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FALLEV IDOLS.
BY CECILIA LOYOLA.
Winter winds are wild to-night,
Scattering in their aimless flight
Gems from Summer's fading crown—
Scattering them in mockery down,
As Fate hurls my hopes to-night
Down before my anguished sight.
Vain, alas! are tears and sighs;
There my prostrate idol lies,
All uncrowned and dimmed with dust,—
Rained idol of my trust!
Where is now the wreath my love
Round that forehead fondly wove
Ideal virtue, manly truth—
Every worth of age and youth!
Vain are these regrets of mine,
Kneeling at a worthless shrine;
There's an altar ever true,—
Weary hearts can never rue
Worship at that throne divine.
Would that I had knelt alone
Father, at Thy Holy Throne!
Then sweet peace were mine; for tho’
Storms beset our life below,
Yet Faith s star shines always over
Where the clouds most darkly hover.
of confidence from such a source, young King’s
! success at the bar could no longer be a question,
unless he should in some way prove faithless to
the high promise he had already given. But he
started out with the purpose to know no such
•word as fail, and to yield nothing that energy
and zealous effort could attain. And ere long,
by constant close attention to business and scru
pulous punctuality, in meeting professional en
gagements. he acquired reputation and secured
and ably maintained a large and lucrative prac
tice at a bar that was noted at the time for its
ability, and eloquence, and learning. To his
were there, and Benton and Wight Buchanan,
Bayard and Forsyth, and others, all known in
the shining records of a deathless fame, were
there. Many and grave questions were before
the country then, demanding wise and patriotic
solution. That most wonderful man, of whom
it was aptly said “his every step was a contest
and every contest a victory,” was swaying with
his iron will and resolute, patriotic heart, the
destinies of the ruling hour. Andrew Jackson
was President. His was an eventful administra
tion. and distinguished by the introduction and
fearless maintenance of bold original policies
other qualities and capacities was added that of that arrayed against him all the concentrated
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
HON. JOHN P. KINO.
BY JAS. S. HOOK.
The history of the remote past is strongly
commended to our youth, and it is sought after
and devoured with avidity by readers generally.
But it may be a question whether history, in its
highest office and function, that of bringing
man acquainted with his own nature and true
characteristics, is not better read and studied in
the men and events moving around us, than in
the musty narration of ancient wars,
“ And feats of heroes little known.”
Pope has said, and with as much truth as
poetry, that
“The proper study of mankind is man.”
And how better can we pursue this great study
than by contemplating individual cases as they
unfold and develop their real characteristics, and
impress themselves upon the people and policies j
of their day ? Biography is the soul of all his- [
tory; for, at last, it is the special actions of men j
who have risen by their deeds into notice, that j
give interest to all narrative, whether sacred or
profane. Nothing is more instructive, or more
improving and intensely interesting, than the j
perusal of the lives of those who, by their own j
inherent energies, valor and capacity, have won [
and had assigned to them the distinguished po- |
sition of representative men ! Nor can anything !
in the experience of the race be better adapted j
to the important work of arousing laudable am
bition and inciting to noble emulation ! Every {
man’s life, be he never so humble, has interest !
in it—an interest more attractive and fascinating, |
of course, according as he has developed himself j
into a high order of social, intellectual and j
moral manhood, resulting in an exalted degree j
of usefulness to his fellows. Would not the i
being a good financier, and now the whilom
poor boy, who had struggled to get sufficient
means to obtain a limited schooling at the Acad
emy, had grown to be a prominent lawyer and a
man of wealth. But Mr. King, not satisfied with
his own attainments, and anxious to increase his
facilities for knowledge and general usefulness,
relinquished for a time his large practice and
would hastily end in its dissolution.” Without
quoting further from this discussion, let it be
remembered that the sole use designed to be
made of the quotation given is to present in bold
relief a striking characteristic of the man. and
which has ever given his opinions and positions
commanding weight and influence—to-wit.: his
self-reliant and manly independence of thought
and will—the ever-sure indicia of strong intel
lect, and the unfailing harbinger (when wisely
restrained in limits of prudence and modasty,
as was the case with him
cess.
It was no ordinary compliment for Mr. Cal-
of usefulness and sue- j cal. thoughtful and
Judge King?
excitement and passion he differed from some of
the measures of the Jackson administration, for
then, as ever through his whole life, he was op
posed to what he considered extremes, and al
ways had the fearless independent manhood
and honesty to oppose them even when advo
cated by his warmest political friends.
Who now, in recalling the past, does not have
occasion to regret that extreme men were not
made to take a back seat, and leave the govern
ment in the hands of the more prudent, practi-
farseeing statesmen like
went to Europe, where he sojourned for several ^ and the eloquence of our American nationality.
fury of the money power, and the bitterness of > houn to suggest his name first on that special
disappointed ambition. Any other man would
probably have shrunk from a contest with a great
moneyed monopoly like the United States Bank,
sustained, as it was, on the question of the re
moval of the deposits by the associated strength
of the three great senators, who perhaps more
than all others, illustrated the power, the genius
committee. Lesser men than Judge King
might have been so flattered by it as not to have
been conscious of a subordination of their own
views and convictions on grave questions raised
But the jars and wrangling and constant ex-
eitsment incideut to political life were unsuited
to his tastes and habits of thought, and in 1837
he resigned his seat in the Senate. And now
again he avowed his intention of retiring to pri
vate life. But the great and almost universal re
in committee, to the masterly power and will of vulsion in commercial and financial affairs that
years. While there, he made close observation
of men an things, and attended lectures in Paris
press of the country subserve a good end for our j and Edinburg. To a mind naturally endowed
common humanity, and far better enhance the
real interests of society at large, should they add
as was his, this tour of observation and the men
tal drilling to which he subjected himself while
the feature of biographic sketches of men and j there, aided by extensive and judicious reading
women in all branches of trade, science and art
who have achieved honorable success therein, to
their present system of journalism, even though
it might materially curtail the present practice,
of doubtful propriety, which gives special prom
inence and thrillingly graphic descriptions, in him.
of history, ancient and modern, as well as works
of science, art and polite literature, could but be
vastly improving, and well fitted him for the
high and responsible duties which, as we shall
see in the sequel, were to be devolved upon
Nothing short of the strongest convictions of
duty, the highest statesmanship, the most ar
dent patriotism and dauntless courage, could
have stood the shock and force of such a com
bination, and overeotuwrii:'- - But Jackson was
equal to the occasion, and moved successfully ; which attracted much attention then and well
this truly great statesman. Not so wiih Judge
King. Nothing could bend or swerve his men-
! tal independence. And the debate which was
i participated in by Clay, Webster and others,
j will show with what vigor and ability he boldly
j dissented from the great Carolinian. Many and
| very interesting extracts might be introduced
j here from his various speeches while in the Sen-
I ate on the questions of deep public concern in
i that day, that would go to show' the high capae-
1 ities of their author for the duties then de-
! volved upon him, and excite regret that his in
clinations led him away from a position of so
j much distinction and responsibility, and for
which he was so eminently fitted. It would
! be manifestly out of place to lengthen this
| sketch beyond the usual limit assigned to such
J productions, by quoting at all extensively from
; any of these speeches; but the indulgent reader
; will pardon two or three short extracts that will
? illustrate other predominant traits of Judge
| King. He had no toleration for injustice, but
• demanded equality and perfect equity in all
| matters. And he ever especially opposed the
j practice of officials taking liberties, even to the
j smallest extent with the public property or
; funds entrusted for the time, to their guardian-
j ship.
i In his speech on the bill to prohibit the sales
i of the public lands except to actual settlers, the
| question before the Senate, being on the motion
j of Mr. Clay to strike out the fourth section,
i which contained the pre-emption principle, he
j said “ he viewed the bill as establishing a system
{ of partiality, plunder and perfidy—a system in
| which those who had the least merit would make
j the most profitable speculations. If the bill
| passed at all, he was indifferent as to the details
! of it; perhaps it would be better for the country
if it should pass in the worst shape in which it
had been presented. It was not surprising that
it should be popular with those who were to be
so greatly benefited by it; but that those whose
constituents were to be plundered should tamely
and quietly submit was not and ought not to be
expected. But he was much mistaken if this
measure could be protected from that discontent
and indignation with which the great majority
of the United States always visit a course of in
justice and oppression. Thew should recollect
that the public lands were public treasure, and
belonged as much to the whole people of the
United States as the money in the treasury, and
should be protected precisely in the same way,
aud should be distributed among the States
with as much equality as possible. A very large
portion of this property was acquired by the
common blood and treasure of the old thirteen
States, and the other portion was purchased with
the money of the whole derived from taxation on
the consumption of the country, the consumers
being principally in the old States.”
Let this suffice from this admirable speech,
leaded lines with blazing captions, to criminals
and their loathesomo crimes V But this, in pass
ing.
In 1825 Mr. King returned to the city of Au
gusta, and with a mind enlarged and developed
by its accumulated stores of learning and expe
lt is my purpose to submit for the perusal of ; rience, and his professional powers enhanced
your many readers a brief and necessarily im- j and brightend by the advantages sought and en-
perfeet sketch of the life of a prominent citizen ; joyed in Europe, it is not at all surprising that
of Georgia, whose name stands at the head of
this article, and whose life has been ever useful
and humane, as his talents have been marked
and his modesty proverbial. It is unfortunately
too often the case, that men of high capacities,
mar their usefulness by an obtrusive and un
seemly vanity. But when this sketch is com
pleted, and it is seen how its subject has pre
ferred and pursued an unostentatious life of de
votion to duty away from the gilded halls of po
litical renown for which his high talents fitted
him, and to which an appreciative constituency
called him, the reader, it is believed, will be
ready to admit that J udge King, at least, presents
in his own person an exception to the sweeping
declaration of M. Thiers, of France, that “ the
only connection to be traced between modesty
and merit is in the fact that both commence with
the letter m.”
John P. King by birth is a Western man, hav
ing been born iu Barron county, in the State of
Kentucky. He was born in April, 1799, and is
consequently in his 77th year. His father’s
family moved to Bedford county, Tennessee,
when he was of tender years. The country
there and round about was at that time sparsely
settled, new and uncultivated, affording few, if
with but little delay he entered again into a large
and highly remunerative practice. This he re
tained dowu to the year 1829, when he once
more retired from the profession, and now re
solved to confine his whole attention to his own
forward to the triumphant accomplishment of '■ bears and fully repays a perusal at this late day.
his great purposes, the wisdom of which the fu- ; Senator Bayard, father of the present distin-
ture vindicated. It was at a time like this when guished Senator ot that name, followed Judge
not only the questions of currency and finance, i King, and spoke in very eulogistic terms of his
springing out of the action in regard to the Na- j speech, commencing with the remark that “he
tional Bank, but also the questions arising upon
the dispositian to be made of the public lands,
the removal of the Indians across the Missis
sippi, internal improvements by the general
government, the tariff, the French spoliation
bill, the reception of abolition petitions, and
had listened with great delight to the Senator
from Georgia, who had given a true exposition
of facts as connected with the speculations going
on in public lands and the effects which would
result from passing this bill,” etc.
This speech was one of the ablest delivered on
many other important questions were up for dis- ! that question, and no man can read it now with-
cussion and settlement, that Judge King entered
and held his seat in the United States Senate.
Speaking but seldom, he took part in the de
bates upon most of these grave issues, and at
once won position in that body as a man of fine
private interests, which by this time were be- | abilities and culture, and as an inductive rea-
coming quite considerable. Judge King, from
first to last, while engaged with his profession,
showed a striking aptitude for the law and its in
tricacies, and in the management of cases, at
once saw and seized the strong points and man
fully grappled with them, leaving the weaker
points to take care of themselves. His mind !
was of that clear and analytical caste, and his 1
reasoning powers so exact and incisive, as emi- j
nently to fit him for the discussion of legal
propositions before the court. If he had ad- -
hered to the law, and his ambition had led him
soner and logical debater, whose powers were
of superior order. As evidence of this many
compliments from senators, and warm discus
sions maintained with him by the ablest in that
bod} r , might be adduced; but it will suffice for
this purpose to mention the fact that Thomas
H. Benton, the great Missouri Senator, himself
one of the first men in the country, and noted
alike for his great powers as a logician and his
vast and varied learning, in his speech deliv
ered in the Senate on the French spoliation bill,
took occasion to specially compliment the speech
in the direction of professional preferment, he j of Judge King, delivered in the Senate on the
could have reached, and would have adorned,
the highest judicial positions in the land. He
would have made a Judge of the Marshall and
Mansfield type. To high courage and indomita
ble will were added many of the social virtues in
an eminent degree, so that, while he was ever a
resolute antagonist when occasion demanded,
he was also the genial friend and warm-hearted
same subject. He said, among other things:
out understanding how it was that Judge King
so thoroughly commanded the attention of the
Senators as he always did when he went fully
into the discussion of a question.
Judge King has been from his youth up an
eminently practical man. One short sentence
uttered by him in passing, while making a
speech of much power in the Senate on the cur
rency question, plainly but fully illustrates his
character in this particular. Said he: “We
should never resort to theory when we have the
lights of experience to guide us.”
One more brief reference, and I am done with
this meagre notice of his senatorial career. It
was soon after he had taken his seat as Senator
from Georgia, alongside of the eloquent and pow
erful Forsyth, that a proposition was being dis
cussed that Judge King instantly condemned as
being an unauthorized attempt to bestow favor
upon the representatives of the people in an
any, advantages for education—especially in the j sympathizer with human distress and suffering.
higher branches. He continued to reside in
Tennessee until he was about fifteen years old,
nnd then came to Georgia, tarrying for a short
time in Columbia county, where lie had some
relatives, and from thence to Augusta, where
he has resided ever since. Rv dint of that re
in whatever form it presented itself. Thonsands
can bear testimony that while he grew rich his
heart never grew hard and his purse-strings
“ The gentleman from Georgia (Mr. King) has j unconstitutional way. The resolution author-
given a vivid and able picture of the exertions I ized the purchase of thirteen copies of the Amer-
of the United States government in behalf of i icon State Papers, and Messrs. Frelinghuysen and
these claims. He ha3 shown that they have been 1 Ewing explained that the work was indispens-
paid, on our part, by the invaluable blood of t able to Members of Congress in the perform-
our citizens. Such is the fact,” etc. But in his
most interesting and readoble book, entitled
“Thirty Years in the United States Senate,” Mr.
Benton pays a further compliment to Judge
King by re-producing in it a short debate be
tween him and Mr. Calhoun, and which is adver-
have always been untied to aid the needy. No | ted to here, and will be briefly noticed for the
man has a better record in this respect, and yet
no man has more rigidly observed the divine in
sistless industry, energy and will which has ever j junction in matters of charity, “Let not thy lett
characterized him, young King obtained money I hand know what thy right hand doeth. ’ It is
enough to enter the Richmond Academy, and by ; not to be presumed that such a man as Mr. Kin
constant, unremitting attention to his studies
received a fair education, such an education as
his limited means (which only permitted him to
had shown himself to be, would be permitted to
remain in the unconspicuous position which his
own inclination and taste had prescribed.
remain there a short year or or two), and the j While, in common with all intelligent and patri-
high character of that justly famous old school,
which is still (on a more enlarged scale) dis
pensing its benefits to our people, were able to
bestow.
Immediately upon completing his academic
course, he entered upon the study of the law
with Major Freeman Walker, then a leading
lawyer of great eminence in this State, and an
advocate of superior eloquence and accomplished
oratory. Maj. Walker soon perceived the energy
of mind and the sternness of inflexible princi
ple which marked the character of his pupil,
and at once became his fast friend. It was not
long before an opportunity presented itself for a
signal manifestation of this friendship. King
had been admitted to the bar, and was already
giving unmistakable evidence of future success
and prominence as a lawyer, when his distin
guished friend and preceptor was elected by the
Legislature of Georgia to the Senate of the
United States ! He had already found in Maj.
Walker a friend and counselor whose kindness
and advice had materially aided him in his pro
fessional pursuits, and he felt under deep obli
gation; but now he was to be brought under a
still deeper sense of gratitude. Maj. Walker
before taking leave of his home for Washington
otic citizens, he ever felt a lively interest in the
| political questions of that day, still his tastes
and inclinations, if they did not cause him pos-
I itively to eschew, certainly did not lead him to
| select the political arena as the preferred theatre
| of his actions and ambition. And perhaps no
man was ever more surprised than was he when,
on his return from a distant trip on private busi
ness out in the far West, he learned from letters
received upon his reaching New Orleans, that in
purpose of illustrating a characteristic trait ex
hibiting itself through the whole life of the sub
ject of this sketch. Mr. Calhoun had asked for
the appointment of a special committee, to
which should be referred so much of the Presi
dent’s message as related to the mail transmis
sion of incendiary publications. This was op
posed by Mr. King, of Alabama, and by Mr.
Gundy, the Chairman of the Committee on Post-
ance of their legislative duties, and was already
printed; and the object was only to supply those
new Senators (Judge King was one of them) who
had not obtained them. Judge King opposed the
resolution on constitutional grounds—“that it
was taking money out of the Treasury for the
purchase of books for the private libraries of
members without an appropriation by law; and
that any other works might with the same pro
priety be purchased, and to any amount and ex
tent.” He admitted “that works might be pur
chased which were necessary for the use of the
members in the performance of their public
duties; but that they should be confined to the
office, and not be given as an absolute property
to the officer;” and he moved, though unsuc-
prostrated so many enterprises, paralysed those
of Georgia as well as elsewhere, and he was
pressed by the stockholders of the Georgia
Railroad to assume the management of its af
fairs as president—under a pledge, as it is un
derstood, that he should be relieved from the
office at the end of two years, if he desired it.
Accordingly, in 1842 he became its president,
and finding its affairs in an embarrassed state,
at once placed his own private fortune and credit
at the command of the company; and ere long,
by good management and close economy, put it
on a safe and remunerative footing, where it has
remained ever since, with comparatively slight
fluctuations in the value of its bonds and stocks.
As evidence of his masterly management of
the Road, and its extensive and varied interests,
but two or three facts need to be stated.
First, he has never to this day been released
from its presidency, though he has often re
minded the stockholders of their promise, and
urged them to put another in his place.
Second, the Georgia Railroad and its branch
es, and some of its connecting lines mainly
built by its generous aid, has greatly added to
the material wealth and business enterprise of
both Augusta and Atlanta, and the entire sec
tion of country on the intermediate lines, as well
as greatly aided in the increase of wealth and
general development of the resources of the
State at large.
And third, the Company now, fiotwithstaiid-*
ing the general financial ruin and dismay, af
fecting materially all persons and enterprises all
over the country, maintains its wonted credit,
j and is to-day, confessedly the best railroad, and
under better management, than any other in the
j State, except perhaps one, and that is the At
lanta and West Point Railroad, which is also
under his supervision as president.
During all the long time that he has been
president of this company he has abstained
from politics, though his name has from time to
time, at different periods, been often suggested
in connection with various prominent offices in
the country, and in 1865 at the close of the late
war, he was prevailed upon to take a seat in the
Constitutional Convention of that year. All the
members of that body, the writer among them,
felt and strongly appreciated the high value of
his sound judgment, patriotism and eminently
practical wisdom in shaping its action.
Some most valuable features of ordinances and
provisions of the Constitution received their im
press from his strong mind and matured expe
rience. The Judge was a vigorous and forcible
writer, as well as oral debater, as could be amply
attested if space permitted us to give extracts
from many able articles contributed from time
to time, in important political crises of the
country, to the journals of the day, and from im
portant reports that emanated from his pen.
Judge King did not marry until the year 1842,
and then, full of honors and with fortune, the
product of his own energy, professional ability
and rigid economy, offered his hand to the ac
complished and charming Miss Woodward, who
accepted it, and has ever since graced and adorn
ed his home, filling it with the cheerful sunlight
of wedded love. And now, near this city of Au
gusta, in their quiet and elegant but unosten
tatious mansion, accompanied by their only sin
gle daughter, the beautiful and gifted Miss
Lou King, honored for her whole-souled human
ity and benevolence, which have shown them
selves in the obtainment of a State law for the
prevention of cruelty to animals, and the insti
tution and successful organization of the Wid
ows’ Home of Augusta, they are with Christian
serenity and composure enjoying the evening of
their days, and dispensing a warm and gener
ous hospitality to all who pass its happy thesh-
old.
Thus, in my unsatisfactory way, have I at
tempted to sketch the life and habitudes of
thought and action and characteristic principles
of a man who commenced a poor boy, and by
his own energy, integrity, sobriety, physical
and mental activity and unswerving devotion to
justice and right, reached a high place in the
public confidence, and might have won a still
prouder niche in the temple of our political
fame had not his tastes and inclinations drawn
him from the political arena to the more quiet
but perhaps not less useful pursuits to which he
has devoted the last thirty-three years of his
life. And now, commending the bright example
of his bright life to the emulation and imitation
of young men everywhere, we drop the curtain
with this closing remark: If Kentucky may be
justly proud as being the home of his nativity,
Georgia gladly adds him to the list of her jewels,
and with pride claims him as her adopted son.
In the Walnut Season.
offices and Postroads, on the ground that that ! cessfully, to lay the resolution on the table for
was the appropriate committee for such refer
ence, etc. Mr. Calhoun insisted, however, on
his view, that the committee should be a special
one, and be appointed mainly from that section,
whose security and rights were threatened by
the balance of the session. He also, and for the
same reasons, opposed the clause in the appro
priation bill for the purchase for members of
Congress of the Documentary History of the
United States. He said “ he should vote to strike
this unlawful use of the mails, and the Senate i out the clause from the bill, and should then
yielded to his wish and permitted him to name [ vote against the amendment of his colleague,
the committee, which he at once proceeded to He thought there was no more authority in Con
do, as follows: Mr. Calhoun, Chairman; Mr. 1 gress to set up a book shop than to set up a mil-
December, without being a candidate, he had King, of Georgia; Mr. Mangum, of North Caro- ; lineryshop—to buy books for members or to buy
been elected to fill the vacancy in the U. S. Sen- lina; Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, and Mr. Linn, j bonnets for ladies. He referred to the constitu-
ate, occasioned by the i esignation of the illustri- of Missouri. A bill and report were soon brought ! tional powers of Congress, and declared that
ous Troup. This was in the winter of 1833, and j in by the committee—a bill subjecting to penal- J from none of them was the authority derived,
in those days there were no telegraphs to herald ties any postmaster who should knowingly re- He expressed the belief that the work, if author-
news on the lightning’s wing from one part of
the country to another; and hence Judge King
knew not of this distinguished honor conferred
upon him until many days after, and while
on his return homward' as above described. It
is indeed refreshing and delightful, in these
days of immodest scramble for office to recall
this good old by-gone time, when merit, without
unseemly demand for its own recognition, was
ever duly appreciated and honored. It was a
meaning, glowing compliment the Union Demo
cratic party of Georgia paid Judge King, when
ceive and put into the mail any publication or
picture touching the subject of slavery, etc.
When the report was read, a motion was made
to print 5,000 extra copies of it. This motion
brought several of the committee to their feet,
among them Judge King, who protested that
some of the views (Mr. C. had injected into it
some of his peculiar nullification doctrines)
were not concurred in oy him, though many
parts of the report had his hearty concurrence.
ized, would cost the government three or four
millions of dollars. He disclaimed any inten
tion to cast censure upon the contractors, but
was of the opinion that the contract was erro
neously and unconstitutionally entered into;
and that the Secretary of State had been taken
in.”
This has been a fixed principle of Judge
King’s whole life when dealing with funds not
his own, as many will admit who know with
It is now the walnut season. We in America
who eat only the dried nuts, cannot imagine how
delicious are the almonds, filberts, and the Eng
lish walnuts, wheu they are fresh and green; and
why we do not have them is a marvel to me, for
I believe all of them will grow in this country.
But the difference between them fresh and dried
is the difference of two fruits. From now until
Christmas the walnuts are in their glory, and
the consumption of them is immense at the table
of the aristocrat in his castle, where many an
hour is passed over them and wine at the end of
a dinner, as we read in English novels, when a
relenting uncle begins to unbosom himself to
his scapegrace nephew, in the cosy restaurants
of clubs and hotels, in the modest lodging of
bachelors, in the cottage of the peasant, and in
the crowded city, where they are cracked and
munched by the laborer at the street corners.
You see them by the basket full everywhere
around, sold at the price of from three to five
for a cent, and at Covent Garden market in the
morning it is a curious sight to watch the men
and women occupied in taking them out of their
green shells, as they stand before the baskets
ranged in a circle, with their fingers black as ink
from the work.—London Cor. Boston Globe.
City, literally overwhelmed the young*barrister i it awarded to him the suecessorship in that high
by a most unexpected display of his high confi
dence and warm esteem, in unhesitatingly com
mending him to his numerous friends and pat
rons, and leaving no doubt of his exceedingly
gratifying and complimentary course toward his
young friend, by placing in his care, and for his
(management, all his unfinished business. With
;such commendation and such marked expression
council of the Union to the gifted and far-famed
George M. Troup. But it was a still higher com
pliment, after he had served out Gov. Troup’s
It was also the view of Judge King that by giv- ! what pertinacity and uncompromising hostility
ing to the matter such special prominence, ex- he has for the last thirty-three years, as President
citement would be engendered, and thus pro- \ of the Georgia Railroad, opposed any and every
duce injury rather than benefit. In the pro- ; species of deadheadism.
gress of tne debate, J udge King used the follow
ing sententious and somewhat severe remarks,
Judge King, though ever a thorough Union
Democrat, did not at all times opprove and en-
Relteved.—A bachelor, who was somewhat
stricken in years, had been for some time enam
oured with one of the sisterhood, but could not
muster courage to pop the question. One morn
ing he was resolved to make the attempt. He
accordingly went to the house of the lady,
knocked at the door, and she made her appear
ance. After a mutual nod the following laconic
dialogue ensued: ‘ 1 Do you want to change your
condition?” “No.” “Nor L” And turning
about, our bachelor concluded the conversation
with, “Thank Heaven, I’ve got that load off my
mind!”
unexpired term, to re-elect him for a full term of to-wit: " That positions had been assumed, and j dorse every feature of party policy put forth by [ Let Him Consider.—When a person feels dis-
six years, which was done. principles insisted upon by Mr. Calhoun not j those who claimed to be its leaders'; and he would ! posed to over-estimate his own importance, let
In those days, the nation's great intellectual , only inconsistent with the bill reported, but he thus sometimes subject himself to severe criti- . him remember that mankind got along very well
gladiators were figuring upon the floor of the thought inconsistent with the Union itself, and i cism and censure from the merely partisan press ] before his birth, and in all probability they will
American Senate. Calhoun, Webster and Clay , which, if established and carried into practice, and politicians. Even in those days of high party get along very well after his death.