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BinC.HTON MARKET.— Monday. Dec. 26, 1836 

 Kejuirted for the Daily AdvertUt^r &. Patriot. 



At market 620 Beef Cattle (including those unsold 

 last week) 25 Stores, and 990 Sneep. 100 Beef Cattle 

 unsold. 



1'rices — Beef Cattle — In consequence of the unpleas- 

 ant weather, last week's prices for some qualities were 

 hardly supported. We noticed a few extra taken at 

 $6 75 ; first quality at 6 6 50 ; second quality at 5 25 a 

 5 75 ; third quality at 4 a 4 75. 



Sheep. — Lots vvern taken at the following prices viz : 

 $2 66, 2 88, 3 00, 3 25, and 3 50. Wethers, some of 

 which were very fine, at 3 75, 4 50, 5, 5 50, and a very 

 few at $6. 



Swine. — None at market. 



REVIEW OF BRIGHTON MARKET FOR THE 

 YEAR 1836. 



13 weeks ending March 28. 

 6123 Beef Cattle, estimated sales 



275 Stores 



7780 Sheep, 



1109 Swine, 



S327,.608 



13 weeks endin§; June 27. 



3450 Beef Cattle, estimated sales . . Si 72 500 



883 Stores 32,671 



3568 Sheep, 11,596 



5038 Swine, 35,266 



$252,033 



13 weeks ending September 26. 



6946 Beef Cattle, estimated sales . . $243,110 



4290 Stores, 64,350 



31880 Sheep, 71,750 



3004 Swine, 13,518 



$392,723 



13 weeks ending December 26. 



21995 Beef Cattle, estimated sales . . $659,850 



6410 Stores 102,560 



39654 Sheep, -- 89,109 



6536 Swine, 34,314 



$885,833 



RECAPITULATION. 



38,504 Beef Cattle : $1,257,118 



11,858 Stores, 209,206 



82,830 Sheep, 201,630 



15,677 Swine 90,248 



$1,858,202 



1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835. 



Beef Cattle, 37767 33922 40807 49180 36382 51096 



Stores, 13685 15400 9886 3286 17485 15872 



132697 84453 100583 90722 93766 98160 



19638 26871 14697 17408 28744 23142 



Sheep, 

 Swine, 



HYMN TO THE FLOWERS. 



BY HORACE SMITH. 



Day stars ! that ope your eyes with morn to twinkle 



From rainbow gala.\:ies o( earth's creation. 

 And dew drops on her lovely altars sprinkle 

 As a libation ! 



Ye matin worshippers ! who, bending lowly 



Before the uprisen sun, God's lidless eye, 

 Throw from your chalices a sweet and holy 

 Incense on high ! 



Ye bright Mosaics ! that with storied beauty 



The floor of nature's temple tesselate, 

 What numerous emblems of instructive duty 

 Your forms create ! 



'Neath cloistered boughs each floral bell that swingeth, 



And tolls its perfume on the passing air. 

 Makes Sabbath in the fields, and ever ringeth 

 A call to prayer! 



Not so the domes, \vhei"e crumbling arch and column, 



Attest the feebleness of mortal man, 

 But to that fane most catholic and solemn 

 Which God hath planned ! 



To that cathedral boundless as our wonder. 



Whose quenchless lamps the sun and moon supply. 

 Its choir the winds and waves, its organ thunder. 

 Its dome the sky ! 



There as in solitude and shade I wander, 



Through the lone aisles or stretched upon the sod, 

 Awed by the silence reverently ponder 

 The ways of God ! 



Your voiceless lips, oh flowers, are living preachers, 



Each Clip a pulpit, and each leaf a book. 

 Supplying to my fancy numerous teachers 

 From loneliest nook ! 



Floral apostles ! that in dewy splendor, 



" Weep without sin and blush without a crime," 

 Oh ! may I deeply learn and ne'er surrender 

 Your love sublime ! 



" Thou wert not, Solomon, in all thy glory, 



Arrayed," the lilies cry, " in robes like ours :" 

 How vain your grandeur ! oh, how transitory 

 Are human flowers ! 



In the sweet scented pictures, heavenly artist ! 



With which thou paintest nature's wide spread hall, 

 What a delightful lesson thou im|.artest 

 Of love to all 1 



Not useless are ye, flowers ! though made for pleasure, 



Ulooming o'er fields and wave by day and night 

 From every source j'our sanction bids me treasure 

 Harmless delight. 



Ephemeral sages ! what instructors hoary. 



For such a world of thought could furnish scope. 

 Each fading calyx a " memento mori" 

 Yet fount of hope ! 



Posthumous glories ! angel-like collection, 



Upraise.d from seed or bulb interred in earth, 

 Ye are to me a type of resurrection 

 And second birth. 



Were I, oh God, in churchless lands remaining. 



Far from all teachers and from all divines. 



My soul would find in flowers of thy ordaining, 



Priests, sermonSf shrines ! 



