,N NT ..dud and I. i r.t'u::, ; !1 j men ut.d 1 1 1 . I . v I ! i i - ' ' ' , : .". . ' ' : , ' . 's t ' 4. ' 1 ,?1 ;'J .' r ryii-AiJ. ' - ;.r.-'"'. .' jv :r :,:':;.-; v a a .v.. -,v o r: 111-- r. .1. V:iil': 1 : Itfilr ia!! !,:-.!! .1 niiu 4 '. Zlr t:i, f t M ti. tit . tfk-:. f rv!' ''. "J . i. ; Jan.!, 5 V" ---t ' --r-CT So:ti-: l1uo!:l Marnier' ()a.a :i, ! th.-; ba:i!;s of Th ) O! li'W warren , Th.- .Mi'.rai. I ir th- u ? b keep lie has 1 tow, l:ip:iT la'.li- V-V- his la- furrow.. reaped m Xo la iv liiin to la.oi.r The b!a.'-:.;id :n, -We on the.i'av. in ip!e b "a!. Jts warblit oil- eh 'vd him vvhi!i !ul- 1,1.. An I tat: rah;:: abjve ,h';;:i ho;i .Ii t 1 , 1 iMor;'' ' !-ru: on r er If K dike:: cram a d)s wh'ea the . weal In W:s eo 1 1 1 ' , t,- pioir.me he 1 hi-; iurrow. he -hn reaped Ids hiNtrain; W in ra can awaka hba 16 labor i ' ' ;, : ,f: : :"' "X ; x : U'X'lfX $ l; tM'x t. Von tree t hat, wi:h fragrance; Ls filling . the air, - . N iiet, wii'li is hlvom-, so thrifty and lair. . " t Hy his own ha id was planted, and well did he xi v. It would live whep its- planter, bad ' - mawddered awa: . Ih-beaipfoimhcd his last furrow, has. leaped hN lavt rain:. No morn shall awake him to labjr a-ai:i. - " ' ' IV, T1 e ,s i, a -. u -aa uv --tt... . 1 . , 1 1 . tit'!' I -eal-.h. Y;Vu its we; d, and old. No more na. i n)!i;;i:: rueKC kct. so jno-v d 'ntlis by the patrb area Urawn, a, a For 1 ha- pi: h r i- bredecti' the old mn - 1 ' is omd : ' 1 1 e h . 1 s pi v u "h e d his 1 at fu rro w, hav reapvd his last raiu; No 1:1 arus-'a awake him to labor a -ram. v. And ihe.scat where he sat hv'lus own ro!t a -ry door, 1 in the still Mimawr evt v when his j ianor. wereo ei, . ;h his eve on the ma.-a, and his pipe In his hand, . pcjiing his truths like usage ol he - latuU , Htrh pkmvdiedhe la lurrowvj has reaped his la.t gram: . -j No mora eaa awaka him to lab:v again.'.-. 1 s-- m as" a gloom-giving day when the old -r die 1; . - HM.J-. e,Ti' J'e'irtPil ino?irnrd lli rJlw L t: rite cried: - ,; : 'Aivl the pra crs of the iut for his rest 1 d' I f- 'cud, " :For thev all lost a brother; a Man, and a f 1 1 e b a s p km gh r d h U fa t fu rro w, h i ieipJ"l lat rain: Ao mora can awake him to, labor vu. For ui- c.i larmer II; vr )" ; "","' :" l.i vo:M or. l o:u r ire a. ' 01 iiilv I : , -ji . 1 .' M , i fplHic:i!;t ;i, all su-j):.-ion i-i .jr--:mr Utc i,',n r. t!;t' ! o.uN chis c ::rrymr:i I t:u? th- (.oniur.ioii. oa v,li:'!i cKv.j.N ! . .1:J !:!:., ii'-V, i-.r -.ia u-Mc:iVvc-:if-.vri ;;v4 i"5- H1; :ilI;Vth's v- 1 ' lr,-..i 1 . r"- tl.- jcr,! lu:-: c 1 .. r,-t. V 5 - has ;,-. (.,.-..! 1 at't.w ivs ! ric'o;l" h-vini; hcc: jUi'a.hJ M:.lmo-intMil.h: u--'rahirsvnslul!j t hat heca boriic away our -i ia l!.c ; t t y ' 'n'it It y.-.s a:ul iy.i-st l1: 1:1 tlu- ( itlo h:o'. 1 ! ! -v, -m! to the t w ' of p ,,h h ;:r : r.il- r.",. . 'j,'1' Tl.j jc'i-;1 of the vorV!)y arVJ cnifaciit nui jVcrvM)" ;.':s couajrv, w.is yicltlotl up f ly s;j i ho. comjaort 'd fvory r-ie:ay -v j .-. ' '; '..! siVo.lhii.i ! iaLi'al'.hal ihV:'1,'01:- "'1 'v:m--c':v!a!tf ho '.vy..- in xW.ir h'u - .of l1.-! :ht- rny.Vhi -h !; - v.v I ti ur- . (Jf t'-trv'i r4, " t' !ii n.lst Jct! wo n'vilfpjore. lh has Icit j liiht civil trtutnot soalit - by. hiailrcralor. to.--; 1 ..j.;.;',' T-, V..' V;vv . ni'--in' t'l! Jn'!t(; ot!is ""fy a 'n i'-i impW'siilupo: himhy thn pooplo. j' Mk. P v,K:):i,ci Ilf. was Ioti:l in "his j" "v.'.'.'.r. '.J',!'!;,'l il'ih: 'Htjlh-K'h-ic thfin'a bright 'X:To tKiM)crr::nti'.'t-' t)fthoo trusts he j praxes of.lV-sidcnti'avJor, concluJin a--. If'.v:1! a:Ti.b!- to n.iv :ov.-)- -.It t : j a : : War, 1 !:'." in Ih.-as-.-'x.fhiit 1 in I .tMcw-iit t!: bn: iis of all, that spirit of j ; !V r:;ify a ad ldii-riy,' without 1 yliich woihali prove oardu-s'.unwor-; thy ofc:i- uv.z-s-ix a:; . ih'- ivpro.v:!i j oltist!j",riiory. -f. there sat quiet xind pla;; I as hi iroaflc v( from the d'o toaiaj I .hit c)oL-"J hi- heated brow, the :: in very patliway to his' Lo j(,i!dn rhc')biiuujj'j',, jn .Virginia, .the ' bine iy :j::nu'id WM.i bc.t -Jvy' the torna 1 liaw Iof.Ji.c s'LT:;;e, and .who had ; pasol ihro'a'h f )t:r vavs and" many of j the b!u diest and, ino-t jtlorio"? .battle j f;eh! , vX Id.ieoutiAV.ii'iHcathed -at4.lhd j held of the pe.ilt'.si Kepuhlic of thi.- or Jauy other eoifii'rv'i pro'cclod-not bv .iy.;ne: bt;i by the, alu-ctiorn "oi-his ctiuarv:nea.v lei ja a !j ay saort tr.iT.-5, iu the.' mil i ofthis 4:iict, this peace, this- ,ropeiify and faorf hu was - called 16 aproaeu1 that , doom . wnjeh awaits us all. ' ... - - ' : iu tiaacbid.u'. Mr. Downs submitted the following:."- - 4 IV: r., f," It IHisnbjwd Daiuc Pro vidence to remove from thi- lie Zai-uarV T.vym::, laV President . of the. Unifed v:ate, t!tc Senate liarin, in the :genc r.dsurr.nv wiii'jh fids m'elanclioly event utm.L produce, is Hairou's of msoifesting it- feasibility oa the oec'-''on; thcre'ore, HviJrcJt Tat a Coirraittec conMst i'mr of Aessr.. WcbterOass aiid Kinjr, !e ap)aintjd on the. part of thelScnatfe, to meet Mich Commitfen as may, he :, pointed by tlie Houe of Ueprescnta-.tive-n to report-wliat -inoaMtres it may be. proper to ailoiit to showlhe respect anil alfcfitimfof Conrcsfor the. mqm ory of the illustrious deceased, and to' make the iicbe.ssnry. arrangements- for; his fuaerad. i " Mr.. W;'r-i.n aid: ' Mr. ieerejarl,- at a dimcwFica' the peat mas1? of our fellow citizen enjoy remirkabhi healllt and happiness throughout the whole country,'1 it ht plend- Divine lVov;Jcnc'e. to visit the 'two 1 loupes of Coa-Tress, and ccia;! y thi llonse;:witi repeated occasions for moumliuf and damcatntion. eince the eornmeaeemcnt of.-lhe session -we Uh:igV foliowetl two of -our members to UK 11 'Hix' ii;iin. uu v,auru. . ,.,1 tiiM'W, . i.l U IHlllUJl- UU1I : . V till wlHCi VH't. I brand? of .the dLcirdatutv, ".and in 'full sytnpatby with the deep tone '.of 'alllifS tion which. 1 am sure is felt throughout all -the country, to take part in the so- lemnities ,of t!av funeral of the bite 'IVe-'ident of the l.Vited States. Truly, t-ir, was it said in the communication read to ussthrt a threat man -has faUen anion? as. ' The bile President of khe Lnittd States, oriir'mallv a soldier bv profession, ha vingono through a long and splendid career of milit any'' service, had, at the late closO-.bf the .Avar&witli T'iv5f-k b.--ej-mnr triii ivmr-li ftnbi rrA tr tjtt.'pr0p jr oftdie United States, and had in-oiled them with so hirh a degree of j rerj anj 0onddeace, that without ;so- t licitatinn, or apphcation, without - puf- ' devioas paths of .poliqv,, or tm-i:in" : b:i!i- brndfh lo iti''-i-io-lff rr io thb lcTt tVoiu. l!u. )iatK of datv.aVcat anij poWCrful and generous people saw iIt bvp'opular Voxs and A oice, to confer i!!oa him thai highest-ciil antHoritV-in f the nation. V cannot forget that in ( otbrr instances, so in this, ihe public fet ling was won and carried" away in a degree, by the eclat of military renown. So itiias been always, and so it always will be, tieoaU? high respect "for noble feats in arms bus WcrTaud alwavsAvil! vi;a tne.r'p10? miiiiarv taienl - or Sabilitv rdoae. T believe, sir, that asso- lf.,i v, -:..! the l:ighc-t Ja'rairatioa of thf ;osess.al by him, thrr j.vi3 pu..-d throughout the commit a t- ty a l.h de ree of confidence ahd'failli in- k: : : : L :y, r:. .1 lie ;;d .Ujt"''ght- ?-s ;;s ia;in. i oeucve ne wa c? .rkdiy r --rded r b-;;i"a fir.a r.r.d T , , . , ... , d I ia ui in ti.e exercise of authontv. , i t, . ti. ........ . ' , :is . i . v.. . w r . ,iir o v -c rt . , ,.. a ii i,... ! f p'ow ;c 'in l,.l,l,t;,o,,ea.1Vo,n;he heart, . of th, W , !c rmi otfi itll.aU 'anl It Will lea grt .-u- I.astflnC to suppose r i - . ,t . .0 nrsp..VPrl nnd h- nnrrd thp rlnml ,i ,i . lVrM-t't r tWn.' l;t l and another eminent man. ani at lat a presix eu, auu asuicu inc.ciouu w,d bis -.knnN.mt fft-ii,Jiiuniu-ths lrost en.uent tatl(., tail W,JC r1' 0 l j - thsp.r?ci b. liV: -ayancemcat to -ej fromfbei-id-t'cf iw i Put 1 doubt iinJ thc fites once more4 appear, in c. ul tru.f. or Hiv acceptability PJ yvhnU '!)riUmncv. "Olle F offered nu:, r..t cat:-' ; l i e. : :i . ea y-C d in lL - .. d u;i Ib-a i1 Ir.' w : U:;i-e;f J : 5 it v in the' S'lVt-; i i ii aav i:in:i J mnl i 1 .at: :.or- uak r eirer'irasrravrs la. .v re -miir , j.i j ;a i . .. . 1 i i 1 (. v,'i!':r po- t-horily, iheeve'ats in 'the "miiitary ca: reer of Oenerat TyIor.:- HU services lliroua m.s hie we r.? mostly on the tron-tit- and always a. bard sia-yice, - ofien in coiapauv with tljc- tribes ol -iudiaus al !. a louir 1 lie frontier; for so man' thou ads of mile-1.' '. ' " ,' - It ha-; been justly remarked, by one oC the most ehi-tirnt men whose voice was ever heard in jlhe;e houe, that it, i not in Indian wars that heroes are cel ebrated, h.uljhnt itds there that " they are formeHVjic hard service, thi; s! era deciplie.e devolving upon those vwho have a irrent extent otfrontier to defend with irreahir troops, beyi called sud-'. l!lto Contact with tJic sava-ev stUfl the savae lift, and savage war, in crur io lor.sec auu -ovc.r come their strata ijems, sUlhcs.ethin ttnd to mak,(j hardly military character Fora very saort period, fc-ir, I had a con- and the Indians on our bordersand war was actually raging between iha Uni te 1 State ;and the. Florida-. tribes. rHuld very well remember that tho4 io took council together-on' that ecastoii, oilicially,' and rvho worn leirous 'of placing'-the. military command' iu the safest. ""hand-, "came, to the conehtsio'ii that there was no man n ;thc'i?ervec' 'more "fully uniting the qualities of ' juili tary. ability and gVcit personal- pru dence than Z rtj vnv Tavuor, and he was ofbourse appointed to the command. Unfortunately his carceaat tth hc;id of this govefnmcat .was shot.; ; . ; For my part' in all that I have, s-ocii qi'him, I have' found niycli to rpect, and nothing to condemn. i;T;he! "eireuuv .stance under whish he' conducted the, (Government for the few jnnthhe Was at'he head of it, had been such as per: haps'not to 'ivo to himn verv fuvbra bh?;' certainly net a long,opportu:jity of developing his frpiciplei.aa.d diisj 'polt c and to earn'Mhem out. I bchevohe has left on'the mind of, the country, a strong impression first, of bisaHolute honest)-and integrity of character and his good sfe'nj; and lastly f Jiis ''mild hess,; kindness, "and friendliness; of his temper toward .all his countrymen. .But he is go'ue! lie is ours 110 moro ex cept in the force ol his example."' Sir,' I heard with . infinite delight the- senti-j .ments expressed lv mv honorable friend ."from Louisiurm, (Mr. Downs,) who has iu?t resumed hiscat,-wncn'h"e earnest" j;5' Pr?.Ycd l,his cvcut,miSht 6e used to soften the ammotics, to allav-pnrty and good feeling anions: "the -various sections of the Union; Mr, JrCcrotary, great aslsWir loss to day,1 if, these ines timable and,, inappreciable blessings shall have bfen -secured to'tisevenj by the death' o fZ eiiAKv Tavi6u, they have not been purchased at too high .a price . hw spirit, irom the- regions to pi11. H-ha a sanded, eoidd spe thee sult.coidd see that heliad entwined crown, he would sav exultinzlv, f'hap- i pv am Lthat by 'my ilealn i have- cl.mo .Tt;iJ; d i ouimi jwu vVitf iii'(j7ui! ii an i i-iii,-, " j u e, i apiutj anu lerveas pauiou-ia oi ; a a is 11 le as loj-ioas.. 1 aonc nut iit-o was a -ure wav ol tnbte'iin younv rntioa. for it tells the;a thafthera is' a!!rn iV:ci rritv. of a kind and benirnani aches' of the brave j-mell- sweet and I sinnevs. or'in m-iwrVl.nav 1 1 ;1 " i pata to tii;' hi::nrt decree ot renown, j ieniper, c f unyielding, iinnaes and of ililossom in tbo dust. . ; seniface, .swarthy-" complexions-deep1 j ; s.'iai'jiit oiuvard without eha'ne.1 or dc-. j unmixed dovodiqa to the welfare of that Mr: 13YLv,'as !he ;Uepre?eatative of; black eyes, and stiirdv commct iraine ' vlation. ' 21 r. :.vretary, my fricjid irom cufir.iry ;v!iich hti had served to wcUtho native gtate of Vrtident Taylor,! wcro Known to every nrm, wnmnn and-" Lotn-lrnn,' (Mr.' Downs.) has detailed, and which Uvelv bestowed its cotltlJ s?iid however 'much'" Virfrinia "and her child in New Yorlc. as pw York- wni n ne'etion with the Lxec'utivo Deptartment of this countyv,ind all Itatime very periloiis'aad onbrraSin eb'cuuistdn ces existed between the t'u'Jrd -"States mor6 for that country, winch i -have loved and -e'rved. t!ian did or eoald doi'UUM?r bvall.'thoMevotiop and all the. Worts that.1 could make hi her behalf during the shartsnnn of mV carthlv tA-i.:tenceM.V'eocav'eih lvho li,iew 110 "anger let us sirig ovrrflis' that paternal oarb,th.ithas marked cur progress j:3r. many yea I have confidence still that the' .place rs. ot f.e tieparifd y. it! 1 " .-';pyhe kind, beiyfieiul laor ui'Almi n-i'.l .;r.lhe wit!i i:sa:.l that , tb 1 ;h:y :vi. dun t the i . . 4 God) kail' b e. o r: r ; . e a 1 a n L'. a rd x: n v , Pj.wi tj:n? wan; i Z.lav de l grant that in the ; ' it;-; T'to ! u - i z srd 1,1'mu iik thcSen- IS" '"' (" t!. i ha:d. : a MM,., : :Ye .teV'r "!.r, fahhfr: ;-r, a-I v.-I.: h-irvi.-t i v :-a, 1 tVe. ; a: i-! ib? 'alan- 1 ted h;:a r f p.lriir - ! ! ti:i . .-1 . . a ; . i 'rid br.ii' .4; :!. - p1 of ;m untaiiiefl ; d.T.ee ona.'fni -Fiiv fortune l!i;m he, none - nan had better better deserved it'. The yiriua- of his- .simple, and modest, but heroic cbaractcr,.have so endeared him to his fellow-citizens that lam sure 1 may Vent ufe to say that even in the ndd.-,t of dhe political strife which, he ever, sought, to! moderate - and 4 soften, there is 11 t oiieyh6se- heart, tvill not throb witi emotion when he learns the deat'i of jAr.i.kv T-WLor.; - "Mr. Coia a"o, rose to otfer a resolution. Hi fore 'do. lis sohe ielt itliis duty to his own ieeli.is? as a- lteprescntative-of tho'tate otyhieh ' the : illurtrious deceased- Vv'a a bright ornament, and .in accordance" with the wishes- of the Members-of thh House, to oiler a few brief remarks; ' appropriate to the - oc. casiou. ;SeIdon bus ot cured a more striking Ulubtratioq'of the .uncertainty of human great aesj, than that" wbicli was fQirnished by the event which, they were' oaiiid upon to trioorn. A few days ago; ProslilentTaylor was in iho enjoyment of hi.-: usual 'robust Health. O.i the :Uli of Ibis month' 1 he attended die. eere monies wliifih ttok place in cyitimemorjUion of the - Annivarsa-.of our vafi.iifal Independence.". The. cx-' ponrenvhich hcJwe.urcd on that occa sion, dho ceremoHtvs" diaving', taken place in the-oppn air.y tended to brlns: 011 a disease which lat night .termina ted his existence.' lu the cpurse ofyhis remarks , he" said that there' vas no, part 'of the 'Hfe ; of President Taylor, yvhieli - post criy " will be . called . on to c6ndeiiri,.Tnorality"'repToye, or humani ty to dlorc. ''On his illustrious char ter tUirp ire no" dark spots on the con trary', the details of the picture' are as cor reef a'nd beautiful' as thegreat out lines are grand and imposing. His 'mod-'' csiy w i Ju'natleeted, combined with u'nltinching earnestness of. purpose he bad "aVlenic, csene of justice , softened hy a- spirit; of iifeivehsal behevolence, utrfaltcring. Miicerify which knew, no' disguise, atjlruthfulness and 'frankness of Character ineapablo of deceit ordis bitnulationV, .These were'the prominent characteristics ' of President Taylor--these v.crc traits which endeared hiin to'-all-'-thesxi macfo him an upright man, a venerable, citizen, ; an' affectionate husban l.It'ioud father, a devoted frieqd, kind "'ajid indulgent , master these oualitii;- Tfrtade his -martial courage shine m'f"se5 conspicuous, as the brillian cy ofle diamond' is enhanced' "by tbe gems of more serene ray in which it is encircled. ' The' excitement of politics had 11O charms for him he Was a man always opposed to political controversy. The "splendor .of the- Presidentat man sion had no !, temptation for the. 'man who was marked for his simplicity, lie tlld not hesitate to discharge his high duties4" At no period of our national history was' the executive -chair .sur rounded by so many' UflicuI ties'." MJn der ihe'-e eircunstances. "need we be pgrprfsid'jrat-a mavn ."of stouter', heart thauTayformight' hpsitatc before he embarked on tlie tempest 6'uVsca." ' llic iiS-el of tate was tossing to : and fro, ahd all ee4 were turned 'upon the pi lot; - who ' has bseii suddenly s wept a- waV.from the hclm.v Let us survev the rs which'.surroijnd"us and be pre- . . . 1 -1 1 . 1 p:m'il .To mect' thern li.U'e men .ictus l;Kt-c cr-amp.o ot tae illustnous lajijuja ill ui tiic ;aiefey i;t mi; lkcpuo- lic Ict us determine, that it 4hall and tne io.lpwmg rcso!utmn: . JPrr:'-- Ulapl-v.:.! pivhie Vrpv idence. to remove from this life Zcn--v T';.' late President of the - Pre ideal oi t:-.a UniU-l .S:aU-V. the Ho Li 0 .(-haHn - iu t!.. r - :rr 1 f.:w 11 1 j t '..adiV'i- liiCiUclailiv i-Ull' aroui n the( i 11. ol" ' in th 0:1 an ig.. ppirl;. report' tV1"11' ll.e in ai.dl. 'i I u m; hr iivn 1 1 ; a- : j j in ; .a ti.e' voice o: tar- ... i i. - the' voice of the hi-he-' If. 1 1' the There ere: ha-.- ofu, he s ;i i 1 by saving' thnt his dentil was as happy ! Representatives might have diticrcd ' with the lllu-tnou.s dead, there was no j State, more sorrowful for his deasli than the one' which, give him birth. . In the trmNt of the storm -while the tempest was howling about us, the, Chief Com mander liaTheeu swept From the , deck, ahddhe Second been called to the helm. In this crisis the, Ship of IState is to' be saved from the breakers around it; and lie Imped it was not out of place on this occasion to invoke, the patriotism of the Nation.- We ought to show to man kind hereafter, when the deluge has swept from Christendom the-vestiges of Liberty that this has been looked on as the. Mount'Ararat on which the Ark of the last Jiopcs of mankind, can rest A saieiy.' ouaii .vo iiow.iivuiuib iu us bosom the iufernai - fires which i shall convprt into, a dread volcano, to voiriit forllrits terrible . laVa-, casting deolla tioT) -and blight around amlmake it aiin object of terror .'toy mankind, 'to be h voided rather than sought?! He '..allu ded to the .scene of to-day; a. change of administration, calm and ; solemn with out any foreboding of war. In this vas I a new mayrfestation of the-, beauties of our political system, alessrs. Hilmard of Ala. Jonx A.Uving of.N Y.yMeLAr, ofNId. and Marshall of, Kv- also de li vered Jiri ef speeches! characterised by, eloquence. ' ; - , On motion.o( Mb Vflire, sthe,. blank in. Mr. Conrad's resolution was ordered to be filled with thirteen members, apd the Speaker appointed tlie following gentlemen: Messrs. Conrad, McDowell, Wiuthrop, Bissell, Duerj Orr,? Brcck, Strong, Vinton, Cabcil Kerr, Stanly aiid Welhersfieidi ' ! 'fho HAuscr about 2 o'cloclc .adjourn ed Jill to-morrow. f .' V. ; t I f.,. " -.r- -' ' . U .' - L-Ll.l 'T,L....J:....ll 1 ,,.,,..- J" il;' .Jjli , Biogviipljij I IasiiiS Away. , ,i , . Thc. .New York .obituary retotd -of Saturday week contains the , names bf two othe oldest aiid most widely known residents of that city. When in their primcfthe names and persons of Mafh-' ew L. Davis and Jacob lfays were a tiiiliar to .more people of all classes and ages than those of many more' popular men- ' . - - -" ' . i ; Mathew.L. DaA'is was; a very long time one?'of the most" active and inflir; e ntial politicians of New ' York. "He devoted his.time, his money and his lei suresand at one. time he. was a mail of large means and much leisure to the. directien of party-affairs.; Hediad pc .cordingly a much wider influence' than his ostensible" . position explaiued, and was consulted and courted by tbe am: bitious. mpn-t)f .the city and State; le madelhereby a universal acquaintance with the leading men of every part of the Statey-' especially of the old Hepuuli can partv, With which he was. associa ted' until 182 ' when he. . attached himself to the Administration of - Mr. Adams, and coiititiued ever afterwards; to follow with unhesitating zeal the for tunes of Mr. Clav. 'Mr. Davis waf un less ' -Mr, 5 Sarrrent, - the '-Oliver Old schoor' ot the VI S. Gazette, oi Priiladel phia, dlApute.n the prioritv.with himj !the original ot the class "pt letter writers from Washington which is riow so nu merous. ' lie wrote for, the Xcw, York Courier and Enquirer, under the title of "The Spy in aliington," "and as he had a remarkably clear and vivacious f-tvle, was careful in the quality oft his fact V and -was evidently in the eonli- deiice cf a powerful interrU at .Wash ington", his tetters wero react with eager ness, and treated with a consideration which doc ynot belong to , Walaifg'toh ccrre pun h ats in tkc :e dav:; cf prciluse and hccdIe-' writing. In his la'er days ! r bt 'zr.vA. y -vr, and 1 "-r.ded upon his his personal Jab hiapen fortuppoit. lie - hi- i"!TT.ii -iro i-edaallv. -.n rid i - - j . i th public"vievB He was a t. Ah;-tan eerre-poudent oftL-j.i a i u:. hr lira title of ,.cl! Of 'late war.- lieiltf tiy3 . ,!! v ui eighty hr wa r..e- jr i-"1, fA a v mm circle.- In hi i ma 'a jniu .1111 Wi!:i pe - 1 annua,!-. . Ida nee fe y lor, M. 'i utterance, g he--v niek-r.j ,e ' lalt of the IV u '. I his L.bit rf ihiVti:- f lav : i 0 ! I i t v 1:1 r Ti. o o. iriaa, wha i'. . ,i oa ic.ib i I a . " cl.' tlav' !,(v;. the Ihm.I cou-r.iblo of Vo;!. uitou.i rv. Uttlci.u . lhao a lla'jr, ana has la-hi the pol lor htilf- :uoi,;(,y. 'O.. :.4,a::ir is uy- ' vonl, - evr Axhi-ro, with " whicli to throw tern.? i-- r,.;u,Vor ta C ' lccplc vii;ilonoc iu huatiiig'u! i-cue;' - ry, To t ;' "Cht.II.iv: aflrr an tiiVmN- cr. was oqiuvalat to :,rai-rina huu at - once; to threaten to send loJ v6ld I lava" ' 1 ;v yc.'tr. Age grew "uijon him a j tho ,;ity -expanded around" hira. and finallV' he sankinto obscurity, younger inau anil' ncwrsystcms ditpIacmg'tho old man, . yet not having altogether superceded him. Tle.retaincd to tbe last the titula- : -ry appointment of high constable, of ; which-the duties' were merely nominal,--opening the common council and march r ins in procession with his stalf of ofTicc We saw him a Tear or two since, walkv.; ing fechly.Wcr.g, supported on , either in ar.ee side by his family, end yet there was" a fire in hi? eye and a quick--penetratroir in his glance which reminded us ofMbe. time w heir the sight of. him at a distance would scalfcr a mob, and" char tho streets of all who could not giv j a good account of themselves. The vf ran " ' must have -often paused to p.ndciv,'. amidst the half million of people of New York, to few of whom be was now'ao '" object 4if .i-iiriosity, upon the clia'ngeo , that have grown up since his single staff kept ihe whole x;ity tifbrder, aftd he -could walk the streets, sepcrating1 out, with his "eye every, stranger from amon ' ' the citizens, and marjving' down the sus picious for further scrutiny, Tho' very place; on which he died,3though new far ' jjelow.the: cenlrc of population, of the J euy, was even m ins tnaiurer years, inc . , boy nla.v r-irtii 'out of town: and hcv.- 4 haddoubtlcsshuntedbut fugitive rascals f in thegswamps and thickets, where now broad streets extend. for miles, eovcred with rows of heavy buildings and thronged with a dense and accumnla- ; " ting- po jTul at ion. 1 . j v Such vctea-ain as Davis and Hays are of-lhe fey remaining Ijnks that cpn- , nect the Xow York of this' day with". the New York of the past, as it' was in the recollection-of most of those who'.. icic u, young, are onty .roused to a per- -cept ion of the reality of its vast ex nan-.' ' sipu and the insensible lajse. of their ; ' . own years by an occasional event which ' wakens up the memory; The vounrr - ? men have become old and "changed; the ' old men die ofl' one by one, hardly, no- '- . uceam ine inrong-wmcu has crowdea: in to usurp Their place-; thcold. places . aro no 'longer .recognizable; even lhe , natural1 bihdmarks which -seemed to ' have a perpetuity like the rockribbed hills have 4pcii ' displaced; and within " a spaceof time, uot-Jonger than that.,.' between boyhood aim1 middle-aged in a " lifetime, all. things that were appear to- be obliterated or made new. Thev are not what they were; and the soiour- - iier iit other places who- goes t back-' to :" recall tiie scenes anil the men ot aouar- - ter of a century otily ago, finds himself among strangers, m strange places, al most ah antiquarian, searching for; the,. reli cs- of s om e form er go. A fe v m ore deaths of -such men; a. Davis and Hays." will take the Inst ol the generation-', . which knew New, York in its birth, and, . served as cuardianrof ' a thousand pre- ' eious tradition.-!, which are "passing - a ., wav. iV.'O.. Vicituanc. aMc's. Department.1 i . WiiHiri'ii , BY THE KLV. J. .V. 5MPFITT. . i - , ' .''.Woman occupies 'a distinguished' place in the world's history, 'ohe islho theme of poets and the historian,' the " philosophers and statesman of every age and ofvvery country.' The wisest and the heft of men have 'done, homage at" her shrine, and-through her iustru- -. mentality millions havc.becii conducted: to'' the pinnacle rd' earthly glory, or lo .. the ignominy, of a dungeon or a scaffold. ' - -. Kingdoms have been lost and won by: , the-witeher- f her ' Marms, ar-l l.ai the battles of the earth bavo-bren.the work eif her of la r fillies or lea'Cihe! At Ihe same time the rare virtues he exhibits, and (' -gl'irie.-i ; .preeej inculcates, hae given her a "power o er.t!. ,! wo'rid'th U i i irrrdtible; ' cir -.-ting in the voulhfol heai t, "heatiment -' J neu jnne . i dations of i r - - -L tht tran-c'-rd : While hce i. H.t ;o!,'i-rplci...- -.;ed ' nT"ral 1 - ,.-"t!.' mi f c linns vvl t' - d- - tions )i h- r !..isy i;.Ved,vhe fifyho. ..'!:; .imc.-.atain:-redi?c all around r A-: !-'. j i V

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