Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-08-16

DEsIRE ron TRAvELLISo.- The Baiti-
more .1merican of the 26th ult, has the follow
ing Just observations on tho universal desire
for travelling:
"The Inconsistency OF human nature 10
exemplified in nothing more striknely than
the universal desire for travelling, at seasons
and under circumstances which place real
enjoyment entirely out 0f the question:
People affect to love comfort, aud yet we
find them deserving their homes, where, In
nine cases out Of ten, they possess all The
necessary appliances to make them pass their
time agrceably in hot weather, and betake
themselves to dusty roads, hot steamboats,,
rail road cars and crowded hotels, in search
of pleasure. II qualification is to be met with
where mono of our wishes can be adequately
satisfied, then indeed is travelling in midsum-
,ner the way TO get certain enjoyment, but
0hiil the strangest contradictions can be pro-
we'd combinations of each other, we must
maintain that "llomc, sweet home" IS tho
place to look for quiet and case. Wthout
| attributing to those who cater Tor pubic con-
ycnience any want Of attention to their dn-
ties, we must say that the crowded table OF
hotel or q steamboat, or The close atmosphere
| of a chamber, exposed to the eye and ear OF
Il passage, cannot be compared to the privacy
! and thorough control Of ones own premises.
"Hame's hame, tho never soc hamly," says
| the old Scotch proverb, and 1t says right
! There. il our fare be coarse, we take our
| own time to cat it, and 1t our apartment 6o
uncomfortable, we can open or shut the door
as we please, without having eyes pcering
4 in upon US. One may not, It IL true, see nn-
| der his root strangers OF distinction" but
| at ull events he never finds hinseIfa stranger
| there, and can move about or rest as he plea
H ses, without inlruding or being intruded on.
1t may be supposed from oil tins that we are
| enemies TO travelling, and seeing strange
people and strange parts. On the contrary,
we have a decided tondness for seeing what
the world is made Of, but we like ~ take tho
proper time. We like to move about when
the weather is temperate, and the roads are
free from dust, when u closed door does not
s,fe US, and when, to be fiji to be seen, it is
not necessary to make ourselves miserable.
| We like to see people made acquainted, and
to listen 10 what others have to say of men
and their doings, but not when every one is
haggard and worn out, spiritless and exhaust
cd. A good story is charming thing to Us,
aud wit and genuine hunor are jewels OF
| rare price, but may we ever be protected
| from tales that begin and end with show hot
1t is," or wilticisms the brilliancy Of which is
| dimmed by the perspiration that drops upon
| them as they depart from the lips. lnvalids
must 60 to the mineral springs, and nervous
people may take dip into the sea to brace
them, but "let irtH alone," say we, and in
striving to do better, do not take The sure
way to be made worse. Ease and seclusion
should be the privileges OF summer, and not
jolts and dust, with dash of living or rather
breathing in crowd.
Talk Of comfort in hot summers day, at
a table OF a hundred and fifty guests, with
steam ascending in clouds from some twenty
| or thirty dishes ;-servants scamperiDg and
| joslling each other, and squeezing in to get
cut Of this or that and sometimes sorening
your coat with gravy or plate of warm soup.
Why the thought Is prepostcrous. Then
where is the enjoyment Of bebolding one ar
tcle after another demolished while you So
| licit in vain the attention of servitors, who
put you off with "in a moment SIR" and after
| all are obliged 10 rise with appctites unsatis-
fed or ullaycd with something that no one
else has thought worth asking for. 1eie i'm
agination recoils instinctively from such a
scene, and yet it is, "what all the world il
hurry ing itself to death to obtain"
Again we say, when we travel, let US have
mild skies, solid roads, and chance TO get
the food we like best. Give US autumn and
its russell leaf, when the breeze blows re-
freshingly, and the mind as well rs The body
is active and vigorous. Let us have the sea-
| son. when we can take sour ease at our inn,"
and satisfy our desires with the bounties Of
the Creator, without the accompaniment OF
blistered faces and eyes filled with DUST
Give US the days when exercise only condu-
ces to dreamless slumbers, and the nights
that strengthen Us for the toll Of the coming
journey but protect us from steam boilers,
crowds, and "animatcd nature" in The dog
1 days.