Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-11

day than this the atmosphere clear' SWEEP
and mild, the sky bright and glorious,
with no cloud TO be seen, save here and
there a white thread casting speck OF
shadow on the sides of the distant declIv-
lies. and robe Of heecy silver resting on
the SUBMITS of the Western Sierra. The
sun is shining with the power OF summer
i'm New England, and the west wind plays
across ones temples with the refreshing
GOODNESS Of u breeze in May. 1t seemed
day,
Z" able TO drive
All sadness but despair
The Mediterranean enjoys It's influences
like living intelligence, and recIprocates
them into the atmosphere, stealing ana
giving beauty. Its waves play softly IN
the sunlight, and slowly and lndolenty
swell and break upon the beach, with
musical liquid gurgle, most refreshing and
delightful A ride along the seaside TO-
wards Velez-Malaga such morning as
this. ouickens all the animal spirits to an
eyhjlarating sense of the happiness OF eN-
;s,cnce in such a world of beauty. The
sonC of the fishermen, and every move
mpnt Of man, woman and child, as they
draw their nets to the shore, and are busy
ON its margin. seem tinged with the ro-
mantle coorng of lis climate. The peas
ants. rs Won meet them, seem as !! they
breathed contontment from It's loneliness
/ All the JOYOUS influences of sea, and arr
and sunshine, drop like the falling dew
upon the animal system, stealing over cV-
erv nerve, and rousing it with the most
pure and healthful excitement. It's nap
nincss 10 be: and man feels as II he
could dance like little child, from the
mere instructive impulse of delight.
So sweet and cnlivcning are all the IN
huences of mans earthly habltatIon upon
his mortal frame, if he bears about a mind
at peace with God. If the body be un,
diseased by sickness, or pleased and
soo,hcd with the grateful sensations OF re-
mrninr health, at such a season as this the
mind is powerfully awakened to sense
.oC the goodness of God, and a delight III
the feeling of his Omnipresence. The
face of nature. in such an hour of unlnter'
runted. universal beauty and harmony, IS
TO the soul sweet image, though infinitely
Inadequate, of the Divine LONELINESS. i
lends. or certainly it ought to lead, the
t heart directly up to Heaven
of such the sweetness of the streams,
What must the fountain be
Where saints and angels draw Their bliss
! Immediately from THEE :"
It were we'll if the mind could rctaIl
that habit of holy meditation, which sucl
scene begins to lead it into and the
heart that glow of gratitude, and that lively
quick perception of mercy, when the lndI
yidual returns from the open contemplation
: Of the Divine works into the world OF hu
man society. But how readily, amIds
: human dwellings and worldly employ
j mcnts. does the heart wander away boil
from nature and from God
The fragrance of a field of sweet pea
. in blossom was delicious as | passed IL
!, redoIcnt of all images of vernal delight
. Indeed, the winter in this region was owe
y some weeks AGO, and here, in the mlddl
. Of February, the season when the cold :
Il at its height of power in New England, a
American experiences the climate oil sum
! NOR. A week or two since, the almon
= trees were all in blossom, and novel an
! very beautiful scene it was. | cannot bu
u esteem the climate Of Malaga as one
y the finest in the world. 1t is doubles
. the sweetest in all the region Of the soul
y" Of Spain, and that is considered supcro
to the climate of any other country on til
" Mediterranean, except, perhaps, part {
. the south of Italy. 4 fortnight OF col
II weather and fortnight Of rain may be sal
E. TO constitute the winter, and even that
of so mild a character, that we coul
i, scarcely compare it, without injustice, t
anv period between the months Of Novcm
.; Der and April in our own country. I'D
- air is dry and pure, the sky serene IN
changes neither sudden nor difficult TO b
borne. The penetrating wind that IS eA
perieneed sometimes in December, after
= long succession of dry weather, is tryln
% while il lasts, and brings with somethn
u like catarrhal epidemic ; but in genera
It the year round, the weather Is equabI
and the climate salubrOus. 1t combine
J., in truth, the purity and sparkling clearne'
>. of mountain atmosphere, with the r.
:" freshing wholesomeness of the sea-bre'
u, zcs. In the winter the surrounding hen
:. isphcre of mountains serves as barrie
40 against the sweeping north winds, and
~ the summer the heat of the land breeze
No. is tempered and moistened by the air fro
ho the sea. Sudden changes of the weathe
w. so trying to the constitution IN our mort
- ern zone, are strangers to This climate, al
:, so are the damps and fogs, and hang'n
w. w. Ieaden drapery of clouds, that affect equ'
"' " the mind and the body of an invall
n5 depressing the spirits in deprlylng Il
~ nerves of their elasticity.