E- shut Out-from our !visioh kr the far away fu-, Bishop Rlcllvairie Corded off bj roe on tam. when !remote generations, heirs of our , the Ohio River---:Mirdectletts 'Escape; heritilmof freedotu r -tue-s-ucceedin , to it with. setaate. ma! Monday iast lb " e l : out the 'labor and. the !privations ofacti acquisition. Bailer, late chaplain to 'the United States gageas-they is.ll-1-goze-tipon-these testi- • ' menials of ails time-worn, but titnehon- Senate, gives a thrilling ace:mints-of the wee nt ore& they will * carried buck by assoeiation (maw escape from an awful death of the to those heroes. of early story. and will find flight Rev. Bishop Mcllvaine and a large their love of country streierthened and their of fel low-travelers, on the 011io-river. pride in tux institutions and their confidence. fdriS in her fate and fortunes increased by this pow. We find it in a recent number of the Western erful faculty of the mind, which triumphs over geise-paliao, TinliTtidual in Ohio : the distant and future as well as over the stern • CINCINNATI. Febroary 5. 1855, the realit i mighty men and es of the presen the t, gmathighty deeds whicering around u h s aursday imbruing : January Bishop ! Mellvaine Started for Cincinnati, on his re excite the admiration of mankind, and will lure from a visit to Louisville, He took the ever command their respect and. gratitude..! tat, terry hoot at Louisville, for the purpose And thus will communion be held with the great leaders of our country in war and in ' e . f cr u ossing, On river and taking; his seat in the peace, who wore these morass in .her service ":"r",., 111 ° Lr"in•-. -I ‘, llo day was hitter cold, And hallowed-01On by their patriotism, .their __,"" the " 1 0°- w " full of running io,e . oinny, valor ands.sueoess. Mr. Bell followed in a speech .highly enha.. ; below Louisville. The boat beciame fixed, gistic of the hero of the battle of Now Oilcans, ; in she Aniddle of the river, in a large mass of and in conclusion submitted a resolution ox- "'Aid and could neither advance nor re pressive of the thanks of Congress to the heirs "" e . thsg•mllY sue was al the M l ' rev of tho of General Armstrong for the gift, and diretSt• current, -mitt hegian to move towards the falls., ing its preservatiOnsin the Department of State, ! T he l'ifiel"",il," of the d'ina"r la'oaliw ofiee On motion ()Mi. Gwin, the az w eities of apparent. 'utter.. were about two h u lvd pas. -Gass-and Mr. Bell were ordered to ho ineorrw. I soutotrs on board—wen, warren and children rated in the Journal of the'Senate. t eotions were.also given that the Setiretary of the Sen ate carry the sword to the House-of Represen tatives and request that body to concur in the joint resolution which the Senate . ,hild - passed. The Secretary of the Senato - Trocceded to , the &nor of the main aisle of the [dense, hold ing Jackson's sword in one band and in the other tho Senate's resolution aocepting the Weapon. 111 r. Smith, of. Tennessee. after eloquently speaking of The duty anti importance, as cus tomary in all ages anti countries, of commetn orating the deeds, of illustrious mem- said the warriors of the revolution and of 1812 have established forever our rank among the nations of the earth. - The actors in those stormy and eventful scenes are fast passing away. Some, verging on three score and ten, -must soon be gathered to their flatters. • Duty and gratitude. therefore, prompt us to_grither the trophies of, their victories, to speakao fu - tare generations. who will keep the memory of the deeds of ,no ble daring alive forever in the heart of the country. - Mr. Zollicoffer (who represents the Hermit age district, where that great man lived and where his remains are entombed) sail the martial renown ofJackson has become national property. The brave of the world will ever_pay hit heroic spirit due honor,and even the boldest, ,When treading the paths of danger, walk more erect and confident under the broad sunlight' of his chivalrous history.. Let the sword he preserved and handed down to posterity. Let it be deposited with the sword and camp chest of Washington. and with the stall and printing press of Franklin ; with those most prechne, - relics preserved and cared fir ashigh incen tives to honorable ambitious Anna:it:an youth, as long as liberty shall have a home and as long as' the union of these .States shall have ex- istence among the ,nations of the earth. In - concluding he said tliat Robt. Armstrong was his neighbor and his' friend—one, of the bravest and most, magnanimous and freest hearted men it. was ever his fortune to know-. Mr. Benton remarked that the world knows in what manner this sword was wielded for the honor and benefit of the country, but the world has not known ; but few contemporaries know, and posterity will not know unless the inside of history is given, what difficulties had to be encountered' and surmounted before the privilte.6l usingAhis sword for the liberty of the country was obtained. They who. only , see the great and glorious exploits of men at the head of an army, and their mighty deeds, feel as if such men had been called at once into the service. It is sometimes ; ofttimes - not and in this case eminently not so. Not hay ing been selected by the wisdom ,of .the gov ernment, it depended on accidents and chance to enable Jackson to enter the military service, of the country. He (Mr. Ilenton) was General Jackson's ju nior aid, and 'therefore knew all about what he was saying. At the beginnint of the war Jackson was Major General on the Tennessee militia. His , friends, confiding in his great military talents and pure patriotism, proposed - , to the general government his appointment as Brigadier General of the army allotted to the West. He was not appointed, but to at tend to his farm. Again and again Jackson was passed by. It seemed as it the govern ment had effectually Closed the doors of - tnili '-tary service against him. Ho was no man to solicit (Alice, or coining to Washington for that purpose, but always ready to obey his coun try's call. In the course of' time, - however, Jackson . got command of troops, and after marching it considerable distance, an order ar rived to disband ; but this lie refused to do. Mr. Benton here entered into the particulars, regarding this inside history, in which he was . a prominent actor. The massacre at Fort Sims took place. General Jackson immediate ly called out his volunteers and Marched to the Creek nation ; and there coinmenced that se ries of victories which have added such lustre to the country. _lt, was, he insisted. its acci dents and chances that Jackson was carried forward. The Senate's resolution was then adonted and. on motion of Mr. Walbridge, 100,000 copies of the speeches in both Houses on the sword acceptatioft were on dered to-be...printed 'fl. Sword of Jaekson. • . .14114 iw-cr II 1 GOK6SICS3-I._ 141A1Vjr -.40 . 4 1 11/ Vei byGen. iliteksma iu the battle a 1r u thiraos., 746w. r .reseuted to Congress front the family of General Armstrong. deceased. The sword Wog placed on Mr. Cass' desk, he lose. and raishig the - sword, wade the follow meat s. patch :" • • i t 111 r, President,.- r must ask the indulgence: ,of the Senate for requesting that its usual bus iness may he suspended waive me an oppor tunity to discharge a trust. which has been commilted to int -La trust I had not the heart to decline. list which _I knew I had not the pna-er to fulfil. as such a mission should folfilled. I hold in my hand the sword of tleit• oral t tivkson.•Which he wore in all - tions. while in the military service of the coun try. an:l which was his faithful, companion in hirc last and crowning victory. when New Or leans was saved from the grasp of a rapacious find Powerful enemy; and our nation from the disg'raee and disaster which defeat would have brought.in its train. When the hand of death Was upon him. General , Jackson presented this sword to his frier . tne ate ettera strong. as a testimonial of, his high apprecia tion of the services, worth and courage of. the most estimable citizen -and distinguished sol dier, whose desperate valor, on one occasion,. .stayed the title of Indian success, and saved the army-from destruction. • The family of that lamented depository, now that death has re leased hint.from the guardianship of this treas ure of patriotism, arc desirous it should he surrendered to the cost,od): of the national legis lature. believing that to be the protxrdisposi tion of a memorial which, in all tine to conic!, win be a Cherighetiatie for the American pen pie. To Carry that purpose into effect, Inote offer it in Oleo* name to Congress. Mr.' President, this is no doubtful refit), • whose identity depends upon uncertain tradi tion.- and which - owes its interest to an itnpul sive imagination. Its authenticity- is estah-, fished beyond controversy by the papers which accompany it. and it derives ICs value as well from our knowledge of its history asfrorn its association with the great captain whose days of toil and nights,of trouble it shared anti wit messed, and who never drew it from its scab bard_ but to defend the honor and the' i ntere'sta of his country.. This ist nejther the time nor the place to por tray those great traits of character which gave to Gen.-Jackson the ascendency that no man ever -denied who approached hint, and • that wondethil influence with his countrymen Which marked almost his whole coarse from his en trance. upon a public career' till the grave closed upon his life and his labors, and left }dot to that equality which the mighty and the lowly must find at last. Still, from my personal and official relations with him, and, trost f rinny add, from his friendship towards Me. of Which , thad many proofs, I cannot with bold the acknowledgement of the impression which his highqualitieS made upon me, and which becomes more lasting and profound as time is doing its work of separatiOn from the days of my intercourse with him. I have been no careless observer of the men of my time, who, controlled by events, or con trolling. them, have stood prominent among them and will occupy distinguished positions in'the annals of the age ; and circumstances belie extended.y opportunities of exatnination to the Uki, World..lls well as to the New: But I say, and _with a deep conviction of its truth, that.- never haye been brought into contact with a man who possessed inure native sagack tv. more profundity of intellect.' higher powers of Uhservati in, or greater probity of purpose, more ardor of patriotism, nor more firmness of resolution after he had surveyed his, position and occupied it, than the lamented :subject of this feeble tribute, not to him, but to truth. And I will add that during the process of de. termination upon important subjects, he was sometimes tslOW amu generally cautions and Ungithing, and he has more than once told me, noxious and' uneasy, not seldom passing the night Without sleep ; but he was calm in his mindunclinflexible in his %rill, when reilmtion had 'given place to decision.' The prevailing opinion that he was rash and hasty,in his con. elusions i 4 founded upon an erroneous impres sion-of his habits-of thought and action —upon . want.of discrimination between his conduct before and after his judgment had pronounced upon his course. This is not the first offering of a similar na ture which has been laid upon the altar of , our_ country, with the sanction ofiltelegislative de partment of the government.. Some years since nattier precious relic was deposited hero, the sword of hiin, who, in life, was the first in the Infections of his countrymen, and in death is now the first in their memory. I need not name his name. It is written in characters of living light on every heart, and springs in stinctively on every taupe. llis fame is com mitted to time. his example to mankind, and himself,. we may humbly hope. to the reward of, the righteous. When centuries, shall have passed over its. bringing with them the muta tions that belong to the lapse of tges, and-cor country shall yet lie fulfilling, or shall have fulfilled, her magnificent destiny, for good, I devoutly , hope, and not for evil, pilgi kits from our ocean coasts. and our inland seas, and from the vast regions which now separate, hut ere long by our wonderful progress must unite them, will come up to the high places of our 'and consecrated b dap; and deed,: of world wide renown:and turning aside to the humble tomb, dearer than this proud capitol. will meditate upon the eventful history of th e ir country, and recall the example, while they bless the mane of Washington. Amid on the same occasion was presented the cane of Franklin, which was deposited in our lustioarsl archives, with the sword of his friend :old co labortr in the - great catiNe of human lights. Truly and healthfully has it ',yen said that. peace bath its victories as well as war ; ml never was nobler conquest won than that achieved by the American apprentice, printer, author, - statesman, ambassador, philosopher. 21 nd, better than all. model-of common sense, ever One of the ii)st powerful elements in the economy Of nature. Subduing its might to his own, and thus entilding man to a a-,,ver :he sublime interrtgatotyaddres;;ed to Ji il l , ••I mast thou send lightnings t hat they may ye) and ay unto thee here we arc 1" 1 . e.:, they now curate at our euotmand, and say. here we' are. ready to do your work.. A lel it was our illostrii.tis countryman who first opened the way fur this asubjugation 'tithe lire of Heaven to the human The sniff that gnided t h e step- of Fr.. din, and the sword that guarded the per tsar of Washington. may well occupy the sato: re pository., wider the care of the nation they served. an Joveti, and helot.%k And - now another legacy of-vlartat ateSS--anuther weapan irons the armory of patri