, an
nihilated all curiosity ; and with‘"emotions of
sublimity till now unfult, and all uneartly, tire
involuntary exclamation escaped me, ’ God oj
Grandeur ! what a scene /’
But the majesty of the s’ght, and the inter
est of the moment, how depict them? Tire huge
amplitude of water, tumbling in foam above,
and dashing o.i, arciied and pillared as it gl des,
until it reaches the precipice of ttie chute, and
then, in one vast column, bounding, with mad
.dening roar and rush, into the depths beneath,
■presents a spectacle so uuutteralr y appalling,
that language falters; words are no longer
signs, and 1 despair giving you any adequate
idea of what I saw and felt. Yet this is not
all- The eve and tire miad necessarily take
in other objects, as parts of tire grand panora
ma ; forests, cliffs, ant] islands ; banks, and
Foams, and spray ; woo-1-rock, and precipice;
dimmed with the rising fug and mist, and ob
scurely glided by tire softening tints of the ruin
bow. These all l>elong to tho picture; aid
tire effect of the wlrulo is immeasurably height
ened, by the noise of the cataract, and remind
mg you of tire rexrliemtioiis ot tho heavens hi
a tem|rest, and then of t re eternal roar of lire
ocean, when angered by the winds*
Tire concave Uo I of rocks, fionr which the
water falls, tome two hundred foot, into lire ul
most boundless reservoir beneath, is tiro sec
f'ou of a circle, which at first sight, from Table
Rock, presents something like the geometrical
curve of the rainbow; and the wonders of the j
grand ‘ concert,’ thus advantageously thrown
upon tire eye in combination, and tire a* pro- j
priate sensations and conceptions heightened
by the crash and boom of the waters, render
j ’.lie sight more surpassingly sublime, than any ,
j tiring I have aver looked upon, or conceived el. j
As it regards m , thoughts and feelings at the
| time, 1 can help you to no conception of their
! character. Overwhelming astonishment was ,j
I tire only bond between thought and thought;
land wild, and vague, and boundless, were the' 1
associations of tire hour! Before me, the
strength and fulness of the congregated ‘lakes
of tire north,’wereenthroned and concentrated,
within a circumference embraced by a single
glance of the eye 1 I It#e 1 saw, rolling and
dashing, at the rate of twenty hundred millions
of tons per day, nearly one half of all the fresh'
w iter upon Ihc surface of the globe! On the
American side, I beheld a vast deluge, nine;
j hundred feet in breadth, with a fall of one hnn- j
dred an l eighty or ninety, met, fifty feet above j
the level of the gulf, by a huge projection ofj
j rock, which seems to break the descent and
| continuity of the flood, only to increase its
fierce and overwelming bound. And turning
*o the ‘crescent,’ I saw the mingled rush of
foam and tide, dashing with fearful strife and
! desperate emulation—four hundred yards of
the sheet rough and sparry, and the remaining
itliree hundred a deep sea-like mass of living
green—rolling and heaving like a sheet oi em
erald. Even imagination failed me, and I could
think of nothing but oceans let loo>e from his
bed, and seeking a deeper gulf below ! 'l’lre
'fury of the water, atthe termination of its fall,
combined with the columned strength of the
! cataract, and the deafening thunder of the flood,
aro at once inconceivable and indescribable,
j No imagination, however creative, can corres
pond with the grandeur of the reality.
I have already mentioned, that it is import -
| an 1 that you keep it in view, the !< dge of rock,
the verge of the cataract, rising like a wall ol
equal height,& extending in semi-circular form
’across the whole bed of the river, a distance
of more than two thousand feet; and the im
petuous flood, conforming to this arrangc
-1 meat, in making its plunge, with n ountain
weight, into the great horse-sht e basin be
neath, exhibits a spectacle of the sublime, in
I geographical scenery, without perhaps a par
allel in nature. As 1 leaned over Table Rock,
and cast my eye downward upon the billowy
turbulence of the angry depth, where the wa
ters were tossing and whirling, coiling and
springing, with the energy of an earthquake,
and a rapidity that almost mocked my vision,
I found the scene sufficient to appal a sterner
spirit than mine; and I was glad to turn away
and relieve my mind t>y a sight of the surround
ing scenery ; bays, islands, shores, and forests,
every where receding in due perspective
The rainbows of the * crescent’ and American
side, which are only visible from tiie w stern
bank oftiie Niagara, and in the afternoon, seem
to diminish somewhat from the awfulness of
the scene, and to give it an aspect of rich and
mellow grandeur, not unlike the bow of prom
ise, thawing its assuring r dianee over the re
tiring waters of the deluge.
The ‘ rapids.’ which commence nearly a rule
above tne cataract, and sparkling in the sun,
spread out before the eyelike a sea ofdiamonds
seem admirably to give notice of what awaits
below, and when examined from a position
j on Gout-Island, become extremely interesting,
I from the dash and foam of the broken flood,
; the no'se of which, distinct from that of the
’great fall, would remind you of the lofty mur
murs of an Alpine forest, in the rising swell of
the coining storm. In crossing the river Inflow
the Falls, you have one of the richest views ol
the whole cascade, that can possibly be ima
gined ; and the rising bank and the ntossy |
rock, the ofty trees, and luxuriant shnbbery, |
on either side, are in fine keeping with the;
scene, and are essential to the unity and com-1
pleteness of the picture. But vvhat most inter-:
ested me here, was the tumultuous tossing and i
whirling of the water, where its depth must be j
more than two hundred feet, and its width at
least seven hundred yards. The whole mass
seems to be heaving with infuriate life. A j
thousand counter-currents and eddies meet, j
break, and mingle, in the general 4 torrent and j
whirlwind’ of the waters. Within a circum. |
ferencc of two or three hundred yards, and ;
near the American shore.-this singular action j
of the element gives the water an elevation of j
from five to seven feet, above the ordinary lev
el ; and the strong conflicting currents are seen
tossing and struggling with volcanic force, like
the Adriatic turned up from tho bottom of a I
tempest.
But the most appaling combination of won
der and awo was ieh, when, after descending
| the spiral stair-case at Table Rock, I passed
under the great falling sheet. Divesting my
i seif of the more burthensome part of my
| clothes, and girding an oil-cloth mantle about [
j me, with a hood for the protection of the head, j
1 entered tile hollow space, half luminous, half
obscure, between the projecting rock and tlie
boundless mass of water pouring over its arch,
like a sea of molten lead. In this way I pro
ceeded one hundred and fifty or sixty feet, to
4 Termination Rock,’ a point beyond wiiich
iK> human being has ever been penetrated ; j
and here, amid a tempest of wind and spray,
almost depriving n.e of respiration, I paused
to look up and around, awed and agitated by
the stiriog grandieur and sombre mystei ious-
I ness of all I could hear or see! The edge of
the precipice, over which the water falls, is a
j projection of about fifty feet over the base
where I stood. After remaining here for sev.
era! minutes, and selecting some pebbles from
! the path at my feet, with an increased sense of
danger, 1 effected my retreat, sincerely thank
ful, that I had not purchased tlte gratification of
mv curiosity with the loss of my life. I spent
four days ami nights, witn the exception of n
few hours for rest, in the examination of the
Falls, and in solitude with the majesty of tlte
engrossing scene—a majesty all its own—un
typed and unshadowed by ought I had ever seen
lieforc ; ami having surveyed the great object
of my visit, from nearly an hundred different
points of view, I was more than satisfied, that
the Cataract of Niagara is a wonder in nature,
wiioly unique in its kind, and affording n rich,
if not an unequalled harvest, of interest and
observation, to every Ufliolder. Indeed, na
lure serin* to have done tier work here in a
mool and upon a scale of the most creative
THE SOUTHERN POST.
prodigality; con-ulting alike, ns the Fagan
| poet would say, her own amusement, and the
I admiration of man.
Mv last look at the Falls was a night view,
j from the upper portion of the Pavilion ; and
brilliant lamps and mooned lovliness of an au
, tumual heaven added to the splendor of the vi
sion. From this point, amid the tremulous
I shaking of theearth and the heaven, in silent
communion with the mighty cataract, the eye
I strikes in a more extended range —the most
magnificent of prospects. The whole scene
! ry, diversified and yet one, is spread out before
you in living beauty and pieteresque majesty.
You see the plains and forests above, the cliffs,
and rocks, and islands, around ; the dreadful
precipice, and the bold sweep of the watery
mass, while the fall of the vast pervading col
umn strikes your ear, like the thunder-chorus
of the 4 vasty deep,’ warring with is bound.
I felt about me a heart-reaching, a spirit
stirring influence, that detained me until mid
night ; and when I retired, fatigued and t x
hausted, and threw myself upon my pillow, it
was onlyto f?el the more intensely the [ ower
and expression, the oneness, tlie depth, the
nameless grandeur, of the scene: and ear and
thought still lingered, to catch and commune
j with the far-off ehidmgs of the Flood, as they
wailed to the one the requiem of departed wa
ters, and murmured to the other the inelanc o
!y dirge of their passing away !
From the Southern Literary Messenger.
THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS.
All immaterial things have their material
types, and the type of God’s love is the world
surrounding air,which encompassed) and per
vaded) all earildy things.
“ The breath, whose might I have invoiced in song, j
Descends on me; my spirit's bark is driven
Far from the shore, far from the trembling throng,
Whose sails were never to the tempest given.
The massy earth and sphered skies are riven;
I am borne darkly, fearfully afar;
, Whilst burning through the inmost veil of Heaven,
The soul of Adonais, like a star,
Beacons from the abode where the eternal are."
Shelley
“ Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly
on to him whose whole employment is to watch
its flight.”
The continuance of grief is like that of cloud.
When it is very serene, it soon weeps itself a
way—like the short-lived thunder-clouds of:
summer : but when destined to last long, it is j
rarely very violent in the commencement—
like the long-continuing clouds of winter.
When after a lapse . rs time we revert to the
precise moment at which we first became ac
quainted with persons, with whom we have
1 since been on intimate terms —who have since
peilmps greitjy influenced our desti y—we
I are almost astonished at the indifference which
;we then felt towards them. Could we have
then forseen the powerful influe ce which
'they were afterwards to exert upon our future
jlife, with what deep, with wiiat overwhelming
■ feelings, would we have met them- When
thus looking back, from our knowing them so
well now, it appea s stru )ge, that there ever
j should have been a time when we we re uuac
j quainted witii t lem.
| Save in the wild dreams of his imagination,
the poet does not dwell in the prese. t: his
thoughts arc fixed upon tlie misty and legend-
I ary past, with its numberless .thrilling assecia
itions ; or upon the vieled future, wiiich be men
tally figures as an altar »o bis genius—a temple
j for his fame.
The love of hearing news, generally coin
cides in his intensity with the love of commu
; moating it.
i Though there lie no such essences as cksti
!ny, yet some persons are so mentally consti
'tuted, that their dispositions will as surely lead
them to pursue a certain c >urse of eou luct
(throughout life, as if they had been impressed
j with the seal of fate.
We frequently have ideas of persons whom
’ wo have never seen, as to their figure and np
! fienruncc, and we imagine some symmetry or
(agreement between their figures, talents and
character. I his, in my mind, has been parti-1
cularly the case with respect to most eminent
j men in public life. It may arise in some in a- j
(sure fioni the associations connected with the
; '•ot nd of the name, (see Blair’s Riet. library
cdi. lect. vi, p. 61.) or the name itselfof ihe
person- Or it may result from tiie mental j
view ns to form, which we ‘aka off something:
1 material or immaterial connected with or ap
pertaining to the person ; (for, in the mind's!
!eye, immaterial as well as material tilings, it!
appears to me, assume some form, however
shadowy,) as, for instance, tlie leader of a po
iit'eal party appears to our mental sight, in the
same shadowy aspect as his party itseif does.
Tiie desire of fame is given us by our Cre
ditor, not so especially for our own good, as for
j that of others.
Analogy, with tlie generality of m mkind, is
I the most convincing mode of reasoning, be- i
cause it particularly gratifies our strongly in
herent love of order. And scarcely any the
ory is fully and confidently believed and trust- (
ed in, unless it be in consonance with analogy.
Historians must frequently err in deducing
the motives and characters of persons from
'their actions. For how numerous are tlie mo
tives that impel us to any line of onduct: how
complicated in their iutertexture; how fee- J
jquently are they what no one would guess
them to be.
We frequently me it with cursory remarks
j in books, or bear them in co ■ vernation, which
i dwell in our minds long afterwards; modify- j
; ing our trains of thought, increasing or dimin- 1
! ishing our happiness, and thus sometimes in- j
| fluencing the whole course of our hfe.
The desire of fame in men, is substituted!
in most women by the love of admiration.—
Rut how short lived is this admiration—e\eu
tliut paid to the greatest belie. Two or three '
| years pnst, and her reign is over, bring ter-1
I minuted by the age of marriage. To lie hap.
[»y. she must never gaze on the future, but,
must be wholly mtet t upon the present.
Poet* and other persons of imaginative tern
i perument, are apt to disbelieve tlie Bible, he. j
j cause tlie idea tliere conveyed of tlie Deitv, |
d<xs not seem to them sufficiently poetical.
Men who study the moral, are much often
er found to be superstitious than those who
study tiie physical sciences. One reason for
this, is, that many supe>stitious notions take
their origin from the actions and phenomena
of animals and other natural obji'Cts. Now
the natural philosopher understands the cause
and operation of these actions and phenom
ena, which tlie moral philosopher does not, and
he is therefore led to consider them to be su
pematuraL
Whensoever a person mentions to you a
remark made to him by another individual, and
bis remark is contrary to your knowledge of
that individual’s character, always inquiie
what led to his uttering this remark or opinion
—what conversation preceded it. For we
frequently advot ate opinions, and utter senti
ments in the heat of argument, which we
would be far from supposing in cooler mo
ments. Frequently too, when we bear per
sons or things rated in any particular point
inuc i higher that they deserve, we, through a
feeling approaching tiie indignation, raze much
lower than they should be placed, and even
much lower than we think them to deserve.
And so. also, in some degree of tiie emit ra
iv. Dr. lohnson very often acted in this
manner.
As every wave of the sea influences each j
one subsequ« nt to it, so does every idea influ- '!
ence a I those subsequently entering the mind, j!
either modifying or calling them uu.
In reading, we almost always identify things,
persons and places, with those with which we
are acquainted. Tue whole mental view, how
ever, is not real, but mostly imaginary. Wnere
the described object will not-woolly agree with j
t‘‘e known one, (which indeed is almost al-!
ways tlie case,) our indignation supplies that
part which is wanting, so that the complex idea}
is partly real and partly imaginary.
In memory’s deep cavern, how many are
tlie treasured thoughts, which we are wholly
unconscious of possessing.
A PAINFUL NIGHT SCENE ON BOARD A STEAM
BOAT.
A portion of the passengers on board the
steam-boat Alabama, Captain Sutton, were
not a little alarmed on Sunday last. The boat
left Baltimore for Norfolk at four o’clock on j
Satuidav afternoon, and by two o'clock the 1
next iiioi ning had accomplished the greater j
I part of her voyage. At that solemn and qui- (
et hour, however, and when she was out in!
Chesapeake Bay, several miles from land, a |
report reached the gentleman’s cabin tiiat the
boat was on fire /
Tne effect of such intelligence at such an
| hour, and under the circumstances described,!
| vvas painful and unnerving in no ordinary de-j
gree. In an instant, every individual wno*e i
j ears were open to tlie appaling alarm, started
j from his pillow, and hurrying on such clothing
j as could be discovered in the darkness and
J confusion, proceeded on deck. Tlie number
! embr iced but a small portion of the passen
gers, and it was perhaps fortunate that so few
wore awake. The firemen were observed bui •
skly engaged in dragging the wood from be
neath one of the boilers, and dashing water
upon it; while one or tv\o of the passengers,
more active than tiie rest, had already se zed
the water buckets, in readiness for such occa-j
sions, and made their way towards tiie furnace
between decks. For tiie space of a few j
minutes the scene was full of danger, horror j
and despair. Some threw doubts upon taej
story —others confirmed it—while all were
dreadfully agitated. Tiie shore, on either side
was shrouded in darkness and distance, and
die waves as they leaped and garni tolled along,
looked to the affrighted eve and mind like so
many huge and living monsters readv to
swallow up the unfortunate traveller who
might be cons gned to their tender mercies.
Various expressions passed from blood.deser
ted and trembling lips- while a few stout hearts
grew brave amid the danger, and endeavored
j by kindly and conciliatory language, to cheer
(the ti rni I and despondi ig. It was, indeed a
; moment of peril, and suited to test tiie courage,
j the virtue mid philosophy of frail human na
| ture.
A party of four, engaged in the forward
I cnb ii playing cards, weie among the most
terrified. No wonder! The viss; ige of Death,
[ always terrible, must have been especially so
to such a group. They rus ed wildly on
deck, and in a condition of almost breathless
agitated. Their feelings may he better
imagined than described, when we rcmcnilier
that two hours of the sabbath hud already gone
by.
Fortunately the danger had been somewhat
exaggeration. Tne boat was not on fire—
but one of tlie boilers was in a very precarious
condition, and it had been deemed essential to
extinguish the fine under it, in order to pi event
an explosion. The waste stop cock had been
opened, with.the object of letting off the stir- I
pi is steam, and had not been effectually closed
ogam. Some time after, the Engineer, seeing
tlie boiler beco ne unusually heated, tried the
upper cock and ttieu tiie lower, and discovered
with much alarm, that the water had fallen
below both, while trie boiler had attained n
dangerous heat ! Had he introduced cold
water at this crisis, an explosion must have
been inevitable. But he saw the difficulty, j
and immediately ordered tlie bands to pull
out tlie wood and extinguish the fire beneath
the boiler. Th s they did, under some ex
citement, but without erious difficulty. The
passengers seeing them throw water upon tlie
blazing wood, naturally enough thought the
boat on fire and so gave the alarm.
In the confusion and darkness some time
elapsed before tlie real difficulty was made
known generally, and not indeed until more
than one had turned a thought inward and up.
ward, and had looked out upon the broad and
; billowy bay with well founded alarm.
Captain Sutton was perfectly cool and self
possessed throughout the crisis, and it was
discovered with pleasure, even after the danger!
had passed away, that the boat was liberally
provided with life preservers.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Antonio Perez says very happily that bv tlie
echo nuture tenches men to beware of titcin.
selves, since n secret is not even safe in soli,
tude. win-re tliere is a witness which relate*
everything.
QUEEN VICTORIA.
Th.c Richmond Enquirer publishes a lette
from "Mr. Stevenson, oui minister to Grea
Britain, in which he describes tlie person, at*
pearance, and habits of the Queen of Greu
Britain. Mr. Stevenson writes from opportu
tntics of close and frequent observation, wli.c.
tew persons, even of the highest rank in tly*
kingdom, can have had. He says:
Os the Queen, I suppose you will expect m •
to say something, and express my npiiiioi®
Tho press in both countries, gives the mo- .
flattering accounts of her beauty, wisdom,
Indeed it is the fashion hereto representli^*
(as I suppose they do all Queens) as somethin -
short only of Divinity. Now. I will tell yi* 4
vi ry frankly what I think offer, and I liuv
►had a fit ir opportunity of judging. As toiler *•
person and face, they are pretty fairly leprw—
sented in rnauv of the numerous paintings ut*«j
prints, some ot which I suppose you have see* _
Stilly’s l think as good and pleasing a likeness-.
as any that has been taken. Ii has been sea
to Pniladelphia. None of them however ci -wj
justice to the expression of the face. It ■ s
cert inly not the sort that I should call hcau*_
ful—but, when ligliti and up by auimiied co*
versnt’on. the face is full of expression, at * *|
sweetness,a id strongly indicative of character- m~.
Her naan tiers sue bland and unaflected: i
deed tliere is a simplicity and frankness arwd
engaging affability about her quite ieinarkaL*'; c
for a Queen. Another striking thing is, t! » e
total absence of all ambitious display or des* *-e
for admiration which might be expected fre>
so voting a pc son, and she a Sovereign.
No one can approach tlie present Qm>«—»u
without hetng struck, not only with here*
and charming deportment, and that pccul * =1 ’ r
■ softness of disposition and temper, for
she is so remarkable, but wifli tlie entirecck
mand and repose of manner, which might be
expected to guard a Sovereign of more rmd
vunced years and experience. Sac has
sides, nil the characteristic lon mtml
good temper of tne En_lish.
In relation to the Queen’s perumalhnf>"its,
I understand she rises I»etweenß aii'l9,lire*-*]<•
fasts at 10, devotvs herself to business til I 2
then exercises, generally oil horseback, * * nd
that at a rapid pace, going at the rate of IO- 0 r
12 miles an hour. Os her horsenmnsh j j, |
had an opportunity of judging, having my-—self
lioen present in one of her excursions ofal
20 miles in about 2 hours ; and
you, if she does not ride like Caesar, or 1 *—«jnt
like Diana, she is yet one of the boldest
finest female riders I ever saw.
•Her attention to business is such, that I «jn
derstand. if a despach comes while she i ,at
dinner, she commonly rises and attends it,
Siie has a turn and capacity for business,
will, as she advances doubtless take n a
deeper interest in affairs of stale than she *Joes
at present.
THE PRINTER.
There is not a being in existence toils hxsrsrd
er for the small sum he gets for his nucerxr—sing
labors than tlie Printer. (It is looked cw pon
by the mass as not being toilsome, but pr-m-u.
cal proofs have convinced many to bi co* atm
ry.) Tlie sun sheds its rays from day Kk day
upon the labors of others but it is not so
ti.e Printer—the midnight lights are burn w the
morning star finds him at his post, faint _ but
u iv.el ‘mg. ‘witn the incessant toil
for the instruction, nmusenentund bene £=*t of
the public, who do not appreciate or
his exertions.
Tin- Farmer looks to him for
respecting tiie state of the Market, that he nny
know whether he is fairly dealt with; tin— Me
chanic and fin ises through the medium of the i—*rcss
the difFicuJt Art, Structures andlmproveiw»entß
of his business; tiie Merchant hastily cat cbes
up the sheet arid interestingly peruses®, the
column headed Marine Intelligence; the Pro
fessionals, were it not for the Printer, vv-ould
be unknown ; the sprightly Maid looks with
a beaming eye at tlie Hymemal Depart* wient,
to see who of her acquaintances have —mi rid
o!'their ‘single blessedness,’ and per
haps, it may be her turn next; and, se
date and the thoughtful to the Obituary., anx
ious to know when and which of their ft- Sends
have passed from mortal to immortal exist
In fhet were it not for tlie Printer, ak v*b*©uld
be as 4 were under a cloud of darkness. And
for this wiiat is the reward? “Who is that
pale-faced person that always goes Imr-*- iedly
and lie find the time to his n eals, holding «Hown
his head with a sober and thoughtful l onk!
“Heis a Printer.” “Oh only a Printer
and thus said, the conversation cs to
something else, (whatever it be,)that is r-Meeni
ed of more consequence. Thus is the* Poor
Printer’ treated, for services rendered.
From theNew-Yoik^sr.
AURORA.
FROM THE GERMAN HERDER.
Aurora was eouiplu.iiing among tlie gods
that she, who was so highly praised by men,
should be so little loved and sought by t hem;
that those who sang her praises tlie lcr»udest
should count her smiles the least.
“ Repine not at your fate,” said the God.
dess of VV isdom.“ is mine different? And
tlien,” she proceeded, “ look upon who
neglect you, ands *e for what rivals th«=— y ex
change you. Look at them ns
| how they lie in the army of sleepers, a *nd de
cay hot 1 1 in body and soul. Hast tlio not,
I indeed friends—hast thou not worshi ierse
nough? The whole creation adores yo «i; all
; the flowers awake and clothe tliemscltm—» with j
thv colors in new bridal beauty. Th& choir 1
of birds welcome you ; each one tries si new!
strain to render happy your short stay. Tlie!
laborious husbandman—the studious scholar
despise von not; they drink from tlie cu|> which
y ou offer them health and strength, pei*«re and
activity; doubly happy since they enj«w you
without vexation—undisturbedbyynnda -r bub. i
tiling heard of sleepy fools. Do you
it no pood fortune thut, utiprofanti, x ounre
loied and enjoyed ? Among both goVs* and
men. this is thought tVe highest fortw_»ne of
Love.”
Aurora blush at her ineoniiderate com-!
filnint; mav her fortune lie tlie wiili r> f each
fair one who resemble* tier in purity »n<-J inno.
cence.
Ask quick if you with to get a pret «y girl,
and don't fake so for an answer.
sfi.lt culture—gay’s machines.
Silk is going ahead. The signs are mere
aoi able for tlie cultivation of this new staple
mil they were wlien tiie South began to t,, rn ’
ieir attention towards the g'Owili of cotton
lire Moius Multicaulis, winch grows wiTi
uch rapidity, that :t furnishes food f or tlie
vorin, in tlie very Spring when it j* p| antei j
urnishes one essential link towards its prxxtuc!
on. The new i: vent ion of Machines for
eeling and manufacturing the silk into various
i>rms, enables the planter to turn his cocoon
,t once to account. The weakest part of our
slave population, the young and the old may
lie profitably employed ; and ns we lieard a
Virginia Tobacco Planter declare tlie other
evening, it would not be astonishing, if Gay’s
Whine were to effect a singular revoliitioa
in Virginia, b\ keeping many of our jeople ;-t
home, who would otherwise have gone to the
cotton regions of the South and South West—
nnd by bringing more population and capital
Ito our State, and thus creating anew and im
poi taut element of her prosperity.
Die public confidence seems indeed to in
crease in t.iis new branch of Ihis ness, -it is
lerv evident that the r.-ige for the Morus Multi
c inlis wou'd have soon ev|*nded itself, unless
its cultivation had been connected with tlie
raising of silk. The multiplication of tlie tire
during the present season, will be very con
siderablc. Many of our farmers are devoting
small portions of their land—from 20r3 up
to 17 or 2t) acres. A Sik company near
Washington has 400 acres in cultivation.
But the mechanical, ingenuity of our country
men, which exceeds that of any country in tlie
world is already “ rising to the levei of tlie
jneension” and striking out new machines for
the manufacture oftiie cocoons into silk. Tlie
best reel in France or Italy, is the Piedmon
tese reel —but already tin-genius of Mr. Gay,
of Connecticut, bis outstripped this boasted
machine. This single improvement alone
will give anew and wonderful impulse to the
growth of the Mulberry, anu the raising of the
worm. Our attention lias been drawn to this
interesting subject by tlie visit of Mr. Gay to
our city- II is reel has been cxliibitcd ai t.ie
reading rooms in the Museum Building, and
no one can see it without admiration arid de
light. It has suggested tiie following reflec
turns:
Raising the Mulberry and feeding the silk
worm, are already familiar to many, mid of
easy accomplishment by all. The production
of cocoons has in fact been a matter of amuse
ment, if not a profit occasionally, and on a
small scale, since before the Revolution ; but
hitherto, insuperable difficulties have appeared
to stand in the way of pushing it to the extent
of making it a national staple. The chief
; impediments have consisted in the time and
labor required to grow and gather food for tiie
[worm, and in the absmec of suitable labor
saving machinery for working up the beautiful
product of its brief labors. True it is, that
most excellent silk Iras been made from worms
led on the white, and on our indigenous Mul
berry trees; but these were of such slow
growth, as to discourage tlie steam boat loco
motive go ahead genius of our people—
especially in the South. This first impedr
ment has been completely removed by tiie
introduction and rapid growth of the Morus
Multicai hs, which springs with won lerfal
quickness from birth to maturity, like tiie in
sect, for which Providence obviously designed
it; and the remaining difficulty, want of ma
chinery to make the cocoons availiabie—seems
now to have been most opportunely surmount
ed !>y another invention of American ingenuity:
jWe allude to G <y’.s Machinery, which has
been exhibited for some days past in this city,
jßy the turning of awheel, wiiich any child
[can do, coroor's are wound i ff, and converted
at once into tiie most beautiful silk for the
needle or loom. AI! who have seen it, have
l>cen struck with the ease, regularity and re
sult of its operation, and tlie mechanical genius
of its nventor. A view oftiie process appears
ito have inspired ail with the same impression,
that now we cart make our own silk, and that
we must no longer pay a tax of twenty millions
fora commodity wiiich every circumstance and
facility invites us to make for ourselves.
Richmond Whig-
NEW_THJATRE,
rssHEcitizenxof .Mac >n are most respectfully inform
m. ed that ihe New Thea’re, (being comp'eted,) will
open for a short season, on Monday Evenin? next,
under the management and direction of the subscriber.
A goad stock c >mpanv, ofacknow'edaed talent, is en
gaged. AH the new and fashionable Plays will be pro
duce (and every exertion will be made to render the
establishment a source of instruction and innocent a
,museinent. WM- R- HART.
The Ma nager has the pleasure of announcing the en
gagenmnt (f jr five nigliis) of die favorite and fascina
ting juvenile ac:ress, Aliss Meadow*. She will ap
pear on Monday Evening as die FIVE MOW
ER AY S t with Songs and Dances.
ICrMRS. HART will appear in her favorite charac
ter.if WIDOW CHEEItLY.
First appearance of MR. KELLY, from the New-
Orleans Theatres.
MONDAY EVEMNG, MAY 20,
Will be presented the elegant Comedy (in four acts) of
the *
SOLDIER’S DAUGIITER
govcrnor HEARTALL, - - MR. HART.
Frank Heartall, Bailey, | Timothy Quaint, Kelly,
Mr. Mat lord, Clark, Old Ferret, R'ge re *
Chas VVi,odlv, Finch, Thomas, •'JJUr’
WIDOW CHEERLY, - - MRS. H ART.
Mrs. Malfort, - ... Mrs. Kelly-
Hr At the end of the Comedy, the ORIGINAL EP
ILOGUE will tie spoken by Mrs. Hart.
After which, Miss Meadows will appear and aing
“I HAVE FRUIT, I HAVE FLOWERS *”
Also, the CASTANET MO\G.
To conclude with the Farce of the
F/T£ O \VB R.i ****
Manila Mowbray, - * • . -
Hector Mowbray. - .....
Gob Melon Mowbray, ....
Foppinyton .Mow-bray, wnhlheaon?,
*' Fin just fourteen, and quite a yj, s , Mxaso**
Dick Mow bra y, (a Bailor,) with the
•“ng of “ Hurrah (or the Red,
White and Blue.” andaSador'a
1 Otd Witum'r'U r. R .pert, | Pair. Mr K*V-
Mr- Mowbray, Finch, | Ptutor, Mr*. KW* '
tT Performance every evening D-sif* ap*" V‘ *
dcltek, and curtain to rise a* 8 o'chsek, v/ *
lo be bad at the Central H-nel, and at the Taa****-
may N