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W2ntef.-W2ntGTs IS ttio S0InVoA oA tn0 U. States. It is the time of scheming, cal- culating, conjecturing, reckoning, legislat- ing. lecturing and scandalizing. The hus- balidn,an then enjoys the bounties of the summer. The field and the forest have given him ample stores. Full granaries, and well-fed flocks, make his heart con- tented. Tho long evenings are even greeted with satisfaction, for newspapers, and books, talk, and plans make them pass off delightfully."-. Leisure is in the posses sion of falI,-and then the tongue let loose. wanders upon every thing, and often, alas, too often scathes the social circle of do- mestic tranquility. The city and large town resound with feats, balls, operas, con certs, dEc. Pomp and parade, luxury and dress assume dominion. But every where there is a carnival.

 The President is making messages; the Secretaries report; the Auditors and Clerks account. Ponderous documents of portentous size then tread their slow length along. Members make spec ches for home- consumption. Laws are piled upon laws, and resolves upon resolves. Newspapers or pamphlets transport them all to the re- motest verge of the Union. Then follow discussions, the criticisms, and commenta- ries more formidable than the original it. self. Speech treads upon the heels of speech--and, o, horrible is the fate of him, who like an editor, must read them all.

 But Congress is but one of those busy bodies, numbering the world with reading matter. Twenty-two or three state legis- latures are in motion, all making documents, laws, resolves, See. &c. Think you what must be the fate of him who concocts such matter into dish palateable for the public taste?

 We have said winter is the carnival of the United States. We do not mean a Catholic Carnival, but a Yankee Carnival, "a money making, legislating, and litera- ry season. Tho husbandmen then crowd the market. The merchant is wide-awake for barter. Corn may then be metamor- wool into calico and cheese into muslin. Bhe process even out-runs the metamor- phoses of Ovid. Winter too is the very time for education. Brougham's school- master is then abroad. The boy is at work with his Murray, Pope's Essay, slate and arithmetic all over the country. Ly- ceums invoke the eloquence of Lecturers and Clubs of Speakers. Winter, also, is the season for calculating. The manufac. turer, the merchant, the farmer, the me chanie reckon up accounts. Their plan are laid for the future. Every ones heat is full of schemes. And last, not least, win ter is the season for scandalizing. Tn

 short days just answer to seize topic for the long evenings. The fire e-side, per chance, is the focus where all the gossip of a neigbborhood assemble, and deal ou each their quan.um of scandal. An cru el is the fate of him or her, whose reputa ton is thus lacerated. Better, says som

 one, to fall among vulinres than anon

 scandGlizers, for the first but devour tn

 body, and the second our peace of mind.