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7 r1V'"- t s-S r'- U ! i fli ..VJJjU yiU-M A(:,a,! r, H 4: i I t e .. -m'". J'' publisljcJj.UJccldn BY! SWA I M- &: S HE R W 000; . J . W- I . . r SWW - lll :, ': -. GllEENSBORbUGIVNOIiTflidAltOL OCTOBER 28, 1848, NUMBER 29 f niCffi.THttEIB DOLLAm A. TKAB, MKinrnrTiM. ' ' J ' ' V fiOtar on the pwl oC ny cwtomer to order ducon tia'aUot rtWn lcriPtiol 7er wil onwlered inlictUf l8, l:ontiiiu the paper., , , 'THE PATRIOT. Il abu Wg CiBrttt WAstei.' Ewtajr.Crfu tenien I3II, Granger and Badger. ill berti ly engaged raibe cauve of Geo: Taylor. jubn Tyler la In Uv0r of the elefctto'o of Lwi Caw, A contethporary justly remark that tbeseJ ere ignmcant ilgns. ' ' " ; 1 Thi Mao!P:tw TttKoiAPH. -In comraunica ting ttie late election returns to and fro orer the eaMr,tb e8IPh PPear o b? kePl " e0D fatk vore confounded " for , day and tweeka togttber.; The New OflcaraPiciycne boldly cuai wraeV operators Id that chy of iwind- Jiog tbat paper out of it jut doe, of " iDW'Jl.i'! The Alexandria Gazette of October 17, aya,-!? Tb TdtraphU experience of iha last weekj "wi think,- pretty conclusirely shows that ibd tnachine is made a vcbicU for conveying false information for the sake of betting. If this rtat or Alngl toMmoet, nothing-by telegraph will in shbH Ujtte. t 'itikv AVi unless ; the man frbo codiihunicates the inlelligenco " givea his name, and is known to b reapeciable and reiponsibl?," Ma. Holers' EuioT om J. Q. Anam. Tjie beaaties of ljOCofocorHi 4 perhaps were never more fuHy set forth than in an abusivtt attack of the ".Chivalry of Sotitb Carolina." op on the Hon; Mr. Holmes, because he delivered an Eulogy oer'tbe remains of tSe Ut John Qaincy Adams. To tbif Mr. 11. responds as fullows which, i -jroald think, would pat his calumniators' to shame Another attack is made upon roe, and I am charged" with The atrocity of delivering an eulogy over the remains of the late Job nQuincy Adams. Sir, 1 am one of (hose who would rather strew flowers ovef tbe bier," even of an enemy, than dig at the grave to find some bitter root with bich loooickecmjr malignity. - f . ; f. Two evenings "previous to the death of Air. Adams, and when it wasknovn that he mut die. a committee called at my bouse, wb"re my friend lodge Butter was spending 'Jte evening, and in tb prweWtff t& JfldgViWftted, lH bnine orihe Delegation bf Massachusetts, .& le - liver some remarks over the body of Mr. Adams. Jt Was intended as'a compliment from Msstachu SktU to South Carolina. If there be a gentleman in SoiHb Carolina who condemns me lor comply- lag wiih.the teqoesi ViV!e. . iTTi wealth of Juaesacbuselts, that Stale which first shook bandr ?vith South Carolina in tbe perils of the Btvolutioo, I envy him not his sentiments. During this canvaw I bare said not one word of services to the Slate or the city. I have asked noooe to mention tfcetn. I have only replied to those who seem to enjcv the luxury of b.asting the good name of a fellow citizen. I. E. IIOLSES. The New York Express very justly ssys: This complaint speaks for . ittelf. arte? comment canddoihingtoit."iWecouU hope, or the sake of our common ho msnrty, that there are b"t few sneo living who would thus make a word fit' iJTajenow offences. V 'lie roust be a kigotiin.politictwhi wouU seek out such an ofience as a ground of ob jecuoiK Adams had hit faults, and confesa ed tte OlUQ tf fote Ht-aven an J before men; bul bW sleiling..lion-atyt Lis love of liberty, his lifelong $f 'ftiejrast knowledge, his high pa trioUin,5U onimanJed and received tho ac klowledgnients of tbe great and good every- 'ere;,,,',, " ;v ' .1, ' Mrl. Holmes; it is 'gratifying' to know, has bet-rr re"leTtcC6ngres by a triumphant vote. AUaTtAND.'- At the late elefclida Jfi JliaryfanJ, in addition to Sheriflt and Commiisloftera, seven of the cduntiet iadvM:tbboM8eno'i'.itf' Rtate Legislature to serys for six years, to supply vacancies occasioned, by .the expiration of tbe term of the former incumbents; The Senate last year consisted of thirteen Whig and 'eight Dem bcrats ; tt now stands fourteen Whigs and seven Democrats ; a Whig gain rbfone.,' ' t - J J IowA.Tbe fapitol Reporter contains the offi cial retorns of the late election in thia State. : The democratic state and congress tickets are elected by" the following majorities: . .-! . '?r.i Secretary of H. Barney, 1302 ma jority. . " "'-'" - ;::,: ,;"" v , Slate Jiuilil0r--1ot.T. Fayles, 1344 majority. State 7'reaiutfrr-M. Pens, 1175 majdrity. ' Cgngreu Eirat District. Wm.Thompsoo, C54 majority ; second district, Shepherd Le flier, 291 majority. "".", . : Legislature Democratic naw 3; imhe Democratic majority in the Ke 1 louse," IT." On joint" ballot, 20.": Georgia. -The new Delegation will stand four to four, as in the present Congress. : Tbe mem hers elect air " ' 1 Thomas Duller King, 5 Thotnat C Jackets S MarthnttJJf Vburn.O Howell Cobb, : , . 3 Allen F. Owen. 7 Alex. H. Siepbenr,1, A Hugh .0. JlbrraUonS Robert Tootubs, 'Members of the present House'. ArkaHms. The full official vote for Congress is as follows iRobert W. Johnson, 14,460; Tho mas W. Newton, 9,23 1. Johnson's (Democrat) majority, 0,232. . r ; ,: j ' ; ... ., ....... : ' - " n ' -". , " -: Rorrn IsDEPEKDrKca, The Boston Travel ler publishe s a letiof of the Hon. Millard Fillmore in answer to one from Mr. JoLn E. Gowrn, who hod nrqaeeted hw opiflidft'on iBe prepriy,of ,ey endiftg the natiiTntzstion iws to'lhe term of 1 wen. ty-one yeatsrandimposmg a -capita too tax of -$250 on all foreigners. -. -Mr. Fillmoreflsys tn re ply: These inquiries are doubtless addressed to mnwrfme tntoriteri wncermy recent nomination lor the Vice PresWency; but while I never have, and trust I never shall, sbriok from any official responsibility which may be cast upon me, I am admonished by tbe experience of" others, tbat, as a candidate of tbe party that has put me in nom ination, I am. Sot at liberty now to make up and publish my political faith. A Whig Contention, without solicitation on my part, has generously taken me upon trust: and if there be any other sect or party that have sufficient confidence in my patrottsin and integrity to give me their sen- port on the same, conditions, I shall be grateful for the favor; but I muat'aar to alt that my past conduct is the only pledge I can give for my fu ture Course. " I must be at liberty when called up- ta lo act, to do wbnt j ibinlc w right,. ! Jaf and H ALfi -As AiiBciOTs--'ire neari t good on a few days since, of an old -German woman, who keeps an inn . some, where' in the Whig county of Somerset. Be it5, remembered that, though the widow was acute enough in her pamctifqf line, Ibe waj: considerably' tit ht softs political matters' Have you any Cass men in this neighborhood f foqnired a traVetleras be sipped bis last fcup of coffee, i, Nae." replied the widow," aae cash men.!; tAJJ Tayjdr men 1 suppose; then, lafi the etranppf.? f ae. hae DaV lorrhen.too?'answep!Hhe old Ja'dy;Vbat all for Van Bureb here f continued the penile man, in astonishment. as he rose from the table. - Nae, pa. pody fitfesh ,fof Tin .Poreff. ioH?- WiS tbidovir.-eU who the mischief n they going for T Vnqoired the trivellef, wfio by this time, began to think the old lady was lpiieziiig bim. -'' Vy, apout one half of .'em goeift ; for an old veller dey calls Rongh and Keady, ana de oder half goesh for ar.odvr old s veller dey - calls Old Zhack," replied the widow, as she proceed ed to clear ou the table. 'bA. Com. i KEtUBW or Wkk iMrLEMcxis. BJzblv Jsraff' one and.seve hundred mules, belonging to the army, have posted thrbbgb Crockett county. Tex ts, on the way to Louisiana frohl Mexico. Some three or four hundred more, wagons were reporu ?u w o oesinu. . i .' . 1 '- , .... i ' , t t ' . . f .i. , u s ' The Slate debl 6f Ohio t ateodily decreasing", During the year IS 47, more than three bondred and serenty thousand dollars of the principal wi paid off, nnd h is estirnated 5 that thw year tnore than four hundred thousand dollars will be liqui- uaieo. i ' - 5T . Slavert is MissovaiTbe St. Loon Daily Organ expiese the opinion that slavery will, in twenty-five years, cease to exist-in the State of Missouri, and that loo, withoot any agency of leg islatures, or contentions ef the people, but in the natural progress of events. ."Among the chief ele ments in producing this result, are the large influx of the . German population, now . amounting to nearly 100,000, very few of whom employ alave labor, and who are almost unimtnUr opposfd to tho system ; and the great increase of anti-sla very feeling in the free Stau-e bordering on Miasoon, occasioning great numbrrs of slaves to run sway from their owners, and thus rendering that kind of property very insecure, Tbe soil of Missouri M of It is remarkable," says Dr. .Darwinj! Itbal all the diseases'arisini? from" drinkinir SDiritotis or fermented lifjbors are liable to become hereditary,' rrm o iue inrro generation ana graauany 10 increase if tbe cause be continued, tilt Ihe famHy becomes ex iinci." : f The following it said to be the seotentiona pro tssion of faith now neccjisry to a candidate for the French National Assembly i Liberty, Equal ity, Fraternity-and 23 franca day.'V, , .. ,'" Great wealth in a woman tends to keep at a distance both the proud and the bumble leaving the unhappy lire bart, to be snapped at by the hsrdi and greedy.' ; - r '' ih' TrcATA?!. Lute intelligence atatfs tbaVio tbf recent bottle, three officers were wounded, and five American vulunteert were killed or wounded. A splendW steamer.' railed the Hiram Powers: in honor tfOjo't celebrated aitut, bss been bttth AlCiucini.au.";. ' . . . : ,'. . jX To combat one's passions is thfr severest con lest. hot to conqurr enu 'i self, is , the bsdsomot victofy: . . . , ' " , '., " It is: said that upwards of 5.0Q0 people will also' not. adapted for tbe profitable employment jWly emigrate to California from Kentucky a slave labor.',-..,:. ..i-'i ,, 'urMi a ."": i-j lone, : .,-..,. t..,,;,,- From 1810 to 180 tbe inteease of the slave The Mormnns are aboot to issae a newspaper population was 17 per cenutfreater than tbat of tbe free ; from 1820 Mi I&O it was 4 1 per cent greater; from ISM) to, 1840 iv was 49 percent, less ; and from ISllVlSLtfi was 37 per cent. - from ihf ir c4mjT in the wilderness. THE. DEATil OF IIABt)LD. from Hjrok). lite I of the 8aion Ktng-b ' SMT .-i.--SWtWir 'Y. Scsrce had the words left bis lips ere be sprang Turf T. A i rw Nu.-ni.-B f .illTT. T.i.inr. k trm contains a letter from its Pans correspondent. Air. I Walsh, in which he savs "Profissor Pierce, tat 1 U ,L7 I K- T :. I transmitted a reply, which was inserted in ISo. " 7 . 7 . , " V7 or tbe excellent CincinnaU Siderial Messenger,! -y.uuwn ururr ? " peerea soove must rejoice in the present sequel to bis able in. them." Cut helm aTter helm succeeds; Now vesticatiooK French astronomical authority now, ihor come mi swarm unon swarm, m wnfiea hii ratiPes bi aseeftton ibat ihe planet Neptune ; trareH,T. as b-ars. roontl a bark. Countless.' a. fi the tlffctpe.' ''hsplsnft fiune.wpr nreft by,3elk.t Perjinjs eot planeufJUef- errier. Am is led assured, to tcience andto truth. The h rencb Astronomer has lost his plan et.'' '. ' CihtAt'PifKtsHMtKt w MictiioAS. It seems " ib3nnpctjp.M therr law for the abolition of capital puntenme The Detroit, Deity. Advertwer, says that in conse quence of tberowing increase of crime in the 'State since the abolition of capital .punUhntent, and particular manifestation '-of 'it . to the grand orota of Wayne tounty by ihe presence of three different individoals chlrged with1 murder, at thw -pears, with a view of ascertain! breseh'uVrm'of Court, we understand they ha vc certain political topics. : 1 . t...i . i.i .- ..- i ... "The respect I entertain fori Unanimously adopted a memorial to the Legi.Ia tare, asking for a restoration of that penalty which alomV prevents a man from assailing the life of his fallow. Hon.' Daniel l WSBSTBt ON' !AB0tlTiOSI , VeVsleraiTjinlte speech ; .Ul ihhl all agitation and attempts to disturb thVrelationa between master and slave, e.rsens i;.;nr: In theebtve "States, are unconsiitutionnl in'lheir spiriii'Bnd.in my opinion, productive of hniJitnir hut evirandtiEschief, ' I countenance none of them.,u The manner in which the governments 6t ihose States where slavery exists are to regulate is fof therr,orn "eonsideraiior. tinder their Tre sponsibility to their Cpnsvitoents;" to the general lawi of. propriety, humanity : and justice, and to If- Mf;CiK)tDATEf. t he Loeefocos are violent in their denunciations and ridicule of Gen. Tay lor for refusing to make pledges or to give in it. tail bis views upon all possible subjects of public interest. He has illustrious precedent for such a course, besides that afforded by the father of bis country. , Ave allude to the course of Geo. Jac(-, son. J a 182.7, the Governor and Senate of la. addressed to jnm a. series ol interrogatories, with a view of extracting his opinions upon various topics of interest at that day, and a pledge, as to his course ' action in part cular contingencies. What did he dot Write a confession rf faith, TrWtlyfofe wooio ew !his Wiand spinal f Z h He returned the following laconic answer t ' llcmitagt, Feb. 25,4825. "Sir, t had the honor to receive yonr excel lency's letter of the 30th ultimo, enclosing resolu tions of tbe Senate of Indiana, adopted, as h ap- ining my opinion on oilt JtiXW.Carnjige,, on they .come V.- The arrows oribe lwmaa blacken the sir r with -desdly pre CIW0O.1Q e ac!i arm each Ctnb each front exposed above tbe bulwarks whirls tbe shaft. Tbey clam ber the pallisades, the foremost fall dead under Evits os StrokO pREiiToict ThbJJon;Mrrf',8"tiM ne thousands nrsh on vain Cabell; of Florida, lately obtained a. claim of some 1 1,1 00 for Democratic r conslit uenl," an d sent him the sum under his frank. The Demo cyst, upon receiving the paiAage, and seeing the frank of Mr. Cabell, Ught it was a Whig doc ument, and was just on the point of throwing it into the fire, when a ''sober second thought" Erompted bim to open it, and ha discovered to is joy the eleven bsndred dollars was saved as a M brand from the burning., Rokoe TiiE'IltFORMCR. The Vienna corres pondent of the London J)ailtJVewi my : "Rongt! is preaching his new doctrines here with unnbat ted zeal, and fcith no slight succrss, his auditors in the Odeon being, every time he lectures, eight or nine thousand strong. He denounces the doc trine of the Trinity" Confeseionr the" Pope," the Calender of Sain:s, Convents and Monasteries, celibacy of the clergy, and praying in an un known tonjrue." ' 1 Lieut. Col. Fremont and 35 men h fi St. Louis pri the 3d, on t hevateaiiier Martha, for West port, where they wilt disembark nnd proceed a cross the plains to California.'' rs Fremont ac companies the Cornel as far os vVesiport, where Santa Fe triuu-ll er. compa he is mined by tbecelebrated Kit Carson TUe expedition is generally believed to have for its obi-cl the. compleiion. of the sur veys and researches of the Colonel in the provin ces oflNew Mexico. pect I entertain for tbe Executive and Senate of your State excludes from my mind the idea that an unfriemlty disposition directed the interrogatories propounded. But i will confess my regret at being forced by this statement to de part in the smallest-degree from tbat determination on which I have alwaya acted, (which was to re fuse to answer sueff fnquiriei.) j Akdrkw Jackson. Qod. a Associations formed elsewhere, springing from a leeitng ol humanity, or any other -cause, hied sotbtrig whatever to do with K. They bare never received any encouragement from me, and tbevnever will.". In toy Opinion; they have done totpiogbut to delay and defeat their own profess ' d bjecu.(!Hrv;( .i: . ;, C7 "" '"" L v"- Till SwOAiCKo. The Alexandria DemoctaLithe yeir enJjnsJin August last, ac of the 20th ult.s.yl A j l1-J." 164 683, andlbe pmt, to 162.' Uieuf sssures usinat some ot tm; largest planters , . Tim Lat or $3000. A fivo dollar bill on the Fulton Hank passed through the hands of the Joutqal of Commerce on the back of which was wiitten as follows : . ' ' ' ''' ' ', '' " M This is the last of three thousand dollars left me by my mother at her death, on tbe 27th day of August 1840. . Would to God sha had never left it to me, and that I had been learned to work, to have earned my living, I w6uld not now be what I am'; '"- I,"," ,. '"..' 'k7. . ""! ' "',' ' " . -Cownkso tn CiNCiJTtAitbouglit it u but (wenty-six years aince Ohio was admitted into the Union, the bulnierofiierhief city now exceeds N.w Vnirk. Th evnorts from Cincinnati, for mounted to a0 7844J7d.;: "..I,'; will commence-lollingscane from tho 4th to tbe -15tb proX.r'The prospect of a. good crop is -very j l Gen. Cavaignac, iheMilirary ! Dictator of Paris 1ltAaii.B.V7:7 Ihef insurrection is. of frlsb-de- .. In Est Feiiclafia'r (Lou.) they , coromfcnc'etf I sceiit, anddf the ones princs race of the Kaveiw Biaking tugat on th? 21th jUlt. r f ; anghs ! Uoi ti?. Eitxa Allowances. Tbe AVashinglon Vn- t T is the might of Harold, vain had a Harold's might been in very Saxon there f The first row of breastworks Is forced it is trampled, hewed, Crushed down, cumbered with the dead. - "Ha Rou ! Ha Ron 1 Notre Dame ! Notre Dame !" sounds jpyoos and shrill.: , The chargers snor1 and leap, and charge into ihe xircle. High wheels in the air the great mace1 of William; tn'ghf by his side flashes the Crezier of the Church. . .' " On Normans ! Earldom and tahd ! tf eS tbe 0ke " ' x ' vOa, sons uf the. Ciiurtii i Salvation and ilea v en 1" shouts ihe voice of OJo. 1 -ufhe first breastwork down the' Saxons yield ing inch by inch, foot by Tout, are preised, crash ed back, into the second enclosore; The' same rush.'snd Iwarm, and fight, and ry, and roar: -ttfe second gives way. And! now in the c.entfe of ihe ibird lo, before the eyes of the Normans, towers proudly aloft, and shines infhs rays of tbe western sun, broidercd with: old, ffld blazing vnh mystic gems, ib saVodardtolpEnglaod'a kin(! ( And thereare gather!1 ttie reserysiCJ the English host; the re. llie heroes who had nev er retknon n defeut unwesried they by the bat- 4 4ile vigortus, high hearted still ; and found ibem i i l ..,-'. r . - - . i fifK?worKjmv- ifiiciter -ana stronger, .and higher, and, fattejied bv chains- by pil'srs WOOd i anu sidves oi iron wnn tne wagons ana (arm oi . ' i tbe b'iggage, and piled logs of timber barricades lary, parades . iif:n... . j. r iqn. in order to ulveit attention iforq tue rpunu sum of 604,000 extra pay demanded and receiv fmmo aKavi,' int hi.tfrkn.1 liis tntAPV. nnrnrli hll ihe - commutations, nsy and einolonu nts of il which even illiam paused aghast, and' Odo Gen. Taylor," since be first entered the army. I stifled an exclamation that became 'not a !prieatl Tbs wide difference ia that .Cast cbafjed double lip.1 , .- - r ri 1 and treble for his services, .'while Geo., Tayjor j Bffore that standard, in ihe midst of the men, never hadmrceif beyond his regular pay st(od OlJrth, and Lwfwine, and Haco, and Har-' , :-?. :-- old, the Inst leaning for rest u'poit ftis ixe. for he thai I - H torelvAnundfd irt many rlace. and the blooJ ooz -d through the links of his mail. " ' " Live, llarpld; live yet, and Son England Somewhat Per3xal. It ia well known Mr. Weller the Democratic candidate . for Gov. ernor, jn Obio. was an ofticer at Monterey, tic is said to be one of the very small gang 6f officer?, who served uoder Gen. Taylor, who abuses that excellent -tnaji. . The Dayton Journal says Out shall not die! The English hrc hers had at no time been cu- Mr... Weller should not thus abuse Gen. laylor. meroJ,.B. mog. 0f them had eerved with the van- for Ctn.flauhtdulmti.ey y'''rBH.-nd''tebafi. of those whhm the the ram- Aim mm offiaat atinaicnet. : -n . ' , . i--c c - - . e , y ... i I nnria iir.rn eniinl en thnfr lh I cm hnn lim Ia pause and to breath. The Norman arrows mean while flew fast and thick, but William noted. to h;s grief that they strnck against the tall Breast works and barricades, and so failed in the slaugh ter tbey should inflict. ;' t " , , He raased a moment, and ' sept one bl bis knights is -caH to bim three of lbe chiefs 'of the archers. They were toon a-dm side of his de-' strier. ,. ,sr,,. ,v ;- ,.- . See ytnoUrnMadoit, aii the Duke,' that your, shafts and bolts fall brrn!efs;6h' those czler walls t - Shoot in ihe air ; let the arrows fall per pVndicuiar ou those w,flhin--fafraJthe vengeance q tne sainu falls ; direct from heaVen i Give me thy ow. Archer thus Hsj drew tho bowr aj be sat on his steed, tbe arrow flashed up, and de scended in the htajtf 6t the reserve,' within a few feet'to the standard; ?. ,Kf ': -;'' T r -r-c ,' .' -';", ' "So that stapdard be yoQr matk,," said; tne Hokf giving back the bow. ' fK' I ExcELLtNT. Some young Ladies, feeling sg grieved by the Seventy with which a frien'd Bpecu latod 6ft their jay plumes, necklaces, rings, floun ces, &c, weni to their Pastor, to learnx bis opinion. Do you think, said hey 4hat there can be any impropriety fo 6ur wearing these things t - By no weens,' was the prompt reply 5 when tbe heart tsutl of ridiculous ncont, it perfectly proper to bnngii:h sTgn',; " ., 14 r .-; .a": "". -.' " ' ' '' '. '' " ; Cansto Balls.-A cannon "ball, ft'itstfg'atf in visible to those whom it passes, may be distinctly seen by Commanding p perspectiv,ebf hs conrse, I have oftert beheld this terrible sigbu It eonveys to the mind a newand frightful idea of thil destriic live 1 engine -tearing . throngb the if itb i the soperbuman fury of ' d'emon,f( '." , . . ' r: ItoATioW- 15.917 immigranta arrived at JJew York in the month of September, v The number arrived at tbe port since Abe .tijgjLpi anu aty is 143,238, m re" than one Tjalfrbeingjirom V, The archers witbdef. lbe order circulated through tbeir bands,' aodjn a, few moments more down came the iron ram. . It took the English host ps by nrprise, pierrjmg; tiide cap, and even iron helm j and in the very surprise that made ihera instinctively look np-dealb fcame.' f 1 ) Ar dull groan as from many hearts boomed from the 1 fntiefaebments on tM'Kofma HftTT:1" ; T?ow, iaid theV must either bse their shields (o gdili heads anil iheir axel are ; nseless-or wt. .ey iipits with the axe tbeyfall b lh bift, On il6Vrttqj ibj ramparts, t see ray crown already :rrsting oa yonder stan dard i" t ':y,;i . t . 'I Tet desphe nil, the English bear op ; he"lhlck nets of the pa!iaadeef the comparative aroallness ot the ja'si ipcloeue, more easily therefore manned and maintained ' by. tbeif small force, defy other weapons theri tbose'of the bow. Every Normto wbo attempts t scale the breastwork is-slain on the instant, and his body cast fortb under the hoofs of the baffled steeds Tbe son sinks near nod pesrer towards the red horizon. V ' ' 'J, " Courage f .cries, the voice of Harold, bold but till nightfall, and ye as saved..5 Courage and freedom." 'A '-' . -' 4 ; t---' !t Harold and Holy Qrosir is the answer., 15lill foiled, William again resolved 19 hazard his fatal stratagem.'- He morked that quarter of tbe inclosure which was most remote from tbe chiei point of attacks-most remote from 'the, pro vident watch of HaroldJ whose cheering r,oice, evffand anon,' he recognized amidst tbe.hurflng clamour. In'ihia quarter the pallua'dW were ihe we'akest, and tho ground ,fh jeajl elevated bgt it was guarded by men in whose skill with axe and1 shield Harold' placed i tbs 1 firmest reliance the Anglo-Dines ft bjj.ld. East Anglian earldom. Thitbef, fbea.'lbe dnkV Itdlinced a chcVen. col umn of his Seavy armed footTiStpred espttifily by himself fn be rehearsals -of his favorite .ruse, add accompanied by a band of archers i (w hile at (hYsa'nS'e tiEJe, he himself, with his brother bdc beaded a considerable company of knights under the son of the gTeatjRoger'. 1 Beaument, tb'gainij tne cqntinuo'js level npignts 00 which now stretcn es the Iittfe town of - Battle ;' there to watch and to aid the mangyjvre, The -foot column- advanced bin coAfiicU tncqeed; jn Jatuig. a. wide, breach ,10 gether with the. opinion of bis witdoro and justice', i. Djl the courage. Le had. showed, iq ppt'rg ,ihjj, sh'p monfy.jused bl. reputation to a very great ..' jieight, not only in Buckinghornshire, where hft4 '"i001 1 of , ineny words, and rarely be- , S00-. iH$?9rlM. h Crst en'ranra up .jbosiBeas that wss assumed, but rery u eigb"- - ' ty speaker, fbd'aftet b bad heard a fulL deboti and observed; bow the house was like ta'be inclin ed, took op the argument, and shortly, and clra ly, and crafUly(Vo stated Jt "haj he comcionl; con dueled it jo.the cooclusioa he desired; and if be foood he could not do that, he was never wh. out dexterity enooglj to divert the debaie .ta ano ther.ine,aod! topfeyeiit Ihedetermioioganything1 in the negative, wbich might prove inconvenVnjt . in the future. , He mad'eeogreai a shorr fdvil-18. ty nnd modesty, i htt militjV.' nd afw ays'pf mb rusting; bis r JgmrnV indV jeslceming bis with wBom . ..ferred for the present, that .bei seemed to t , e ooopinionsor resolutions but such asbs concei J upon the' discourses of otheru A whom hehad a wonderful art ogovVrning.l.ai f leading into hs prihclplee and inclinations, whilst be wholly depended upon theil coiinc and ad vicer.,iNo, mq bad! ever, a greater , power, over, bimee'f, or, was.lf p i. the man tbe'fc he t seemed lo be ; ' wbicbabortly. after appeare&ld sJU wheA be cared less to keep on the mask.- Clarendon. ti . . 1 . . 1 ' , - .... . mm - - Oor object is to, give a sketch of fcingfess ss.0 n 11s memoers ana meir manner & but w.mu7; be pardoned it eTlravel i ItW out of the record m jwmytjMme leraov ej sorue years baqt. wg, X refep ioUe great South fcarolipa debate upon' ike , tariff question pf J833. - JYe, werfio tbegatlerrJ Tlenu brgb-v iMembera of IL parties had , deserted;, the, loer House to witness the splintering ol jflceiT""" between Robert Yy Hay oe, of 8coiih ,Calfnjin( " and Daniel Vebster. rhenwer enterea' ihe Halli Gen.- Haype,' was spe&king, ,l He was, a ipan ,'of general youthful appea -ncf," with hu 1 cqlU-.turn-. eu over nis cravat, ana. us PsjkVnpoUJy htufrbed, ecrots.hls forehead, if vas of the jhiddle stair' fn tbe Chamber.. Mr. Calhon, thea Vice Pres' derg. was fo the Chair'. -With his Jargesteadir' and vigilant eyes witnessing tbe first great ,bal!n,i of his doctrine, be seemed the very spin! fit fm t Bl?r nnd. well made. Ho ws,.peakiogeoercrl-:i. C kiW, bis eytt werVpeeuliarT hf.Mn end "xisT" " fare w rrtrf m.I Yti1 "H. ..J j - '' fne hrpAal Wnf It. Hut Tan lomnnrnre nTa nn T MTfl.l :"" . ,', " - . . . . " TT'T -T 7 - -.r--j ------"v me aisies larmea oeiwren the, ealte, wan a rapid animated yet more the exertions of the beleaguer- and, agitated atep ; his gestures, were' vehementr 9i ithf"r rtmS Kmd the .breach, aBj he appeared ibe m . bl. .1- r m . w m. i ',.-m. v a." r 1 . a - - "v ea Jtwsttara' anarfj drop beneath their axes. The column of the hea-1 mKr iV ;, 1- - j' " rii i.' 1 j 1 I """"1 1 ""vtt w,ue oieeiingev3en vy Briueu, oormans iiwi uacic vowa toe Slopes they give, way they turn in dtsorderVtbey re tVeat they iy Sat the archersnd firm, mid way cri be descent those archers seem an easy prey to the Eogli$"h the temputWis irresistibfe. Long galled a'd harassed, and inaddened;by the shafts, the Anglo-Danes eush : forth l the bee's of the Norman swordsmen, and, aweeping down to exterminate the archers, tbe breach that they leave, gapes wide. . W;, !?...".,,,,-. "Forwari.v cries William,: and he gallops to- warus. me oreacn... 1 .-w-j . . , " Forward-crwa Odo. I see1 the bands of the holy saint Jc tb pirjf" Forward 1 it 'ss tW dead that wheeLoir war steed's round the lis- frf1-1 .Ht--t J""'' ---w-': Ohswuth the 'Ntratah.. knigbto. ' But Hsrold is already in the breacn, rallying tound bim he f arts eager to jeplace the shattered breastworks " Close shields! Hold fast TshouU his kingTi Use . .'A r. . ly voiof. , lietore pirn were lbs steeds or Jiruse arid Jra.ni- mesni; .atbis breast their -spears' ; Haco holds' over the bfeast the shield. Swinging ejoft with both bands his axe, the spear of Grantriiesni'is shivered in twain by tbe kiqk stroke. Cloven to the skull tolls the steed f WoeXKnight and tea roii-on wpiooay swora,, ti-v , ' ; But a blow front the sword ,of Do, .Lacyhas broken down the guardian shield of ilnco. Tbe son. of Sweyn1 isstnekeo to hi knees. , With lif ted blades and whirling , maces the Norman knighw charge tbroug.h the breach. V 7 ; -- Look op, loot pv and goird thy head.' crief llhe fatal voice of HneVhr the Icuig. . v v A'( that Cry7 the king raise "his 'flashing eyes; Why halts bis stride 1. .Why drops the axe from his bead T As he raised bis head, down came the hissing death shaft. ; - ft smote tho lifted face; it crushed into the dauntless eyeball, tie reeled, he staggered, be fell back several yards, 1 iK fit nf h'n rorceous Standard. With des- perate band he broke the head of the shaft, and tell toe oaro quivering 111 u huii - v-1---' ?:-Gurth knelt w bint. ; - J .ilt &' Fighton;- gasped the "'king; conceal my death ! Holy Crosse! England le tbe fecue! woe wee f. :.,..'. v.i ;.',.'if t ;. :v 7: , ,-:'. h' Rallying fciajielfiit iiiometotr he , sprang to feel. detrched; b'is fight band and feH' -once more, a cor - Chal-acier of ljjmpilcn. ; ; , hlV. Hanipden was man of'much greater cun oiog, and,' it maybe, of the most discerning spirit, and of the greatest address- and -insinualidn to' bring anytbihg to pass which 'fyi derired, of any mah of ihfttf me.arid' who laid the fesign decpesC He was a geptleman-V a food, extraction',, and V fair fortune ; , who,', from .) life of. great pleasure and license had, on a sudden,' retired to extraort dinary - sobriety; snd- sfrictnessn and Jet retained bis iisual cheerfulncss'and "affability r which','' to. bodied interest; not a word, hot a rest ore escso. ed htsli'on look, The Senate waa .deeply", iatet;- ested as a matter of course. The language of .Geo Heyne waeicb and rigoroos f, and his powrfiul sketchof the effect of the impost law on the Sooth, ibe descViptonf tbs peoptehis ,'oiyo hold ',nffT:wer' idently making a atroog imprtsstpa on that body. From time to time, aueiuios wenld b CenilemeB "wha"ws : txpe,cfd;i9i soswer biro, and whom GenVypeJ attacked under corer f n terrible 'lad galling v fire, i-f -t'-'jT'ft' feft. -,.. tC9lh serene, datk. and melancholy,, that aan, thus assailed, set parM bleak pndjroafag as'.t' mountain rock f, be evidently felt the gigantip ln- flqejceij that were at work irind lira,', but ",hie profound mind yrss strcngthning Itself for the con tesVf Andlioir dotpfyDjjmn 'vria. that, hour,, that moment how grand that scene sad w hat rert thf ditpg;: to(. tfaatj fk man ! s f j countenance, wavered nol( dn: after assault was. made upon .bun-but r yet,, be 1 neither turned to the right: nor left,-tot 'calmly hnd gallantiy,;he sqW biedhrihour. jJThat timeof r!talfatiop' camell swift as the though: of vengeance, o Daniel Web ster., Who will forget the exordium of.thatre? markable eflort, the lashing, sarcasm, the wither-' iog tones of tbat voice, and the temper of .ha'laiw guage ? Gen. Hsyne(we remember distinctly): Changed color, and appeared to be disconcerted But wbo( that beard him .will permit the perofa-, lion to be forgotten f those cloaiug paissages of grandeur, that majeilic allusion to the flag of fret dora and his country. ,' . Looking with ba darKa, nd:, lustroes eyVi through the glass dome, of the .Cham-' ber, over which he could see that. banner poatingT . he delivered an apostrophe, which has never been' surpassed1, and seldom equslled. It cotnposed( a', figure of the , most thrilling, ipterestr; burst 01' solemn snd pathetic feeling j( and coming from such a source, (a man generally esteemed phleg matic) it fwaTs etctric.' " Tt 'jjfc like h'e beam of; sunset, or the gleam of summer Jigbmfn ting tbe browf the chffto which we have pWve... ' But those scenes sre put and the country has , the benefit' of those spetches ;';)buf the memory of them, and the irSdidents'lbat attended ihetri, are . forcibly impressed pn our mind. , .. 1. . - r: i V:; -r Cjfatibnal Alagazini t e:will oblige ; our readers! by repealing ' " ihoeeclosiog passages of grandeur that jnaje...: tie allusion to the flsg of freedom and bis coun- w m '. ... !;,' V.he.n my eyes ihsM be turned .for 4he Usf -" " lime to behold the sun in heaven, msy I not se'" t'r -:-f;:-i ' - . ' " V "'-'"r''-""""7.' Vjs- 1
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Oct. 28, 1848, edition 1
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