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Antumn.-The season is silently stealing onward when the Goddess of Nature dsrobes herself of her simple blooming livery of green, and assumes her rich, rCsset and variegated mantle, as tito conceal her waning charms by display of gorgeous deco ration. Crowned by the blessings of industrious toil, the heart of the husbandman expands as he proudly beholds his overfowing grameries, and his feelings swell with exultation at the sight of his bending orchards unfolding the golden treasures Of Pomona. Iome always the dearest spot on earth, is now the abode of renovated fondnessl sprnging from the rich protusOn ofhe oferngs0f the season a sanctuary from which labor has expelled tarrenness and pnching want. Gratitude to the all tOunteOus giver is among the duties enjoned on humanity, to a sense of which obligation, the appearance of all things around may well recall thee oldest disposition

 ..l..I "Think, oh grateful think,

 "who pours abundance OCT your flowing fields.

 In the midst ofthe reign of the perfection of Ma tures stores her decay is also yisible-the falling of the dry and withered leaf is touching emblem of mortality, appealing with irresistible, thoug melan- choly influence.

 While on the subject ofthe seasons we canno, forebear suboining the following beautiful, appro priate remarks:-

 "There is an eventide in human life season when the eye becomes dim. and the strength decays, and when the winter of age begins to shed upon the human head it's prophetic snows

 You have entered upon the autumn of your being, in which you may mediate upon the past and future and prepare yourself for the mighty chancge which you are soon to undergo.

 "It is now you may understand the magnificent language of Heaven--it mingles its voice with that of Revelation-it summons you in these hours, when the leaves fall and the winter is gathering, to that evening study which the mercy of heaven has provided in the book of salvation. And while the .shadowy valley opens, which leads to the abode oi death, it speaks of that love which conduct to those green pastures and those still waters, where there eternal spring for the children of Cop. - Miners Journal.