continually influencing us, by its agencies appealing to our senses,
ministering to our wants, and governing our conduct.

Its influence upon its votaries is equally remarkable; for, as a rule,
they are distinguished among the learned, their characters are in
harmony with their pursuits, and they are recognized everywhere for
disinterestedness, philanthropy, and public and private virtue. While
Mental Philosophy, has made but little progress since the times of
Plato, and the world is but little better for scholastic disputations,
Natural Science has civilized man, elevated his condition, increased
the circle of his exertions, and, by the development of some of its
simplest principles, united the intelligent, the learned, the
enterprising, and the virtuous of all nations into a recognized and a
noble brotherhood.




TREASURE-TROVE.


Once, the Castle of Chalus, crowned
With sullen battlements, stood and frowned
On the sullen plain around it;
But Richard of England came one day,
And the Castle of Chalus passed away
In such a rapid and sure decay
No modern yet has found it.

Who has not heard of the Lion King