ran through the space of eight miles and a third in about six minutes. A gentleman who saw this great work says, that "such was the speed with which a tree of the largest size passed any given point, that he could only strike it once with a stick as it rushed by, however quickly he attempted to repeat the blow."

9. Say not hastily, then, It is impossible! It may be so to do a thing in an hour, a day, or a week; or by thoughtlessness, carelessness or indolence; but to act with wisdom, energy and perseverance, is to insure success. "Time and patience," says a Spanish author, "make the mulberry-leaf satin;" and another remarks that "care and industry do everything." WILLIAMS.

Rolla. INFORM me, friend, is not Alonzo, the Spanish prisoner, confined in this dungeon?

Rolla. Soldier, I must speak with him.

Sen. Back, back! It is impossible.

Rolla. I do entreat thee, but for one moment.

Sen. Thou entreatest in vain-my orders are most strict. Rolla. Even now I saw a messenger go hence.

Sen. He brought a pass which we are all accustomed to obey. Rolla. Look on this wedge of massive gold-look on these precious gems. In thy own land they will be wealth for thee and thine beyond thy hope or wish. Take them, they are thine let me but pass one minute with Alonzo.

Sen. Away!-wouldst thou corrupt me? Me, an old Castilian: I know my duty better.

Rolla. Soldier, hast thou a wife?

Sen. I have.

Rolla. Hast thou children?

Sen. Four honest, lovely boys.

Rolla. Where didst thou leave them?

Sen. In my native village; even in the cot where myself was born.

Rolla. Dost thou love thy children and thy wife?

Sen. Do I love them? Heaven knows my heart — I do! Rolla. Soldier, imagine thou wert doomed to die a cruel death in this strange land; what would be thy last request?

Sen. That some one of my comrades should carry my dying blessing to my wife and children.

Rolla. O but if that comrade was at thy prison gate, and should there be told, "Thy fellow-soldier dies at sunrise, yet thou shalt not for a moment see him, nor shalt thou bear his dying blessing to his poor children or his wretched wife;" what wouldst thou think of him who thus could drive thy comrade from the door?

Sen. How!

Rolla. Alonzo has a wife and child. I am come but to receive for her, and for her babe, the last blessing of my friend.

Sen. Go in.

KOTZEBUE.

CXLIX.

-OCCASION.

1. "SAY, who art thou, with more than mortal air,
Endowed by Heaven with gifts and graces rare,
Whom restless, winged feet forever onward bear?”—
2. "I am Occasion known to few, at best;

And, since one foot upon a wheel I rest,

Constant my movements are they cannot be repressed

3. "Not the swift eagle, in his swiftest flight,

Can equal me in speed; -my wings are bright,

And man, who sees them waved, is dazzled by the sight

4. "My swift and flowing locks before me thrown

Conceal my form, nor face nor breast is shown,
That thus, as I approach, my coming be not known.

5. "Behind my head no single lock of hair

Invites the hand that fain would grasp it there;
But he who lets me pass- to seize me may despair."

6. "Whom, then, so close behind thee do I see?".
"Her name is Penitence; and Heaven's decree
Hath made all those her prey who profit not by me.

7. "And thou, O mortal! who dost vainly ply

These curious questions, thou dost not descry
That now thy time is lost — for I am passing by."
FROM THE ITALIAN.

1. COMMON reading and writing—that is, in a word, the use of language as a system of visible and audible signs of thought

is the great prerog'ative of our nature as rational beings When we have acquired the mastery of this system of audible and visible signs, we have done the greatest thing, as it seems to me, as far as intellect is concerned, which can be done by a rătional man. It is so common that we do not much reflect upon it; but, like other common things, it hides a great mystery of our nature.

2. When we have learned how, by giving an impulse with our vocal organs to the air, by making a few black marks on a piece of paper, to establish a direct sympathy between our invisible and spiritual essence and that of other men, so that they can see and hear what is passing in our minds, just as if thought and feeling themselves were visible and audible, only so, when in the same way we establish a communication between mind and mind in ages and countries the most remote, we have wrought a miracle of human power and skill, which I never reflect upon without awe.

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3. Can we realize, sir, that in this way we have, through the medium of the declamation of these children, been addressed

by Demosthenes and Cicero, by Burke and Fox? Well, sir, all this is done by writing, reading and speaking. It is a result of these simple operations.

4. When you tell me a boy has learned to read, you tell me that he has entered into an intellectual partnership not only with every living contemporary, but with every mind ever created that has left a rec'ord of itself on the pages of science and literature, and when he has learned to write, he has acquired the means of speaking to generations and ages that I will exist a thousand years hence.

5. It all comes back to the use of language. The press, the electric telegraph, are only improvements in the mode of communication. The wonderful thing is, that the mysterious significance of thought, the invisible action of spirit, can be embodied in sounds and signs addressed to the eye and ear.

6. Instead of wondering that among speaking, writing and reading men, you have occasionally a Shakspeare, a Bacon, or a Franklin, my wonder is to see boys and girls, after a few years' training, able to express in written marks and spoken sounds the subtlest shades of thought, and that in two or three languages. EVERETT.

1. I VENTURE to prophesy there are those now living who will see this favored land amongst the most powerful on earth, — able, sir, to take care of herself, without resorting to that policy, which is always so dangerous, though sometimes unavoidable, of calling in foreign aid. Yes, sir, they will see her great in arts and in arms, her golden harvests waving over fields of immeasurable extent, her commerce penetrating the most distant seas, and her cannon silencing the vain boasts of those who now proudly affect to rule the waves. But, sir, you must have men, - you cannot get along without them.

2. Those heavy forests of valuable timber, under which your lands are groaning, must be cleared away. Those vast riches

which cover the face of your soil, as well as those which lie hid in its bosom, are to be developed and gathered only by the skill and enterprise of men. Your timber, sir, must be worked up into ships, to transport the productions of the soil from which it has been cleared. Then, you must have commercial men and commercial capital, to take off your productions, and find the best markets for them abroad. Your great want, sir, is the want of men; and these you must have, and will have speedily, if you are wise.

3. Do you ask how you are to get them? Open your doors, sir, and they will come in! The population of the Old World is full to overflowing. That population is ground, too, by the oppressions of the governments under which they live. Sir, they are already standing on tiptoe upon their native shores, and looking to your coasts with a wistful and longing eye. They see here a land blessed with natural and political advantages which are not equalled by those of any other country upon earth ; land on which a gracious Providence hath emptied the horn of abundance, a land over which Peace hath now stretched forth her white wings, and where Content and Plenty lie down at every door!

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4. Sir, they see something still more attractive than all this. They see a land in which Liberty hath taken up her abode, that Liberty whom they had considered as a fabled goddess, existing only in the fancies of poets. They see her here a real divinity; her altars rising on every hand, throughout these happy states; her glories chanted by three millions of tongues, and the whole region smiling under her blessed influence.

5. Sir, let but this, our celestial goddess, Liberty, stretch forth her fair hand toward the people of the Old World, — tell them to come, and bid them welcome, and you will see them pouring in from the north, from the south, from the east, and from the west. Your wildernesses will be cleared and settled, your deserts will smile, your ranks will be filled, and you will soon be in a condition to defy the power of any adversary.

6. But gentlemen object to any accession from Great Britain, and particularly to the return of the British refugees. Sir, I