The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-03-10
No.7s.
WONDERS OF ART.

You behold majestic vessel bounding over the b-
lows from the other side Of the globe easily fashion
cd TO float with safety over the bottomess sea 10
spread out her broad wings. and catch the midnight
breeze, guided by slow drowsy sailor Ct the helm.
with two or three companions reclining istleesy on the
deck gazing into the depths Of the starry heaven The
commander Of this vessel not surprising thousands Of
his brethren in intelligence and skill, knows how, by
pointing his glass at the heavens, and taking obser
yaon Of the stars, aud turning the leaves OF his
I" Practical Navigator" and making few figures on
his slate tell the spot which his vessel has reached
the trackess and he can also tell by Of a
steel spring aud few brass Wheels put together the
shape Of cronometer The glass with which he brings
the heavens down 10 the earth, and by which he
the twenty thousand hundredh part OF heir
circuit, is made Of quantity Of flint, sand, and aka
course Opaque substances, which he has melted together
into the beautiful medium which excludes the air and
the rain, and admits The liqhi--by Of which he
count the orders OF animated ia dew-drop,
and measure the depth OF the values IN The He
has running up aud down his maininast iron chain
fabricated at home by wonderful succession Of
chanca contnyances, out Of rock brought from deep
caverns in the earth. and which has the power Of
Quoting the lightning hsrnessy down the sides Of the
vessel into the deep He does not creep tmidy along
from headand 10 hsadaDd guide his course along
by the north but lie launches bravely
on the painless aud botroess deep and carries about
him box faithful little pilot, who watches when the
eye Of man droops with fatigue, small and patient
s.eersman whom darkness does blind, the storm
drive from his post and who points from the other side
Of the globe-through the convex earth0 the steady
pole Ii he falls IN with pirate, he does not wait 10
repel him. hand to hand but he puts into mighty
engine handful of dark poader into which he has
| condensed an immense quantity OF elastic air, and
which, when it touched by spark Of FIRE. will instant
ly expand into its original volume aud drive artificial
thunderholt before against the distant enemy. When
he another similar vessel on the sea, homeward
bound from like excursion TO his own he makes
few black marks piece Of paper and sends II home,
a distance Of ten thousand miles and thereby speaks
to his employer to his family and his friends as dis
tinctly aud Significantly if they seated by his
side Arsh1 fcusruf- half the labor with which the
savagk6cnres himself the skin OF wild beast, to
fiakedness this child Of civilized life has provid
ed6imsef with the most substantial curious, and
yehent clothing aud tissues Of wool, cotton,
linen and silk the contributions Of the four quarters OF
the globe and Of every kingdom Of nature To fill a
vacant hour, or dspel gathering cloud from his spirits,
he has curious Instruments Of music, which speak anoth
language Of new and strange significance his heart;
which make his veins thrill, and his eyes overflow with
tears without the utterance OF woodland with
Of harmonious sounds, send his heart
hack over the waste Of waters, the distant home,
where his wife and children sit around the freside,
trembling the thought that the storm which beats
upon the windows, may perhaps, overtake their below
ed yoyager the distant seas. And in his cabin he
has a library Of voumes--the strange production of
machine Of almost magical powcrs--whlch, as he turns
over their leaves enable hun with the great
aud good Of every cline and age, aud which repeat
to him audible the laws Of his God and the pro-
mise of his Savior and point to him that happy land
winch he hopes to reach when his flag is struck, and
his sails turled, and the voyage OF life is over-N-
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