Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-11-13
R9iacellauecus.

.latumn Passing rapidly along the
current OF time, we are aanost impercep
ubly surrounded with the fading beauties
of the past summer, aud discover, at
once, the triumphant return o, AUTUMN
The voice Of nature is heared proclaim.
ing 10 man, that she has again nearly ac.
complisbed the work OF bo1nteous pro.
whence. 10 the abundant harvests which
gil the valleys, and crown the hills
with those attendant blessings which al,
ways make the re turn Of Autumn a sea
son of peculiar gratitude as well as ce.
rious meditation.
There is striking analogy between the
chane;ns-avents Of human life. In no
season of the year are we more forcibly
reminded Of these, than in Autumn,
when we beheld lying thick around US
the faded laerels OF departed Summer.
Nature seems to pause and mourn while
she views from Der lofty throne, the
great mighty change in this her universal
empire. How short the period since
Spring was with us in its youthful love
Illness, filling our bosom with hope and
expectation, and making our hearts glad
and joyful! But Spring has fed, and
with it all its promised happiness The
Summer too has passed. Yes, although
it come to Us with all the candor and
seriousness of manhood, and babe US
fix our hopes and affections on the en-
chanting objects around US, and led us
by the hand through those regions where
fancy delights to rove, and ina gination
scars with her optstretched wings, yet
the very moment our hopes were stron
gest our fancy most delighted. and eur
imagination towering highest, Summer
left US to grope our way back again to
the sad reality of human life
hail the autumn, as a sympathising
sister to the disappointment and short
lived glories offrsi! man. It is at thy
approach, pale and emaciated as thou
art, that man loves to retire enwrapt in
the folds Of thy faded mantle, to the
shades Of solitude, and within her sacred
portals, take retrospective view over
all the past.
A portrait Of O'ConnelI, til. great IRISH
Liberator.-He is a tall man, of gentle
manly appearance, somewhat inclined
to stoop, and, as thought, betwixt fifty
and sixty years OF age. His face is
pleasing, would almost say handsome
and his oratory is of fluent. easy, con-
fdent sort, which bespeaks in him
perfect consciousness Of his own powers.
and creates in his auditors feeling that
they are listening to man of talent and
a gentleman. O'Cornell may err
Irish enthusiasm may carry, as it has al
ready. in many instances, carried him
too far, but he is net to be sneered at
nor one who is to be regarded as nothing
more than a violent decIaimer Let any
one see him and hear him in the Four
Courts, and in the Associate rooms. as
] have heard him, and lie will confess
that 0'Connell is talented man, aswell
as an elegant orator, ingenious, and
gifted with the extraordinary tact of
suiling his efforts in an instant to{he feel.
ings and intelligence of his auditory. III
was such a man that took his seat in the
decorated chair at Ennis, and it is such
4 man that now directs the energies of
the Catholic population ofIreland.
The following anecdote we COW
from the MGrtelia Pioneer. We viii
merely add, that the subject Of il is
warm and jealous friendof Mr.. Adams
and viii support his re election.
James McCuIoch, Collector of Bait
more, was "a soldier Of the revolution,
of the old Maryland line. When the |
British landed at North Point the veter
an McCulloch shouldered muskes as
q volunteer, and marching to meet the !
enemy some young men were discover. !
ed on an elevation looking thro' spy |
glass What are We looking al? asked |
McCuroch At the British, was the |
reply pshaw, said The heroic old man.
come along with me, boys, aud III en-. |
sure ye beHe7' rieq0 Of them - Shot |
through the thigh and lying on the field |
the Briish were asionishcd TO see !
frosty heaGed grand father amongyounq
r0ldicts, and asked, what are YOU doing |
here Granddada: Fighting The enemies |