The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1824-02-14

" u'e Cheerful Doatmen, bearing to tile ocean the
surplus products of an eyuberant soil. The mind
lnyouitall.y withdrawn, for awhile, from its mus
;"se a. n21tlai grandeur, to estimate of the be-
hrhts winch an improved state OF the navigation
would ti,id well to those who lnlablt the marts
OF colnie rec, as TO the adventurous mariners who
hrA,c the r.gors Of the winds and the waves. The
'o'A:es Ct >encc, either in geology or botany, may
occupy themselves IN examination of the substan-
ces WHICH abound in their way, of the plants
wien aeioFn with their beauty and charm with their
fragrance the orowS Of the hills. In coming from
the west the prominent OBJ ,ects of attraction altho
not 50 rude aud numerous those which appear
from the cast. arc snch calculated to produce
,lou ais thai newIlLer while they cNalt the mind
HE traveller is not aware q being situated on an
tnnINnce Of more than hundred feet above the ii
Ver,nnt he approaches within sight gifts impetuous
:..jpieS .Bd within the sound of its hoarse murur-
'es-. II then belola the cleft mountains, and the
couise 0T the rapid stream, but cannot yet disco
Ycr the tenements of fifteen hundred inhabitants
eAcoilpasaet, N the glen; nor can his fancy suggest
10 him Any outlet from this romantic and wild abode
until he dcsccnds into the very bosom of the village
Here he agan finds his attention diverted from the
scenery, picturesque and beautiful it is, to
temptation of the surprising efforts of human inge-
s,ilt!, where labor is simplhed and expedited by
tie use Of machinery. Here, too, the man of SCI
eGce, i'll another branch, may indulge his rehec-
tons, and fine illustration of the laws of mo-
ton, varousy and usetully applied.
The views which make the deepest impression,
and which, in truth, sublimate the mind, are those
presented from the SUBMITS of the ridges on either
SIDE which their lofty peaks towards the
clouds Here the eye st tch over and survey
tie apparently boun1less landscape and the heart
iulninate upon heavenly benicence and ma iessy,
aud upon the ceaselcss enterprise of the creature
man. The soul is mperccptibly lifted from earth,
and for moment, forgets the strfes, the turnoils
the petty passions and the gries, which agitate and
disturb the inmates of the vale beneath. 1t is led
70 wonder how he fragrant zephyr, teeming with
the sweets Of the variegated foliage which the ge-
mai sun and showers of spring have nurtured can
be tainted ov the breath OF dscord and contention
Bat it is not in tie season Of flowers only that
the sDlendour OF the mountain scenery is calculated
u i'.part delight Even when the whitening winds
AVID KY Of autumn have blasted and scared the
leaves, and caused them to relnquish their filia
hold the parent stems, stIewng the earth with
Ne faded cm0icnls Of a veldure that once enrap-
tu"ed the sight, tie far from beng destitute
al interest. Nor do the desoating blasts and pierre
my tr)s1s Of winter oblterate from the fancy the
iu.asvs If grandeur 50 inceliby impressed Altho'
the huge rocks Invested OF their summer friends
save only the IVY, which sill cings to them with
devotional fondness-the sturdy and towering oaks
stripped OF aleir transient ornaments-and the wild
flowers robbed Of their fragile petals by the rgors
Of the season-yet still there are charms which no
changes can efface The alternate gaicty and gloom
which prevail, serve but to show more forclLly the
Influence OF that power which
i" " arms in the sun, refrcshes in the breeze,
(fio1vS IN tie Stars, and blossoms IN the trees"
Through all the mutations of time, the attractions
are innumerable; bu. there are periods when pecu
lar beauties developed. The difference in the