South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-11-26

think Of them only as pedlars in horn
| flints and bark nutmegs. Their ener.
gy end enterprise are directed to all
objects, great and small, within their
reach. At the fall eta scanty ,rivulet,
they set up their little mandatory of
wooden buttons OF combs they plant
a barren hillside with broom corn and
make it into brooms at the bottom
and on its top they erect a wind-sill.
Thus. lat single spot, you may see the
air, the earth, and the water, all work.
ing for them. But, at the same time,
the ocean is whitened to its extremi-
ties with the sails of their ships, and
the land is covered with their works Of
art and usefulness.
Massachusetts is perhaps the most
flourishing of the Northern States. Yet,
of natural productions, she exports but
two articles-granite and ice. Abso-
Iutely nothing but rock and icsi Eve
ry thing else OF her commerce, from
which she derives so much, is artificial
the work Of her own hands.
| All this is done, in a region with a
bleak climate and sterile soil,by the
energy and intelligence of the people.
Each man knows that the public good
is his individual advantage. The num-
Der OF rail roads, and other modes of
expeditions Accommodation, kDi,s
the whole country into a closely com
paeted mass, ,hro' which the produc-
items of commerce and of the press, the
comforts of life, and the means of
knowledge, are universally diffused /;
while the close intercourse of travel &
business makes all men neghbors, and
promotes common interest and COM
mon sympathy. In a community thus
connected single flash Of thought per-
vades the whole land, almost as rapidly
as thought itself can fly. The popula-
ton becomes, as it were, single set Of
muscles, animated by one heart, and
directed by common sensorum.
How different the condition ofthings
in the South Here the face of the
country wears the aspect of premature
old age and decay. No improvement
is seen going on, nothing is done for
posterity, no man thinks Of any thing
beyond the present moment. Our lands
are yearly tasked to their utmost capaci-
ty of production, and, when exhausted,
are abandoned for the youthful West.
Because nature has been prodigal to US,
we seem to think it unnecessary to do
any thing for ourselves. The industry
and skill that have converted the incle-
ment and barren hills of New England
into garden, in the genial climate and
fertile soil of the South, would create
almost paradise. Our natural adyan-
,sges ore among the greatest with
hich Providence has blessed man
kind, but we lack the spirit to enjoy &
improve them. The rfclore is beneath
our feet, yet we dig not for it. The
golden fruit hangs from the bough, and
we lift not our hands to gather it. The
cask of delicious liquor is before our
eyes, but we are too lazy TO breach it.
In thinking, in writing, and in talking.
we are equal to any people on the face
of the earth f; but we do nothing but
think, write and talk.
Col. LANE.-There seems reason
to believe that the imputation of suicide
to this young officer, was incorrect
end that his death was the result of
some incomprehensibfs accident
There can be but little doubt that his
mind was 10 a considerable extent un-
hinged by pain and illness.
Bait. Chronicle.
Tnsects.-Dr. Imhoff, in work pre-.
sented to the society OF Natural History
at Bale, has estimated the number OF
insects now known at 500, 900 species,
Germany alone containing ID, 900.
4 remedy for Arsenie.-Tobacco
is said to be an infalible preventive a.
gainst the fatal effec. of Arsenic, when
taken into the stomach. In several in
stances where tobacco juice was swal-
lowed after taking arsenic. no sickness
resulted from the use of the tobacco
and not the least harm from the arse
mic. This is an important discovery.
IN Y. Sun.
Extraordinary E1plcsi0a.-At the
Liverpool Post Office, on the 26h
Sept. as the Clerk was stamping the
foreign letters and packets, dreadful
explosion occurred, from one of the
packages having been filled with pow
der. Every clerk was stunned, but