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W:s eo 1 1
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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.
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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.
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:is . i . v.. . w r . ,iir o v -c rt . , ,..
a ii
i,...
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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
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d u;i Ib-a i1 Ir.' w
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:.or-
uak r eirer'irasrravrs
la. .v re -miir
, j.i j ;a i
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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
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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
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'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
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report' tV1"11'
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the hi-he-'
If.
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There ere: ha-.- ofu, he s ;i
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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.-
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eighty hr wa
r..e-
jr i-"1, fA a v
mm circle.-
In hi
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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:-
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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
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