The North-Carolinian., 1842-09-03

dor, honor and TenOWn, anO lnStlncllVely
placed true happiness in the possession of a
cottage and some acres OF land. Nature Tor
a moment asserted her dominion over his
mind, but It is-not thence to be inferred that,
if the power Of choice had thereafter rema ined
with him, he would for himself have followed
her promptings, have cast away from him.
voluntarily all the wealth. and power, aud ho-
nors he had won, and retired to the obscurity
of cottage and few acres of land. Ambi-
ton such as his could never have made the
sacrifice; aud yet even he might have been
so trained'as to be perfectly content with a
cottage life, and ofcourse be as truly happy as it
is possible TO be OH earth. But the shaping
of his destiny was not in his own hands.
The guardian power that gave him a military
education ignorantly shaped his ends. His
first step taken, all the rest followed through
series of extraordinary concufrences OF events
of vast magnitude, with which he could have
had no connexion, had he been trained to till
the soil of his native isle, or to follow some
handicrhft for a subsistence. How important,
then, is it that the years of preparation for the
active duties of life be well spent. And that
they may be so spent, it is necessary that they
be passed under the tutelage and protection
of the wise and the judc ious. The passions
unchecked and unrestrained, will else, like
noxious weeds, spring up in rank abundance,
and prevent the growth Of all that Is good and
useful, of all that can contribute to the ge-
nuine honor and tue interests of man. A.
mong those rank and bIigh,Ng productions,
ambition stands forth prominent. This is
plan Mt which may be turned to good account,
but to this end it must be carefully watched,
and subjected to the pruning knife of mode
ration. Unrestrained, it is like wild un-
tad hor Mt fsa,ifh
surance of safety; but under the guidance
and direction of weIl-formed system of cor
rect principles, it may be made to carry its
possessor into positions in life, in which he
can be eminently useful to his race. 1t is
very important that its buildings in the heart
of the young should be closely watched, and
lis natural tendency carefully noted, SO that
it may not be permitted to run towards un-
worthy objects or in ruinous courses, but that
its eye may be directed to the attainment Of
those things only which are good and honora-
BILE, and useful not alone to their possessor,
but which laudabe ambition will use for the
benefit of mankind. Good care then ought
to be taken in the education of youth, to i'm
press it with that ott-quoted truth, that
aMan wants but little here below,
Nor wants that lille long.''
1t cannot be too frequently inculcatcd, that
wealth, and power, aud high station, and all
indeed which the ambition of those whom the
world has usually called great, are, when right
y viewed, but SO many trusts in the hands Of
their possessors, to be used either for the gem
eral benefit -of mankind, or of some paTtTcd
spirit of ambition is thus early chastened, il
will be likely in after life to prove blessing.
aud not to themselves alone; but to those in
l,Eho n If
duly cherished or Improperly directed, it must
prove IL curse; one too which will visit other
heads thai their own. IT is the bane of hap
piness in the one case, in the other it is the
source of it; in the former it destroys con-
trntment, in the latter it is its friend and COM
panion in short, in the we'll constituted
mind it will fnd happiness In cottage and u
few acres of land, if it can rise to no higher
position without injustice; but in the selfish
and iIl-balanced mind, it seeks in vain fot
happiness in the possession of thrones aud
empires. The prime pie of moderation in all
things cannot, therefore, be too early planted
in the mind Of youth, nor too caref.IIy cher
ished in its growth. Baltimore Sun.
AMERICAN WoNDERs.-A Southern paper
in speaking Of this subject, says: sTwo of the
greatest natural curosities in the world are to
be found within the United States, and are
yet scarcely known to the best informed of
yeographers and naturalistS. The one is a
very beautiful waterfall in Franklin County,
i'll the State Of Georgia; the other is stu
pendous preci pice in Pendleton district, South
Carolina. The Tucco. fall is much higher
than the falls Of Niagara. a.--The column of
water is propeIled&teau'iiu!4y pespen-
dicular rock, and when the: stream is full
it passes down the streaW without being
broken.
| The Table Mountain, in Pendleton dis
trict, South Carolina, is an awful precipice Of
nine hundred feet Very few persous who
have once cast glimpse into the almost
boundless abyss, can ever again exercise
sutlicient fo,tilude to approach the masgih Of
The tAasfnsr almost ever vne4s,ok
voluntarily falls to the ground, senseIesz q
hopeless, aud would inevitably be preeipl
and dashed to atoms, were il not for the n4e8
sures Of caution aud security that have al4sys
been deemed Indispensable t.esate iudni8a
to the curiosity Of the visitsr aud the spedlsf.
Every one on proceeding ID ee spot whsce
it is usual to gaze over the wppsjerfIl 3,
has iii his or her imag iuatio1k "a limit Sd,
graduated by reference to distances wHh Y8sch
the eye has been familiar but in md ent,
eternity as it were, is presented TO the tsta-
ished senses, and the observer is insf&ktly
overwhelmed He soon RECEIVERS frol7slhe
first surprise, and in a wild de:irinm sue3sys