American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-12-01

them. They live on the bountics Of God al
E vouchsaled to them through mother Earth, anC
thank him Tor the blessings they ENJOY without
J any other intermediate agency. The melan-
J choly monOtony from the forest ls the only
sound that meets their car at night, and unlike
the hoarse cry of the Waterman, it tells then
not of the flight Of time, nor warns them the
duty which crime imposes en- society Of APP
pointing these Vigis. "Can you sleep" | in
CURED
90! yes, now; but not at first. For week
after we got here heard every hour of the
night, bawled out by stentorian voice that
void have rung for miles in the forest Of my
native district. Not only did the noise itsel
disturb my slumbers, but the uIusical cadence
attempted by the performer touched my nerves
and | could not iorbear laughing. Its pa-hast
one O'Cl-uckn Why is tins? Is it not pre-
suned that the citizens are asleep when their
lives and property require ssntiy2 And what
| individual wishes TO he told the time Of night
when he is asleep You people must sleep, as
well as keep your banks and shops open, by
the hour. Is sleep a matter of traffic. Pa
says every thing here not only costs money,
but Is taxed. lsuppose dreams bear high
price and are valued like the work of me-
Chanic, according TO the time occupied in put
ting them together"
"You are a little sharp, Miss" replied |.
| But yon seem to mistake every thing with US
urbanites. The watch are required TO let each
other know that every one is attending TO his
duty; and the crying Of the hour answers the
purpose of universal signal. The musical
cadence you speak of gives it the effect of
serenade, and | am sure such pretty ears as
yours would scarcely revolt at any sound ut
tered with good intention, howeve harsh the
performance mig ht he 10 one whose TASTE has
been cultivated under the hootng Of owls the
! croakipg Of frogs, and the boding tone Of the
whp-peor' will"
80, mercy on me. But the sounds you
speak OF are melancholy, and to the ear of the
senlmentOhst they arc actually sweet. What,
TO contemplate nature in her loneliness-to
watch the pale moon as she rolls through the
sky--to mark out the hosts of heaven IN the
various hgmes Of men and beasts, into which
! The ancient mind has grouped them, and at
the same time to listen to the voices that sound
iI0m the tar-of wIds! what can be more deli
Cious? Then contrast them with the rumble
cum tumbe-tumble tumble Of your vain and
| glttcring pomP, or of your greedy and grasp
| my aYarlce, or with the whiss, whisS, Whiss of
your 'h-Il in harness. as u counlryman Of
/ mte cal ed locomotive engine-that creature
OF common. place existence which drives all
poetry tt",n tho Imagination, and nearly all
knowledge from the understanding, in It's un-
weared suhseIvlencY 10 your animal appGtites
and passions. Let me likewise say, that the
ow is not placed as guard over our lives; nor
does the v hip-poUr-wll tell us that he is inter-
posed between ourselves and the midnight ma.
rauder. They carry with them none Of the
associations Of dark and deep-rooted depravi-
ty. But here amidst your refinement and
your vaunted civilization, one must be con-
Stantly reminded Of it by the schemes institu-
ted 10 prevent er detect crime.''
All this was said with a sweet little smile
playing on her countenance, meaning of
course that she was not exactly in earnest; but
| that If one were disposed to be in earnest such
arguments might be used. Perceviug that
took her meaning she resumed with a more Sc
! TiOuS air
NJ came to the City to be pleased, and |
know | will be alter become accustomed to Its
uSages There are advantages here wish TO
enjoy. Your schools can finish my education.
! Your music can perfect me IN that art. Your
society can refine me for the world; and your
endless SOURCES OF amusement can enable me
to pass away leisure hour pleasantly. | can
see mankind here as 1t is, not as We of the
country are in the habit OF imagining It should
be. My deIusons will be dspelled by the re-
ality and reality after all, is all that IS pracli-
caIlY useful. Your lBdies too a re prettier than
} they can possibly be in the country, and your
gentlemen take more pains with their person
al elegance"
"Yo,; but," said |, iocosely, "are you sure
that the ladies' beauty is as natural here as il
is in tho country? May not art contribute
something to the symmetry Of their figures and
to the Iose- like tins Of their cheeks. Are you
} aware that hese pra,tlng lips J GU see on the
street sometimes derive their coral beauties
! from vermllhon, and the iUory teeth with which
! they show III such bowltchIng contrast, may be
porcelain; aud furthermore, that the RIM lets
which flow So grace ully about and over paint
aud porcelain, may be Tho only surviving rem.
nan,s Ut some angelic being now in the tomb2'
"Dsar bless US, no; it can't be possible, sure.
ly," she exclaimed
, 80 !, no'' SAID |. at is not true of course ,
: BuL such things are said They are scandals
aud as BAllmore bac aelcr pronounce them
to be SO. only speak of them as possible, ano
likewise to show you that beauty may be sus
pected upon bare possibilities OF fraud"
} "Well," she rejuiDed, II am glad TO hear o
1 these mystic arts. myself may have occa
sion To be sch0oled in them some time or other
On my, this fashion," .
"Now don't pretend to say that these thing
are all mysteries, to you, Miss -, for if thu
surmises of your neighbors be correct, in you
delectabIe htte village of six houses, you al,
already all adept in some Of the arts referred
Z to-" This said with an air of triumph, ant
r the poor httle creature looked as if she were
vanguished from sheer terror. .'. ..
Y what" she exclaimed, her eyes dilating &c
such degree as to exhibit the entire orb o.
jet OF which they were made. "What! ouI
neghbors speak SO of me!''
YES" said |. "And now since you are
somcwhnt inclined 10 hugh at us city folks
{ suppose | give you some of my experience
whist taru,d at your fathers last summer
r You will then be able to compare town and