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• Awfully Sudden Death.
The Now Orleans papers announce
the death of John C. Larue,
that
city. The Pica gun* says: "S . „
The manner of his death was awfully
sudden, llis wife had been indisposed,
and ho remained homc-to keep her co n-
pniiy. He lay on a low sofa, quite
well and uncommonly cheerful. She
reclined along the lloor, leaning on his
shoulder, his arm about her—-the child
on the spfa- nbuib'ff.
Pans, what makes yonr eyes roll so f
. 1 . t i • A «...»„l, hn cnii!
The St. Louis Republican says;
1 ——• j*—- - i'JL-auijy to be
We learn from a source likely
well informed that a caucus of leading
members of tlio parties composing the
oppositionio the democratic party is in
contemplation in this city, the chief oh
jeets of which is to elect Colonel^ lien-
ton and a know-no liing to the Senate
of the United States. The parties
most interested in pushing this plan for-
n<uvWnnm; rfiilto confident" ot carrying
it out, Hint of electing tliclr men ; but it
will turn out that neither the friends of
were
-* "jjL* SwTim dyi.“r Frcmom Zl those of Mf. Fillmore
^^'wed^'Don^deM-^onMt'^'ghtCT I tiorrtlran^^^w par^«M»agfert*\riH be Thursday Monitor, December 4 1855
answered, "Don t dear—-don t jnnU.c thl! dection of senators to Congrc*
mo so.” "1 tell yon, lie repiioa, w«u Wo ar « nr
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PresciUatioo to Dr. Aioiizo Chnrcli,
President of the titaiversily of Geor
gia. - ■ • y. V ; •'
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Pcadtt que loqventit'ab ore.—Viegil. *
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lion. Each and
ass 1
when the fiery
yon
emphasis, “I am dying. ,
to get restoratives ; lie said “M ***•
Sim staitediby the next legislature. We are not
sorry that such plans have been formed.
e :n timn (a moot tliom • hill
tsisssz^ ** *. *&*#.«ss*■ *-
servants, “A doctor! a doctor!* and
I wc undertake to say that, under
Vi's face distorted ‘and "his possible state of circumstances, can such
bed His only words were, * combination bo successful. 1 here is
J when ft clear, wcll-dchncd majority in the as-
turmug saw
hands clenched. His only
Agents for the Southern Banner.
Jons S. Muster, Jackson county, (!•
Jobs Prior Edw»iujs, Monroe. On.
John M. Free* is, Cnrncsvill*. fi».
James I>. MeKEXSET.CInytoii, On.
\V. L-SuttoS, Towns comity On.
Any of thoabirvcmuneii gentlemen nrc nutlior-
xe.'t to roccive outl receipt Tor money due the Sonlli
cm Rnimer Office.
bin limbs relaxed, and he breathed hut , v,v —.,.s-je -.7 — — -, — .,
two or three times again. The shrieks rangement, wo care not who they may
of his wife and child alarmed the house be,
and tho neighborhood, hut all efforts at rp, JE R ESO li:te.—This vessel has ttn-
rcsnscitation failed. From tallness ot ( | er<TOne t i loro „n,l, repairs at the New
life to torpid, death, the interval was ^ flY y Yard, and will sail in a few
scarcely five minutes. . ^ 1 days for England, under the command
The Journal of
Jersey. He came out to jNcw ' jr, ®*" s | Commcrcv says she is so much impiovcd
PEOPLE S TICKET
For Clark County.
For Tax Collector,
DAVID J. LYLE.
For Receiver of Tax Returns,
JOSEPH II. DUNXAIIOO.
County Officers
We aunounco to-dnv, a people’s can
didate for Tax Collector and Receiver
Judge Larne was a native of New I 0 f Captain llartstene
•rscy. He came out to New Orleans Commerrr says s |, c
about twenty-two or three jenr . R * a U rc8 p e cts t that tlie numerous vis-
nnd was engaged for some as tutor in a . toj . g w j, 0 fj oc k e< j 0V cr to see her upon
faintly, lie worked, at one time m • hcrarrival) wo „ld scarcely recognize
printer, and early connected 1-mselt ^ ^ ^ now ]]cs ftt the hcad ot the | „f 1 a x returns of our county,
with the prc<a in an edttonal capacuy. I ^ Y ard wharf. .No pains or taste
.. ,. .. . . rp-«..Ki«a in has been spared in fitting her np. Sev-
TllC Methodist 1 hUl ch Troub es J cra | 0 gj ccr8 Imve been ordered to her
who, on their arrival in Europe,
Tennessee.
We do so, without call'ng a conven
tion of the leaders of eitlicr party, and
I appeal not to the leaders, hut to-the
11 ic Jjurujici w in i „
From the last issue of Brownlow's I report for duty in the Mediterranean P eo P c ®* sn PP°‘
Knoxville,. Whig, it appears that there ] squadron. ' ^ et t “ ose nominate
is great excitement in a portion of Ten- |
county officers
who dcsiic it—wc have no objections
nesseo among the Methodists growing I Message Of tllC Governor Of Arkansas. I but we cxp( ,(.t in January next, to sup-
ontof the Know Nothmgism of their j The legislature of Arkansas met on ] rt D ar j,i j m £,y c an d Joseph 11. Dun-
preachers. It is the. subject of a com-1 j| ie ; nst t and received the annual - r..,|i,,,.._ nn .i n.
muuica-tion ns well as editorial c 'm-1 messa g C of Gov. Conw’ny. It is devo- * , , . . ,
that paper. A corrcspodcnt | tcJ cntire i y t o State affairs. Tho State | matter what ti c leaders ot either party
finances are in good condition. A bal-
ment in
writes
of it
I have never met with a greater, and nnc „ 0 f $124,120, in gold and silver, re
nt tho same time a more uncalled for ex- , na j ns j n the treasury. The Governor
citement, than .1 liavo found in parts of
m av say in convention or out
These arc the c:en the people want, and
these are the me n the people will elect,
Thrv have tried Dunniihon, ami find
, . . reports the State as rapidly’ growing in
Monroe and Meigs counties among the I popnintion and wealth. In 1852 the as-
Methodists, growing out of the opposition I scssmen t of taxable property amounted | him an efficient and faithful officer
of the Democra,tft to the preacher, a Mr. to §42 900 080 . t h at 0 f 1856 is §70, c | evcr , aI1 ,i a worthy man.
a. av .ImiiU aii onartiint I . « * • • _ . • J* I 1 *
Dugan, sent <t> tire,.circuit, on account I 75^^45—showing an increase in four ...
of his alleged affiliation with Know No- vcarg D f 857f S59.964. or nearly seven-
thipgism. .1 find this excitement highest I; A.mt n nd li A out HMIkfltl'U til ft f _ 1 ^
at Sweet ’Water Depot, and understood
ty per cent,
witli
rue, he has some enemies among those
ho arc mean and unmanly enough to
and lie anticipates that, . .
, . . .. prudence, skill and economy, the I persecute one upon whom the A mighty
that they had up a strong petition to the g tat0 w jjj j, 0 hy the time the has lard so heavily^his afflicting hand.
Presiding Bishop, or Elder, to remove 1 bonds given bv her fall due, to pay
-- — ’ n man nnt .. p . r
this man Dugan, and send a man not ______
contaminated with tho principles of| tion
Americanism.
Some complain that you had somo
them in full, without oppressive taxa-
But if we had uo other, this would be
sufficient evidence of his worthiness
and efficiency. Kind, amiable, aud
gentle in bis disposition, and gentleman
It was vvisnly contended by Plato, that the
deeds of the good and great should he eom-
meniora ted—that _
the breathinjtId have a vitible type, con,es » and
that tfie people seeing it, may thereby be
stimulated to asufilimer vtrine.
T!ie presentation of the elegant Silver Ser~
rice with on each piece inscribed,
* . , A Token
Of Affectionate Remcmbranix,
From the Citizen* of Athens,
to the -
- Iter. Alonzo Church, D. D.,
1856,
was a beautiful embodiment of this idea, for
the loving-kindness of this people to him,
and of him to them, has for near half a cen
tury been illumined with a mutual warmth—
early as the rising and constant as the re
turning sun. It was from the same feeling
which prompted tlio handsome testimonial to
him from every member ot the graduating
Class of 1855, in Franklin College.
On Friday evening the 23th nit.—though
there was rain, and mud without—the Town
Hall was filled to overflowing with the rich
and the poor, the fashion and beauty, alike
with the “solid men” of Athens,to witness
and take part in this presentation to Dr.
Church, ns a Citizen in its liberal, noblest
sense—as the President <•! our State Uni
versity, bolJ and ol iron will—and as a Min
ister, who lias worthily labored in the cause
of Him “ wln.se right hand spanneth tilt*
heavens, and stretches them out as a tent’*
for worlds to dwell in. 4
As the body instinctively raises and erects
itself in looking upon the Apollo at Rome,
so the contemplation of this scene—the see
ing certain things done which ought to be
done—invigorate and ennoble the soul.—
The large assembly knew it was good and
pleasant to he there, to hear the words of one
so distinguished, who has so long hern identi
fied with otir town ; and all felt, as said the
traveler at Kinmaus, Did not our hearts
burn, within us, while lie talked with us by
the-way.” * 7 -: ,
On motion of Col. A. A. Franklin Hill,
the meeting wa$ organized by calling to the
Chair,“the Hon. Y. L. G. Harris, who sta
ted the object of our assembling; and intro
duced the orator selected to de'iver the ser-
aun first gilds with orient beams, the
eastern sky, and tinges with rich and mel
low light both leaflet, j>ow and forest green,
tne deep echo of the chapel bell, ringing
clearly upon the njorutng whr, will call vivid- own \
ly to mind your daily intercession . before
high Heaven for the youths committed to
And when the Holy Sabbath
. . ., -assembleto
give praise to Almighty God, then too, Win a
fresh remembrance be brought back of you,
sir, who so long worshipped with us,
Indeed, why enumerate? In everyplace
where good is done, or usefulness needed,
their disinterested and
|ship. ' And could,I suppose their happiness
can bo affected by a knowledge of the char
acters of.their descendants, stillpo earth, I
would) touldl ariest their attention, .call it
to ibis exhibition, as an evidence, that their
own yjrtues, and Christian sympathies pnd
generous deeds are rentemhered' ond imita
ted by their children and children’s children;
that these children havo not forsaken their
friend and their father’s friend—that ho
• *
token ofaffec.
you foi the beautiful
fionate remembrance,” thin night presented
to roe by yout iibeTaficy—aiujj if possible, I
more than thank you for the generous feel.
ingJ of your hearts, which have prompted to
tilts grateful offering, the sight of which
will ever, 1 trust, excite in this heart more
than a grateful recollection of those from
whom H Is now received
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It was resolved, or. motion of the Hon/
--a when A_.Atra.nger, and Cincinnatus Peeples, that copies of tl, e
upon whom they bestowed so much ortneir| aB0T0 ^ n0mi!resbe requested for Dublioaii„„
which Christian charity inculcates,
winch Ulinsuan cnaniy inculcates,
is not, after years of toil, permitted to leave
the scenes of that toil, without an evidence
your presence will be missed, and your ab- I »°" s a " d daughters have stiil the
sencc will be regretted. So long and so
fully have you been identified with us, we,
people of Athens, can never forget you,
where e’er you may go. And though we
feel fully assured of your kind teelings to
wards us, will you not accept of this service,
with its simple inscription, as but a slight
token of the kindest remembrance of a grate*
ful community to one so universally known
and beloved. And when e’er you look upon
it, may we not hope it will call up pleasant
recollections of those you have lefi behind.
They tell us, sir, you go to the Land of
Flowers—glad arc we it is so, if go you will.
May it prove so to you, sir, is our earnest
prayer. May your pathway through the
remaining portion of yonr life be strewn with
earth’s sweetest flowers. May no chilling
blast or killing trust coine to mar them in
their sweet beauty, or check them in their
still sweeter f.agrance. May yonr days he
peaceful and happy, and at last, when a life
which has been spent in usefulness shall
cease, and “the silver cord be loosed,” and
the golden howl be broken,” and the soul
shall take its flight, may it be borne on angel’s
wings through the pearly gates of Heaven,
and there he forever blessed in the presence
of its Goil.
— .. - , Death of Samuel Swartwaut. 1
thing to do with sending nnt, aw tint j g amne ] Swartwout, formerly a prom- j ly in his deportment, no man can lay
you caused a gen email o Bim> r * I inent politician of New York, died in his baud upon his heart and say that
^entlc- ci ‘y °" Friday, at thc age of «'v- Jo0 JJ<umall00 CVC r did anythin
enty-tliroe. In early file he was con
netted for a short time with the
to be sent upon them last yo r
Fleming. 1 knotv neither of the
men, but I hear them both spoken of in
high terms of commendation.
Both the editor and his correspondent
alledgc that tlio only ground of com
plaint EgMtfljfsc preachers is that
they hold American t.vs; 15.*—. Nothing
principles, if that be true then the ex
citement hasnothingtojustifvit. Preach- ^
ers have as indefeasible a right td their
political sentiments as hearers. And no
Democrat is worthy of the name or 19 in
tho slightest degreo imbued with the
tolerant principles of his party’, who
would object that his clergyman holds
political sentiments in opposition to his
own. They arc his right, tlie exercise
of which it would bo an outrage to call
in question.
But we can’t help suspecting that the
■teat efthe"trouble lies deeper—that it is
not the holding of American sentiments
but their proclamation from tho pulpit
that bos caused so much excitement.
navy’.
lie was a steady’ and warm friend of
Aaro.. Burr, though not implicated in I ], crc
the la'.tcr’s political delinquencies. He
w’as appointed, under President Jack-
-«llor.tnr nf t^o nort ot New York,
but his term of office was cat snore uy
unfortunate defalcation. 11c then
left the country, hut subsequently re- p ar ty, gave him their cordial anil licar-
tuitied, and has since lived in retire- 1
ment.
Political ^Teachers! lVhat they do
with them iu Philadelphia. ,
Wo find the following dispatch in the
New York Herald, of Wednesday last,
in relation to Dudley A. Tyng, a desc-
crator of the pulpit iu Philadelphia. By
parsuing'«1)is- course, *ho congregation
have effectually placed the seal of rep
robation -on so gross a violation of the
sanetity of religious worship. It is the
only way to put a stop to such interfer
ences:
Philadelphia, Nov. 4,1856
The vote of the C-harch of tho Epip-
icide
liany in this city last night to decide
the question whether the vestry should
be sustained in tho rebuke given to the
pastor, the Rev. Dudley A. Tyng, for
preaching politics finm' the mil pit, re
suited as follows:—For the Vestry, 57
against the Vestry, 44. This vote in
volves Mr. Tyng’s resignation accor
ding to tho determination previously
announced by him.
worthy of a gentleman.
God has afflicted him, and placed him
mong us. Is it not our high duty,
11 as Christian privilege to assist
So thought and so acted the peo
ns W1
him?
pin vf Ot«.l. «_yaar n^n. nml tn tlwMr hon
or, be it said of many of tlie American
ty support We appeal to them again
to cotnc forward like men, and lay aside
the shackles by which tlieir party lend
ers would endeavor to bind them, and
once again say to the world, wc are
above party prejudice and party antip
athies, when our lieaits tell ns^ wc
Blue Ridge Railroad.
Charleston, Nov. 22d 1866.
The Annual Meeting of the Stock
holders of the Blue Ridge Railroad
Company in South Carolina, was held
this day at tic Hall of the Chaileston,
Insurance and Trust Company. The [ should help the afflicted among us
majority at the Stock being represented,
the meeting proceeded to business.
Hon. Wm. Porclier Miles was called
to the Chair, and Wm. H. Pcronucnu
appointed Secretary.
Mr. Lyle, too, has been unfortunate.
The people know it, and the noble gen
erosity of the people of Clark, will, we
arc assured, lend a helping hand to him
The President submitted a Report of who within tho year, was burned out of
the condition and prospects of the Road lloasc and j, omo . The tenders may try
and also a Report of the Chief Engineer . . . -
ana also o uepori or tuoLuter engineer t , fcttcr tll0 actions of the people by
and a Report of tho 1 reasurer, winch tr r *
were rend, adopted, and ordered to be | pnrty ties, hut their present efforts wm
printed in pamphlet form, and also in
iamp
one or more, of tlio city papers.
It was also ordered, that application
fail. In Athens, the cry has been no
party politics in town $nd county-elec
tions. But the leaders of she American
be made to the Legislature for the, , , , . , ,
amendments of the Charter, suggested P art y fl*cy have deceit ed the
by the President in his report.
I people, and get up a convention to rivet
An election was then held for eight the claims of party upon those they
Directors, to serve for the ensuing year, | ,, av0 dece ’ lvc d. This is their object;
which resulted as follows:
1. Hon. Edward Frost.
hut it is too apparent, and wc venture
Addrra* of XV. IV. I.umpbin, Esq.
Respected 8ir.—VYe, citizens of Athens,
have assembled here to-i iglit, to tender a
slight token of our affectionate rpgard to
you ; and I, as their humble representative,
have bten selected to perform this pleasant,
yet painful task—pleasant, for indeed it
causes a thrill of joy to vibrate through the
hidden recesses of the heart, and lights up
the very soul itself, as if it were a gladden
ing sunbeam, when utterance is given to
the deep feelings of gratitude and kindest
regard, which have. Ion- t»«on toll, «..J «-.<l
tooi lor thotighjhe joyous emotions of grati
tude are but fresh breathed forth, yet the
sad farewell must be Liken of or,e so long
and so much beloved. Memory takes us
hack for thirty-eight years or more—to the
time win n yon first came among us—leaving
then your boyhood home, with all its hal
lowed scenes so dear, you cast your lot with
us, and soon placed yourself at the head
where yr u have ever since remained,of that
band of philanthropists, who for many long
and weary years have been striving to scat
ter the dark cloud of ^^>nince which over
shadowed the land. And tlio many, very
many illustrious names which now stand
forth, not only the pride of Georgia, but the
whole country, who date back their early
training to your tutoiage, of itselftcll how
well your labors have been rewarded. And
to-uight, in the name of my fe’low-eiiizens
hero assembled, aye, in the name of the pco-
p1e>f Georgia loo, I thank you most heart!
ly, for the piogress which you, by your un
tiring energy’, have gi?ea to education in
this, oar now K np ; re Statd. Indeed sir,
would that 1 wore able, eve,: though in fee
ble worJs, to speak tho thanks of many
whotu feelings now gush out towards you.
n i;. I I I I.. .. ..... I
2 Hon. Win. Porclier Miles, Mayor now the prediction, that Cincinnatus,
of Charleston. ‘
of
u’vis'.
CoUrge Students in Vet. and Mats.—In
bis address at tlie opening of the Vir
ginia Military Institute, Col. Smith, the
Superintendent, says that tlio number
of college students in Virginia has iu
creased from five hundred in 1839
near fifteen hundred in 1856, so that
Virginia, with a white population less
than that of Massachusetts, has actual
ly, at this day, a greater number
yonng men who a e-Btudente of colleges
than Massachusetts affords.—Richmond
Dispatch. .*
. A Ponderous Bell.—The great hell
weighing 16 tons, designed for the bel
fry of tlio cloak-towor of the new Pal
ace of Westminister, in which are the
Houses of Parliament, has been landed
near Westminister bridge, and conveyed
on a track, drawn hy 16 horses,over the
bridge to the palace yard. . It was
swung under a frame, erected for the
purpose of the clock tower," pud was
■onndcd so far as to ascertain that it had
received no injury.
seaman, who liad escaped
whose name was to reduce tho majority
in the sixth to 1,000—who told the peo
ple Buchanan’s majority in the State
would not he more than 3,500—and that
Fillmore was - to carry New York, and
nearly all the Southern States,will never
again hold a seat in the Senate front Ciatk
county. Wc advisehim not to go before
a county convention for a nomination
hut take the empty honor of running for
li!:?. n”‘ Sr5™r L? <>«**«.« <■» ***■■«► «*—1»
3. Henry Gourdin.
4. C. M. Furman.
5. G. A. Trenbolm.
6. Robert Adger.
7. Wm. C. Dukes.
8 Charles T. Lowndes.
The meeting then adjourned,
v W in. U.l ’eronnean, Secretary.
Charleston, Nov. 22d. 1856.
A meeting of the Board of Directors |
ltid
South Carolina, was held thisday at ' 6 ,: • Vf ,
the Hall of the Charleston Insurance I W, _ 11 be 0stCimbl ? bcatcn b Y tl,e °PP°
and Trust Company.
An election was held to fill the of-
sition.
Wc know tho people are tired of
iiccs of 1 resident. Secretary and Trcas-1 these lenders, and that no petty party
iinnr tv lit olt pocnltml 1 . i Mr J i of
VI
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t > r.
Ho replied, •• Wet, ma’am—eery tret!’
ere
<E
LW It Is stated that there are ten
times as many newspapers printe l in
the German language in the United
, States as there are in Germany.
Governor Causey', of Delaware, has
appointed J osepb 1\. Comegys, ^ Esq.,
of Dover, to fill the vacaney in the Sen
ate of the United States occasioned by
the death of the Hon. John * M. Clay-
r* * -y .
It b said that’no man who has pqjd
tegul^y for his newspaper, has ever
wo to he bitten
ok to havo been
urcr, which resulted as follows :
Uon. Edward Frost, President..
I convention held ostensibly for nominn-
Wm. H. Peronneau, Sccreta’ry and il " S COMn, y °® C( * r8 - but to bol-
'J’reasurcr.
The Board then adjourned.
Distances Across the Atlantic hy the
Various Routes.—The Boston Post gives
the following as the correct distances
ster up the sinking fortunes of a few
outsiders, who care for nobody but
tberaselvef?Tcan fetter the manly spirits
of the people of Clark.
We appeal, then, Jo tho people, not
across thoAtlantic by the various routes to the party. We ask them to remain-
(circle sailing) os furnished it by Lt
Maury : ' '
. Geographical Miles.
Philadelphia (via Delaware Capes)
her on the day of tlie election, that wc
| offer them candidates for the office of
Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns
• to Liverpool
New York to Southampton _}
New York to Liverpool v "
New York to Glasgow.
3,690 J that are efficient, -honest, and worthy
Galway
Cape Race (Newfoundland) to Gal-
2,9S0
2.8S0
2,800
2,720
2,620
2.520
men—to remember that wc appeal 1%
them ns men, not partisans. f
* Soufb Carolina ColIf|e,
a Columbia South CaroliniaA • i
way
The Columbia South CaroliniaA a i'js : At
the meeting of the Board of Trustee#, held
< 1.730 U#tevening. Prof. W. Rivers, whohad been
VIRGINIA, y.
The Richmond Enquirer says;
“The rtunoc.of an extra session of
temporarily^ appointed Professor of Greek
Literature,-was Unanimously elected to that
professorship; and Prof. John LeConte
<k. mow, i. .itko,T
The governor has no idea df convdpinjt
the legislature on bis own .motion, and
of those members who signed the call
for tlie extra session, a number have
withdrawn their names, (phete will be
ical Philosophy, was also unanimously elec
ted to that professorship.
’Fhe following'gentlemen were also alce^
ted:
Rev. Robert W. Barnwell, to fill the Pro-
no ffieeting of the legislature Jhis win'- {fe«*»rship ofHistoiy and Political Economy
j*r»» unless some necessity of Sta!
"be bitten I>y a mad d«£;TNfhMdl«fepdy jam iw^tr^ed’
tsonhled with the tooth- make the call of an extra sessio
Iterative public duty,
Ice Df. F- Liobor.--’ ...
tJeoigia,
session an im- J Professor ofChemfatry, Geology and Miner
alogy. ♦ice Professer Brumby.
For it has been your happy lot to give com
fort in many ways. Whit burning words
can hat even half tell the dobt of gratitude
that to you is felt, when by your earnest
and careful teachings, you have pointed out
passages of hope written iu the Rook of Life,
and as fai as human agency could go, have
aided the poor eonscionne-stricken penitent
to look up to his God, and by a happy ming
ling of your prayers, caused the Ctoud9 of
darkness which benighted his sou! to be
dispelled, and it to bo illuminated instead
with the sparkling rays of hope fresh fiom
the throne of God. What burning words, I
say, can tell the" debt he feels to one who
first taught him to refleet on things so impor
tant. Or what words of thanks that I could
SrJ
speak, would even faintly tell tho hallowed-
endearments <lial to you are felt by the wid
ow and orphan, when yon, sir, in yonrmin-
isieriri capacity have been called to visit
tlie sick and the dying. And when the cold
clammy sweat ol death hasgathered upon the
brow, and the eye has grown dim, .which
lately sparkled with intelligence, and the
manly lorm has become stiff ar.u ghastly,
■amd tho bereaved widow and orphan sre
shedding their bitter tears, and iho world
looks dark and drearv, and hope seem* to
have entirely fled, .you, by calling open the
Widow’s and the orphan’s God, have hushed
their mournings, and taught them to look up
higher, until, by faith, thef almost see the
heavenly host#, with garments of spotless
white;' sad almost hear their harps strung
tftr jjeavenly song, as struck by aagelie
hands, they with sweetness chime in the
hosannahs sung o'er iho sainted spirit.-— ■
Earlhr"^ earth’s inhabitants can pay the
dabr. Eternity alone can do It. j . .
But sir, time admonishes me that although
I would- still delight to linger, and call up
sweet memories of the past,'.ami the varied
obligations which many, especially ef oar
community owe to you, that my task if but
yet half ‘performed, fjor .reasons'‘that are
satisfactory to fettiself, yea have determin
ed to leave us, and move to another stale.—
Though yon dp^gOj think not that Me can
aver forget you; for were memory so feith-
less to her part, there are seenhs and objects
so intimately blended, and associated with-
yonr sojourn among os, that ttety would .of
The speech was handsomely delivered,
and received with the most flattering evi
dences of praise.
When Dr. Church arose to reply, the cor
dial soul-fell reception by the assembly,
showed how he was loved and esteemed—
that his presence filled us with jov :
Preniilcnt Church’!, Itrply.
It is, I trust, unnecessary for tne to say
to yon, Mr. Chairman, that tho circum
stances in which I am to-night placed, ex
cite in my breast peculiar eino'ions.
To say to you, Mr. Lumpkin, that I thank
you for your kind expressions towards me,
would ho a feeble expression of the feelings
of my hearL To attempt to express to you
and to these my friends, the citizens of Ath
ens. the emotions of gratitude which i feel,
for this unexpected and unmerited token of
of their affectionate regard and remembrance,
would be a vain effort. ! will nol, sir,make
the effort, but will trust that i shall he be
lieved, when I say that the thanks which 1
utter, are the thanks of n full heart.
You have sir, very kindly alluded to my
efforts to advance the cjusc of useful know!,
edge—to sustain the great interests of vir
tue and religion—to, at least, enttemmr to nhi
in carrying forward those private and public
measures which have been suggested by
others, for promoting the advancement of
society in our town and in our slate.
It does not, however, become me, on
this occasion, to refer to these subjects,
thoupn they are subjects in which 1 hare
felt and shall ever, I trust, fee! a deep inter
est. But it does become me to recur to the
history of tho past, so far as it relates to my
self in one respect. I should do violence to
my better feelings were 1 not to recur with
more than a thankful heart to the kindness,
and much more than kindness of those with
whom 1 have been so long associated, as
neighbors and friends—those from whom 1
have received so many tavors.and in the midst
of whom I and my family have enjoyed so
much of happiness. I came to yout now
beautiful town, then a small village, a stran
ger, and you took me in. No! nol you but
your fathers took me in. 1 was young and
inexperienced ip the business ofaiding in the
management of such an institution as that to
which i was called ; and yet your fathers
generously overtooked the inexperience of
the young mao—they kindly cheered him on
in his efforts to be useful—they pardoned his
erfors, and encouraged his heart under off,
and nol unfrequenlly, most disheartening dif
ficulties.
Would time pcrn.it, and were tlie occa
sion a suitable one, it would be pleasant to
recount the difficulties and u'ing er9 an *l tri
als to which the officers of your College
were for many years subjected. Not that
these things were in themselves pleasant—
but it is a gracious law of that perfect moral
government of or.r Maker, under which we
all live, ’hat theso sufferings to vvoicii we
arc subjected, if not voluntarily and wicked
ly brought upon ourselves, arc ultimately
and often in this life, sources of pure and
lasting pleasure. And it is a happy consti
tution. of our nature, that the memory of
onr troubles which are past, is not like the
memory of joys. To the latter we recur
with a saddened pleasure, white to the form
er we usually look back with a pleasure un-
mingled, and intenso in proportion to the
magnitude of the obstacles surmounted—
fearful ness of the dangers escaped, and the
painfulness of the sufferings endured. 1 am
not, however befoto-you to-night, tp lecture
upon the moral government of the universe,
or to discuss the philosophy - of the human
mind.'. 1 am here to effer my thanks to horn-
ored and generous friends—friends “ with
whom I have often taken sweet counsel, and
gone to the house of God, and jnyfqlly kept
Hitly day !'*' ~ , •• • . *
But white I sen these friends before
and while so lon<r as this lisart beats, it will
beat with grateful emotions at .the recollec
tion of their kindneasto : me.and mine, 1 see
not those, or oetttainly but. few.of thotTwho
first look me, a stranger by the hand—who
opened to me the^eora of their hospUalitj,
and> their heart* of Christian sympathy and
affection and confidence, when I had ho
claim upon them, bqt the claim which our
common Christianity ao beautifully inculcates
and which ihey ever, in their lives so beau-
fully.illustrated. And could! believe that
they noffiel interait m the Coen#j^earth
r-r-ffiat tbey can knoyr the teelings which ag
itate the breasts of those whom when on
generous hearts of their generous parents
1 would hold up to their view these names,
inviting that friend still to remain among
them, and saying go not away ; but if yon
must go, if in yout apprehension, duty calls,
go in peace—go with our ardent wishes, and
our fervent prayers for tlie welfare and hap
piness of yoU and yours—but, as you go,
carry with you this beautiful and enduring
token of our affectionate leniemhrance—a
tokcu which can be transmitted to future
generations, as an evidence of tlie social
virtues, and the Christian sympathies, and
the refined tasto of the citizens of Athens.
Athens!
“ Sweet Athens!” with thy elassie mine
Remembrance wnkes, witli nil her busy train,
‘ In all my toils,” while in this world of cure
‘ In nil my griefs,” this oft tins boon my prayer,
That God'would grant me Acre in calm repose
“To hnsbnnd out life’s taper, to tho elose, *
Would grunt mo here, whoa life’s toils were pnst,
To Isv me down, mid here to die lit Inst.
Yes, 1 can truly affirm, my kind friends,
that as I have often mingled in yonr pleas
ant, delightful, social circles—as 1 have of
ten worshipped witli you in your sacred
temples, and felt that yonr God was my God,
and hoped that your heaven would he my
heaven..toy heart has said, “ May yout peo
ple be my people—where they live -may I
live—where Ihey die mey I die—and where
they are buried may I be buried!” Do you
ask me, then, why leave a spot so dear—a
community so loved—a burying place so de
sired 1 1 answer, if I leave, from the same
motives which have heretofore prevented
me from leaving, when, had 1 consulted on
ly ease and pecuniary advantages, I should
have left, an apprehension of duty to an im
portant Institution, has heretofore, kept mo
here, and the same apprehension of duty
at this time suggest to me that it may he my'
duty now to leave. In that Institution 1
have spent more of active life, than is usu
ally allotted to man—to that institution 1
have sacrificed much of my .ease and ipitet,
and for its welfare, 1 have foregone many
temporal advantages. That Institution, 1
have ever conridered and still consider a
most important one to the .honor and good of
the State—and especitlly to the prosperity
of this town. For nearly 40 years it has
been the object of my thoughts—tire sub
ject of roy prayer—when prospered, Jt has
bn.i a ri:t suras of happiness, and
when in difficnl’ice a fruitful source of pain
ful anxieties and unhappiness.
You are all aware that difficulties of Lie
have presented themselves to its noble, self-
sacrificing Board of Trustees—that serious
obstacles have been tfiruwrr irr Ttnr—wow-wf
tlreirefforts for its Increasing usefulness.—
My judgment has indicated to me, that by re
tiring from its service, I may remove some
of these difficulties, and the belter and sooner
enable that Board to surmount any obstacles
which may now be in their way, while en
deavoring to promote its greator prosperity.
The shades of evening are fast lengthening
upon me—a dependant family still looks <o
my exertion- for that support, to.afford them
which is my first duty ; and when iny con
nection with that Institution ceases, tlie
voice of Providence is. distinct, saying to
me, arise, and depart from this delightful re
treat. ... ■:.<_/
Yes, my friends, I can truly say, this de
lightful retreat. For there is not, 1 fully
believe, a greener spot on the map of our
wide extended confederation than this, on
which you live. There is not a more gnn-_
erous and hospitable—a more intelligent and
truly Catholic Christian community of-the
same size irt the world.
It is no attempt at an effort to s:.y some
thing agreeable to the feelings of my good
friend* before me, when l. assert if as a con
viction of my inind, that few places can
boast of more natural and social and religious
advantages than the citizens of Alliens pen.
sess. You have a town which affords yon
most of the advantages ' of the city,- with
few of its moral evils and heavy pecuniary
burdens. You are surrounded by a farming
country able and ready to furnish you with
all tile necessaries ot life. Yon have such
easy access to commercial cities upon >Lf
ocean, that you C3P, almdSl 8* once, procure
.whatever of 4:3 luxuries and elegancies of
V.oi you may desire.
You have a climate unrivalled in salubrity
—an atmosphere transparent as that of Italy,
yet unmicgleti with its deadly miasma. The
brilliancy of your setting sun is unsurpassed
r-whileyour evening twi-light is soft and
beautiful as tbat which 6hcds its blushing
hues over the western hills, of Sicily !
- \ our educational advantages are numerous
and becoming more numerous. The Col
lege planted bets has flourished and will con
tinue to^jourish. It has sent forth hundreds
and hundreds of young men who have hon
ored and who still honor and bless tha state
in all the departments ot life. _ •• -
It has tlie means for future -and increased
prosperity and usefulness. It may, like eve
ry similar institution, have its occasional
difficulties—but it will overcome all such
temporary obstacles, and continue to scatter
for and wide the light of useffil knowledge
and .the blessings of a chastened and sanc
tified literature, y
Yon have in progress a nobb -institution
for the training of |pur daughters. It'will
also rise, and soon, I doubt not, send forth
mpny of those daughters, as corner stones,
polished after the similitude of a palace.”
You have your neat, commodious places
requested for publication.
Dr Church’s speech was a noble effort—it
was by one who _
tied services—Educational—Moral—Social-
which have not been as the ‘crackling of
thorns’ in a fire—noi alone the efforts of %
single day—but the honored serves of a |jf,.
—thirty-six years in this College—at 0n ,
who has the proud consciousness to looV*
back upon them no v,
“ OfTriol past, of Duty done."
When Dr. Church spoke of this testinuv
nial coming from the same spirit of kindness
which he had experienced from the fathers
and grand-foihers of many who were here’
to-night—that it cheered his evening with
some of the same morning light of tlie days
of ‘ auld ling syne,’ many an eye was mois
tened with a tear. Tlie seed sown by him
in days past, had follen on good ground,
and theso grains, in the second and third
generations, had brought forth the full sheaf
of friendship and devotion. His word,
seemed to ns us Solomon said, “ as gold
rings set with the beryl, or as bright ivory
overlaid with sapphires.”
It was a scene to-be long remembered in
Athens, and whatever clouds may appear, it
will span them as the rainbow cf summer.
Wi erever Dr. Church may go—whether hi,
lot is to remain with us in our favored town,
or tho shades of fife’s evening fall upon him
in the “ Lind of Flowers,” there will rest
upon him and the beloved of bis household,
the blessings of all All-good God, who
“ W’arn-.H in tlio mm—rrfreidos in the Were,
Giowa iu the stttivnnd bloee:-ui»iu the iret> ; ”
for the inspired Hosea tells us, that to such
as fill their high mission to their country and
their God, “ 1 will be as the dew unto Isra
el; he shall blossom as the lily, and east
forth his roots as Lebanon.” *
Dec ; s!or.sof theSairentf Caurt.
Nor ember Term—at Athens.
• {continued FROM LAST WEEK. |
Eliza Pope vs. It. Toombs—From Jl’ilko
1. Where a motion for a new trial
made t o be heard, tntianlcr, and is contin
ued over, by consent, Iront time to time:
l/eld, tbat the brief of the evidence may be
approved at any time, when tlie rule u
heard, w hen it is filed with the motion and i
prayer in the rule for tho approval by the
Court of the brief ffledi
2. Where a party in answer to an Inter-
rogalo’y, w hether site bad so'd certain ne
groes to defendant, answered that she <hl
nol consider that she Cud sold the negtors,
because the trade was not completed, ami in
other parts ot het answer stated all the Leo
as to the trade: field, that this ’ csiinwn;
was properly admitted to the Jury.
~3.~ WfiffW ail agnruirm 1 rg-matte re *e!l
several negroes in a family, and the prices
ar? agreed upon, us to all the negrors. sate
one—as to which latter, the price was left
open until the final closing of the trade, th*
contract being an entire one.: Held, ttar «
verdict finding tfic whole sale to be incom
plete cannot bo set aside on the grovnd that
it is strongly against the evidence.
T. R. if. Cobh, for plaintiff. Barnett
Toombs for defendant.
Johnson vs. Tatum-—From Lincoln.
1. Under the Act of 1851-2, the ordinary
has power to comp.ti the Clerk of the Supe
rior Court to Like an administration again
his will. - .
Ilcese, for plaintiff! Thomas for deft
dant. - -
Booker et al Cs. Bother et al—from JVilken
1. A 'ill to perpetuate testimony tniy
sustained, although there be no cause per
ing, when a good reason is given why su
cannot be brought; and it matters not«
has possession of the property
Reese & Toombs for plaintiff. Barnett
Thomas for Defendant.
Willingham vs. Ex'r of Garrett—fro* JTiM
1. A grand-father, hy will, gave thn
fourths of his estate to three gian-J-ebiUr
and by the same provided that the evecut
in their discretion should hire on’, or k'
together the negroes thus ; i en, s° Js
raise the negroes and treat them hurnmi
for the benefit of these grand-cltiU^ n •’ ^
that the power thus oiv»ty vr.is coupled
a trust fc? the benefit of tlirse ftp 1 **
and that the Guardian of tl»e chiklreti*
entitled to recover these negroes tw®
executors. '
Reese & Toombs for plaintiff- T 1 * 0 '
for defendant.
Jacobs v*. The Stale—fcotn fiwinneti -
1. Where the Jory find the (U-fen<f> nI
guilty, and the prosecution muBcw* 1
C?urt has no discretion, but is bound »
judgement affairst the prosecutor fw c0 * 1
Hillyer & ppeples for plaintiff. i >° 1 ’
Thurmond, contra.
Carither* vs. Jarret—fram Walton i
1. The answer of a defendant tuakinj
missions against himself,my be by ci l * ier
l J- u „
Cobb & Pee (ties for plaintiff. ""
defends: t. - ’ ‘ -
■ AOT-.OT-ESa:. -
- -
rendering happy
look into this, heart, white l thus, refer to
■ -V. ;'vv : .* osfe
dead: Alien, of Illinois , elected ‘
for pubfio worship, from iriueh. go forth, front 3 -black Sfepublican; and the 8th ^
Sabbath .to Sabbath* th* hallowing influence of.Illinois—Trumbull's—-
of spurafteospel. iL . ’« Morrison, a whig acting wilh‘he?
\ on have heretofore been, $nd still are, a - - -
peaceful, a united, a prosperous, arid most
highly favored people, “ whose God is the
Lord.”!*?-'*™*-*' 4 ' " *
->~ r-
Butwhydo I longer detain you! All
that I can 1 say^-a!l, perhaps^ that ’ 1 should. ,
i*tbfj-bifclbeya greatly instrumental in havo said, though not all which I feel; inn
wipg happy,fwo4K*P|Wtii totbamtSb axjp&aiffi^f expressed at all, in, citizei
of Athens, generous," honored‘ friendvj. J.
L'oiigress.
The 2nd Session of the 34th c
gress, met last Monday, and
journ on the 3d of next March,
have the same Speaker, Cle f k
From deaths, ’and vacancies
Soothe, n.and Democratic vote *
about fAree vo'es stronger than 111
last Session, which will be q ,llie 11
and will make ifaolffelt. Thus, G** 1
*3 * v - vfiW L_. p ttfti
from Va,
"in place of ^*1
ka Demo
— viflU
apP
(2P The - President has
Thomas Cuntanghajm-of D*** ’
to the Supreme JmlgeBMftw^'
the vacancy 0CCM»“ n ** _ -
«*»«. -V Jmlfio Burril].. ’ Mf. C
ham is one of the electors or. tlie
anan ticket ingjonnsylvama-
JSt-