Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-05-25

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pose not thy head on the breast which
nurseth envy and folly, and vanity
Hope not for obedience where the pas.
sions are untamed; and expect not honor
from her who honoreth not the God who
made thee.
| Though thy place be next to the throne
i. of princes, and the countenance of royal
ty beam upon thee; though thy riches be
as the pearls of Omar, and thy name be
honored from the east to the west; little
| will it avail thee, if darkness and disap-
/ poinment and strife be in thine own hab
itation. For though thou be wise in 9th.
er things, little will it avail thee if thou
choosest not wisely the wife ofthy bosom
| Among the literary productions Of the
United States there are few upon which
we look with more pride and pleasure,
than the Year IN Spain by Lieutenant
Alex. Slidell. The admirable analysis
of it published in late number of the
Quarterly Review, might be considered
as tinctured with partiaity from its hav-
Ing been written by Washington Irving
but the following unromantic, but pithy
reflections from the London Examiner
are not liable to this charge.
The inducements to spend year in
Spain are so few, that we are obliged
to import Spanish tourists The power
of reading Don Quxote in the orr gnal
tongue, like the son of the old gentle
man whom the prime Minister once ad-
vscd TO learn Spanish, is about all the
advantage or pleasure to be derived
Spain is the land of robbery and starva-
ton; every body is robbed-no body
gets full meal. 1t is more danger
Gus service to travel in diligence from
Madrid to Seville, than perform the
voyage of Columbus: if you are not
robbed, you are starved, probably-and
worried by vermin into the bargain.-
This comes of despotism Spain under
a good government, might at this mo-
ment supply all Europe with corn, and
in return for it, be supplied by every
luxury under heaven at their own doors:
instead of which corn rots on the ground
for want of market; and the misgovern-
ed people are too glad to get a dinner
of peas rubbed with onions, washed
down by the best white wine vinegar.
The Young American "a naval Off
Ger, of the name of Slidell, is an anus
ing companion; and, as he made the
best Of his bad fare and poor company in
Spain, so he turns both to g ood account
in his book; and besides much enter
tainment, there is good deal of in
struction. The United States and
Spain are the antipodes in every quality
Of a nation: and the fruit shows the
nature of the tree; if the value of free
institutions were dubious, the difference
in the condition of North America and
the Peninsula would settle the question
The complete success of the Liver
pool and Manchester Railway, con-
structed at such enormous expense, is
abundantly attestcd by the Report of
the Managers. The extraordinary in
crease IN passengers alone, caused by
the facility, certainty and safety of this
mode OF conveyance, is a fact sufficient
Of tselfto justify the most sanguine cal
culations of profit from that road. We.
shall not be surprised to hear soon of
ride on the railroad, as an approved
medical prescription for invalids; for we
have been told by several gentlemen
who have been on the Manchester and
Liverpool road, that the movement is
scarcely perceptble, no jolts, no Jar
rings; but gentle, equable gliding
through space at the rate Of thirty miles
an hour, almost without the conscious
ness OF locomotion. The safety too to
passengers of this mode of conveyance
is far greater than any other; being in
deed only that which any imperfection
in the materials or construction of the
car may occasion. Care, however, and
viglant and constant inspection can
guard against this source of danger;-
and, therefore, it may almost be said,
that there is absolute safety in this mode
of travelling. To the engine indeed,
and to those connected with it, acci-
dents may happen, and to the imprudent
or luckless wishts, who cross the paths
OF these fiery messengers; but the train
behind is safe, happen what may to its
conductors. NJ Y inner.
OLD NEwsPAPERs.-Many people
take newspapers, but few preserve them:
yet the most interesting reading imag
inable is file of old newspapers. 1t
brings up the very age; with ali its bus
tie and every day affairs, and marks its