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llis services anti ins acknowledged ta
lcnta placed him in tlie Executive chair.
While there he succeeded in perfecting the
nationality of Texas. It was during his
administration that the haughty powers
of Europe were induced to recognize the
independence of the young Republic.
By his energy, his genius, and the con
fidence inspired by his private as well as
public virtues, he succeeded at once in
placing his country in a respectable polit
ical position with the nations of the earth,
lie may be truly said to have sown the
seeds of her future greatness. They are
Ilo w springing forth into luxuriant growth.
In a lew years Iter bright destiny may
even surpass hit most sanguine hopes.
May he live to see the reunion of states,
dissevered by stupid diplomatists, con
summated by the great and good of both 1
Repo Elies. As patriots we should pray
10 see this aspiration, most sincerely; as
Southern men, most devoutly'. For with
such characters to adorn the public coun
cils, the “forlorn hope” of the South will
spring up into a legion of dauntless men.
\nd from that event we may date anew
era the dawn of better times. L*'or
ramparted by new States, in possession of
a productive and magnificent territory
producing the lever staple of the world,
we may thenceforth cease to petition a
grant of our constitutional rights from the
exacting North. Her commercial restric
tions will vanish before the sweep of pub
lic opinion throughout the vast domain of
[he Empire South; and rebounding from
the lethargy of years, we shall once more
be the freest, tit i rn >s'. flaurishi lg, and
powerful people of the earth.
Below we give our readers extracts
from the Democratic Review. The sketch
of Gen. Lamar’s charaeter and adminis
tration is in the main correct. We may
hereafter indulge our own pencil in the
portraiture. Ourcarliest recollections are
associated with his name, and we have
watched his eventful career with the in
terest of a liiund, and, wc hope, the im
partiality of the historian.
From the Democratic Ileuicic.
“With Mjaabeau JS. Lamar we open a new
chapter of Texian history. Hitherto Texas had
existed by sufferance. Slit 1 had stood at tin; i! Mir,
t,,t hid tint entered 1 fie Hailed" Nations. Lunar
felt that she deserved and must have a place and
Mine, and boldly took the helm. It he steered too
diligently to his l.imlinai ks—am! this is the only ac
cusation —without due attention So the shoals and
drifts of the'channel, it must at least he conceded
that he m ule a splendid and successful voyage.—
Tu to his administration 'he young nation had liv
ed mi ia the chaos ot" revolutionary expedients.—
She had no revenue on which to base o edit, and
her rich wilderness of unappropriated land could
milv In made available under a settled government
ami with an increased population. Meanwhile a
navv was to he created, and an etlicieut border de
fence organized, for Mexico was c uitimia y threat
etnmr invasion, tin ) the Indian tithes pie-sml sinrly
on the fro flier set dement-a La mar re I need public
business to lorm an order, and strengthened the
iiavvso ellecaially that, so far from being m nested
at him*, the L ine Star become a liequent and
dreaded victor in the Mexican waters. Heelico
tuaiiv protected the Western f ontior, by carrying
the orivernment thither and estaf isnutg the capi ai
at orce on the spot Gotigiess had designated as ns
eventual site.”
“The cause of, and ication received a first nation
al impulse under Lamar. Io ' isxiansnre intern
et nt, i ~-ra . a i I »l ve to the vita
this g"e»t fittMnent of republicanism, but Ii e wen
so maiiv calls upon tin ir inadequate naans, that
thev had overlo deed making provision tor its sup
port. With a broad lon e ist lor ti e t imrc, La
mar pointed out how Hit.' lime.v approjv laiion o! a
m'rmtte friction ot the national domain would se
cure'eventually the blessings -u i; livers and ir ~ true -
lion, ami urg.’uily reconunemh and that suitahle
grants slmuWl he Actecfe-1 and set aside while the
best lands were v: cant.
The venturous expedition to Santa Fe was the
best ami boldest, though the most mili.rtnnate and
least understood feature id Latnar's.poliey. It has
beea called hr ig nnature and plunder
ing excursion. .Men do not vn a thou-nad nii.es
through the untried ivihh tncss to bring had, a herd
or two of cattle, when they can have them for next
to nothing at their own door. Nor could a few
hundred men, at that distance from home, encum
bered with a long train of heavy trading wagons,
reasonable expect to conquer and lead into captivi
ty the whole .State ofSanla Fe.
It. was a wise and weli conceived though unsuc
cessful mission—partly private and mercantile, part
ly public and diplomatic, inasmuch as the govern
ment lent its aid, countenance and flag to effect a
national good. Hit lor a eoiiein retire ot adverse
circumstances it would have c tied eel more tor tiie
honor and independence ol Texas than anything
dune or.attempted since the day > l San Jacinto.
Sure intimation had retched Texas that the in
habitants along the llio Grande, etushed and down
trodden by the intolerable tyranny of Armijo, the
Mexican governor, were ready to with dra.v Irom
the Mexican cuufeioWfey, an I Bisk tcommonca
with Texas. If, as Texas cl tint td, an I was eaget
to have foreign powers admit, this was a p >nioa ol
her territory, it was essential to m ike some show
of sovereignty in its defence, and it possible bring
the inhabitants into tbe common told. Ad tilings
seemed to favor a decisive blow, and Commissary
General Cazneau, a man of approved ability, re
ceived orders to lit out the expedition. \\ lien,
with as much promptitude as tbe resources of the
country permitted, the preparations were comple
ted, the intrepid adventurers set forth, under the
command of the gallant and accomplished General
H. McLeod. In°thc face of a thousand discourage
ments they traversed the Prairie Desert, and wouhl
have accomplished their object but lor tbe black
treachery of one of tbe officers. At tbe worst it
was not altogether useless. To open anew com
mercial route to the distant settlements of their
claimed territory, to give them assurance of the
good-will and co-operation of Texas,and to arrange
the preliminary steps lor a final and perfect alli
ance, was the honorable and politic aim ol the San
ta Fe expedition.
“Lamar cannot he portrayed in a few bold strokes
like bis Presidential compeers. He has as it we e a
double character, not inconsistent, but in strong
contrast; and the shades, as they cross and blend,
can only be traced by the hand of a master. He
is scarcely of middle height, and of the full and
rounded proportions that we assoc a e with a love
ot ease and self-indulgence. This is true ol him,
Gut with an exciting cause he courts peril and is iu
ditierent to privation. This benign, meditative, re
pose-loving expression indicates strong domestic
virtues, and a temper not easily chafed, yet his im
petuous enemy in his hours of trial startles even
it is friends, and his enemies have good reason to
'peak severely of the tierv harshness of his anger.
He is remarkably gentle and affectionate in his
rnanners, habitually sell-conlrolled, as men ot vo’ca
nic passions sometimes are, carelol ol tbe feelings,
and studious of the happiness of all around hint, but
there ir withal an occasional quickness of gesture,
and a latent sparkle in the mild blue eye, that bint
strongly ol tbe dangerous fire that sic ps beneath
that placid exterior, loach ol ids high qualities, and
he lias many, wa Its hand in band with some col
lateral fault; but l.is faults spring so natural from
his upturned virtues, that they are excused with a
warmer love than we give to the cold merits ol
more correct men.
Gen. Lamar is a Georgian by birth, and of that
rough old Huguenot blood, which lor so long a
■\ttce seeinrd only created to be poured out lor
freedom. He is a legitimate scion of that honora
ble stock, and wherever liberty has woilt to do, he
a ready to bleed or toil lor tier sake. His local pre.
, delcclWtu are of the strongest, but his indomitable
1 \u S f- °* j u&t i ce P ro, ects him from unlair prejudices.
I All Iris association . u re with the South,and lie loves
the Southern laud with a filial ami unreasoning de
votion. \v ho hut glances contemptuously at her
| "tstiiutions, insults his household gods, and he
would deal with him asa heretic and a stranger; hut
he would war with equal vehemence against him
who would invade the repose of the North. With
-dill deeper enthusiasm he loves the beautiful land
which has lavished so much affection on him. It
has been well said of him, that “Uis native Union
he honors as a mother—to Texas he gives the pas
sionate love of a bridegroom; he wooed her bv his
eloquence, he won her with his sword. He may
chide her wayward fancies, and fly from her capri
ces, but he perpetually retraces ills truant steps to
repose at her feet.”
TEXAS.
We lake the following letter and com- 1
ments from the Richmond Enquirer of the
28th March. From this, as well as the!
tone ol some ol the Texan journals, we
icar the danger is not yet over. We,
however, hope for the best, trusting that
aa enlightened public opinion will iu due!
time overwhelm British intrigues in that
country as well as in this.
BRITISH INTRIGUES.
The following letter, from a gentleman nfintelli
gence and high standing, has given us no little un
easiness as to tlie stand which Texas may take nit
on the terms of admission tendered her by the Uni
ted States. .Vast deeply do we regret to hear that
Houston, the g.ilktnt victor at San Jacinto, is now
“heading tlie English party” and tarnishing bis
laurels by suh an affiliation. Has lie lost all sym
pathy Ibr the free institutionsatid noble associations
of bis native land, and is be, from rampant ambition,
or some other sinister motive, about to destroy his
fab* fame, by turning his back upon his native and
adopted country, and surrendering tlie “Lone Star”
mine intrigues and cupidity of Great Britain?—
Wlut a short-sighted policy does lie pursue, if h*
Impes, by such a suicidal course, to push forward
his own schemes ufnggrandizement! Let hint but
lake a retrospective uhnee at the grasping policy
of tlr* Ocean (| leen in all past time. Site may, for
a time, fluter the hopes and the vanity of Texas,
by the plausible show of “independence,” and its
consequent blessings; but a few vears will demon
strate the treacherous nature of British possessions.
When tbe pub ic m'.nil is fl ittered by rich promises,
and, in the security ofnpparcnt prosperity, is blind
ed to tli-* machination; (.film wily mistress of diplo
macy, England will stealthily introduce her subtle
poison and her faithful agents into every corner of
Texas, and by her intrig tes and bribes and import
ed ’.iitcr y vv.ll snbj ‘ct toe c .untry to her cunning |
policy, and reduce the p np’e to thfe vilest subser
viency. M fibber anaconda coils ol treachery and
artifice, she wi.l eatbl l the young Southern Giant,
aiii), when tlie proper seas m arrives, will crush thy
list vesilgu of lib rty and nalioi.nl pride. The
“Lone Star” tvdl he lost from the grand constella
tion of ituiepeu lent nations; her glorious struggle
with .Mexican tyranny will he shrouded in oblivion,
and her noble origin and valiant deeds will be for
gotten, i.i toe T.-grac f;l event of being merged, as
an humble and opprt ssed colony, in toe ov vshad
i owing power of Great Britain. l;not this a true
outline ofwh.it will necessarily ensue upon the suc
cess id" the macliiua:! >.n of the “Eagl: o parly?’ 1 —
We appeal to Houston, not t > sacrifice Ids own
repatatiu >, a a I tie' destinies of Texas, so gallantly
rescued by li.s courage from .Mexican oppression,
to the su.l more Total, though more insidious and
canning, tyranny of British diplomacy. IFe ap
p ail to the people of "Texas, “b m•* ol our hone anil
lie Hi of our fi:>n,” to stand tip lor themselves, and
. hurl bark upon Great Britain the insult which she
olf.rs to .Im- rir iu horn free.non. Upon the pre
sent experiment much depends. Tbe grand ques
li ,a is to be deluded, whe’her the gold and cunning
of Great li -it,tin are to succeed in spreading her in
definite dominion over the A meric m continent, and
gradually break in upon the sovete’gaty and safety
.of the >taiet of tli. 1 Union. What A icrican can
think of tbe fatal consequences of such an event,
and not feel bis blond boil with indignation? And
\ei the lltohuin id Wliig“an/ri»fh/ hopes - ’ that the
annexation of 'Texas will be defeated by our own
..... stirred up, as it appeals, by British
agents.
lint admit that Texas is not enslaved by Id tgland,
(a most unnatural supposition in vie, of tlie glar
ing fadts of her past history,) and c intitules an iu-
I dependent nation, who can rationally doubt the
tvillicriag inti letiee of that condition of affairs up
-lon the welfare of the U,tiled Stale?? It will be to
the ime.est of England to make with 'Texas a trea
ty, by which the agricultural products of ihe latter,
her Colton, sugar, indigo, ami perhaps tobacco, wit!
be introduced into E igl mil fiee of duty; am!, in re
turn, the msmt'actmed goods ot Eug'and wi.l be
b:oag.it io.o "l’ex is a. o 'wuiboi.t duty. Can there be
! .1 r, a'l inaldo d6.. it, that u ltb these facts it; vie .v,atid
also ;::e ii ether tit c .that smuggling w ii! be success
ful! / a..tl till'., c lined oti along our S utli Western
lioiu'.e.-—a deadly b.o.v wi.l uc given to ostr agri
cultural and industrial pursuits —me products ot our
soil will become drugs in ihe market—and the work
shops of oar manufacturers cease their hum ol bu
sincs*-? Mr. Lvons, in his speech at “tbe little
clique” meeting on Wednesday tiiyht, |»ourlra\ei!
all these consequencel in a:i eloquent and logical
manner. We liope he will excuse our “insiurous
and treacherous | tatsc ’ —(see 11 ehmouil \N logoi
last yea passim) when wo add, that be placed i:i
the cleare-t Ifi'ht the c mstiait mulily ofutiuexation
by jo.ill resolution ot Congress.
Does it then hccontc us, under tlie ih r ca'enirg
i aspect of affairs, to lie upon ouroais and let ihe
prison ol /In iso intrigue be udused into the heart
„f 'Texas, without the slightest objection on our
1 pan? 1' it temper that we should, without remon
strance, allow Great Britain to dele it a measure
winch lias he n resolved ujkjii by 'be American
people, which has been solemnly sanctioned by tin
American Congress, and with which the best des
tinies of the nation arc wrapped up? .Some days
i since we ventured to throw out a few respeodul
suggestions to the Tie.,idem and the Secretary of
State on this subject, li e advised, if there was
1 one constitutional objection, the appointment of a
! new commissioner, who should carry the latest
wishes of our Government, atid should assist Jiaj.
Donelson in urging and persuading the Govern
; incut of Tex ts to accept our offer. .Vucli good
might lie done by such a mission in explaining the
views of our Government and our people*, in setting
' thrill the advantages to ’Texas ol accepting the
terms of admission specified in the joint resolution
and looking iotbe justice and liberality ol the Uni
ted Stales 7n adjusting, hereafter, many questions
of interest to Texas. U’e beg leave, again, res
i pectfullv to renew the suggestions, and invite the
j attention of tbe President to the new light lurnisb
ed bv the following letter:
“Gentlemen: Letters received by this evening’s
mail, direct from 'Texas, and Irom those fully ac
quainted iv i'll the s'ale of things there, leave not
tbe least doubt, that an extraordinary struggle is
going on in Texas, between tlie Iriends ol annexa
tion and the Engbsh party, beaded by Gen. Hous
ton. livery possible inducement is held out by the
English .'./mister and Agents, to the pto V of
Texas, to reject the proffered terms. .Vign.ficent
, offeis are made, a reaction lias taken place, and I
am warranted iu saying that the issue is dot llful. I
trust the President will heed your suggestion, or
we may yet lose tlie country; and, if lost now, it
will lie lost forever. .Mark it!’
Tlie New Orleans papers contain no important
news on this interesting question. We cut the
following from the New Orleans Republican ol
yesterday week: . ,
i.\y e understand that M. ij. Donelson, our Charge
d’ A Hi) ires to Texas, will sail in the next packet lor
Galveston, bv which time lie supposes that tbe in
structions. said to have been Ibrwarded to him by
the way of Nnshviilc, will have arrived.
“W’e trust that the bid which has passed our
Com Tess in regard to annexation, will be ratified
by the people of Texas and that the inferences to
the c rntntry, derived from the tone of some ol the
newspaper publications in that Repub'.c, will prove
be unlit it led. If injustice has been done to
Texas bv tfie provisions ol the bid, so hi as they re
late to the cession iff her public property salt lakes,
mimriH &(*., «e have but little doubt thalhercu
i7eiis hail much rather reiy on the■ future- legislation
nf.he United Stales to restore what is proper and
jpan liazard the kn-i of the measure by fittfh-
or Jelay. Iu uo event can we anticipate that the
j advantages of union with us can he thrown away,
in order to embrace an alliance with Ureal Britain,
whose fixed policy is now declared to be the aboli
(thin of slavery, and whose interests, in other res
pects, wMI turn out to be adverse to those ol'Texas.”
I SPEECH OP COE. CHAPPELL.
V. c invite the reader's attention to the
able and masterly effort of this gentleman,
pronounced in the House of Representa
tives in support ol the joint resolutions for
the annexation of Texas, ft i3 worthy of
its author and of the great question
that elicited it, and will he read with a
lively interest by his fellow eitizens
throughout the country. Ingenuous and
manly, in the premises laid down as well
as argumentative and forcible in the
treatment ol bis subjects, it may be re
garded as among the most powerful and
statesman like efforts that were made in
either House of Congress during the ses
sion just closed. In this connexion, now
that Col. Chappell’s Congressional term
has expired, we embrace this occasion to
mingle ourown, in common with the heart
felt regrets of our Democratic fellow citi
zens, not or.ly of this District but of the
entire State, at the loss of the services
of such a representative in the national
Congress, at a period when they can be;
so illy spared. His retirement will be
deeply regretted by the liberal of both;
parties, and deplored as a public calami-|
ty by every friend of Texas and the
South. Nothing shows the patriotism of a :
man or the character of a statesman bet
ter than his conduct in times fraught with
peril to his country. Col. Chappell lias
been tried at such a time, and the noble
fidelity evinced by him must endear him
to the people of Georgia, as long as pa
triotism has a votary in the state. If Col. i
Chappell had aimed uo higher than office,
mere official public station, his course i
was a plain one. By yielding the interests
of iiis constituents, he might still have j
hud that. But he w ould not do it, his j
aims were lir nobler and higher, the pre
servation of the constitution, the constitution j
as it is, intact, anti inviolate, his country’s;
honor and his country’s glory,were the only
ends at which he aimed; for doing that,
he Ins been proscribed, denounced and
vilified by the leaders of his former poli-;
deal associates. But there is one tiling in
the character of Col. Chappell which j
party detraction nor malevolence can
neither shake nor move, that his detrac
tors will he as far from reaching them-;
selves ns they are the bright world upon
which they may have sometimes gazed,
the firmament above their heads ! It is
this; the confidence of the people in his in
trgnUj; and whatever inav be said of his I
course while in Congress by a few inter
ested politicians, the people regard bis|
conduct, as a perfect model of public I
virtue. “Honor to whom honor is due,” I
such men cannot remain long in retire-j
ment in their own State, or unknown to
the people of the Union.
The enquiry is frequently mule by
persons desirous of exploring Florida, in
regard to die facilities and expense of get- j
ting there. We are apprised that boatsj
run from Savannah to the St. Johns River, :
hut tlo not know the amount of passage
money required, the time occupied in the
passage, or die highest point on the St.
Johns to which they ascend. Will the
Editor of the Georgian favor the public
with u response to these questions? By
doing so they will enlighten many who
tire now raging with the Florida fever,
and confer a favor upon all who are de
sirous of visiting the land of the citton,
the orange anil the olive.
TO COItRESPONDENTS.
W e have received several communion-1
lions which are unavoidably postponed
until our next number. One in regard to
our State Convention, signed a “Wire
grass Democrat,” contains some admira
ble suggestions. They shall appear in
due time.
SLICIDE.
The Savannah Itcpublican of Saturday
last, says:
Our city las 1 ecu thrown into a most painful
stace of agitation at <1 distress, by the it elat.eboly
lei initiation of the life of a young ami piomising
clergyman of the Episcopal Church of this place
—the Ilev. Jvn;s Jackson, late of the Diocese
of Jl/nssachusetts. lie had just returned hut a
lew days from the South, where he had been trav
elling two months for the restoration of his health,
which had been impaired by a laborious perform
ance of his clerical duties. He was apparently
very much restored by his absence, and his friends
hoped that he wonld be enabled to resume his ve
ry acceptable services in St. John’s Church. It ut
their buttes and his were doomed to a wretched
disappointment, for alter exhibitingon the few pre
vious days strong evidences of wildness, tic sud
denly leit the city ou Wednesday morning, with
out giving any notice of iiis intended departure,
and although suspicion was immediately excited
and search made during that day and night, tie
was not (bund until the next morning, having
drowned himself in the river opposite Buna venture.
His hodv was recovered and the Coroner’s inquest
had no hesitation upon the very strong testimony
submitted 10 them, to bring an instant verdict of
"insanity.” Thus has perished a voting clergy
man, whose pulpit perlormances had given high
evidence of intellectual power and whoso blame
lessuess of lile had won him many friends in the
city.
The National Intelligencei of the 20th
ult., says:
The members of the Diplomatic Corps waited
upon the President of (he United States on Wed
nesday in a body, and, through their senior, the
Minister of Russia, made an address to him,on the
i ecasion of his accession to the Presidency,expres
sive of the friendly sentiments entertained towards
the United States by the sovereigns and Govern
ments whom they represent, and of their earnest
desire to continue to maintain the existing friendly
and peaceful relations between this country and
theirs; to which address the President made a fit
ting reply, reciprocating these sentiments on liis
part as the Chief Magistrate of his own country.
MANUFACTURES AT COLUMBUS.
The Columbus Enquirer, of the 19th ins*., after
alluding to the newly erected cotton manufactory in
that citv, says: “fUe are happy to learn that an
other large factory is to he erected very soon, the
contract for the same having already been com
pleted ; and we cannot doubt lhat, in the course of
a few years, Columbus will, if not compare advan
tageously with Lowell; at least have begun the
good work in such n manner as to place beyond
conjecture the feasibility of the South’s manufac
turing her own cotton goods, without being the
least dependent on htr brethren of’ the North.”
STANZAS.
To Gen. M. D. Lamar, Ex Par of Texas.
BY Mas. CAROLINE M. SAWYER.
How sha'l I wake the farewell strain, or weave
The simple lay that may my theme befit ?
For tlion hast hid me sing, and I would leave
Some echo in thy soul, to linger yet
When thou an far away !
High sons' should greet the gallant and the orave,
And lofty numbers swell the proud refrain;
Yet o’er thy hrow, though verdant laurels wave,
And mine is but a woman’s loitering strain,
Thou wilt accept the lay!
Bv die oil-meetings round the social hearth ;
The thoughtful mingling*, mind with kindred
mind;
The quiet converse and the gentle mirth:
The generous glow and sentiment refined
I shall remember thee !
So in thy home—where fadeless beauty dwells,
Aud broad savannas drink the torrid rav—
When in thy breast some pleasant memory swells
Os by-gone scenes and friends far, far away.
May l remembered be !
Yet. think oTme, as thou would’st think of one
For whom ’twere best dial earth’s vain dreams
were o’er,
Whose sands of lile, perchance, are nearly run ;
Whose spirit yearns to seek the better shore—
The beautiful and far.
But fire thee well!—thy country calls thee back—
Lone and in peril, she hath need of thee!
Go! anti, m all your proud and shining track,
May you and she alike victorious he !
Adieu to thee, Lamar !
Florida. —Gov. 13ranch has issued his
Proclamation appointing the 26th day of
May, for the election of Governor, a Mem
ber of Congress and Members of the Le
gislature of the new State of Florida.
Massachusetts Senator. —The Hon. John
Davis was elected United States Senator,
in place of the lion. Isaac Bates, deceas
ed, on Monday, 24th inst.
The Canada press is very indignant at
the passage of the annexation hill, copy
ing largely from the Whig papers, and
adding an equal proportion of their own
abuse of our Government and institutions.
Respect for Englishmen at Damascus when
Lord Falr.ierslon was in Office. — Until
within a year or two of the time at which
I went there, Damascus had kept np so
much of the old bigot zeal against Chris
tians, or rather against Earopeans, that
no one dressed as a frank could have da
red to show himself in the streets ; hut
the firmness and temper of Mr. Farren,
who hoisted his flag in the city as Consul
General for the district, had soon put an
end to all intolerance of Englishmen.—
In the principal stree sos Damascus there
is a path for loot passengers which is rais
ed, 1 think, a foot or two above the bridle
road. Until the arrival of the British
Consul General none but a Mussulman
had been permitted to walk upon ibe up
per way. J/r. Farren would uotofcourse
suffer that the humiliation of any such ex
clusion should he submitted to by an Eng
lishman, and 1 always walked upon the
raised path as free and unmolested as if
1 had been striding through Bond street.
The old usage was, however, maintained
with as much strictness as ever against
the Christian Rayahs and the Jews.—
Not one of them could have set his fool
upon the privileged path without endang
ering his life. 1 was lounging one day,
1 remember along “ the paths of the faith
ful,” when a Christian Rayah from the
bridle road below saluted me with such
earnestness, and craved so anxiously to
speak, and be spoken to, that he soon
brought me to a halt. He had nothing to
tell except only the Glory and exultation
with which he saw a fellow-Christian
stand level with the imperious Mussul
rnen. Perhaps he had been absent from
the place for some time, for otherwise I
hardly know how it could have happen
ed that my exaltation was the first in
stance he had seen.
His joy was great. So strong and
strenuous was England ( Lord Palmers
ton reigned in those days) that it was a
pride and delight for a Syrian Christian
to look up and say the Englishman’s
faith was his too. If 1 was vexed at ali
that I could not give the man a lift, and
shake hands with hint on level ground,
there was no alloy to his pleasure, lie
follmved me on, not looking to his .own
path, hut keeping his eyes on me. He
saw, as he thought and said, (for he came
with me on my quarters,) the period ol
of the Mahometan’s absolute ascendancy,
the beginning of the Christian’s, lie
had so closely associated the insulting
privilege of the path with actual domin
ion, that seeing it now in one instance
abandoned, he looked for the quick com
ing of European troops. His lips only
whispered, and that tremulously, but his
fiery eyes spoke out their triumph iu long
and loud hurrahs ! “I, too, am a Chris
tian. My foes are the foes of the English.
We are all one people, and Chrial is our
King.”— Traces of Travel.
Monday, March 17, lsi>.
The Journal of til.’ last sitting having ticen read;
and—
The Hon. Simon Cameron, Senator elect, from
Pennsylvania, having been presented by his col
league and sworn in-
Mr. Webster rose, and, with a solemnity which
he!J in the deepest silence the crowded auditory,
and with an emotion which penetrated every heart,
which at times drew tears from many a manly as
well as female eye, and which more than once em
barrassed and suspended his own utterance, ad
dressed the Senate as follows:
While we are hastening to bring our session to a
close, a melancholy event, the forecoming shadow
of which, growing every hour deeper auj darker,
has bung over us for some days, at length arrests
our attention. One of our number is no more.
Isaac Chapman Bates, a Senator from .Massachu
setts, departed this lile, at his lodgings iu this city,
yesterday, at twenty minutes past 6 o’clock in the
afternoon, in the sixty-sixth year of his age.
At the moment when we were are about losep
arate li»r our respective homes, to meet the circle*
of affection and friendship widen are ready to wel
come us, it has pleased Heaven that he should pass
that bourne whence no traveller returns.
Mr. Bates bad undoubtedly much overworked
himself in the discharge ol’ the duties of his station
during the late station of Congress. Already fa
tigued and exhausted, he vet lelt it to tie lus duly,
on one of the fast nights of that session, to make
an eff irt which severely tasked his remaining
strength, and seemed to prostrate lus p overs.—
lie appeared mini scat, for the last time, on the
last and
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His ah
able charac..
and in due time |.
eminent lawyers anil i... -■»,
country in wliich lie resided.
But the bar was not long his only sphere ol ■>,.
lion. The confidence of the community iu his
ability and fidelity, and its npiwotiatmn of his prin
ciples, summoned him early into public lile. He
rendered long aud valuable service in boili branches
of the Legislature of the State, and in its Execu
live council. But a larger field opened to him,
and nearly twenty years ago he became a rnemh-r
of the House of Representatives in Congress. In
that body he remained eight years, sustaining his
character thrvuigh the whole period, as a gentle
man of probity and honor, of a deportment at once
manly and courteous, and ns much distinguished
for the firmness with which he maintained his own
opinions and principles, as for the liberality and
candor which he always manifested to tho .e who
differed from him.
His subsequent election to the Senate shows the
sense which his native state entertained of the
value of his public services, and he? confidence in
his further usefulness.
Os this body he was a member for five years.—
1 may not now and here speak of his political prin
ciples or opinions, the meat -es he espoused, or the
measures which he opposed. But I may speak of
him, 1 am sure, with the concurrence of everyone
wim hears me, as a gentleman of uprightness and
talent, of manly aud honorable hearing, worthy to
fill a seat here by his intelligence anil character,
his just conception of the duties of his situation, |
and his conscientious devotion to the discharge nf
those duties. In this chamber, I am sure he had \
not an enemy. The morning salutations of all of
us were given to no one with more hearty gyorl
will. While Ins intelligence commanded respect,
his social virtues and his eminent kindness ahd
good feeling won universal esteem. The interest
felt in him by his associates in this body, could in
no way have been more strongly manifested than
by their daily and hourly and most solicitous inqui
ries during the progress of his illness; and all feel
that his decease has left a void in our circle, as
men and m senators, not easy to be filled.
A/r /dates was not over ambitious to attract at
tention as a public debater. In that respect he
was far n ore distinguished tor abstinence and re
tirement than lor ohstrusivencss. He left occasion
to find him out and call him out. Yet he was an
able speaker, and an eloquent man. His thoughts
were clear, his topics well chosen and his illustra
tions often quite nappy and convincing. His man
ner was natural, simple, earnest. These qualities
reu lered him eminent and successful in addresses
to'the jury. To the hour of his death he had no
superior for such efibrrs among those with whom
he practised. He spoke with as much manifest |
fairness of purpose, dealt so ingenuously with op
posing .arguments, and put so much of his heart i
into his acts and into h:s words, that those who \
listened to him were apt to find themselves persua-1
tied and convinced, without once thinking that |
there had been nnv exhibit ion of oratory or rhe-j
toric. It was his case wliich lie put forth, and not
himself. With no studied power of speech, no
artistical preparation, be appealed at orce with
singular felicity to the good sense and the right ]
feeling nf those whom lie addressed.
In this body, while not neglectful of more pro
minent and conspicuous subjects, he gave constant
attention lo the duties of the Committee on Pen-j
sinus, nf which he "«s chairman. All know that
ihe application lo particular cases of the general
principles which the Government has adopted on
that subject, is difficult and delicate in no incon
siderable degree. Carefully abstaining from going
hevond established rides, he spared no pains in the
investigation of cases in which parties appeared
to have a claim oa the bounty of the country.
.Many a Revolutionary veteran vet lives to Idess
liismemorv: many an aged widow owes her daily
bread to his benevolent, patient, and assiduous
labors.
A/r. B ites’s death will severely wound many
hearts among family, domestic, and social Iriends.
There is a partner of his life, now soon to follow
Iris remains to the family vault; there are sons,
and daughters, and kindred of various degrees. I
will not invade the sanctity of their sorrow by
empty words of attempted consolation. —They
will look for solarc to resignation and religious
faith, and btev humbly to the will of God.
When information of his death shall reach Ihe
beautiful village in which he lived, it will be a day
of general grief. I see many an aged and vener
able form, known to me, and belter known to him,
leaning tremulously on his staff, and shedding
copious tears at the sad intelligence. I see the
middle aged pause in their pursuits to regret ihe
death of a neighbor, an a Iviser, and a friend. I
see the youth, of both sexes, lanienirng that the i
mansion, always open to their innocent associa
tions, always made instructive by the conversation
and kindness of its head, is now closed against ils
accustomed visiters by the stroke of death ; and I
hear the solemn tones which shall call alllicleil
families an I an afflicted neighborhood into the
house of God. to pay respect to his memory, and
supplicate the consolations of religion.
Mr. President, I have spoken of my deceased col
league in Iris professional an I public character, and
in Iris sneia l and domestic relations. But Afr.
1$ ties was conscious of a relation higher than all
these, lie lelt deeply and sensibly that there was
a Supreme Author of his being, and all beings,
and that he had a connexion with a world to come.
He was a believer in Christianity, arid devoutly
thankful fir the revelation of the New Testament.
Several years ago, and before his entrance on
public life, he unite I himself with a church in the
town in which lie lived, a nil continued a member to
his death. There is reason to believe that his last
hours were cheered by the light of Christian hope.
He uttered no repining, hut expressed liis willing
ness to depart, if such was ihe will of his Afaker.
Not that he did not desire life; for he enjoyed life,
and had much to live fir.— Domestic love, genera!
respect, public honor, and a consciousness of use
fulness— til these conspired to render liis life happy,
and its continuance desirable. Nor was it that he
looked with indifference on death; for who hiio
such iev stoicism, or, rather, who has such blunted
sensibilities, such a stupid mind, r.s to contemplate
with in difference a r 1 an gc of being and a change
of Worlds ? But ho regarded death, with all its
terrors, orilv as a passage to another slate of exist
ence—a state in rvnic.li ‘'this corruptible shall put
on incorruplioti, and t'fis mo. ul shall put on im
mortality.”
‘‘True, ‘tis an awful thing to die;
Tvvas, even to him; but the and irk vale nice trod,
Heaven lifts its everlasting porta's high,
And bids th pure in iieai t bchuU their God.”
Mr. Preside. it, when one of.is rises here to an
nounce the death of a colleague, he cannot but re
fleet tha:, if he star* here, the time must come, and
he knows not how soon, when another colleague
shall perform that sad office towards liirtiself. We
all know that we must follow our departed Asso
ciate, aud no one of us can tell bow few steps lie
may be even now, behind him. I hope this reflec
tion may chasten us in our too heated pursuits of
worldly objects; may tench us to regard the world
but as the world ; may inspire us with kindness,
forbearance, and mutual good will; and lead us,
while we serve with ad our powers the country
which honors us, to recollect still that we are not
here always, sad that scenes not vet beheld, nor
comprehended, norcapable of being fully conceiv
ed, are before us all.
A/r. W. having resumed hit seat—
A/r. Huger, of Sooth Carolina, rose and said,
that from his general habit nf alwtamipg from par
ticipating iu the debate'’ of the Senate, and con
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at 1-2 o’clock, inertuM. _
the same. . —-
Resolved. , That the Senate go in mounting tor
•be deceased, by wearing crape on the lelt arm, for
the spaec ol'thirty days.
Resolved , (as a further mark of respect,) That
tiie Senate do now adjourn. *
The resolutions were unanimously adopted, and
.Wessrs. Evans, A/angtirh, Woodbury, Borrow,
i .Sevier and Cass were appointed the committee in
pursuance of Ihe first resolution.
An then tiie Senate adjourned. <
J died, ~" m " 1
Savannah, on Sunday the 16ih February last.
Dr. Monroe, Dentist. He wax aboat forty-five
years of age; a native r.fVirginia; am! for the last
j seven years practised his profession in Georgia.
NOTICE.
rgIHE subscriber' having sold out his whole stock
J- of Drugs anil Medicines to Dr. Thomson,
S take* this method of calling on such as are indebted
to him to make immediate payment, as he is not iu
a condition to grant further indulgence; and his bu
siness must therefore be closed as soon as possible-
JAMES W. BAILEY.
Macon, April 2d, 1845. 24 if,
imi dfi AND MEDICINES.
jts THE subscriber having ptrr
chased the entire stock in trade of
it Mr. James W. Bailey, wouldres
pectfullv announce* to peisoos
wishing ro buy such articles, that
he will dispose oft hem at rhe lovv
“i\i. est possible prices for cash or
€ 1— " *■ ■* small noles with good security, aml
‘ doubts not that he can make it to the interest of
! such purcliasers to call before supply.ng themselves
elsewhere.
Mr. Bailey will superintend the business in that
1 department lor the present, till further arrange
ments can be made.
M. S. THOMSON.
Macon, April 2d, 1845. 24 tC ,
GREAT SALE OF SIIOIN
AT AUCTION,
BY W. A. ROBERTSON'.
§J Y an order of Court, will be sold on Wednes
day, Thursday, and Friday, the 9th, 10th, aiul
I lilt instants, UAOO pairs of Boots and Shoes :
consisting of
Kip brogans, Children’s shoes,
Russet brogans, Women’s boots,
Round do. Ladies’ slippers,
Men’s slippers, Calf sewed bools,.
Calf jregged boots, Sic., Sic.
JVfacon, April Ist, 1845. 21 Si
•Yew Family Grocery.
w. A. lIOUEK-rSON,
HAS just received and offers at Whole
sale and Ih tail , on reasonable terras, the
(browingcomplete assortment ofFdiMJL Y GRO
CERIES. Everything is of the very best quality.
Country merchants, planters ami families in ilm
city can now supply themselves with every thing
they want, and will do well to call and ex nun no
j for themselves.
LiJ- Entrance opposite Scott, Carbarl &, Co's.,
and next door to Geo. M. Logan’s,
l’ickled Beef, Black Tea,
Smoked do. Cloves,
Pieklerl Pork, Not mega,
Do. Tongues, Spices of all kind;.,
Smoked do. 6'yanue Pepper,
Codfish, Beans
Fresh Salmon, Canal, Flower,
Sardines, Rice do.
Mackerel No. I, Rice,
Do. “ 2, Tobacco,
Scaled Herrings, Segais,
Butter, Suuff,
E ig!ißh Cheese, Brooms,
Lirri, Blacking, ,
B t tier Crackers, Carb. Soda,
Soda Biscuit, Sal iEratns,
Pilot Bread, Lemon Syrup,
Pic Nic Crackers, Copperas,
Adamantine Candies, Glue.
Sperm do. Isinglass,
ColM Wax do. Indigo,
Family Soap, Madder,
Toilet do. Mace,
Castile do. Matches,
Capers, Mackaroni,
Olives, Verma cilia,
Oiive Oil, Rose Water,
Pickles, Cologne dp.
Catsups Rotten Stone,
Mustard, Barth Bricks,
Preserved Ginger, Starch,
Dried Figs, Washing Soda,
Currants, . Pipes,
Raisins, Powder and Shot,
Prunes, Saltpetre,
Almonds, Epsom Salts,
Huzlemos, Seidlilz Powders,
Pecan Nuts, Soda do.
English Walnuts, Turpentine,
Cocoa, Table Sait,
Chocolate, Champaigrve Wine,
Java Coflec, Claret, do.
African do. Madeira do.
Itio do. Port do.
Crushed Sugar, Malaga, do.
Pulverized do. London Porter,
Loaf do. Fine Brandy,
Brown do. Do. Gin, ,
N. O. Molasses, Lard Lamps,
Sugir House Treacle, Solar do.
Hyson Tea, Sop. .Sperm flit.
Imperial do. Do. Lard Oil, Sts,
Together with a large lot of
CROCKERY
Macon, March slb, 1845. /f
JEST* RECEIVED,
A LARGE nud*plendid flMoncment of SPRING
—and SUMMER GOODS, at a verv low price
lor Cash only. For sale at the Store next door
to Graves, Wood Sr. Cos., and formerly occupied hv
Messrs. Rav Ik. McNeil. By
A. BETTANM & BRO.
Macon, March 12, 1845. 2» ts
AD TI J \ ISTK ATOR S SALE. T
A GREEABLE to an order of the Court ofOAli
-'"™- nary of Houston county, will be sold on ffre
first Tuesday in June next, before the court-hnVse
door in Perry, Houston county, all the real estate of
William 11. Iluild, deceased. Sale lo perfect ti
les. A/OR TIN N. BURCH,
arlmoV. de bonis non.
A/.rrch 26, 1545. 23 tiU
GEORGIA, Crawford county.
'EK/'H ERE AS, Jason Castleberry applies lo fne
“ • fir letters of administration on theestate of
Peter Castleberry, late of said county, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish ali and
singular the kindred and creditors'of said deceased,
to Ire and appear at my office within tire time pre
scribed by line, to show cause, if any they have,
why raid letters should not be granted.
Gives under mv hand at office, tins 21th A/arch
1845. JAMES J. RAY, c. c. n ’
January 29, 1815. 28— srv