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NEW ENGLAND I AUMEH 



MAT 7, 1S3*. 



MISCKLLAN Y 



INVOCATION TO SPRING. 



BY MONTGOMERY. 



Winter ! retire, 



Thy reign is past ; 



Hoary sire '. 



Yield tlte seeptre of thy sway, 



Soand thy tr pel in the blast, 



And call thy storms away : 

 Winter! retire; 



Wherefore do thy wheels delay i 

 Mount tlie Chariot of thine ire, 

 And quit the realms of day. 



On thy state, 



Whirlwinds wait ; 



And blood-shot meteors lend thee light; 



Hence, to dreary arctic regions 



Summon thy terrific regions; 



Hence, to caves of northern night 



Speed thy (light. 



From halcyon seas 



And purer skies, 



O southern breeze 



Awake, arise ; 



Breath of Heaven ! benignly blow, 



Melt the snow : 



Breath of Heaven ! unchain the floods, 



Warm the woods, 



And make the mountains flow. 



Auspicious to the Muse's prayer, 



The freshening gale 



Embalms the vale, 



And breathes enchantment through the air; 



On its wing 



Floats the Spring, 



With glowing eye and golden hair ; 



Dark before her Angel-form, 



She drives the Demon of the storm. 



Like Gladness chasing Care. 



ASTRONOMICAL. 



The distance of tlie star Draconis, appears by 

 Dr. Bradley-si observations, to be at least four hun- 

 dred thousand times th.at of the sun, and the dis- 

 tance of the nearest fixed star not less than forty 

 thousand diameters of the earth's annual orbit ; 

 that is, the distance of the earth from the former, 

 is, at least, 33,000,000,000,000 miles, and the lat- 

 ter not less than 7,000,000,000,000. A cannon 

 ball supposing it could preserve the same velocity, 

 would not reach the nearest of the fixed stars in 

 six hundred thousand years! There is goodly 

 work enough to upset any moderate man's notion 

 of time and space. Hail this cannon hall taken 

 its departure in the time of Clumps, or even Che- 

 op'a grandfather, (if the- imagination can roam so 

 far hack into the dense blackness of the past,) it 



would eve nv be merely at tile outset of itr- 



journey. Cheop's grandfather dandles young Che- 

 ops on his knee : he in turn grows up, waxes in 

 years: builds the everlasting — in our frail accep- 

 ts ti F the word — pyramids, lives to an antedi- 

 luvian Bge ; dies, is buried and forgotten ; suc- 

 cessive generations spring up and pass away : 

 states rise ami I all ; empires expand and decay, anil 

 expand again, lip to this present 1834, and yel 



this c» i hull thai has been travelling all this 



time wilh inconceivable rapidity, is as it were bin 

 a Imp, step and jump on its way to wards the near- 

 est tivil star ! Tins way stf thinking will never 

 do. It linniuisiie.s our ideas of the sombre state- 

 lijYess of the past, anil makes "hoary antirpiiiy" 

 a tiling of yesterday. The bygone glories of de- 

 parted empnes, gloouliiig wilh added grandeur 



through the indistinct and spectral past, must seem 

 to a mind familiarized with such unconscionable 



notions of time and space, but as things thai had 

 existence a considerable time ago, last week or the 

 week before. 



THE FEMALE. 



The following natural and [rue description of 

 the parental comfort derived from female children, 

 is from a speech of Burrows, an eminent Irish law- 

 yer: "The love of offspring, the most forcible of 

 all our instincts, is even stronger towards the fe- 

 male, than the male child. It is wise that it should 

 be so — it is more wanted. It is just that it should 

 be so — it. is more requited. There is no pillar, on 

 which ihe head of a parent, anguished by sickness, 

 or by sorrow, can so sweetly repose, as on the 

 bosom of an affectionate daughter. Her attentions 

 are unceasing. She is utterly incapable of remain- 

 ing inactive. The hoy [hay afford occasional com- 

 fort anil pride to his family — they may catch glory 

 front his celebrity, and derive support from his ac- 

 quisitions — btithe never communicates the solid 

 and unceasing comforts of life, which are derived 

 from the care and tender solicitude of the female 

 child. She seems destined by Providence to be the 

 perpetual solace and happiness of her parents. 

 Even after her marriage, her filial attentions are 

 unimpaired. She may give her baud and heart to 

 her husband, but still she may share her cares and 

 attentions with her parents, without a pang of jeal- 

 ousy, or distrust from him. He only looks on 

 them, as the assured pledges of her fidelity and 

 the unerring evidences of a good disposition. — 

 Journal of Women. 



CAPFEllS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. 



Tuna color is a clear dark brown, hair black 

 but woolly. — The most prominent trait in thecbar- 

 aracter of theCaffer is that of the herdsman, rather 

 than the warrior ; for he is never so happy as 

 when engaged in something that is calculated either 

 to increase the numbers or improve the appearance 

 of his cattle. Such is his daily attention to these, 

 that one out of a thousand wouiil be immediately 

 missed. His perfect acquaintance with every little 

 spot on the bide, turn of the horns, or other pe- 

 culiarity, after having seen au animal once or 

 twice, is indeed astonishing, and says much for his 

 powers of observation. 



The Caft'er chiefs are in all cases both legisla- 

 tors and judges, whilst "the old men" and favor- 

 ite courtiers form a kind of jury and council too. 

 The parties appear personally, plead their own 

 cause, and produce their witnesses and proofs. — 

 In their public, harangues a man is seldom inter- 

 rupted, although his speech be continued for hours 

 together; but during this time his antagonist is till 

 attention ; when he rises to reply, every argument 

 that has been adduced is taken up in the exact or- 

 tier in which it was delivered, and with as much 

 precision as ifanswered ul the very moment. Mem- 

 ory is their only note book ; and although appar- 

 ently put, ou Itiany occasions, to the severest tesl. 

 they seldom seem to labor under any material 

 ■ii 1 ty in bringing up all the details of the 

 subject by the astonishing powers of recollection. 

 Their language on those occasions, is generally 

 strong and nervous, ami their in. inner exceeding!) 

 manly and dignified. Even the children when 

 about to reply to the most simple questions, step 

 forward, throw back the head, and extend tlie arm, 

 and give their words a full, slow, and clear eiuiii- 

 c iaiiun. — Kay's Travels in Caffraria. 



FRUIT TREES. 



Ornamental TREES. KOSES. FLOWER- 

 ING PLANTS, &c. Nursery of WILLIAM 

 KENR1CK in Newton, 5A miles from Boston. 

 _ by the City Mills. 



This nursery now comprises a rare and extraordinary collec 

 tion ot fruit trees, Tree's and Shrubs of Ornament, Roses, &.C. 

 and covers the most ol 18 acres, Of new celebrated Peari 

 150 kin'!., a part of which, having already been proved in i tn 



climate, are specially recommended.— Of Apples 200 kinds 



Peaches 115 kinds — Cherries, 55 kinds — Plums, Nectarines 

 Uinonds, '. '-• Quinces, Grape Vines, Currants, Raspber- 

 ries, Gooseberries, Strawberries, Figs, ecc, &c — selections 

 from the b vai etiesk mi — a collection ia unequal propor- 

 tions ol 800 varieties ol Unit. 



While mulberries for silk worms — the fruit poor. Also the 



Morus Multicaulis 'i \ eu Chinese Mulberry, a beauti- 

 ful fruit tree, so superioi i<>r silk worms lo all others. 



1 H Ki >SES. A superb collection of from 300 to 400 hardy 

 and China varieties ; selei lions from numerous importations, 

 'ill first rate sources. While Flowering Ib.rsr Chesiiuts. 

 Weeping Willows, Catalpas, .Mountain Ash. Silver Firs, Ve- 

 netian Sumach, Altheas, Honeysuckles, Azaleas, &c. etc. 



in all, of Ornamental trees, and shrubs, 650 varieties. Ol 

 Herbaceous dowering plants.a choice selection of 280 varieties/ 

 including tie- Peeonies, Moutan and Paparerac a— raid J I other 

 kinds— and 83 splendid varieties of double Dahlias. 



Gentlemen arc invited to forward their orders early Address 

 to WILLI \.W KENRICK, Newton. Trees, &c. delivered in 

 Boston free ol charge for transportation, and suitably packed, 

 and from thence when ordered duly forwarded, by land or sea.. 

 Or orders will receive the same attention il left with Geo. C. 

 Barrett, who is agejnt/ al his seed si ore and New England 

 Farmer Office, Nos.51 & 52, North .Market Street. Boston. 

 Catalogues gratis on application. Jy 17 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



A new importation of superioi kinds, just received, of al 



colors, I iv 



WU. KENRTCK, Newton. 



DAMAGED BISHOPS IA1VS AND MISI-INS. 



El|aB STO.\E BREWER, al No. 414 Washington 

 Street, will open lor sale this day, 



I I ise wet (but not damaged) Bishops Lawn. 



1 do. do. do. Book Muslin. 



Also, 1 do. Superfine 6-4 Cambric Dimolies, which will be 

 offered by the Pure at 25 per cent, less than cost of importa- 

 tion. ,„ 14, 



STRAW CARI'ETINU. 

 EL1AB STONE BREWERJSo. Ill Washington street, 

 has received a lot ol I0fj pieces superior straw carpeting while 

 and fancy r-hecks, 5-4 6-4, and 7-4 widths, which he will sell 

 by the pc-ce or yard al very low prices. Also, Canton Straw 

 [able malls. istf. ' ,, II, 



EDINBURGH REVIEW, NO. CXVIII. 



Con ri nts.' — Changes required in tin- Com Laws. Rhymed 

 Plea for Tolerance. WirTen's Memoirs ol the House ot Russell. 

 Secondary Punishmenis, Transportation. Kay's Travels in 

 Carfraria. Law as to Libels against Christianity. Miss Aiken's 

 Memoirs of Charles the First. The Bfidgewater Bequest — 

 WhewelPs Astronomy and General Physics. Tory Views and 

 Machinations. English Corporations and Endowments. The 

 Church of England. Thackeray's History ol the Earl of Chat- 

 ham. Quarterly list of New Publications, Index. 



Just published by LILLY, WAlT,COLJlAN & HOLDEN. 



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