Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-16
A BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.

80, for lodge in some vast wilderness"
Serene soothing retirement, what rest
thou brnge,h to the care-worn mind, laden
with anxieies, and swaying to and fro in
the busy whirl of life's unsa.isfying lumult.
Chaled with disappointment and vexa'ion,
man turns to thee for refuge, the guided
bait so long pursued has grown dim, and
the once keen eye of ambition is now half
closed with weary gaze. Sated with all but
happiness, he sighs for thee, nor sighs in
folly; for fond
Remembrance soothcs his mind
With dreams of former days.
Back, back to the hours when sunshine and
Joy attended every step, flies the willing
mind, and before ii springs up in charming
concord, the nooks, The glens, the hills, the
flowers of The other days departed"
"How balmy from the banks Of flowers
The zephyr breathes along
Yes lis the breeze ,ha. famed my child
hoods cheek; 10 ! it has returned once more.
In Thy serene embrace, 0, solitude it comes
to hush my woes and bid me ''in the lap Of
peace once more reClIne."
There are times when solitude will prove
an anldote more sure than aught else be-
side and there are hearts rough and stern
as The unhewn oak, while mingling with
the world that melt to tenderness in its calm
retreat.
Then sacred, thrice sacred, be retire
men,'s amaranlhine grove, where neither
care, dis,rus,, nor envy dwell.
Reader, try il Go, when days linger-
ing light decays-go to the secret place
where no intruder marks thy steps, and learn
from solitude a lesson and woulds't thou
have the full employment of the hour, knecl!
yea, kneel before "lhe throne," hold an audi
ence with the Deity, who, perchance, some
bright plumed angel will send down to wipe
thy tears away, and bid thee live for heaven
FEMALE BEAUrY.-We find beauty itself
a very poor thing unless beaulIfed by seni-
ment. The reader may take the confession
as he pleases, either as an instance Of abun-
dance of sentiment on our part, or as evil
dence Of want of proper ardor and impair
tialIlv but we cannot (and that is the plain
trulh) think the most beautiful creature
beautiful, or be a, all affected by her, or
long 10 sit beside her, or 60 to a theatre
with her, or listen TO concert with her, or
walk in a field or forest with her, or call
her by her Christian name, or ask her If she
like poetry, or be asked whether we admire
her shoe, or take her arm, even into a din
ing-room, or kiss her a. Christmas, or on
April-fool day, or on May-day, or any 9TH
er dav, or dream of her, or wake thinking
of her, or feel want in the room when she
has gone, or pleasure the more when she
appears-unless she has heart as we'll as
face, and is proper, good-tempered, natural
sincere, honest girl, who has a love for 9th
er people and other things.
If girls will kiss, let them perform the
ceremony as if they loved 1t. DON'T let
them sneak about the thing as if they were
purloining cheese, nor drop their heads "like
lilies o'er pressed with the rain" On the
contrary, they should do it with an appetite,
and when they ''Iel CO." should give rise
to report that will make the old folks think
somebody is firing pistols around the house