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By union all mysterious, thrill and live
In both immortal frames :-Sensation all,

And thought, pervading, mingling sense and thought!
Ye paired, yet one! wrapt in a consciousness
Twofold, yet single-this is love, this life!

Why call we then the square-built monument,
The upright column, and the low-laid slab,
Tokens of death, memorials of decay?
Stand in this solemn, still assembly, man,
And learn thy proper nature; for thou seest,
In these shaped stones and lettered tables, figures
Of life: More are they to thy soul than those
Which he who talked on Sinai's mount with God,
Brought to the old Judeans-types are these
Of thine eternity.

I thank Thee, Father,
That at this simple grave, on which the dawn
Is breaking, emblem of that day which hath
No close, Thou kindly unto my dark mind
Hast sent a sacred light, and that away
From this green hillock, whither I had come
In sorrow, Thou art leading me in joy,"

2.-Texas.

Observations, historical, geographical, and descrip tive, in a series of letters, with an appendix, containing answers to certain questions, issued some time since by the London Geographical Society. By Mrs. Mary Austin Holley. Baltimore; Armstrong & Plaskitt. 1833. pp. 167.

TEXAS now forms a part of the State of Coahuila and Texas, being provisionally annexed to Coahuila, until its population and resources are sufficient to form a separate State, when its connection with Coahuila will be dissolved. Its latitude is from 28° to 34° north. It is bounded by Red river, which separates it from Arkansas on the north, by Louisiana on the east, by the gulf of Mexico on the south, and by the river Nueces, which separates it from other Mexican territories, on the west. It is divided into three distinct tracts, the level, the undulating, and the hilly. The whole coast is rather low and very level, but entirely free from marsh. That part of the level region, which lies between the Sabine and Jacinto rivers, extends back about seventy miles, and is heavily timbered. North and north-west of this section of the level region, the country is undulating to Red river. Some other portions are broken into hills, which finally terminate in a mountain range, about two hundred miles from the sea. The natural productions are in general the same as those of Louisiana and Florida. The indigenous indigo of Texas is considered superior to the plant which is cultivated in the United States. Bees-wax and honey are produced in great abundance. Cool and refreshing water may be drawn from

wells of moderate depth in every part of the country. The navigation of several of the more important rivers is unfortunately impeded at their mouths by bars of sand. The Red river, however, has depth sufficient for vessels of four hundred tons. The other principal rivers are the Trinity, the Brazos, six hundred miles in length, and the Colorado, four hundred and fifty miles.

The main settlement of Mexicans, and the capital of Texas, is Bexar, containing 2,500 inhabitants. At two or three other places, there are small settlements. Those Mexicans who are dispersed among the Anglo-American settlers, are employed as herdmen. The principal tribes of Aborigines, are the Comanches and the Carancahuas. The Comanches are a wandering race, and depend altogether upon the chase for subsistence. The Carancahuas inhabited formerly the whole sea-coast. These Indians have been nearly cut off by the Anglo-Americans and Mexicans, in revenge of some robberies and murders committed by them. The white men seem, however, to have been, as usual, the aggressors. There are remnants of other Indian tribes, but not sufficiently numerous to deserve particular notice.

There are now two settlements of Irishmen, and several of Anglo-Americans. The principal colony of the latter is the one planned by Moses Austin of Missouri, a native of Durham, Ct. and established by his son, Col. Stephen F. Austin. Col. Austin arrived on the River Brazos, with the first emigrants, in December, 1821. After suffering a variety of hardships, incident to a life in the wilderness, and among Indian neighbors, the settlements seem at length to have been established on a firm basis. The entire colony now numbers about 6,000, and the influx of emigrants is greater than ever. The people are represented to be industrious and moral. Great precaution has been used to exclude the idle and vicious. Fugitives have been forcibly expelled. The colony has received uninterrupted manifestations of respect and confidence from every superior officer who has governed the province of Texas, or the State of Texas and Coahuila. Col. Austin appears to be a man of intelligence and energy. He is about forty years of age, and is a member of the legislature of the State.

Mrs. Holley, widow of the late president Holley of Lexington, and a kinswoman of Col. Austin, made a visit to the colony in the autumn of 1831, with a view to the ultimate settlement of herself and her family. The result of her expedition was a decided purpose of removal, as soon as domestic arrangements would permit. In giving her letters to the public, Mrs. Holley had a special view to "emigrant mothers, on whom the comfort of every family, and the general well-being of the infant colony so much depend." We are pleased with the general tone and tenor of these letters. Mrs. Holley wields a very spirited pen. We are not certain but that she has thrown too warm a coloring over her

descriptions. Whatever may be the advantages of soil and climate, it is evident that a capital item in the cup of happiness -political security-is wanting. Mexico can never establish a government of law, till there is more of intellectual and moral light diffused among her heterogeneous population, till wax tupers cease to be a principal article of consumption!

We select the following animated description from Mrs. Holley's letters.

"Brazoria is thirty miles from the mouth of the Brazos by the meanders of the river, and fifteen by land. It is situated on the right bank, and contains from two to three hundred inhabitants. It has a very good boarding-house, that is, one that furnishes every thing that absolute necessity requires, in neatness and good order. The proprietors of it are from New York, and know how things should be, and have intelligence and good sense enough to make the best of circumstances they cannot control. Thus they contrive to render their house, not only a comfortable, but an agreeable sojourn for travellers. A hotel is about to be erected, which will accommodate a greater number of persons. It is a very desirable thing to have such a one here, as in all places, the first impression, whether favorable or the contrary, depends so much upon the degree of personal comfort enjoyed.

"Brazoria has, already, some families of education and refinement. In one of my visiting excursions, I called on Mrs. who was, I found, from my native State, (Connecticut,) a circumstance sufficient to place us, at once, on the most sociable footing. The family had not been here long, and their cabin was not yet built. They occupied a temporary shed among the trees, or camp, as they call it here, not impervious to the light, though there was no window. A white curtain supplied the place of door. The single apartment contained three or four beds, as white as snow. Books, glass, china, and other furniture in polite usage, were arranged in perfect neatness about the room, as best suited the present exigence. It was Sunday evening. Mrs. was seated in a white cambric wrapper and tasteful cap. The children around the door, and the servants, were at their several occupations, or sitting at leisure about the temporary fire-place without. The whole scene was an exhibition of peace and happiness. I gazed upon it with emotions of admiration and delight. I have seldom seen a more striking domestic group, or enjoyed a conversation of more genuine good sense, than during the hour of my visit. The prospects of a new country and the retrospect of the old, were of course the absorbing topics of our discourse, as they are the unfailing themes of conversation among all classes in Brazoria, all uniting to extol the advantages of these fair regions of the sun, over the frozen climates of the north. Mr.. an alumnus of Yale College, Stimulated by the love of occupation and the desire of doing good, he is about to open a school, in which the higher branches of education will be taught; the first school in Brazoria.

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"Nowhere is conversation so animated as here, where every body is excited by the beautiful creations around them, and all busily engaged in appropriating the luxuriant bounties of heaven to their own use. Each has the best land, the best water courses, the finest timber, and the most judicious mode of operation; proving, at least, that each is satisfied with his own lot, and not disposed to envy his neighbor. Never was self more amiably displayed. Never was rivalry more honorable in itself, or one that promised more beneficial results to the community.

"In Texas, most domestic business is transacted in the open air. There has not been time to attend to the supernumerary wants of convenient kitchens. The most simple process is used for culinary purposes, and one is often reminded that hands were made before tongs, shovel and poker, as well as before knives and forks. Rumford and Franklin seem to have

labored in vain, and the amusing melody of mother Goose is almost realized; for pots, kettles, and frying-pans, in playful confusion, greet the eyes of visitors and enjoy the benefit of fresh air, as well as of severe scrutiny."

The political relations of Texas are a topic of great interest. We hope that its purchase by the United States may never become a serious question. No measure could be more injudicious. The existing constitution and laws totally prohibit slavery. If it should become a part of the United States, it would be difficult if not impossible to exclude the system, and her fine prairies would become the receptacle of the redundant slave population of other countries, as Louisiana now is. We hope that no inducement whatever, will make the friends of liberty in the congress of the United States, or out of it, swerve on this point for one moment. Amidst all that is dark in the history of the Mexican republic, we are glad there is one bright spot; involuntary servitude is now totally abolished. We learn from Mrs. Holley's book, that the more prudent and intelligent settlers have no wish to dissolve the present connection with the Mexican confederation.

Accompanying the volume is an accurate and beautiful map of Texas, drawn up by Col. Austin, and published by Tanner.

3.-The Life of Nicholas Ferrar, M. A. Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, designed particularly for youth. Philadelphia French & Perkins. 1833. pp. 108.

Memoir of Julius Charles Rieu, from the French of Frederic Monod, Jun. one of the pastors of the Reformed French Church of Paris, with introductory remarks. By the Rev. 4. Alexander, D. D. Philadelphia: French & Perkins. 1833. pp. 65.

The Basket of Flowers; or Piety and Truth Triumphant. A tale for the young, translated from the French, and altered and arranged. By G. T. Bedell, D. D. rector of St. Andrew's church, Philadelphia. Philadelphia : French & Perkins. 1833. pp. 144.

THE first of these volumes contains the life of a singularly devout man, who flourished in the seventeenth century. He was born in London, in February, 1591, and was the third son of a rich East India merchant. In 1610, he received the degree of bachelor of arts at Cambridge, and was soon after unanimously elected to a fellowship. Severe indisposition compelled him to travel. Having joined a body of courtiers, who were escorting Elizabeth, daughter of James I. to the continent, on her marriage to a German prince, he proceeded to Holland, where he remained for several months. He then left the escort, and made

the tour of Germany, Italy, and France, every where increasing, with the greatest diligence, his stores of learning, and at the same time preserving his attachment to protestantism and piety. On his return to England, he became secretary to the Virginia company, formed for the purpose of establishing settlements on James river. In this capacity he gained the acquaintance of Raleigh, Hawkins, Drake, and other distinguished men. He was about the same time appointed Savilian professor of mathematics at Oxford, which appointment he declined. In 1824, he was chosen a member of the house of commons, and took a conspicuous part in public business. When the plague appeared in London, he purchased an estate in a town in Huntingdonshire, called Little Gidding. Thither the entire family removed, and Mr. Ferrar, taking orders in the church, became the spiritual pastor of his little flock, composed, in a great degree of his kinsmen. He here spent the remainder of his days in happy retirement from the world, superintending his large family, composing helps for them in biblical and other studies, comforting the neighboring poor, and in various ways adorning his high profession. In the arrangements of the household, we are reminded of the large establishments of some modern sects. There seems, however, to have been very little objectionable in Mr. Ferrar's method of life. The utmost purity and propriety of manners prevailed.

We will only add that the little book is well worthy of a perusal. It is adapted to the comprehension of children from ten to fifteen years of age, while it will be equally acceptable to persons in mature life.

The second book in the list, at the head of this article, is a brief memoir of an evangelical minister, a native of Geneva, who was born in 1792, and died in 1821. He was pastor, for four years, of the Reformed church of Fredericia, a colony of French refugees in the Danish province of Jutland. He was a man of a spirit kindred to those of Brainerd, Neff, Cornelius, Martyn, and others, who have early in life been numbered with the saints in glory everlasting, and who, on earth, desired to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. Rieu had a cultivated understanding, and sweet and simple feeling, which, with his ardent piety, greatly endeared him to his flock. The author is Mr. Monod, well known in this country and in Europe. The translator has accomplished his task in good taste and with fidelity. We wish such books as these were multiplied an hundred fold.

The following extract describes his manner of study and preaching.

"The point of view in which his subject was to be exhibited being once determined, he kneeled before the Lord, implored the assistance of his Spirit, and besought Him to prepare himself that spiritual nourishment which He knew to be best suited to the souls for which it was designed. He then took

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