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patriot. YOL. XIV. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, NOVEMBER 6, 1852. NO. 703. PUBLISHED WEEKLY IT 8WAIM AM) SHERWOOD. price $3.ftO a year: OR THSBB DOLLARS, IF HOT PAID WITHIN OKB MONTH AFTER THE DATE Or THE SCBttCRIPTION. ADVERTISING RATES. One dollar per square (fifteen lines) for the hut Week, and twenty-five cents for every wetl there-fcfter. Deductions made in favor of standing adver- Isementa as follows: Thrte months. Six month*. Onesquare, $3.50 S5.50 Two squares, 7.00 10.00 "three " (tcol.) 10.00 1500 Half column, 18.00 25.00 One year sa.oo 14.00 20.00 35.00 •THB DECEASE OF MR. WEBSTER. The intelligence of the death of lire greit Statesman has been every where received wiih spontaneous manifestations of sorrow, and of ad-miration and retpeel for the memory of the de-parted. It were unnecessary, as well as imprac-ticable, to go into any detail of the public mani-festations on the occasion. We however subjoin tome particulars which will be of special interest to the reader. It waa the request of Mr. Web-aler that hia funeral should be private; the body waa to be deposited in the family vault at Marsh- 6eld. On receipt of the news in Washington. Presi-dent FILLHORK directed all the Executive Offices to be closed during the day, and the public edi-fices to be hung wivh mourning. Official infor-mation waa ordered la be communicated to the Representatives of Foreign Powers, and trans-mitted to our own Ministers abroad, of the af-flicting event; and an affecting lell« of condol-ence waa addressed by the PRESIDENT In Mrs. WEBSTER. The following it the heauiiful and touching letter addressed by lhe I'KKSIUKNT 10 ilie Heads of the several Departments: ExKruTiv* MANSION. WASHINGTON'. MONDAY MOKMNU. OCTUIILK 25, 1852. GENTLEMEN : The painful intelligence received yesterday enforces upon me lhe sad duly of an-nouncing lo the Executive Departments il.e death of the Secretary of Slate. UAMKI. WKBSTKK died at Marshlield, in Massachusetts,on Sunday, lhe 24lh of October, between two and three o'clock in the morning. Whilal ibis irreparable loss brings iis natural sorrow lo every American heari, and will be heard, far beyond our border*, with mourniul re-spect wherever civilization has nurtured men who find in tranacendent intellect and faithful patriotic service a theme for praise, it will visit with atill more porgnani emotion hi* colleagues in the Adminsiration, with whom his relations have been so inlimaie and so cordial. The fame of our illustrious statesman belongs to his country ; the admiration of it to ihe world. The record of his wisdom will inlorm luturcgen-eraiions, not less than iis utieraiice has enlight-ened ilie present. He has bequeaihed lo poster-ity the richest fruits of the experience and judg-ment of a great mind conversant with the greui-eat national concerns. In these his memory will endure as long as our country ahall continue h, he the home and guardian of Ircenien. The people will share with the Executive De-partments in lhe common grief which bewails his departure from amongst us. In :he expression of individual regret al this sffliciing event, the Executive Departments of Ihe Oovernnieul wi'.l he careful in manliest every observance of honor which OHtJOtd has establish-ed as appropriate to :he memory of one so emi-nent aa a public functionary, and so distinguish-ed as s cilixen. The Acting Secretary of State will communi-cate Ibis sad intelligence lo lhe Diplomatic Corps near ihie Government, and through our Ministers abroad to Foreign Governments. The members of ihe Cabinet are requested, as s further testimony of respect for the deceased, lo wesr Ihe usual badges of mourning lor thirty days. I am. gentlemen, your obedienl servant, MIIXAKD FILLMOKE. To the Acting Secretary oi Slate, and the Secretaries of lhe 'J'reahury, Interior, War, Navy, the Attorney General, and Postmaster General. some stanzas read to him. which seemed to give him pleasure. From 13 o'clock till % there was much rest-lessness, but not much suffering. The physici-ans were quile confident there waa no actual pain. A fainlneas occurred, which led him to think that his dealh was at hand. While in ibis con-dition, some expressions fell from him indicating ihe hope that his mind would remain to him complelely until lhe last. He spoke of lhe diffi-cult* of ilie process ol dying, when Dr. Jeflries repealed the verse: ••Though I walk through lhe valley of ihe shadow oldeaih. I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me: Thy rod and Thy staff, they com-fort me.*' Mr. Webster said immediately : " The fact, ihe (Ml, That is what 1 waul, Thy rod, Thy rod ; Thv aiall. Thy staff." The close was 'perfectly Iranquil and easy, and occurred at precisely 22 minutes helure 3 o'clock. The persona present were Mi. and Mrs. Fletcher Webster, Mr. and Mrs. "aige, Mr. S. A. Appleion, Mist Downee, Mr. I.en.v. Edward Curtis. Peter Harvey, (icorge T. Cur-tis, Charles Henry Thomson, (or Thomas.) E-q.. George J. Abbot and \V . C. Zaniziuger ol the Slate Department, Dra. Jeffries and J. Mason Warren, and ihe personal aiieudants and domes-tica of Mr. Websle/ Mra. Webster being una-ble to witness ihe last moments straiten lhe event in her own apartment. PARTICULARS OK Mil. WEBSTER S DEATH. Fiom the Boston Courier. The last hours of one so Moved as he whose earthly career haa juat closed, amid so many circumstaucea of consolation, were of the same even tenor aa all the rest. The public are al-resdy informed of the chief features ol that deep-ly mtSiesAing acene. up to the period when Mr. Webster desired to lake leave o! all who were in the house. One by one. in deep sorrow, but sustained by his own great example, the members of his fam-ily, and the friends and attendants came in and took leave of him. He desired (liein to remain near his room, and more than once enjoined on those present, who were not ol his iminediaic family, not to leave Marshficld till bin deaih hid taken place. Kc-assu'ed by all that his every wish would be religiously regarded, he ihen ad-dressed hunsell lo his ph)siciaus, making minute inquiries as lo his own cond.Uun, and the proba-ble termination of his life. Conversing wiih great exactness, he seemed to be anxious to be al>le Ml mark W himself the final period ol his dissolution. He ua> answer-ed that it might occur in one. iwo or three hours, but that the time could not I e definitely calcula-ted. '• Then," said Mr. Webster. *• 1 suppose 1 must lie here quietly nil it comes." The retch-ing and vomiting now recurred again. Dr. Jel-fnes offered lo Mr. Websier something which be hoped might give him ease. " Something more. Doctor, more—I want restoration.' Between 10 and 11 o'clock, he repeued. some-what indistinctly, ihe words •' I'oei. Poetry. Csray, Ony." Mr. rieierwr Weosier repealed the first liue of the elegy, "The curlew loll? the knell of parting day." "That's it, that's it," said Mr. W., and the book Wst brought and AN OUTLINE OF HIS LIFE. From the Baltimore Sun. Daniel Webster was a native of Salisbury, a small town in Merrimack county. New Hamp-shire. His lather Major Ehenczer Websier, ser-ved honorably in the old Trench war. and in the war of lhe revolution. His son. lhe great States-man, enjoyed few early idvtlltSget ol education, and was chiefly instructed in Ilie rudimeuis ol knowledge hv his mom*** He was prepared for college ui F.xeler Academy, and entered Dart-mouth College in 1797. Heie he panted four vears ol'study. He was admilied '" the bar ol Suffolk, Mass.. in 1605. and n. Ih07 removed m Portsmouth, N. II., where he soon secured an extensive predict. He was elected lo Congress in 1812. and si once aiiaim-d distinction boih in Ihe despatch of business and debate. He became sttocintn of Clay, Clievet, Lowndet, Calhnun, Forsyih, and other eminent men. r roin this perioil he rose rapidly in ihe esleem ol hiseoun-inmen ; and hia career as a Itwyer and slates, man became intimately associated wiih ihe ho-lory of the country. In the session ol l823-'4, as a repr-senlalive from Uoslnn, u hnher he had removed in 1810. he made Kit celebrated speech on lhe Ortek revolution, and in the autumn ol ■hat \ ear be w a* re-elecled lo Congress by a vole of 4,990 out ol 0.000 cast. He waa elected to the gentle of the United Bisiesin 1827- In 1830 he made his grealspeech in reply lo Col Hay lie's assault upon the New England Stales, and lhe personal relation of Mr. Wehstor to ihem. In op-position lu the nullification views ol Col. Hnyne, Mr. Websier stood firmly by lhe ailnnnisliaiion ol Ccn. Jackson, in iis measures fnf ihe defence of lhe Colon in !832-'33. Bui he dissented Irom the policy of the President On lhe financial ques-tion of the day, and Sturdily opposed both the Stale bank System and that of an exclusive use of Specie by lhe Government, In 183U he visit-ed Europe, and was entertained with merited honor hoih in England and France, and received with distinction at ihe nspeciive courts of these nations. His fame had long preceded him. On ihe election ol Gen. Harrison he wan call-ed lo lhe head ol the Cabinet as Sicretary ol Stale, and in ihe course of the two yea re during which he noulinued in office, he disposed of two intricate affairs, the Mel,cod difficulty and Maine boundsry dispute, which bad lasted fifty years. On withdrawing from Mr. T\ ler's cabinet, Mr. Webster momenlarily receded from public life, nut ic urned lotheS* ntietl ihecommend mem of Mr. folk's administration, and rendi rt d material service in lhe adjustment ol the Oregon dispute. He opposed ihe Mexican war on avowed princi-ples* bui cheerfully concurred In granting sup. plies. His son. Major Edward V\ ebsti r. wnb his father's approbation, accepted a commission. and died under the exposure of ilie service in Mexico. In lhe late period of domestic Bglla-tion upon lhe slavery question, Mr. Webster's unyielding devoliou to tbe Union was made ap. parent by bis great speeeh ol March 7. 1850. And fid lowed aa it_wns by a series of tddrttStS in different parts of lhe Union.coiitiihuied vastly lo 'he restoration ol social liauiniiliiy. Accept, ing office, as Secrel'ir) id Stale, in Mr. I'lllmore's administration, he has had occasion lo deal with several delicate subjects, his management of which 1s familiar lo motl of our readers. Twice lhe Urilish government have conceded an apology to our own at the instance of Mr. Websier; once in relation lo the destruction ol lhe " CHHK liue" at Selilosser, and again for lhe interference of a British cruiser with, »n American steamer in the waters of Nicaragua. As an orator, in the scope, profundity, grace and vigor uf bis talent and style, he has scarcely-been surpassed. He has filled a place second to none ol his contemporaries at ihe American bar. and his discourses upon various hislorical a:id palriolic themes are among lhe most brilliant achievements of modern eloquince. He has paid much nilention lo agriculture. His residence, when not engaged in ptihlic duly at Washington, bait been either at Marshfietd, in Massachusetts, where he died, or al tin place of Ins birth in N. Hampshire. He possessed lari>e and valuahte farms in both places. Stored with lhe choicest breed* of caltle. and cultivated by the most im-proved methods of husband')'. The works ol Mr. Websier have been lately published in MI volumes. 8vo., with a biographical memoir by Mr. Edward Everett, winch has furnished lhe dtlS lor this brief outline ol his career. BEAUTIFUL El'LOGY. The following is ll:e close of a Sermon preach-er in Washington city, by Ihe Kev. OlSlUJ DEWI v. on ihe day of Mr. Webster's death—lhe news having reach lhe tily a liiile helure the hour of morning service in lhe churches. The sermon was on lhe subject of Death, and from thisiextof the 90th Ptttm, •• Wo spend our • 'i it t tale that is (old/' Aft-f <n impressive discourse on the solemn theme, the preacher paused, and then resumed sa follnwa : " My friends, you all undeiatand why I have chosen for the subject of this morning's medita-lion lhe most solemn event that can address itself to mortal men—DEATH—the hour, the crisis of our departure from this life. This morning brought ua tidings ol sticbsn event. It occupies the whole public mind: we feel thai it is no of dmaiy event. From a high place in this Gov-ernment— from a place atill higher in lhe esti-mation of bis fountri men—from the highest place. I suppose, on ibis comment, in intellectual power, a great man haa passed away. He ia gone ! he is gone ! How difficult, how almoat impossible, to realiae it! He waa so with us and of us; he was so a part of this nation and of this nation's life and history, that the very world, this American world, feels a shock in this disrupiion of his lies to it. He is gone ! DAN-IEL WEBSTER is dead ! That vast apace which he occupied ia darkened; that great and majestic presence baa passed away ! ••You mourn for him. There are frienda of hia here whose hearlaare stricken for his loss.— It is not a great man only that you have lost, but a in.m you loved. His was nol a majestic pres-ence only, hut, (O those who knew him, well, a presence the moat winning. No conversation perhaps was ever more captivating Ihan hia in his hours of ease and unbending from brooding thought and weighty care. 1 think 1 never aaw ihe cloud uf a brow so daik al liuief, beam lorui a sweeter smile. " Am I *a\ ing that he had no faults f If he had, let ihe pall of Death cover them to-day.— Hut ol what mortal man ahall that be ROMif— Yet ibis I say : that ihose who imagined lhat in the majestic proportions ol his nature, the heart had no place have ullerly miaconceived him.— And this, loo, I say, that, m the moral judgments which bis political opponents were accustomed lo pass upon his daily life, no man, 1 am thor-oughly canv|uotda «as evermore misrepresented. *• lint ii is not my part lo pronounce his eulo-gy. Thai belongs lo others. This country, in-deed, lo which I.is life was devoied—ibis coun-try, in iis whole length and breadlh. bears his eulogy. The name of DANIEL WEBSTER will he known and celebrated aa long as this naiiuii ahall endure. "I am reminded in this connexion of what one of his great compeers in practical life (Mr. CAL-iiots) once said in conversation upon the ques-tion, ■ \\ bat is ihe highest human greatness V What is lhe gieatesl action that a man can per-form ? He said it was this : for a man to speak, in a difficult anil perilous national emergency, THE CHEAT WOHD. thai should give guidance and dellVtrtttct (o his people. For (said he) it im-plies the largest knowledge ol the past, the clear-est foresight of lhe future, and lhe fullest com-prehension of the present. Mr. Webster, more ihan once, spoke lhat WORD. It was given lo him in perilous emergenciea lo atand by lhe Con-stitution and Union ol hia country, wiih sage wisdom and giant strength. •• And many other words did he speak, in the Senate and !he Forum, which the world • will nol let rite.' Ii is most fortunate thai among, the last cares of his life was the collection, under his eye, of bis speeches into volumes, which are dcst'iicd to be read, marked, and noled as long as there is an American or Englishman lo read any ihiug. •* But he is gone! All our thought* of him now ) leld to ihai thought—he is gone ! Tbe voice is sibnl; lhe eye is quenched ; ihe brow lhat awed the world is but cold, dead, Btnttlctf clay. Oh Lite ! how art ihou but a tale that is luld f We say a Jew words in memoriam ; we lake our rssl look, or feel lhal lhe last look is la-ken ; we abed some • natural lears,' and all is o ver. "Oh ! in the infinite realm of ihe unseen Hie (here is a place for all souls. What awaits them there is nol decided by what we say here. We how before lhe infinite wisdom ol Cod. To his infinite caie and mercy we commit lhe dead, anil we coiinnend the living: Wt commit ihe deud, who is gone, and uu commend ;be living who mourn for him. " Yes, we commit, wc yield him up to God's behest: il is all in er ; the last struggle is pasl ; lhe slruggle, the Mrile, ihe anxiety, the pain, lhe turmoil of life is over : l'ie tale is lold, and fin-ished, and ended. Il is told and done ; and the seal of death is set upon il. Henceforth lual great life, marked nl every step; chronicled in journals; wailed on by crowds; told lo the w hole country by t' legraphic tongues of flame— lhat great life bhall he but a hisluiy, a hiography, A tale told in an evening lenl. In tbe lenla of Ilie il fh.ill long he recited : hul no word ahall reach ihe ear of lhal dread sleeper by the ocean shore. Fitly will he rest there. Like the gran-ite rock, like ihe heaving ocean, was hia mind ! Let the rock guard hia rest: let the ocean aound his dirge! "Mv respeclcd hearers and friends, ] have said these lew words on lhe sad occasion lhat presses upon your minds this morning. I could not say iess of such an one, who is lusl to us— oi such an one, who has dwell among you as a neighhr, a friend, and a fellow-laborer in Ihe cares of Government, It would not become me lo oiler you admonition, counsel, or consolation. Your own minds will do this for you belter (ban 1 can. May God in his goodness grant thai ihe uses of this visitation may be as the event is sig-nal and solemn!" Contentment- 1 am fallen into the hands of publicans and se quesirators, and they have taken all from me. What now ! Let me look about me. Thev have ' left me sun and moon, fire and water, a loving1 w lie, and many friends to pity me, and some to [ relieve me; and I can discourse; and, unless I | list, they have nol taken away my merry coun-tenance and my cheerful spirits, and a good con- I science; ihey have still left me lhe providence of i God, and tbe promises of lhe Gospel, and my religion, and my hope of heaven, and my charily ! to them. loo. And slill I sleep, and I digest, and ' eal, and drink ; I read and nodnate ; 1 can walk in my neighbor's pleasant field", and see ihe va-rieties mtntiurel beauty, and delight m all thai in which God delighis—ihai is in virtue and wis-dom, in the wMile creation, tad in God hit Jrrrniy Taylor. From the Atari York Obterver. Curioua Narrative-A Visit to Jenny IttBtV tV GRANT THORHURM. Hiiherln. lhe time, talents and conversation of Miss Lind have been so much monopolised by the good, the great and noble of the Isnd, ibsl s small ninnaI like myself,could not so much ss see the hem of her garment. Hearing that, lo eacape from the heat, noise and faahionable crowd of New York, she was removing to the pleasant heights in Brooklyn, 1 obtained from Mr. Bsrnum a teller as follows : Aew York, 21*7 May, 1851.—The bearer Mr. Tliorhurit, ia a man of lhe highest respecta-bility, a funny old Scotchman, and an author, &c. Mist Lind will be pleased lo talk wiih him. He is a very celebrated man—well known to all Ihe Literati; he ia wealthy and don't come begging. (Signed,) P. T. BARNUM. Armed wiih tbe misaive, 1 stood by thedonrof her mansion nexi morning at 0 A. M. I rang, the servant appeared. Says 1. "This note iafor Miss Lind, from Mr. Baruuin." Sa\ s he, '• She ainl up." •» No matter," saya 1. " the son's up. she can read lhat note in bed. Tell her, if she ia willing lo see me, 1 will wait in lhe parlor till Christmas, if she says so." j[l knew she would nut say so —it waa only a figure ol speech, to denote the sincerity of my wish.] The man looked in my face without moving; I dare say he thought I was crazy. •• Go ahead," saya I, " and deliver your message." In iwo minulea he returned smiling—" Miss Lind says she won't make you wail nil Chrisimaa ; pleaae ait in the parlor, she will be with you in len minules." I had never seen MisaLind. The door open-ed, I advanced, ahe met me with a quick step, both hands extended i 1 held her right handiu my leli. her Ivft in my right hand. Approximating as near as common sense would permit, and looking in her face, " And this is Jenny Lind." said I, re-luming the gaze and advancing a font. "And ihia is Laurie Todd," said she. She plurcd a chair in (rout of the sofa ; she sal on :he sofa, I sal on (he chair; ihtis we looked on one another, face lo face, and thus the language of her speaking eyes confirmed the words which dropped from her lips. She remarked, ahe had read my history, [Laurie Todd,1 about three years ago in Kurope ; that she ihoughi (he description there given ol lhe hap. :i-ni of Kebecca, was lhe most iutcresiing scene ahe ever read in lhe English books. She con* linned|**Ctd you repeat thai scene from memo, ry ?" Says I. " Death only can blot il out." " Will you oblige me," she continued. Says L " You have seen (he painting of lhe Goddess of Liberty ; lhat is ihe cosiume which adorned the person uf the ladies al that period. Her father had been already dead betier than three hundred days, lhe dress, therefore, was in half mourning. Her hat was a small black beaver, all the fashion al thai time, the urn turned up on each side, so as lo leave ibe ears \ isible ; tbe hair was in a broad fold, resting between the shoulders, having the ex-treme ends fastened with a pin on tbe crown. Hers was very long, and very flaxen ; she was clolhed in a while garmenl, fine, neal, and clean, her neck encircled with a black bracelet, and a-rouml her waist was a blank ribbon. The train ofhergarment waa banging on her lefiaim. The ihought, lhal before another hour lhe eyes of the whole congregation would be fastened on her a-lonc, brought a faiui b!ush on Ihe cheek. When she walked up the middle aisle an.) sat down, third pew Irom ihe pulpit, 1 ihoughi I never had hchtld any thing hall as lovely. •• Lecture being ended, lhe preacher proclaim-ed: Lei lhe person present herself for baptism." M.i' walked to lhe altar, a (all, slim figure, straight as an Indian arrow, wiih a measured siep, like a •entry on duty, before ihe tent of his general. While the minister was binding the vow id God upon her heart, before ihe whole congregation, she made lhe responses wiih the same thoughtful compu&'.ire, as it uorc but lhe eye of Oinuino-icnce was ihere. While the miuisierwns slowly descending iht fifteen steps which led from the pulpil, she was untying ihe siring* which held on her hat. There she siood, her black hat in one baud, a while mu*tiu 'kerchief in ihe oilier, her beauidul and neaily arranged flaxen locks all ex-posed, under a blaze of hglil. When the minis-ler dropped lhe waier on her while iransparent brow, she -dm her eyes, and turned her face lo heaven. As the crystal drops rolled down her blushing cheeks, 1 thought her face shone like an angel, and I swore in my heart, if il so willed heaven, lhat nothing but death should part us." Here Miss Lind stood up wiih excitement, " Stop, Grant," she exclaimed, •■ You ought lu have bMd ■* painter, you place Rebecca before me." *' And why nol," said I, " Perhapa her (pointing lo the centre (aide.) M and smiling to ransomed spirit is hovering uver that spUndid Bi- I ■'■/(," see iwo kindred spirits enjoying a loreiaale of pleasures so divine. •• 1 douht ilnoi," ahe ob-served ; "lor wiih Young, your English pod," 1 believe lhal •• friends departed, are angels sent irom heaven on errands full of love." M And with I'aut," I added, "ihey are ministering angels sent Ul minister to the heirs ol salvation." Heie we en It red invisible space, and soared to worlds on high. She repealed wiih fine pathos, lhe beautiful legend current amiiug lhe peasantry on her native mountains. It concerned a mullier, who at the dead watches in every night, visited the beds of her six niolherless babes, covering their hllle li.ii.ds, and smoothing ibetr pillow. Il is a heauiiful illusion. We spoke of ihe especial care which God takes ol tittle children, how many instances are recorded in our wctkly juurualsofchildren being losi in ihe woods, lor days, sometimes lor weeks, ihe w t'ather inclement, ihe feel naked, Iht* elolhes scant, yet found unhurt. They wire fed on manna Irom Heaven, and lhe angel ul ihe cove-nant muzzled lhe mouth ol the ravenous beasts of prey. Having read Laurie Todd, she put scvcralcx* planatorv uucMions abnui Ihe yellow fever, and oilier scenes reeor**ed, «fcc. On these and simi-lar suhiecls we conversed more ihan an hoi r. without being inierrupied, hut lhe time ol depar-ture was at hand. We rose simultaneously. We heM ».ich tuber'* hands. We promised lo re-meti. l'er one another ai our evening sacrifice, lhat God would so prspu" our hearts thai we meet where the essemhly never breaks up, where friendship never ends. Here the fountain of lhe great deep was broken up, a big tear o'erflowed us banks, I caught the infection. Now, I never saw a tear on a wo-man's check but I longed to kiss it from iis rest-ing place ; lhat ia to say, provided the thing wna practicable, and whether or not I reduced this principle inio practice on the present occasion. I csn'l conceive the sovereign people have ".ny right lo inquire. Be this <is il msy, al lhal lime her lips were her own; she had no lord Gold-schmidl to dispute an old man's privilege. It is s singular fact, thsl the best poeticsl ef-fusion which has been published ass tribute to the memory of the Duke of Wellingion, ia one by the Editor of the * London Pitneh" from which we make (he following extracts: " I, a joater, what have I to do with greatness or the grave? The man and ihtait Tbe comment of my page may ill beaeem : So be il—yet not leas do 1 pay tribute true. " For that in him to which I would bow down Cornea not ol honors heaped upon his head. Comes not of orders on his breast outspread— Nor yet ofcaptain'a nor of councillors renown. 11 It is that all his life example shows Of reference lor duly ; where he saw Duly commanding word or act, her law Wiih liim was absolute, and brooked no quibbling glose. " He followed where she pointed ; right aheud— Conceding what might sweep acro&s his path, Tue cannon's volley, or lhe peop.e's wrain, No hope, howe'er lorlorn, but at her call he led. He lived and a*ked no love, but won respect per-force. u And of respect, at last came love unsought, But not repelled, when oliered, and we knew lhat this rare sterune^s had its aolluesa too, That woman's charm and grace upon his being wrought. "That underneath the armor of his breaM Were springs ol lendernertf—all quick to How In sympathy with childhood's joy or woe: - That children climbed his knees, and made his arms iboir neat. 1 For fifty of his eiehly years and four Hia tile has been belore us; who but knew The *hur!, *>pare Irame, (ho eye ol piercing blue, The eayle beak, the linger reared belore. " In greeting T Weir* he bore his load of years, Aa in his daily walk be paced along To early praver, or 'mid lhe admiring throng, Passed through U bilehall lo counsel w;tn his i'eers. " He was true English—down to the heart's core; His sternness and tiis soltues* English both; Our reverence and iove grow wiih nis growth, Till we are itow to think that he can be no more. " Peace to him! Lei him sleep near him who fell Victor at Trafalgar; by Nelson's side Wellington's m*uea filly mav abide. Great Captain—noble heart! Hail to thee, and tarvwell V A THRILLING NARRATIVE. Mr. John Wiso's One Hundred and Thirty-first Aerial Voyage. Made from Porttmouth Ohio, June 3. 1832. The 3d ol June was ushered in wiih squall-ami thunder clouds which continued uuul tbe selling sun. The nature of lhe weaiher was such lhal lew rxpecied lo see a balloon ascension, it one should he attempted. Alter I had commen-ced lhe inflation of lhe aerial vessel ihe violence of lhe wind was such as lo make the balloon so unmanageable lhal I should have despaired ul success in the ullempt myself, had noi my confi-dence being strongly established by lhe Irequenl trials of Ihe noble air-ship " Ulysses." At iweniy minules past 5 r\ M. the wind hav-ing somewhat abated, 1 made the final prepara-tion for lhe voyage, and in ten minutes alier cut lhe last cord lhal bound lhe air-ship lo lerru-fir-ma. The aacenl waa slow at lirsi, moving at a moderate elevation ovr the city in a southesat-ttly direction, but by the lime I reach the Ohio the aaceni became rapid, and I soon aiiained an elevation of about 2.U00 feel. This kepi me be-low the range ol lhe heavy cumulus clouds far and wide, and lhe balloon sailed sluggishly un-derneath them, laboring as il wereuudera heavy pressure. Having got some dtslance into Kentucky, and passing along lhe range of a hill, three rifle shots were tired and one ol the balls struck my car. but lhe concussion was soslighl ihai haditsiruck my person il would not have produced any inju-ry or pain. The ball reaching and sinking lhe car must have been ihe mereai accident, for I am nut willing in award such consumale precision ol aim al thai distance ol'bighl, even lu a Keuiucky nflcman. Taking a view towards ihe south, I noticed a ■ hundergusl moving toward my line of direction, and 1 btd now attained an aliilude that had fairly breasted ihe storm. From ibis I presumed lhal ii was impossible lhe slorm could reach me, be-lieving the same curreui which was moving the Storm along ahead ol H, and the distance between lhe balloon and lhe slorm was al least iwo miles. 1 musl endure us peril or raise above it by dis-charging ballast. I became deeply interested in this meteorological phenomenon, especially when 1 saw lhe toirents gorging Irom ihe upper cloud whieh aeemed lo cap ihe slorm. The thunder and lightning was all displaying itself below. I say clouds, bttaoet ihey were detat-bed and mg* ued. and occasionally ihe Hashes would jniup Irum one lo another. I watched until its ap-proach became so mar that the mitskiri* ol n* rain lell on the balloon, and lhe car begun to rock from the eflects ol lb whirling motion. | uuw threw over sullieicnl ballast tu raise me euim \\ above il, which gave uie a direction more easter-ly than the course ul ihe slorm, and as we w i re separating, :be parting saluies of heaven's artil-lery were grand and imposing. As I had nol determiner! lo make a long »ny- MC 1 had (off some nine past ceased to he ol im-mediate interest to the audieiier J had left al Ports-mouth, I made some observationa ueoptfnlorj in a descent, for I had now got into • region of at. mosp!i*r»* where occasional glimpses of the earth and the Ubin Kiver were obtained, bill there ap-peared no place suited for a landing within my range of vision, ss all was the forest and Uver/. I coniinued onward to get a hciier view of lhe nelher world under lhe clouds With s view of making a final desceni. The clouds were much broken below, giving mc a tolershlv esienslva view ol the enrih and river ; and referring to my chart, I judged lhal I was I'l or 14 miles nnrih of Biirliugron, and going Inward the esst, snd It lhe aame time a ihunder euat was ciminf from the norlhcast. While 1 was considering ihe probability of gelling iniu a drenching rain il I should hurry my desceni before the slorm would reach me, end also the uncerlainiy ol meeting n proper landing place, lhe nest ditlicutly of cer-tainly getting inio lhe whirlpool of lhe slorm if I did not land al all hazards, admonished me once more'io seek refuge in the calmer atmosphere above ihe region of Jupi'er's dominions. Ac-cordingly ballast was quickly dischsrged, suffi-cient to send lhe Ulysses mounting upwards with majestic mein, and turning my attention southward I found a storm coiningdirecify under my p.uli again. Here now w;.s presented an srray of meteor-ological display ihai seldom falls to the lol of mortal man to hehofd. Involuntarily there sprang from my bosom an adoration of ihe Uud of Nature ihrough the adoration of His works, and I was rejoiced 1 had not made lhe descent when 1 firsl contemplated. Everything al (his point conspired lo make this the grandest voyage that was, perhaps, ever made in modern limes. Here were Iwo tremendous Ihunder storms ap-proaching each other rjpidly henealh me—in lhe distance and all around were piled in the most majestic and groiesque forms misses of dense vs-por— here and ibrre could be seen immense* pil-lars and spires springing up with enchanting beauty. While ever and anon ihere came the most lernble di-charges of electricity, and loud and frequenl thunder coniinuing wiih increasing fury —a parl of Heaven's heaviest artillery was rap-idly approaching in awful conflici-*-lhe "lllys- { ses " was snaring ahi ve il. distended to ill inmost 1 tension, rocking in lhe uudulaiions of ihe atmos- I phere like a ship in a heavy sei, for such was j ihe power of lhe pealing Ihunder lhal ihe simus* 1 phere seemed in be convulsed lo its wry Centre. I All this lime my own frelinga were strung lo | the highest pitch of admiration, but a thousand I regrets yearned in my ihoughts because I had no ' companion to share lhe grenduer of ihe scene. ! High as my feelings were now wrooghiin view- I ing this grand commotion among the elements of j heaven, ibe. most sublime spectacle Was yet lo | follow. Twice had lhe balloon s'.tained an altitude where she had become expanded lo her utmost tension, requiring the discbarge of copious vol-umes of gas logei her steady, and while mount-ing so high the iwo storms had gained on me lhe distance of a mile or Iwo, when I thought I might Btfe!y descend, as already gas enohgh had been discharged lo bring me Ihrough the lower clouds. Before I had come down a great dis-tance, 1 felt n sudden check, and also a sudden chill, and looking upward 1 discovered a dingy locking elouil-csp almost over me, so much thst the balloon fell halts its shadow, which at (he same lime the western edge of lhe cloud Was bril-liantly illuminated wiih ihe sun, and the clear blue heaven was unobstructed lowsfd lhe west as far as eye could see si lhe heigbi I then was; but all Ibis lime I was under a slight shower of hail. Sometimes I would fall far enough back, or west-ward of ihe towering cloud-cap so that ihe sun would shine on the balloon for a mombnl* then again it would suddenly rock inio trie shadow of it. Here, ihrn, 1 had a magnificent irew of ihe ihunder and hail slorm, from ihe side- or rather from behind il, al an immense elevation above ihe lowtr layer of clouds, and lo lhe minute des-cription which I will now unc ol ii, I would call earnest alienliou of meteorologists and all persons who feel an in te res I in lhe invesiigaiion of lhe phenomena ofstorms, as I shall detail every fea* lure of ii exactly as it presented itself lo my ob-servation. This slorm raged al a m»ich higher elevation than the oiher iwo, and ii seerns lo hare been s compound slorm formed from them. Al lhe time it commenced forminf, 1 was in ihe aci of gradual.descent; and when I discovered il itwas really a fresh and third slorm, lhe balloon was quickly relieved from her desceni by discharging all lhe remaining ballaat. This raised me up level wiih the cloud-cap, and lhe balloon became complelely filled. This surprised me a< already so much gas had been disehatged thai hy baro-metrical calculations, my allilude would have been al least 3 miles. Upon reflection and ob-servation I came lo lhe coucdiMon lhal lhe elec-trical medium in which I was floaiing was acting upon ihe gas, and attenuating it. The ?!ouils below me were very thin and somew hat detached, bill lhe eh-clrical discharges on them were vivTd and in rapid succession.— While the balloon was in ibis posiiion a mng-nilicent halo, or parhelion, was formed on the cloud surface below, and toward tbe test, proving ihai a relracclory medium was around lhe body of lhe balloon. The halo soon nfli i changed in-io ihe colors of Ihe rainbow. The balloon was now sailing in lhe clear sunshine, a lillle in lhe rear ol the cloud-cap ; and, believing lhal 1 waa out ol the Influents of ihe storm, a gradual de-scent was igtio commenced, ("real caution Was now required, as every pound of ballast waa spenl. and a descent once commenced must be concluded, slow as it nvuhi be. W hi n I had seiiled aboui hall way down heuveen ihe cloud-cap and ihe tower cloud, the uprising current sr-resretl the dmtent, and ihe balloon Was slightly drawn into ihe slorm. and was BUM ncei*ing a smart shuwi-r of bail, which 1 perceived was du-charging Irom the cloud cap. The hail made a terrible QOtte ufl the hollow-silken globe. For t moment 1 Ml very uneasy ; uho*e me aloud lhe hod.ng. dui(*y riond-etp, beJow me ihe hgbi-ning WSS plaj ing too fearfully lo attempt a descent through il. The bail wns paltering on t'ie balloon, the thunder arStfoOrmg Hit t thousand pieces nf ar-tillery, and ihe billoon w.n rocking 10 snd fro like s friri re-d. I now d« t* r-nnifd in sad for atone lime in lhe wake of the storm, as m iho west of me ihe sky was clear of a cloud. £t»- • nl times sheei ligliining undulated sodCjoi.ire I
Object Description
Title | The Greensborough patriot [November 6, 1852] |
Date | 1852-11-06 |
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Swaim, Lyndon Sherwood, M.S. |
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Description | The November 6, 1852, issue of The Greensborough Patriot, a newspaper published in Greensboro, N.C., by Swaim and Sherwood. |
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patriot.
YOL. XIV. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, NOVEMBER 6, 1852. NO. 703.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
IT 8WAIM AM) SHERWOOD.
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•THB DECEASE OF MR. WEBSTER.
The intelligence of the death of lire greit
Statesman has been every where received wiih
spontaneous manifestations of sorrow, and of ad-miration
and retpeel for the memory of the de-parted.
It were unnecessary, as well as imprac-ticable,
to go into any detail of the public mani-festations
on the occasion. We however subjoin
tome particulars which will be of special interest
to the reader. It waa the request of Mr. Web-aler
that hia funeral should be private; the body
waa to be deposited in the family vault at Marsh-
6eld.
On receipt of the news in Washington. Presi-dent
FILLHORK directed all the Executive Offices
to be closed during the day, and the public edi-fices
to be hung wivh mourning. Official infor-mation
waa ordered la be communicated to the
Representatives of Foreign Powers, and trans-mitted
to our own Ministers abroad, of the af-flicting
event; and an affecting lell« of condol-ence
waa addressed by the PRESIDENT In Mrs.
WEBSTER.
The following it the heauiiful and touching
letter addressed by lhe I'KKSIUKNT 10 ilie Heads
of the several Departments:
ExKruTiv* MANSION. WASHINGTON'.
MONDAY MOKMNU. OCTUIILK 25, 1852.
GENTLEMEN : The painful intelligence received
yesterday enforces upon me lhe sad duly of an-nouncing
lo the Executive Departments il.e death
of the Secretary of Slate. UAMKI. WKBSTKK
died at Marshlield, in Massachusetts,on Sunday,
lhe 24lh of October, between two and three
o'clock in the morning.
Whilal ibis irreparable loss brings iis natural
sorrow lo every American heari, and will be
heard, far beyond our border*, with mourniul re-spect
wherever civilization has nurtured men
who find in tranacendent intellect and faithful
patriotic service a theme for praise, it will visit
with atill more porgnani emotion hi* colleagues
in the Adminsiration, with whom his relations
have been so inlimaie and so cordial.
The fame of our illustrious statesman belongs
to his country ; the admiration of it to ihe world.
The record of his wisdom will inlorm luturcgen-eraiions,
not less than iis utieraiice has enlight-ened
ilie present. He has bequeaihed lo poster-ity
the richest fruits of the experience and judg-ment
of a great mind conversant with the greui-eat
national concerns. In these his memory will
endure as long as our country ahall continue h,
he the home and guardian of Ircenien.
The people will share with the Executive De-partments
in lhe common grief which bewails
his departure from amongst us.
In :he expression of individual regret al this
sffliciing event, the Executive Departments of
Ihe Oovernnieul wi'.l he careful in manliest every
observance of honor which OHtJOtd has establish-ed
as appropriate to :he memory of one so emi-nent
aa a public functionary, and so distinguish-ed
as s cilixen.
The Acting Secretary of State will communi-cate
Ibis sad intelligence lo lhe Diplomatic Corps
near ihie Government, and through our Ministers
abroad to Foreign Governments.
The members of ihe Cabinet are requested, as
s further testimony of respect for the deceased,
lo wesr Ihe usual badges of mourning lor thirty
days.
I am. gentlemen, your obedienl servant,
MIIXAKD FILLMOKE.
To the Acting Secretary oi Slate, and the
Secretaries of lhe 'J'reahury, Interior,
War, Navy, the Attorney General, and
Postmaster General.
some stanzas read to him. which seemed to give
him pleasure.
From 13 o'clock till % there was much rest-lessness,
but not much suffering. The physici-ans
were quile confident there waa no actual pain.
A fainlneas occurred, which led him to think
that his dealh was at hand. While in ibis con-dition,
some expressions fell from him indicating
ihe hope that his mind would remain to him
complelely until lhe last. He spoke of lhe diffi-cult*
of ilie process ol dying, when Dr. Jeflries
repealed the verse:
••Though I walk through lhe valley of ihe
shadow oldeaih. I will fear no evil, for Thou
art with me: Thy rod and Thy staff, they com-fort
me.*'
Mr. Webster said immediately : " The fact,
ihe (Ml, That is what 1 waul, Thy rod, Thy
rod ; Thv aiall. Thy staff."
The close was 'perfectly Iranquil and easy,
and occurred at precisely 22 minutes helure 3
o'clock. The persona present were Mi. and
Mrs. Fletcher Webster, Mr. and Mrs. "aige,
Mr. S. A. Appleion, Mist Downee, Mr. I.en.v.
Edward Curtis. Peter Harvey, (icorge T. Cur-tis,
Charles Henry Thomson, (or Thomas.) E-q..
George J. Abbot and \V . C. Zaniziuger ol the
Slate Department, Dra. Jeffries and J. Mason
Warren, and ihe personal aiieudants and domes-tica
of Mr. Websle/ Mra. Webster being una-ble
to witness ihe last moments straiten lhe event
in her own apartment.
PARTICULARS OK Mil. WEBSTER S DEATH.
Fiom the Boston Courier.
The last hours of one so Moved as he whose
earthly career haa juat closed, amid so many
circumstaucea of consolation, were of the same
even tenor aa all the rest. The public are al-resdy
informed of the chief features ol that deep-ly
mtSiesAing acene. up to the period when Mr.
Webster desired to lake leave o! all who were in
the house.
One by one. in deep sorrow, but sustained by
his own great example, the members of his fam-ily,
and the friends and attendants came in and
took leave of him. He desired (liein to remain
near his room, and more than once enjoined on
those present, who were not ol his iminediaic
family, not to leave Marshficld till bin deaih hid
taken place. Kc-assu'ed by all that his every
wish would be religiously regarded, he ihen ad-dressed
hunsell lo his ph)siciaus, making minute
inquiries as lo his own cond.Uun, and the proba-ble
termination of his life.
Conversing wiih great exactness, he seemed
to be anxious to be al>le Ml mark W himself the
final period ol his dissolution. He ua> answer-ed
that it might occur in one. iwo or three hours,
but that the time could not I e definitely calcula-ted.
'• Then," said Mr. Webster. *• 1 suppose 1
must lie here quietly nil it comes." The retch-ing
and vomiting now recurred again. Dr. Jel-fnes
offered lo Mr. Websier something which
be hoped might give him ease. " Something
more. Doctor, more—I want restoration.'
Between 10 and 11 o'clock, he repeued. some-what
indistinctly, ihe words •' I'oei. Poetry.
Csray, Ony." Mr. rieierwr Weosier repealed
the first liue of the elegy, "The curlew loll? the
knell of parting day." "That's it, that's it,"
said Mr. W., and the book Wst brought and
AN OUTLINE OF HIS LIFE.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Daniel Webster was a native of Salisbury, a
small town in Merrimack county. New Hamp-shire.
His lather Major Ehenczer Websier, ser-ved
honorably in the old Trench war. and in the
war of lhe revolution. His son. lhe great States-man,
enjoyed few early idvtlltSget ol education,
and was chiefly instructed in Ilie rudimeuis ol
knowledge hv his mom*** He was prepared for
college ui F.xeler Academy, and entered Dart-mouth
College in 1797. Heie he panted four
vears ol'study. He was admilied '" the bar ol
Suffolk, Mass.. in 1605. and n. Ih07 removed m
Portsmouth, N. II., where he soon secured an
extensive predict. He was elected lo Congress
in 1812. and si once aiiaim-d distinction boih in
Ihe despatch of business and debate. He became
sttocintn of Clay, Clievet, Lowndet, Calhnun,
Forsyih, and other eminent men. r roin this
perioil he rose rapidly in ihe esleem ol hiseoun-inmen
; and hia career as a Itwyer and slates,
man became intimately associated wiih ihe ho-lory
of the country. In the session ol l823-'4,
as a repr-senlalive from Uoslnn, u hnher he had
removed in 1810. he made Kit celebrated speech
on lhe Ortek revolution, and in the autumn ol
■hat \ ear be w a* re-elecled lo Congress by a vole
of 4,990 out ol 0.000 cast. He waa elected to
the gentle of the United Bisiesin 1827- In 1830
he made his grealspeech in reply lo Col Hay lie's
assault upon the New England Stales, and lhe
personal relation of Mr. Wehstor to ihem. In op-position
lu the nullification views ol Col. Hnyne,
Mr. Websier stood firmly by lhe ailnnnisliaiion
ol Ccn. Jackson, in iis measures fnf ihe defence
of lhe Colon in !832-'33. Bui he dissented Irom
the policy of the President On lhe financial ques-tion
of the day, and Sturdily opposed both the
Stale bank System and that of an exclusive use
of Specie by lhe Government, In 183U he visit-ed
Europe, and was entertained with merited
honor hoih in England and France, and received
with distinction at ihe nspeciive courts of these
nations. His fame had long preceded him.
On ihe election ol Gen. Harrison he wan call-ed
lo lhe head ol the Cabinet as Sicretary ol
Stale, and in ihe course of the two yea re during
which he noulinued in office, he disposed of two
intricate affairs, the Mel,cod difficulty and Maine
boundsry dispute, which bad lasted fifty years.
On withdrawing from Mr. T\ ler's cabinet, Mr.
Webster momenlarily receded from public life,
nut ic urned lotheS* ntietl ihecommend mem of
Mr. folk's administration, and rendi rt d material
service in lhe adjustment ol the Oregon dispute.
He opposed ihe Mexican war on avowed princi-ples*
bui cheerfully concurred In granting sup.
plies. His son. Major Edward V\ ebsti r. wnb
his father's approbation, accepted a commission.
and died under the exposure of ilie service in
Mexico. In lhe late period of domestic Bglla-tion
upon lhe slavery question, Mr. Webster's
unyielding devoliou to tbe Union was made ap.
parent by bis great speeeh ol March 7. 1850.
And fid lowed aa it_wns by a series of tddrttStS
in different parts of lhe Union.coiitiihuied vastly
lo 'he restoration ol social liauiniiliiy. Accept,
ing office, as Secrel'ir) id Stale, in Mr. I'lllmore's
administration, he has had occasion lo deal with
several delicate subjects, his management of
which 1s familiar lo motl of our readers. Twice
lhe Urilish government have conceded an apology
to our own at the instance of Mr. Websier;
once in relation lo the destruction ol lhe " CHHK
liue" at Selilosser, and again for lhe interference
of a British cruiser with, »n American steamer in
the waters of Nicaragua.
As an orator, in the scope, profundity, grace
and vigor uf bis talent and style, he has scarcely-been
surpassed. He has filled a place second to
none ol his contemporaries at ihe American bar.
and his discourses upon various hislorical a:id
palriolic themes are among lhe most brilliant
achievements of modern eloquince. He has paid
much nilention lo agriculture. His residence,
when not engaged in ptihlic duly at Washington,
bait been either at Marshfietd, in Massachusetts,
where he died, or al tin place of Ins birth in N.
Hampshire. He possessed lari>e and valuahte
farms in both places. Stored with lhe choicest
breed* of caltle. and cultivated by the most im-proved
methods of husband')'. The works ol
Mr. Websier have been lately published in MI
volumes. 8vo., with a biographical memoir by
Mr. Edward Everett, winch has furnished lhe
dtlS lor this brief outline ol his career.
BEAUTIFUL El'LOGY.
The following is ll:e close of a Sermon preach-er
in Washington city, by Ihe Kev. OlSlUJ
DEWI v. on ihe day of Mr. Webster's death—lhe
news having reach lhe tily a liiile helure the
hour of morning service in lhe churches. The
sermon was on lhe subject of Death, and from
thisiextof the 90th Ptttm, •• Wo spend our
• 'i it t tale that is (old/' Aft-f |