New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-08-29
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OF. barren theme-psrhaps Bat come with me
On the inyisible pinioos of thought Come-come-
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wsor w s..ss nssss's a. al ssi'a &. moon.
kues tho ensmored ~, which lifts itself In giant
mort 10 meet ths embrace, We will cross the blue
waves os oar fair Lakes and Gulf until We hover over
lovely ~ that finds rest 10 its bosom for the com
mingled Hood Of two noble rivers. Come-my tender
care Il 70 guide you along the CLASSY current OF the
stream which rjoices In and commemorates the name
Of the dusky aboriginal tribe which followed the
chase along its outrageous Shore or heard the dip o.
their canoe paddles thrown back in oft repeated
echoes BY ts stately bluffs Scarce one hundred miles
from where it finds entrance to the sea, We will leave
the graceful curves Of this river and as the silver
sadness Of the moonlight goes westsriug, we will
cleave short inland fight.
Morning In the woods. Blank darkness, grey un.
defined light, faint flush, golden glory, and sun
uprising in the midst Of heavens gorgeous drapery.
Warm beams resting lovingly on the tree tops, and
~ TIRE huge globe wheels its disc on high chickering's
Of alternate sun and shade swaying asant the dewy
grass. Whirring wings and " wood notes wild OF
merry birds, among the leaves that quiver in the
morning wind and the slow uprisng Of antlered deer
Is they go forth to green pastures glorious morn
inR Id the woods, that brings to the mind depth OF
| joy unknown elsewhere, and imparts 70 the body
sense Of thrilling. all pervading life.
Stand with me, few hours later, on the northern
slope Of this hill and look
First above No place bnt the pine woods was
ever overarched BY such sky. Cloudless, serene,
and pure, until earthgiven vision grows dim as it
wanders in space When II lters back to earth look
around-in every direction gentle ranges Of bills,
each one falling away in new line of beauty and all
clothed with growth Of pines, so gigantic, so endu
ring and nnmberess as to partake Of the sublime
The neeleke leaves Of their evergreen foliage glitter
In the flooding radiance Of the sun, though natures
lavish hand had powdered them with diamond dust,
while the wind wakes that song among their
branches which Is ceaseless az the murmur of the
sea and which each heart nterpreta according to it's
own variations. Now it takes trumpet tones that
nerve the despondent heart to lead the " forlorn
hope in the battle Of life, which terminates per-
chance in fortune and high fame y then it Is the
low sad wall, for soul "past hope, past help. and
past curs and anon, 1t is the wedding hymn, swell
ing in notes Of joy for the young heart that sndly
dreams ts espousal with hope is for eternity but,
like the inarticuate voice of the sea- it speaks to ALL
and wakes 70 fresh lte the better, the purer, the
God-given within.
i Nov bend an earthward gaze Climbing up to the
hilItops and spreading afar down the vales is the
rank summer grass, undulating in each passing
breeze like verdant billows and made in places gor-
eous to behold BY the myrads Of coreopss aud other
i wild flowers, blooming in such rich profuson.
Then listen. Silence, 80 profund until it becomes
audible or seems made SO by the quick buzz of fly,
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becomes conscious to us in the deep hush Of the
woods, and which must be the great pulse Of nature
when you have looked and listened till body, and
mind and soul call ont, God be praised for exist
enee,' then turn, and wander with me to the level
summit Of distant hill. There lovely and alone, is
home, and without fear Of stint in country hosp
tality we will claim its shelter for the MONDAY meal
and the post prandiai siesta. Then take whip and
4 spur, and awsy-for what2 For the cattledrve.
II is now the season Of the year when the stock
owners herd their cattle at home, if they be toe
numerous, and spread over too wide range at differ
ent convenient "pens.''
We number four-our host, onr two selves, and 8
sable attendant carrying the formidable COW whip
Erebus pilots the way to one OF the evening hauns
the stock and If not found there, proceed to an
other. At last they are seen hundreds of head feed
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many acres in extent. Then comes the long-drawr
musical cadence Of the owcall- Ooh-y whoop-y hoo
whoop.y hoo. whoop-y hoo.a; followed by the wild
changing, inartculate yell, and the quick, rfe-Iks
crack of the whip at the sound of which, no matter
how numerous or how wild they may be, the cattle
commence herdiDg.
Starting them homeward Ia the exciting part of the
drive, for wary as we may be. q hundred chances
k,s hvt rvhf
q half hours extra riding, and perhaps the aid oi
the dogs to recall.
Now they are on the move-how fragrant the ali
from their cdorons breath, and what a harmony Of
discord in the beat OF the calves the low of maternal
solicitnde from the cows and the fierce below of the
patriarchal bulls, who roll their fiery eyes, saks their
shaggy fronts in mpotent rage, and taking the lead
rush up aud down the line Of march, striving to
break it, or pausing with mutterings like distant
thunder, paw the dry earth and throw it over them
selves In clouds, that the declining rays Of the sun
convert into golden dust
Now we keep quick eye and steady rein-here
the surging mass 60 rushing over hill side, and we
perforce, must take 1t as they dogues, sinks, log
and all-and here again score Of them melted by
willy leader, make break for springhead, where
either the tangled thicket is impenetrable to
WIG way AAuu VI SOhOueAVuS 4uAohnhnu SAoso
ing unsafe except to those experienced in woodcraft
At length the pen is reached, and there the excite
ment eliminates The calves bleat more piteously
the cows low vehemently, and the fierce below
Of the bulls is almost scream, but above the din l.
heard the bark Of the dogs they give chase to at
tempted fugves, the authoritative cry, houp, houp
penup penup there, and volley after volley from thu
triumphant whip, as they pour in, in turbu len
stream. When the last dimpled heifer daintily leap
the lowered bars our share in the performance i
ended and as the pleasing rmhouse sounds come ou
on the twilight air we can walk away to the brow o
the HILL look afar into the crimson glory of the west
before whose light the aise-ranged pines stand lk
pillows to some grand cathedral, sec the holy star
come out and look down on us like tender eyes-se
the sad moon move slowly on her upward course
hear the low sighng Of the trees and then refreshed
purified, elevated, "back to the world and busy lif
again, in this compound of brick and mortar which
we call city.
EyENNEss OF TEMPER.--Madame Necker tells the
following anecdota of NJ. Abauret. philosopher al
Geneva. II was said Of him that be had never beer