New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-08

" ~ i"'ossot mart eeletts wider
and more practical range of topics than is usua
with anniversary speeches on literary ho!idayr.
His comments and suggestions are marked by rsr.
good sense, acute discrimination, aud an elevo<.l
view of the true purposes of study and education.
and are presented in pleasing and impress;y.
style. We extract characteristic passage, shov-
ing up fault which oflen saps the intellectual Es
Of men who are devoted to the labor of the brain.
II il an importan, element Of success ia life to nc.
quire tke habt of beng beforehand NTH whotsrev
you uHdertdke can, perhaTs, best Illustrate wha.
| | mean by example taken from smother branch q
! the subiect. Toere are two friends gentlemen Of
large means whose estates and whose annual in
cones about equal. One Of these is aiwGys shot
Of money, buys everything on credit, and on the
longest credit that he can command often when
travelling has TO borrow money TO take him homes
snd really las TO make as many turns snd SHUTS 70
get along az II he were poor All simply because he
lives jest twelve months on the wrong eide Of bic In
come. The 0thei man, whose annual incoDe and ex.
penses about the saGe as thote Of bis ueighbor,
never has open account buys everything for cssh
always has plenty OF money in hls pocket, and .
plenty more in bank ana ID apparently without o
care Ia the world 20 far az money is concerned. All
simply because lie lives just twelve months on the
| ri .ht side OF his income. The two have equal
,esourres. In the course Of their lives they spend
about eausl amOunts. Yet The Que is always poor
and bsrasssl, the other is always rich and at his
ease.
Tho picture has its counterpart in the history cf
MANY professional men. Some men In their iatol.
lect1ai dsburse ments are always beforehand and a.
their e,se, While others OF equal reeources i've ha-
btually IRON hand To mouth. fou VIII see an editor
scratching aud sSimblibg for copy at the verJ ates
moment aud living, il is 10 bs feared, In greater
dread If the Office devil than Of the other peroonsgs
of the sane name. You will zee tie professor qusk'
ing over bis inc0mpleted experiments or his bslf-dn-
ished manuscript, anxiously dreoding the summons
to lecture You will the clergy man locking birn-
sell up Saturday TO push throngn under hlgn pres
sure the sermon that must be delivered on the NOR
row. These all ard oihers like these, simply ia con-
sequence of q bad habit Of uleutai action, pass
through life ia perpetual state OF discomioft ana
professional poverty. Br'dnWork so zone Is eenef-
ely badly done, besides beinG ooho ~ iwn"'S
waste Of the life-iorce.
As an illustration Of different mode OF dong
things let me cire an historical example. Tue isse
DIR, Murray Of Elizabeth, New.Jersey, few Year,
since, was at cerical conference, wnere eaca n'n
er told for tue benefit of the othsrs bic own expo-
rjence in the matter Of composing sermons fhs
Doctor id that he spent usually tue en'ire moro-
ings Of FIVE days, less than four days, an the
| congestion OF q sermon, aud that he was never
witbout at least three finished eermons ahesd lt 10
recorded fact that after his dea there were found
in his desk lees than four finished sermons, FULLY
written out, which had never been preached, be-
de. fifth sermon alre idy the Stoke. ain 10.
formed that he has at times had as many as eigat
sermOns ahead The Doctor moreover was abundant
in other labors Of the pen. lie wrote several boose
/ lie wrote many popular lectures aud addresses lie
wrote alaost every week au article Tor lie Rew.
York O5erper, hllieg from one 10 two columns OF
that psper He was frequent stendant upoo eccies
sastfcsi council OF various kInds, aud upon literary
festivals such as tie present. 1et no never seemed
10 be in hurry Dever pEessed for tiue. lie bad al
the comfort Of gentleman Of leisure IL wss amply
becau.e e be early formed, and ever adhered 20, the
k.b haiuU b,forehaul with every elQdgULDbDS.
knew him ell and hsd from his o"n iige the fir'
cums,ances ia which he began bis nnsteriai career
! Immediately after leaving the Seminary, he en<reo
upon an important charge at Wiikesoarre' roaos-
lie told me that on bis met Sabbath there. he ex'
bau,,ed lis entire stock in trade. 30 far "a VT
sernons went lie had gone 10 the place WIN notn'
u, prepared but hi, Presbyeral trial plsces ana Do
had used those all up the bret week OF BIS mintr.
On the Moudsy morning following tie hrs. ,el'e az
tpr breakfast he went bis stady aud put his uexs
ssruon on tho anvil aud hammered away at IL tbe
eulire morning, and he continued thus TO WORK u u
very d,y to Tie exclusion OF every other q g, uo-
ril lie sermon WIS comI leted lie settled tuie lfre'
voc.bis aud unehangeabiy IS tis method OF pro.
'sDire snd lie kept /, up through Vie IL was TIE
sme with esery other professional engagement Hs
never allowed himself TO dfiit along uh near tos
time wben any public du was 10 DC peiIos.eo anu
then turned ia with frantic basic W nass nls p'ops
ralious lie pursued no sucn 5pelu'9,In' u 80
,La, hat on the contrary was always h ampie unes
lie lived inelle ectually on tie night eide OF DIS in'
oa rb. couseo n.nce vus be was never buried
nevr ,ious never thrown out by unfOr' seen acer
depts The habit gave him eehng oi ease nno 'N
d,peudence that rhone forth Ia bis very lace cou
r,,,d to Won lie ex .mpie Tie oDly sure uletboo W
recurring intellectual t0rit and conlort, oi oO'nk
what yau do without distraction, and 50 oi ooiny ~
In ,h. most healthy coD0iion Of your faculties, Il 70
sstabIisb THE habit OF orohAndedDeSO IN your WORK
In !. good rule for all meD. Is Is especially sni-
portant for students.
Some other points Of great practical interest ore
treated in a fecitous manner, and the young stu
dent especially viii find treasure Of vslaabis
hints on every page Of the discourse.
THE COTTON KINGDOM By FnRDsSicx Law Osi
| srxp. ? vols, l2mo. Mason brothef.
Mr. Olmsted has established his reputation as .
high authority on the social aud domestic econoR,
of the Southern States by his lucid, impartial. and
intelligent narratives, founded on personal obses-
yation ard experience during succession ofJou n
news on the seaboard and in the interior Of th2t
portion of the country. ID the volumes now
sued. the substance Of his previous works is co
deused in compact and convenient form, aior
inc n mass of interesting information of no smi
vain, in the present crisis Of public aaairs. Tbs
following suggestive remarks occur IN the nitro
ductory chapter:
The mountain ranges, the valleys, and the gree.
..,.,. Of America sll trend north nnd sou!n, nys
90, md vest. An arbitrary political hne may ~
via, the north part from the eouth part ou' Wei,
o., s,ch line Ia nature; there eau be hopo, ~ n
Wh;je water ruus down-h, the curieu1 a,t
,,r currents Of trade, OF love, OF ~. nnsyod