Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-05-18

cidfl0n. BY the Rev. r. w. SHELTON, Minis
ter Of ST. Johns Church, Huntington, l.. l.
Stanford and Swords.
The topics of these Lectures the Gold Mania and
the Use and Abuse Of Reason topics which treated
with individuality and freshness in the lecture
they inviting the reviewer wearsd with the
cutandded dulness commonly proceeding from such oca
es The authors reflections aud his style of the true
vintage of poeca mind uncropped by the magazines and
book obbes There is first blush of enthusiasm and Of
the privacy of sound thinking and good reading in fine old
library, which the metropolis with true Long
Island flavor of attic saltness. Take the following for
example:
Long Island IL, the " Land Speculation
'Before that It's insuIar position kept it unconam
mated by the great world few people Of pleasure visited
il in summer for the benefit of sea-bang Coney Island
Rockaway, Babylon, Fire Island and Montauk Point
few sporsmen brought their fowIing pieces shoot pover
the Big Plains, deer Yaphank grouse duck, and snpe
along shore few devotees Of angling dropped their lines in
the quit brooks Those who fond OF that good diet
which the country Affords paake of clans Bay
side, and those unequad oysters Of Huntington, which
much excel all other oysters in point of ze faness and
juicy favor the of the ancient Bsi outsparked
all he bays Of Italy, But above all the contemplaye To-
vers Of Natuethe artist with bis easel and palette, here
found desirable The northern shores offered bis
eye the most enchanting pictures; hltops and unduang
lands clothed with verdure bold pomoLtores, uttngsout
into the clear expansive of the Long Island Sound
beautiful and harbors, bordered with white beach,
bearing upon their bosom fleets Of ss-boas and sometimes
envened by the regatta in shot such blending of hill
top aud valley sky and water that the eye wanted
e nor the heart pleasure In the midst of ell this para
disc the temper He whispered the people
up their lands into small parcels, many feet 'front.' many
feet rear, and not to make the building lots arge for
land too precious If the buyer desired he could buy
co lots instead of The contagon began Brooklyn,
in which,, the population being dense, il ragged
terribly Soon got far Parmentes gardens Trees
vines and flowers eaved uted and bossoed for the last
TINA arIo,
bouquets to be made up Thence, travelling by easy
STAGE to East New York. Here enterprise plan
ned the map OF city too magnificent for douby pro-
vnca Geat squares Streets avenues parks were laid out
post office established, which there only one
letter. for J0ta Smith! Sign boards put up guide
the traveller through the ncacy of future AT the
present date this city comprises hoe-shop dse
ry three or fur scattering houses and few pigpens
Then the Union Race Course where the pecu-
lation went Horses had to chew in their managers
Eclipse eclpsed. Horse perfectly fiat and
inspd compared with the which for the goal
OF wealth At Jamaica, the Beaver Pond with all its bog
lots was mapped out; but those who had land the line
OF railroad would not sell any price. They waited for the
de TO become higher II rising, rising sTo sell new
would be great sacrifice (uch the phrase they used
and they would think Of cose,ing themselves with any
one but John Jacob As,o Belmont, Nicholas Bdd Baron
Roihschld, or representative Of the Bank of Enslind
On the Big Plains pover scared off, Hampstead be-
came one great lunatc asylum. Hcksvle stated up ino
Importance. Yaphank the qui uire. The men of
Babylon erusaem and Jericho thought that those places
would rival their old renown. Mosquito Cove changed its
title, and all places with homebred chsened
anew In short, from Brooklyn Ferry to Montauk Point,
the farms bogs, and swamps mapped Cattle were
driven from their pasuraee They rubbed their sides against
lamp and cracked their sins against curbsones The
sisn-boards Of folly remain to this day." i
There (says the Literary World) sound philosophy,
too, with this which would carry Sabbath day journey
to Mr.. Sheltons pulpit minisraons The lecture Rea
eloquent and forcbe. passage admirably put on
the pacific influences of the discoveries in science in
fastening the day Of r.. ... H." .s. ~
"The Parliament of man, the Federation Of the word