The weekly Placer herald., 1853-03-19
Selected by Lady.
Spring Gardens California;

6H0mc, HOWe, Stoect, Stoeet "o"so'
Awake once more thy faint reluctant note,
Neglected Tyre! so long, SO sadly still
The heart-chOrds murmur bids the echoes
Hoat- fused to thrill.
Chords touched at length so long un-
But who would deem, on California soil,
Where golden prospects tempt enduring
toll, [thrOng,
And faithless fortune cheats tn expectant
A gentler feeling could inspire song.
The slightest note of some remembered
strain, tyears,
Oft rolls the mist from long departed
And scenes of Joy in memory live again.
Or treasured grief dissolves anew in
tears.
Then what the sight, to one compelled to
roam, nome;
TO catch by stealth vivid CLEAN of
What throbbing thoughts awake the wish
full sighs, [eyes.
What dear regards bedim the simmering
Alas how sad the ignoble scenes around;
In vain all nature spreads her smiling
store
Here fancy's pinion sinks at one to ground
In oozy depths TO trace the tempting ore.
In vain the skies their purest blue expand,
In vain the deepest verdure decks the land,
In vain the stars invite to thoughts divine:
The spell-bound spirit grovels in the mine
The f1uttering breeze that watts the sum-
mer cloud try main
The stormy winds that sweeps the win
The fire. winged steam with labor painting
loud, [train
And arid desert pour their ceaseless
From every shore they come, or distant
strand, [land,
The thronging thousands overflow the
From every glen sweet visages start forth
Like PIuto's kingdom newly sprung to
earth.
An me this wandering, houseless, home
less throng, ess lot,
How weary, sad, their matelesS, cheer
Will lust of gold possess their hearts SO
long
That every kindly instinct be forgot?
Oh not For woman comes with sweet
control, soul,
The enchanting influence Of her purer
ssThe mind, the music breathing from her
face" four ruder race
The more than orphean spells to tame
Behold her now! her gentle form is seen;
How sweet, how hopeful the auspi-
cious sight!
"Like angels visits, few and far between,"
Like angels too in heaven, descended
light
Oh enved few frf this unfriended place
10 obey these gentle ''ininisters of grace;"I
Those surly saints who taught the mon
astic VOW low.
Are doubtless wailug for their crme-be-
See how she rears her mystic temple, home,
With touch ETHEREAL ''a harmonial
sphere'-
What dear attraction fetters those who
roam, ,. near.
What softer tendriIs cluster those more
Her glow Of pity softens every soul
The spark of kindness circling through
the whole; .r
Her spirit impulse every bosom thrills,
Exalts to virtue, or with rapture fills.
E'en outward nature drops her hostile
guise, ...-.4..
| ObedIent to her Iove-imperial hand,
Where late the forest, now fair dwellings
rise, t'".
And care's boInty loads the virgin land.
rhe grizz! ~ tyrants that alright tre woods
Before her fly to thickest solltudes,
Ard gentle tribes with meek and honelike
| air,
Around her range protected by her care.
Lo, here, inviting to my grateful eyes,
The charming vision springs all fresh
to birth,
see the clustering roof-trees comely rise,
And culture elorhe with green the ru-
bietl earth. t...-...
How fair the magic change so newly
wrought, a.f Espot,
How opes the heaven in sunshine o'er the
What bright entertainments o'er the senses
come .a I..I...- home.
The very air is blest and breathes of
Then hail the advent of this loving sway
O'er vale, o'er glen, o'er hill or noun
tain side s....,.i,,. ....... t.. t.
Like mornings glory ushering in the day,
With bright aud brighter prospects
opening wide. M =, aa
Then shall Nevada from his reahn of snow
Behold with plenty crowned the fields be-
low, ...
And California pour her yellow streams,
Through regions happy as E'ysian dreams.
ARrEsIAN WELLs.-San Francisco Is
becoming noted for it's .Artesian wells. II
number Of them have been bored, and all
with the best success in procuring fresh