The Greensborough patriot [November 6, 1852]

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YOL. XIV. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, NOVEMBER 6, 1852. NO. 703.
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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 <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