Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1862-08-28

ana the leaves OF the loress, ana lIotn
the minutest insect up through every
grade of anima existence, sountlsss la
bors have been performed md are per-
forming for the good of man. To whom
do We owe our chalky cliff.? And what
insignificant creatures have eemmed The
sea with islands OF coral And what the
Iabors Of the "little busy bee 7" Behold
the waa.lights! Truly they aTs siry
tapers, a white metamorphosis from the
flowers, crowned with the most intanei-
Bile of all mysteries-dre. And then tho
honey, a thing beautiful to eat as tho
other is to look upon-and beautiful to
look upon too. What two extraordinary
substances to be made by little winged
creatures, out Of roses and lilies What
singular and lovely energy in nature to
impel those little creatures thus to fetch
out the sweet and elegant properties of
the colorcd fragrances, and serve them
to us for food and light! Fit entertain
ment for the gods. So much for the
works Of the inferior creatures.
Let US consider those of man. and, for
the sake of arrangement, we will take
them in order. Fisrt, then, the physical.
Looking back through centuries that
have passed, behold the "Tower Of Ba
BEL" the Pyramids of Egypt, the great
city of Babylon, the Temple at Jerusa-
lem and the Temple of Diana at Ephe-
sus, both renowned for their magnif.
cence. Coming down to later times,
think of St. Peters and tho Vatican, the
"Thames' Tunnel" and the Tower" "
Look at the labors of those men who
came across Atlantic's rolling tide, end
in few short years colonized this Wcs-
tern Continent. The hoary forests of the
New World" bowed beneath their stur.
dy strokes; the din of the axe and the
hammer startled the Indian and the wild
bird from their ancient solitudes, and the
smoke Of the forge-labor's own altar
rose up like incense to the blue and laugh
ing skies. Mighty cities sprang up as
if beneath the wand of an enchanter,
and tracts of golden grain waved where
had rolled the painless prairie.
Next to spirit of ardent and un-
quenchable liberty-a spirit that will
never die out of any true American heart,
love of independence-animated the
hearts of those noble and adventurous
men, and such were the fruits that it pro-
duccd-reaee, plen,y, comfort, were the
results of their labor. These are few
instances of the physical labor of man,
and for the full development of the moral
and mental powers, we must have phys
icsl appliances. Tho mental labor ex-
pended in the discovery of the expansive
force of steam and the nature and prop
critics Of electricity, would have been fu-
tile for all human good, had not physi-
cal labor reduced those principles to
practice, and small comparatively would
have been both intellectual and physical
triamphs, when "subduing the brute
forces Of nature and endowing them with
human capabilities, if the steamer, tho
railroad and the telegraph we're but the
procurers Of material blessings. 1t is
the moral splendor that in time they must
throw over the world, that thrills the
heart aud elevates the soul"
Yes. it IS only when every mountain
has been subdued, every ocean measured,
every desert reclaimed and Unparalleled
with floral beauty; in word "when the
whole earth kneels like tanned creature
before the snewy hand and god like brow
Of humanity" that our race can walk iu
its fullest robes and wear its most gor-
geous diadem. Then thousand bles-
sings on the workers! Honor to him who
is delving thore in the heart of the stub
born mountain! soon shall the light of
God glsam through magnificent tunnel.
Honor to him who is SIN oothing the phys
iosl asperities of youder district soon
shall the giant of steam thunder over his
iron pathway, bearing wealth and intel
ligence in his mighty hand. Honor to
those who endeavored to enrich ocean
with the teleyrah which would have uni
ted worlds. Already have the words of
friendship, commerce and love flashed
through the fathomed deeps.
Next come the head-workers. Of
these We are presented with eminent ex-
amples in both ancient and modern times;
men. who, after long days and nights of
toll. made discoveries and produced To-
ventions that startled the world. and