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VOLUME 7.
ROME. GA., THURSDAY-MORNING. JUNE 17, 1852.
NUMBER 37.
Puitrij.
Kesp the Heart as light aa you can.
We have elways enough to bear,
We have always something to do j
Wo have never to ask for care -
When.wo have the world to get through!
But what though Adversity tost
Tliecoumgo and vigor of man,
They get through misfortune the best
Who keep the heart light as they can.
If wo shake no', tho loud from the mind,
Ottr energy’* Surd to be gono ;
Wo must wrestle with cam. nr well find
Two loads are luits easy tjran onu 1
To sit In disconsolate mood
Is u poor and profitless plan;
The true heart Is nevor subdued,
Ifwe kedp It as light, its. we can.
There’s nothing thnt 8orrowcan yield,
Excnpllng a harvest of [tain;
For better, to seek Fortune’s Held,
And till It end plough It again.
. Tho weight that Exertion cun move,
The gloom that Decision can span,
The manhood wltbio us but prove I
Tlion keep the heart light as you can.
Gentleness af Home.
It Is'hot much the world can giro,
With ail Its’subtle art,
And gold and gems are not tho things
To satisfy the heart;
But. oh I when those who cluster round
Tho attar and tho hearth.
Hare gentle words and loving smilos,
How beautiful Is earth.
JUisrtllniminB.
elusion, 'struck mo so very strongly, that I those whohave.no Ood to worship! They
could not refrain, as an honest man, ftom drag a heavy and galling chain—a chain that
' becomes more cruel and opprcsslvo erory
coming and giving Information of It.'
"Mr. Brunell was duly thanked for his can
did disclosure. There appeared'from It the
strongest reasons for suspecting Jennings ;•
and if. on soarahing him. any o'her of the
marked guineas should lie found, and the gen
tleman could idontifythem there would be
no doubt In tho matter. It was now agreed
to go up to his room. Jennings was fkstn-
sleep; his pockets were searched and from
one of them was drown forth a purse, contain
ing exactly nlnotuen guineas. Suspicion now
became certainty; for the gentleman declared
the purse and guineas to bo Identically thoso
of wpich ho hart been robbed. Assistance
was called. Jomdngs was awakened, dragged
out of bed, and charged with the robbery,
He dented it tlrmly; but uircntnstancei were
tan strong to gain him bullsf. Ho was secur
ed that night, and next day taken before n
justice of the peace. The gentlgroan and Mr.
Brunell deposed the foots an .outhpand Jen
nings, having no proofo, nothing but tho mere
assertions of Innoconce, which could not bo
credited, was committed to take his trial at
tho next assizes.
“ So strong seemed tho case against him,
that most of tho man’s friends advised him to
plead guilty, uud threw himself on the mercy
of the court. This advice ho rejected, and
when arraigned, plead not guilty. The prose
cutor swore to the fact of tho robbery; though,
os It was tn a mask, lie could not swear to tho
porson of the prisoner, hut thought him of tho
same stature nearly, as the man who nibbed
him. To the purse and guineas, when tliuy
were produced in court, he swore—ns to the
purse positively, and as to the marked gui
neas, to tho boet of bis belief; and he testified
AT.HH ILLING NARRATIVE, to tholr huvluir been taken from the pocket of
c ^^ffotimstantna Lvtuwtug,
Savanna. On,
£4 Waro-Houso and Ootuinlssjon Business.
J. OUSLEY k SOI,
... . Ma.pn, On.
.. GODFREY, Ol'SLEY k CO.,
Sirannah ,0a.
' Jis. S. GODFREY. N. OUSLEY, B. F. OUSLEY.
The annexed account' of the conviction »nd
execution of a man on the basis of eh cumstnn-
tlal evidence, Is copied from a late volume of
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal The trage
dy transpired more- than a hundred years
ago; find. Is now cited to ware couits and ju
ries against relying too Implicitly ou circum
stantial evidence.
There Is now, In one of the jails of Dutch
ess county. says,the New York Sunday Atlos
u wpmap uuiued Matilda Ilnug sentenced to
ho executed.on the 7th of-May for lira alleg
ed murder »f her husband. Wo rend, with 11
good deal of attention, tho trial of Mrs. Hoag,
as well as the chaigo of the.presiding magis
trate the aide and Impartial Judge Burc-ulo.
Tho most of the testimony In the case, was
.clrcumMantl d—mine 01 *t was positively di
rect. Wo thought, however thut the clreutn-
stuiitiul wna fur more reliable thun tho other,
most of which upiieared la ua to bo of a very
irresponsible character. The jury however
luThta-n vermernr gtniiyiuu—m,v,.
tu what upia-ured to he village opinion than
me prisoner
The prisoner’s master. Mr. Brunell. de|
as to rtre's^iiUnglTt r Jcinifngs TorTlie
of n guinea and to the waiter’s having brought
hack to him a marked one in the room uftho
one ho had glvuu him unmarked. He also
gave evidence as to the discovery of the purse
and guineas on the prisoner. Tu consummate
the proof tile man to whom Mr. Brunell hud
paid the guinea as - mentioned, cume forward
uud iwialuci-d the coin, testifying at tile same
time, that hu hud received it on the very eve
ning of the rubbery, from -the prisoner’s mas
ter. In puyuw-iitUfa debt; and the traveller,
ur prosecutor, on conqiurhig it with the other
nineteen, swore to Its being, to the best of his
belief, one of the twenty marked guineas ta
ken from him by tho highwayman, and of
whiuh the utliur nineteen wcre Jbund on Jen
nings,
moment. The friends and companions of ear
ly years are gono. THoy can expect nothing
further from earth. AITuctlon .lays n freezing
damp, that settles upon their spirits. In tak
ing a retrospect they look back upon nothing
but a desert—a confused disorderly, discor
dant assemblage of things atiko vain and
mysterious—a mass of more rubbish—the
rubbish of vilo cares, wearying and unsatisfy
ing titles. Tho prospects before them are
darkras tho tombs to which they are hasten
ing. May Ood have mercy on them and on
us nil. I do not feel superior to any of my
fellow sinners. I cannot uttor from tho pul
pit (ho language of Bcorn, contempt, denunci
ation or reproach. But allow mo to ask la
there this side the grave a more melancholy
spectacle than that ofono who has nothing to
worship but tho frail and corruptible things
of earth 7 All he knows, lovos and ollngs to
ia crumbling arouud him. There Is no out
ward prop on which ho can lean; no oltJeot
in tho wide ctreumfurence of his thoughts
worthy, of his heart’s love, no asylum to which
he can betaku himself in trouble, disaster,
sickness or death. Hu Is a lone wanderer on
a bleak and awflil waste, expecting evory
moment to sink down aud bo lost forever in
tbe gulf of annihilation.
Let us thou inure ourselves to the habit of
religious worahip. If visited with prosperity
it can make that ’prosperity mere dear. To
the truly pious person, a piece of bread, or a
oup of cold water, received as comiog from tbe
InHnite Giver, cummunicatus more happiness
thun an uugodly porson can durlvo from all
the riches of earth. In the temptations and
cuuflicta uf litis, it will give us strength to rise
abuni-the mean,' the sordid, sinful -and un
it. B. k II. WEED,
Importers and Dealer* lnHard ware,Nallifco,
Brnaghtin Street, “ “*
(Nov. I t 1861;
Savannah (ia
iy
The judge summed up the evidence; point
ing out ull tho concurring circumstances n-
gultist tho prisoner; und the jury, convinced
ovldeiice^irimu^liigiJn^ol
to what upia-ureu 10 uo j uf EU || ty . Jeunings was execu-
I , L!, 0 ".edsomet I mo«ftorw. n Ua'tH«U, repeatedly
BUTTER AID CHEESE EMPORIUM,
RY SEABORN GOODALL SAVANNAH.
»•' - WIIOLKSAl.R DKALP.R IN
■ itter aid Cheese, Direct from Goshen,
•-, lew Yerk.
Nov. 14.1861. ly*
r.H.BBHM, Savannah. |:j. footer, Hancockco.
BEHY & FOSTER,
, Factors and Commission Merchants,
, . Savannah, On.
Hefebence—J. Knowles.
Nov. 14; 1861. * ly*
f " LY0.1 fc REED,
‘. „' Wholesale Dealert in
Ready-Made Clothing, Hats, Caps, and Gen-
tlemeni’Furnishing Goods.
IS. 160 Cong, and 76 St Julian Sit. Savannah,
Nov. 11 1851. I?’
E. F. WOOD fc CO.
WUOI.KHALB AND RKTAIL DF.ALBftS IN
BOOTS AND SHOES.
S'S. 01 ant 152, G’bbons Bailh'ug. near Vie
ill irtet.Sian of the Large Bool, Savannah Oa,
Nov, it.1861. ly
i It. B.KMPP,
’ ,U( WHOLESALE AHO RETAIL DEALER IN
SADDLES, BRIDLES, HARNESS, ko.
Market Si) mre ■ . . Savannah Oa.
’ Nov. 14 1851. nm
VYWk. CAUSWELL, | T.J.HOBBRTS | SAM.S. SURAT
CMSWELL, ROBERTS k CO.
Faotors and General Commission Morchants,
Uranian and Bay Streets, Savannah, Ga,
, ; Nov, 1-4; 1861. . - ly
PETER G. THOMAS, -
Dealer In Wlndear.Snihei, Blinds and Panel
■ t. Doors.
S’n, 166 Bay St. Savannah Ga.
• tjgr Orders from.the country promptly'at
tended to. t^TBUMs: Cash.
. Nov.lt. 1861, ly-
-V CHAB. H. CAMPFIELD,
i ■ - '171 Bay Street, Savannah,
(TeMerln Agricultural Implcmenisof every
klad, Burr MUI Stones, Colton Gins fct,
Alov. 14. 1861. «■"*
> Y01GE fc ODEY,
Factors and OoqizaiasiOii Me
MiUl.n’y street, Savannah. .
Will attend promptly to whatever business
nW be conrtdod to them.
•. X7— ay ^QR.1 : i; \ ly
I W. ODEN.
■ Nov. 7.1861.
. P. YONOE.
CHARLES H. SMITH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
• Romo, Georgia,
Gol.N.L. IIUTCUINS, Lawreneeville,
Hon. limes Holt, Columbus, Ga.
Rotor to j
. ROBERT FID 1 LAV,
, MANUFACTURER of.
Steam Engine!, Hellers, Machinery, fct.
V I ‘ ' AND DEALER IN
MILL STONES of every deserintloB.- Steam
Saw Mills. Oiroular and Straight, put up in
sjliierior style.
Hliloi'n August 21.1851.
WASHBURY, WILDER fc CO.
' ’Faotors and Commission Merchants
And Agents of the Brig Line ef lew York
. *i Slrtvtnn.il/ih.- tifi.
would have remained conllned till duutuodsy,
before we would huvo found the woman guilty
She guve birth to a female Child on Wednes
day!' We hope that iuasmnch as she Is a
wuiuau. a mother—Inasmuch as tho testiniuuy
ugaiast liar ought uot to he relied on. she will
bo pardoned by tho Guvurnor. or receive Cura*
mutation of punishment.' Besides her infant,
she lias live other little children.
-In thoyeur 17-12 a eass of a very remark-
able nature occurred near H.dl, England.—
A gentleman travelling tu thut place was atop-
lied lata in the evening auoUl suven miles
from tuwu, by a single highwayman, and rob'
bed of a purse cuiuuitiliig twunty gnlueas.
Tho hlghwayuittu mndo oil by a different jiatl;
at full siieeil, and tho gentleman frightened
but not injured, except in iiurso. pursui-d Ills
Journey. It was gruvthig late, huwever, and
being uaturally muoh agituted by What had
pussed, lie rude uuly two miles lurthyr, and
stopped at tho Bull Inn, kept by Jl;. Jumes
Brunell. Ho wont 10 the kitchen to givu dl-
reclioiis about his supper, where ho remted to
suvcral jieraous presenL llio fuel of Ilia having
been rubued ; tu wliluh he added this peenliur
clruumstuuue, that when he trayulled hu al
ways guvu ills geld u peeuiiui murk, and that
uveiy guinea tukeu from his purse was thus
marked, Hcucu ho hoped the rubber would
be domclod. Supper beiug ready he retired
-The gciiilcmuu had uot long finished his
supper, when Mr. Bruuell camu into the par
lor where ho .was, and alter the usual iuqury
of landlords as to tliu guest's sutislueliou with
-tho meal, uhset-ved; -Sir, 1 niidorstaud that
you have been robbed uul fur hence, this eve
ning I’ ‘1 liuvo sir,' wus tho reply, 1 And
ydiu- money wus ■ nurkeU t' - continued the
landlord. 'It wus,’ said tho traveller. 'A cir
cumstance has arisuu,' resumed Mr. Brunell,
'which kudu mu to think that 1 can point out
tho robber. Pray, at what time in the eve
ning were j ou stup|iud 1 ’It was just setting
in to bo dark,', replied the traveller. ‘The
time confirms my suspicions,’ said the land
lord -, aud thun hu informed tho traveller that
he had a waiter, one Julin Jennings, whu ut
late had been very full -uf niouey, and so very
extravogaut. that he, Ithu landlord,) bad been
surprised at it, and hud deturmiued to part
with him, his conduct being every way sus
picious ; that lung before durk that night, he
hud sent Jeuniugs out to gut a guinea chang
ed for him | that thu man had uuly cume
buck since thu arrival of thu traveller, saying
that ho could not get change; aud that,see-
iug Jeunings to bo in liquor, iiu hud sent him
oil' to hint, determined todischurgo him iu
tho morning. Air. Brunell continued tu say,
that whon tho guiucu was brought buck to
him, It struck him it was not tho sumo ono lie
hud sent out fur change, there being on thu re
turned one a maik,-which ho wus.vury sure
was net iipunthe other; hut that bo should pro
bably liave thuught no U‘ 0| U of the mutter
Uomntugs haring frequently bad gold in bis
pocket of late) bnd.lipt the |ieuple in Uo
kitehuii told him what thu traveller had related
rvsjieuting the robbery, and the eiijmiusiunce
of.the guinea being marked. He , Bru»,
null) liud uot buen preyeut jjbep lbi-jje|»t|«»
was made] and unluckily, beioreha bear'll uf it
from thu people in tiia ’ hltelieii, lie liud;poid
awqy the gttlneivfu p nwp who lived »t a «U a -
taueu, aiid 1 nuiv had gouu homo. 'The eir-
dreams, tho bright lioiios and anticipations
JvEfflrgimweiHirlbeJ-i*
declaring Ills iimoccnco up to the very mo
ment ul'Ids cxecutluu. Within ubout twelve
months afterwards, Brunell, tho master ol
Jeuniugs. was himself taken up fora robbery
ciiinuilltcd on a guest tn his house, and tbe
foot being proved on the trial, ho wus con
victed and ordered for execution. The ap
proach of death brought mi repentance, and
repel mince confession. Bruiiull uot only ac
knowledged that he had been guilty or many
highway robberies, and owned liimiolf to
have committed the very one for which poor
Jennings suffered.
"The account wliloh Brunell five, was that
after having rubbed thu traveller, he had gut
home before him by swifter riding mid a
nearer way. That he found a man waiting
for him, and to whom, nut having enough of
other money In Ids pocket, he gave away one
of the twenty gniueus which 1m llad just ob
tained by tile rubbery. Presently came In
tbe robbed gentleman, who, whilst Brunull,
not knuw-ing of his arrival was in tho stable,
told his tale as before related, tu the kitchen.
Tho gentleman, had scarcely left the kitchen
before Bruuell cutcred It, and there to his
consternation heard of the Wets or tho gui
neas being marked. He became dreadfully
alarmed. Tho guinea which he had paid
away, ho dared n it ask hack again, and as
the affair of lira robbery, as well as tin! cir
cumstance- of thu. marked guineas, would
seen become publicly known, he saw nothing
but detection, disgrace mid death. In this
dilemma the thought uf accusing and sacrifi
cing poor Jennings, occurred to him. The
state of intoxication In whiuh Jeunings was,
gave him an opportunity of couceuliug the
money in tho waiter's pookut. Tho rest of
the story thu render knows,"
••Worship the Lord."
Ain. Clay.—Tim following extract is taken
from a sui-mon of the Rev. Thoudore Clapp, ol
New Orleans; ou Warship, wbicli wo find in
the Picayune
The mail lately brought us the melancholy
intelligence thut the Hon. Heury Clay Is a-
bout to sink into the grave. Tile last winter
of Ids residence here, In the family or Dr
Mercer, in a privotu interview; I had the plea
sure of listening to his sentiments on the most
interesting of all subjects, religion. Hu said,
“1 believe in the trutli of Christianity, though
I urn not certain uf haviug experienced that
change of heart wldch divines call tho new
birth. But 1 trust in G.«l and Ji-sus, and
hope fur Immortality. 1 have nut for years
retired at idglit without prayer tor the bless
ing or Heaven; and that, in His infinite mer
cy, ho infold he pleased to prepare uio for
the joys of uuutliur anil better world. I have
tried thu world, and found Its emptiness. It
cauuot till und satlsty the human mind. Aly
dear sir, how utterly nisconso/au'-vliuuld we he
‘without something better heyoml the grave If
. Instructive spectacle i Here is a tuau pros
perous and iHitvorfril, great in guuiiM and a-
uhiorcmuiils, whom (be wholu Iiuliun had
tUiriy idolized for nearly half a century—
wlmse liamu had floated across oceans aud
readied (bo ui|nu°t-l>oUiidarics ol fire civil),
jsed world -wflo solemnly assures us that
terrestrial glories tu hint appeared less than
nothing m .cumpariMm.-with u.bope ,to the j
luerey which Jesus Christ Mus revealed. >
Hew sad uud mourulul is tho condition of
fifttl
bloom uud beauty. 1 liuvo beheld Iillii, aabe
b;d a Huai farewell to earth, with atllts splen
dors apd attractions j tu friumla of unsurpaBa-
ud kindness, to a homo whore wore concentra
ted ull the delights ut wealth, intclltguncu,
mural aud religious rettnciueut, looking with
a smile of cului resignation on tlm appuliiig
messenger, with no tremor iu ilia frame, no
aistruat or dismay iu III* soul. Uo had leai u-
od through life' to worship, and therefore
knew hew tu die—his life had been a oeenu ut
pure, uninterrupted devulion, uud had nerved
his mind with tho energies of an tuifuttllurlng
trtui in God, so that ho was ouubled to dc-
seeud tu his tomb, “ like Oi.e who wraps the
drapery ol' his, couch arouud him, uud lies
down to pleasant dreamsffJftjjUBg ou llfot
Saviour who lias conquered duutli aud al!|uur
enemies, aud letain upon us thu partial ettul-
geueu of that spirit land whore dwell thu
blest, the limuuoftlutu uud tlm immurtal.
Lotter from MrrDUy—IulefesUHg «eima»-
,^OU00I.
’Che fofluwtug higliiy IntercBling letter
from Mr. Clay was written to Air. B. B. Mi
ner, af Virginia, wlw applied to him for a
briol memoir of the distinguished Clmncollo r
Wythe, uno of the must euiioent law-yen of
thu country, and an iutimate Irieud uf thu
great statesman Its rcmiuiseeuucs of early
duys und uneedutes coimccted with his own
history, renders it a document of deuidud
interest':
Asuland, Saturday, May 8,1852.
My Dear Sir—1 duly received- your favor
oftho 21st ult., in which you iufurrn mo that
ono of tho Richmond booksellers iuteuds to
publish a new edition of liio Reports oftho
lamented Chancellor Wythe, and yuu-express
wish thnt 1 would famish abrlel memoir of
the illustrious author. It would bo a most
pleasing aud grateful task to comply with
your request, if I possessed tho requisite au-
theutic materials, and the requisite capacity
to prepare the work. But the first condition
dous nut exist, aud it is, therefore, unnecessa
ry to'dwell upon tho second. Aly acquain
tance with thu Chancellor commenced in thu
year 1793, In my 16th year, when I was
clerk In tho office of the Court over which be
presided, and when I think hr must liuvo
passed’the ago of throe-score year* and ten.
I know nothing personally of till career at tho
bar, of his country, or of tho part which ho
had taken In public affairs. I understood
that ho was borne hi Elizabeth City; that he
was tadghtthe Greek letters by hla mother,
and afterwards, by her assistauoo and by bis
own exertions, be became an accomplished
Greek scholar. How he learned the Latin
language, I do not remember to have. heard,
but probably at William and Mary College,
oratsorao other Ooliogo In Lower Virgiula,
When I first know him, bln right hand had
becumbso much afflicted with rheumatism
or gout, that ft was with difficulty ho could
write his own name, Owing to that cause,
ho engagcd'me to act as his amanuensis, and
I attended him frequently, though not every
day, to .orve him in thnt capacity, for several
years. Upon his dictation, I wrote, I believe,
all the reports of casos, which It Is now pro
posed fo re-publlsh. I remember that it cost
me a great deal of labor, not understanding
Greek character, to write some citations from
Greek authors, which he wished inserted
in copies of Ids reports, sent to Air.
Jefferson, Mr. Samuel Adams, of Boston, and
to one or two' other persons. I copied them
by Imitating each character as I found them
iu the original words.
Air. Wytbo was one of tho purest, belt,
and mort learned men in classical lore that I
ever knew. Although I did not uudorstnnd
Greek, I was often highly gra.Hied with Us-
toning to his readings in Homer’s Iliad, and
'other Greek - authors, so bcuutlfolly did lie
pronounce the language. No ono ever doubt
ed his perfect uprightness, or questioned ids
great ability as a J udge. I remember an in
cident which occurred,in my presence, which
demonstrated with what scrupulous rejrard he
avoided the possibility of any imputation up
on Ids honor, or Ids liuparlial.ty. A neigh
bor of his, Mr. If «' U $M
ti..q of being a West lndhr uabob, and who,
at the tune, had ran important suit pending In
the Court ofCImneery, sent him n dumyul.n
tho article- wore brought into Mr. Wythe’s
house, with the messago from the donor, Mr.
Wythe requested tho servant to taka thorn
book to his master, and tn present to him his
rospocts and thanks for his kind Intentions,
but to say that ho had long ccasud to make
any use ofnrrack. and thnt Miss Notson had
nooonsorvatoryln which sho could protect
thooranga tree. I was amused at another
scone, which I witnessed between him and
the late Justloo Washington of tho Supremo
Court, thon practicing law In tho oily of Rich
mond. Ho callod on tho Chancellor with n
bill of Injunction in belmlf of General ,
to restrain tho collection of a debt. Tho
ground of tho application was, tho creditor
had agreed to await tho oonvenlonco of Gen
eral ——, for tho paymoht of tho dobti and
that It was not then convenient to pay It.—
Tho Olmncollor attentively read tho bill
through,rand deliberately folding ft up, re
turned It to Mr. Washington, inquiring,
with an Incflhblo smile upon his oonntenanco,
“Do you think. Sir, that I ought to grant
this Injunction 1” Mr. Washington blushod.
and obsorvod that ho had presented tho hill
at tho earnest Ins’nnco of his client,
Air. Wytho’s relations to tho Judges of tho
Court of Appeals Wore not of tho most
friendly or amtcablo kind, as may bo Infor-
rod from tho tenor of his reports. Conscien
tiously and thoroughly convinced oftho jus
tice and equity ofhls docrcus, ho was Impa
tient when any of them wore reversed, and
accordingly ovinccs that fooling In his ro|iorts.
Mr. Pendleton, from what I liavo heard and
tho llltlo I know of him, I suppose was more
prompt anil ready, and possessed great
rlral. Air. Wythe's (brio, as I liavo under-
stood, lay In tho opening oftho argument of
a caso; In which, for thorough preparation,
ctrarnoss and forco, no one could excol him.
which would arise In tho ennduct of a causo
In court. Tho consequonco'waa, that Air,
Pendleton waa oftener ancccasful than Air.
Wythe, In tholr struggles at tho bar. On onp
occasion, when Air. Wytho, being opposed
Mr. Pendleton, lost the rattse, inn mo
ment ofvexnflnn. ho declared. In the proa-
once of a friend that he wonhl quit tho bar,
go home, take orders and enter the pulpit.
Yon had bettor not do thnt. replied' Ills
friend for If yon do. Mr. Pcndlolon will go
home lake orders and enter tho pulpit too,
and heat yon there. Mr. Pendleton was for
loss learned than Mr. Wytho, but he poa-
scssed more versatile talents, was an
accomplished gentleman, aud hotter nddapt-
cd to success tn general society, and tn tho
busy world. Although not so finished
scholar ns Air. Wytho. he had much more
pleasing stylo of composition Tho high con-
lishcd honors and emtnentof-
flccs which"they reidlred Sore
State. It was particularly exhibited In tho
organization oftho Convention whleh adopted
tho constitution oF tho United 8tates, when
Mr. Pendleton waa appointed to presldo' orpr
tho body, and Air. Wytho to presldo ovor tho
Commlttco oftho Whole, whloh ho did dur
ing I believe, tho entire sitting of tho Con
vention—tho Constitution having been con
sldered and discussed in Commlttco of tho
Wholo,
Mr. Wytho’s personal appearanoe and' Ills
personal habits were plain, almplo. and nuoa-
tentatlous. His countenance was foil of bland-
ncss and bonevolenco, and I think ho mado
In his salutation of others, Uis most graceful
bow thnt I over witnessed. A lllUo bent by
age, ho generally worn a gray coating, rand
when walking carried » cane. Even at this
moment, after tho lapse of more than half
century slnco I last saw him, hla Image
distinctly engraved on my mind. Daring my
whole acquaintance with him, he constantly
abstained from tho use of all animal food.
It Is painful and melancholy to reflect
that a man so pure, so upright, so virtuous,
so learned, bo distinguished and beloved,
should have met with an unnatural death.—
Tho event did not occur until several-years
after I emigrated from Richmond to the
State ofKcntucky, and of course I am not
ablo. from personal knowledge, to rolato any
of the olrcumstancei which atlonded It, Of
thoso, bowover, I obtained such authentic
formation os to lcavo no doubt in my mind
to tho manner of its occurcnco. Ho had
grand nepliow, a youth seareoly, I bolloTo, of
mature, ago, towhom, by hi* last will and
testament, written by ine upon hts dictation
before ray departure from Richmond, uttor
emancipating his slaves, ho devised tho great
er part of hla estate. Tho youth poisoned
him rand others—black members ofhls house
hold—by putting arsenic Into a pot in which
coflbo was preparing for breakfast. Tho pa-
por which contained tho arsontlo was found
on the floor, oftho kitchen. The coffee hav
ing been drunk' by the Chancellor and his
servants, the poison developed Its usual
feds. The Chancellor lived long enough to
send for hi* neighbor, Alajor William Duval,
and got him to wrlto another will for blm,
disinheriting tho ungrateful and guilty grand
nephew, nhd making other dispositions ofhls
estate. An old negro woman Ills cook, also
died under tho operation of the poison, hut I
befievo that his olhor servants recovered.—
After tho Chaue-llor’s death, It nasdlscovcr-
ed that the atrocious author of It had also
forged bauk checks tn tho natno of his groat
unclfi; and hu was subsequently, I under
stood, prosecuted'for tho forgory, convicted
and sentenced to tho penitentiary; but
whether that was tho foct or oot can bo as
certained by n resort to the records of the
proper criminal courts in Richmond,
I have written this Ihlstorlcal sketch, not a
memoir of the illustrious man of whom it
treat*, but for the purpose of contributing
-some materials, which may bo wrought by
morn competent hands, Into n biography-
more worthy of his great namo and memory,
I cnneliido It by an acknowledgment demand-
of me allkp by justice and feelings of gratl-
udo, that to no man wna I more indebted, by
MBITS FAR THE COURIER.
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lam, with great respect,
Your friend and obcdlontaerrant,
Mr. B. D. Minor. H.OLAY.
Tho Tartar Caught.
When, Iu llio thirteenth cectmy, the Tar
tan, led by tholr ohlef, Butu Khan, Invaded
Hungary, and King Bccla was forced to fleo
from tho disastrous battle at the Snjo, despair
seized upon tho Hungarians. Many had foil-
on an the Hold, still more word butchered by
tho fotthlcxs enemy; somo sought escape,
othors apathetically awaited tholr fote, A-
mongst thoso was a nobleman, who lived re
tired on his property, distant from every high
road. Ho possessed llnoliorda, stately houses,
rich com Holds, and n wcU-at»:ked house,
bnllt hat recently, for the reception of hla
with, who now- for two years had been its
mistress.
Tho disheartening account of the gcnoral
misfortune reached hla secluded shelter, and
poaccfol lord was horrified. lie trembled
ovary sound, nt every stop; ha 'found his
meals loss savory. Hts sleep was troubled |
often sighed, , and seemed qulto lost and
wretched.
Thus anxiously anticipating tho days to
come, ho sat at bis well-closed wjndow, when
suddenly a Tartar on his steed, galloped Into
tho court. Tho Hungarian bounced from hla
seat, ran to moot- hla guest, and said:.
“Tartar, thou art my lord; I am thy ser
vant; all thou sccat la thine. Take what
thon fondest; I do notopposO thy'power;
command, thy servant obeys."
Tho Tartar Impatiently sprang from his
horse, entered the houso, and costa careless
glanco on all tbo precious objects around.
His eyo was fosdnated by tho brilliant beau-
IILjUj|iOA4'«-e4J|; , »4v | i | m ilcro, no less
Lazy Men. .
Qcn|us uncxcrted, Is no more genius than
a bushel of acorns Is a forest of oaks. Thoro
may bo epics In men’s brains, Just as there
are oaks In acorns, but tho tree and tho book
must como out before we can measure them.
Wo vory naturally recall hero that large class
ofgrumblors and wlshorswho spend tho timo
In longing to bo higher'than they are, wbllo
they should hovo been employed In advene- •
tag themselves. Thoso Utterly morallzo on
tho Injustice ofsoclcty. Do they want a change!
Let thorn ohnnge—who prevents them! If
you are as high os your focultlea permit you
to rise In tho scalo of society, why should you
complain of men 1 It Is God that arranged,
tho law of preoo’donco. Implead him or be,
silent I If you havo capacity for a higher
atatlon, toko It—what hinders you! How.
many mon would lovo to sloop beggars and' (
wake up Rothschilds or Aatore l llow many
men would fain go to bod dunces,' to bo wak
ed Hp Solomons 1 Yon reap wliat you liavo,
sown. They who sow dunco seed, vIco seed,
laziness soed, usually got a crop. They that,
sow tho wind, reap s whirlwind. A man of,
mere’capacity undoreloped,’is only an or-,
gsplzcd day-dream with a skin on it, A Dipt,
and n genius that will not strike fire, faro no
bot(or|than wot junk wood, lifo hnvo scripture.
for It, that a ’living dog Is bottef than n dead
Hon.’. If yon goup, go—Ifyou would bo seen,
slilno. At the present day, eminent position -
In atjy profusion. Is tho result of hard; un-i
wearied labor. Man can no longer fly nt ono
dash Into eminent ^position. They liavo got-
graciously than her consort had In tho court
below.
Tho Tartar solzed hor without a momenta
hesitation, and unmindful of her shrieks,
swung himself upon Ida saddle and spurred
away, carrying off hts lovely booty.
All this was but.an Instant’s work; tbo
nobleman wna thunderstruck, yot ho recov
ered and hastened to tho- gate. Ho could
hardly still distinguish tho Tartar galloping
in tho dlstanco, and bearing away tho lady
(air.
Her consort heaved a sigh, amt exclaimed
with deep commiseration, 'Alas 1 poor Tartar I
The Bird and the Maiden
A snmraor bird that has llngorod lato In tho
autumn, leaving Its timid foot print In tho first
fall of snow, over reminds ,ua-of that delicate
folronu, In light thin slippers, on. a cold icy
pavomont. The bird, however, can escape to
a warmer climate, and in the spring it can
re-nppear, but'the lady It on that journey
jnJayngSfngliKl
)lco will not ogaln cheer tho hearth
~ ho badges ofsorrow and tho
The world Is no longer olay, but rather Iron
in tho hands of Its workers—Emerson, -
Editorial Beauties. , ' '
controversy for tho last four or flvo years; tlm
point la Issue, being which of the two Is tho
ugliest man. Wo find tho following para
graph hearing on tho subject;
See Prentloo of -December, ’60, mnklng
mouths nt Prentice of April, '61. Tho reader'
will identify tho two pliytagnorolcs n* belong
ing to tho same man, ftom tholr ugliness.—
Democrat.
Wo never like to ch’nrgo the editor of tbo
Democrat'with "making mouths,” for'.tlio
truths Is, that ho is naturally so horribly ugly j
thnt it Is difficult, if not lmposs|b]o, to tell
when ho Is making months nnd whon ho Isn’t,
Wo have heard, on good-nnthorlty, that whllo
he was once walking quietly along tho’street,
a countryman mot Him and unceremoniously 1
knocked him down, exclaiming, "IU tOMh
you to mako foecs at mo, you rascal 1" A by-
stondor remarked to tho countryman, "why,'
my dear follow, 11a wasu't making faces at
you at nil—that was just his natural look," ,
"That hts natural look V oxclnlmcd tho coun-
rX
slowly returning hcarso will soon tell whnt
that slipper has done. It has token from ns
In tho bloom of lift) ono thnt wo loved, bUt
would not listen to tho voice of admonition.—
Horbrightdnysarenow passed; the light ofhor
countenance has fled, and tho night oftho
grnvo curtains tho deop conch ofhor repose.
But a voice speaks tenderly from tho grayo
to thoso whom sho hayloft behind: It whispora
tho admonition which sho desregarded. -It Is
sistor'i volco that pleads.—PAH. North
American.
The Influence of Muilo.
Thera Is a atrange, unaccountable, and
dreamlike beauty In mindc. which can subdue
the proudest spirit, and gliding Into the hush
oftho heart will uestlo there, stilling Its most
tremulous throbblnga, and filling It with tho'
calm peaceful memories of the for long ago,
All tribes, In all times, havo ownod tho
spell, from tho time whon Pan first taught
the Thracian ahephored to carvo hla love notes
in tiro Invisible nlr, and fill tho summer night*
with softest, sweetest flute music, down to
tho present moment. It Is tho universal Ian-
gauge ofall. nnd awakening strnngo pulsations
even In tho most obdurate heart. Most of us
have experience tho luxury ef tears when
listening to an ballad. Wo know of on old
man who, having led a long career of vice
and crime, was at length banished from tho
country; and who, while nndorgolngtlila peri
od of banishment amidst the wilds and jnn-
gles of n dlstans land, heard, In tbo snmmor
evontido, a sweet voloo singing in his own
language the very song which had lulled him
to hlslnfonts slumber, when ho know crlmo
by name, and know It only to abhor. It had
been sung too, by the cradie of an Infont sister,
a little ono who hnd died young, nnd was now
In heaven; tho mothor, too, was no more.
But tho song, the old song, had not lost Its
Influence over him,yot Back camo trooping
upon him tho old memories which hnd
long slutnbered down there in tho unconsnm-
ed depths ofhls heart; tho mothor and father,
thn household gatherings; the oljl books; tho
old sohool-houso; tho timeworn church, half
hidden by the old yow trees, whore ho had
first heard the Bible read—all camo back up
on him ns if It were but yesterday- add, he
became overpowored with tears. And tho
man grow calm, nnd hla latter days were hla
best days, and when the term of banishment
had expired, ho camo back to his father’s land
ami there In that old villagegmve-y,
whoso grassy hillocks ho had first played ai
and gambolled, and where tho mother and
hor llttlo ones wore sleeping, hd laydown his
wearied limbs, and sank peacefully away In
common grave.—Eliza Cook's Journal,
X5T Young adventurer on tho stream of
life, do you aspire either to fortune>r fame 1
—thennever give up." though dark clouds
overshadow yon for a time, and tho waves of
mlsforrtnno dash madly against you-cvcr
press steadily omvntd, rememboring that the
world was not made in a day, and soon the
breakers will havo been passed, and success,
felfitly glimmering far away In the hazy dls-
tanco nnd seeming to mopk your approach,
as yonr ljttlc liiirk goes aireoving over hll-
possibly mako It look worso tliauit dld ho-
fore."—Prentice,
Moore.
Apropoaoftho death of'Erln’a hafd,"n
correspondent or tho Now York Express gives
tho following stanzas, written, ho soys, many
years ago—and, ho hints, by Lady Alorgnn:
« Moore I tho 1 round thy lanrall’d head, ’
No splendid ray can shlno,
Save that which Iloaven’sown llghtwlliahcd
O’er aneh ra brow as thlno,—^ ' ■
Yet, when you dlo,
Genius shall griovo upon thy tomb,
Freedom lament thy mortal doom,
And fresh In Erin’s fond heart bloom,
Tho verdure of thy memory.
Thy dlrgo shall bo tho lover’s »lgb, ,
Thy monument tho myrtle treo,
Whllo widow’d nature, weeping nigh,
Shall closolror poet’s obsequy."
“ >U " I o7old U »rrack"and nn : erangetree(orhis ti|oce, his Instructions, hla arfylco, and his oxatnpK, lows of .misfortune, wjft
tiou of I jilsa Nctaon, then resWtag^^ Him- : When foy tli^Jlttle^jjit^Iee^nar Ii u l> r( ) vcnlcn t w ^ ch
Remarkable Up creeping of a Hop Yino.
A friend, whoso Word Is entirely roilahlo,
Informs us that a hop vine on tho sourthorly'
feco ofhls dwelling has grown within tho last
twenty-four hours, fifteen Inches. From 11
A. M.to8 P. M., yesterday, it grow nt tho ■
rate Of an Inch an hour. This Is nn uncom
monly rapid vcgotnblo elongation; so rapid,
indeed, os to enable an observer to see It pro-
trudo Itself upward.—Rochester Advocate.
Wo know of no parallel to this, except that
of a cucumber, planted ono morning by an en
terprising Yankee who had procured an ounce
or two of guano, when that wonderful provo
ker to rapid vegetation first Camo into notice,
Ilnvlng carefolly prepared tho soil, ho drop
ped In hls eoeds, and covered thorn with earth '
liberally cnrichod with tho now manure. To -
his amazeuiont the dirt began to fly in an In
stant, tho plant bnrat forth, tho vino began to
spread, qnd tho affrighted husbandman start
ed for the house at the top of his speed. T
the growth oftho plant outstripped his ut
most fleetness. It followed him, it wound nil.
about him,and whon he reached hisroom and
a jlialr, ho was utterly astounded to find an
enormous cucumber In his' pocket, gone to
seed 1—Albany Register. ’■
' - -j
Ciiabacteb.—Tho differences of character
arc never more distintly seen than in times
whon men are surrounded by difficulties and I ;
misfortunes. There nre some who, when dis
appointed by tho failure of nn undertukiu,
from whloh they have expected great thing;
mako up their minds nt once to exert tlieu
solves no longer against what they call fate;
olliers grew desponding and hopeless; hut a
tlilnl class of mop will rouso tlicmsclvci
at such\uoments, and say to tlic;
more difiicult it is to attain my
more lionorablo It will ho; nn
im which every ono should li
selfasalaw, Somo of those)
by It, prosecute tholr
and so povish; -othors, wh
cal mon, if thoy havo fal
try another.—Niebuhr.
,; • t>
Tho truo purpose 1
aud unfold t
sown within t
oxtont the cap
the God who 1
wpsi