The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-12-12

for the sake of seeing il tumble into the
water, with as much nouchalanee as he
would pocket the nose of The Belvidere, oil
eject tobacco juice upon the master pieces oi
Persico and Canova.-He loves birds YET
he cannot see an innocent warbler quietly
perched without spasimcdically aiming a
pebble or an old pistol at it, and the result is
almost surely fatal TO poor Peede.
A fearful spirit of unrest, headlong and
needless as that which drove the swine into
the sea, seem 10 have dominion oyer him.
Sometimes it assumes the appearance of in
subordination, and raises Astor Place and
Philadelphia riots at other times it is a
spirit of preserve and pickle jar exploration.
eager TO search out the mysteries of the
moon, or Symme's Hole-or some forbidden
orchard. It goads him into the forest in pur-
suit of wildcats and grizzly bears ,--up and
down the prai,es in hot chase after the
dess waste and wilderness to lay his sun
burnt and fevered cheek upon the yellow,
cheerless sands of the Sacramento Though
he travels by steam and write with lightning,
yet it hurries him faster and still faster, up
and down Wall street and Quay street, over
bales and boxes, from Lands End 10 the
Horn, hther and thither, in the mad pursuit
of wealth, or fame, or novelty, or whatever
promises the great desideratum, excitement
1t leaves him no time for the soothing enjoy
ments of home, no quiet, no repose WI al
wonder that some shrewd observers have
already discovered few premature gray
hairs among his yellow locks
Poor Jonathan With all his &c centricities
he is a noble young fellow. Although Ii,
tie hasty, he bears no malice 10 his heart,
and with generosity wouhya more thought.
ful head, gives literally of his store to his
famishing neighbors. His hospitable doors
are open to the pauperism of the whole
world, and his welcome is not the less hear.
ty because thousands yearly throng them
Extreme and indiscrminate in his charities
as in every thing, he makes all these unfor
tunate brethren equal participants ith him
self in his household go vernment. And but
for the intslligence-the conve rsance with
political economy and the constitution of Jon.
athan which they usually evince at the polls,
It would be manifest indiscretion in him to
allow them this privilege without some pre-
vious instruction. Certainly, they will nev.
er abuse his generosity.
There are thousand omens Of good for
this hair Drained aspiring youth, and al.
though he has been rather impertinent 10 his
superiors, and used profane terms, and sha-
ken his fists in the halls of legislation he
will get grow up to be a gentleman. The ex-
cess of young life will expend itself in a
few moro expeditions" or in making ives,
tern clearings, and he will "settle down" in
neat and tasteful mansion, far differen
from the windy, capacious and gaudy edi-
fees he now "moves to- yearly. He will
yet cherish the arts from love of what is
true and beautiful ir them, as freely as he
now does from osentation. He will take
time TO eat his dinner, and allow the rob.
bins to build in his orchard, and the errors and
ignorances Of his youth will be forgotten, OF
remembered only in old ballads, as are
those of Robin Hood and the merry men ol
Sherwood Forest.