health or his fortune ever allowed him to realize. Of Whence the fond mother fled-the cradle turn'd these projects the most favorite one was a vineyard; | Against the wall, and empty-well we know and he sent to France for vines, implements, books, The untold anguish, when some dear one falls. and whatever was necessary to carry his design into How oft the life-blood trickling from our hearts execution. But this and many other similar schemes Reveals a kindred spirit torn away. failed; his means and his strength were alike inade- Tears are our birthright, gentle sister train, quate to agricultural pursuits. He received the ap- And more we love you, that like us you mourn. pointment of Judge. This afforded him both employ--Ho, belted Orion!-with thy lion shield, ment and amusement. It opened to him a social intercourse, which in the retirement of his farm he could not command. Reading was his great resource, and the large library he had collected while in France, was now an inestimable treasure. His sight was so entirely restored, that he could without inconvenience read from one to two hundred pages daily. His friends were desirous of his again taking his seat in the Senate of the United States, and the place was long kept open for him-viz. filled by a person who at any moment would have vacated it for him. To this he was averse, on account of the continued difficulty in his articulation; for although his general health was greatly improved, his powers of speech were never entirely restored. What tidings from the chase? what monster slain? Fair queen Cassiopeia!-is thy court That age on age have serv'd thee? Teach us how When he left home, on his way to one of the county To make our sway perennial in the hearts courts, he was in good health and good spirits. He Of those who love us,-so that when our bloom passed a day with his daughter, who was married, and And spring-tide wither, they in phalanx firm had just presented him with another grandchild, and May gird us round and make life's evening bright. as usual-to use the expression of one of his family--But thou, oh Sentinel, with changeless eye, "made a holiday in the house"-such happiness did his Guarding the northern battlement of Heaven, presence ever diffuse. The ensuing day he pursued his For whom the seven pure spirits nightly burn journey and reached the house of a friend, where he Their torches, marking out with glittering spire meant to pass the night. He complained of not feeling Both hours and seasons on thy dial-plate, well; a physician in the family prescribed for him and How turns the storm-tost mariner to thee! relieved the symptoms which excited anxiety. He re- The poor, lost Indian, having nothing left tired early, and not long after a noise was heard in his In his own ancient realm,-not even the bones chamber, which induced one of the family to go in. He Of his dead fathers,-lifts his brow to thee, was found motionless and speechless. On the applica- And glads his broken spirit with thy beam. tion of the usual remedies, he was able the next day The weary caravan, with chiming bells, to rise, but while sitting in his chair fell into a swoon, Making strange music 'mid the desert sands, from which he never recovered. Thus died this good Guides by thy pillar'd fires its nightly march. man, kindly exempted in this closing scene from severe Reprov'st thou not our faith,-so oft untrue suffering or lingering disease. He exemplified what To the great Pole-star, when some surging wave the poet has asserted, that Foams o'er our feet, or thorns beset our way? -Speak out the wisdom of thy hoary years, Arcturus! patriarch, mentor of the train, That gather radiance from thy golden urn. We are of yesterday, short-sighted sons Of this dim orb,-and all our proudest lore Is but the alphabet of ignorance; Yet, ere we trace its little round, we dic. Give us thy counsel, ere we pass away. -Lyra, sweet Lyra!-sweeping on with song, While glorious Summer decks the listening flowers, Teach us thy melodies; for sinful cares An honest man 's the noblest work of God. THE STARS. BY MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY. Make friendship with the Stars. Go forth at night, And talk with Aldebaran, where he flames A severing of fond hearts?—a place of graves?— Make discord in our hearts. Hast thou the ear As children round a hearth-stone? Canst thou quell May we, in this poor planet, speak to thee? Hear'st thou the strong wing Know'st thou what report The red-hair'd Comet, on his car of flame, Hast thou heard One whisper thro' the open gate of Heaven, Thou answerest not! Why question we with thee, Eternal Fire! We, frail and blind,-to whom our own dark Moon, VIRGINIA SPRINGS. Remarks on the Mountain Region and Mineral Springs of ginia; especially on the Red Sulphur Springs. BY A VISITER. that limpid brook, rippling down the fern and mosscovered rocks; or recline under the projecting crag, enjoying that delicious calm so beautifully described by the inimitable Thompson: Thrice happy he! who on the sunless side From simplest sources purest pleasure flows, If we survey the map of the United States, and consider the central position of that delightful region, blessed with a climate unrivalled, during the summer months, and watered by mineral springs, such as, for variety and efficacy, no other country on the globe can boast, we shall be irresistibly led to the conviction, that Providence designed it as a source of physical and social blessings to our common country. Within the Vir-space of eighty miles, in travelling from east to west, are found the Warm Springs, Hot Springs, Sweet Springs, White Sulphur, Salt Sulphur, Red Sulphur, and Blue Sulphur. As the vernal season advances to the period, when it must resign its genial sway to the debilitating influences of summer, those persons in every section of our happy country, whose condition enables them to travel in pursuit of health or pleasure, will naturally turn their thoughts to the invigorating climate and medicinal waters of Western Virginia. Most fortunately all those springs possess properties essentially different, thereby presenting a variety which leaves little else to be desired. It is appointed for man to die—and therefore all remedies frequently fail; but if the recuperative energies be not entirely prostrate, the best hopes of the invalid are from the Virginia Springs. In a social point of view, those charmFavored as our state is beyond all others, in the rich ing retreats are no less important. At them are endowments of Providence, there is, perhaps, no ad- usually congregated the élite of our country. Citizens vantage it enjoys more valuable than those mighty from the north and south, the east and west, arriving barriers which, at first sight, seem interposed by na- there, as at a common centre, learn to disclaim the preture to the industry of man; as if she would say-judices which had so long influenced their opinions "Thus far shalt thou go and no farther." But the impar- against each other; and when they radiate back again tial Dispenser of all gifts, has in this, as in every other to their respective sections, diffuse, on their course, the favor, preserved that beautiful equilibrium so observable rays of that benign charity too long obscured by the in all his works. If the west possesses not the expan-malignant vapors of misrepresentation and fanaticism. sive bays, navigable rivers, extensive cultivation, re- There every individual learns to surrender a portion of fined society, great wealth and greater luxury of Eastern that self-complacency which led him to claim a secVirginia, it enjoys blessings peculiar to itself, and tional superiority-the offspring of a circumscribed inadapted to the habits, comforts and happiness of its in-tercourse with the world. There fanaticism must habitants. There nature appears in all her magnifi cence. Behold those majestic mountains piercing the clouds! compared with which, Pelion, Ossa and Olympus piled on each other, would appear as a dwarf beside a giant. Ascend, and if you cannot thence mount the throne of Jupiter, you can at least survey a world beneath you. Pierce now into that romantic glen, through which the Dryads might love to wander; slake your thirst from abandon her extravagant theories, when she compares the happy, smiling countenances of the African racetheir superior intelligence and civilization, with the care-worn features, lumbering bodies, squalid wretchedness, and disgusting rusticity of the European peasantry: and she blushes for her former efforts to dissolve a relation fraught with so much happiness to the domestic. It would be endless to particularize the advantages and pleasures derivable from those excursions, VOL. III.-36 The mere release from business and care will be a suffi- | intersected by convenient and judiciously planned walks, cient inducement to the inhabitants of our cities, who, and overshadowed by numerous majestic sugar maples; on inspiring the pure air of the lovely country, enjoy the rich green sward forming a lovely contrast with the with tenfold zest and rapture the varied beauties of snow-white buildings and enclosure. Alabama Row nature. Here the reminiscences of the classical scholar on the left is the first range of which a front view is are revived, and he quotes from his favorite author in presented: it is about three hundred feet long, forming praise of the happy country; or, standing under the a handsome crescent, and fronted with a colonnade shade of a spreading beech, industriously carves on the the whole of its length: which, in case of damp or smooth bark the well defined initials of some absent sunshine, affords a delightful promenade for its occufair one. pants. You next pass the spring, covered by an octagon building and surmounted by a set of huge elk-horns. On either side of it are two small grassplots which preThe Mineralogist may follow up the course of the sent a peculiarly neat appearance. You now reach rocky torrent, examining strata or scrutinizing every the hotel, a spacious structure of two stories, extending fragment and pebble, as if in search of the Philoso-in a direction from north to south about one hundred pher's stone. The Botanist pursues with enthusiasm and twenty feet; the model of this building is highly his most enchanting study, amidst an unbounded profusion of natural flowers, viewing with "microscopic eye" the unspeakable beauties invisible to the unassisted organ of vision. Crescent illa, crescetis amores: imposing and picturesque, commanding from its ample porches a full view of all the premises and the different roads leading to the establishment. Immediately opposite, and at the base of the eastern hill, is a neat onestoried range of one hundred feet long, called Bachelors' Row, having a handsome portico, and designed, as its Having spent the larger portion of our time at the Red Sulphur, and the state of our health requiring us to give a more particular attention to its medicinal pro-name denotes, for the accommodation of single genperties, we feel better prepared to make the reader acquainted with the results of our observations: and most amply compensated shall we be, if this humble notice be the means of disseminating a more correct and extensive information, on the subject of a mineral water, which is destined to benefit human nature, as much as any on the habitable globe. tlemen. At its upper extremity and connected by an arched way, is the much admired Philadelphia Row, two hundred feet in length, with a beautiful portico fronting double rooms, intended for families. At the lower end, and also connected by a portico, is a newly erected receiving room, fitted up with books, games and musical instruments, more especially designed as a private sitting room for ladies. A continuation of the portico connects with Carolina House, an elegant and chaste two-storied building, one hundred and twenty proprietor informed us that he intended the name as a compliment to the Carolinians, who have been the uniform and liberal patrons of the establishment-and most truly did they deserve the courtesy, for we have been told that at one period the last season it was wholly occupied by southern families. The whole of the ranges just mentioned present a collonade of four hundred and eighty feet in length. On a terrace, excavated to the depth of sixty feet, through the solid The Red Sulphur Springs are situated in Monroe county, forty-two miles south-west from the White Sulphur, thirty-nine miles from the Sweet Springs, and seventeen miles from the Salt Sulphur. We are in-feet long, with double porticoes in front and rear. The formed that a turnpike road is now in progress between the White and Salt, and that those sections of it which, last year, were difficult and rugged, will, before the next season, be safe and level. The road from the Salt to the Red is greatly improved by several changes of location; and was, indeed, during the last summer, one of the best, if not the very best, in the mountains. The traveller may now take stage at the White Sulphur after breakfast, dine at the Salt, and reach the Red early in the afternoon. The approach by the moun-rock, and immediately above Bachelor's Row, towers tain road, which crosses Indian creek for the last time the newly erected and majestic edifice appropriately near Neel's tavern, six and a half miles from the Red, termed Society Hall; it is three stories high, and eighty we think the most interesting and better road. Arrived feet long; its portico, extending to the roof, is support. on the summit of the eastern mountain, you soon reached by nine columns of most exact architectural propor a point from which an almost bird's-eye view of the tion. We have seldom seen a more graceful model, valley bursts on your sight. The impression you re- and think it would attract notice even where more costly ceive is magical, and as your carriage moves rapidly structures abound. In this building are a ball room, down the hill, and you catch ever-varying glimpses of drawing room, news room, and several lodging rooms. the landscape, you are gradually prepared for the taste- Extending down the valley is a beautiful oval lawn, ful improvements that await you on entering. After around which the road diverges, one to the gateway travelling through a country which abounds in magni- and store, the other to the offices and stables. Nothing ficent natural scenery, but with rare marks of cultiva-can be more simple, and certainly nothing can be more tion and none whatever of taste, such a scene cannot fail to inspire agreeable sensations. The road is so conducted, as to bring in view the whole establishment before you reach the hotel: you wind round a lovely hill, having a terrace promenade, immediately over the road, several rustic seats on the slope; and on its summit a platform raised to the branches of a spreading oak, on which, in the evening, a fine band of music delights the listening visiters: on your right, the centre lawn charming, than the tout ensemble presented by the arrangement of the ground and improvements. Nature, the most skilful guide, has been strictly followed by the proprietor, and we are really charmed to see that his operations harmonize so well with her original projects. Having given you some idea of external appearances, you will naturally inquire if matters and things within correspond-for poor human nature cannot long subsist on scenic luxuries; but desiring something more tangi- | Springs. It is to be regretted that the analysis made ble, wherewith to gratify its urgent demands, looks by Professor Rogers in the autumn of 1834 has never upon a well furnished table as the chef d'œuvre of land-been officially published. It would go far to correct the scapes. It is therefore from well tried experience we very erroneous impressions which exist in regard to the can assure you that the table is abundantly supplied qualities of those waters. Human life is too important with every luxury and comfort, and that the wants of a matter to be subjected to experiment or the assertion the sick are peculiarly attended to. No expense seems of any interested person, however honest or well inspared to give satisfaction to the visiters; the rooms formed; we should therefore receive with caution the are furnished with simplicity and neatness, and we puffs which are too common in our times, and especially have always found the servants obliging and honest. should we be slow to give our confidence to any analyPresuming that you have regaled yourself on a sump- sis of mineral waters, unless we are satisfied that a man tuous dinner, and are in a mood to receive agreeable of undoubted capability has devoted time and diligence sensations, we next attend you to the Springs. Within to the subject at the fountain itself. It is on this acthe octagon building mentioned before, and about nine count that the discoveries made by Professor Rogers feet below the natural level of the surface, issue, from are looked for with so much interest. In the absence fissures in a slate-stone rock, the two fountains long of more satisfactory detail, we will state what we have known as the Red Sulphur Springs. The water of understood to be the most important characteristics of each is collected in a square reservoir, formed with slabs the White, Salt, and Red Sulphur Springs. In the of white marble. The larger is four feet square, and quantity of sulphuretted hydrogen, the Red Sulphur of the same depth; the smaller is about two feet exceeds both the former, containing in an imperial galsquare. The waters of both unite in a small reservoir, lon 4.54 cub. inches. Next to it, in this property, is and are thence conducted through pipes to the baths. the Salt Sulphur, which in some small degree exceeds At an early hour in the morning, as you descend the the White Sulphur. The quantity of carb. acid gas steps, if the sun be shining, you behold innumerable in an imperial gallon of the Red Sulphur is 8.73 cub. colors reflected from their placid bosoms; and when inches, being more than double that of any other spring. you look down upon and admire that inimitable crim- What proportion the nitrogen or azotic gas, which in son deposite profusely spread over the bottom and the Red Sulphur is 4.23 cub. inches, bears to that of the sides, and the crystalline purity of the waters, if an others, we have no recollection. In carbonates and sainvalid, you quaff the Hygeian draught with confidence, line ingredients, the White and Salt Sulphur are nearly and bless Providence for the healing gift; or if in the alike, except perhaps the White contains more carboenjoyment of health, you gaze on and seem transfixed, nate of lime, and the Salt Sulphur more neutral salts. as Narcissus to the fabled fountain, over which he hung The solid contents of the White in one pint of water, in admiration of his own lovelines. are, we think, estimated at 15 or 16 grains, whilst those of the Red Sulphur are only 1.23 grains in 32 cubic inches, and even this small quantity consisting of sulphates of soda, lime and magnesia, carbonate of lime, and muriate of soda. Besides these the water contains, in considerable quar.tity, a peculiar organic substance named glairine, which, mingled with sulphur, is deposited on the sides of the spring. We now make such a classification of those springs as analysis and experience justify, viz: White Sulphur, alterative and stimulant; Salt Sulphur, purgative and stimulant; Red Sulphur, alterative and sedative. The White and Salt are what may be termed limestone waters; the Red is a freestone water. The two former do not combine with soap, and may be denominated hard. The Red is superior for washing to rain water, and may on that account be termed soft. The Red Sulphur, in sulphuretted hydrogen, approaches nearer to the Harrowgate water than any other spring known; and in purity, it equals that of Tunbridge wells. From the data just submitted, the intelligent physician, who has not had the opportunity of personal observation, will be enabled to form a more definite opinion, and prescribe such water as best suits the condition of his patient. It is well known that as all diseases are produced by organic inertness or undue activity, so all curative agents must belong to either of the two great classes, stimulants or sedatives, or their modifications. The sedative principle is the feature which must ever characterize the Red Sulphur water from every other yet discovered; and the unquestionable possession of which, will advance its celebrity in proportion as this peculiar virtue beWe have already enumerated the various Sulphur comes known to the world. The usual effect of this Here young Narcissus o'er the fountain stood, Unhappy youth! had his mirror been adorned with a It is asserted by Peregrine Prolix that Professor William B. Rogers has discovered the true nature of the mysterious red deposite, but as he has not yet favored the public with his long expected work on the Virginia Springs, we are left in ignorance of its character. Satisfied with the delight we experienced from a superficial view, a swe would be with beholding the roseate hue on the virgin cheek, without applying a lens to examine its epidermis or pores, we necessarily leave the scientific detail to the learned Professor, and pass on to a more important subject-the medicinal properties and correct use of the waters. of consumption in its final stages. Diseases of the uterus, such as amenorrhœa, dysmenorrhea, and prolapsus have been relieved. The first we have never known to fail. In chronic rheumatism it is invaluable. In removing the constitutional effects of gonor:hœa, syphilis, and the free use of mercury, it has always succeeded. In gravel it affords great and speedy relief. Dropsy has been known to be relieved, and in some ling worms, it has been celebrated from its discovery. water is to produce one or two alvine discharges in twelve | standing, in which the other waters failed, has been inhours, subdue febrile excitement, diminish the fre- variably relieved, unless it be that species symptomatic quency of the pulse, and impart to it volume and softness; determine the blood to the external capillaries, diffuse a fine moisture over the surface, cause a copious secretion from the kidneys, allay nervous irritability, and give vigor and elasticity to the whole system. We shall now take a cursory notice of the diseases in which we have known it to be successful, and shall begin with consumption, for which it is most celebrated. It is not our intention to enter upon the pathology of this formi-instances cured. In diseases of the skin, and in expeldable disease. Genuine phthisis may be considered as the effect of scrofulous predisposition. It commences its ravages by the formation of tubercles in the lungs; the degree of inflammation of the organ depends upon their development, and gives to the disease the character of slow or rapid consumption. The symptoms of the latter are, morning and evening chills, succeeded by hectic fever and profuse night sweats-pulse 110 to 150. When these symptoms occur, with cough and copious purulent expectoration, and rapid emaciation, nothing remains for the unfortunate victim but to resign himself to that necessity which, sooner or later, is the lot of all created beings. It is not then in this condition of the body that relief can be expected; no agent, however powerful, can renew that delicate organ after, perBy the term "affection" it is intended to designate that love haps, two-thirds or more of its substance have been of our kind, which is enjoined in the second great commandment destroyed. It is absurd to expect it, and folly to un- of the gospel. The author has been contented, without insistderrate a medicine because it has not effected what no-ing on man's possible disinterestedness, to illustrate the supething short of Omnipotence can effect. When, how-riority of the gratification derived from the indulgence of those feelings by which the happiness of others is reflected on ourever, the tubercles develope themselves more slowly, and do not form clusters by which the tissue is rapidly and extensively involved; or where the system has been exhausted by a severe hemorrhage, and the constitution seems wrestling with the disease, then it is that the Red Sulphur water comes to the rescue. The pulse ranging from 90 to 120, daily chills, and other symp toms of this condition, are but modifications of those AFFECTION'S TRIUMPHS. PART I. selves, to those of a purely selfish nature. He has, therefore, Hail sainted Innocence! Primeval man, Clothed in thy majesty his garden trod, first mentioned, but sufficiently distinct to mark the But when the insidious tempter's wiles prevailed, |