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Mr.Tyle’rs cabinet wee broken up
but Mr. Webster remained in office 4
poetry—Gray».HljflPPT
.Hr., Fletcher Weimar repented tfcslMk
line of the elegy—«The Curfew toll* the
knell of parting day*-- - ■ . .
That's it, that's it,” said Mr. Webster;
train.
Government the pardon of the followers of
Lopez, who had been deported to Spain; and
about the same time be received from the
English Government an apology for the in
terference of a British cruiser with 4a Amer
ican steamer in the waters of Nicaragua—
the second time that the British Govern-
Mr. Webster having thus reconciled his
j father to his views, returned to Boston, and
in'the following March having been admit-
ted'to the Bar, as before sUted, went to
Amherst, New Hampshire, where bis fath
er's court wss that iw session, and from
thence returned heme with-him. His design
had been to settle m practice at Portsmouth;
bat unwilling to leave his father, who had
infirm, and had no sens at home, he
opened an olfiee in BeocaWea, near his fath
er's residence. Judge Webster lived but a
year after his son s commencement of prac
tice; long enough, however, to hear his first
argument in court, and to be gratified with
rimfilrnt fTt 11 *** 1 *" °f his fntme sncicns.
Then, like Simon of old, he gathered ap his .
■During this time the most important ques
tions, were discuss-id, measures of the high
est moment to the country brought forward,
and political events and combinations of the
most novel and extraordiaiy character suc
ceeded each .other. Under all changes of
men and measures, Ur. Webster maintained
the position of a constitutional and patriotic
statesman second, to none who had ever devo
ted himsell to the service of his country. In
1830 ho made what is generally considered,
the ablest of hjs parliamentary efforts, his
second speech in reply to Gen. Uayne of this
State. Daring the time of the vilification
question ip 1832 and 1833, though before
opposed to the admi mat ration of Gen. Jack-
son, be gave it a .cordial support- When,
however, the financial system of Gen. Jack-
eon was brought forward and fully develop
ed,At was strenuously opposed- by Mr. Web
star; and the forcible manner. in which he
urgodthe edaptian at the fingnrial system
•uaadia Ifet infancy of the Government, vis,
t£at of a mixed currency of specie and con
vertible paper, kept, within safe bounds by
tha law requiring aU payraenu to be made
in specie nr its eqwvalaat and regulated by i
a national institution acting as a check up- {
instance of Mr. Webster, the first having
been, in reference to the destruction - of the
Caroline at Schlomer, and it has hem af
firmed that these are the only occasions on
which the British Government has ever
apologised for the cqadaot of its affairs.
To sum up all, Mr.. Webeter has lived
alone for his country. Attachment, ta the
Constitution and the Union, to urn the earn-,
eat words of Jfr. Jfarch, amounted, with
him, to a passion. It was Us earliest love,
aad endured to his latest breath. In what
ever station he was placed, it filed h : s beast
and controlled his conduct. He made every
thing in life subsidiary to it. It grew with
his growth end strengthened with his
strength until it bwrsme part of his moral
being, u I *m,” said be an one occasion,
<• I am where I bare ever -ben, and ever
mean to ho—standing on the platform ofthe
still involved in much mystery. Either the
old gentleman is m.stakcn in regard to the
lunuuut ot money he had, or ought to have
had on hand, or some others have been a fin
gering a portion of it previous to the rob
bers, or else there were more concerned than
those arrested are willing to name. The
latter appears to ns most probable.—Gee.
Jejfcrsonuin.
Cincinnati Gazette.
(hum or Fashion.—Grandpa, where
da iiiflljtt their fashions from ?” « From
Beaten.” » Well, where do the Boston folks
get them from?” .«From England.” «»Ah,
■■d where do the Eugliah get them from.’-'*
.. Frvm France.” And where do the French
get them feum?" « iFhy—why right
straight from the devil; there, now, atop
The details of a horrible crime are given
in the-Gatena, III. Advurtieer. It is stated
that the father and mother of a family died
last spring. Their d ream was supposed to
have been cholera. Recant disclosures have
excited suspicion that they wave panned by
their own daughter, a girt of fifteen. A
yonng man had been paying his attentions
to her, to whom the parents abjeotad en no-
count ot ha bad character. . I* remove this
obstacle, it is supposed that the ywreg girt
consented to and committed the hotriMs
criin ; of parricide.
Twk Laiccit Hoe in the (Fould.—
Aon it now on ezhi bilion in this c*ty, at
Mr. James & Balm, livery stable, a hog
•***^ Afr.jrafihaniel Lamb, of Afrlton.
mfcfelk steads seventeen feet six inches high,
mght inches, and weight
teajpflwbed panada. It ia one year aad
six maaffueld. If anyone has a greater
hog thh» tide wu ahwtd like to know it. li
this hog waa fat, he woald weigh 1,400 iha.
mepertabluprogiem lathe;
fflipm
WM. T. WOFFORD, EDITOR.
miniim
CASTOLLE, GEORGIA:
we
Thursday, Nov. 4,1852.
Iikctiofi Return!.
In this' county it is supposed that the
Boutbcni Rights ticket has beaten the Un
ion tieket’lDO'Yotes. Scott’s vole is about
250. Next week we will give the returns
from the different districts.
A rumor reaches ns that in Chatham, (he
Southern Rights majority is about 500, and
in DcKalb about 400, over the Union ticker
Up to the time ofgoing to press, we have S viewed all matters of interest as set forth
no other returns. j in the proceedings of the various Grind
m. - - ; Lodges in tiie U. States, as well as in Fer-
Mr. Crittenden has just returned to W ash- j eign Lodges, briefly commenting on the pro-
ington from Kentucky, where he had been - priety of adopting or rejecting tlfdir plans
The Grand Lodge of Iimh.
This body met at Macon lash week. Most
of the subordinate Lodges met. The fol
lowing officers were elected fix'the seguing
Wm. C. Dawson, M. W. G.-Master.
8. Holt, 1
A. A. Gaulding, I -
Geo. D. Rice, | Dop. 0. Mastees.
W. S. Rockwell, j
W. K. Kitchen, 8. G. W.
D. E. Butler, J. O. W.
J. E. Wells, G. T.
S Rose, G. 8.
L. C. Simpson, 8. G. D.
K. 8. T. Little, X. G. D.
Rev. W. D. Matthews, G. Chaplain.
W. B. Bowen,' G. Marshal.
L. C. Warren, G. P."
II. T. Turner, v
J. A. Fannin, V G. Stewards.
S. A. Borders, j
T. A. Harris, G. Tyler.
The Report of the Committee on Foreign
\ Correspondence, was a long, able, and elo
quent production, reflecting great credit up
on its author, W. S. Rockwell, Esq , who,
in Musonic Erudition, and in intimate ac
quaintance with the history and designs of
the order, has no superior. His report Te-
From the Charleston Courier.
Memoir of Duiri Wekfcr.
j athy to pnblie declamation. This fact, Pleas for twelve or fourteen years, he madn
j however, is established by his own wonfn»Fg<tad. by the integrity of his purpose, tbs' to th« downfall of Ms. Thn Bonn’s
! -1 '" w *■ * ; -WWS^fcT'. - Mstration/'/% ' '
In 183^. Sr. Webeter wuulea short
fsBirope. 'His time Waa-prufepally passed
’ - few weeks to
) had preceded him
At the time of his death, Mr. Webster was j which h * Te reeent, J *PPeartd.in print. He j clearness of his judgment and the strength
itthls seventy-first year, haring been born ! .. - ! °^ h*tefcaracter the want of early edfica-
in the Sown of Salhbory, New Hampshire; | “ IbelleTe 1 ^raole prqgremdn J thm, and^gained for his opinionsAndlfecis-
sk the 18th of January, 1782 His earliest s * oet branches which I attended to, whilst in ions aehnfidcnce and concurrence not always in England but he do'
ancestor, dT whan the- family has any ***** was ene thing which\ accented to persons professionally w&e
tain knowledge was Thomas Webster He : 1 «&“ld not do. I could not make adeela- learngd.-He was distinguished also in his
was settled in Hampton as early as 1636 ** tion ' 1 s f B . W IK **** ak befor » the 8ch ?»M ****** < * re '' r ' Enterin « thc ar *J■ ^
and the descent from him can' be found re- The kind *** cxceir « l B««*inhifrer sought? rate, be retired a major : and won hiVcom
corded—as we learn from Mr. March’s work
entitled .. Daniel Webster and his Contem
poraries,” from which and a memoir by thc
Hon. Edward Everett, we compile our pres
ent sketch—in the Church and Towmecords
of Hampton, Kingston—now East Kingston
—rand Salisbury. The family came origi- ,
nally from Scotland, two centuries ago and ^ 1
especially to persuade me to perform the | mission by faithful and gallant service, as
exereice of declamation, like other boys, but ’ well in the Revolutionary, as in thc French
oe the State Banks, contributed maf-—
thweoatintm't
who framed it. 1 would
act as if our fathers who fremed it Ibr us,
who bequeathed it to us,stare looking oo
« Standing thus, as in the full gase of our
ancestors and our posterity, having received
this inheritance from the former, to be
tb the old-world, and he Wafi received with ' transmitted to the latter, and feeling that,
the at kntion .due to. his character and til- | if I am formed for any good, ia my day aad
cuts at thirfreneh end English Courts, and ' generation, it is for the good of the whole
in the highest circles of both countries. On ; country, no local policy or local feeling, no
the secession of General Harrison, to the! temporary impulses, shall induce me to
I could not doit.. --Many a piece did. I com- ; and Indian wars. He acted as major under [Presidency, Mr. Webeter wos-placed at the yield my foothold on the Constitution
mit to memory, and recite and rehearse it Stark at Bennington, and contributed no bead of his Cabinet, as Secretary of State. ! the Union.
in my oyn room, over gnd oyer again; yet; little to Hie fortunate .result of that day. His adwtiiMtiwtiOn of the‘Department dnr- •• I came into public life in the service of
when the day came, when Hie school collec-! In May'18DT, Mr. We'bster was Admitted | ing the two'years he remained in it was s?g- the United States. On that broad altar, my
ted to hoar declamations, when, my name: as Attorney and Counsellor of the^Supreme | nalized by the;most Uistinguislied success,
ir dcclamaliens, when, my name ; as Attorney and Counsellor of the Supreme : nalized by the - most distinguishe«l
, and I saw all eyes turned to- ! Court in'New Hampshire, and in September | The United States at that time was
— - 4 X A/kial/I .bial UaJoA -1* i L. . Z ^I ' - .. ! ^ 1 kin A tXZ . t i _ a T ~.V« M. 1 *,. ^ ■ n m ai ,i -■■■■ I
I could toot raise n»ys<!!f; of that year relinquished his office in Rosea- ‘I#;* long standing contruvcrsy with -Great
from it. Sometimes the instructors frown- : wen to his brother Ezekiel, who had then ' Britain on the subject of the North Eastern
more. It is probable, however, from certain
circumstances, that they tarried in England:
awhile, before emigrating to-a new world, i^ ^
entreated, most lo PortBmouth, according to-liis original in-
Ebenezer Webster, the father of Darnel, | t ha t J would venture, buti nev-1 tention.
1 f 11 ), J ^ c *. M a C °J 11 j 0U . 30 UI f r [ cr could command sufficient resolution.” .He married in June, 1808, Gracc FIete&er
111 *1 i_^ V,nCIa * roo P 8 ’ ail t> rin S e guch diffidence.of its own powers, contin- ! the daughter of the. Rev. Mr. Fletcher of
war 0 i- , served under Gen. Amherst on ^ jyj r jj arc ij, ma y be natural to genius, | Hopkinton, New Hampshire, and by her had
nervously fearful of being unable t« reach \ four children : Grace, Fletcher, Julia and
that ideal which it proposes as the only full | Edward t but one of whom survives. Ed-
enrliest, and. all my public vows, have
was involved made. I propose to serve no other mast
$9 far as depends on any agency of' mine,
they shall continue United States; united in
ed,- sometimes they smiled. Mr. Buckmin- j obtained admission to the Bar, and moved j Boundary of Maine. To thls'liad'been ad- j interest and" affection'; united in everything
to deliver a Eulogy upon Jlfr. Clay.
Dan Rice, thc Circus man, was robbed the
other day of jewolry amounting in value to
$040. He'll seen make it- up again,
Rev. : Dr.'Wyer<’0f this city, has accepted
a eall temporarily to fill the pulpit of Nas
sau street Baptist Church,.in Brooklyn.
The first hogshead of tobacco ^new
crop), arrived at New Oilcans on the 18th,
from Kentucky. -
jJBfr“Tfce U. 8. Steam Frigate Mississippi
is manned by 2fll sailors, 31) oifleers, and 45
marines—in all 375.
Veixoiv Fbveh in Charleston.—Thc
and policies as might seem best Stod expedi
ent ta tlzis intelligent hotly.
A Committee has been appointed for pur
chasing a Masonic Library, for the use of
the GrancfLodge, who, no doubt, will dis
charge their duties during thc year.
A donation of &875 was received through
Bro. W. Williams, Cincinnati, Ohio, from an
unknown English Brother, who, it appears,
once visited this Grand Lodge. A vote of
thanks to the unknown donor, and an ex
pression of thc good wishes and prayers of
this Grand Communication, were unani
mously passed, and copies directed to be for
warded to Brother Williams, at Cincinnati.
The returns of the several subordinate
Lodges show that they have not had cause
to exiiel many of their members, When com-
the North-western frontier; accompanying
that commander iq-the invasion of Canada,
during which expedition hirso attracted the
attention, ami secured the good will of his
superior officers, by his faithful and gallant
conduct, that before the close of the war he
rose fr>m the ranks to to Captaincy. Peace,
however, between 'England and France soon
following the capture of Qncbec, and con
quest of Canada, the Provincial trqops were
disbanddd, aedrehuifcd to tlieir homes.
Previous to the year 17C3, the settlements
m New Hampshire had 1 made little or no
progress towards tire interior of the State for
more than half a century. The fitful irrup-
tions of the French from Canada, and the
consummation of its wishes. It is fortunate,; ward died with the Army in Mexico in.1847,
dad the difficult questions arising out of thc ! in regard to which the Const!tutidh has de
detention of American vessels by British
cruisers on the coast of Africa, and still
more recently the affair of McLeod, in New
York, had threatened an immediate rupture
between the two Governments, The corres
pondence between the United Stales 'Minis
ter in London in 1841, Mr. Stevenson, and
the British Secretary of State for Foreign
however, for the age, fortunate for all ages, j -Major of the .Massachusetts Regiment of
that Mr. Webster, by determined will and j Volunteers. He was, it is stated, one of the j Affrirs, Lord Palmers tone, was of an un
frequent trial, overcame this moral inea-1 most gentlemanly, amiable, and honorable ! compromising character. Other causes of
parity—as his great prototype, the Grecian ! young men of therage. j mutual irritation also existed, which onr
orator, subdued his physical defect. j Mr. Webster lived in Portsmouth nine j limits preclude us from enumerating. Shortt
He remained at the Exeter Academy but; years, wanting one month. He never held I ly after the accession of Gen. Harrison, -Hie
a few months; accomplishing in these few ; office, popular or other, in the government j Melbourne administration was overturned
months, however, the work of years to seme, j of New Hampshire. Ho occasionally t?ok i in Egland, ard Sir Robert Peel restored to
Board of Health report one death only, lor j fraternity in this State, which lias been sta-
pared with the number now belonging to tlie j * n cen * ra ! part of the State; and-Col.
was on their way to the house of Mr. Woods
more constant, if not more cruel assaults of t!iat his f;lther first opene<1 t0 him his design
their subsidized allies the Indians—re of sending him to College, and most grateful'
pressed any movement inward, into th.e
country. To defend what they held, by a
kind of cordon militaire of blockhouses was
all the frontier'men hoped ; but thc cession
of Canada to-England, by the treaty of Par
is in 17C3, removing the great obstacle to
farther progress into the interior, the Royal
Governor of New Hampshire, Penning Went
worth, began to make grants of townships
the 24t-h hours ending Monday 0 p. M. Wc
are much gratified at this announcement,
ami we trust it is an augury of thc entire
disappearance of tho epidemic in our neigh
boring city.
Secretary or State;—Thc Hon. Ed
ward Everett has accepted the office of
Secretary of State, .vacated by the death of
the Hon. Daniel Webster.
South Carolina Legislature.—The
Legislature of S.- Carolina assembled Mon
day. The Senate re elected its former offi
cers. In the House the former Speaker and
Clark were re-elected. The Governors
•Hessago is short and confined to the object
of the call.
The influence of the female mind over the
•longer mind of man, is greater, perhaps,
than many are willing to acknowledge. Its
operations' aro various, and some men strug
gle fearfully to disengage themselves from
it. But this I believe, that, more or less-
all men have felt its power; and those,
perhaps, havo experienced it to the greatest
extent, who would have it supposed they de
spised it most. It is generally thought that
this influence is most powerful when engaged
in the cause of evil; but I doubt the fact.
A woman loses mauy* of her charms, and
consequently, much of her power, in thc
opinion of many when' she ranges herself on
the side of that which is wrong ; while it is
impossible to calculate the influence of vir
tuous woman, when that influence is exer
cised with tenderness and modesty. The
ruin produced by a bad woman may bo sud
den and violent, and compared to thc burst
ing of a volcano, or the overflowings of the
ooean ; but the influences of virtuous woman
are alike the gentle daw and morning show
ers, which descend silently and softly, and
are known only by their effects in tho smil
ing aspect of.the valleys, and the weight of
the autumnal branches. —Ex:
ted to bo more than any State in the Union,
New York not excepted. Oneparticular
case relating to expulsion requires .-particu
lar notice,'as it goes to slioiv the determina
tion of the Grand -Lodge, (»s aril Masons
should do,) to protect, at all hazards, fe
male virtue and chastity. The case alluded
to was not one where any violation had been
committed, but an attempt; for which the
Lodge where the offender lived, passed a
vote of reprimand, after having found him
guilty of the attempt. Thc Grand Lodge
has declared the offender forever ezpelled
from all thc rights and privileges of the fra
ternity, and have suspended the Lodge,
which passed so lightly over this grave of
fence, for 12 months—exculpating, however,
the Master of the Lodge from all blame in
rela ion to their lenient dealings with the
offender. —Cor. Hav. Jour.
A Very Singular Case.—A case of ex
traordinary interest was brought before
Justice Snelbakor, yesterday afternoon, by
Mr. George Evans, of Brownsville, Texas,
•gainst a man named John Pool, who had
formerly been in tbe employ of the plain
tiff, and has absconded with some three
thousand dollars worth oi merchandise be
longing to said Evans. Pool had taken thc
goods from Brownsville to the city of Rio
Grande, for the purpose of starting a busi
ness there for his employer, but instead of
doing so, he immediately sold them,-and
pocketing the funds departed for Tampico.
Mr. Evans learning of his unfaithfulness,
started in pursuit, and after following him
to Tampico, found that he had sailed for
Liverpool, whence Evans also took passage.
On hia arrival in England, he was told that
he had flown, and was then in New York.
„Vr. Evens followed close on his heels, and
arrivii.g in New York found that he had
jnet started for Cincinnati, and on his arri
val hare yesterday, found the subject of his
search. Mr. Fool was immediately arrest
ed, Bat on his offering five hundred dollars,
bo Was released. Mr. Evans having alrea
dy spent a large earn in following him, and
weary of the affair, thought better to
i than to incur the expense of ta
king the prisoner to Texas, and probably fi
nally foil of obtaining more than this offer.
Grand Division & of T.
This body also assembled at Macon lust
week—quite a large number of delegates
being in attendance. The following officers
were elected for the year ensuing :
Rev. E. H. Myers, G. W Patriarch.
Benj Brantley, G. W. Associate.
W S Williford, G. Scribe.
E. C Granniss. G. Treasurer.
Rev. D P. Jones, G. Chaplain.
Wm. Woods, G. Conductor.
T. S. M. Bloodworth, G. Sentinel.
Me Robbery.
Our readers will recollect a robbery com
mitted in Monroe county, about two weeks
ago, at the House of Mr. John Jackson, liv
ing near Barnesville, by which he lost some
0 or 7,000 dollars mostly in silver. We al
so announced in the same paper, the arrest
of two of tiie robbers, the celebrated Dr.
Roberts, and a no less notorious character
by the name of Simyson, known better by
the name of Skaggs, and also the recovery
of a portion of tiie money. Since then Col.
O. C. Gibson, Loyd Head, and othors -whose
names wc have-not heard,-friends and neigh
bors of Jacksou, learning tka't three others
of the robot's lived in Tennessee, in Brad
ley county, tliey put off’in that direction in
pursuit, and by indefatigable perscverence
and great prudence, which it would take
too long to detail, succeeded in' capturing
two more of the robbers, to-wit: Gideon
Copcnhaver, of Kentucky, and Lewis Clark,
of Bradley county, Tennessee. The fifth one
implicated is said to be named Charles J.
Price, who was once sueriif of- Bradley coun
ty, and a man of fair standing.
Thfe amount recovered from the first two
robbers, was $1)45, and from the two loot
5.1217, making an aggregate of $2,163; the
latter had buried their share of the plun
der near Haralson, Coweta, county; the
place was pointed out by one of thc robbers
alter his arrest. -This, it will be seen, falls
far short of the sum said to have been lost
by Mr. Jacsson; but this is ail, the robbers
state, that was taken ; and we hear that
they further shite, that the five persons men
tioned arc all that were concerned iu the
robbery. In contradiction of this part of
their statement, Mr. Jackson thought there j the
were some teu or twelve of them, and ,-ome
negroes, just after thc robbery, met a party
ot men on horseback, going in a different di
rection trout Inc house, and on another road
from that which Roberts and the others
hove mentioned had .gone. The robbery is
Stevens with some other persens about'fcing-
ston—mostly retired soldiers,—obtained a
grant'-of ; the ■ township ■ ef "Salisbury, (lien
called,;from the. principal grantee, Elevens’
Town. This'town is situated exactly at the
head waters of the Merrimac river, which is
formed by the confluence of the Pemigiwas-
set and Winnipiscogee. Under this grant,
Ebenezer Webster obtained a lot situated in
the North part of the town, and more adven
turous than others of the company who re
ceived grants, cut his way deeper in the'wil-
derness, making the roatMve could not find.
Here in 1764, he built tv log cabin, andjigbt-
cd his fire, « the smoke of which,” as Mr.
Webster ouce-said on some.public-occasion,
.. ascended nearer the'North star than that
of any* of his Majesty’s New England "sub
jects.” His nearest civilized neighbor in
the North was at Montreal, hundreds of
miles off. £
His wife dying soon after his settleuwtot
at Salisbury, Ebenezer Webster married
Abigail Eastman, of Salisbury, a lady of
Welsh extraction She was the mother of
‘Daniel and Ezekiel ; and like thc mother of
George Canning, was a woman of far more
than ordinary intellect. She was proud of,
and ambitious for her sons, and thfe distinc
tion they both afterwards achieved, may
have been, in part,' at least, the result of
her promptings. Ebenezer Webster com
memorated his second marriage, by the erec
tion of a frame house, contiguous to the log
cabin. He dug a well near it, Snd planted
an elm sapling. In this house, Dan'cl Web
ster was born. The bouse,, however, has
long since disappeared from roof to founda
tion stone, and nothing indicates its some
time existence but a collar dimost filled by
stone and earth. But the Well still remains,
with water as pure, as cool, and as limpid,
aa when first turned to4hc light; and wilt
remain, in all probability, for ages, to re
fresh hereafter the votaries of genius, who
may make their pilgrimage thither to visit
the cradle of one of America's greatest sons.
The elm, too, that shaded the boy still flour
ishes in vigorous leaf, and may have an ex
istence beyond its perishable nature. Like
“ the witch elm that guards St. Fillan's
Spring,’’ it may live in story, long after leaf
and branch, and root have disappeared for
ever.
In February,-J797, bis father placed him ; part in political affaire, and was then not
under the tuition of.the Rev. Samuel Woods, j unfclt in his action. His vote was always 1
in Boscawen ; of whom his pupil always i given, and his voice and pen sometimes ex-
spoke in terms of affection and respect. It crcised, in favor of tho -party whose princi
ples he espoused. Even in that early peri
od of his life, however, when something per
haps, could be pardoned to the vehemence of'
to his father-for the prospect Held out through ! youth, be used -no acrimonious language to
his political opponents, nor suggested or
participated in any act-indicative of person
al animosity towards them.
At thirty years of age, lie liad become
well known and respected throughout the
State;' so much so, that he was elected a
Representative of the State in Congress, af
ter an animated contest in November, 1812,
and took-his seat at thi extra session in
May; 1813; and in due time was re-elected.
'his self-sacrificing devotion, Mr. Webster
applied himself to his studies with even in
creased ardor. All that Mr. Woods coaid
teach he-learnt.
In tho summer of this year, August 1797,
he entered Dartmouth College as a fresh
man. His College life was not an idle one.
Besides •'regular attention to the prescribe
ed- stwdie^f his cLtss, he devoted himself to
the acquisition of whatever was useful in 1
English history, or graceful and becoming j Although among the youngest members of
in English literature. He superintended,
also, the publication of a little weekly news
paper, making selections for it from books
and periodicals, and contributing, occasion
ally, an editorial of bis own. -These were,
perhaps/ the first of his productions ever
published. Mr. March knows not if they
-are to be n*et with now. -He deiiveredsoiue
addresses whilst in College before literary
societies, which also were published.
Ezekiel Webster—the sole brother of -Ba-
n : el ofthe whole blood—was destined by his
father to'remain at home and carry on the
’fine, but he had aspirations beyond this,
and so had his brother for him, and accord
ingly the latter interceded with his father
so successfully that Ezekiel was placed in a
school under a teacher of Latin, and soon
-afterwards we a t to Mr. Woods, and remain
ed with him until March, 1861, when his
thc House of Representatives, and without
Legislative experience, he rose at once to the
front rank both in the despatch of business
and in debate. Among his associates in tlier
•House were Clay, Cheeves, Lowndds, Cal
houn, Forsyth, and other members of great
ability, and it was soon clearly perceptible
that he • was worthy to be named'with the
ablest of them, indeed Mr. Lowndes remark
ed thet ««the South had not his superior,
nor the North his equal!”
Finding the professional flekl at Ports
mouth, inadequate-to the support of a gro'w-
ing'family, as clients then tond there were
not rich, and fees consequently small, Afr.
Webster removed to Baston in 1816. His
professional reputation had grown as rapid
ly as his fame as a Statesman, and he plac
ed himself at once by the sides of the lead-
ers of'the AfassadiHsetts Bar. -He had al-
father carried him to College, where he join- j ready appeared before the Supreme Court of
ed the Freshman Class. He had not great. the United States in Washington and by his
quickness of apprehension, nor vivacity of1 brilliant argument in the Dartmouth Col-
.pC’wer. This contemporary change of gov
ernment- in the two countries was favorable
to the settlement of thc long standing diffi
culties.
Mr. Webster, after comi.’U? into the De
partment of State, intimated to the British
Minister that the Government of the Fnited
States was convinced of the impossibility of
settling the boundary line by adhering to
the course hitherto pursued—that of topo
graphical explorations, With a view to the
literal execution of the treaty of 1783—but
was prepared to adopt a conventional line,
on tbe basis of mutual gain and concession,
if such a line could be agreed upon. The
new ministry, taking advantage of this over
ture, immediately determined to send Lord
Ashburton* as a special Envoy to the United
States, to negotiate upon this and other sub
jects in controversy. Massachusetts and
Maine were invited to take pert by tbeir
Commissioners in the negotiation; and on
the 9th of August, 1842, the treaty of Wash
ington was ratified by the Senate. By this
treaty thc boundary dispute, which had
lasted fifty years, was - happily' adjusted.
An amicable and efficient arrangement was
also made for joint action in the suppression
of the slave trade, and an agreement enter
ed into for a mutual extradition of fugitives
from justice. Theptlier subjects of discus
sion at that period between Great Britain
and the United States, with the exception
of the Oregon boundary, were happily dis
posed of in the correspondence accompany
ing the treaty, the terms of ediich were
equally honorable and sarisfoetoS to both
parties.
creed their Union; united in war, for-tbe
common defence,
the common glory; and united,
knit firmly together in peace, for
mon prosperity and happiness of
end our children.” -
Animated with sueh sentiments as ‘Brito
it is not extraordinary that be never hesita
ted to undertake sny labors however ardu
ous or however thankless when tbe public
required bis services; and it was sentiments
such as these that must have nerved bis in-
mUectual powers, when for a time strug
gling in a doubtful contest with t foe to
whom all men must sooner or later succumb,
to assert their supremacy over abysical
weakness and tedious disease, so muuh to to
to enable bis gigantic mind to apply iteelf
with its wonted cahn and comprehensive
grasp to thc consideration of the important
questions still pending between our govern*’
ment and foreign countries. Had be lived,;
a brief period would have sufficed to Wm-
seif'ed these questsons honorably aton-
c&bly. Whether the next pHot that take*
the helm will be dble to steer Urn *Mp *
State as safely time 5lpne con develops.
To an all-wise Providence, however, we
must leave the direction at events. Tbe
master Spirit is gone. He is
« Freedom's now, and Fame's ;
One of the few, th’ immortal names,
That were not born to die!”
Fnrther Partiralm of Mr. Webster’s Last
Moments—Bis Dying Wards.
Boston, Oct. 24th, 7 r. u.
Wc learn from gentlemen just arrived
from .Marshfield, that up to 10 o'clock on-
Satnrday evening, .Vr. Webster continued
to fail very rapidly. Arousing from his
lethargy at about 10 o'clock, bis counte
nance became animated, and his eye flashed
with all its usual brilliancy, when in full
health. He exelaimed—-«I still live,’’
and immediately sank into tranquil uncon
sciousness.
Dr. Jeffries offered to. -Hr. Webster some-’
thing which he hoped might give him ease.
The dying statesman remarked—« Some
thing more, Doctor—more. I want reeto-
It was the great desire ef Ebenezer Web
intellect, and was nut therefore early esti
mated at his full value, but be bad a strong
mind, great powers of observation and mem
ory. -He acquired slowly but safely. Not
fluent of speech, he was correct always in
language and thought. Few excelled him
in clearness or vigor of style, none in argu
mentative ability. He wanted but opportu
nity-to have been a great man. He fell
dead, whilst arguing a cause in Concord,
New Hampshire, in 1829. A handsome
monument was erected to his memory, in
Boscawen, where he was buried.
Mr. Webster, while in College, during the
winter vacations, kept school, to pay the
collegiate expenses of his brother as -well as
his own. Having graduated in 1801, he im
mediately entered Mr. Thompson's office in
Salisbury, as a student of law, and remain-
cd there until the January following, when
he took charge of a school.at -Fryeburg,
Maine, where he eked out his frugal salary
by acting as assistant to the Register of
-Deeds for the county. In September, 1802,
lege ease, carried by appeal to Wasbington-
1817, took rank among the most the most
distiBgnished J urists in this country. -In
1820, Mr. Webster was chosen a member of
a Convention called lor the purpose of revis
ing thc Constitution of jt/assaebusetts, and
no one exercised a more powerful influence
over its deliberations. About the same time
he was offered a nomination as a Senator of
the United States, but declined. -In -1812 he
yielded to the most pressing solicitations to
become a candidate as representative for the
City of Boston in-the eighteenth Congress,
and was elected by a very' large majority.
This step, however, involved a great sacri
fice of prolessioital interest.
He took his seat-in Congress in December,
1823, and early in the tession made his cel
ebrated speech on the Greek- Revolutions, an
effort-which at once established his -reputa
tion as one of the^first statesmen of-the age.
In-the autumn of the same year he was re
elected by a vote, of 4,990 out of 5,000 cast.
In 1826 he was again a candidate, and not
he returned to Mr. Thompson's office, in j a hundred votes were cast against him. Un-
which he remained until-February 1804, and ! der the Presidency of Mr. Adams, from
in July of the same year obtained admission- 1826- to 4829, be was -leader of the friends of
as a student in the office of the Honorable
Christopher Gore, at Boston, where he con
tinued until March 1805, when he was ad-
ster to give his children an education, but mitted “ P 1- **' 08 An tLe Suffolk. Court of
the schoolmaster was not then abroad—at
least had not visited Salisbury in-his trav
els, consequently the opportunities for in
struction that Mr. Webster enjoyed were
very limited, and his earliest knowledge was
derived from his-mother, and occasional vis
it 3 to the small town school then in exis
tence, superintended by schoolmasters who
had no claim to the position but their inca
pacity for anything else. Their qualifica
tion was their want of qualification. Read
ing and writing were all they professed and
more than they were able to teach. The
school, moreover, in Mr. Webster’s neigh
borhood was migratory. When it was near
his father's residence, it was easy to attend,
but when it was removed into another part
of the town, w another town, as was often
case, it wasnomewhat difficult. While
Mr. Webster was quite young, he was dailv
1
Common Pleas. Prior, however, to his ad
mission to the Bar, the Clerk of the Court of
Common Plans for thc county ef Hillsbor
ough, New Hampshire, resigned his office,
and Mr. Webster's father being one of the
Judges of this Court, his colleagues from
regard for him tendered his son the. vacant
clerkship, which was worth $lo00 per an- j
nnm a gum in thoso days and in that neigh
borhood, a competency or rather absolute
wealth. Mr. Webeter considered it a great
prize and was eager to accept it, but Mr.
Gore peremptorily and vehemently inter
posed his dissent, appealing to the ambition
of his pupil, and stating that once a clerk,
he would always be a clerk, and that there
would be *0 step upwards. Diverted from
bis design by Mr. Gore, he. reluctantly ob
tained his father's sanction to refuse thc ap
pointment, and pursue his profession.
tie administration, first in tbe bouse of Rep
resentatives, and afterwards in the-Senate
of the United States, to which he was elect
ed is June 1827. His great speech on the
Panama Afission was made in the first ses
sion of the Nineteenth Congress.. When Uie
Tariff Law of 1824 was brought forward,
-Hr. W e be ter spoke with great ability against
it, on the ground of expediency. He repre
sented one of the greatest Commercial con
stituencies. »*» the Union; and his colleagues
with a single exception- voted, with him a-
gainst the BilL This law, however, forced
a large amount of the capital of Nev Eng
land into manufactures; and in 1828 Mr.
Webster sustained the law of that year, for
a more equal adjustment of the terms of
protection. Tbe change which took place in
hia eooree in this respect was the result of
the circumstances, alluded to, and waa im
proved by bis oonstituents.. . v -
Mr. Webeter remained in the Senate i_
dcr the administration of Gen. Jackson, and
Mr, Van Buren, a period ef twelve years.
the spring of 1843, being desirous of putting
some other matters connected with our for
eign relations in a prosperous
were taken by him in 1842 and 1843, which
led to the recognition of the independence of
the Sandwich Islands by the principal mar
itime powers. His lost official act was the
.preparation of the instretions of Gen. C.
Gushing, as Commissioner for negotiating a
treaty with China.
With the commencement of Mr. Polk s ad
ministration, Mr. Webeter returned to thc
Senate of the United States, and remained a
member of that body during thc whole of
tbe administration of Mr. Polk, and until
the death of General Taylor, and although
unconnected with the Executive Govern
ment, he rendered the most material ser
vice in the settlement of the Oregon dispute
—indeed it has been publicly stated by Mr
McGregor, the distinguished member of Par
liament for Glasgow, that a letter written
to him by Mr. Webster, and shown to the
British minister, led them to agree to the
adoption of the line of Boundary which, was
established iu 1846. Mr. W’ebstcr opposed
tbe Mexican war on principle, and in the
fall persuasion that acquisitions of territory
would disturb the balance of the Union, and
endanger its stability. He, however, con
curred in granting the supplies which were
required for the efficient conduct ofthe war.
On the 7th of March, 1850. he made his
great speech on the compromise measures,
and while the debates thereon were in prog
ress in the Senate, Gen. Taylor died, end
the chair of State having been asanmod by
President Fillmore, Mr. Webster was imme
diately called to the Department of State,
and his administration of the office, whieh he
filled at the time of his decease, has been-
masked with characteristic ability and suc
cess. . In December. 1850, "
letnann letter was written, I
south has applied the C '
ial.” Daring the past year, Mr.
by his firm and judicious manner of treating
the Cnban question obtained of the ~
ana tnc dook was orongnz, ana some stan
zas read to him, which 9M»ed to give bint
pleasure.
From 12 to 2. o’clock he manifested much
restlessness and slight suffering. Faintness
also occurred, which led him to 'think that
death was near. While in tirfe rendition,
some expressions fell from hitt utffieating
a hope that his inind would femaffi to him
to the last. -Hr. Webster also sprite of the
difficulty of dying, when Dr. Jeffries repeat
ed the verse, « Though I waft thtofegh the
valley ofthe shadow of death,I will fear no
evil, for Thou art with wft, tby rod (Bid thy
staff they comfort me.” Aff. Webster ex
claimed to this, » The fact—this frtt—fttt
is what I meant—thy ft)d—thy rod—thy
staff—thy staff.”
The close of his life was perfectly tran
quil and easy. Airs. Webster was unable
to witnesshis last fooments, and awfiited the
event in her own apartment.
His bedside liras surrounded by his ton,
Fletcher FFebster, Mr: atid Mn. Paige,
AfrvHerVey, Mr». Levy, EilWard Cnrtri.
Mr. Thomas, Afr. Appleton, Drs. FFarrew
and Jeffries, Mr. Abbott, ahft Gefi. T; Cur
tis; A few moments after he expired, Afro.
FFcbSter entered the root* to gaze trpos tie
lifeless remains of her belotcdpartner. The
Scene Was painful beyoltd description. Her
grief gave Utterance in the most agonizing
tones of sorrow.. Bat it were vain to at
tempt to mirror the scene. It was a picture
never to be forgotten. ^
Those who aaw Mr. Webster a few mo
ments after death feete that, though much
changed, yet tliere remained those eharac-'
of the great man, os strong im death-
Goe. Ujhazy iegoiag to Tejtftfe jfaj-
for sale his farm in Iowa. *
