Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-09-06

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SEPTEMBER y IilEGOUNIli.
The iirst # fbe autumn months j. nov efen
- upon as. Tie golden harvest h~a- hive vel
del tleir srncians product, II the abors 81 The
hnsbanilnhn whose barns and guners agan re
.onnd with the Glamour of hasy voices aud III"
Trump # hurrying feet OF al the cereals cult
waited in tetnnrrnfe climates the maize and buck
wheat aIaur rem 4in unprotected. The first now
stands IN stately glory the king al plants hhd
arches rs broad green lrayes on every slit I"
catch tn. hr4YF night dew- common in tbs -eh
son ol the wear. aud convey them by strongly
iHaented channels 10 nouI-h the parent stem.
Tho other springing more recently from the germ
+. .oudinp uIt IL succulrnt nrms und gathering
raiiIly that their yger which will som display
IN am abundance of snowy blPs,'ms, aud HI"
later. IN that curious beech like gfuln' from
which II name is derived.
The after nath of the s'ulhle fields and 81
sharu meadows. relieved fromthe crowdng gram
and ~ l4ngcr checked by the ardent heats OF
summer. offer once more tempting aud luscious
pasture 10 the calm eyed calfle. The voices OF
liz pl1ashmcn breaking up the stubborn gebe,
aud pr. pairg II for the reception 81 seed are
Hsau hcatd un the slopes Of swelling hills, ana
aionr the valley levels. while the verdant inter
.pncrs, where the purple clover hIoomed laAu'
ran'V few months ago, are gradually giving
place t. the ru,set hue of the uptnrned soil
Fed By The frequent rains, the strerms and
rlgulrfs have changed their summer murmur
IL hoarse brawlng, Or u full, rough song
The bird, no longer nestle in shady hooks and
hy secluded fountains. but once more make the
woods yocnl with their sweet melody. In the
evening swift darling swallows chase each other
around rural homesicads, hrenkng IN upon the
silence with their sharp, shrill twttering-. aud
a. the sky darkens the insect world, the grass
hopper and the ketydd the household cricket
aud multitude of winged creatures whose
haunts are in grassy tufts, or beneath the bronder
lenvcs If the plantaln, or the wild cnnvovnlus,
break oul into a chorus of natural song.
Here and there, golden branch Oh the out
skirt. Of deep wood-, or faint purple tinge up
ON the leaves the dogwood and the gum, indl
cate that change ol season has commenced, and
TINT the deep green foliage, which now Hing, ia
the carly morning and evening, its low masses OF
III ldow across the mel ghboring fields, must soon
be Transmitted under the marvellous alchemy of
the seasonnto purple and russell, and orange and
brown. the glorious prelude to that more
mysterious mutation by which it is resolved
INTO it. original elements, and nonrishes IN
il turn the parent tree from which 1t
sprung. But though September, the first,
ling Of the autumn, Is beautiful on the uplands,
where the air is pure and the comparatively harm
lcss,it il frequently fatal in its loveliness to those
who dwell in level vallies, or who cultivate the
dhuFlh III inc vicinity Oh Breat TlNers-lor iutre
amid the rank vegetation, nourishing into luxuri-
nncc by cool damp nights and noon day warmth
is generated the malaria which is often the dan
grrnus where the soil is most fertile,
Nevertheless, among the hills September has
a glory all it's own. The atmospheric effects are
more wildly distinct aud varied than thry were
during the preceding months. The purple haze
of summer evenings soitrned the far off land
seape, but wholly yelled remote Objects in Sep
tcmher they iise ON the vision sharply defined,
mud with startling clearness. In the summcr,
distance apparently recedes from Us; in the nu-
tumn. II draws near; rs il nature, in the declin-
ing DAYS Of ench revolving year desired 10 hold
ein>cr communion with her worshippcra. The
simmer of the hot summer vapor no longer dis
tarb- the eye. In the enrly morning, the shad-
ow Of The traveller, as he walks over the dcwy
grass, is surrounded by halo of brightness like
the golden rays which oncrcln tho heads of
saint, in pictures by the old masters. Beaui-
fll. indeed il the whole of the autumn of the
year but serencly beautiful is September, its
trst.born.