Piney Woods planter and Amite union literary reflector. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1838-1838, 1838-06-23

10 Sec plslaute IN p9nEs.Is
Blu Vel how his pieces have BE ifrasl1
cciyed, let the heartless crltir tel.
Certain II IL, that Ne has met With somr !.
literary disappointment, and is now
under the woFsg Of all maIaAk
idies--rlorti6ed prides-But II bid hrnI
a kind adie1. next Visited Mori-r
mor. He was sitting upon the floor,
with 4 pgofasion ofauthors around him, (
and apparently engaged in deep rel
verie.
Mortimer said !, and he started ast
il touched by electricity, and blushingf
deeply, badc me be seated. Alter cons
irderable pause, he sold, + am much
reioiced at your coming, as here is a
difficulty | can't solve, would Love
lace, that you would explain to me the
difference between the ATTRACTION of
cohesion and The attraction Of com
position.
THAT is a simple thing my friend,
the one meaning Che power which uni-
ties the intcgrant particle Of a body,
and the other, that power which com
biz es their constituents.
sWcl that's plain, replied he, tell
me the causep 'The cause, Mortimer,
is divine. You win please refer it TO
the Creator
very well. can light and heat bel
separately you viii, said !, consult
Or. Herschell and DR.. Jones'
sOh Loyelace, you arc provoking
but despise Chemistry--let's turn to
natural philosophy
'Ah Mortimer said III you cannot
reconcile yourself to the one, l ami
sure you dcspisc the other, especially
since they are both branches OF the
same tree. Natural Philosophy, being
that science which treats Of the action
of bodies upon each other from their
mechanical motion only. While chem
istry teaches the nature of their con-
stituont principles--shows all their
particular elimentai properties-de5er-
mines the law Of combination--of de-
composition, ond shows all their inau-
enccs generally
4 declare Loyalace, you had better
beg prolessorship in college, and turn
lecturer on these two very dignl6edI
sciences replied he, evidently growing
weary with my definition.
4 will said !, and for your sole bone
fit. You talk Mortimer Of Becoming
Physician, if this be your determine
ton, let me imploro you by all means,
not TO rest satisfied with those sciences
termed purely medical. No, take a
wider range; look abroad through ma
ture--s5udy the varions phenomena of
the physical Uniyerse-cxpiore every
branch of natural science-iiye deep
INTO the grandcurs of creation .-For
This search my friend, strengthens the i,
powers OF thought--cnlargos the sphere =
OF knowlcdge-- jnvigora.cs with calm
ness and GOODNESS, The turbid stream Of
and amaioralcs The /
ordinations of the hear,-and in fine. Il
me soul expanded with the most cxal it
ed views, Is stimulated TO noble deeds g
ii comprehensive bencvolence. and
audabie ambition becomes us twere
l Father OF waters, opening to receive !,
on thousand tributary streams Of in {
and feels indeed the high
ssF qualification of intellectual improve
ment.'
ii Mortimer was tired Of my do6ni-
ton, you may infer that he disregard I;
ed my advice-for long before ] had
concluded my remarks he was PACING
ms chamber in hurried strides, and nj !
length when got through, abrnrsly z
remarked, that he had heard nothing
he said,
'Yon will pardon me Loyelace whenI
i tell you, that / feel to-day like an
exile promcnading some desert stand
Or like the poor convict loaded with
chains, and signing to breath the YER
nal air. ! tell you fiend,I have mind
TO strike for Texas--Not throw down
your books and blast the fondast hopes
OF your friends said |, interIupting
him.
yes l.. what are books, friends or
the wealth Of the world, to ono who
has no hope, the only being / ever low.
ed has babe me come no more. i can
not love YOU he replied to my earn {
est suppIication. At that moment, a
sudden tremor seized me, my cars were
Tiled with sound louder than the
caring ofthe water spout could !
lot see-and when vision came back,
he whole face of nature was changed! P
ny brain was on 6re-and the soft 1