The Greensborough patriot [April 14, 1855]

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VOL. XVII. GREKNSBOROtJGH, N. C, APRIL 14, 1855. NO. 827
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BY M- S. SHERWOOD.
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Ab~.de with, as. far i'« is Evuaini
'Iiniv with me, " my Saviour !
I'.ir the day i- passiu. by ;
See ! tli.- shades of evening git her,
Ami III ■ night i- drawing nigh "
|. i\ with me ! lurry with me!
i'.i-- me nit uirhoi 1 'i by .
Msnv friend? were gathered round me,
i,| tli.. hr'u hi .1■■■ - "• lb- "• si :
J; ,. ! ,.. ' • . ■ ! .; ne in'-.;,
\.„1 | lix . her. ■.'- U I :
i ..,., I.i ieh . tarry wi:!i ■••
Till I v.-.; .: ..
•linn'•: : "' • ■'■ '•- "■• •' ' :' '■ J" •
\ - 11,, ;,;ii . , -v.- would ■ ;in
11, -• ii]i<>:i iliy !'■'••!y IV i'lori -:
-!, || i sei '-. ■''■ i Lord, in vain?
h me. <) my Saviour !
|,i t UK see I hx sin •• ■ "'■ on .
hull m> i ar I b-b ii mi i" :
.-•■ nk lion, Lad. >:: .•'■- »l ebeer :
|-Yi tit-, tutii i in., my : oi»t" ,•.
- my !: •"..!.-■ ■•. II . ■
l ,.i thiiie'ar n.~. I. ■■ i "■
Let mo fool thy pre- . •■ :i ir.
Filth! I II ion piiut- L lore n •■
|v on dei >l -I"! sii II I I " sin :
Open ill.m I lie lilisal-iillc I lolllil ..ill.
I'|>- in-1- my guilty -"'" u ithm :
T.in •.. ihoii lbr_ix iiej Sax. ur !
k\ -ll .::■ v. .i ';• I i m) -in -
11. ,!, r, d< • ;■'r •.-!'■•''■' l'i" -<■■ 1 ■'.-.
Pal. . lioxx llu: -.1 win" «<•.-! :
Swill the night ol la-a'h advances ;
Shall ii in- lli" night •■■ res I '.'
Tarry w i(h '"". ' > my Sax ioiir 1
Lay in v head up HI thy breast 1
Feeble, trembling, fainting, dying,
Lord. I i-asl myself on tin v :
Tarry with 'ue, through I lie darkness .
While ! sleep, -lill watch by me,
T'll lb" moriiing, ihen awake me,
I lea rest laird, i" dwell xxi'.h thee.
of southern nobility, and of Scandinavian mclan- • GoV- Smith la OrattgB-eliolv.
The St-Iav.;nian« are lair eomiilexionod m,. , „ , . . «. T»
t„ I .. ,i . ,. i i, , .. '. .»,, ihis bold ainl veteran champion ol nomocracy Arabs; the (irmnd Date is more than halfGo ' .
man, but in Mooleaborgand Hoktein, as in some »Ppearea before the people ot Orange at their
pasris of fiusaia, there are (Sennana of Sdavoniu curt, Mo.idny week. The editor ol the Char-eztractiou.
luttesville Advocate being present furni.-hes his
The countenance of this prii.ee, notwithstnnd- rei,,]ore w|th a spirited skeicb of the Governors
ins his youth, presents fewer attractions than his' speech. Much of it was devoted to the Rieh-hjiure.
His complexion has already lost its fresh- „u,u,l Knavirer, which he seems to liavc handled
i.ess; one can observe that he is under the in- with gloves off lie then took up the anestkn of
fluenceol mine cause of grief; bis eyelids are Know-Xothinpsm .-
cast down with a sadness that betrays the cares , ,.,.,,,,, . , ,
ofriperage- lli- well-formed month is not with- (",v S™ith said be had been required to de-oat
an expression of sweetness : his (keeian pro- «»nee Knws-Nothingism Be had said that he
hie reminds me ot an antique medal, or of the : V\"M ,,''t d" s"- "'"', h,e ,defU,!f^ eiophatically
portraits of the I'-mpress Catherine ; but notwith- : tl,:lt:. "«* "'" "'-l*; ' ■'■■>' '''" " ■ . »r, IWm t
stamli,^ hn expression of amUthlenesa fan or-'''" *" n,° ^""oked that h.-had said the Know-pres.-
i.rn wlii-li almost always imports that also >»othing platltirm 'reoliWlned a grnal deal ol sound
..f b.-.,..lv. i bis youth, and y«t more, his German l^ioci-alic d.ietri..c. and he would prove it. —
b'-»l. it is impossible to avoid obscrvine in Uie' [T«s™«Bd.««! appUinse.^] IK-then took up the
li...-, of his face a i..w. r of .ii-ia.uialioii wl.icll ' " "?" r*"»,Ph'*. »n<1' nWWSWW at the 4th
0F.e trembles to Bee in SO you.-: an. Thi- i •";"L1"' «»•» «»eli article separately and eoiomen-
; rit is .loubile,, the impress ol destinv. It eon-1 ,(:d UP".' e.'."i, ami proiioiineed .t good, lie de-
.1 , viiK-es me that .t.he ,l..randi Ui,uike x. v,;inll hr„" (,..iii,.edi t,o i.elar,ed t.h,ai ..no hail ioi,iud. this d,oetnn. c .emb. r,aced
.ii- throne. The tones ..f his voice are sxxv.-t. | "' be. Msdisoi resolutions—that he had bee.,
which is i: ,t commonlv the ease in hisfomily. It. • early iiidoclriiiatcd in thorn as sound Democratic
they say, is a gift which be has inherited* from ! l«-«»e'l*-". »-'}^ «« not denounce ..em now
his,'inot,,l,ll _r ! because the Know-Nothings h id adopted them in
lie shines nm ing the v • '-.i"tr people of his suito,
without . ur diMwrrrini: what i' i- that pii--iv"-
.;i.- iii>uune that may l<" easibly obsi rved to exist
';■■ txti i II the:u, iiiiicss ii be the perfect ■rraecful-
■ II - . • ! 'ii- j, ••-- in. I..-..-••■iiiln.-s*always indicates
:i bi ■ . ..:..; e i l-iwiueni ; it depicts iniuil
. \ ■ :' . ■ i . -. : ,\'. .ii.-- i: ii- the c::iri-;gt
i .'■• i .. -. and ;•.■■• •■•- ;:l llie v-.r_v time
il.i!.; ■iii.ds. itussian travellers bad .-|»>kon I
to n.e of the }"■.:•!: v of prince a phcnoin-1
IIHUI'IHIIHI. His defence of the American plat-form
wa- able, eloquent ami ardent; and he did
not, ui-sent from a soiitarv sentiment contained in
it [Some gentleman, a .Mr. IJoston. asked fiov.
-. if he approved of the secret orgaai'tation. Oov.
S i;i:!i's Hiisxrcr to this question, was that he did
i-.i ; i'ui tiiit if his tricuds desired to B no a se-cret
urgnnitatien for I ho ^ I of the cnuiitrv, and
;!i'ii;.!ii they could eS'oet more good by a secret
oi-._ani/,:.tioi!, ' tlicv had a ri«ht to do1 so and he II ii..- ofil... b-auty ol pn ■ as quite :. pheiioin- '"-," ;. "-• ." , ■■-"' ' ?
•II. n. ,x-.••it.... i.t. ti."n■s exa^crat■i■o n_ iI s_.ii.oi.i,ii.ii mI, x. t-i. wou. ld not ob•i'e.ct to i.t; thai tnev.' were as much
.„,.. ,,-i,- struck with it; l.-ih-. I could not ! '■",;:!'--' "■' ?"■•" «1"'"""» UP'"' •"• subjOcts as he
bul :■ ol!,-t the roinai.ti.- mind, the ar.li an-elic 'v,;i
l" ■""■J
in ol i.i- 'hili"r, i.a-1 hi> uii.'le the Grand llukt Ic v,a t a iiien.'ior of the or'smizaiion hiin-
..M,• ic,haeli, wh• o xv•hen in |.x..i| >. t,.nev,. v,:isi;t,edi .I,',a,r.:ts, Sell.,, I Ic• Ml'7iTUCd the, II.',i'.,—lt¥ ol -on, e 'pirl Jv th, at
were tai.l,ed. •• nurtl,n rn/i(-•iti,'.s., . and. ii ffel..t m■ i lrl.nodi cnuid ■. r 11 f - - in-* iI«c-.i■»le aid cemeiil tnem . 1'M*• reilief
loii- ...,ii". because i n.-I been deceived; Jet, a- a band of brothers tor the defence ot tn; Niuth
ll..|vviili>t:.liiiiloj '.h;-. lie lillilld lluke of Ull.-.-L a--;iiust .\..n!ieni liiiihtivism. 1 le thought such a
.1 I., a- one of l!i ■ line-t lli" h ! of a I
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• iiu-i :....! 1 ii.i'.-
e.r!»■ ci'ni.i bo liii-un-d. The Democrats would
ur 11111 witn.
A Portrait of Alexander -The New
Czai ci Kussia-
V!i v....,i,-r. lie -.'■ ■■••—or of Nicholas, is in the
iliirty-cM'inh Mar ol !M- n»«. We copy the
f'Moxving iiiteresling deseriplion of hi- pernonal
hpcarnncc. Innii llie ••iilertaininjj Work on Rus-sia,
In the Marquis de Cii-tine. XVIHI 1110I him at
. tratcriuo place in tjcrmaiiy, fouitccii or lifteeu
y. .11- :i<-i> :
1 found ue- H'"mid llie crowd ofcurious spoc-x..
r...- .1- - 10 the Iirand Ihi.,--. ju.-t a.- lie .!.-
,1,.,., n.i. ■! f.'.iui lii- L-arria.L'e; and a- he stood for
siiiic lii." bofo.v fill, rinj! I be pale ol the wi«
./.,/.... . 1 Ikill'.' "lib a Itllssi.lll lady, ill" t'ollll-
,,..s_. I „.i -,i.li- to ob.-eive him at my ui--
„.,.. ||i- ...... :■.- In- appearance iiidieuU-s, is
lw.-i.tv ; In- heicht i.- co.uniiHiding. but be ap-ii.
;ir. I., I,,, . fi,.-. 1 \0i11i". .1 man. rather !':t. I i 1-
I'.ii'.oi' n.-iild l.c liaii'i-onio were ii not thai
• ■ .. d.-sirovs iheir expre.-sion. ili-r
»un<l face lalh.-r ro»emb!es that of a liciniaii
lli,iH ., I;,- ; 11 -. ..-1- HI id. 1 o| xtbat the Km-
|... . ■, inder.- 1111-I I. '■ .■ I" "ii ••'< the same
j.... -, -i,. HI. h iwexer. reoi !' :u. in any decree,
I... j ■, nl llie ' • In ue. A liiee .•: this
. ' . ihi-oimii many cluuites belore as-
■. , •■. , no:, ■..-r. I ho habitual llu
I. 11 :il pr, -1 1,1, ii. iiol. -. I- u'O'a--'"--.
1 1 I..-UV. . 11 lie- Ji lltlll'lll si.ii !'
I!le.y...i.li ihi i-oii-tanl 1 oiitrae I lb. mouth.
, . , : thoii --. 11 'iii oi.laii.c w ■•■--'« ibies
l'i m ,11— :i id which, p '•'' 'ps iu-le-
MOIII iward silllel in^'. I he - 1V- ol
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... i,_ ••, uilurs lli.il iheir ease always
'■'• rsil-i ihar.ici.r of iifmhility, to whieh in tiiei
W hen the; believe themselves to
lllilio 111 le than com::: norlals, tl'ey
• ••:.-;i. in .1. both by the direct influence
slid 1 p an I by the liojicless effiirt of
lb 1-10 .-bnro "u. Thi!-absurd inquie-
:. 1I1, Grand lhi|c. His
■ - 1 be id. 1 .ifii iH rleellv well bled
: i , v.•■,■ ii; n 'ii will'i.e bv the
unite in ,-u.li a movement lrt-m conxictions of
lalx, and the Whigs frmu a sense of patriotism.
ii" aruiicd the nco—iiy of a change i.i the na-
I loii !i". .'-.! 10 r. ' turalLtatioii laws. He iho'.v.d that the native
I i'ris'ative /iid- p/ipulwiitm of tlic South increased more, rapi'fly
. . thaii that of the North, and declared that the pi e-l,,
rl - lttl..r-«i.«l and ■.-ratihoOllOil ol mil ^mdei-aii.-e u| Xortla-iii repivse.italion over that
render*, w. i>--rt two \v.\ i.i. j-.i tint lixvs jui.-sM-d of the .Smith, was owing to the Hood of foreiirn
id lb.- last -• - i..n of our !.. ^i-Liture. for the jinv <■ u i.i.: iti.e.i tb.it "vas const.inlly p luring in upon
1 i..n olthe uidiisiikil pursuits u« the Stale. il"«j N''*ih. That this vast influx of Ibieigimra
.,I I1 n. - .is a .'• o, ,I'i'jitiiiiiu. I1 ."' ah1, o.ir rl• i■u-'u bitl alri-idv•. "ix'ou. 11 t,he ,Ncrt.h , >.,.iiio 1.11-", m„or.e..
l.-ji.e.110..lives loan too .- aiiii iii'i. and thai 11
'"'l'"' ' P'-d xvork, and avail themselves ol ,;„. lidcof emigr-lBSi c iiiued to inc« ise in the
il:.- , >i.. in. ..JI:.I .HI- xi iiuh, from li ■•:■■ to time, -a-no ratio asMt bad for the la.-t lour years, we
max !" "ixt-n them. would li.cl i;: taking the next census that the
\\ e 1 -:.-■ 0..-a.-i .11 here t. rein irk. 1i1.1t we have .\,.-:!i w ■•■:U bate a majority of upwards of 100
bij;ii Ni'.irfn lion in ,-e. iiiir ihc objects fur which llepiesentativcs.
no havi In on lab iiring ail our life—niidfiir a ;..:.•_• Now is not this a startling ftet, that D'.twith-i
tine 11.110-: :.i n ■—in,w l«-iii-| ricooiiipii.-hod. -landing the native population increases much
Kxor-iuec our !ir.-: eoiii.cMitiii with the pi.-.-- in ,,, ,,■■•• ;:i>i:l!v South, mid ihat the sole preduuii-
IVV. we have had a steady eye lo iijrriciiltural neiicu of the Xorth over us is derived from a for-advaiiceineiil
in North Caiiiliua ; and in I '■ I•">. — • eimi p.-i;.ie. fro.a aliens who arc notoriously abol-
■1. eply t-oiixiiiccd w :re •■.■■ of llie importance ol i;i..iii-i.-. and v.-t wc refuse to do anylhiuo in rid
arousing cur liiru.ei'.- to retioii, that wo eoniiiien- oiirselx'cs of ibis stupendous wrun-r? How can
fed 1 he publieaiioi v ii!i ml previous subscription. Southern 11 bo sincere in their denunciations of
"I a 11 ibly periodical .levied to iheir interests. Northern iiboiilionisis, and yet icl'useto unite in
tidied ''The North-Carolina I'anecr." which we.j the elior; to eul off this rapidly nii-iim ii.iut; anti-coiitinued,
at 11 siK-rilice for live years, amid-t ihc ,-hnciy power? Look alit, you men ol the South,
multiplied and an!uo«> laUirs di ..end. .1 by the who prise the I'uioii—you who do.-ire ymtr own
chief business rrmu which wr.s ilerived our sup ...ii; rv, and so..- ii we have any security of our in-pat
: 1 nor did we tibaiid. 11 ii until fon-cil to -i-' . i-iitulion, ifsoiuethiug is not done to resist this
--,, bv .."iliui.iu bi-allb : • and in which we urged. ' abolition ithiveiui-nt '.
from first iiilusi. all the important measures*bieh At ibe conelusi. fGov. Smith's speech. Col.
we have sine. :...o the pleasure- to see adopted. Woollblk arose lo uniani'/e a loeetinj' tor the pur-
[Vide " N'orlh-Ceniliu:! Kiiroicr," vol. 4, p t-.<".-J pec of appiiniii.'j; deieuates to a Couvciitiiui to
and in-lfi d. a!! ll.ev.iln »<"■ of that w»rk. , I., bold in tTi:iilo||e-\ i]lo to nominate a t'audidalc
We iii.'l. first, the eslablisliineut of a Stall fur the lioard of Public Works, but said he wish-
A-.-ri.-.i !nn:.l Sis-ii'ty. I in the Fanner liar Nov. ed it distinctly 11i1dersto.Nl, first, that he was "for
l>4s., wa .-aid. •• iet such members ol the Le^is-1 Kxtrsi Hilly Smith against all other men in the
hit lire as I'd I an isilcl'csl in the matter, meet ...ill world ; atrdnst the world, the flesh and the dev-tbe
ciii/eiis xvli.i iiiuy be here Iroui diflcrcnt see- j|." As for "the /'•>/■• who edited the Knquirer,
lions of the State, i'i Ihe I 'apitnl, and erginiw a he «>led nothing for him—be was nbusiug every
State \._::-iiltiii-d Sis-iety." 'Ihis we continued body who would mil Uiw down to him. and cry
lo ur.". IV'.H. xi- in year, until tv-">~ whe ir 1 • .^r. at i- IHana of iln Kp!ie-i 111-!'' He enntiuu-
-i"..j 1! ,1 was a.'..pi.-I. and a lueetilij; ix-.s held ! ed in ;■ somewhat desultory manner to read a Ice-in
ibis 1 iv. iiaj. t*. !.. liiotoli in the t'l.air. and lure to the Ihrni'vi-stic pirty.and declared that
Mi. ..'. !'. Taylor of thi- place :■.. tin : as Si ■r.-ia- ii M change was tint made in the loaiiigeineiil of
•j. . : 1. ' i'i. .j . i- .,: :i ": - i •!■ 1 . v 1-..;. .mi.-, d the Knquirer, il Would kill both ii-.lf and the
Wen.-.. !. i"'l; the .-ei:ilil:sh nl .n".••.ir:- I loiiiiN-ra'ie party; ll"il it had already driven
ix ..... -i.-tie-; and insiii w.-re luri'itd in I IHI Slat.-, some of lie iM-st me it ofthe parly. When he
iVc eoii(cnd".l. 1I1 .-llx. til:.! ■•au.i.i ill aid of bad concluded. Mr. J S \\'..,|i..!l; offered a'reso-llnii
Lo. '■• -i. ...... pi.-c-i. 1. . .1 ■'•.■.' thi 11 to luliiai approxiu-_'t.ov. Smith's eoiipse in the List
,i;-; :»l,:i| .:.. .1, . _:o^ ill '■ ale^i.o j ••-: ..:■!' ■- |'nooiiss, ami |ee.,i,i. leiidiui; hilll t". the l-enio.
for i iip .talil iii'p oXelliellls: ' :■.••' an act xva-p-- era.ic party for lot ieetioli.—lji/ttrliblli-g I in/in
sed at the -0-10 1 of '.'. 1 —".'!. "i-. in-.' <■■. b .•■■ inly .',,••.
siN-ii ;* fiftv •In'?: rs : and at the late -"--i n. the _______________
subjoined a--:. _ivinj; llie Stale Society if l,')') 1 lot
,|- .*,.,;,-j.. ...- indicaiod. J.i*uU nn>} A'.'.../-. —A MormiSi KWer was in-vV,.
.'...,,. . ... n I. !. iburthlv, from time lot! x ii ■•! to officiate as oh..pl 1111 .a the t'alil'oinia l„-g-
,|,.,i • i.;.*vi ion >h'iil.l b<-:-nt!e for a ^e.l.^ical isi..iurc at the opening ofa uwituili}: se-sio.1. llie
. .,, . ,, ::., Stile." This has been done. ISov, "dr. Shuck, liabii-i. ..f Sacraiueiilu, had
. .,, n.ionded. lifthix'. that, "by ill means, been inviteil to niGciatu in the same capacity,
,.,,...... /. be erected ihroiigh i!..- middle whoso foelio-rs are expressed in the following n.to
of :!n-State, fi-iii.th board totbe moimtsius." which he a.blrossed to the i.c^i-laiur--: '■ I am
; ;,. • w .-• 11 -xv ■_ .1 bravi Ix on," and nm • irs imw precluded from Rerepting the invitation y .11
II, ».,I,H,.J iviih ibo M,u'i siirriug whistle of have extended, from iii" lael of the Assembly
ii- liK-.in..lives. having, by a largo vote of ye-tui lay, aekowlcdged
Sixti.lv. On.' ol our r« inniendatioiis only re- the C.'hristiauili ..fth.it daria. impostlire.systcma-mains
to'be carried out. that is. that "all docu- lined lie. nti-u.-no.-s called M.irmmiisui. Add
ments emanating from the \grienltural S«s-' ::. -- witli it or its •-elders' 1 can have 110 religious af-of
sufficient value. _ivin_ Mirht M the people; the li iity. sympathy, fraternitj", or intercourse. I
esnerieneeoftbe best praeti.v.1 larmei>, and the claim fbr lujself, imilviduiilly, no superiority in
|,JM,IIS of the seientitic, should be spread hruad- righteousness oxer other _men ; but, as a
ea-t o.-i-r the I.uid at tl.e ;.•■•'''• • expense." This Chri.-iiaii minister, I do claim fur Chi-istiaulty
Ls don.-bv some ol ihc Slates wilh Biueli advan- a superiority over every other religious sys-
-tf-T_t__eld—Mr- Webster.
As for thegeneral appearance of Webster's Man-sion
bouse, its roomy, hospitable piaztas, its spo-cious
rooms, with opeu fireplaces where the very
heart of winter would glow with intense heat of
the bla/.ino hickory that rests upon the huge-brass-heuded
andirons ; its library, coutainin^ a body of
the best Kic_'li-h reading, whether in politics, di-vinity,
metaphysics—not in curious editions, but '
in substantial, well-bound volumes ; its busts, tkiid
portraits, and curious works of art. many of them
the gifts of ibe leading men of the time. Mr.
Webster's little wooden sanctum mnrtorum, a few
rods out of doors, where he hept his agricultural
books, and where, wheu he retired, no one would
venture todisturb biiu. All these, and agood many '
more, were (hey not described in the long letters
in the Evening Post of last August t
1 ought perhaps to mention the chamber of the
departed statesman, in the northeast corner of the
bouse, in which he breathed his last. It looks
precisely as it was left 011 the day of his death,
i he simple bod without hangings, cano-bottoiued
chairs and 01 her furniture of curly yellow maple,
the prints, With plain black frames, of Dupout de
I'En re, Lamartine, Citizen Perier, (the latter a |
niu<t striking resemblance to Webster himself,^
and the perking phiz of the " Hon. Levi Lincoln,"
in his tigiithuiioned eoat, are amfng the small
engravings hanging about the room. The memo-rials
of his family affections, the little truck bed-stead
under hi-, own bed, with the tiny chair, be-longing
doubtless (O someone of bis grand chil-dren,
and the two little silhouette pictures of
Samuel A. Apple'..11 ami Julia Webster his wife
caressing her children, are especially interesting.
'Ibis room looks out upon the pond which Mr.
Y\ cl.sler made in the rear of his house, with its
little gra—grown island, where the wild geese
built their nest in safety—and beyond, upon the
armies of young forest trees planted by himself,
which oieer the surrounding slopes. Farther off
is llie bleak iiiil called llie WiusloW llurial Ground
,x here, under their crumbling tomb-stones, repose
the rude forefathers of Plymouth Colony, and in
xxhieh is situated that spot of consecrated earth
Containing the tomb and -in.ill marble uiouuini.'iils
of Mr \\ ebsierand his family.
It was in", fortune to occupy, during my late
stay at the Man.-ioti House, llie room so associated
with the memory of the great New Engbtud states-man,
and while looking mil Upon the lake and the
xeidii.-clo— landscape, glorified by the clear cold
starlight, I could hardly tail to recall the inci-dent-
related of ibe latter day.- of its occupant :
—how lie would lisil, languidly out of the window
towards the graves of his family, reflecting upon
the s|ieedy prospects of his union with them ;
how he requested that his noble cattle should be
driven up once more upon llie hill side, that he
might take a last look at the creatures upon
whom he had lavished so much tare, his affect-ing
ic pi cst, that the heal moored at the lake
should have a buithcrn at th-- mast-head, which
should be kept burning day and ui"ht till the ex-tinction
ofhis tile: itii'l lin.r mi xvdkiug on cold
giay October morning, alter a terrible northeast
storm, he remarked to the servant, on seeing the
twinkle of the light at the mast, as high and un-subdued
as ever, " You see our little boat still
rides out she storm," as if his own lib' and the
light of the boat were mysteriously connected.
It is probable that the interesting relics of the
Mar-liliold state-man xvill be preserved in the
family. His law book- and miscellaneous library
were bequeathed to bis son. Fletcher, in addition
to l.is voluminous correspondence with most ofthe
distinguished men of the time. These em-brace*
wide variety of topic-—religion, puli-ti.-
s, asrienlture, and, in short, every thing
in regard to which a man »f Mr. Webster's
universal acquaintanceship might be suppascd to
feel an interest. Ol the letters addressed to Mr.
Webster there are several barrels, and though bis
son has been engaged, with assistance, two or
three hours excrv-day for a year in examining
then., he has only been able, beginning with those
written whose names commence with A. to get
through the initial K. Now thai the estate i-sninixx
bat seti led. we may expert greater headway
in the edition of the correspondence by Fletcher
Webster, who, by his good sense, literary e. nre-toncy
and filial affection, is especially qualified for
the task.—A' }'. frritiMi/ /W.
••----~
Our Unexplored Territories-
There ire some very extensive regions belong-ing
to the e upire of the United States where the
foot of man never trod, and which our maps de-scribe
as unexplored. There exi.-ts large rivers,
whose course is unknown, and only fragments of
which are set down on our maps ; long mountain
ranges which are in the same uncertainty ; in fact,
although we know the existence of these regions,
and know that they belong to us. they remain yet
to be discovered. Events have within the L-irt
ten years, done much to attract attention to them,
and to render some few discoveries nnr.voiilablv.
The Mexican war. California gold, the overland
emigration, the Mormon colony, the Pacilic Rail-way
explorations, Fremont's expeditions, all have
contributed to enlarge somewhat our knowledge
of the great Western trrru iMCUffnila. Rut a
glance at ibe map will satisfy any one that much,
very much, remains tr be done. Lanza portions
of (\i!ifornii. I.'iah. N?w Mexico, and Texas re-main
as unknown tn us as the vast interior of Al-riea,
and are equally with the latter subjects ot
speculation and eurto-ity. We have been re-minded
el this fact by reading in our Panama pa-pers
an item stating that the ropablin of New
tirenada has had complete survovs and map* made
of twenty of the thirty six provinces into whieh
it is divided and the work on the rest i- progress-ing.
It is customary with us North Americans
to fancy otir.-elves a very lone way ahead ot all
the Spanish American republics in eixili/.atiou
and genuine progre-s. More, however, is a mat-ter
of some consequence in the eve of Europeans,
in which xve are decidedly behind band. If lirou-ada
can afford to pay attention to the geographi-cal
survey end mapping out of its territories, we
ought, with our resources, to be able to do like-wise.
In-lead of surveying lira valley of the
Amazon and mapping ...it the Dead Sea and the
river Jordan, and sending exploring expeditions
to the South Pole, the North Polo, Iteluiiig'.-
Straits. and the interior of Africa, it would be
a great deal better to display a !it:lc of the same
enterprise in discovering and tracing upon the
map-the unknown and uuexplmjed regions of the
L uited States, and opening up ronls through
them to unite more ekieely to u- our Pa-'ilie col-onies.
Unfortunately, howercr, our superabun-dant
spirit of adventure seems t.i care less to
display itself in efforts on the soil belonging to us,
than iu climes far remote front our boundaries,
and but little Conceded with our into rests.
.\11rlh .{ mi trirOtn.
i. ,- r. :_ II. will be by ill i . ..i o nl manners that he will
i . i . '...!,:. ...;it .. .. I. . I.,- !.,»•_
I- r| .I;.- '. * -o:i:e 111 1 no ,-lilic.- w .. o niuv. , - . - -o- -
,., ., tllln,, ..„. 'improvement. We have be- lew 011 the face of this whole earth; and as to
i'.re n- „«w! a let!, r add.'.— d Ui ..-:- secretary Mor num itself, I reaard it as a dishonor to the
„l ,!,..-Mte .-.••.,..-. froiu -In-.. 1!. I'illon- K--I-- onelixing I true t.od.a hbMiipun ( hn-tianlty,
;, .. , '^lauaeheduithe in which he states that « the Indiana Board o I a bold m-uli to the ... elluteneo ot the ..me-ll.-
i-i, l--„, r-rshmld in ciiaiigi... Agriculture luis. einref.rganintion. .l«^ed toenth century. -Irc^trnu^
. : ..«, -::■-..,-nio;,., Is.,. three voiiuues, comprising'theitiw..sacttoi.sMthe
c:.b.xe.'l have arain seen the Board U theyears I .-->!. p---.ami I - >■•■ ' "•-' n /;,-,vo,, E,p ,.,-,„. „.__v N.w Yorker.
(I ,d Iiu!:e. and I have examiiied volnnies have I»H'!1 printed for .listri.t^agrieniu- rc.spol|jent of,,_ j^^,, jmrot\gy^ publicity
1 I.■■-:;!-. !v. lie bad ea-t off
I.:-h a;.-...r,d 10 tii him ic pb-e-ii
- 1 a bloated iipp '.I'.'.inee.
:-i undress lli-
• ' .-i.i^ : his carriage
• in irt *tifliiess. The kind
•li "" i- ili-tingui*h"d, reminds
' li .1 I ii.a.oier which seems
: ■'- ' • lb. Sol n...lie race. It i. not the cx-
."'''h" ijfick 1 . ; ,:- of southern climes,
lh- i iiperuirable c '..inc.-.-of the pco-
' '' • :!i- h i- :n' - ab iia:i..iiofBimph'ciiv,
Leisure Hours.
In what way can your leisure hours be fiile.l up,
.-nas to turn to greater account, than indisfitablc
reading? Young men, do you know how much is
lb-pending on the manner in which you spend
your lie.-ure hours.' Ask the couSmied inebriate
where lie first turned aside from the path of.-o-bri-
tv, and il his memory be not g.me with his
reason. In: will dwell with painful recollections
upon the ioiiir.-e hour- he once eniovod. Ask the
victim of crime when ho took his first step in his
reckless career, and you xvill probably r ind him
of the leisure hours he enjoyed in this yoUt.l.
< >n the other hand do you see a man who was
Oine in the bumble walks of lib . now moving in
a sphere of extended usefulness'!' hi husbanded
his lie.-ure hour-. Multitudes whoso names look i
bright in fhe constellation of worthies owe their
elevation to the assiduity with which they improv-ed
the interval they enjoyed from the persuils nf |
the plow, the aw! or the anvil. They substitul.il j
the study of useful books for thine trifling amuse- .
ments whieh insidiously lead the unweary in patbs
of profliga.-y and vice.
Be Honest Boys-
If we could reach the ear of every American
boy, xve would urge upon each one lo adopt the
pnociph of honesty in everything. Wo would
exhort I ii: :i to have the Word as the Watchword
ol: bi- lip- a- he Steps out into the World to act
and to do for himself.
Young man. ifyoii intend to pea planter, and
bring up ibe sweet xxho.it and tin- gulden corn
from the -oil. lot essay to you. '<• burnt.
1hi you intend Iu be a Minister: Ifyon stand
in the .-acred dusk and lie a mouthpiece lor find
e beacon to point the way fVo.n earth to Heaven,
you 11111-I be bonost. Hypocrisy iu .-u.-haii exal-ted
position would bo a libel on the Na/aniie.
and a damning -in in the eve of Heaven.
!>.. you intend I lining a Mcrelianl ! Temp
tatious lie in the path of ihe dealer: dazzling
prizes and promises of sudden Wealth souKlimcs
lead men astray, but in the midst of tie rush for
the i..'i/.i—in the quiet ot your Cotpitiug room and
tin: crowd of the im.rt, remember the watchword,
//on. •'.'/• 1*1 it greet yon on the pages of youi
ledger—write it on all your bills.
U ill you he a Mi "ban:.: .' Will you shove th"
plane or wield ibe hammer? In this useful x..
cation you xvill not be free from the t. inpter
The metal ofyour moral character xvill be tried
lie honest! Let the admonition eoine to you iu
the buss of busy wheels and iu the clear ring of
the heated anvil.—Chisel the word in the xx....d—
euzra'.e it in the ir-.ti and br.:.--s—carve It in the
marble . olutnn- you build.
Iln'C YOU decided to be a 1 ii'.-iei-in '/—Tin-:
vou xvill spend your life in tic eompiny of n
bleeding, a suffering and a dying Itumaiiity. And
vou will learn the seerets of the heart h-idc. And
xiti x'ill so.iiii'ne- .-land between Iht.th, the
Patient an I the (irave 1 1 i llie name ol the lin-iiiaain
you d-.d with, xve urge yu !•• I. /.-../ ./.
I In you crave the Lawyer's license, his brid
and bLs green satchel ? "An honest L-iiri/ir is
the noblest work of"—the Judirinrg. Yes, a
lawyer may be honest, therefore, with a gesture
and emphasis,—6/ linwrt.
hues your ambition run out after llie worthies-laurels
of the noisy politician ? Be honest if you
can, and may the I..id be merciful unto you!
Would you ic a Printer m Kditor? //'• I'tonei',
am! may your lab r- be rewaiucd.
In conclusion, young man, il y >u intend 1» ii":
a liquor seller, and deal out pot-in to y .ur fellow
men; and begg'ir children, and brenk lite lieart.-
of widows, wives and mothers, xve xvill only PIIJ
that it i.- Co be expected th.it l.l- Saiitauic Majes-ty
will deal hijtfstl<l with you, ii.i show you he
bus a perfect understanding of j>.«ir case and Its
merits.—-Iv
Death of Crockett
The following is a graphic sketch of the __t
moments of a brave man I
" Colonel Crockett, wounded and closely tur- .
sued by a number ot the enemy, rctreatcil into •"
the church, felling them as they approached.—-
He stationed himself in a niche, in the corner,
determined to face the Ibe t*> the L.-t and -.11 bus
life dearly ; with his rifle and a snpcralundamo
of side arms, be hewed and shot them down with
the same K-lul ctrtninty that Mfcwant to charac-terize
his indomiialde spirit. Hi- js siti„n ten-dered
aeeento him utterly Impossible, except by
a direct and cl.»e approach in front ; after some
eight or ten of thum were laid dead before him,
a feeling of awe seemed to seize hold of the lav
SSMsnte. One of them who ovuld -peak a little
broken Kn^iisii, probably preferring to hare the
single honor of t.plnring -o noble a spocimaa of
Auieiienu val-.r to pre.-out t« his " dear neater."
said t.. Crockett, •• sarrendeCsMor V A flash
of the niosl sovereign scorn darted Iron the liery
eye. and as it pierced that of the enemy, be seem-ed
to be transfixed. In a voice of thunder Crock-ett
anawete I. •• Surrender 1 No 1 I am.an Am-erican,"
and ns he spoke he sent a bull through
the heart of the paralysed foe. lie appeared h*
a moment like a wounded lixior. strengthened
and buoyed by each additional wound ; iimv hew-ing
them down with his well tried swjrd—next
dealing death with hi- fire-anna.
His person was literally drenched with his
owu blood j his strength must >,« n y|(.|,| |„ i(H
lo-s. ^ ot such |:hy.-ieiil pearar wrought to the
highest degree of excitement eon perform in-credible
prodigies. This waa the last eoBeen-trated
energy of a powerful i aroused, mi.
ina'od, and guided by one of the noblest stlri-bute-
of man—love of liberty. He knew for
what hi.- life was ub .UI to be sacrificed j that de-va-
tjtioii and bill. In ry would follow the footsteps
ol his || 'ill I less flics, (lnt wo'iian would IK' MWri-tied
to satiate the desires of the oonnnerur: sml
f. i ling the holy iuspimtioii of a dying patriot, bo
fought manfully till the Ins- of blood and tin- ap-proach
ot death slaved ha upraised arm ; hi- rifle
wa.- broken to pieces, bis pistole fell to the floor
and II .thing but hi- faithful sword was left. Iu
the agony of death, with a terrible grasp, he
brought this weapon upon the head of his nearest
assailant, and loll victoriously aorov the bods in-to
the artn-of.leal li. In the corner of thechureh
fhere Were twenty six dead Mo\i":il.-.and no other
American-, having fought or fallen at that pom:,
it is considered beyond all reasunabl doubt, that
all oftbem fell by the band of Tenneesee'a fiivorite
sou 1 nil wore now dead, not a man loll to relate
ihe wonderful deeds of thi- illustrious band of he-roes
! Not a companion l."'t to rear a monument
to their memory ! Ifut ah 1 no monument is re-quired
topi rpetuate their 11 in I. So long U free-dom
bus an abiding place in America, will their
heroic deed,- and proud name- be held sacred 1
- great, and she. b-j. is beggared. I Jut
„,• |.t_TMl niproveme . -i '" ^( rf^ . ^ ., ^ ^ fj „_.,, neM,
,^nf1?^: :'^l- i^i" •- n-iion and alienation that they have sapratod,
hope tlio tuna is nevr-r lo K- united again, tM-rlaips.
brough: Inl" extstem-c. ,
Uncle Sam was born a nation 77 years ago.—
Since then he whipped his mother and oi I his
brothers; thrashed the Barbery cousins; threatened
Prance and made her pay up; and cleared decks
for buttle with Austria, lie has sent aiiexample
of liberty aim popular power tint ha- terribly
I'righfaed the despots of the earth, and periled
the ancient thrones. He has grasped a continent,
and is fast covering it with a free and thriving j
people, lie has built more .-hips than any other
nation in the same length ot time, and hi- Hag is
now seen ill every >."t and barb jr. He ha- built
more steam boats, more railroads, more churches
and more cities, in that seventy seven yea.-.-.
than any Other nation in live hundred year.-.
He has printed more newspapers, made more
pooches and done mure bragging then any otiicr
nation in H thousand years.— ZVMI
Beautiful.
it canm I be ihat earth i- man's alii ling plieo.
it cannot be that our life is C—I up by the ocean
ufeternity to float it] it-xi.n.s and -ink into
nothingness. KJMI why is ii thai tie- •.-! .ti.u- as-pirations
which leap like angels from the temple
of our tie oi-.-no forever wandering unsatisfied?
Why i- it that the rainbow and the clouds come
over with a beauty that I- not .if earth, and pass
oil io leave ii- to iuu i tie ir faded loveliness ?
Why i, ir that the -Mr- who hold li Stival around
the midnight throne are -.-t abov. llie grasp ..four
limited laeulties, forever mocking us with their
u::a|.j....... Libie glory ' And, filially, why is it
that the blight lonns of human u auty are prc-
.-oiiled l ■ our view and tlietl lalcli fro n us, leav-ing
the thousand streams of affection to flow back
in Alpin. torrent- " We an horn for D high r
destiny than thai of earth. There is a realm
where rainbows never fade, where the s'ars will
be out before us like isl.:- that slumber on the
ocean, and where ihe beings that piss before u-iitce
shade."s, wills:ay inour possession forever.—
/V-,i',--.
Early Character.
'■ There is nothing I despise so much as to seo
a boy xxiih a cigar in his mouth." Thus remark-ed
one of the wralihy and must re-p'tel busi
in— men of K.i-t Boeton, standing ai the door of
the Po.-t offie.e w.iiiiug for the distribution of Set-ters,
a- a b ,y walked iu palling a > ig.r. Svmpi-t
hi.'.i.e.'-on low ha I xxith the gi nlleii.ali, O'C fell ill-to
tie- following reflection :
We iinagin. d that in ibe course of human
events, this boy might be induced to apply at I ho
gentleman's counting room fur eniplnynicut. The
merchant's remembrance of his act of youthful
dis-ipatioii w.iil.l probably not be totbe benefit of
the young man's character as iu temperance and
sobiicty, and Would think him.-' ll jn-titied in
doubting ihe independence ami rt-u>iim of oi.e
who en.bully for in. b.it.i u .i-i.n il.aii because
others do so, and probably beouuse be thought it
would give him a manly air. contracted ibe offci-
• iv and unnatural habit "t .-.iioi,ing in Isiyhood.
Ibe very in t would seem io argu menial or mor-al
d .. i. ni-y, ;.ii I peibap- boib. J.iilit- things are
sometimes atti u.lc 1 w n n gic it results.—-The mer-chant
i like a 'II i; if*it| oi well bred people J is ex-ceedingly
anuoySi] with the sun il ofcigar smoke.-
lie de-pi-. - the practice ofsmoking, and cannot
help iiolieing llie IM.V wlsiexhibits it, or think-ing,
in siieh en-.-, what ihe mental manifestation
i-. \\ ith ihe boy the act wa- a ti iii". nothing—
io :!ic man It w..-a revelation which lukl him
-.aicihing of a y.u'.h of whom he knew nothing
!.ei;.re. and thai something xv.:- to his discredit.
How diuerenl would have been the result, if
the Ursl .-ui ..I (hi.- 1M... noticed by the merchant,
had been one .I.at MS plainly l|ioke of intogiity
and giKsl sense, u- the act ..I -n.nklug did ol v.esl:-
n..--and f.-i; .!i:. oi cluiraeteT. Thoman would
!:.i.. i. iiiarki d thai boy. and ii ii -boa 1.1 ever have
come in i.i.- way to render him a service, no tcs-lil.
iiN.y Would lie Heeded Ivsecuro bi- lav. r.
\.c would Iain impress ui-.n llie young, the
great in.|lorlam f forming g.nsl habile. tluc
max Ibrsake his boyhotsl's errom when he be *n-es
a nan ; Imt the chance i- that instead ol being
forsaken they will be aggravated, and take oil a
rigidity which is like second nature into manhood.
Knowing thi- ' people judge ol y.tiug Inell by
what they kin,.- of them when they were boys—
unl"-.- a subsequculacquaintance gi..-s them bit-ter
ground lor the tbnuatlon ol an opinion.
If,a. Th em— //. /7/.'// —This gentleman
is virtually thmuu overboard bytbe Norfolk News.
Judge Bak ;• r>put\intn '!n ■ n'i,- />■ .»,■ n/ii- lirk-
I H,and refuses to place l.i.e-ilf in oppasitmn to
; the Aniericoii party, and beove hi- posiliou i.-, de-
' cfaired as 'Vl-nsiis ruuiewtd Snd mn neniUi. —>
' "Tin: unpardonable offence," the New* says, has
1 I..-.oi committed lc. him, and his constituent* ere
II ,'.v called upon to "teach him the way he should
so." Martial law and party screws! Off with his
mad'.—A.""/.,„.,„.' fir..;/ Post.
.1 Putient [.ml—"Ben," sail bin lather one
dav, "a« soon as I ee.t time I shall give vou a
whipping.
•• Well said th" patient boy,'I reeon I can watt."
A country htdlvidn 1 nhowaa caught in the water
wheel of a Raw mill, s y- h" intend- lo apply fora
peusioii, as h» ia a »_ixi"oc ot the iisxtiaKaa.
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