POETRY.

Hymn to the Stars.

Aye! there, ye shine, and there have shone,
In one eternal hour of prime:'
Each rolling, burningly, alone,

Through boundless space and countless time.

Ay! there, ye shine, the golden dews

That pave the realms by seraphs trod; There, through yon echoing vault, diffuse The song of choral worlds to God.

Ye glorious spirits! bright as erst

Young Eden's birthnight saw ye shine On all her flowers and fountains first, Ye sparkle from the hand divine; Yes! bright as then ye smiled to catch The music of a sphere so fair, To hold your high immoral watch,

And gird your God's pavilion there.

Gold frets to dust; yet there ye are;

Time rots the diamond; there ye roll In primal light, as if each star

Enshrined an everlasting soul.
And do they not? since yon bright throngs
One all-enlightening Spirit own,
Praised there by pure sidereal tongues,
Eternal, glorious, blest, and lone.

Could man but see what ye have seen,
Unfold awhile the shrouded past,
From all that is, to what has been ;

The glance how rich, the range how vast! The birth of time; the rise, the fall

Of empires; myriads, ages flown; Thrones, cities, tongues, arts, worships; all The things whose echoes are not gone.

Ye saw red Zoroaster send

His soul into your mystic reign; Ye saw the adoring Sabian bend,

The living hills his mighty fane; Beneath his blue and beaming sky,

He worshipped at your lofty shrine, And deemed he saw, with gifted eye, The Godhead, in his works divine.

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A Country School House.
Beside the brook, and near the wood,
The Village School House long has stood;
There perch'd by chance, where chanc'd to be,
In spring, sweet carols from the tree;
Where harmless fish, beneath the wave,
In silent sport bright flashes gave;
Where o'er the rock the lichens threw
Their streaming vines, and violets blue,
In humble beauty scatter'd round,
The level mead and hillock crown'd.
There tall, sublime, the trunks arose,
Like columns of some temple high,
And, like a roof, we saw repose
The dark and leafy canopy.

The paths, which led the little feet
Of children to their lov'd retreat,
Alternate wound through many a glade
Adorn'd with flow'rs, profusely spread,
Well carpetted with turf so green,
And perfum'd by the Wintergreen,
Gave me a thousand pleasures then-
Oh, might those days but come again!

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Other warts should be cut a little, and then rubbed with the same, unless near the joints.

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Arrival of a Stranger.

How many reflections present themselves to our minds, when we contemplate the interior of a dwelling, in a country of different customs, language and condition from our own, and see the people at their ordinary occupations! Every American who has seen other parts of the world, has realized that this is one of the most interesting of the scenes he has met with. There is sufficient reason for it. To us home is connected with all our enjoyments, recollections and hopes. It is the place where we obtain our first idas, and exercises our first feelings, and in relation to which we lay all our plans, and Take exert all our energies in business. from us our homes, and what kind of there be for the preparation would duties of life; what opportunity would remain for becoming acquainted with the real characters of our fellow men, for as? certaining the nature of the human heart, either by witnessing its display in others,

or by feeling its exercise in ourselves? We, who have been brought up in the family, and amidst the greatest advantages which are to be found on earth, must necessarily lay a high value upon it. We also feel that we have an ability to judge of it, under the va riety of arrangements and influences which is found in other lands, and among other kinds of people.

Here we have a lively picture of a Braz ilian family, in one of those vast regious of sunshine and luxuriance, which occupy so large a portion of the old Portuguese settlements in South America. And what do we see? An aspect of ease and contentment, but an absence of several of those features which we, descendants of English Puritans and Scotch Presbyterians, French Hugonots and German Lutherans, not to enumerate other sons of civil and religious liberty, regard as indispensable to our dwelling places, to our homes.

The rude materials, implements and products of a saddle-maker, scattered on the floor, indicate the low state of the arts of life, well accordant with the absence of boards under foot, and the poor clothing, and degraded attitudes of the slave, and the want of work-boxes, writing desks, and especially of books. On the wall we see a crucifix, and by its side a picture of the Virgin Mary; and these alone would furnish explanation enough of the last mentioned deficiency. The finger of Rome is there; the finger of that hand which forges chains, kindles faggots, and screws up racks, while one book worth having remains among any people within her reach.

The man in his sombrero, or broad-brimmed hat, may play his guitar, the ladys lounge in her hammock, and the children amuse themselves with toys, or as many parrots as they can catch in the overhanging trees: but woe be to them if they dare to stray over the bounds which Rome has set to confine the minds of her subjects.

Many a family, as quiet and harmless as this, has been overwhelmed with misery for a single attempt, made by one of its members, to exercise for a moment that freedom of action, speech or even thought, which we are trained to practice, both as a right and as a duty. The practice of Rome for many ages, and the decrees of the Council of Trent ever since its session, have required the worship of such figures as hang upon these walls, and abstinence from some of the plainest rights and duties of man, as essential parts of her combined system of religion and politics; and we need not expect to find either bibles or solid education, Christian knowledge or real civilization, in any of the families under her control.

A work on Brazil, of extrardinary interest and value, has just been published in Philadelphia, by the Rev. Mr. Kidder, Methodist missionary in that country, which we recommend to all our readers. For the want of room, we are unable to furnish them with many of the extracts which we should wish to give; but the following, which relate particularly to the different styles of building, and furniture, &c., in different parts of the country, are very appropriate to the print at the head of this article. We are happy to learn, from the same authentic source, that

in his attempts to circulate the Scriptures, he found gratifying encouragement, in the eagerness of the people to read them, when they knew what they were, (a piece of knowledge rarely found in South America, Spain, Italy, &c.) and in the inability of their enemies to oppose them.

"The Houses of Brazil, whether constructed of earth ot stone, are generally covered outside with plastering, and whitened. Their whiteness contrasts admirably with the red tiles of their roofs; and one of the principal recommendations is, the ease with which it can be replaced in case of having become dull or impaired.

"There is a considerable variety in the general plan of houses; but almost all are so constructed, as to surround an area, or open space within, which is specially useful in furnishing air to the sleeping apartments, and is rendered more indispensable by the custom of barring and bolting, with heavy inside shutters, all the doors that connect with the street.

"In cities the lower stories are seldom occupied by the family, but sometimes with a shop, and sometimes with a carriage house or stable. The more common apartments above are the parlor and dining room, between which there are almost invariably to be seen those designed for bed rooms. The furniture of the parlor varies in costliness, according to the degree of style maintained; but what we may always expect to find, is a cane-bottomed sofa at one extremity, and three or four chairs, arranged in precise parallel rows, extending from each end of it. In company the ladies are expected to occupy the sofa, and the gentlemen the chairs."

Mr. Kidder tells us that Brazil has hardly produced an original work, except pamphlets, and those published at the expense of the authors. The mass of reading consists of new French novels, in French, or translated and printed in Portuguese in Paris, sent out by every Havre ship, and sold at auction. Yet the people, as we before remarked, are eager to read the Bible when they comprehend what are its nature, origin and objects; and Mr. K. gives several interesting incidents illustrating this assertion. Whenever they possess it and read it, the aspect of their homes will be changed for the better, and the nation will be equally improved.

THE EYES OF ANIMALS, (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9.)

The Rhinoceros.

Whoever sees a rhinoceros in the act of tearing up the ground, and throwing the turf and sand into the air as he often does, with the short horn on his nose, will perceive that his eyes must be exposed to be injured more than those of most other animals, as, unlike man, they have no projecting brow. Whatever be the object he has in view in this opreation, it appears to be a favorite exercise, and is frequently repeated. On examining the eye of this animal, therefore, the observer need not be surprised to find an express provision made, to guard against this peculiar exposure of that delicate and essential organ.

they are relaxed. Its peculiar construction we intend to describe hereafter, with the aid of a print. Quadrupeds, having no considerable projection of the brow over the eye, are furnished with an additional eyelid; and birds have three. The rhinoceros has three also; and the third is remarkably large, and sweeps backwards and forwards over the ball, clearing away whatever falls upon it, that might bedim the sight. The under part of this membrane is kept moist, with a fluid sup plied by a very large gland. The print above shows the eyeball, or haw, lying upon it, and its long gland hanging downwards.

The under eyelid of the horse also bears the name of haw; and to give one evidence of the importance of all persons becoming acquainted with physiology, we may mention a case we knew, in which the owner of a good horse, which had a swelled haw, cut it off, supposing it to be an useless excrescence, and so inflicted an injury which he could not repair.

Buried Treasure.-We have been informed of a singular case of a "Removal of the Deposites" which happened in the neighboring town of Beverley. An aged lady of that place was desirous of possessing a lot of land which had been contracted for by two of her grandchildren, but who readily gave it up as it joined the old lady's farm. As the time approached for the payment she was reminded that if she wished to secure the purchase the money must be forthcoming. She requested her grandsons to take her to her She then farm house, which they did.

called for a crowbar, and pointing to the side of the old chimney, she directed them to remove the bricks. The young men set themselves diligently to work, and on digging away the bricks and mortar, found a hoard containing eleven hundred dollars in hard money! The old lady then declared that she placed the money there and plastered it up with her own hands at the time of the Revolutiouary war!-During the period of 61 years she retained the secret, proving beyond all cavil that some women can keep a secret, and a long time too.

It appears from this transaction that her object for hiding the money was more for security than income, as the simple interest on the sum buried would have amounted to $3026, or, if she had let it accumulate at compound interest, she would have had the pretty little sum of over $38,000, instead of 1,100.-[Danvers Courier.

Remarkable.-In 1768 a man named Gillet, of Patchogue, L. I., cut his name on the shell of a Tortoise and let it go; and in 1844 the Tortoise so marked was found crawling over Gillet's grave.

Natural Springs of Gas-The Kanawha Salt Works.

The Charleston [Kanawha, Va.,] Republican has the following article with regard to a most curious phenomenon of the salt wells there :

"It has been known to the public for some two years, that several extensive salt furnaces in the Kanawha salt region have been operated extensively by gas. The gas forcing up the water from the depth of a thousand or fifteen hundred feet, and then being collected in a barrel which serves as a gasometer, it is con

EYE OF THE STRIPED BASS.

(see the two lower figures,) and another passes through a loop, and is inserted in the membranes of the vitreous humour. The contraction of the muscle draws the magnifier forward; and, when it relaxes, the spring of the membrane draws it back. These and many other particulars our readers may find in Dr. Wallis's little work.

veyed by a pipe to the furnace, furnishing all the heat necessary to carry on, at the same time, all the processes of the manufacture of salt to its completion in an establishment capable of a hundred barrels a day, and at night brilliantly lighting up the whole works-thus saving the expense of a steam engine to pump up the water, and all the fuel and lights. Last week in deepening one of the wells of Messrs. Dickenson and Shrewsbury, the augur struck a stream of gas at the depth of one thousand feet, that in quantity and force far surpasses anything of the kind