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VOLUME X. '"-4 ' NUMBER 16 t '1 ' ! BY SWAIM&'SIIERWOOD PRICE, TIIREB POLL Aft! A TBAR, sft.S0,iv rais wiTitv osrs koiti attsbtbs bats " at seaaeeiraev. . failure on the part of any customer to order a d'wcen' ttnuanca within the aubscription year, will be considered inJicstive of hi wish to continue the paper. - , ,, MR. STEWART'S SPEECH, On General Can't Extra Allowance's, $e. ; , -' - " In Jlouse of Representative, June 20, 1848. Mr. Stswam said t The expenses of the do?, ernment had now run pp under Mr. Polk, to 900,' 000,000 year.l They bad increased from tl2, 600,000 undet Mr. Adams to.329. 000.000 under Mr. Van Buren, and now to $50,000,000 or tGO, 000,000 under the present economical" Admin istration ! lhi was' their boasted Jefferaoninn economy ; this was" thair opposition to a M na tiunal debt " Why, ihey had done hoihing but make national debts. ; Mr, Van Burcn had found some $10,000,000 surplus In the Treasury ; he bad left some $40,000,003 of national debt, after eellinirteveft "or fight tfrnllioas of bank stock. Mr.Polk btd Jound some $17,000,000 of debt, and had n'pir wn ft ".p4okone hundred millions of dollars or oVer l - I'h'is was;" Democratic" consis tency !' The people would mark it at the next lection Thomas Jeflersoh was opposed to a .iinina irmv.'to iTreirtmv3 tetthe cenilemin from North Carolina Mfc McKay) had told the House that the appropriations for the warval ser vice had run op within a few years from $3,003. 000 to $11,000,000 I And .hia :uder ibis beautiful Jeflersonian Administration, which went by the role v( contrary, looking one way and jow- ing the other. He always thought Mr, Jeflerson was the friend f Mien, What was General Cass ! For war, , war, war ! First with England ; he was for "fi-'ty--fourJWr forty or. .fight jktm.b&JblM!: co; for swallowing" (to use his own language) -the whole of "Mexico r next forYucatan ; and then he might be for Canada. Now. base was ,the practice of the gentlemen over the Way. and of their leader, who talked so loudly about Mr. Jef ferson's principles! War wM barbarism in this enlivened age and country, it f an absurdity, a crime, and it was so considered by Oen. ay- '"but a little more of the history of General Cass. He had been on all sides of all questions. ii ntrestfon f public pulicy-of the- eouncryb-poH1 i"e !" -Cwxs. :b4Nflstcef a i a portion on own siaes. , untu a irrciaii, ,iUn "m Democrat ;" when the question -of the annex ation of Texas firH came up he was decidedly op posed to it ; when it was said the British were going to lake Texas. - let them have aaid he, we do not want it." But a liule before the nom ination, on the lOih of May. 1814. he wrote a let ter tO;Mr. Hannegan, in which he was for im mediate annexation and for slavery too. He was against annexation and for" annexation u against the proviso and for the proviso ; against proteoion and for protection 5 against internal improvement . and for internal improvements. With reference to the Wilmot proviso Gen. Cass was decidedly for it at first ; he was a great proviso man ; and then at the next session of. Congress, when he found .t would not do for a certain section. , he turned against the proviso, and in Ins letter to Mr, Nicholson aaid a cbanga Jiaa , been gaing my mind," and when the slaveholders demanded to be allowed to carry their slaves to new territory, be says it will greatly improve the comfort and -condition of the slaves if they were scattered over , more territory, and he was how a great alayery man; and the gentleman from Missimppr (Mr. Featherston) had just said he was plttlgtd to veto the Wilmot proviso. He was once for a protec tive tariff, but now opposed to all protection. The time was when Gen. Cass voted for internal im provements; but he wrote an answer to a letter 'f invitation to attend the Chicago Convention in his neighborhood a U tier of four lines, stating that be could jiot atHLnil uaa at Cleveland the oih.fHuv. when asked for hi opinions oniinter- nl improvements and the proviso, he said there I ttu such a crowd no waj aira.u uc swum i uc ; heard, and therefore he spoke on other subjects. .Now, the Baltimore Convention declared that in ternal improvement werenconi .General Casa aaid. Amen; he was agreed to Tery word in that platform. He was a man who had been on all sides of all questions ; a man of no principle, no consistency; but a time-serv-inf. vacillating, veAlhe,rcock candidate,and that had aecured ihjs nominaUon for the Presidency, But he (Mr. ) thought hia party jiow felt very much as Father Rnchie.did very, much Jike giving it op. Had, the "Whig candidate ever va- ' Ciliated, ever changed his position, bis principles ! No. Tbey were laid down in the Allison. letter. -and were fixed as the everlasting hi!l,',hftving their foundation in justice jtnd uutb based on the constitution of the counuy, and upon popular . rights the emanations oS a Bound head and a pure heart, it was impossible that they could be -wfrong, or, could change. , ' 1 VGen Csrs was once a great -lorn of volunteers. He wsa a volunteer himself, and was sometimes "called the, "old volunteer:" J3ut now it was op .the records of Congress; and there ivas no -eg- capefromilThe.pjit ii lo gentlemen on the other side of the House that tlhi&cecsion of Congress, on December29tb, in the Senate of the United States, Gen. Cass introduced a bilj reducing the pay of the voluntetrt for tovunutationforjheir clothing one-third. 1 , -tie would show gentlemen the bill.: .tiers it was, at it appeared on the, records of the Sen ate r --r T " e!otnrf.ffjoltmd,, be furnian'ed to the ,v1uq. teers ft the me rates according to the grade at JJ"a ti.- 1 . was proTiuea mr ib regular army. fNow, nere , was a letter which he bad received from the Ad jutant General, stating what the allowance to the regular! was : y T7'T .""v': "'T"-' : ' Adjtjtakt Genkral's Ornca? ' i' - " Washington, June 18, 1848. y j "Sir: In reply to your inquiry the, 1 int.r I respect fuliy inlorni you that tha Average allowance of clothing per mouth to soldiers of the regular army is about 93 35. I enclose herewith a copy of the u General Order No. 10," current series, in which you will find specified the arti cles of clothinir. and their value for each year of the term ofenlistment. Respectfully, ' " R. JONES, Adj. Geo. To the Hon. A. Stewart, , ' This .$'2 35 was to all grades, dragoons, artillery men, &c.; but, by examination of the M general orders referred to by the Adjutant General, be found that the whole amount, of clothing for In fantry for five years was $114 55j, which by compulation, it would be seen, gave l VI per month to the infantry, and no more. Thus it ap peared that this bill of General Cass reduced the allowance to infantry volunteers for clothing from $3 50, allowed by the act of 184S, to $191, tho amount allowed totbe infantry of the regular army. The union,", it was true, ana wir. warn eron, said tha volunteers could have their option ; but the language of the bill was express; nobody could mistake it; it was that this 'clothing in kind should be furnished in lieu of the money which under existing . Jaws,, is ....allo.wed;-NflW47jcouJd you ni I any option there? The 'bill provided that clothing, which cost $1 01 pef month, should be furnished in lieu ol tbe 9ibu aiiowea under previous laws. Mr. MoCJeJland interposed, and was under stood to -apeak of the construction put upon the Jaw by the Adjutant General ; but what he said was not caught by the Reporter. tfr. Stewart decinlcd to yield, and said he car ed not what construction the Adjutant General had been inclined to give to the will cf Gen. Cass or any'bdSy efepjThee 'Wls'lhetaws1lwa8 iv'por-'' led by eJen. Cass if he bad seen the Adjutant Gen. ejal and got. htm or the President to nullify by consvruction, or veto 11 rx pott facto ; he might hae ound it .would npl .do 10 strip the volunteers of rheir clothing!: hanging and burning in effigy might have 'been unpleasant; and the Adjutant General might have been it.duced to construe this 4a.w of .General Cass djraovly contrary to its pro visions ; till there was the law as introduced by Gen. Cass and pa?spd, wb'ich expressly provided ftr this change', and that the $2 91, 'clddilng in mount previously allowed,' which "was $3 50. if it was -intended to give" them their rlectton, as js-now pretended, whyjdid not Gen. Cass say so in his bill? why not say that "ibe volunteers should be allowod to draw $101, the amount of clothing allowed to trgulars which should be deducted out of the $3 50 to wb'ich rhey were entitled, nn1 not as the law declares in lieu" of the $3 50. The $191 was not to be in part, but in full. The The lsw was too plain. Ingenuity could not mys tify it. ft was not only outrageously unjust, but 4t was clearly unconstitutional and viod. What right had Gen. Cass to report and pass a law " impairing the obligation of contracts." The Government had contracted to pay the volunters $S per monrh and $3 59 for clothing', the volun teers h id agreed to take it, and had gone to Mex ico. What right.'ther., had Gen. Cass to reduce take away one-third he could take away the whole. No; the law was unjust, it was uncopstitutional and void, and, w-hen opposed and spurned, and its author hung in ei5gy.it .was abandoned and giv-1 ec up. But we are asked Ttow'trMS om came 10 pass both houses without opposition I lie an swered, because no one kntw the amount receiv ed by the regulars ; this was .fixed by an army order; and it beinir stated that it was a bill " for the benefit of the volunteers," it passed at once without inquiry or opposition. What would the volunteers,.the people, say to the man up ho would take fSO per day whilst enjoying all the luxuries of civilized life, nrd xvculd rob the honest and brav? volunteer of pne-third of bis pittance of $3 50 per month for clothing ? " Not enough to pur chase a bat or pair of boots. Would Old Zach have done this ! No, sir ; he would have given bis hat and shoes both to an old soldier rather than take a single cent from h;m justly or unjustly. And there" " was aTiotheriBinglo which he wish ed to call the especi&l attention of gentlemen. Gen. Cass was said to be a friend lareconomy. He was a very great economist. He takes espec ial care of the people's money especially when be gets it in his own pocket. Laughter. He bad some proofs on this subject to which he P'C'J.'d refer tbe committee, and he called upon gentle men to examine the official documents which be should produce: General Cass, it was known, Was. once Governot of Michigan and ex-officio Su perintendent of Indian A flairs, appointed under a special law, witb a fixed salary of $2,000 per an num. JJe .n as oppoihterf Governor and was ex oflicioJSuperiniendent of Indian Affairs just as tbe President of the United .States is .President and ex-ouicio Commonder-iofchief of the Army jnd Navy, and he would ask gentlemen had the one any more, tight to extra pay than the other ? But Governur Cass not only drew his salary .w.hi'o.be held that office, between -seventeen and eighteen years, but be charged extra compensation while drawing his salary of $2,000 per annum, amount mjj.to.the enormous sum of 00.4.12 over and a bove his salary. He would .read ,lo ,the commit tee some of the items to show what the character of these charges were, which he bad derived from official and authentic sources, and which .could .Bot.and he presumed would .Bot.be.coouoverted on this Uoor: - - " 098 1.449 Pace 15. Dartlv embraced in anb sequent accoaDtsVi v, ,:..; : 4,750 55 Cava per diein, at $8 per diem, tra velling;, expenses, '; 40 cents .per ' mile, in concluding treaties at Oreenville, 1824. Su Mary's, (18 : 18.) Saginaw and Saut Ste. Marie, ana making arraogemenuj .with ihe. Wyandts, &xr from 18lt W 182d, as per document No. 0, 3d ; session, 27th Congress page 11 ' .and 12.' (being extra compensa tion.) 50 day preparing before and ' after Ireatu, , t - Per diem, 6 day mileage, &c, ($8 . perdar and 40 cts. per mile) at the treaty of Chicago, in 1821 V For attendance at Washingtoaio 18-21-'22 (208 days) k settle bis own - aceouatc, and jnileage, (10 rations per day.) $ 1 ,032 travelling eipen es, j . . ..-( . ... Extra services as commissioner tt treat with the Indians at Wapagh- J konelta, and at Prairie da Chieo, in 1825, 29 days, daily pay and - mileage, $356, taking treaty to Washington $2,092, ; Similar services in Indiana in 1820, 40 days. . Similar services in Fond da Lac in , 1820. 65 days, - - Similar services at Buttt des Morte in 1S27. 50 ds vs. Similar services at Green Bay in 18- Similar services at St. Joseph's in 18- 27, 10 days, Services and expenses in Washington, ' city 10 1823 preparing a code lot . the regulation of Indian affairs, and mileage, 1 1 1 days. Services for superintending Indian agencies at Piqua, tort Wayne, and Chicago, for the years 1822-a-'S-'O--'S, at $1,500 per annum, Similar services, same agencies, 19- 29-,30, and part of 1831, at $1,500 per annum, - 2,449 552 1,300 950 1,112 240 1,520 .10,500 3,875 " In the Senate of the United Statci, December "a . 29, 1847. Mr. Cass, from' the Committee of military af . fairs, reported the following bill, which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill to provide clothing for volunteers in tbe i. service of the US.; - Be it enacted, $e.. That in lieu of the mon. ' y which, under existing laws, is allowed to vol unteers ai t commutation for. clothing, the PresU ien be and ts hereby an'.horized to cause ih with clothinr in kind Extra charees by Governor Case at Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affaire, over and above hit regular tqJary, ai per document No. 224, 1839, 3d tettion, 25A Congrett, Jagt ' ' - ' ir.. . (9 years.) ten rations per day, (20 cents each) $8.6J0 From October 9, 1813, to July 31. VA $1,500 per annum, extra : salary,; . y . ,715 $3325 Total extra charges,. $60,412 It would appear from this statement, made from documents specially referred to, (and which if wrong, can be corrected by Gen. Cass's friends.) that he charged and received pay four times for the same time ; , 1st, llis-reguUr: sal-ry as governor - - nnd ex cfficio superintendent , of '& tffrmsw eintwy 'M - Micblffanr$2j000 per annum fr "boui 18 years,'" " 2d. Fifteen hundred per annum e tra salary from 1813 to 1831, near ly 18 years.) aid in 1831, Rations ten rations per day at 20 cents each for between nine and ten years, 3d. Filteeh 'hundred Collars per an. num extra salary from i824 to 48 3J. about ten years, being fart cf ike above i8jieari, 4th. 6pecu5c 'charges of 372 day of the above lime, at $8 per day and 40 cents mileage, in at tending at Indian treaties, at Washington to settle his awn c xounts, and. for extra pay ns aborr, preparing an Indian code, &c, be ing upwards of $16 per day for.Uw time specified above, 38)00 26,715 4S,$I0 1475 12,712 at tbe same rate, according to grades, as Is provi- said to be allowed by Mr. Calhoun six years after iiei for treopa-f ins regular army. -: He i-wst :of 'pflics ' ' "x ' 6iU Wi&a-!. b$Ua-tuuMtm(myZ Uocunent. o, J l. tame, session Total. 596.4J2 The laeKhaiige.'wiih'bis-thfee salaries, jone (fix ed a 142,000, and two cxtca salaries 6f $1,500 each, wpuld make his pay for this period amount to $11,355 per annum more than $31 per dayt Sundays and all, exclusive of his .rations, lajt from the pooketsof she 4a paying people of the United States by Gen. Cass for his services as governor and superintendent of Indian affairs for the territory of Mich, at a jfjxed aalar.y of $2,000 per annum, (f such .ware -hia extras as a territo rial governor, what will they be as President f At the same rate they will amount to upwards of $60,000 per annum, which he would have just as good a right to claim as ex officio commaoJecr hvebief of.the army and navy of the Uuited 8tater-Whw-iflB" :AUiUL'-' ' r -L' In connection with this there was the fact that some of these accounts were made put and certi fied when he was himself Secretary of War ; but not liking to pass his own accounts he left them for his successor, with the endorsement that they Were authorized and correct. And yet General Cass was a great economist 1 He subscribed to tbe Baltimbr.- maxim that - tbe people's money must be carefully guarded for jhe peoples benefit. But he (Mrr S.) thought tru General bs4 J!U!' case .rather exceeded the bounds of modera tion, whatever the opinion folbera might be. Besides tbe above, received as Governor of Mich igan and ex-officio Superintendent ol Indian Af fairs, he was about five years Secretary of War at $6,000 per annum, being a total of $30,000. He was subsequently seine six years minister to St. Cloud at $9,000 per annum, being $54,000 and an outfit of 9,000 and an fnfit of $4,500 ma king. a total. of some .$97,500. Tbe amount of extra charges .during 'his travels in Europe and to. the Holy Land he had not yet ascertained ; lie presumed they were Considerable. Add to these sums ibis per diem and mileage as Senator from Michigan, his 4ay as an officer during the late war with Great Britain, and it would present - an aggregate of .between .two and three hundred thousand dollars of the peoples money. Enough hethoughi to satisfy a reasonable man ; but it seemed not be wants one bund red thousand more. Of the private conduct and character of Gen. Cass he would say nothing, but his official conduct was a lair and legitimate subject of discussion, that he would noi shrink tom t he discbarge of bis du lly ,4e 4h consequences wbawhey -iay.-4t was to 1 ne exiracnar:snewiAuefi 10 cau iuq pcw attention of bis friends, and be would be glad if they could furnish some satisfactory explanation of these raordinary charges, which he feared they could not and would notgivs. . ; ; ... , VH honed the friends of Gen. Cass would exam ine these matters and be able to give some ex planalion of Ibem. The people of this country itmiM int k to be cleared u p aome how or o- ' ik-t iKmmh m believed it would be found: that a s there were jio " vouchers to sustain these ' ex tra charges not the oath of a single witness to establish tfeeir, Jusace, but they, were Ml toae pend mainly if not skogether on ine .slatements by Gen. Cass himself, on his own ipte dixU. J, MISCELLANY The following- was song by a full choir at the funeral ceremonies ol the late John Quiocy Adams at Quincy, Mass, on Saturday, May the 1 lib just previous to the interment of bis remains in the church-yard.' ;'V;:, ;" 'v "'':t' ' ' '' Hymn. , , ..iirjojan Qtnscv adsjss. -: r 1$- Ijord of all worlds, lei thanics and praise To thee !orever fill ny soul, With Urssings thou has crowned my days, My hearti rny head my hand control. O, let no vain presumptions rise, No impious mormur in my heart, To Crave tbe fcoon thy will denies, Or shrink froca ill tby hands impart. :" Thy child am I, and not an hoax, ' N Revolving fa the orbs abof, . , , But brings some token of thy power. But bring some token of tby love. . And shall this bosom dare repine. In darkness dsre deny the dawn. Or spam the treasures of the mine, ' Because one dimond is withdrawn. The fool denies, the fool alone, . Thy being. Lord, and boundless might Denies the firmament, tby throne; . Denies the sun's meridian light; Denies the fashion of bis frarrie ; x The voice he hears, the breath he draws; O, idiot atheist ! to proclaim Effects unnumbered without cause f Matter and mind, mysterious one, Are.mab'iJ5r threescore years andLicn. 1 Where'ere the thread of life was spun f Where, when reduced to dust agaui f All-seeinir God, the doubt suppress ; The doubt thou only canst relieve j My soul thy Saviour Son shall bless Fly to thy gospel, and believe. . From the riiiladelphia PresfejHeuan. The hte drMktwi. , - - - The Coromutee appointed 4y the General As- 09l ptifJ t!aLbs wlwch hnmr beingsf ihflicll tfve,' renewed a.nd preserved my peace w(h hef; f , svtiiwijr w io vh.v, iwu ... ,10- -j-ne naner tt notao cruel as eitner 01 these, hut I Ton io.PaUimoi eQ prjiare. ajSBTtiblejninuteiin tbe decease of tbe Rev. Dr. Mathews, pre sented the following, which was ordered to $e en tered on the minutes : The decease of ihe Rev. Dr. John Matthews, rofessor of Theology in the New Albany Theo logical Seminary in the 77th year of his age. which oocurred hi tbe evening of the 18th ult. hawing teen announced to the General Assembly, Committee.was appointed to onng in a suitah'e minute, in accordance wun this action, vne JeU owing 4Bimte ie reepectfully aubmnied. The peculiar circumstances, of Dr. Mathews' early history, give a deep interest to (be distinc tion to which he afterwards attained as a preach er of the everlasting gospel, and an ejrpounder and teachejr of .the Hlactfine of -the Church... Ha was "bosn in KJuilford county, North Carolina, in tbe fall of 177l,vhere he devoted nimself, until dvHiiced to manhood, to a secular occupation, the evidences of which are yet to be seen. The pul- nit of the old chrch in Grange county, where his mind was first turned lo the subject of religion. is still pointed out as the handiwork of Ur. Mat- thews. His acadetmicm and theological studies were Afoseeuied under the well known Dr. Caldwell - . . . . . i I a- 01 Uuilloro, liortn Carolina, ana nis license given im bv the Presby tery of Orange, in the month of March i 804, at Abe age qfitwent-.tuoe yenm. Until 1S03 he travelled in 1 enneasee as a mission- rv. enduring many privations, when be was called to become the paster of Nu'.bush and Gras sy Creek churches, Granville county, North Car olina. In thiMitJWiqn Jje .continued .wttf 4806, wfae -he removed i ttariinaburgh, Virginia, and thence to Shepherdstown, on the removal jof JJ. Hogeto Hampden Sidney-tllege.r-----". In this field of labor Dr. Maahews earned a most enviable reputation from the abundance and quality of hia ministerial services. His preach ing at tbe end ol his career as a minister, was 01 a fervent, awakening description. This he after wasds exchanged lor a composed and didactic mode, characterized by great perspicuity and log ical arrangement. 1'here is reason to believe that his labors about this time, were much bles sed to the conviction and conversion f ;!nner. From this mid of labor and usefulness where he is yet held in grateful remembrance, he was called to fill the chair of Didactic Theology in the Theological Seminary, then located at South Hanover. Indiana, now at Xew Albany. In res ponding favorably to this call; there is evidence' to believe that he was actuated by a disinterested ness which shrunk not from the prospect of future trials" 1 am called by God,' said he to a near friend, who was expostulating with him ' against the acceptance 01 the invitation to an unpleas ant mission, like Jonah, if I do not go, I shall ex pect Jonah's punishment." He left an affection ate people,w hose affections be fully reciprocated, for ., pmition in which he was called to endure pr.- vattons until! the close or his days. In the spirit pi a true disciple, he went forth, counting nothing dear to him, so he might finish the work that was given bim to do. Happy for the Church if all per mioisters were 01 nice spirit. The same perspicuity which marked his prea ching, the intellectual vigor which characterised his work, The Divine Purpose which baa so often been studied with profit by the inquiring soulrwera manifested in his duties as J'rofessor. And though advanced totbe age of seventy-seven be continued With great vigor, of mind, though in great feebleness of body, to attend on all the exercises of tbe Lecture-room. He con tinued to discbarge alibis duties as Professor un til one week before bis decease when he who had so long -and ao implicitly- lisleped to his Master's 70150, as to his esrtbly abode, was sum moned to his mansion ot rest on high. .He rests (rom bis labors, and bis works do follow hun 7 Death not ai Painfnl Process. We think that most persons have been led to regard dying as a ruaeh more painful change than it generally is f first because they have found by what they experienced in themselves and observ ed in others, that sentient beings oi:en struggle when in distress ; hence, struggling to them is a sign, an invariable sign, of distress-' Muscular iptiob Ihd.cohsciobsbeBsare two distinct things. often existing separately 5 and we have abundant reason 10 oejieve inai in a sreat proponion 01 ca ses 4hose atrugglea of a dying man which are so uisiresaing 10 oenoia, are as enureiy miepenaeni or consciousness M tbe struggles or a recently de C a Dilated fowl. A sieeonn reason wbv men are led to regard dying as a vary painful change is because men ouen endure great pain without dy- ing, aod, lorgetting that like causes produce like effects, only ,uneTimHar circumstances, they in fer that life cannot be destroyed without till grea ter pain. 0rt the peinaof deatb axe much less than most persons have been led to beHeve, and we doubt not that many persons who live to the age of puberty undergo tenfold more misery than they would did they understsnd correct view concerning the cbsnge. . In all cases of dying tbe individual sutlers no pain after the sensibility of of his nervous system is destroyed, which is often without any previous pain. Those who ore struck dead by a stroke of lightening, those who are de capitated with one blow ol the axe, and those who are instantly destroyed by a crush of tbe brain. experience no pain at all in passing from a state of life to a slate. One moment s expectation of being thus distroyed far exceeds in misery the pain du ring the act. These who faint in having a little blood takenfrom the arm, or on any other oecas- sion, have already endured all tbe misery they ever would did they not again revive. Tnose who die of fevers and most other diseases suffer, their greatest pain as a general thing, hours or even days before they expire. The seoftbill ty of the nervous system becomes gradually di minished ; their pain becomes less and less acute .under the same existing cause, and at the mo ment whe fbeir IfjeAde think tbcm in the great est aisrfessrth bav been for eoy-dva previous ; their disease as far as respects their feelings, begins to act upon .them like an opiaieiKlndeed many are already dead is it respect roetnael ves, when ignorant by standers are much the 'rnost to be pitied, not tor Ahe loss of their friends, but for their eyrnpalhiz- ivg angifisb. J hose direases which destroy Irie without immediately anecting the nervous system give rise to more pain than those that do affect the system so as to impair us sensiouay, , i ne 0n! Conscience a I have been liligcnt to keep 'niy cdnscienci j clean, to encourage k. in the rvicegerency thnC , thou the great Lord oftthe world hast given i , oyer my soul and actions. ,1 have kept it ift the Throne, and greatest reverence and authority ir" i my heart.' . t ' ; : ' . - ;, . ; ( In acjtion to be done or omitted', I have ajwaya)" advised with it, and ; taken its advice t I have j neither stifled, ttqt forced, nor bribed its but gave' t r sa . . .. - ti a tree noenr 10 advise and sneak out. and m free subjection of my will, purposes, and action loir; . : ) :: If, through importunitr of temptations, dbc.. I V have at any time done amiss, I have not takeii , her up short, or' stopped her mouth, or rny' own " attention to her chiding and reproof; but I haven't with much submission o. mind.' borni , her chas- tisement, and improved it to an humbling of myi self before thee for' my failings; for 1 looked op- on her as acting by tby aoihonty, for thy service; ' and to thy glory t and I durst riot discourage, dis-' " countenance, or disobey her. , "; J ' ; Wfceli ihe was pleased, and gave me gorri words, I was glad ; for 1 Esteemed her as a glass, v tbt represented to my tout the favor or displeas- 1 ore of God himself, and how be stood affected taVj wards me. - -'..;. .-. ?.,.-! ; -sh4 I have trembUd more under the fear of a sear- " ed r discouraged oonscieivce, than under the fear of a sharp br scruptilous conscience ; because I al-' ways accounted the latter, though more trouble , somi, yet more safe. - ' I have been very jealous enher of wounding, or grieving, or discouraging, or deadening my conscience. 1 have therefore chosen rather to ' forbear ibai which seemed bet indifferent, least there should be somewhat in h that might be un lawful; and would rather gratfy aiy conscience ' with being too scrupulous, than displease, dis quiet, or flat it by being too venturous : I have ' strH chosen rather to forbear what might be proba bly lawful, than to do that which might be possi bly unlawful ; because I could not err in the for mer, though I might in the latter. thave been carefulto advise impartmlly wnhtnlr conscience before my actions ; but lest I had com-: muted any thing amiss, either in the bate re and ' manner of the action, I commonly; every night, brought my actions of the day past before the ju dicatory of my conscience, and left her to a free " and impartial censure oftbem ; jtnd wJiat she seri- .' leitced well done, I with humility returned the . 1 praise thereof to thy name; what she sentehted doneamiit, I did humbly sue to thee for pardon, -and for grace to prevent me from the like miscar- r iag8 y th means i wept my xonscimf8 c- more salvage iban the axeIXorror and pein con sidered, it seems lo s that we should choose a narcotic to either. "Charlet Knqwlton AI, 7 A Good 'Sermon. We heard a story of (lbe elder Dr. Beeches, now of Cincinnati, that is'said to be true, and 3 worth putting into type as illustrating tbe truth that we can never tell what may result from an apparently jrtry insignificant action. The doctor once .engaged to preacn lor a country minister, on exchange, and the Sabbath proved to be one excessively stormy, cold and uncomfortable, it was in mid-wipte and the enow waa piled in hea,ps U along in the roads, so as to make the passage very difficult. Still the minister urged bis Jag lbrouglvfcdriAa, tillf'MBreacbediSithe church, put the animal into a shed. nd went in. As yet there was no person in the .bousej and af ter .looking abattUAbu1 factor then young took .his seat -in -the pulpit. Boon the door opened and a single individual walked up the aisle, looked about and took a seat. The hour came for com mencing service., ihut no fots heajes. vWJw.bar to .preach lo auch an audience or not -wasjio.w.theuesUan and it was one thnt Ly man Beecher was not long in deciding. He fell that he had a duty to perform, and he had no right to refuse . to .dor it, because only one man .could (reajVrtbe tbenafit of it; and accordingly he actually went through all the services, praying, singing, preaching and benediction, with only one hearer. And when all was over, he hastened down from the desk to bis 'congregation,' but he had departed. - A circumstance so rare was. referred to occa sjonajly, hut twenty years after, it was brought to the doctor 's mind qoiie'Strangelyr" TraTellrng somewhere in Ohio, the doctor alighted from the stage one day in a pleasant village, when a gen tleman stepped, up and spoke to bim, familiarly calling him by name. 1 do not remember you,' said the doctor.' 1 suppose not,' sail the stran ger ; but we spent two hours together in a house alone, once in a snow storm,' 1 do not recall it, sir,' added the old roan, 'pray when was it T Do you remember preaching, twenty years ago, it) auch a place to a single person ?' 4 1 do, in deedand if you are the man, 1 have been wish ing lo see you ever since. I am the man. sir; and that sermon saved my soul, made a minister of me, and yonder is my church ! . The converts of that sermon, sir, are all over Ohio I' Such a striking result made no i(Ue icppressipn on the old veteran's mind, vie learnedabal Ahe man was at that lime a lawyer, who was in ihe town on buaihees ; and tired or a bunday ruor ning at a country hotel, went in despite of the storm to hear the(sermoin. I be doctor ,Qteo.lelj the story, and adds, I think that was about as satisfactory an audience as ever. I had., Bot.Bte, to AND WHAT JSEXT! "And what, said a gentleman to 11 young stranger, " are your plans for the -future V . J am a clerif, replied ine young, man, ana my hope is to succeed and get into business for my jseif." " And what ext 1" aaid the gentleman. 1 intend to marry, and set up an esiabhshmenli of my own, said the youth. And what nextr' continued the interrogator. " Why, to continue the business, and accumulate wealth." "And what next ?" h tbe lot of - all To die, and I, of course, cannot escape,' replied the young man. M And what oext l onto, more asked the gentle man 1 but the young man had no answer to make he had no purpose that Reached beyond the present lifeHow many young men are in pre cisely the same conomon 1 ... .. il-TeOwyean ago the trade between -New -York and Texas was confined to a single schoooer ; now iheie is a line of thconstanUyt mployed come. Jt'MK dlMLS. Wlai inaks Marriages ihhj, . Let it be remembered, that marriage is the metempsychosis of woman j that ii turns ftheni into different creatures from what they were be fore. Liveliness in a girl may have been mista ken for good temper the little pert vivacitv w.bich at first is attractively provoking, at last provokes without its attractiveness ; negligence of order and propriety, of duties, and civilities long endured, often deprecated, .cases to be tol erable when children grow up and are in danger of following the example. It often happens that; if a roan unhappy in the unhappy in tbe married state, were to disclose the manifold causes of hie uneasiness, they would be found by those who iure .as -rather to excite derision than sympathy; . The waters of bitterness do not fall on bis head in a cataract; but through a culender; one, how ever like the vases the Dunaides, perforated on ly for replenishment. We know scarcely the vestibule .of 41 house of which we fancy we bave ipenetrated ioto ail thecorners. We know not how., gre.viousy' a man mcy have sunYred, long before the calumnies of the world befel him as he reluc tantly left his" house-door. There are women from whom incessant tears of anger swell forth af imaginary wrongs ; but of contrition for their own delinquencies, no', one. Waller Savage Landorj About Conrtinjr. IVre are few operations which one has to at'.". tend in life, that require more "delicate manage ment, mare truly scientific skill than that of cour ' ting. Y-Qneef the most pernlexinir Questions ahnni the basineysrirbftw iohg rsWonrslabr's in'il.i." 4inebe protractedf There ar tome lovers who carrv .U. .L. L . .... . 1 '.I mo ucun mcy wiu 10 capture, ai once oy storm while otners oesiege the Hint galled affections pr their mistresses for a period greater than the Greeks required to siege and reack Illiurn. We think a modern writer hits the haon.y' jiiedi'ufo. ' A man," he says, "should not tbe too towsrdlv nor i'u uuiu in uia luuiisinuj. i uc uuMBunrJCan i system of tactics may be used advantageously. Y Concentrate Out forces of your charmt on he rt- ; ' emy'tjweqfiett points, p.ndleend upon it her hu-J ..,. .nnnl ...id ,'ni, Inn. Tl. . . i t ' i Uiea : , 1 IV Yl DEATH OF THE CHRISTIAN: . ; Our English literntu e, rich as Jt is, ccarceiir ' furnishes a more charming sentence than thisV from Bryant's orstion pn Uie (eth of Coles es sr. 'a .1 .. ' . v . - " we passed into inai nojei stage' w existence from which we are separated by such frail bar- , rjers, .wjth unfalteiiiig onjidence in .the bitini goodness,. like a dotife t.biid geided by tie iifld ' of a kind parent suffering itself to be lead with out fear into the darkest places. 1 I oa e" at the first Many,, , . Tbereisoote greater fallacyin-life ihsa thai of 1 young lady being in love at first eight. Ask her ' two year afterwards What she thinks cf her ps.iZ sion t We rnay be prepossessed in an individo als favor, but real, lotting love is of slow growth. and 11 canoe nourished only -oy. ihe vmoea 6f the one preferred. Jlvery thing else that goes by the nan of love" is false, and will come to a sad end. Y- " , .c . . Y - - ' : - M CT17A L A FEUTUipr. ' . jOt all the. gratifications htfrnari nature can en joy, and of alt the delight h is Y'ormed ' to- imparl, none is equal to that which springs' from a long tried and niwuil ahctiW.-The happmfj whi; S' arises from conjugal felicity is' capable of wMi-" s;andin(r, the a'taclfs of time, gtOwi vigc-rou in " age, and artimatej: the heart swith'; flcoare end" delight, when te.vJtyl fluid U- carcay force e. passage ttiVi!; iu . . 1 ,
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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July 29, 1848, edition 1
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