Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1848-07-20
FROM THE SOUTH WESTERN BAPTIST eHnosIcLK.
a suws1- I'm LOUISIANA.
nY EKAsrUs EVERETT, A. ".

| have never seen an Italian sky; but fror
what have read Of Italy, and from what know .
It's climate, am inclined to think tina, there ia a re
markable resemblance between the sky of Italy an
that of Louisiana. One who has lived only in the Re
glons Of the North cannot conceive of the beauty
our SKY. This appears with great effect at night
when the moon sheds down her pale beams in sncl
protusion that we hardly believe that il is night
have, thousand times. when walking bv moonlieh
on the bank Of the Mississippi, when the silence o
night interrupted only by the distant bark ing o
the dogs. or the more welcome notes Of the fiuie tina
hoated softly from the opposite bank. exclaimed in tn
words Of Lorenzo to his beloved Jessca
"iFow sweet the moonlight sleep upon this bank!
Here will we sit, and let the sounds Of music
Creep in our sof stiffness and the night
Become tho touches Of sweet harmony"
But it is when the chaste Goddess wells herself il
thin clouds, that form what is called mdckerai sky
ihati5e heavens appear the most enchanting. have
seen these clouds extending over the whole dome O
heaven and the shades Of the blue sky seen between
the white feeces OF cloud. give beauty and delicacy
10 tae scene that reminded me of tue words Of Byron
IN describing similar one the shores Of the e
gean:
Twas ono Of those delicious nights
/ So common in the olimes of Greece,
/ When day w,tharaws but hal her light
/ Il - And all is moonlight, balm and peace
Sometimes, when The rnoon rises araid black cIeud.
sublime; and the deep blue shades, produced by the
Clouds bearing striking resemblance the dark color
ing OF the old Italian painters and j. was, wIthou
doubt, from such picture that Milton drew the eve
Mug PARADISE. when accompanied by the love song OF
the nightingale, and tie glow Of evening star
"Tho moon
Rising in couded majesty, at length
Apparent queen unveil d her peerless light,
/ And Ger the dark her silver mantle threw
Bu, il sunset that the beauty of the sky appears
to the grcaes, advantage have often been arrested,
during my evening walks by the splendor OF the ives
tern horrzon, Jus, when the glorious unlnary OF day
was aboutto disappear. and gazed in silent admiration
MI the picture was indeliby impressed upon my mind
The predominant feature of our a soliness,
ana what the painter term tearBess OF coorlng, but
this feature is displayed in thousand varieties so
that we almost fancy that watching the shift
ing coors OF The kaleidoscope, while looking Upon the
clouds that surround the setting sun. The changes
in the natural scene less rapid than those the ar
uhcia one but moi less varied. Bot it is degrading
To my subject to institute comparison of this nature
Ii would give but faint idea oil il, 10 compare sun
sci OF Louisiana 10 the ckfs d'Gupres of Claude Lor-
rlanc. Tie coors OF the orb OF day cannot be imlia
ted. There is no Promeis among the masters OF the
pencil to steal fire from the burning chariot Of Apollo.
Naealors can represent the dazzling as,re OF his ga-
den locks. II il this which renders the of
ture SO far superior TO the sunse, of art. The artist
choose tue moment after the last ray has bnked from
behind the tees, TO catch the beauty OF the picture
This is all be can DO. But he who has watched the
setting sun with The eye of poet, must have noticed
that there is richness, liquldy, in the sky when
the yet degrees above the horizon which
4 is h,si when he disappears.
/ But will leave these geHenlites 70 give FAINT
idea Of a sunset which Witnessed in ls32, while re-
I siding ID the parish Of St James Il about the
I end 81 August There such variety in the dra-
peTy rendered superior 10 any thing Of the kind
that had ever even in Louisana.--I am certain
that shall fail in giving faithful picture ofthe
scene; but will not be Tor the want ola distinct con-
cepilon Of II IN my own mind for sull feel kind OF
spell when call back this enchanting spectacle; but
what are human words bu, feeble attempts TO describe
the intensity Of our ieeiIngs As the aethor OF the
"Nouyee Hcloise' has beautifully expressed it, what
isangaage the lover after the eonyalsye grasp Of
the hand and The fixed look from her whom he adores
AMI what adnirer o the gorgeous drapery of the hea
yets can find words TO express the glow Of sentiment
| tha is kndled in his soul? Words when applied 10
sach 4 subject lose the conventional tameness Of their
common accepation and 10 be taken in their full
lest sense. We could but do justice to such subject,
( il we spoke the language Of the gods. Hyperboe
would be impossible. On the day TO which | refer,
the weather bad been intensely hot; but the ar, on
account Of previous showers, clear. Towards
leVening went out on the invitation of friend. 10
walk upon the leUee that forms the banks Of the Mis-
sissipp We first noticed the beauty Of the western
heavens. when the sun was little more Than half
IA hour high. As the sunsets al this season Of the
year, always beautiful when the weather IS hne,
we were not, al first, struck with any thing very re-
u,akabe but there were soon TO be seen TWO small
dark clouds each side OF the sun, which grew BACK
rand blacker-and the one on the aorih side grad
uay assumed that sombre hue peculiar % clouds tha'
contain hail.
The clouds. Immediately about the sun, had fee
cy appearance, and the sky seen between them was
OF that golden color and liquid transparency, which
ale pecnar to southern ATTITUDES. The dark cloud on
The souLh gradually I'LL assumed the form OF a
rillar-so that one might almost imagine that he was
Transported TO an eastern desert and that the cloud be-
fore him was colossal pillar Of sand born up by tor
nado Butia moment alter. this cloud, rising high
en- The lower part Of the dark cloud the north from
which the tain was apparently descending copiously,
became sernkiranspaent in consequence OF the Hood
OF light poured in from beyond,-and me upper par'
bleaching itself. rose up TO an angle Of 3oo above 'he
horizons aud boating along over the sun, received up
on its bosom bis full blaze, and appeared like vast
sheet of burning phosphorus spread DOT between me
clouds on each side of the Just described. Inc
clouds between his and the scarlet drifts that lay a
long upon the horizon looked like fakes CT gold SWIM,
ming in ether The whole scene was now beauuiul
beyond descrip,ian The purple cloud on the north,
the colossal pillar ON the south, the full ehulgence OF
or The suns beams poured upon the hgat clouds a.
found him. aud coloring them wlih thousand dell
cate iins and having, all, the drapery OF golden
cloud that rose nj, toward the zenith had more the APP
pearance offs sceue conjured up by the imagination Oh
the Arabian roulanceis than real one, Spreaa ou' o.
yer the Father Of Waters"
Spar OF qae REvoLUrloS--'B Establishments
shall not iascnaie threats. OF halter ihumua'e
Us for under God, we determined that wheIeso'
ever, whatsoever, howsoever we shall be caleq up
on TO take our eat, we will de ireeInen '-JSS'@'
Quincy j., IVA
An evangelical old lady, bearing her son slip Out
T.. o,th IN /, sunday exclaimed, NV dear, what are