Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-08-31

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! SARArpGA-N. p. Willis in one of his re-
cent letters to the National Intelgencer
gives ihe foloving natural, but not very COM
plimcntary picture:
1T is part oi the common -placery Of
| fashionable chat 10 fret ht the crowd, and
wish for more suitable privacy but it is
amusing TO observe what a difference of opin-
| ion there seems 10 exist between the feet and
the tongue of the fair exclusive. The belle
at Saratoga rises ut six. and walks To Con.
gress Spring. The ostcnsble object Is to
drink The waters which she might have in
quite as salntary a state by ringing the bell
of her apartment. The platform around the
spring il crowded with lashionables, and el
bowed and stared at rather freely, and coin.
planning of both very f"elingly. she remains
in the crowd ill notwithstanding walks of
The most shaded cooiness though there be.
hard by and accessible. She breakfasts with
h five hundred persons and from the table
comes 20 the drawing room, when she prom.
enadts and il elbowed as bcfnre I'LL eleven.
II At that hour she goes wi'h party 10 the
| lbowling:allcys, where she amuscs herself I'LL
| the dressing bell for dinner. And, after din
nor, she mingles in the fu,-drcss crowd once
more I'LL tea time, with perhaps the parenthe.
sis of II drive with party to the Lake and
| from tea time I'LL midnight she is in the same
crowd, anl goes to bed late TO get up agnir
early. and so burning her candle nj both end,
Il finds Saratoga enchanting. But it Is not Tho
less drealiully crowded mud horribly mixed.
n REVOLUTIONS ~ CoMMERcE.-Mr. Wbca
ton; the accomplished Minister ofthe United
States ut the Court of Berlin, has written O
! long letter to the National Institute of Wash
/ Iingion, on what is termed the "impendina
revolutions IN The commercial intercourse o
the Word.o Two great changes, he says
are at hand, which cannot fail to be attended
with the most important consequences to the
! progress Of civilization. These are
III lst. The .re-oprning of the ancient route
between Europe and the East Indies,' b,
Egyp, and the Red Sea, which must inevilu
bly, result from the improvements in stem
navigation aud the foupdlng new Mahom
mcdan dynasty on the banks Of the Nile.
H I'd The opening n new route from Europe
and the United States 10 The East Indies ant
the Western coasts of America, by an artfi
i cal communica alton between the Atlantic aDt
Pacific oceans, across The ishmus which con
II meets the two continents of North and Sontl
America.
The Importance of these to the U. State,
and the world is argued at length, and witt
Il considerable learning. OF the latter il is re-
marked: "'rhc Umicd States wonld save a
eas! 10000 miles of distance and a proper
lional amount Of time in their navigation tC
the Northwest coast Of America ard to China
by substituting the route across The isthmu;
I which connects the two Americon continents
for that round Cope Horn. The opening q
water communication from one sea To the
other some wbere between the Gulf Of Mex
co aud the Gulf of Darien, thus becomes o
vital importance TO us. Our aiional interests
commercial, political, aud social. arenll deep.
ly involved in the Erening Post
\ FRANKLIS says, lie who has TRADE has
an estate and never was n more true OF
more useful maxim uttered even by that
great man. Many were the rules OF con.
duct laid down by hIm and practised too
through bis long hic, which il followed by
men IN all times and ages. would greatly i'm
prove The condition aud circumstances Of the
multitude. The above saying is easily to
! be understood by ali, md applicable TO all
professions or pursuits. A great day will 1t
be for our country when youth shall be in.
duced or compelled TO adopt some calling,
whether mercantile, or what is called lber-
al profession, or what is really mechanical
Aud greater day will it be when more o'
them shall choose the la,ter-'o become
respectable mechanics rather than second
rate lawyers, doctors, or divlnes.
H The above remarks were suggested by o
l little anecdotc we heard related lately. A
young man, born heir ola large estate, was
at the ngo Of fifteen regularly appren,iced tt
a respectable and scientific mechanic, to
the purpose Of learning what is sometime:
sneeringy called hdde. There was nc
necessity for such a step, but the fathcI
chose so to dispose Of the education of his
son. often repeating to him, he mho has q
trade has an estate The young man became
a master of his trade, and had the supreme
hoppincss land earth can offer none more
pcrieci) OF supporting his aged father by hi'
skill and industry for the great fortune Il
which he had been born heir was, by mlsfor
tune. all lost. Moreover, while performing
this sacred duiy, his talents, industry, an'
integrity finally won for him both fame sne
, fortune.