The Greensborough patriot [February 18, 1843]

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VOL. V. GREENSBORO', N. C, FEBRUARY 18, 1843. NO. 2.
i-5 UI.IMII :» W»:I:HI.V,
UJ SW.t.\QVC t-'t B3TJIMW0OD.
•sand Fitly Ccirtl " vi'«r. in ad-
Ihree UMHltM fruiu the
I'll I'l : Two dull
A Member—(Laughter)—He It a lawyer Rcy
.Ids.
Reynold)—The gcntl-min i» n lawyer
A Mi-iu'icr—A first r«io lawyer.
Reynold)—I am happy In Slid lb* gentleman is ri«'ru'i-i*""*TV!azj^z"z *«■....,..».r,(i,,,,!,;.;.)n,„i,puim,. ,»«.., date ol siitwi-uiitinu.—Failure 00 Ifcopsr* many aunecrv i t, . »\ -m i » * i
her to order a diseoolimisne* withm lb* year, will be! to boot in Intl. [ROM* of laughicr all ioon.1 the
considered Indicative ..I l.i« w icli to oontlnu*. ] House, 111 which lugcrs.dl joined.) I lonkt .1 mi linn
AMMUMim insortal ai lb* 1*10 ol Ono Dollar n» a lawyer, sir, MMM of lua special pleading.—
nor square ot 11 line) or leas tor Iho Hral ioaerltoo, and (Laughter ) Ma plead a« well .ia iboagh he'd lorn
Twenty-five Cents fiw aieh eonlinuanee. | ,„| ,,„>, (Much langlm-i.) Ha *n>w*rcd ibal
/stMers lo lha nUUMN "'»■" l» po*H»*J. M thy |||( BJ(|»6 (| u| |Bt(J(| M ,( (,oM_ .. ||V_ „r> lh ,
MMM !»■ o.t.n.l.-.l I". | „.,, HMtM „,,,„,.,„,„. (I,,,,,.,,,,-..) \» bal it a iV
pori, iir ? Nn, Iba papal on which G*l*t H Beaton
priuM ,i ; bill the inutile*! which the Lunl l.aa gt-nn
'»'MI. (Continued laughter,) I'm smoking
ulnl-i common sense aa I llmlafllamia H ; nn'l I sat
ilii-v ham rnpotli it. Tbara istm* thing ihafmafcra
goi.iii-iiu-n advocate lhaaa Ihii 8»—Ihey Itva tiiuit-r
Ibau indusim*. Now iho gentleman h%«a •<• Poil.
the Coast Burvey is popular, and
A FUNNY SPEECH.
Debate nn the I'IW-I Survey Appropriation in iba Honaa
nl Rupisscnlalirri. IIIT 'H. ItK'J speechoi Kx-tit*-
eruur Reynolds, ol Ulinuai.
Mr J. R. Infomoll bad lb* Bam ami sp ike fay
an entire hour m defense of .Mr llaMler. He Mid
lie canto lo Amelias froin-Switasilsnd m 1805-0, adelphy, whei
having previously finished an iinpoitaiil >«"" in
bit own couniiy. An act of Cuufietl paeied reb.
10,1807,10 have ilie »imle Allanlic eoatl unvenil.
Mr Uwalel had ilteo been Profetaol of Mail ia-lice
ai Wat! I'miit, and «i ib.- colh'ftt ol Sohvnec.
i;n!\. 'Jiierir »a^ not an inairuiiirni in Ibe COiinSl)
bi fur Iba MIMI-V, ami al.nul ilie year IHllS-0, Mr
II.,...i i vtaa Mill -HI In KUII,|IB In (f.i all Ibe IM
peetar) ap|ieralua for Hie idielenl earrymg on ol
the woik. He »ei abaenl ebool Ire or •,» yeaca,
anil ihni nluinul laden vti'li lh« neb lluili ol hm
loilaand rtnaiclna. I,, 1816 Una (real walk WM
about to J»I» into o(„iatiii„, wben Ibe law wai alleied
»j ea lo allow nn one In conduct the au'«ev «"•>
we* not au ofiuui id iliearmy or new. Ii ».i< Ibm
auapcndeil for yeaif. «n,,l in l«H lb* Ml ot 1M"7
wta r**i«ed and paaanil, end In* eoael of Klbrtdi
added iliereto i and Mr llaaaler wat again np|ioiii-lad
lo the enure aupoiiiilenilelice of ilie woik, An about ofllre. BoaM think lbe| belonf to the rfhec
gualU. 1832- He g*»c new life tu lhal which had and Ihuii-'a acme aa Ikilikl Hint Iba office beloni to
lain gorinanl and dead wtlhoul him. Since Ibal I ilttin. ( I'liat'a the caae with fI lend liaaalrr.)—
tin* be baa been haul at work on Hie anivey, and Why, a,r, iheae g,-i,il>iiian arnue a* if friend Hate.
a yaar aeu be |i,ea'-nted a report (ll''C. of the lati ! u r Has liie only iii-m enpahln of carrying on tin*
aeeeian,) by which n appeal a lhal me ■meal ilnn walk, and the only pbihMdphol in the country.—
allandeil over 11,000 aqnare niilca, from ilie caal j \\ by, jir, ibai'a an in-nll In Iho nation,— (laughter)
end of Khode Island lo tin: Chesapeake Bay ; Iheie | —and it ain'l «■>! (Hoaraol law(fliter.) Why, air,
will re Hie inoitt'y i> lo he apcnl.air. lie in, >. un-der
na nil re. Now, I don't |u all Owon'a doe-irirtee,
almul eatiaa and efiecl, ((real laughter,) bui
I know cerlain eaiuai ptodue* cerlaio cfliei..--
(Ruara ot langhiei.) And genrfemen aa•UvTundei
■ he intiuciice of llidafjli\ga, allera advia-ania ", in.
Why dun'i you boawahafalaiui the NallJMalb Road
eveiy now and Ihtiit (Perils of 'auo'iicr.) To lie
sure >n« dol (Criea of -Vis.") Hell that's be-cause'
I lives under "• influence. And I dun'l
blame Iba m ntlemen fur Wanting In gol all the inn-
Hi-y tic v can lo stiend. (LaugblHI.) It's a very
natural feeling. (Roar* ol langhle'.) Bui I blast*
iliein for thinking ibal beaana* a man's been to ol
(ice a gn II many years, lhal he oi-i'hn'l lo he turn,
i-d out. W liy, Ibal dortfins would navel da for any
party ; no bow. (Cewinned laughlei on all aide*
ol 'ho house ) There** wheis Individiialadimgrec
ware !U lolio lolumes of ibe obscrtatistn of I,
tsaisums, 34 I,dm volume! of calculations, Mil
maps, and SO ehails already in the l>, paitmcm. Ibe
results ol Ins labori aad •upalintendenee, [Tin
there's West Point, lhal another gentleman had
said au much ahonl in forinti tunes. West Point
ouchi lo fiiuiish many men lit lo do this work aa
• ell aa friend lla**s*r| and if il can't, let West
aipondiluie tor the aame has beea 91,1)00,1100 ] I Pmnl bo stricken from eaiatcnce. Then, a,r.
The harhnra ol Bridge|Kirt,of New Haven, the Bay a [ there's our noble friends the nety oflicera. Ain't
ef New York, Newark, and many other imtinilaol | there my ol them aa ia capable to conduct this
points had bean SMMl accurately andean fully aur- j work aa well aa friend llassler I I put the ■■**•
eefed. (isnUemen talked of his sue—why he was | lion lo Hie gentleman from Pennsylvania, and I'll
on|, 72 I [ljaughler] a youii||er man than ihr erenl ; gite him the balance of my Imur lo reply lo me in.
hero Hi ur In i waa vvlien at Ibe bailie ol Waterloo; ' (Roata "f Isughlei.)
and that he was laughed at by those who did not | Mr. J. K. Ingersoll.— I wili ear, sir, lhal I con-know
his mental ttoergtee because he sal in his . aider there is nu owSSf m the Nasy, or olGcor lo
SSrriage, end wore an old woman's bonnet whilst I the Army, and nn one in the Civil Service in the
giving orders loins army.—[l-aaghter.] | couniiy ibal possesses lite peculiar scieniifie know-
Mr Wise.—And Marshal Sale SIMM commanded Icdoc and ability le carry un ihia work equal lo Mr.
bi* army, and won a hard loo|{hl battle, when be llassh-r.
had to be earned on a Inter lo the field. Mr. Aycriire, said, that the committee asked ■*•
Mr Intfcrsuil.— Why,air, who is the moat active, i veral of Mr. liassler's assistants that question, and
the oioel attentive, the Btotl untiring, ihe most eg. | tIn y said lhal there were several navy officers lhal
pertcQced, not In say Ihe moat ioielhgenl memher : could do the work aa well.
of Ibis house, (here all eyes were turned lo Mr Ad. i Mr. Mallory said lhat, with regard In Mr. Ilae-at*
s,) be who draws aruund bun vast store houses ' slat's aifn, hn must be over -J ; for when cxamin-of
laariiiogas headvancea in years, tick ei|M'rieitce, . cd hefoia the commtiiee, he said he had been 50
an/ finely matured judgment, whose eye and whose I yeara in Ihe service ol thisciiniiiiy, 08 years deso
totalled are not dimmed by Iho natural course of; led lo diplomacy and junsprudeiice aa be call,
ye*r* by, a gentleman whoso age ia nearly the ; ed it—(Laujrhier.)
aante as Mr llasatsri'a, and yel the I HUT ia declared
■SeBJally incompetent from age. [Hear, hear.] I
prsfturae then, air, we shall tint question the advan-lagea
of thai man who haa the rich learning and
experience of age, over youth and inexperience
Mr. Ingersull said be had juat received a note
from Mr. Ilaasler'a eon, which said, "My father is
belweu 73 and 74 yeara of age."
Mr. Keynulda—Very well, then, he'aoid enough
In retire, (laugbier.) There'• no harm in lhat—
Nestor, air, waa not an inefficient coadjutor in ihe I (laughter.) A good many of ua have lo retire
councils of Ibe sovereign when they sal down In
ibe aeige of Troy. <**lrt Mr Cbarlaa Field (or P**l)
aasd when be gat to be a huinlri d ho should consid*
ai himself an old man. Age, air, depends on srsfir-loiiv.
and not years. Lei us therefurn hear no more
of Mr llaaalet's mental innompeteney owing In age.
Mr logeteoll proceedod lo iheoiieutof his hour
ia prelly much Ihe samo strain, defending Mi Has-aler,
and advocating Ibe appropriation.
Ex.Coveruur Keyuolds,of Illinois, then rose.
A member.—Now we shall have a speech ; look
out.
Chairman.—Gentlemen will please suspend con-veiaalion.
Criea of " order," " order,"
Mr Reynolds proceeded—Mr friend from Pcnn-aylvania
baa been as warm, and ss gealnna an ad-vocate
ot friend Hasalnr, aa though friend llassler
had given him a good fee to defend him (laughter)
which of courso i'. not the ca«s — oh no I (Greal
laughter.) I am told lhal friend llag*lsi is a man
of acience—a man of learning—and I heard ia slay
lhat he's a philosopher. (Great laughter.) I'm
glad of il. (Laughim.) Now I hain't nothing agin I In in and again htm. *•*• .
Iriend llaasler. I doo'l object lo him because he's ■ powerful elftqtieneo of Ida gentleman from Phila-a
foreigner, (Isnghlel) hceauso a few yeats ago we , di Iphy, when he spokeol ihe bowlings of the alonn,
waa all fureigncrs, (roars of laughter) and a good j and Ihn rnaring of Ihe wnula ami TOWS, and al'
manv on ua act worae than any foreigners' imw.: lhal, and about h.a being exposed to Iho r*l.i..^
aooner ihan wo want to. (Shouts of laughter, aa he
turned in several defeated members of Congress.)
Let him retire from them snows and tempests, as
Ihe genii, man said, waa a howling aruund him—
(Roara of laughter.) Theie'a no disgrace in being
obliged to retire from a place when we're defeated
and can'l stay in it. (Laughiei.) Wsrya sir, IN.
been defeated, (loan ol laughter) allho' I shuultl a
liked lo ha' been elected again; bttl I hiid'nl sole.'
enough. (Peals of laughter.) And here's my
friend from Massachusetts, (nulling lo Paimcotcr.)
lie's been defeated, too, and if I'd ha' had eleven
soles lo ha' sent him, and it il hadn't been illegal,
I'd a dime il. (Shoule of laughter.) Well, here
we are, two nn us—hnih turned out—(IsugrUot)
both got lo relira. (Greal laughter.) I'm sorry
for it— sorry to lease such good company. (Shoule
of laughter.) But I don't consider il any disgrace
—there's no crime il it—no crime lo retire. Well,
then, lot friend llassler retire; there's no angina
ailachue to hie character for ii; and I'm sure he'll
lie much happier and comfortable! than be will by
stayieg in, and having Ihia hubbub kickud up fot
him and again him. Why, sir, dnln't you hear the
(Latighler.) According to the gentleman from • 0
Philadelphia, if ftiend llassler ia lamed out, this
great republic w II have lo stand anil.
A member.—Hu didn't say lhal.
Reynolds.—Oh, I've got the hull hour, and I
moan lo touch on all the pints (great laughter) a-fora
1 sit down. Why, air, Una wmk waa auspend-hoard
ihe tented field, because a lent waa a lux-ry
that he didn't indulge in. [Here il is utterly
impossible lo give the faintest idea ol the really hu-morous
ind comical manner of Ihe good common.
sense old Governor; he Itlnmpled lo uniiale Mr.
Ingersoll, and to quote him; and waved his hand
round Ins head, and spoko and looked so scrio-ad
from 1814 to 1883, and yel the Republic didn'' sooth) that all Ihe members and spectators, au
•land sliH. I'm not a man of that sorl as despises I even iho ladies in ihe gallery roared out With laugh
science, and wanla lo put il down. (Laughter.)— lor; and Ihe good old gentleman all lbs while load.
Ono of them barbarians aa the gentleman spoka of. , uig aa grave aa an owl in an ivy bush in Iho day
(Laughter.) I'm not a barbarian (greal laughter,) litno.1 Now, sir, there s been a good deal said a.
lo overlurn science ; hut slill I inusi object lo Ihe j bout forget; and fabrication on one of ihe charia.
remarks of the gentleman from I'ensylvania. lie I Why, ail, the gentleman from Philadclphj knows
called a majority of lhat committee, sit, s fragment! | all about forgery and fabrication; (sboulaof Isugtv
(Rosra of laughter.) By what right did h" call ler.) I mean as a lawyer. (Continued laughter.)
those gentlemen a fragment t (Laughter) That's I H* understands what constitute* forgery, (laugh-the
worst kind of arialocrsy, sir, that won't let the i Mr) and he knows there is nu lotgnrt bora. (I.augh.
majority rule. I hope the gentleman isn't one of . lei.) That gentleman knows will Ihe phlh«0| In
that sorl ol aristocrats! (l-aughtcr.) Although he j of ihe ot/onnimo which goes to make up a forgery.
does live in Ihe fine cily of Philadclphy, I iliiuk it (Roan of laugbier.) 1 speak lh* words as Ibe
would lake bolter Ing'e than his lo show lhal two ; gentleman iinderaiands the meaning, and is bellei
i- -i majority out of fivo. (Roara of Laughlei.)— i acquainted with 'om than I am, (laugbier,) hut ha
V . .ir, he talked like a lawyer, sir. ' knows there must be a malicious inalignsnl quo
di
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animo design to cheat before there sbs be a forge,
ry. (Great laughter.) Then, sir, we are told ilia!
Iriend liassler's greal scientific skill must lie cm
ployed, In cause there ia so many soundings In be
look. (Laughli-t.) Why, sir, there's no great art
in sounding. (Roars of laughter, and aery of "ex*
o pi in sounding s politician.") Why our rough
western boa;meii can sound as well ss Iriend llass-ler.
(Gnat laughter.) It's only heaving down a
lead and a Ime into Ihe water, and singing mil
what you've got, (Roara of laugbier.) I doo'l
know nil il,.- cms, lint I know the important rr>
■•••Three i..:i scani." Tinr may net know,air,
how to tell a triangle from a circle, (peal* of laugh-
|oi) Inn ihey can tell how far it is from lb*.bottom
n' il„ ir host in the boiiain of the watet. (laugb'er.)
Why, an, I here's a gentleman in Ihe gallery, "
friend of mine, [looking up] ami if he was down
IT Ihia lice, lie could It'll—lull he's doing a
Her bi stner* sir, an act of gallantry, sir.
•■ m. mbei* were eniivulsetl with laughter,
bi*s srt rv dueenrl lo the ladies in the gsl
IsrVj who laughed, blushed and drew back Irom
lb* an'* ni gags "f ihe members.] I say, air, if he
ess lo leas* his ladies and come on this floor,
(langbler) ho could tell us, sir, how that a Navy
Officer survcied Like Ontario accurately, and lie
vcr ehmg' d ihe Government em. cenl lor il.—
[Hear.] And ihen-'s as much travel nn out Like,
'.s then: is on the Atlantic—am! our seas and
hores. Tis true we can'l do without the Allan
ne; hut still we ought not to spend so much mo.
tey on surveying the Atlantic. What'* the use ol
I?' The survey ol our "mat inland lakes and ris
ers is riiueli nioro necesssrv ihan lo survev Ike At
lanuc [Turning to Mr 1'iHinore.] And here |a
Ihe most powerful Officer of ilus House who holds
the money altiugaair. (Great laughter.) He ought
to know lhat Us more important lo improve Iho na-vigation
ol Ihe Mississippi nver, than all the olh
iinproseuicnts In Ihe counlry. [Mr Fillmore
wed asscni.] Why, there's millions of properly
lost there every year, and if gentlemen were lo go
there, and sue ihe steamboat grave yard on the O-Ino,
and ihe many wrecks and hulls of loala in the
nil, they'd think as I do. Why I could get men
lo come here and make an argument as good aa
any of 'em. (Greet laughter.) Why, air, we've
iieen giving $.'>t>,0(-l0 mote to the Boston custom
house, (latughier.) Tliese custom houses ate all
the liuio wanltug mnner. Ara ihtec t-usioui hous-es
never lo be done? (Lvighler.) I hop* the pil-lars
ain'l to be paid for twice. (Laughlei.) No,
sir, we must economise ; eveiy bmly IO practising
it, and this Guscfiunelil's got lo coin* lo il loo—
[Hear] Why, sir, whete'a all Ihe L'aptina of ihe
• iiny in th's House, lhal was going lo cut duwn
and reform line seaa,on. (Laughter.) Wbv, an,
Ihorc was one powetfu! gentleman [<' J Ingi raoll]
who waa going to cut down ibe judiciary. (Greal
latighler.) He wa» a perfeel Napoleon al il, air.—
(More laughter.) He waa the very Bonaparte of
this House, sir, in eeonomv. (Peals of laughter.)
But Ihe Cliaiunari of Ihe Waya and Means only just
walked up to bun, ssid a few soft words inlo hia
oar, and lo ami bcbuld ! he giounded hie arms, gin
up the fight,and we heard no more on him. (Roars
ol Isughter.) And there's mv other Captain, the
goallomsa from Albeuiarle (Governor Giliuer,) he
was a going to cut down all the deaks, and when
ihe tune to fight come, there waa a few area heard
•in faint, juat like the cry of (rog« in Ihe early spring
(Roars of laughter,) »o weak thai they died sway
of their own accotd. and didn'l want any killing.
[Greet laughter.] Bui my real captains ain'l come
up yet—Ihe gentleman fiom Tennesae* [Cave
Johnson.] and from North Carolina [General He-
Ray.]
Here Mr. C J Ingereoll passed by him, and *
memher called out, "Here'* yo»r Coptaio."
Mr Reynolds Are, here ho i», »ure enough,
sir, «nd I'm very glad lo aeu kirn', for he'* * gentle-tlcmau
of large discourse. [Hero the shouts of
laughter were perfectly uproarious.] Bui, sir, mt
lime's ccme—I base spoken «o much, not for my-self,
but for tho people who msde me, ['aughter,]
...d »ho I.!..wed Iba brssth «f life into me. Ami I
hope the House will reltiso to vole ihia 850,000,
until we gel* the report of Ihe committee, hecauae
after all, friend Hauler may be employed to train
al) Ihe officers to finish this survey.
Il is need less In add, thai Gov. Reynolds delight-ed
the House, and kept thern in a roar of laughter
from ihe beginning lo the ending of hia speech.
A eotreapondoril of the Newark Advertiser, says
in thai paper of Monday:
"Did you ace, Mr. Editor, Ihe mosl singular and
beautiful phenomenon which ap|ieared in Ihe Hea-vens
lasl evening about half past cighlT The
moon, having nearly reached bar highest altitude,
waa surrounded hy three concentric circles beauti-fully
otsikod with all the vivid colors of Ihe rain,
bow; the centra space within Iho circumference of
■ he inner circle, being of silvery whiteness. Tru-ly
il wss a goodly sight to look upon. A Ilnn
fleecy cloud of snowy whiteness was passing si ihe
nais. 'The Heavens declare Iho glory of God.'"
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Inltrrtting factt in i'Aim'nfoi'y.— We find ilie
following statements in the Bn.ti.ii Medical and
Surgic.il Journal.
1.1 The longevity of lbs pure Africans is crest
er than that ol the inhabitants of any other putliou
of lh" globe.
2nJ That Mulalioes, i. e. those horn of parerUs
his ilesih, esteemed by hiui the most preotou* me*
mento of Ins illustrious kinsman. Il Incri becsuje
the ptupeily uf Ins sun, who, animated by thai p*-
Inulisin which so cbaracieiised the "Father ot iua
Country," hat consented that such a relic ougirt
nut lo he appropriated by an iiidividsJaJ ciliseu, and
has instructed me, bis representative, to offer il lo
one being African and the other C.iicas.ai. or while Iho ualion lo be preserved in its public deposile-are
decidedly Ihe shoi lest liv.tjoflhe hum in race, ris* SS lb* common properly of all, since its office
'__^_^^^^^____ | baa been lo achlevo and secure the common liberty
of all,
He has, in like manlier, requested aie to present
ibis Cane lo Ihe Congreas uf lite United 8ralea,
deeming it not unworthy lite public acceptance.
This was once the properly of tha philosopher
and p.iluoi, Beitjamio Franklin.
By a codicil lo his last will aud tenement, wa
find il thus disposed ul :
'-My line crab.tree walking slick, wilh a gold
hesd, cuiiiiusly wrought in the form of lb* cap of
PRESENTATION TO CONORKM
Of Ihr Sword of WuliiiittMi ami dnr of Iraukliu.
House ol Repre«'iiisuvi-s, Fcbru.iry 7, ItsaH,
Mr SUMMERS, nl Vitgiaia, ruse and addressed
the House aa follows :
Mr Sl'EAKen ; I fits fa' the purpose of d,.chir-ging
an ollice not connected with Ihe ordinary bu
simssof a lepielaiive assembly. Yil, in asking
pormtsMoS U interrupt, for• moment, the rcg
order of parliamentary proceedings, I cannot doubt ; Liheriy, I give to my friend, and the Iriend of man
ibal ihe ptopositioit which I have lo submit will . kind, Gen. Wsshinglon. h n were a sceptre, be
prove as gratifying as it may lie unusual. j has mettled it and would becomu il.1'
Mr S.imual T. Washington, a cmzen of l\,ma- j General Wa.lnngloii, iu bis Will, dsviaca iliis
wlia cnuniy,In the Commonwealth nl Virginia, and cane as follows:
one ol my constituents, hss honored me with lbs " Ilrm.—To my brother, Charles Washington I
Commission of presenting, iu Ins ***** and on lua
behalf, lo ihe Congress of ihe Hulled Slate*, ami
through lhal hotly lo the People ol Hie United
States, two most uderesting and valuable i,!m
connected with thu pa*t bistort of out country,and
wilh men whose achicvcfiu-nia, Imih in ihe field
,tid in iho eulnnel, best tllusliate and advun our
annsl*.
give and bequeath ibe gold.lieadad cune bsfl uie hy
Di. Fiai klin in his will."
dipt. Samuel War-liington was the only son of
i fChSlle* Wssluiigloii, the devisee ftoui whom lis
derived, by inlietii mce, ibis uiien snug memorial ;
and, having Iransmitlcd u to his son, bamuel T.
Wsshlltgton, Ibe taller thus seeks lo hcslow il wor.
ilnlv, bv uaocialing it wilh the bailie-sword lit a
One is Hie Swerd worn hy Geoiga Washtpgton, gilt io his cmiultyiucti.
first as a Cononol in lite Colonial service of Virgin-1 | cordiallv eouctir with Mr. Washington in lb*
is, in Korhes's comnaigu Sgaimtl the I'r. nch and opinion that they esch merit public pieservaliun ;
Indians, ami afterwards during the whole period "f, and I ubev, wilh (doit-uri:, his w lahol in here pie-
Ihe war of Independence aa Coiiiiiiaiitler-iu-Cliu I , seniiug them, in his iisine,lu ihn nation,
of Iho American army. Let Ibe awotd ol tho Hero and the iiUiCT of tha
Il is a plain couteau, or hanger, wilh a green lull PUi!o*opher go together. Lei ihcui have place a-and
silver guard. On the upp, r ward of ibe scad- mong Ibe proiidcM trophies, and most buuurcd n,«-
hard ia engraven, "J. Haily, Fish Kill." Ii is ac-companied
by a buckskin bell, which isstesued by
a silver buckle anil clasp, wberenn are engraven
Ihe letters " G. W." and ihe figures "1757."—
These are all of the plainest workmanship, but
siihslsnlial, and io keeping with the Man and wilh
Ihe limes to which they belonged.
The hialory of thiaaM'ortl ia peifectly authentic,
aod leaves no shadow of doubt as to tis identity:.
The last will and teaiamenl of General Washington,
bearing dale on the Bib day of February, 1709, a-mong
a great yaiiely of bequests, has Ihcfulluwiiig
clauso :
" To each of my nnphesa, William Augiislin*
Washington, Genrgp Lewis, George Supine Wash-mglon,
Bushrud Washington, and Samuel Washing-
Inn, I give one of Ibe swords or couteaux ol which
I may die possessed ; and tbsy srs lochoo-o in tbe
order Ihey are named. These sw.ir.li are accompa-nied
with an injunction not la tuisbeaih them lur
the purpose of shedding blood, oacept it be for self-defence,
or io defence of their couutiy anil its rights;
snd, in the latter case, t* keep them unshesibed,
and prefer falling wilh iln.ni in Ikeir bands lo the
relinquishment thereof.*'
In Ihe distribution of the swords hereby devised
•mong the five nephews ibetoin enuiuciaied, Ihe
one now presented fell to the share ol Samuel
Washington, the ueviaee lot named is the clause
of Ihe will which I base just read.
This gentleman, wbo died a lew years sins* in
ihe county of Kanawtta,and who waa the fatbei of
Samuel T. Washington, ihe donor, I knew well.
I base seen Ihia sword in his possession, aud re-ceived
from himself Ihe following account of ihe
manner in which it became bis properly is the di-vision
msde amoog ihe devisees:
He aaid lhal he knew il lo have been tbe aide-arm
of Gen. Washington during ibe Revolutionary
war; not thai uaed on occaaioue of parade and re-new,
but Ike constant »rrrie« sword of Ihe great
chief; lhal he had himaell •eon General Waibing
ton wear Ihia identical eword. he presumed, for the
Isstluue, when, in 1704, be reviewed the Virginia
and Maryland forces, iben concentrated al Cumber,
land under the command of General Lee, and dee-lined
lo co-nperale with the Pennsylvania and New
Jersey troops, then assembled al lied ford, in sup-pressing
what hat been called the " Whiskey In-surrection."
General Washington was then President of ibe
Un i ie.1 Stales, ami aa such waa comuiasder in-ehiel
of the army. Il ia known1-that it waa his inter.turn
I* lead Ike army in parson upon lhal oeceeioe I.ad
he found it noceasary, and be went to Bedford and
Cumberland prepared for lhat eveSI. The soudt-linit
of things did not require it, and be returned
lo hi* civil duties al Philadelphia.
Mr. Samuel Washington held Ibe commtaaion ol
a captain at Ibal lime himself and served in lhal
campaign, many of tbe incnleiila of which he has
related to me.
mouala of our nnuonal arrlneveumiiis.
Upon ilsal stall once leaned ihe s»ge, of whom il
has hac'u said, "He sustcbed the lightning Irom
heaven, ami the ssepire from lytauls."
A mighly arm once wielded tins sword In s
tightrous cause, even unto the dismemberment of
Empire. In Ibe hstitl uf Washington this was "lbs
■word of tbe Lord, and of Gideuu."
Il waa never drawn except in the defeoee of
public liberty; ii was never aheathed until a glu-rions
and triumphant success it-tuuied u tu tk*
scsbbaul, without a stain of cruelly ur diab'in.tr up-on
its blade; il waa noser surreud.ied excep! la
ibat counlry which bestowed il.
[Al the conclusion oflhis address tbe galleries,
winch were erowded, sent lorih emphatic maoilee-taiion*
of approbation.]
Mr. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS then ro** and
add reused the House as follows:
In presenting tine resolution lo Ihe Houss, il
may pi.rhapa ho expected lhal I should accompany
il with ■nine suitable remarks; and yet, air, I nev-er
rose to sddn.ss Ibis House under a deeper coa-viclion
of tbe waul ot words lo express tho em**
linns lhat I feel. Il is precisely htcause occasion*
like this are adapted lo produce universal ■ynipa-
Ihv, that little can be aaul by any one, but what,
io ike language ot lite heart, in lonea out loud but
deep, every one present has silently said tu h.as-sail.
My lespecud fnund from Virginia, by -ehum
this olfeiiug of patriotic senlimonl has basso pre-sented
lo the representative aaaoutbly nf Ibe nation,
haa, il eeeina lo me, already aaul all Ibat o*n b*
eaid autla>ble to tins occasion. Iu Waning from
him, as, after a few aboil days, we mint ail do, it
will, on my pail, be aorrowing Ibal iu all probahil.
ily I shall *as his face snd hear bis votes uo more.
Bat bis word, of this day are planted in my mem-ory,
and will them lemaio till Ihe lasl pulsation oC
my heart.
Ihe sword of Washingtoa I The slaffof Frank-lin!
Oh, air, wlmt associations are linked to ada-msai
wnil Iho-e names I Waehingtou, the warviur
ot human freedom—Washington, whose sword, as
my friend has said, waa never drawn but to Iba
cause of hia couniiy, and sever akealhed whs*
wielded iu his couuiiy's cause! Franklin, lh*
philosopher ol the thunderbolt, the prioiiug-preas,
and the ploughshsre I V\ hat names are these m
the scanty catalogue of ihe hunefactois ol human
kind I Waahtngion and Franklin I What other
two men. whose lives belong Iu the eighteenthceo-uiiy
in Christendom, have led a deumn laaQWenisa
»t lliemaelses upon the ago is wbtch ihey Itvod,
and upon all after lime I Waabtnglon, the warrior
aod lbs legislator I Is war contending hy lbs wa-ger
of battle for Ibe lodependesoe of kie souoliy,
and for the freedom of tbe human race; ever oiaei-festing,
amidst il horrors, by precopl and example,
his reverence for Ihe laws ol Peace, and for iba
tentlerest sympathies ol humanity: to Pears, eooth.
tng Ihe ferocious spun ol discoid, among hia own
countryman, into harmony and union, and g'ruig
to thai very aword now presented to hit counlry *
An article in s late number of Ihe North Anieri
can Review, gives the following table of ilie pro
portion nf insane in varioua countries—
In Holland, tho uiaane are in proportion to the
whole population, about as 1 lo K':':i
France, 1
England, 1
Scotland, 1
New Hampshire 1
Cmineolieut, 1
MasBtrbiMsits, 1
A London pSDCI says that the works, preparalo.
rt to the cninini-i.cement of culling through thu
latbmui el Panama, ste advancing rapidly. I'he
enure length ol Ihia RtltsYl will be forty-nine miles;
Us breadth .it lliosurfae* I86f**l| and II* depth 80
Icet. M. Mm. I, me engineer, estimates the cosl
ai £680,000 iteiling.
The piano forle was invented in London, about
the year 1718, hy a ticiman, named Zuuiphi. -
He waa anxious to obtain, this particular aword,
and preferred it to all olhera, among winch was the
ornamented and cosily present Irom the great Fie. ; charm mure potent than lhal attributed to ancient
jefjeK. nri.i s in the lyra ol Orpheus. Franklm ! Ihe me-
Al the time of the division among the aepltews. | chamc of lua own fortune, tistbing in early youth,
wtlhoul u.um.ting what his preference was k*JO- 1 under .he .hackles ..f indigence, the w.y lo we.lth,
cos.-ly remarked "lhat inasmuch as he was |b* on- and in Ihe sbsdet.f obscurity Ike palb tu grealueas;
lyoneoflhsm who had paiticipaicd in military \ in Ihe msluiily of manhood, disaimutg Ibe Ihtinder
service, they ought lo permit him Iu Uk« chuice." of Us terrors, Ihe lightning of US talal blast, and
This suugggg.estion wss nu-l in lllo same spun in winch wtesling from the Iyrani s baud the still more if
il was made, and ihe seleeiioa being awarded him,
hn chose this, the pliunesi, and, intrinsically, lb*
least valuable of any, simply bec.ntis,; u was ihe
"Battle Swoid."
I am also iu poesc«ai..n sf the most istiafactory
evidence, furnished by Gad. Gentge WssblllglOO,
of Georgetown, the nearest male relative now liv
ing of Gen. Waabingion. as In Ihe identity of this
swoid. His information wss derived from Ins fa-lh*|
William Augualinu Waahuiglon, the tlevisee
first named in the clause ot the wnl which I hsve
read; from hia uncle, the late Judge lluahrod Wash-ington,
uf Ihe Supreme, Court; and Major LawraOCt
Lewis, the acting executor uf Gen. Wasbingtoa'a
will; all of whom concurred in Ibe sta'emeni that
the liue icrricr Sstord was selected by Cipl. Sam.
Washington.
It ii main. ■'. in this gentleman's posacssio* until
rliclive sceptre of oppression: while descending in-to
Ihe vale of years, traversing the Atlantic ocean,
braving in the dead of winter the batllcsfclb* bresxe,
bsaritig in hia hand the ehartui of ludr-pendeuo*,
w-h'ch he hatl conlribnted io form, and lendettng,
front (he setf.crealud nation to the mighitest in..n-arehs
of Europe, the olive bisneb of peace, ihe
mercurial wand u( anmmerre, and the amulel of
protection and sefely to the man of peace, on Ihe
pithless ocean, from Ihe inexorable cruelty and
merciless rapacity of war. And, finally, in tha
last stag,- ot life, with fourscore wu tare upon his
hesd, under the torture of an incuiabls dis-ase, re.
turning tti hia native land, closing bis das* ss 'ha
duel magistrate ot hissdopled t omnicr. wealth, sf*
tar c.'t.iribuiing hy hit Aoa*>s*ll, eedn ihe Presi-dency
of Washington, and recording his u-ms, un.
del the sanction of devout prayer invoked hx him