American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-09-11
From the Raleigh Register.j
SEPTEM Der - AUTUMN.

After perhaps Que of the most swelterngly
hot and dry summers We have ever known, the
"Seasans" have again rolled round the first
month Of Autumnal beauty and "harvest-
home" glory. September, with its presages
for the seTe and falling leaf, ig a month, which
TO some minds, brings only melancholy; but
we must confess, these aie no: the feelings with
which we, at the present time at least, view
life Ills true, the verdant foliage of the trees
will soon begin to assume sickly hue, and fall
to the ground, the green carpeted lawn will
soon.-fade into 4 dutI brown, and the sweet
scented flowers will be gone; but the harvest
has come, the languid, oppressive heats oil sum-
mer are about to leave us, and the breezes of
heaven will soon become cool and bracing.--
Our nerves will be newly strung, and we again
rouse ourselves from the slothtu stupeiaction
with which the empowering heat of an Au-
gust sun had Frustrated our energies. The Cit
. who has been rustcating at the Gretna Greens
of the country, bathing at cold Point, '"Rock-
away or elsewhere, and the Beaus, who have
been quatfing love, soda and champagne at
the Springs, will all soon be returning to their
homes, filled with the economical resolutions
of redeeming their recent expenses by close
application to business. The ladies, too-hea
ven bless thcm-wll return with thoughts and
IDEAS various indefinite and hopeful; some to
sigh in single blessedness, others TO dream of
autumn wedding dresses, plumb cake, and plain
gold rings, and some to superintend the atdirs
of their own little Kingdoms at "home, sweet
home"
THismonth was 80 called frcm the Latin word
septenl, seven, it being the seventh month Of the
ancient year, which commenced with March
The Saxons called il griSt m0;!th, because they
carried their new corn to mill at that period
September has been distinguished by many re-
markable events: In 1857, Lafayette was born
on the 9Th; in 1859, Quebec was taken by the
British under Gen. Wolf on the l2tl; l17G,
the city of New York was taken possession OF
by the British army, on the 18th; l7S0, the
treason of Arnold was detected by the capture
of Major Andre, on the Esd; 1883, the Treaty
of Peace between England, America, France,
&C., was signed at Paris, on the Sd; 1912, the
city of Moscow was destroyed by fire, on the
18th; 1878, the American Enterprise captured
the English Boxer, on the 5th; Perry's victory
on Lake Erie occurred on the 10th, and Nc
Donough's on Lake Champain, on the | lth in
the following year.
On the Esd of this month, the Sun enters the
sign Libra,
The hanging balance that doth weigh the light,
Giving an equal share to day and night,
the days and nights then being Of an equal
length, as they were on the list of March.
So that, in view Of the splendid victories and
achievements attained by our arms, sc. instead
of its filling Us with gloom and melancholy,
we should hail September as a fit season for fcs-
tivity and joy. All hail! then, thou golden
crowned Sister of the Twelve! We greet thee
with our smiles
CosT OF GAS. 1t has been found, from late
eynerimeuts in ENGLAND that one ION of Goa
which costs los, produces 80 bushels of coke,
90 gallons of tar, and 1000 feet of gas This
being correct, it is said that the coal and tar
produced from ton of COAL amounts to the
exact value Of the coal, and that the 5000 Gu
bic feet of gas, which the coal also produces,
and is sold to consumers at the common price,
yields to the gas companies no less than IS.
IS. Cd. Now, let an application of this fact
be made to an American gas maker or to COM
panes in this country, and let any one say
what must be their profits? We think, if the
above facts be true-and they are asserted by
one of the best foreign journals, from actual
experiments by distinguished chemst-they
should attract the attention Of our community.
DEATHS IN New York. There were 22l
deaths in New York last week-42 men, 81
women, 76 boys, &C girls; under years ofage,
l06 OF these 30 died of consumption, Fl Of
cholera inlantum, Id of commissions, II ofdys.
enteIy, men drowned, 7 died of smallpo
SUICIDE. Joseph w. Brown, butcher in
Vcksburg, committed suicide by cutting his
throat with 4 knife, on Tuesday night, the
Goth ult.