Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-09-14
MISCELLANEOUS SELECTIONS.

~as.,ha gen. are about TO publish OF
III relative to the discovery OF Ame-
r;c, which will throw some new light a
upon the subject. It will be entitled, Il
aAntiquitates Americana" and VIII r.
contain the accounts extant in lcelandic i
and other scandinavian manuscripts, a
relative to the voyages OF discovery J
made to North America by the Scam
dinavians in the 10th and following S
centuries. It will comprise most au- /,
thentic and indisputable testimony, that I
they discovered N. America towards
the close of the tenth century, and re-
neatedlyyisited it during the11th, 18th,
18th, and l4th centuries, and some set
Elements we're made in the 18th centu-
~ by them as colonists. 1t is said,
moreover, that this work will show,
with great pparent probability, amour
ting almost to certainty, that it was
knowledge OF these facIs which prompt
ed Columbus to undertake his memora- |
BILE expedition.-B Boston CentineL
1rAuTIrUL ExTRAcTs.-The follow
ing eloquent paper on Time is, we be-
lieye. from the pen Of Spaulding:
saw temple, reared by the hands
of man, standing with its high pima
Gle, in the distant plain. The storms
beat upon 1.-THE God Of nature hurl-
ed his fhunderboIt. against it, and it
stood firn,as adamant. Revelry was in
itshalls, the grave, the happy, the young
and beautiful were there returned
and lo!-tbe temple was no more!-its
high walls lay in scattered ruins, moss
and wild grass grew rankly there: and
and at the midnight hour the owls long
cry added to the deep solitude. The
young and gay who revelled there, had
passed away.
saw child rejoicing in his youth
the idol of his mother, and the pride OF
his father-I returned, and the child
had become old. Trembling with the
weight Of years, he stood the last Of his
generation, stranger amidst the desc
lation around him.
saw the old oak, standing in all its
pride upon the mountain-the birds
were carrolling in the boughs. l re-
turned and that oak was lealless and
saplcss; the winds were playing at their
.pastimcse through its branches.
ssWho is the Destroyer" said l to
my guardian angel.
aItis time," said he. "When the
morning stars sang together with joy O.
yer the new made world he common
ced his course, and when he shall have
DESTROYED all that is beautiful of tht
earth-plucked the sun from its sphere
-yeiied the moon in biood-yca, wher
he shall have rolled the heavens ant
earth away as a scroll, then shall al
angel, f.om the throne of God, CONE
FORTH and with one foot on the sea, ant
one on the land, lift up his hand towar'
heaven, and swear, by Heavens Eter
nal Times is, Times ,Das, but Tim
shall be no longer.
The wITr.-It is not unfrequen
that wife snourns over the aiienate
affection Of her husband, when she ha
made no effort herself to strengthen an
increase his attachment. She think
becaushe he once lovedherthat cough
always to love her; and she neglect
those attentions which at first engage
his heart. Many wife is thus tn
cause Of her own neglect and sorrow
That woman deserves not husband
generous love who will not greet hir
with smiles as he returns from the !;
bors Of The day will not try /
chain him to his home by the sweet CT
chantment Of cheerful heart. Their
is not one in thousand so unfeeling !
to withstand such an influence, an
break away from such home. i
YouTH.-How delightful. dost tho
reyel IN the full flow Of natures bour
ttsous stream, swelling 10 expected pc,
lection! To the present feeling Of en-
joyment, and to the anbounded antic
patton Of future bliss, llowopen is youth
How full Of delight and how beauteou
in infancy although, like the early bio
som Of spring, it feels the chilisfhat i
nature is heir to. We press {ke mu,
Gle, full and soft, Of the healthfi
child, and pass our fingers through I'll
glossy, curls, and 4fondly pinch the ros,
zdimpled cheek, and gaze in the laugl
ing eyes, and express with enthusias
our admiration Of the promise natu
gives offs future perfection--we kno
mot what; but we feel and know til
we love youth even in its imbecilit
as it approaches TO and attains matul
", how admirable, how lovelyis you
e lts pristine purity! Though m,
may not measure the power Of God