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The following composition was read at the late examination of the Brooklyn New York, Female Academy, by Miss Helen E. McEIroy, of Cahawoa, and was chased by the Committee, who judged on the merits of the compositions Of the young ladies. as the fisst.

 We are proud of the fact that Miss M,EIroy look the honor of the first com position m Seminary showing CSC stu. dents, as she Is of our county. and the daughter of q father from the land of oraiory, poetry, and song.

 To distinguish herself by literary at. tainments, has been the grea, object of her life. Would that all the daughters of Alabama would do likewise.- Selma Reporter.

 Composition.

 The world wherein we dwell is filled with objects fitted to excite our wonder and admirai on, and yet they scarcely win from us passing thought. l He, who, in all his life long, hath dwelt beneath the shadows of the mighty Alps or climei the steeps of the mighty An, des, or heard the deep thunder tones of Niagara, or famiiarly looked upon old Ocean's wave, feels not their terror or lheir gra' deur. But le, one with uaac- cast0msd eye behold them, his soul will be wrapped in wonder and admiration and his first impulse, silent o. express. rd, will he an acknowledgement of :he greatness of creative power. And it is oot alone amid naiuie's grander scenes | hat this ineFable power appears, bu, -ven in the most common things of life. those upon which our very existence is made 10 depend, and yet seldom are their beauty and utili'y fully apprecia. ted

 IVater-that pure and sparkling ele> menl! what is more N ofthy subject Of contemplation, what more abundanlly | appoilioned 10 us--more full of won drous design and adaptation! Look to 'he far regions of the north and south. and pile on pile in gliiiering steep i, guards with magic power those my siic points, the poes With puresr wreath we behold it elernally enci'cling ihe mountains lop And high above u, suspended in mid air it meets our sight forming the canopy of earth and shielding from nur two weak gaze the regions of infinude which lie beyond and sof'ens the suns fierce light, g.ves beauty to the earth, and bears in it's desp ened folds a blessing The merry gur eling rivulet, the dashing torrent, the wide expanded lake, and mighty ocean gratify mans sight aud supply his wants. Nor is it's abundance here limited ip lfe deep bosom of the earth it hideth il self, or, finding vent in some 6arksome cave, il fcrmeth the grotesque stalactice in seeming mimicry of mans creative skill.

 Possessing it in such abundance, we value il but lightly; yet, if deprlved oi it, no, all the wealth of Peru's mines could offer he least compensation. To realize its priceless importance, let us suppose 4 called out of existence, by Him whose wo,d was it's beginning and IS ils continuance. Supposlng in the meantime all nature to con!inne suh,ecl 10 the same laws whic: now govern il. and hshold Ihe consequences. In utter Iifelessness vegetable nature would droop-eaeh leaf bee one as a parched scroll, and in fearful chasms the sur. l face Of the eatlh be rent. Terrible ger,