Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-12-10

49, ~ - 49,
Place. and be once told friend that there
who could read his s~.siecaaiqus Celeste.
one OF them was Mrs Gtegg, aud the 9th.
err Mrs. Somervile!
But besides her wonderful attachments
in this department, Mrs. Somervile is an
accomplished scientific and practical n,u
sician, a first rate painter in oils, a learned
chemist. and a thorough mineralogist and
botanist!
At the same time this extraordinary
woman isa pattern Of social and domestic
virtue, discharging in a most exemplary
manner every duty TO her friends and IA.
mliy. Her society is delightful. her man.
ner engaging, and her heart evidently the
abode oil every amiable affection and
Chistian grace.
The SOUTHERN CHARAcTEa The fol-
lowing tribute 10 the character Of the
South, is copied from an essay in the Poit-
land Courier.
/" The writer has travelled thousands OF
miles in the Southern country and for SC
vcral years he has been an attentive OBJ
server oil character as 1t is developed be
meath Souttern sun. He has mingled
in the various grades Of society. lie has
mel her citizens under all circumstances,
favorable aud unfavorable Wherever nc
bias wandered. the hand Of hospitality has
been extended towards him. How sweet
y has the cheering voice Of welcome fall
len upon his ear Many are the offices
Of kindness he has experienced, and not
unlreqnently from the hands OF entire
strangers. Grateful is the recollection he
will ever cherish of scenes that are past.
bull wbleh have obtained the most hallow-
ed place in bis memory. He i. aware that
bis pen is incapable OF doing justice TO this
subject. but he would do violence to his
feelings were he 10 suffer this opportunity
10 pass without recording bis testimony 10
favor Of the citizens among whom he re.
sides. After wandering through the dis
tant pats Of our wide extended land. he
feels authorized to say that. so where you
will. you cannot find n more generous and
patriotic. a more enlightened and high.
minded people, than those who have re-
ceiyed surh a liberal share OF abuse from
the northern abolitionisis. Does any one
| doabt this assertion /? Let him come and
examine for hinseif, and he will find ihis
10 be the language Of truth and sobcrness.'
There 10 no season 10 US more pleasing
and get more melancholy, than Autumn.
II there is" ever pleasure 10 the painless
wood !" il IL when the leaves, once green
and vetdant, are changed to the vary ing
hues that deck the autumn forests when
each gentle zephyr hears on It's bosom
some nemento Of the dying year, or some
floating germ OF vegetation to tell though
all things die and decay. yet there Is in all
things the principle Of revivIficstion-and
that when the cold and dresry winter has
passed, all things will again spring up
fresh and gay, aud nature VIII he rs
though she had not lost her verdant GOV
ering, or bcen Strip, Of all that charms the
eve, or delights The sense. Autumn, Tools
the time of plenty, when the Farmer for
gets his tolls, as he looks upon bis era
narics filed with The yellow ear. or TO his
barns where is stored the heavy laden
sheaf, and the rich produce OF the waving
feld-and 10 his cellar for bis sparkling CT
der and the rich favored apple. Who
would not be happy when he contemp!a'es
the iiuit of all his toll, and reflects, that.
though be has gained it all by the . sweat
| Of the brow" yet with his labor he has
preserved his health and spirits and fitted
lis mind and his body TO enjoy the good
things a kind Providence has bestowed
upon him? =.
And who 10 the autumn oil lie, would
| not be happy, could he look back upon a
life OF industry and virtue, and lux0riate
upon the rich stores OF intellectual virtue
and wisdom, which in the spring OF life he
| had sowed lin the summer nourished and
protec:ed-and 10 autumn gathered up for
his support and happiness. through the
dreary winter Of old age.
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II isa painful discovery. that we make
as we advance in life. that none OF US are
exempt from its frailties. Wien the heart
is fresh, and the view Of the iuiure unsul-
lied by The bleInishes that have been gath
cred from the experience Of the past, our
! feelings are mos: holy ; we love 10 identi
~ with the persons OF our natural friends,
all those qualities 10 which we ourselves
| aspire, and all those virtues we have been
taught to revere. The confidence which
we esteem seems a part oil our nature, and
there is a purity thrown around the alice.
| tons which tie us 10 our kindred, that al
ter life can seldom hope 10 see uninjared
Cooper.
IMMoRTALIry.-H canno be that the
earth is mans abiding place. II cannot
be that our life is cast up by the ocean Of
eternity. 10 soar a moment upon its waves
and sink into ~nothiugness. Else why is
il that the high and glorious aspi-
%ra,ions which leap ike angels from the
temple Of our heart, are ferever wander
ing about unsatisfied? Why is it that the
rainbow and the cloud com ove, us with
a beauty that is not Of earth. and then pass