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OCCASION OF LAMENTATION IN
THE DEATH OF A MINISTER I
A SERMON, Preach ad at the request of the Baptist
Church in Augusta, Georgia, on the occasion of the
death of their Pastor, the Re v. C. B. Jenvett, hy Rev.
Wm. T. Bhantlv, Professor of Belles letters. Oratory
and the Evidences of Christianity, lathe University
of Georgia.
“ And Samuel died ; and all the Israelites gathered to
gether and lamented him and buried him in his house at
Hamah.” —1 Sajii'ki. xxv : 1.
Lamentation for the departed, is not inconsis
tent with that resignation to the Divine will which
it is onr duty to cherish in all our afflictions. The
pious heart submits, without a murmur, to any
blow which a Father’s hand inflicts, because
although it cannot but feel in its tendorest sensi
bilities the severity ot the stroke, yet in the exer
cise of a genuine faith, it may receive it as an evi
dence of a Fat her’s love. When God chastens us ;
when he removes those objects to which we had
been accustomed to look for support, or instruc
tion, or happiness, he designs that we should feel,
and deeply feel, the loss. 1 envy not the man who
has no tear to drop into the grave of his friend.
jW 1 covet not the stoicism of the man who can re
sign without a pang those with whom he lias been
intimately associated in the journey of life. No
affliction can be beneficial, unless we “are exer
cised thereby.” And to he exercised thereby, is
to be sensible of the loss which we have expe
rienced ; to receive it os an admonition from
Heaven ; to be smitten with a becoming grief; and,
in general, to make such an improvement of the
event as may contribute most effectually to our
spiritual advancement.
Accordingly, wo find that, in every ago, the
truly pious, whilst they have repressed every com
plaining emotion, have suffered the rising sigh and
indulged the flowing tear over the tomb of depart
ed friendship, When the patriarch Jacob died,
we are informed that his sou Joseph wont up with
chariots and horsemen, in great numbers, to bury
him in the land of Canaan ; and there he made a
mourning for his father seven days. When Aaron
died, all the congregation of Israel mourned for
him thirty days. When Moses died, thev wept
for him, during the same period, in the plains of
Moab. M hen the martyr Stephen was put to
death, devout men carried him to his burial and
made great lamentation over him. At the grave
of ids friend Lazarus, we behold even the Son of
God in tears. The text exhibits the Israelites con
vened for the purpose of lamenting the departure
of a great man. Samuel had been a prophet as
well us a ruler. Called of God in early youth tc
consecrate himsell to his service, his life was one
of uniform piety. No man, in his day, labored
with a more ardent zeal for the promotion of the
temporal and spiritual interests of the Israelites.
It was right that they should lament their loss,
and mourn for one who had sustained towards
them so many interesting and sacred relations.
lu accordance, my brethren, with the prompt
ing's of your heart, as -well ns with the example of
the pious of old, you have appointed this public
lamentation for the loss which, in the providence
of God, you have recently experienced. God has
taken away him, whose office it was to minister
unto you in holy things. A few short months
ago, he stood where I now stand, and discoursed to
l, f the precious truths of the gospel of Christ.
Well do you remember ids form, his features, his
tones 1 The countenance so recently radiant with
youth and health, is now changed and faded; the
eye which beamed with affection for you is sight
* less , and the tongue upon whose persuasive ac
•». cents you have been accustomed to dwell, is speeoh
aU-ss in the grave. He came among you with the
dews ul youth yet upon him ; and many hearts
loudly hoped that his might be a protracted as well
aa a useful career. But it has been ordered other
wise. Ho has been summoned early to his reward.
" Gu earth bis sun seems to have gone down whilst
it was yet.day; but it has set here only to rise in
another firmament : and the unclouded splendor
with which it sank below the horizon, justifies the
persuasion that it has appeared with glory in u
brighter world. His funeral rites, it is true, have
been performed in a distant city. Amidst the
friends and companions of his youth, and the
scenes ot his former labors in the ministry, bis
remains have been consigned to their earthly sleep
ing place. But the mourners are here. \ ou, my
hi aims, are the bereaved ; and it is right that
you should lament him. His personal worth, his
pious example, his devotion to your interests, both
in sickness and in health, all claim such a sorrow
from those to whom I now speak.
But it is not for him that you are to sorrow.
They who sleep in Jesus and rest with God, are
not objects ol commiseration. The grave holds
their bodies until they are surrendered at the res
urrection ; but their emancipated spirits have
already gone to Him who gave them. No! he
lmed, sainted brother, we need shed no tears for
thee 1 ihou art forever safe and forever blest.
Biu tortures thy bosom no more ; temptations no
longer assail thee ; no more is thy heart distressed
and compelled to cry with almost bursting solici
tude, “Lord, who hath believed mv message
Thine eye sheds no more bitter tears “over the de
linquencies of the avowed children of God; the
kind hand of thy Saviour has wiped away the last
falling drop, and thou hast been welcomed w ith
the plaudit ot “Well done, faithful servant !”
jpA whilst aH mourning for him is superfluous,
the ugathot a laithlul minister of Jesus Christ is
bn C|eflt attended with many occasions of lamen
tation. And it has appeared to me that 1 could
110 subject lor your reflections more appro
priate to tile affecting circumstances under which
we are now convened, than that which would lead
me to specify a few of tliet-e occasions. Mv theme,
then, is : z >
Occasions of lamentation in the death of a
minister.
1 shall speak of these occasions as they exist,
L In the Church.
H. In the congregation.
HI. in the community at large.
/. In the Church.
1 a cause of lamentation that you have beene
epnved of that agency which 6W has especially
f" r your edification in holy knowledge.
All real progress which the Christian makes in
spirituality must be an intelligent progress. Fn-
Jighte.ued piety has ever repudiated the dogma
that ignorance is favorable to religious growth.
I hat religion which is the offspring of mere emo
tion, which is the creature of impulse, dependent
Upon frames and feelings, is at best vacillating and
unsatisfactory. Its zeal may flame forth at inter
vals, but sustained by no appropriate nutriment,
II may at any moment be abated; or what is
worse, be directed to the attainment of hurtful
ends, it may utterly fail us in the hour when we
most pressingly need the supports of the gospel.
ur Saviour has disclosed but one way in which
ms people can advance in piety : and that is the
t u i. “Sanctify them through thy truthwas
his prayer to the Father. And lest there should
be any misapprehension of his meaning, ho adds :
Ihy word is truth." The sacred oracles, then,
are the grand instruments of our sanctification.
It is through the retention and the inward diges
tion of the doctrines which are here contained,
that we are to progress in the knowledge of those
things which are pure, and holy, and of good re
port, The believer who feeds upon, this word will
grow constantly in spiritual strength, until reach
ing the stature of a perfect man in Christ Jesus,
he will become meet for the inheritance of the
saints in light. The Divine word being thus inti
mately connected with all spirtuul growth, it is
m the last degree important, that its truths should
be so expounded and applied, that they may be
brought into contact with the conscience and with
the affections.
. To **J >0 1 ,1 “ d word, and to bring forth things
new and old out of this sacred treasury is u part
and a very important part, of the minister’s voca
tion. The workman who would so acquit himself
as that he need not be ashamed, must bo able
“rightly to divide,” or, as the expression means, to
cut up “The wmrd of truth,” thus preparing it for
the spiritual mastication of the people. He must
be qualified by piety and zeal, by prayer and med
itation, by study and superior attainments, for this
responsible service. He is expected to give to each
one liis portion indue season; so simplifying what
is difficult and enforcing what is obvious; so har
monizing apparent discrepancies and illustrating
harmonious truths; so unfolding the doctrine, anil
so urging the practice, that the ignorant may be
instructed the timid confirmed, the wayward re
claimed, the weak made strong, the slothful dili
gent v and the whole church built up in their most
holy faith. A chutch favored with « pious and
judicious expositor of the sacred oracles, is blest
indeed. No money can represent, no language can
exhibit, no heart can adequately conceive, the mag
nitude of such a blessing to the church. ]le brings
them the pasture on which they are to feed and to
grow in grace ; he holds up the light which they
are to follow, and by which they are to be guided
to glory on high; he presents the key with which
they are to unlock the divine storehouse, drawing
thence those things which are profitable for doc
trine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness, that, as men of God, they may be
perfect, thoroughly furnished unto every good
When a church is bereaved of such a teacher,
who can describe the loss ? 1 perceive that you
have given utterance to your emotions by clothing
tills sanctuary with the emblems of mourning.
But what badges of mourning, what ' ears of sor
row, what words of grief can proper y represent
the magnitude of such a calamity ? Well may the
church lament when one whose business it was to
gather the sacred manna and to distribute it among
the spiritual Israel, has been called away from his
pious employment. Though God in His mercy
may spare other ministers, yet the removal ot one
creates a chasm deep and solemn in the ranks of
Heaven’s ambassadors,
2. But you have not only been depr wed of him
who was the appointed expounder of divine truth:
you htim bereaved of one who misto jfi' I to you
the interesting and endearing rela' on ship of a
Christian Pastor . This is another occasion tor la
mentation. The epithet pastor, as appred to those
who are called of God to wrtch over the spiritual
interests of his people, is appropriate and beauti
ful in the highest degree. The wed is received
into our language from the Latin tongue, and when
translated, means simply shepherd. As the head
of the church ai d ofthe ministry, our 1 lessed Lord
styles himself a Pastor or Shepherd. “I am the
good Shepherd,” “that know my slice]*.” “In his
epistle to the Hebrews, the apostle Paul adverts to
the Lord Jesus as “the great Shepherd of the
sheep.” The inspired Peter speaks of those who
have repented of their sins and turned to God, as
returning to “the Shepherd and Bishop of their
souls.” And the same writer refers to the second
coming of Christ in the character of the “Chief
Shepherd, who will give to his sheep crowns of glo
ry that fade not away.” The son of god being
the chief Shepherd, his ministers are properly term
ed under shepherds, deriving their authority from
him, and responsible to him for the manner in
which their duties are discharged.
1 have said that there is a peculiar propriety in
the epithet as applied to ministers of the gospel.
It is expected of a shepherd that he conduct the
flock to suitable pastures ? This has a ready been
mentioned as a very important part ofthe pastor’s
duty. Is it the duty of a shepherd to seek out and
to restore any of the sheep who may through acci
dent or temptation, have wandered from the fold f
So it is the pastor’s business to seek the negligent
and careless members of the flock, who, yielding
, to the solicitations of the worldly minded and
frivolous, have departed from the house of prayer
and from their religious duties generally ; and hav
ing found, them to employ the most earnest efforts
for their restoration. Does a faithful shepherd
have a care of the diseased and treat (heir cases
as circumstances demand ? So does the faithful
pastor tenderly regard those who may be laboring
under spiritual maladies; and though lie may
not himself bo able to relieve their diseases, lie can
point them to the great Shepherd, who is also the
“great Physician of souls.” Dees a shepherd,
when necessary, chide the disorderly and punish
the wayward and unruly ? So it is the pastor’s of
fice to reprove, to rebuke, and admonish, when
such discipline is necessary. In short, should a
asheperdbea vigilant man, constantly guarding
against whatever may injure the fold, and in a time
of danger conducting it to a place of safety ? So it
is the pastor’s duty “to watch for souls us one who
must give an account ;” sounding an alarm at the
approach of any thing which may he inimical to
their spiritual peace. Fortunate is that flock
which is placed under the care of a faithful shep
• herd ; and happy is that people who are cared lor
by a pious and devoted pastor !
How much, oh! how much do that peop c owe to the
pastor who devotes his undivided cuergie* to th# ad
• vancement oftheir highest interests, who is anxious
ly revolving in his mind schemes for the promotion
oftheir spiritual good—who notices with a jealous
eye every defalcation in duty, explores its causes,
and strives to obviate a recurrence—who encour
ages the faithful, assists the feeble chides the neg
ligent, recalls the wandering, comforts the afflic
ted : resorting, in short, to every expedient au
thorized by the word of God to qualify them for
their introduction to that blissful abode where
there shall he one great fold and one great Shep
herd ! As the value cannot he calculated, so the
loss defies computation. Bereaved indeed, arc
• they who are compelled to part with their spiritual
, guide!
8. In addition to the losses which have been
mentioned, you have been deprived, in the be
reavement with which yon have been visited, of a
sympathizing friend. Such a friend every one
, needs at some period of .hi s pilgramage ; for the
hour of trouble comes to all. 'The declaration of
| the inspired writer that this is the 00 rtun inheri-
L tunce of human beings, is confirmed by universal
. experience. We make but little progress in the
journey of life, after the dawn of reason, before this
truth arrests our attention by the most convincing
. illustrations. Who in this congregation has not
1 known the hour of which I am now speaking?
( Whore is the family—where is the individual who
has not encountered affliction and sorrow in soice
ofthe ten thousand times ton thousand forms in
which, they are ever scouring the habitations of
human beings i and when calamity comes, and
well nigh overwhelms us with distress, how pre
cious is the presence of a sympathizing friend !
j How happy are they who have other hearts wil
-1 ling to “divide with them the channel of their
, grief,” and by seperating tbe stream diminish its
. power!
i At such a time, my bretheron, you have no
1 one who cherishes for you a more sincere, and at
the same time a wiser sympathy than vour minis
ter. Indeed, the minister’s sympathies are ex-of
ficio, enlisted in behalf of his peome. I xnow hv
experience, that it is not practicable for him to dis
charge, even imperfectly, the duties which grow
out ofthe sacred and interesting which hi sustains
to his flock, without the creation «i’a powerful tie.
A man cannot meet a company of persona statedly
in the sanctuary upon every Lord’s day, and min
gle with them in the soul-enkindling exercises of
niety, uud he received into their confidence at their
homes and feel the most vital, without having the
best affections of his heart drawn out towards such
persons in a bond incalculably stronger than any
other union which is known among men. What
ever their circumstances, to a greater or less extent,
be, becomes identified with them. If success
crowii their exertion in business, he rejoices with
them in the temporal prosperity which is bestowed.
If misfortune oppress them, and they are reduced
to want, their privations and losses are also sources
of sorrow to him. When gloom beclouds their
spiritual prospects, and in dejection of soul they
question the genuineness oftheir adoption into the
family of the Redeemer, the minister is at hand to
enter into their sadness, and to seek, by everv pos
sible measures, to dissipate the darkness which
distresses them. When the powers of lile are in
vaded, and you are startled at the approach of the
last enemy, this same friend repairs to your bed
side, teaches you how to rest upon the finished re
demption of Jesus, and to come oil'conqueror in
the struggle with the King of Terrors. And when
death enters the circle of vour affection and lays
his cold hand upon some beloved object, and flfl*
your home with dessolation, the awful stillness of
the house of mourning is first broken by this
friend who comes, as the servant of God, to a]>eHk
from his holy book the words of consolation and
<>f hope. Uh tell me, ye who have been afflicted,
have you not found some solace in the Ministra
tions of sympathy supplied by the man of God,
who loved yon and visited you in the hour of bro
ken lieartedness i Do you not esteem such u friend
ns one ofthe most precious gifts of heaven. Must
not his removal awaken the deepest lamentation f
11. 1 remark, secondly, that it is an occasion of
lamentations to the impentinent persons who were
numbered among the charge of our departed broth
er, that they ha re lost one of those agencies which are
ordained for their conversion. To form some idea
ofthe loss which the ungodly experience in the
death of a herald of glad tidings, you must have
some conception of the importance of his mission.
The preaching of the Gospel is in heaven’s ordain
ed instrumentality for the conversion of tlio world.
“It pleases God, by the foolishness of preaching, to
save them that believe.” “Faith comes by hearing!'
“And how can they hear without a preacher ?” In
the express language of the apostle, it is the minis
ter,s business “to watch for souls.” And what
are these souls over which he is appointed to watch?
Take a single one and compute, if you can, its val
ue { \\ hat heart can conceive the depths ot'misery
to which, if lost, it may be degraded? What im
magi nation can ascend the heights of blessedness
mid of glory to which, it saved, it will soar ‘ What
power of illustrations can touch us the vast ness of
its capacity for knowledge ? What combination
of human numbers can represent the soul’s
duration?' If it bo saved, the time wiL come
when it will have experienced an amount of happi
ness oxoeeeding that which has been enjoyed by all
finite beings from the creation of the world up to
this moment; If lost it will roach in tho dc velope
ments of its coming wretchedness a degree of an
guish exceeding the aggregate of all the misery
which earth and hell have endured from tin begui
ning of human woe up to this hour. When we
speak ofthe worth of the soul, thought staggers
under the vastness ofthe idea ; we feel the pover
ty of human language and the inadequacy of the
human mind to estimate its value. We can only
rest upon what onr blessed Lord taught ua, when
hedeclared that the gain of the whole world would
supply no equivalant for i f s loss. It is foP tins
soul—a thing of incalculable value—a thing for
which the Sou of God died—that the min stcr is
to watch. Whenyou can understand the magni
tude of the interest confided to him, then, and then
only cun you measure the spiritua'sentinel ; then
only can you fathom the depths of their bereave
ment, who have lost such a friend.
There might perhaps, be less cause for lamenta
tion if the harvest were not so great, or if the labor
ers were not so limited. But when we survey the
extent of this harvest, and see how many there are
who need the minister’s warning voice, and how
much is to be done for each individual, and when,
with this survey, we contrast tho paucity of the
laborers we feci that the removal of u single work
man creates a terrible vacancy. There may be
but hero is one place vacant, one
influence lost, one warning voice hushed, one am
bassador recalled and never more permitted to
speak in the name of his Master. It may be in the
providence of God, that other ministers call
you to reconciliation with him ; but there is at
least one voice which you have been accustomed
to hear which you will never hear again on earth,
\on have heard his last admonition. You have lis
tened to his last entreaty to believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ. Ho has exhibited before you for the
last time tho attractions ofthe world of bliss; he
has warned you for tho lust time to flee from the
wrath to come. Were you sensible of your lost,
my unconverted hearers, you would be affected
to-day with a profound sorrow. The loudest
sobs of grief would corn* from you. You would
startled at the thought that the monitor
over your dearest interests had been removed
from his place. You would feel like soldiers on
learning that the sentinel had been prostrated
at his post and the enmp left exposed to tne enemy.
You would realize that one of the obstructions
which a merciful God had placed betwixt your
selves and perdition, had been taken away ;* that
your peril had become more imminent; and that
it behooved you now to be concerned for your own
salvation ; and to make haste to lay hold of that
hope to which you hare been so often called by
the faithful herald who speaks no more.
111. I have said that the death of a minister is a
public calamity—an occasion of lamentation to the
community at large. This is our third and only
remaining point. In the resolutions which you
published, my brethren, on learning your painful
bereavement, it was well said by you, that the
death of the humblest Christian is a public loss.
It was the Bon of God who declared that Christians
are the salt of the earth—the light of the world.
There is no estimating to what extent both the
temporal and the spiritual interests of the commu
nity are promoted by the presence of the pious.
The example of truth, honesty, virtue and moral
excellence generally, which they exhibit, allures
others to imitate tkern, whilst their godly deport
ment is a rebuke to the vicious and the profane ;
repressing, if it does not altogether subdu* their
corrupt tempers.
Had there been ten righteous men found in So
dom, that city would have escaped the judgments
of an angry God. And no one can tell how many
of these judgments are now averted by the pray
ers, and faith, and piety of the children of the
Saviour. The most prosperous communities known
on earth are those in which the po*pel shines with
uninterrupted brightness, aud in which Hie fol
lowers ot Christ most abound. It is a fact sus
tained by unquestionable statistics, that just in
proportion as Christiana, and preachers of the
gospel are multiplied, crime is diminished, human
misery with all its ills abated, and all that con
tributes to the promotion of human happiness ad
vanced. Banish from this country or from any
other country the herald* of the cross ; stop the
mouths of the thousands of ministers who are ac
customed on each returning Sabbath to remind
men of their duty and to call them to repentance ;
destroy the sanctuaries of Ood; and if the light
nings of heaven were let loose with a commission
to scathe ami to burn, the ruin *ould not be so
terrible. Such an experiment has hoeu made, and
the frightful scones of discord, bloodshed and
crime, which were the speedy consequences, are
sufficient to deter any sane nation from a repetition
of the experiment.
Many years ago a fire occurred which consumed
the greater part of the largest city in this Btal*.
Almost contemporaneously with the fire, one who
had been long known as an eloquent and devoted
minister, died in the same city. And it was re
marked at the time by many persons, that the de
cease of the servant of Christ was deplored as a
far greater calamity than the conflagration which
had destroyed millions of property. The remark
was entirely just. Industry and energy may re
pair the ravages of the flames, but the moral excel
lence which death takes away eannot bs restored.
The desolations of misfortune may be retrieved,
but when an ambassador of the cross is removed,
his personal influence is forever lost. True, Tike
Abel, though dead he may yet spsak, and speak
powerfully in the monuments of his pisty and seal
which have survived his dissolution ; but the pow
er of the living example is gone. It was when the
Psalmist beheld the withdrawal of the pious from
the world, and remembered how much the world
was dependent upon them, that ho put forth that
touching apjteal, “ Help. Lord, for the godly man
ceaseth ; fur the faithful fail from among the chil
dren of men.” Could you form a just appreciation
i of the manifold value of one faithful ambassador
of Christ to the community, you would acknow
ledge that the conflagration which destroys millions
of wealth, and the drought which disappoints the
expectations of the husbandman, and tne depres
sion which paralyzes the comraercs of the world,
, are all insignificant when compared with the loss
i of the godly from the earth.
A brief survey of the life, labors and death of
your late pastor, (to which I now invite your atten
tion,) will show that the discussion which has now
closed, is appropriate to the circumstances under
i which lam addressing you,
l foOJiOLL'DKD XSXT St'XDAY,]
(L-l) r onick anil Sentinel
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
SUNDAY MORNING, NAH('U C, 18»*.
To Advertisers.
Wi would most respectful!/ request our ad vcrttvlu* friends
to tiring their favors In at as earl/ an hour in the da/ as
they ran, witli an/ tiegrse of convenience to themselves.
It would he a great accommodation to a*, and suable us to
devote more of the labor of the afternoon and night to the
current news of the day from the Northern Mall.
Tub Kobthkkn Mail failed yesterday beyond
Washington City. It will require a few days to
got regulated under the now arrangement.
At Home Again.
lx is a source of sincere pleasure to u* to an
nounce to oar friends and our thousands of read
ers, that we are again at )n*ne, having yesterday
moved into our now Printing building, on the site
of that recently burnt, which is aa complete in all
its appointments as that which was destroyed;
indeed, u revised and improved edition, with
emendations. For this early realization of a most
earnest desire, we are much indebted to the enter
prise and indomitable industry of our friends,
Messrs. Crump and Goodrich, the builders, who
have spared no effort to secure the completion of
the building at the earliest possible day ; and, but
for the excessively cold weather during the months
of December and January, it would have been fin
ished in loss than ninety days after the conflagra
tion. Many thanks to them.
As it is not in our philosophy to rscur to the past,
preferring always to look to the future fora bright
er sky, we may be pardoned the indulgence ofthe
hope, for a longer and more ran* in our
present domicile than w« enjoyed in its iiqmadiate
predecessor—in which, we feel assured, oar friends
w ill heartily unite.
In conclusion, if the reader should detect in this
morning's issue the absence of the usual vsrioty #r
quantity of msttor, we beg to remind him that our
entire newspaper printing materials were yesterday
transmitted from Mclntosh to Ellis strosl.
Mu. Toombs.-— The Washington Jitymbl** of
Thursday says: “We regret to learn that the Hon.
H. Toombs is detained from his seat in the House
by a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism."
Centres*.
The two Houses resumed business on Wednes
day, after the fttr on the Baltic.
In the Senate the only business of general inte
rest, was the consideration of the amendments of
tlio House to the bill making Bounty Land War
rants assignable, which after considerable disous
sion, wore negatived.
The House was engaged on the hill appropriat
ing public lands in Missouri, to certain railroads ;
and the Bill granting to each head of a family one
hundred and sixty acres of land, without coming
to a decision on either.
Pass thk Rascals ’Bornt I —The editor of the
‘‘People’s Press," published at Hsniando, Miss.,
has had all his chickens stolen ! Hear him :
“ Chic ten J’WotM,—were a little surprised,
last Bunday morning, just at daylight, to Issrn that
somebody had stolen all our chiokeus off the roost,
not even leaving one for utd. Upon examining the
premises, we discovered two distinct footprints to
and from the lion-house. The idea shortly sug
gested itself to us that they might have been bar
tered off at a certain public houso iu this place, and
as we had hoard of such things being done hereto- (
foro, we immediately posted off to where our good 1
genius suggested to us, and found whst we believed ]
•to be our own, though mostly divested of their ,
feathers. The landlord being summoned, plead ,
entire ignorance of the arrival ofthe fowls, or the
persons who brought thorn ; but said, if they were ,
mine, I could dispose of them as I thought proper. \
He said he would bur them of me, or 1 might take «
them away (vorv condescending!) a* 1 pleased. 1 ,
chose to take them along with me—baring one,
which, I afterwards learned, was dissected aud in j
process of cooking. As wo have received no repa
ration for the destruction of our property, and wish- ,
ing the gentleman wko received the stolen fruit all ]
the good luck hs can have, these hard times, we
will now leave him to hit own fate."
The hard-hearted and unfeeling scoundrel who |
would thus deprive a poor editor of his last chick**, ji
(uot even leaving him “one for toed,”) ought to
have liis eye* picked out by a totting hen—be de- c
privod of‘nature’t sweet restorer, 1 for one hundred
consecutive nights, by the crowing ghost* of mur
dored chanticleers—aud be fed on addled egg* aud n
printers’ pi {or the remainder of hit days. •
Whooping Cough.— A gentleman of this city,
who has tested it, says the following is a certain
remedy for whooping cough, always breaking it
after the use of the medicine for three days : 4
ounces flax seed; 8 ounces honey; 1 ounce liquor
ice; 4 ounces lemons; boiled together in half a gal
lon of water. To be well strained, bottled tightly
and kept in a eool place. Dote: a table spoonful
six times a day, to be given always after the cough
ing ceases*
Roman Catholics.— From a general summary,
compiled mostly from official sources, it appears
that there are, iu the whole U. States; Churches,
1,411; Archbishops, 6 ; Bishops, 28; Priests, 1,8*5.
Catholic population, 1,9*0,000; —which includes
115,000 in Oregon, California, New Mexico, and
the Indian Territory.
In England and Scotland there are 694 ehurehea
and 972 priests; In Ireland, 2,905 church** and
2,252 priests.
Further by th* Franklin.
Extract, from the correspondence of the Com
mercial Advertiser:
The delay in the proclamation of the Empire Is
now understood to nave been caused by the oppo
sition of Russia. The Paris *orrospondent of the
Daily News, however asserts that active prepara
tions are in progress lor this new coup (fttat, and
that it jspositively fixed for the 22d mst. He also
adds that the initiative in the business is to be
taken by the troops at Lyons, who have manifest
ed dissatisfaction at the unimportant part which
has thus far been assigned them in the present rs
volntion.
Arrests are still frequent, but at th# tame time,
on account of the crowded state of the prisons,
liberations alto take place, where tk* parties can
find friends to intercede. In the various acts of
“clemency,’! it is said the Sooialist* participate to
a much larger extent than the constitutional repub
licans, the latter party being held in the strosigest
hatred by the Government.
The imperfect account* which are now obtained
with regard to the conditions of Austria, load te
the belief that not only throughout Hungary, i#
the spirit of revolt unanimous, but that it also pre
vails even in a stronger degree in the adjoining
provinces, which during the war wore foremost in
attacking Hungary. This state of affairs has been
brought about by the determined efforts of the
Cabinet of Vienna to destroy every vestige of their
separate natonalities.
The Overland mail from India, which arrived
yesterday, brought fiivorablo intelligence with res
pect to tlie dispute between the Indian govern
ment and the Burmese. The Burmese had refused
redress for certain injuries inflicted on British
merchants at Rangoon, and a fleet wan according
ly dospatehed to that port, where it was expected
hostilities would prove inevitable. Upon its arri
val, however, the King at once conceded every
thing that was required.
New* has also boon received of the destruction
of Lagos, an African town in the Rigid of Benin,
which has long been the stronghold of the slave
trade. The attacking force consisted of two vessels
with 400 men, while the natives, who wore strong
ly intrenched behind stockades, mustered, it is af
firmed, to the Humber of 10,000. After two days
fighting the town was taken and destroyed, but
with the loss on the side of the British of *0 killed
and 41 wounded. The slave-dealing monarch,
who had taken to flight, was deposed, and another
black Prince, professing different principles, was
installed in the vacant throne. What th* prospects
are ofthe latter being able to maintain himselfdoes
not appear.
In the money market there has been continued
buoyancy until this morning. The last price was
and they subsequently advanced to 97^. —
From this however a reaction took place to 96%,
and they have closed this afternoon at 97^-
A certain portion of the floating debt falls due
next month, and it was expected trie Government
would have availed themselves of the present state
of the money market to reduce the interest upon
the new bills which will be issued when th* renew
al ttakes place. The inter**; of those Exchequer
bills at present is three half ponce per day, er £2
5s 7d per annum, and at this rate they command
a high premium. If a reduction had been made to
a penny fkrthing per dajq or £1 Ifls per annum,
they would still have maintained a conaidorable
tireminm, and a large puiblie earing would have
•oeneffected. Indeed a reduction to £1 10s per
annum might hare been mad* without difficulty.
From some inexplicable cause, however, this de
sirable measure has been neglected.
The quantity of money seeking employment in
creases daily, andthe question of a further reduc
tion of the rate of discount is again under discus
sion at the Bank of England. Their charge since
the Ist of January has been per cent., nut this
is considerably above the rate in the open market,
and consequently they got no sulßoiehtjnmount of
business.
During the week the firm ofC. A B. Hooper, lea
ther aud hide dealers, lias suspended, with liabili
ties for £BO,OOO, and bad prospects as regards as
sets. W.A B, Hutton A Sons, a leading house iu
the African trade, ha* also stopped, but in this esse
the event has been caused by tho death ofthe only
lemaiiiing member of the firm, and tho inability of
the executors to take any steps until they can as
certain thoir exact position. Ultimately it is believ
ed there will be a large surplus.
Phanoh. —A decree ha* been published, provi
ding that the only day celebrate.l as a eational frit,
•hall bo the Emperor’s birth-day, August 15.
Also, a decree reuiilating the emigration of work
men to the coloniee, and their engagements there.
Also, on* ordering that all objects having one#
belonged to French Sovereigns shall be oollcted from
the provincial museum*, and form a division ofthe
Louvre.
Th* Marquis of Normandy presented to the
French President, on 18th ult., Ins letters of recall.
On tho 18th there was a grand Th D&uh * in the
Church of the Madeline, Paris, in honor of the
Queen of Spain.
One hundred and fifty of the pupils of the Col
lege Louis-10-Grand have been expelled in conse
quence of a revolt which recently broke out among
them on tho subject of some punishment inflicted *
after the banquet of Bt, Charlemagne.
Austria.— Wo find the following iu the eorrus
poudence of the Daily News. We do not sup
pose that the Emperor’s coldness will much dis
turb Mr. McCurdy’s peace of mind, although such
treatment of our representative may not be pala
table to the people and government of the United
State*. No such pettiness of spleen has been
shown to Mr. Hulsemann :
Tho official papers confirm the fact of a despatch
having boon received hr the last American post,
from the Chevalier llulseman, Austrian charge
d’affairs at Washington, stating that “be had bro
ken off all diplomatic intercourse with tho Govern
ment of the United States.” The position of the
American representative at this court has long
been both difficult aud disagreeable. Th* behavior
of both the court and the cabinet toward him has
been even suffered to be commented on iu th*
censor ridden press, and after a roeideuce in Vien
na of about twelve months ho is stated never to
have been received by the Emperor till within the
last week or so, and thou vory eoldly, and not iu a
private audienee.
Bsloium.—The Belgian government has jnst
ordered an augmentation of 100 men in eaeb-of
th* batlklion* of the regiment* of the line of the
Belgian army. A* there are 49 battalions, this
will make the total augmentation 4900. It is re
ported also, save th* Pre/so, that the government
intends to apply to the Chambers for a credit of
6,000,000 fr. for tho establishment of an intrenched
camp in tho environs of Antwerp, and for putting
into a state of defence the Tele do Flanders.
ixniA. — I The overland mail had arrived with dee
patch** from Bombay to the 17tk of January, and
from Hong to the 80th of December.
Hoko Kuko, Doe. 8o. —The chief matter of im
portance that w* have to record this month is the
total destruction of nearly the whole of the Chinese
part of this town, 470 to 500 houseshaving bom
totally destroyed by fire on the night ot the 28th.
It is understood to have arisen from the firing off
of crackers. Had it not been/or a slight breeze
springing up from th* Kaat, and the blowing up
by the engineers and artillery of several house* to
stop the flamo* from extending, a great proportion
of th# European part of the town would also have
been destroyed.
The Governor has ordered mat sheds to be erect
ed, and food to bo distributed among the needy.
A good number of Chinese have, il is said, lost
their lives.
We hare now, however, to mention th# moet
melancholy result o/the tire—the death# of Colonel
Tomkyns and Lieutenant Sugg, of tho Royal artil
lery. Two privates ot the same corps lie seriously
wounded, and Lie .tenant Wileon ofthe Royal en
gineers, in s precarious state. The party were em-
R Joyed in blowing no a house. Tne gunpowder
om some cause exploded eooner than w»* expect
ed, and while thoy were ineioe the building. Colonel
Tomkyna was taken up aonaible, but expired four
hours after wards. Lieutenant Bug’s body was
entirely eonaumed by the Are; nothing but hie ]
•word was left.
The Kwangsi rebellion continues, and the re- j
port* respecting it are. as h’lherto, numerous and
contradictory. The nob men of Canton have been (
colled upon by Sen, the Viceroy, to subscribe largo
sum* toward# the expenses ofthe war.
The Canton market for import# has been rather }
inactive.
Tea, both at Bhangnai and Canton, ha* declined, j
and iu both markets a considerable business in (
blacks has been done. j
The excess of export this year to Great Brittain j
to this date is about 1,800,000 lb*. In silk there is .
no alteration. To the present date th# decrease in
the export* to Great Britain is equal to about l,t)00
bales.
Tho emigration of Chinese to California continue*
on a large scale. r
f
A gentlemen who has occasion to walk with two t
ladies under one umbrella, should always go in the
middle. That secures a dry coat to himself, and is r
showing no partiality to either of the ladies. * r
From the National Intclhgenccr.
ADDRESS OF HON. DANIEL WEBSTER,
BEFORE TOE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
[OONCXCDBD.]
Gentlemen, I must bring these desultory remarks
to a close. I terminate them where perhaps I ought
to have begun—namely, with a few worn* «n the
present state and condition of our country, and tho
prospects which are before her.
Unborn ages and visions of glory crowd upon
my soul. The realisation of all these, however, is
in the hands and good pleasure of Almighty God.
But under His Divine blessing, it will bo depen
dant on the character and the virtues of ourselves
and of our posterity.
If classical history' has been found to be, ifc now,
and shall continue to he, the concomitant of free
institutions and of popular eloquence, what a field
is opening to us for another Herodotus, another
Thucydides, (only may his themo not boa Pelo
ponnesian war, 1 ) and another Livy! And let me
say, gentlemen, that if we and our posterity shall
bo true to the Christian religion; if we aud they
shall live always in the fear of God, and shall res
pect his commandment* ; if we and they shall main
tain just moral sentiments, and such conscientious
convictions of duty as shall control the heart and
life, w* may have the highest hopes of the future
fortune* of our country; and if we maintain those
institutions of Government and that political union,
exceeding all praise as much as it exceeds all for
mer examples of political associations, we may be
sura of one thing, that while onreountrv furnishes
material* for a thousand masters of the historic art,
it will afford no topic for a Gibbon. It will have
no “Decline and Fall." It will go on prospering
and to prosper.
But if we and our posterity reject religions in
struction and authority, violate the rules of eternal
justice, trifie with the injunctions of morality, and
recklessly destroy the political constitution which
holds us together, no man can tell how suddenly a
catastrophe may' overwhelm as, that shall bury all
' ur glory in profound obscurity. If that catastro
, ph«t shall happen, lot it have no history ! Let the
horrible narrative never be written ; let it* fate be
like that of tho lost books of Livy, which no human
eye shall ever road, or the missing Pleiad, of which
no man can evor know more than that it is lost, and
lost forever!
When the last page of this learned, eloquent,
and felicitous address fell from his hand, Mr. Web
ster stood silent for a moment, as if hesitating
wbethor he should say more. There were evident
expression# of desire and expectation that he would
go on, and ho continued:
But, gentlemen, I* will not take my leave of you
in a tone of despondency. We may trust that
Heaven will uot forsake us so long as wo do net
forsake ourselves. Wo must strengthen ourselves
and gird up our Joins with new resolution; we must
counsel each other, and, vowing to sustain each
other in th# support of tho constitution, prepare to
meet manfully and unitedly whatever Fate may
have in store for us. Are we of this generation so
derelict? Have wo so little ofthe blood of our re
velutionary father# ooursing through our veins that
wo cannot preserve what our ancestors uoliicvcd ?
The world will erv out shame upon us if we show
ourselves unworthy to be the descendants of those
f;r«at and illustrious men who fought for their
iberty and secured it to their posterity by tho con
stitution.
Now, gentlemen, exigencies will arise in the his
tory of nation# when competition and rivalry, dis
putes and contentions are powerful. Exigencies
arise in which great men and good men of all par
ti##, and all shade# of political sentiment, arc called
upon to reconsider th*ir opinions, to re-adjust their
positions, and to bring themselves together if they
can in tho spirit of harmony. Such a state of things,
in my opinion, ha# happened in our day. An exi
gency ha# arisen. We have a great and wise con
stitution. Wo have grown, flourished, and pros
pered under it with s degree rs rapidity unequalled
m the history of th* world. Founded on tho basis
of equal civil rights, it* provisions secure perfect
equality and freedom to all; all-who live under it
are equal—all enjoying the same privileges. In a
case like ours, it is to be presumed that all the
wise aud good men of tho nation have the earn# end
iu view, though they may wish to take different
moans to obtain that end—the preservation and
protection ofthe Constitution and Government.
If, then, they have the same object in view, they
must pursue a conciliating oourso, and each be wil
ling to surrender somewhat to each other, to se
cure the harmony of the whole. This general ob
ject, then, being the preservation of the constitu
tion, the only efficient means to accomplish this
end is the union of all it* frictul*. [Applause.]
Tho constitution has enemies, secret and professed;
but they cannot disguise the fart that it secures us
many benefit#. These enemies are unlike in char
acter, but th*y all hare some fault to find. Some
of them arc enthusiasts, hot-headed, self-sufficient
and head-strong. They fancy that they can make
out for themselves a better path than that laid down
for them. Phaeton, the sou of Apollo, thought he
could find a better course across the heavens for
the sun—
“ Thus Ph»ton once, amidst the etberal plains,
Leaped on his father’s car and seised the reins ;
Far from his course Ijnpetled the (flowing sun,
’Till nature’s laws to wild disorder run.”
Other enemies there are more eool, and with more
calculation. These hare a deeper and more traitor
ous purpose ; they have spoken of forcibly resist
sum to the provisions of the constitution; they
now speak or secession! Let uie say, gentlemen,
tfcsttii't* from u* is acetmeion elsewhere. He who
renounces the protection of the star# aud sQ-ipes
shelter* himself under the shadow of another flag;
yen mav rest assured of that. [Bensation and ap
plause.J Those malcontent# find it easy to imflame
men’s passion* ; they lay all misfortune's of individ
ual men, of iiidividualStaUs, of sections and com
munities, all want of prosperity, to the Union. The
co-operntion of what arenow called antagonist princi
ple# is made serviceable in the endeavors te over
throw the constitution. Extremes meet and concert
together. Some there are, who, intheirown words,
profess to hate th* < onstitution because it tolerate*
in tho Southern States the institutions existing
there ; some because it does not more energetical
ly tusbiiu the “peculiar institution.”
Both parties are willing to overthrow the consti
tution, aud concert thoir measures accordingly to
accomplish their ends. Now, to counteract the effort*
of these malcontents, tho friend* of tho constitution
. must rally —all it# friends, of whatever section,
whatever their sectional opinions may be, mustunite
for its preservation. They must forget the things
which arc behind, and act like a band of brothers.
They must forget the past, the little bickerings and
trifling disagreements which have hitherto separated
them. They muatlouk forward only to the future,
and unite their effort# to preserve the boon be
queathed to the world by those groat men, their
ancestors; they must gird up their loin# to the
work. I give my confidence, mv countenance, my
influence, heart and hand, to all those good and
wise men who are willing to stand by the constitu
tion, and to acquiesce in the means necessary to
maintain ita priceless provisions, without reference
to th# past or pledge for the future.
1 will quarrel with no man aho at past differences.
I will object to th* co-operation of no man. We
stand her* now upon a broad constitutional basis,
and let u* act in that spirit of union which actua
ted our aneostors wheu they framed the institu
tion* we must concentrate our effort* to preserve.
But I do not carry my toleration so far as to justify
in the slightest degree any defection from the prin
ciple# of the Union. Th* great point at stake is
iu preservation. 1 cannot Imsitat* a moment on
this question, nor act well and harmoniously with
tho#a who do. Other questions, question# of poli
icy, are subordinate; this is paramount. Every
man who is attached to the Union should come out
boldly and #ay so, without conditions and hypoth
eses, and if#, aud amis, and huts, [Laughter.]
What say# C’ieero : u ]>*t»i<fut iwneriptum tit, voter*
C/toi.-rfiU, in fronte oujutqur cirig, guol dr /mis rr
tmtiat." L«t e\ery man boar inscribed on his
forehead what he is, and what h* means to do in
thAt matter.
There are persons weak enough, foolish enough
to think, to believe, and to say that if the consti
tution which holds these States together should be
broken up, there would bo found other new and
bettor chains to bind them. This is rash 1 This is
ntah I Ino more believe, looking st the thirtv-oue
States which compose tipi Union, covering so vast
a country, embracing so many climates, so many
mountains, so many rivers; I no more believe i’s
t]ii# Union is dissolved, held together as it now is
by th* constitution, that it can be ever re-formed
on any basis, than 1 believe that if, by the fiat of
Almighty power, the law of gravitation should he
abolished, and the orbs which compose the uni
verse ahould rush into illimitable space, jostling
against «aoh other, that they could he brought back
and readjusted into harmony by a new principle of
attraction. [Applause.l
Gentlemen, I hardly know if it would be an ag
gravation or an alleviation of fate. Wv can die no
lingering death; w# cannot fall victims to war,
pestilence, or famine; an earthquake alone can
throw down th# pillar* of our State, and bury u# in
eternal political ruin and th* darkness of everlast
ing night. Such may be th# fate of thi# country,
but 1 may never live to- *e# th# day! May 1 not
survive to hear any apocalyptic angel erving
through the heavens, Fpe*rn, *p***n Antarikr hr
msgaU kai cgcnric tabntrrum doimonum, taxphmlakr
panic*pnaumatoH akathartmi ! Gentlemen a most
auspicioua omen salutn* and cheer* us this dav.
Thi* day is tho anniversary ofthe birth of Wash
ington.
Washington’s birthday is celebrated from one
end of thi# laud to the other. The whole atmos
phere ofthe country is thia day redolent of hia prin
ciples—the hills, tho rocks, the groves, tho vales,
and the river* shout thoir praise# and re#ound with
hi* fame. All the good, whether learned or un
learned, high or low, rich or . poor, feel this day
that there is on* treasure common to them all, and
that is the fame of Washington. 'Riey all recount
hi# deeds, ponder ov«r his principles and teach
iugs, and resolve to be more and more guided by
them in th* future. To the old and the young, to
all born in thi# land, and to all whose preferences
hav* led them to make it the home of their adop
tion, Washington is an exhilarating theme, Ame
ricans are proud of hia character; all exiles from
foreign shores are eager to participate in admira- '
tiou of him; and it is true that he is this day here,
everywhere, all over tho world, more an object of
regard than on any former day since his birth,
[Cheers.]
Gentemen, by his example and under the guid -
ance ©this precepts will we and our children up
hold the constitution, Under his military leader
ship our fathers conquered their ancient fcnemies,
and undertlie outspread bannerol’ his political
and constitutional principles will we conquer nair.
To that standard we shall adhere, and uphold it
through evil report and good report. We will
sustain it, and meet death itself if it come ; wo will
even encounter and defeat error, bv daywand l»y
night, in light or in darkness-thick' darkness if
it come, till—
“ Danger's troubled night is o’er
And the star of peace return.”
At the conclusion of this address, the audience
rose ts* masse, the gentlemen giving nine hearty
cheers, and the ladies waiving their hankerehiols,
all sharing in the expression of enthusiain. Ex-
Chief Justice Jonca riaing to offer the usual reso
lution, “that the thanks of this Society he presented
to the Hon. Daniel Webster for the very able ad
dress which has just been read, and that a cony be
requested for the archives,” said that he could not
refrain from attempting to express the deep obli
gation which the Society were under to the Orator
of the evening for the high gratilication he had
afforded them.
Charles O’Conor, Esq., rose to second the resolu
tion. He could add nothing to what had been said
by the venerable Chief Justice; except to testify his
individual respect lor the orator who hsd said so
much to the honor of the city of New York, and
to the honor of the country of which he is the most
distinguished citizen. Hu advocated the resolu
tion, not merely that members of the Society might
testify to the people of the world the re
spect which ve know that they also feel for tha
greatest statesman of his country, but in order that
this authentic specimen of the grandner of his in
tellect, the dcptli of his research, the vastness of his
acquirements, might lx* preserved, and enable fu
ture historian* to show the power and greatness of
' Daniel Webster.
These remarks were highly applauded. The
resolution was then adopted nem. con., and after a
benediction had been pronounced bv the Rev. Dr.
W •inwright, the assemblage withdrew, hearing
with them the imperishable remembrance of one
of the noblest intellectual effort* known in modem
times.— Commercial Advertiser.
The Macon Telegraph.
. The course of our neighbor of the Telegraph is
■ a tit illustration of the policy of the partv to v\ hich
[ he belongs. That policy is to ignore every question
of present interest anil importance—every qtios
i lion upon which an issue can bo formed- and Je
t pend solely upon the magic influence of the name
t of Democrat. Any one, in reading the columns
\ of our contemporary, would be led to believe, that
he hud indulged in a Kip Van Winkle sleep, which
: has confused his intellect, and from which he has
, waked with an indistinct memory of the past, and
with the idea that parties stand where they did in
, 1800. Judging trom his columns, ho is ignorant
of the fact, that the Federal Tarty, ns a party is
extinct—that the National Bank was crippled by
i Jackson and killed by Tyler—and that alargeter
. ritory has been added to the Union. He is hup
. pily ignorant of the slavery agitation growing out
. of the acquisition of tiiis territory, which has
lately threatened the permanence of the Union,
lie is ignorant that men professing to be democrats
have repudiated the doctrines of Madison and
Jackson. He is ignorant of the corruption which
, has caept into the Nat onnl Parties, and of the
. canker of Froosoil which is destroying their vi
[ talitv. He is ignorant that a party at the South,
. goaded by the aggressions of the North, met in
. Convention at Nashville, Tennessee, and spoke
treason at mid day. He is ignorant of the fact,
[ that v .th Carolina would have seceded from the
I ■ i, if .Southern Rights men had not promised
. her Jo co-operation of the entire South, if she
[ would wait, and not net precipitately. And, strau
, ger than all this, lie is ignorant of the fact that ha
. waa among the first to discover the rottenness and
i corruption of the two great National Parties
' that he applauded the actings and doings of the
, Nashville Ton volition—that ho sympathized with
South Carolina Secessionists, and republished the
speeches of Mr. Khett. Such is tHe ignorance
which liis columns display ; but still we are ob
liged to remind him of these things, though it may
wake nim from his blissful ignorance. Though he
“roara you now as gentle as any sucking dove”—
“roars you as ’twere any nightingale”—y«t we
remember too distinctly the role of the Lion which
he played last year, to trust the appearance of sub
, missive gentleness which he now exhibits. Ho
i did a great deal of extempore roaring then, and
labored industriously to convince ns that there
’ was something in it besides noise. Unfortunately
for him, he did con vice us of this ; and it is too late
for him to doff the Lion's hide and mane, and de
clare lie w nobody but Snug the Joiner. His pe
’ euliar acting of the role of the Lion is embalmed
, among our pleasure* of memory,
in his issue of yesterday, he acknowledges that
he “desire* the re organization of the Democratic
Party, and the co-operation of Gov. Gobi*, and all
others, whowilllTlive up to and acknowledge its great
principle*.” But will he inform us what aiv -Us
greui principles-,” “the cardinal and fundamental
doctrines of the democratic faith,” which he has so
recently learned to -ulogi/.e. Upon the obsolete
issue* which divided Die old Whig and Democrat
to parties, he may have his own opinimis, »as he
has his own opinions upon Die guilt or innocence
of Aaron Burr, or upon any oilier question con
i neeted with tlie. constitutional history of the Go v -
* enunent,') and perhaps Gov. {’ohh Coincides with
1 hint in those opinions. But upon questions which
are now vital and operative, and “cardinal and
fundamental,” nil the world and “all the test of
mankind” know that there is no unirv of senti
ment between him and Mr. Gohb, and ha (umiot
conceal the wide dilference of opinion hefvvccn
them, behind hi* breast work of vague, indefinite
and nnmeanyig generalities. They diHV-r upon
vital and fundamental principles. They have no -
thing in common, hut the name- the emptv, yu
moaning name of Democrat,|whieh they abate in
common with David Wihnot, Preston King, Halo,
Rantonl and Allen. A coalition between them
would be aa selrisli, as hollow and hypocritical, us
the coalition be ween tlie Democracy' and Die Free
Soil Party of MassaclmseLs.
We do not anticipate such a coalition. The se
duction flattery of the Telegraph, will be “ Love's
Labor Lost” upon Gov. Cobh. Neither Gov. Cobb,
not the Union Democrats of Georgia, us we sincerel y
believe, will go to the Baltimore Gouvcntion, mile**
the finality of the Gotnpromise i* recognised in
distinct terms. The Telegraph, in its issue of
yesterday, in which it invites the co-opcration of
these very men, contains an article from rite Rich
mond Enquirer, which is introduced by a com
mendatory editorial, in which this passage in
italics occurs : “7 %■ ah white, inxrpuraUe condition
of Democratic I'aitioiuil re-xunon , Is therefore itnfife
silence upon the Compromise of ] s. r ,0.”
Gov. Cobh, in a speech in this place, in tlie early
part of the last year, stated distinctly that if the
finality of the Compromise was not recognised
and acknowledged in the next Presidential cam
paign, the whole plan of adjustment would be a
nullity and a cheat. If the Telegraph is deter
mined to have the co-operation of Gov. Cobb, and
of Union democrats, it must abandon It* position
of “ entire silence upon the C-otnpromue oj T f.O - ”
and amuse u* with another change of position.
The evolutions of our contemporary are as rapid
as a charge of Manmluke cavalry, and his changes
aa unexpected as the figures of a Kalediscope.
Another change will be nothing startling or new.—
Jour, if Hex*.
Dkpaktubk Extkaohoisaky.— Overland rouh t<
California. —An old lady over sixty years of age
left this county a few days since, foi 'Califoruia, bv
the land route. The old lady left in good cheer,
and all who knottier, entertains no fears of her
sauce**. She leaves a mother, residing in this
place a hundred and odd years old. From the
stock it will be seen she is only in the prime of life.
She has resided in tlie Gold region of Georgia ever
since tlie days ol the intrusion, and is a practical
miner; with shovel and pick she enters the pit,
with the energy, skill, and perseverance, that will
compare with any miner now in California. Sue
has promised her friends to acquaint them of her
oragresa from time to time, as opportunity may
offer.
"That Indian that makes an attack upon Iter,
will strike a sawyer.—Dahlonega Signal.
Loct Jaw.—The Lancaster Express contains tlie
following: “We have noticed in the papers lately
notices of several deaths by this disease, one of
them in this neighborhood. We have published
several times a certain preventive and remedy, in
the application of beef’s gall to the wound. Will
not our editorial brethren circulate the information,
and thereby save many valuable lives i Besides
the anti-spasmodic properties, the gall draws from
the wound any particle* of wood, glass, iron, or
other in balance that may cause irritation, when
otlu - applications have failed to do so.”
\J >\, VHMSO.X, Ac.—l have just received a
t c ;co lot of fine Venison M AMS. Those desirous of a
g>od article had better apply soon. lam selling them, \vi th
* variety of other article* low for cash, also •m>cnm- flang
ed country IIAM.G warrrnted.
—ALSO, OX CONSIGNM ENT—
-5 Cask* superior Scotch ALE, will he sold low to close tho
consignment, or by the dozen,
wr House Keepers will do well to call and examine my
article* and prices. mh7 JOHN J. It V KD.
NE W BOOK*-Vlargar* Cecil; or I can because f
Ought; by Cousin Kate, author of Set About it at
One*, Ac.
The Use of Sunshine: by S. M., authoress of the Maiden
Aunt, Story of a Kami y, Ac.
X Journal, kept during a Summer Tour, for tlie Children
of a Village School: by the author of Amy Herbert, Get
trade Ac. Just published, and for sale at
GEO. A. GATE* A CO.’S
a, hi Piano, Book and Music *tore, Broad-street.
BVCMVHKAT 4t KI-OI K.—Landing and in store,
20 quarter hbls. BUCKWHEAT.
100 bbl* Hiram Smith, Genesee and Baltimore FLOOR.
n»h7 BUSSELL A WHITEHEAD.
PKIMK IVKW LARI) —In quarters and barrets,
mid BUSSELL A W H ITEM El I H AD.
MOLAWMKfc.-- .Vi h luls in Store.
mh7 RUSSELL A WHITEHEAD.
7fT BUSHKI.t* Sweet POTATOES, just received, on con
It# signment, and will he sold low, by
mh7 JOHN 8. HUTCHINSON.
BACON.—I6,OOO lbs. prime new Baltimore
Boron SIDES. mh7 BUSSELL A WHITEHEAD.