Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-05-06

That period forms the green spot OF
life. 10 which we love to revert in aftei
,ifs and rest our sorrowing eyes on the
brief, bu, only truly happy moments Of
our existencs. These minor troubles,
however, are hut the prelude to chilly
Autumn, which slowly strips the 's',
form of it's prominent attractions, the
it does not destroy its life. That pas.
sed what was once the stately dignity
of man, stands exposed to the storms
and decay Of wiotry age. 1t bends be-
fore every blast, until. finally, un> bic
to weather the tempssts, it g!ides eas''
ly away.-Ias rinG poSseth oOer ~
anG-it as gone.
Behold fond man!
See here thy pictur'd life; pass some few years,
| Thy Towering Spring, thy Summers ardent
strength,
| Thy sober Autumn fading into age,
And pale concluding Winter comes at last,
| And shuts the scene.
Maid, Wide Ovid, Fast Lib. V. IS,
IS, So. 427. the tulelar divinity Of this
month and who gives it its name, was
the mother of Mercury, to whom the
! Romans sacrificed their mGiafiS, or
hog. Zif, or Jair. and Sivan, are the
Hebrew names corresponding in The
ma nner formerly mentioned. to May
The weather at this season 10 Pure'
mild, and strengthening, often me-
dunn between chilling cold and OK
tren,e hest, quiet exposure occaslonlng
coolness, and much exercise producing
great warmth When we take into con"
sidesation the various situations and
| necessities of mankind, it will readily
appear that such a season was reGui
site, and calculated to be grateful to
all. After the confinement caused by
the inclemency Of winter, our bodily
aad mental constitution require invigo-
rating change. The salubri,y of the
air restores the convalescent, and
strengthens tho deceased. The eHer-
tions of the mind, which has been busy
10 the various empIoymen;s which re
quire the body's cooperation, must be
fer while relaxed by change OF air
and regimen. Constant application
mus: be suspended to enjoy the true
luxuries spread by the fostering hand
Of nature, and of which it would be
sin not to partake. The student should
lsy by intense labor and exchange his
seslus,on for the fresh air /; lay by the
works of human wisdom, and read the
Book Of Nature. In a word, to all con.
ditions of men, whether 10 the point OF
profit or pleasure, (the grand pursuits
which employ their most assiducus
carss,) this season teems with every
thing to make it grateful.
Rousing from the festers in which
she has so loog been bound-behold
Nature recovering her dominion. and
preparing to exercise unlimited sway.
The GENIAL sun 4" from the lucid cham.
bers Of the south, looks ont aud smiles"
altering its relstivs position, 10 order
that his beams may serve the necessary
pur pose of impartihg additional heat to
further the preparation of the earth Tor
culture. Influenced by it's salutary
warmth the earth is soon gaIly decked
with every object that can please the
eye, or satisfy tho necessities of its de.
pendents-animal creation is re.stosk-
ed, aud each class finds its proper nous
rishment already prepared insects
leave their torpid and deformed chry.
sails, and futter their gaudy splsndor
IN the sun beams which gave them q
new existence. Tho animation is uni
versal, extending throughout all the e.
lements and classes Of being While
each is busted in its own peculiar pre-
parations and cares, Man alone is per.
mitted to survey the busy whole, an6
while he prizes with curiosity and as
constituent into the progress and work
of the millions of creatures by which
he is surrounded, and surveys the inn
mite variety of their sagacitios, he is al
most ashamed to call them inferior.
The First of May has long been eel
ebrated as holiday. Crowds of every
sort of inhabitanta flock to the suburbs
or some retreat in the vicinity OF the
CITY, where, invited by the luxuriance
of the prospect, and the abundance OF
good cheer, and May games, free flow
is given to the merry feelings tho oc'
casion exciees. After thus spending
perhaps the whole day, they return Ia
den with flowers, the first fruits Of Ma
lures kindly providence as an Offer
ing to Flora. -
CHRONOLOGY OF THE MONTH.
May 5, 1852. The first laws for Penn
sylvania made in Eng
land.
10, l776. First Congress met
90, 1900. Columbus died at VaIla-
dolid, aged SO.