Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1836-11-16

that will daily pass over the fd,I-road "A 4oc4
direction, land the rapid growth 81 ny
west, added to the present irnnenso travel
by STEAMBOATS, and other lake vessels, and
stage coaches, will more than warrant
such an cstmate,) the daily receipts, wI:It
the fare attwo and half cents n mile,
will amount to two thousand dollars, Or
more than thirty per cent. per opnu1u oiz
the whole capital invested. As furnnhinK
an opportunity for the profitable invest
mcnt of money, this railroad merits the
attention of capitalists at a distance, who
have no other interest in it, complexion
than in the " fat dividends" it may afford
them; and if it should not receive the con-
sidcraton 10 which it is entitled, from
these, the proprietors Of the land on the
route must be blind to their interests, IL
they suffer to remain uninprovod, oltlcana
of increasing so greatly the value Of their
lands, and of conicrring SO many udvailta-
ges on the country through which it will
pass. We trust that, at least, between
these two classes of individuals, whose in
tcrest alike it is TO take the stock Of the
work, it will be Immediately commenced
and soon fastened to completion.
The SKY in Hay.-And amid what sky
were they lifted up yesterday Wera
there ever such depths Of splendor il any
heaven as in this Of Italy? This is the
peculiarly. Not that the color is richer
than | have seen in America but that
there is a certain splendor with the color.
ing, transparency of ether, an illumina-
ton opening TO the depths profound, that
make the Italian sky-unexpcctedly to me,
confcss--a wonder and beauty une-
qualled, as fit as incxpressiblc. On this
point suppose there could not be q moro
unprecedented witness. When I came to
see the English sky, thought that the en-
tllusiastc admiration Of the Italian which
we hear so much about was English. So
much had persuaded myself of this, that
| ceased to expect any thing cxtraordina-
ry.-l was not thinking Of any thing Of
the sort, when looking up at the cathedral
yesterday my attention was drawn to those
heavens incxpressiblc, that rose above it;
and for an hour or Two saw nothing, thought
of nothing else. 1t was not easy 10 dis
crimnate, for my emotions came upon me
like deluge. Yet remembering my previ-
Gus skcpticism, | did attempt to inquire
what it was that SO moved and cntranccd
me.--And | say again that the peculiarly
Of the Italian sky docs not consist in Its
color, not certainly as compared with that
of America, though to the English It may
be the most striking point Of difference.
Nor was it transparency eyac:y--at least,
not that transparency by which distant OBJ.
iects arc more distinctly secn.--1'his is
what have heard said, and il is true that OBJ
lects are so seen.
If you cas-. your eye 70 the heavens IN
the quarter opposite the sun, at ten or c.
even o'clock in the morning, though there
is relieved against it, but the most common
range of buildings in the street, the definite
character of the object, the indensation, as
it were, upon the very sky, is something so
striking, you can hardly help pausing in
your path 10 survey it. But this ,aficr al,
is no TO me the special and soai-cntrancing
beauty. 1t is that transparency rather bY
which you seem to look into the heavens.
The sky does not seem TO bound your
thought, scarcely your vision, but carries
them away to illuminate depths, opening to
the heavens beyond. Was it not something
indicative Of the peculiarly, that ! saw the
faint crescent the wanting moon this NOR
ming, high up in the sky, almost till nid-day2
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