Delaware journal., 1827-10-23

10 exclude the reuuhtant ktarc. COiolS, III wiz"
shade is in excess. cause an expansion, equally
painful. that sufficient number Of rays may be re-
ceivet, to give the picture in clear relief Green
is that color Of nature in which light and shade are
neutralzed in balancing proportions For instance,
an exact mixture in equal proportions OF white aud
black, constitutes the delightful hue OF green, on
which the eye reposes with untiring satistaction and
in viewing which its nerves are neither strained
with excess or lack Of rays and for tins reason, uh
,loubtedly, it is, that vegetable nature is clothed
with green in preference to any other hue. Every
lime, then, in which we contemplate nature, when
robed in the verdure Of spring. we ought to look
hrough the physical beauty Of the spectacle. to the
manifest and merci!nl regard of the All Good to air
comfort and enjoyment, in the most delightful and
perfect Of all our senses-that OF vision.
In the same manner it might have pleased the
Author of Nature to have presented us tne SEEDS
and fruits Of the various trees. shrubs and plants on
the naked stem, or from cup OF foliage instead OF
flowers But. apparently. to relieve the monotony
of beauty in the universal verduie. Providence has
seen fit to cradle the infant seed and fruit IN an am
brosal nest of flowers where, in mysterious pro-
cess of generation found to be more analogous 10
| the beginnings OF animal existence, in the same
proportion. as it is most intimately explored, the
young seeds and fruits repOse in pavions more gor
geous than those Of mOnarchs, and breathing airs
more aromatic than those Of Araby the best'
Hence, too, as one of the benevolent intentions in
the formation of flowers seems to be to relieve the
monOtony of yerure to the eye, the fOrms the hues,
the MEETINGS of one shade into another in flowers,
have that magnificent and infinite variety which we
discover in that kingdom. At the same time. that
the eye might be more delighted in contemplating
the splendor of blossoms, arrayed in beauty, to
which all the glory of Solomon might not be compar-
ed, they emit Perfume SO rich and exquisite, as to
set at nougt ali the efforts of art and luxury to mi
tate and thus, by gratifying one sense, create
delightful associations for incl easing the enjoyment
of the other
In completing the processes of vegetable nature,
we discover that Providence has designed gratifi-
cation for every sense. The seeds of apples, oran
ges figs, grapes, pomegranates. and all the delicious
fruits might have been matured for aught that ap-
Dear-, in the sterile capsules of the cotton plant or
thistle, as well in the centre OF that nurltive and
grateful pulp, where they attain their ultimate ma
turty. But beauty, utility, and the means OF com.
Portable existence, seem to be bound together IN
Z this our creation by an indissolnble chain.
The study of natural history, in this point Of
view, becomes to rightly constituted mind, moi
only source of pleasure and instruction but il
originates admirng and adoring conceptions OF the
Author of Nature, and originates reg gious feeling
; New proofs of wisdom and design develop at every
step, Gods found to be the same Being in the hue.
and fragrance of flower, as in the rich coloring
the Clouds the spendors of the armament, and ths
neffable grandeur OF the starry heavens We trace
I precisely the same wisdom. design, and arrangmen
y of means TO an end in the minute as in the vast o
l. his works and find it is the impress of the same
e hand
sThat gives its gliding to insects wing,
i And wheel; his throne pom the rolling worlds"
: How often, while wandering in the deep iiowerin
u u forests of the Mississippi valley, in Spring, hav
u these sentiments forced themselves upon us. w
Y M pI m tha u.r Of yarNu
y above and the splendid variety of flowers aroun
t US. The wild bees, in their courses through tn
air, seemed, like the interminable wires of in i'm
II manse Eolian harp, as they sped to their repa:
= of nectar All the irrational tribes appeared, b
y heir various expressions of excited movement an
= 10y, to enter as deeply into the beauty and grandeu
Y OF what was before them, we did. Althoug
there was but one visible rational worshpper. W
rs could not but consider this of solitary grandeu
- and beauty, as temple. We imagined unseen an
W higher ntelligences enjoying the spectacle with
~ and united in the same delightful sentiments of az
oZ mraton and worship.
q The University of Virginia is not as fully attende
70 This session as was anticipated. One hundred an
81 eighteen students only, have as yet matriculae
~ though more are expected. The 'hard times" la,
"a doubtless prevented many from attending.
vi PHILADELPHIA, Der. 16.
80 The Friends Yesterday morning. the first yea
81 y meeting of that part of the Society of Friend
56 adopting the opinions of Elias Hicks was held in tn
50 meeting house near Green street. The females o,
SO cupying the brick houses and the men large tempc
rary frame building erected for that purpose in til
So court. vast crowd assembled, including man
II friends from the country. During the meeting
- which will last the whole week, it is said some I
70 their celebrated preachers will visit them.
oo Ihe Friend--The first number of weekly "a
- per, says the Philadelphia Gazette, bearing til
~ foregoing title, was issued in this city on Saturda
last. 1t is in the quarto form. and well printed