The North-Carolinian., 1856-09-13
DOLLARS IN ADVANCE.
saturday Nlghs.


Blest time iudeed1 f or what pleasant associa-
tions come with it4s sadyent! Who that has
worried the long week through, but feels it's
coming blessing, fpx that it brings sweet re-
lease from a,or, aud tl,e consciousness of rest
-rest2 Who that knows
s Long iays of labor.
but welcomes tie eve. as the child the soft gown
THAT is to cover It away. to beantifu dreams!
An, it is a blessed tisr! not alone for its re-
lease from l:.i,or from it sense OF rest. but
hfhat it whispers OF the Holy Sabbath at hand.
fand that it recalls the days that nrepast, when
Iii won to tho heart The sxquisite emotions Of
earthly love- and tells Of the footsteps that,
thronsi1 the tn hight softly and lightly ye..t to
thessksst. Hasre md pron,|ss( MeTs
1 nave gone some 70ved one away, Or, per-
haps, with some lost one whose days are writ
ten in darkness--that it gathers children around
the hearthstone and makes tile family feel that
! it is one These are .some Of the exquisite
gifts that time drops upon the thoughtful heart.
thus rendering it full of the Consciousness of
sermons.
1t was poet-heart that threw these sweet
memories of the hour upon the canvas, thus to
give the grayer theme upon which to vent
the toll of years. in its reproduction upon steel;
that all then might have the embodiment, not
ouy of their lives but also of their dreams, to-
stndy and be constant companion. Faid was
that poet-artist, aud Lemon the engraver who
executed it on steel, in the highest style of the
wonderful Art that now reposes in the burin.
And here like the magic mirror which revealed
to Saathiel his buried years, the embodiment
of that Saturday Night is before US. Look
with u.s. reader, upon it!
1t is cottage scene. The slanting rays of
the decreasing come in at the low windows,
and give to the tiled room the dreamy air that
always bodies rest-peace. The wheel is still;
the dishes stand untouched upon the side-tables;
| to the centre OF the floor is drawn the large
table, over which is spread the clean white
cloth; and around it are gathered the 'oved
ones at homc"-all except the father and son,
who were away on the sea, and tins nightly
! gathering is for prayers for the absent. The
parish curate occupies the first seat, and the
Holy Book is raised in his hands as he reads.
| The old grandam sits next in her hghback,
| spint-bottomed chair. Her attitude is of
intense attentions; and yet you through her
wrinkled features that light glowing which be-
speaks the G odlfke woman. Few faces wrought
| in steel ever gave more expression. 1t is n
triumph indced-when net only the finely
| wrought lights and shades of the features can
! he thrown upon the plate, but also the soul OF
| the subject, which CLEANS out even beneath the
wrinkles of age, and makes us admire the char
laeter~esy well rs the aftis.-4Iaaek~ the old
| lady, and standing in the attitude OF a meek
worshipper, is the wife of the absent son. Her
| face still smooth with its yonth, is yet perva-
| ted by that sadness which shows, that if her
| thoughts are OH the Holy Word, her heart is
! away with him on the sea. Next at the table
is the grand daughter of the old ady-a sweet
creature with full round face, and the embodi-
ment of purity and innocence 1t is a face tit
| for eyes to gaze upon. and we h"d our lips
| murmuring "God, give us children like to her!'
| Her attitude of rcverential listening lis very
6,oly o;von Nnyt cit the rood curate,S wife.
! who has come with him his visit of COM
| fort She is clad in half-cloak. Her face is
| one of the purely English contours which the
Brton regards most national and beautiful.
1t is in thoughtful mood, and forms very
charming feature of the group Before the
table, sitting on the floor, with puppy on his
lap is the boy of the cottage-a little chap OF
some five or six summers. His playmate is
STRUGGLING in his arms to get at the old spaniel
of the curates, which sits near by, looking at
the young dog very archly, as much as to say,
sdon't YOU wish you were the curate's dog!'
Bv the spanies side lies little terrier, who,
from his shaggy eyebrows, is looking upon the
,unny with some interest This second group
is one of the features of the picture, and will
attract attention.
This is no outline sketch Of that family group
Of it's air of repose. and nnocency-of its pas
f toral surroundings we have not space further
to speak Suffice, that it is perfect daguer
reotvpe OF an English cottage, OF Ehg'ish peas
2 ant beauty, of Cotter's Saturday Night; an(
| in its beauty, and the lesson it imprcsses upo'
every heart its mission we know will be one o
f GOOD We can wish the subscribers OF thu
| COSMOPOLITAN no better gift than that they ma,
become possessed Of this picture to let its lessor
of Saturday Night sink deeply into the heart
and aim it to gentle and ennobling thoughts
|
: RESISTANCE TO 1MPRovEMENTs.-The follow
t ing, from Archbishop Whateleys Annexation
on Bacons Essays, is rich literary and scier
a tfc gem
e at was the physicians Of the highest stand
e ing that most opposed Harvey. 1t was tn
: most experienced navi gators that oppose
+ Columbus's views. 1t was those conversan
r with the management of the post Office til:
l. were the last to approve of the plan Of the un
: form penny postage For the greater any one
J. experience and skill in his department, an
y the more he is entitled to the Difference whic
: is pro -erbially due to each man in his own pr
e vince, the more likely, indeed, he will be to l.
/, good Judge Of improvements in details,
d even to introduce them himself bnt the moi
, unlikely to give fair hearing to any propose
y radical change. An experienced stage coac
l, man is likely to be good judge Of all that I
u lates to turnpike roads and coach horses, b
E. you should not consult him about railroads al
steam carriages Again, every one knows he