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.7116Vil'ai:eli iiii. rinlit! a,,. ri beneath high
ley.r.i • 1 01 l ' '' ' ' • .
mu. gikd WO 'heifers bright Ingrid, 'whig'd
•,er rsowitit. ' ' • .
ARA trokortiloolvinions it is given
'A g flame OW never eon aspire,
'IV el 4 . ' blot* , until lie scathed and riven
•1 , ' dee lightnings. A i O'er • shattered ly' re
wa • teltrfligir ire: . brokeif by the storm', rude
idita S n
e .•;1 if 41116tlite ' ' -
whefflittirlwitid of despair, in the fierce flight '
Of ruin, sweeps the soul as ophureer sweep - - -
The iiinakln t i Prei ripen - Vie birtfle.lleld :---
Love's life ends ever thus r..-.eheree not es deep
• A pang of bitterness by thought , ecocide 1,
Or felt by morikeli ere they darkly sleep
TtiefrAimto 114 lied Altie4 oftduktli Ooldty sealed
Wilt blimimffiPitire of krre'a thrilling kenos
And era* the,vardom of dr tiered forever.
'Meths. neaight.barreath high heaven like woman's
.ee -si roolilltii , . • I' . . '.
tlic4 6 7 l .l4iiiiil surge' of 413•11'S soul
tell sashed to foaming scorn by wrong or guile :
When plurigtoirionm (rein hope and rap-
Areal 1 .
lifts
It hie sinking heart to heaven awhile.
- r Met bitier memories it roll,' the scroll
Of toikht amide!' ; ahel o'er fete's dread night
filthily the radiant* of a ,peat's light.
TheiVi'ailiaght banal& high heaven like woman's
Sweetness and parestou'i flame *rola" irribeeini
The lighgriuga of the soul—the eternity
Of bisse_deep feeling—from its bright depth.
gleam,
As f r om u.,liesereur of of living resta7
That Aide' ifs fr.iglieriess o'er love s fairy dream,
Allil ihrillei Iniee's ,tuner spirit with - a glee,
Like / 1 10' arsrglikli of sunlight o'er. Lire see.
There's -naught like woman's lore beneath the
!,• ,
!A thing Oebeantr i 7 and "a joy forever!"
A world of thinight-'—a peewit.** mystery
Bright, feeling's fount that can he fathomed
mover
That aprinos, like 'tope eternal, from on high—
Tina gushes, fervent as the life-blood riser,
Virtiush thb Wuhn arteries of her throbbing frame,
Until her spirit pours its quenchless llamel!
114{11.'01 MA ST•IN
P*. College, February, 1848,
NE BROKEN ,FLOWER.
=II
I rpromised her that I would never di
vulge the heart-secret, which she poured
with subs and tears, into my Inismn, until
ilettain persons, who had influenced her
leminy on earth, should be incapable of
hearing the story—of feeling regret or tri
umph, at the recital of the history of a wo
man's:heart—lt was :after she was death
stricken ; after the last hope of recovery
had died in her bosoth ; after the mother
who so roved her, had poured out the ago-
HY of hertlespair, in tears, and cries, and
lirayers,.that is.ere almost reproaches ;
and bad put on the calm, which may he
despair, or resignation, or a mingling of
both ;—it was after she had learned to '
look etihnly down into the grave, and joy- I
fully up toward heaven, that qs I sat beside
Weir' in the Moonlight of a soft summer
midnight.she.lold me the story of her life.
and the cause of the malady which was so
soon to end in death. She was very beau
tiful as she lay there in the soft light, her
porn face looked angelic, as the moonbeams
trampled over her pillow, and long tresses
o'f, her damp . dark hair seemed jet black
Memnon; !clams& : her eyes, so large,
p f k.blpe t. snhquiti . . and so expressive of the
dioughni and feelings:alter:truthful spirit,
rectum! then More eloquent than ever, as
in tew and simple words, she revealed , the
world of her young spirit, in the light of the
gear. heaven. With her outward history
I. s7hirliqroitelairtitiar, tor I had knoWn her
since we were both infants of four years
parents were married about the
same time as my own; our fathers were
both mechanics, and commenced life with
similar prospects, and built houses of the
same size, and every way similar.. Lucy
were pedttr of the same age—both
chler4atighters, as , it proval, of large fam
ilies.
welt re'Mentbor ,the first mysterious
-whiSperlhgs, *hat Mr. Searl was giving
wki to 'hebibi . Of intoxication, and 60
.deiP:regre, eXpreSseal by my, mother on
oiefolibn, hei
,IV' weak] hive augured
atilt lin:event, She Wool(' say, when at the
Ithi'marriage, he was universally
Mid - lutist 'Promising
Prig*CIMOIC hi' the city.
ildeed It Wes a mental superiority, un.
by true strength and greatness
stf That wrimght liis nth]. Seine
tneinb"eis Of li:ahlottable clith, pleased by
ati)ruY, first indueed
ihein, and to he incurred ex
prntiti, and 'a itraste,Of iime, very detriment.
al to a young mail 'id" hie' eiteumetances.--'
Late hOtilla brit! gin gla s s, grew ai
length . toAtpitilitiAdul he beamein the
end it' 'tiro* Hitt 4 - *ne.
not upon'tiiiii:i ini ;d a, Ilia' ettiiirit:be
came member, of
his ellitilkit Min irio4y, and' Wok e, mere
- gage of his handsome little property;,; The
maguey hardly served l ' to
praising,dpisinida. and u he had lost Ate'
bestspar4 of hiskoustornersrandchit Thrifty
It Altai. big had little hope of elver being tablet
to palylotiebeirioringb4 F4lllll :that Ititte;.
tlte_hiadioldestalation.ademerbuirest upon
fiat Ito longer took. pleasure ih
addingyto.t the beauty. -and comfort of his
d toellingaik ini.mprovtig and ornamenting
Itisiaitelqt•of ground: , i l'he house became
dilapidated; the neat fences got out of re.
repeat, and leaned this way and .that, with
the; pales broken, orhangintby •-•nail at
otua iThe teeett , beimme scrubby
nitbattem, or lomat beat sinalletinan ti ties
or houty bitter•fkuit and the orhamental
slutubbtsies,-beeatne 'hedges of brambles!
neitlisteldus,ftbrough which the pale, half.;
teazseil 'dowers and buds peepeti.out,--ro.l
- one strongly of the forlorn condi. I
Lion of the wife and children of the owner!
of the untidy promises. Mr. Searl's wife
seas a true, whole woinait 7 Not ono bit..
ler word did site ever speak to her erring
liosliand--and her smile was as brigh rand
ioviog as in, her days of happiness and
lve. As her husband grew more disso. 1
Jule, and ceased to make comfortable pro.
v i,iou for his family, she redoubled her ef.
hurts, and labored Mersa:lndy, at suet! work
:is she could get, sometimes sewing, and
toaternetes ing the spindle or the loom ; ,
-~~ ~-~.-
and So ithdke ' P l t 4170th/inn deeehtly Cloth
ed. timi had gintstallY tniiite,' kind of Whoic
ine 'food 'to inde:their hunger, •
'When 'heKittoree Were tinconnininly
slender,' she ivOnld giVe'her little one* their
smelt afickeinee4put them to bed,"!and a-
Muse Otani by' telling Pretty 'stories, or
biliginteucklegande is they could under
stand, until 'they fell asleep. Then she
would prepare for her husband a comfort
able meal, of what she had reserved for
him, and sit, not as Burns kart it, nursing
.
wee wrath to keep it *arm, but literally
nursing her affection for Van Whci seemed
itt undeserving , and keeping hie ,supper
'warm, while Se toiled With ,weary,frame,
and heaq, • tearful' eyes, often 'unlit ?tear
morning, 'before he came from his fatal
Oh ! htint many' women do, and isuffer
thus—and endure meekly the brutal re
penaehes„apid Accusation' with which the
wretched inebriate rewards such, care and
watching ! Who shall say that woman is
:tvealt.,,while she thus seaming the. ! whole
burden of man's sins and infirmities,
shielding hint with her strong affection
from scorn without, and suffering within,
as long as she can diseern:_akopt him the
leasttrace of that glorioffs imkge in which
he was created.
Lucy Beall, being as I said the eldest
child, soon beamed to feel her mother's
sorrows, and To aid in her heavy
Lucy was a beautiful and joyous-hearted
child, but the mildew of shame and sor
row, which fell upon the bud of her
cite* gap a drooping air to the young
form, antra pensive cast to the very glad
ness.of her soul.
Few minds arc ever gifted like hers.—
All knowledge seemed intuitive to her
initial, and books wily expressed in words
the ideas that were la tent in her perceptions.
Many are the souls thus gifted, and doom
ed to lives of suffering and obscurity ; but
they will blossom gloriously in heaven.
The fame of Lucy Sean's wonderful
erudition spread beyond her own imme
diate neighborliond, and some who knew
and felt an interest in her, procured for
her a situation as a Alford teacher in a
pleasant village, about twelve miles trout
her native town. It was a severe trial to
both mother and daughter, thus to part, for
they had but one heart between them—but
Lucy was sustained by the prospect of
being thus enabled to provide for herself,
and add considerably to her mother's
means of sustaining the young children,
and the mother felt it Vt : US beBl for her
child to go. And on theyparted.
And limy was absent; excepting 2 few
brief visits home, for:Mout eighteen months.
During this time she had improved won
derfully. "Das she not look like a
queen!" was the remark of one of my lit
tle brothers, as be stook gazing after her
with clasped hands and bended body.
It was said that ahehad won the affections
of a fine young man, son of a wealthy far
mer, in the vicinity of her school ; and at
length we learned that she was coining
home accompanied by her lover. Mrs.
Soar' exertedherself to put her house in
order and make her children appear de
cent and clean. She also did all she could
to influence her husband to refrain from
drink, and remain at home to welcome his
child. But Lucy had sent her mother a
sum of money, that she might provide
whatever should be necessary to make her
home comfortable, amid decent, for a few
days, arid Mr: • Searl managedtoget part of
it into hie possession:
So on the day appointed, when Lucy ar
rived in the pretty carriage of her suitor,
who sat beside her with beaming-face, un-'
til as they drew near, she pointed out her
father's house, thee his countenance fell,
and lie drove silently up to the gate-way.
But his countenance lighted up again as
Mrs. Sean came out; in her plain, neat
these, and welcomed her child with over
flowing love, and himself with a some
thing like affectionate gratitude. The
children gathered round her in their noisy '
gladness. each having some gift for sister
Lucy, and the youngest, a fine fellow three
years, strutted up to her, exclaiming, "See,
Sis. what nice trowsers mother bought the
with the money you sent." Lucy bluish
ed painfully as site caressed the little prat.;
tier, and turned the current af hie thhughts
-to the horse 'arid carriage. The-day wore,
on., and the youug gentleman' began to re-
cover hie gaiety, and to feel a real -regard
for the excellent Mrs. Sears; but when at
tee-time Mr. Seed came staggiiritig home,'
full of drunken selkomplaeency, and after
hugging. Inicy, and slobbering her over
with his drivelling lips,-he said. ""And a
fine fellow you 'have brought horne with
you, you husey---I always thought you
would manage:to catch. tournebody,
air, if you grit Lney.Searl, you will have a
wife that no than need he animated ai l .' and
rhea lautmliaVoutinto the most extrava
gant praises, qf , her person, endowments,
and various igtid& qualities With sundry
winks, grimaces, and-appeals to his opin
itift..i.dlte young elan felt lila- heart alerinikl
from truittitottipituriiishiol:
He hail aitetmiritnied' LiteY 'With the in
tention of rerrilining several days; obtain
ing the sanction of her parents to the vows
they had fondly plightink and arranging e
verything for the wedding. llotv greatly
then was she surprised and hurt when he
declared thatseme Unforeseen circumstance
rendered it necessarf for hire to return
that night, turd' actnitlly Opined without
naming the object o.h'; visa. Heir peor
heartalines broke, under ; the assumed
Lchberiuhiritis which, she maintained until
her hiller and the children Were in bed—
but then her grief burst out, t. Oh, moth
er r she whispered, us she sunk._ subbing
on tier bosom. There was i no need of
further words. Each saw and understood'
the whole—and they wept together long
and bitterly. They were familiar with !
sorrow, and shame, and contempt, (what
drunkard's family is not!) but this Was the ;
keenest agony of all.
Several persons called on her the next
day, and agonized her with inquiries eon-
corning her prospects and beau—hut toil
wards evening a letter was brought her,
which she hid in her bosom, with tremb
ling hands and a face glbWing with emo= ;
tion. ''• When alone with her mother, she
broke the Seal, gasping with the sulfoca-
ograssrut, rittihiNHEVENING,,I44OI 3; 1848.
ttottoratrugglltig . hope. and fear.. • Ai Read
'it Setodier."l She muesli ured. Prittilend
cannot read ik . ! • '
Wlutt pen -shall paint the mother's Mei
ji:tee; as she read inlewand plaintive; times,
to that wronged. audsuffering.phildohest
cold and cruel words: • •
...Mtge LUCY • SEARI. , .. •
"Dear Miss; you moot. have Observed
my . disappoiritment, on vur arrival yester.
day, .at the•amearance of your, home....
flowever, the demeanor of, year mother,
who must have been an educated woman,
reconciled rae,in a degree. and Iztels
dy. to attribute the miserable condition - of
every thing in and about, the house to sick
neat., or some unavoidable inisfertune.—
Out yen! father,. Lucy--I do not wish te
hell your feelings, I know it is rather your '
••misfortune then your :fault; , but I cannot
call him father". 1. blame you very much
tbat you dill, not tell rue the circumstances
of your family, in the early part of our ac.
quaintanee; hefore I had gene so far to'
make it both dishonorable and painful ~to
retract. You may say that did not en 7..
quire—true=but who cetild imagin
ed that the beautiful, accomplished, and
every way superior. Miss Seat!, _cotild.'be
the daughter of a common drunkard.
• have been taught to abhor dennkenness,l
and to despise the drunkard—bow then
can I become a drunkard's son 4n.lawl..-
My fantily•tiould never consent to such a:
thing, or maintain any intercourse with
yours;—..and,this would render you unhap- i
py—for although I cannot believe that you
have any affection for your
,degraded fa
ther, still you must love your mother, per
haps the more on account of her unhappi
ness and degradafion. I pity her exceed
ingly, and her children alio.
"For yourself, Lucy, you cannot doubt
my live. I have loved you wholly ; and
notwithstanding what I saw yesterday, I
love you still. But indeed, Lucy, 1 can- + '
not recognize your family as my pear rola- I
tives, neither could I be willing to bevel
my property squandered upon amen who!
wastes everything in drunkenness, which
I infer would be the case, from the fact
that you
,had sent your own earnings, to
purchase 'clothes for the children. Yet II
so love you that I feel I cannot be happy
without you; and as I am willing to make
Some sacrifices, I presume that you will
not hesitate to do likewise. If you love
me as it is said woman alwaysgoves, you
will consent to be mine, and accompany
me. as soon as we are married, to the rich I
West, where I will purchase a tract of I
land, and provide for you abundantly. --1
Yet in this case I must insist that you keep
up no intercourse, by letter or otherwise,
with those who cannot but be a disgrace
and expense to us. Consider these things
well, and let me have an early answer.
Your obedient servant,
IVsurv.a ROSCOE.
Still as a statue, and with her face hid
den in her hands, the jitiOr girl listened to
this dreadful letter; but as the last words
trembled from her mother's lips, ahe sank
down front her chair, MI a Wilted flower,
and when her affrighted' oillklig,'essaying
all her strength, lifted her from' the floor,
as she hung lifeless across the sustaining
arm, the red blood gushed from the livid
lips, and ran ''own her garments to the
floor. Her fade was sealed; yet she lin
gored on almost a year. It was consump
tion ; and the wise ones moralized on the,
mysterious ways of Providence—and won
dered that the best-and -brightest, - should
be first to die. When Roscoe hearciof her
illness, he came in haste to see her, and
bitter were the tears lie shed upon her pil
low, and pale weak hands. Only the mo
ther and daughter knew that lie was a
murderer. Perchance ho was not con
scious of it himself, for Lucy did nut up
braid him..
•Willingly would I live," said the love
ly victim to me, on that mournful night—
"oh, gladly for my dear mother's sake. I
do not wilfully sacrifice myself to an
placed passion. But the agony was more
than I could bear. The blood vessel burst
with o pang, as ifa knife had been driven
to my heart. I have prayed and striven
for recovery, but it could not be. I am
ready to die, for I have confidence in my
merciful God, andi know that my Re.:
deemer llveth. 1 haVo a glbrititis hope it
• Heaven.- -
did not idolize 'my earthly lore, but
oh, Lydia 1 it is a fearful thing' to 'See the
fair tree of human hope broken at n blow;
to feel the bright palace of inary hap
piness, fall eeld end heavy he young.
One—only one joy-angel ev stied in
my botiom, and that one wournled me to
death. But I never looked forward to hu
man happiness as confident, ma joyfully,
as I now anticipate the orlleaven."
• ~1111yelsildl..-Illy poor 4 dear angel child!'
saaltdr.,Searl,. suddenly , appearing atqfi
t/oor,which ladbeen left- half; open -te%acl
mit the air, "4144 SO rlitu your murderer!
-Ihave be,en listening .to. your - words',
my meek sufferer—l see that I have done I
it all. But Lucy, I swear by Him who is
the Truth and the Avenger—that from this
hour I will never taste one drop of any i
thing that can intozicatef,"
"Father, father!" she cried, clinging to
ibis passionate embrace, "Oh, you have
made me perfectly happy. , Notv„'neiv, I
have nothing to regret.' 'Mother will nbt
mourn Ifoi ine, livheitlitio
cherish het again,.and yort be-hap.'
py..ol4.,God.ltAtuiept 'my 'thanks, 'rind
give us thy strength, o lire . and to
A. small white stone Marks 'the place of
' her rest, in the quiet grave-yard,'a' white
'marble bearing ouly the record, of her
name and age, and a fair I illy drooping nn
a broken stem. The father kept his Yow,
and made his family so happy, 'that they
soon forgot to mourn for Lucy, tho' they still
weep over her green grave;—and he whom
her young hearcloved, though he married
after a few years, was ever melanchoY,lind
grew permanently old ; and at thirty-five,
without any apparent disease, he dieti.
Thus I have, iaiperfeetly sketched the !
story of one of the many broken flowers,z
that I have . known to perish in their ' beau
ty, and pass away from the earth.
There is something so great in a single
good action, that the man who, in his whole
life, has performed even one, can never be
wholly despicable.
"FE.A.RLSI3 AND FREE."
A lttity Vitatticrr:=—A Cage wtta recent
ty submittal° a jtirylit Ode connty, tvhioll, ,
for its no*eliy and happy - a.esult, deserves
a flaw ini” he' t iortf,",;,
It' arose trout 1'911.9749il Pirettlestauce
Two taw living pear neighbors, had a fair
ling out about the cow, of one of • the par?
ties frequently getting lute the enclosure
of_the other, lad Vbiehlinally resulted in
the death of the Ow • Bhp haVing been • eat
on by dogs and Chaf ed 411,she run against
a stump add broke her beck.'
The case was submitted to,a jury of rm
sp r ectable and wealthy farmers. After helm
ing related all the Mtswmalsucss• the .lel7
Made up their ' midds :Mkt this 'miner of the
cold could riot airoril'ldibitti her . , - attd that
the ' owner 'of the w* not a ble not able to pay j
fOr'll'er; Orettlhfinfilicii4=
ing verdiot : thet , thEi jury-should' phy the
value of the: cow,ilm magistrate' treat the,
party, and the r.ciastable.pay:the costs.
The verdict, was ;immediately ratified
and satisfied, to theitgreM joy, the calico
neighborhood..l-44144-00,10Crat.
Otrio LtotsLartait.w4lPididrattial ofihe
Democratic ,Setiettors.=Welso , o aedoUtittf
in the Wenerit patient. Teeieved; last night,.
of th e- withdrawal frenintliiir seautoffifteleo l
democratic State Senators forth, purpose
of defeating a. bill before .that body. By
thu,Cottatitutieu of the !Slate, it is requiredi'
that thore siova.iterevery-tottr-Years* all- a
portiontneto of the membera of the Logia.
lature, and for the purpose that the State
shall he divided into districts. - This is • •
veer for making the' apportionment. and a
hill for the purposeless accordingly report
ed in the., House, and passed. When it
went to the attune. the Democratic meta:
bere there spoke against,it, and failing in
baying it,amended as they, wanted. with.
drew from the,Acoate. and thus left that
body without a epaathutiortal quorum to do
business.
EASAr opt Geri. Boors-!--The Wash
ington correspondent of the-Philadelphia
I.edger. writes
"Of course Gen. 'Senn, ss I dlitays
wrote you, 'is virtually recalled, and not
merely auspeuded. , l, The latter term is
merely espresivro. of the fact that there.arf
reasons fur his recall. Tim Court of inqui
ry will bring these to and dhow that
Gen. Scott's direct Offence was not malts
tart' but an assumption of diplomatic power,
Gen. Scott, in a woitcl,,miloised Mr. Trial,
(per the latter sorts 'r e called, to entertain'
the Mexican profioSition if peace, and he I
became thus indir'eelly the , auiltor, or at
least co-opetater in the negotiations. G'cp.!
Scott had no authority , to' do so, nod le Oh
swerable for the .act; ind the Alassinistres-;
lion will not be rigorous in regard. to hire, i
and' content itself with„ making. out the
',charge, antLwitbdrswing Scott fro*
' the comniand . of the army." '
' We ask the country to think over thisstate
ment. Ask arty advocate oldie War why
it is not terminated, and lie 'will' en
ewer that Mexico refuse's to snake'Peace.
The Whigs are daily abused by their ad
versaries with prolonging the 'War by en- '
encouraging the Mexicans toitold out and i
refuse to snake Peace.' Congreati is called 1
on to vote new levies and loans in double
quick time, in order to drive Mexico to
make Peace. And yet we have the illuh-1
trious and triumphant leader of our own
armies ignominiously deposed forth° crime
of advisinkTrist,to and for
to Washington ; 'Me.ricart Overtures
-
for Peace :-- Was there ever before a war
so steeped in hypocrisy and villainy as
1 this ?— Tribune:
- MR. CLAY AND NNE Psaaroaxcr
The National Intelhgencer sktis that while
Mr. Clay has a strong disinclination to the
use of his name for the Presidoney, he his
remained diffirely passive, without haw
ing formed absolutely any determinatien
one way or the other. • . .
AID, AND Crotvorr.—The impudence of
the Locofocos, from the• President. upward
in rharging uputt the whip a 4lesirit to, af
'ford aid and comfort to the enemy:• is only
equalled by their falsehoods. At a bocofo.
co State Convention in Arkansas, a few
weeks since,. Col. Ben. Taylor, a leading
member ; of that-party, made use.of the fol.
language
"Sometime* rhave felt tilittle jealousy,
in looking over the army. roll, 10 1e. ,90
manyhigs• upholding the • stars and
etripes--hecause I am compelled , to admit
that they outnumber the'fiemecrag"*"
A Bin LEAP.—A horse, belarigtwr •to
•
a Mr. 'lyhite o of Balt,intare,utade a leap at
Charleitown, Vs. a few deputation, which
close , kiii to the--famous leap made hr
Pumarn'ishorse, in Revolutidnary
Runnintoff front frights . he enttnintered a'
trtill 4 riCe' 'l2 feet in depth,
10 1 0 430 - Jettp 10 feet from its edge, but
string tiie opposite bank With his head,
dislocated his nei.k. felt back atutestpired.
The distance be jumped is said:to be :teen- -
wine/eel."' '
111tr.resav Tototpkinsi
a NeW Voi.k volunteer, who W ) jth
Sctitt'tketitny in all.its Mesicen„hattlee, is
now, in Now 1"001. .134 Jolt arm.
ragglid,4eituiless, sittl 'pensionless. .So
.01 8 .ati pxtthange. If he'only•wote span.
letteinow, he. would be feasted to burst
ing:and Smothered with obsequious ado
lation. l'Ap voila is very.discri!ninating
in such matters.'
:.rerverWaTioN.—The want of a 'Comrna
in iinnlntMit often so confuses the raiding.
that,ii is lipposaible to make out what. is
meant by the author. We, give the . fol.
lowing RS an example: .
Every lady to the land '
Has twenty nailson uttelh 'hand,
Five and twenty on hand and feet
This is true without deceit. .
The abore . appearS - rather punting, but by
placing a comma after the words nails,
five, feet, anti omitting it after hand, the
author's rhyme will at once he intelligible.
A Scowl' blacksmith, being asked the
meaning of metaphysics, explained it as
follows:—.""When, the party that - listens
tlinns ken what the party .who, speaks
Means, and when the party who,s,peoia
dinna ken whatAie means hiinselfthat is
metaphysics." '
MTH OF Al ADAMS,
PROCEEDINGS IN CON'GRESS.
in,Ckeirrottkort Thursday; (the morning AO
serpent to the death of Mr. ADANII,) the proretkl.
Inge were marked by an unusual solentmity. In
the House, Mr. Simaker Winskaor spoke as fol
lows: • ,
.Gentroineienf tfie Rarer of Reproi;eiatatives of 'the
,••• --•Unittd States. •• 0 • ' • •
. has been,thought fit 'that the Chair
should ennotmee offieitilly to the House,
an event, already, known to the members
and which has filled all our
hearts with . sadness. , •
A seat on this doonpas been vacated, to.
WSlSlE_Which.,Olfr ,_eyes _have been accus
tomed to turn , with uo common interest.
A voice has boon hushed forever in this
ball, to..whiel all ears 'have been want to
listen with profound reverence.
A venerable limn has faded from our
sight, around which we have daily clus
tered with saaffectionate regard.
X name has , beep stricken from the ryll
of the living'Statesmen of 013 f lona, which
has been associated for more than half a
century with.the highest civil serviee, and
the loftiest , civil renown.
On Menday, the 21st instant, John Q.
Adams. sunk in his.seat, in presence of us
all, by a sudden illoess,from which he ne
ver recovered; and , be died, in the Speak
er,'s room, at a quarter past Seven o'clock
last eveping,with oacers.tif.the_lictuse
l air the tielegation,of his,o tvn Massacltu
setts around him. ,
Whatever advanced age, long, experi
ence, gl4at vast acOuniP
late& public hontirs,. a spotiehis' private
clientele'', end a firm "religititts faith
,Could
do, to render any Inman ohject of interest,
respect, and . 11dmiratini,.thoy had done for
this dititingtilsbedersont . and interest, re
spect, end admiration ate MA fhebl 4 , terms
to eipteiel the feelingt4;,ivith ' tAich the
nistittiors of this gothie and the people of
die .. iocittit hive long regarded him.'
After-it life of eighty'yettrs t - deyoted from
ite'earliest maturity to the tiblic,aeeviee,
he has at length gone to, his teat. lie lies
been' privileged to die e at' hie pet; to fall
while iiiirtiithirgii .
ditties; tomxpire
beneath
,the roof of the. Capitel , ,r_ind to
have %Ili hint idene aisoelated
,forsverin
history thAt illustrious
Patriot,: whose just discernment brought
him fire( into the service of his tonntty.
' The cloire of such a life, each cir
cumstances is not all event for unmingled
emotions. We cannot Multi in our hearts
to regret that he has died ae Tie files die`d.
lie hinitielf ieoutd have . desired no other
end. -.This is the end of earth," were his
last wards; uttered on the (ley on which he
fell. But we Might almost hear hint oi l '
clsimittg se he left us—in u ‘ linguago hard
-I,y tel l familiar td" him' than Iris native
tongue—”f/Oc'eit, nirnirum, trurgis
ler (Levin' migrate, quest marl.
, 1 .
leis for others to stiggest whit , honors
shall be paid to his memory. No acts
.pure are necessary to his tame. Bpi it
may - he due to' ourselves and to' the certif. I
trY, that the national sense of !di cbatSeter
and services should be fully enittinemora
ted.
When the Speaker. eentinded. Mr. Horolloar, bf
Malaschuottti, zoo. pad atkinared Nutt Hesse is
Mr. Speaker rise With 'no Ordinary
emotion•to perktrm a_painfilldulr.j_ Which
has been assigned' me by My , eolloognes,
growing out of an event which , hie &cent
ly. occurred in the midst of'tin: thh In
;loom:einem of-witieh has just:been ihade
by.ihe Chair. MY !ate venerable Colleague
is no more I A groat acid gOod' man has
fallen: He has beemetricketidoWn in the
midst of as, while in' the disehirrge of bis
public - duties. 'One Whiase•publie sert•ires
are doeval witlytheeststblishhient of our
ts'overuitient--one who boa tome down to
us from past generations, and of whom it
might alntose . be acid that he Was living in
`and
of , posterity, , on example to us
and to thole , who aft or us, has ceased
from his labors and gone to his teward.
The peculiar eirounhimnees df his death
are known to everY mambo of this House
and are calcuiated torture a deei) and last- I
impression. • They weigh so heavily
upon iny , dnott mind atid feelings, that I am'
almost inclined to believe •that 'silence is
die most appropriate /token of tnir grief, l
and the
,most sublime tribute to'hit memo-
Jolts ADMIN . Vas' beim 'on the
Ith day. !of Juiy, :1767i' in ithnt part. of
Braintree, !Massachitietts, Which Vas sebl
seguentivitteorporitetl IntlitloWn by the
Bathe of 4ninity, Ind Wide Vs.ii in 'the 81st
I year, tit hie age: In 17"8, irlien 'he was
butelevenr years 'of! age; beateoinpanied .
his-liitkier t -John , Adams, • to Prance, who
was sentiwith , Denjihid Primktin' Ar
thin' Lee, as Comenissioners to the Court
of Versailles,' 'After renihitiing in . France
'about eighteen titemths,Aiiing which time
he applied himself closely to the
. study
the French and4tin languttees;.he return-
ed tO•hiti own country, in ' August, 1779.'.
In Novoniber of the same year his father
Was again dispatched to Europe for the dis- !
charge of diplomatic services, and took his !
son John Quincy with him. At Paris he
was - put to school, and when in 1789, Joint
Adams removed to Holland, his son enjoy
ed the advantages of the public school at
Amsterdam, and afterwards at the Untver
sity• of Leydon. Francis Dana, who ac
eompanied John Adams, as Secretary to
the Einhissy, received in 1781 the appoint-
went of Minister Plenipotentiary to Itus,l
sia, and took John Quincy Adams, then
Iburteen j ears of age, with Itiin as his pri-1
:vale secretary. Here he remained until
October, 1782, when he left Mr. Dana at
St. Peitersburgh, and returned through Swe
den; Denmark, Hamburg, and Bremen, to
.llollend, where he remained some mood's
till his' father took him t'o Paris at the time
of the sighing of the treaty of peace in 17-
8:1. Prom that time till 1785 he was with
his father in England, llollattd and France;
during the whole of which period lie was
a close student,
In 4704, Gen. Washington appointed
him resident minister to the United Neth.
erlands. From that period till 1801 he
was in Europe, employed in diplomatic
business, and as a public minister in Hal
land, England and Prussia- Jamas Gen.
Washington was retiring from office, he
appointed Mr. Adams minister plenipoten
tiary to the Court of Portugal. While on
his way us Lisbon he received a new corn
mission, changing his destination to Ber
lin. During his residence of about three
years and a half at Berlin. he concluded an
important commercial treaty with Prussia
—thus accomplishing the object of his
mission. lie was recalled near the close
of his father's administration, and arrived
in his native country in Septeinber, 1801.
In 1802 he was chosen by the Boston
district to the Senate of Massaeltusetts.and
soon after was elected by the Legislature
a Senator in Congress for six years from
March 3, 1803. lie remained in the Sett•
ale of the United States until 1808, when
Ito resigned. While in the Senate he re
ceived theappointment oll'rofessor of Rhet
oric in Harvard University-, an officewhich
he filled with distinguished ability-
At the age of eighteen, at his own re
quest, his father permitted hint to return to
Massachusetts, where lie entered Harvard
University, and Was graduated iii 1787
with distinguished honors. Soon after
leaving college he entered the office of the
celebrated Theophilus l'arsous,afterwards
Chief Justice of Massachusetts, N here he
remained the usual period of three years,
4'the study of the law, when he entered
the profession, and established himself at
Boston.
In 1800. he was appointed by President
Madis'on Envoy Extraordinary and Minis
tite plenipotentiary to the Court of Russia,
where he rendered the most important ser
vices to his country. Br his influence
with that Court he induced Russia to offer
her mediation between Great Britain aod
the .United States in the war of 1812; and
When the proper time had arrived, he was
placed by President Madison at the head
of flee distinguished commissioners to ne
gotiate a treaty of peace, it Lich was con
cluded at Ghent in 1814. Mr. Adams
was then associated with Mr. Clay and
Mr. Gallatin to negotiate a commercial
convention with Great Britain, and was
forthwith appointed Minister Plenipoten
tiary to the Court of St. James. While
in Europe, in 1811, he received the ap.
pointment of Associate Justice of the Su
prOnie Court of the United States, which
he declined.
After remaining in England till the dose
President Aladison's administration, to,
was Failed home. and placed by President
Monroe at the bead of the Deportment of
State, where he remained eight years.
. .
iln 1825, he was chosen by the House
of Representatives President of the Uni
ted States fur the term of four years. On
leaving tha Presidency in 1829. he return
.ed tip his native place in Massachusetts,
inidin 1831, was dented a member of this
Noose, and by the free sod - rages of the
'peOple.hasheen continued in that office to
the day of his death.
Ibis is but a hasty and imperfect enu
:.meration or the public stations which have
been filled by. my late lamented colleague.
lOf the manner in which he has discharged
theaeoublic trusts it is not necessary fur
ttsc in,.speali. Suffice it to say that his
1 Joni eventful life has been devoted to the
public service, and the ability and fidelity
i with which he has discharged every duty
are known and acknowledged throughout
I the nation. ilia lame is so blended with
' his eountry:s history that it will live when'
all : the-frail namunneuts of art shall have j
'crumbled into dust. Hy his death the I
I Country has lost a pure patriot, science an'
Irdiset votary, and the cause of human
freedoma devoted friend. I
But it is nut as a public man merely that i
tve are to contemplate Mr. Adams. In i
the private walks of life, "where tired die-(
sintulittion drops the mask," and man ap-
pears as he really is, we find in hint all
those silent and social virtues which adorn
the character. His ardent love of justice,!
his iutlesible regard fur truth, his stern de-
Volion to the cause of cit il and religious!
liberty, Were blended with meekness, sod
briety, and charity. But the crowning I
glory of his character was his devotion to;
the cause of his Redemier.
To that cause he Was publicly dedicated
i on the second day of his earthly existence,
and throughout a long liCt he manifested a
tirm belief in Divine revelation, and a calm
trust in that Being who rules among the
nations and spreads the mantle of his love
Over his dependent children. But he is
gone. The places that have known him
will know hen no more forever. This in
! stance of mortality. at Once so peculiar and
so Painful, admonishes us of the uncertain
ty of life, and teaches us so to number our
days that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.
We tender to his afflicted family our
heartfelt sympathy, and assure them that a
nation's tears will be mingled with theirs.
And while we look for consolation w the
wisdom and goodness of an over-ruling
Providence. we would affectionately com
mend them to that gracious Being who
has revealed himself as the father of the
I:tillerless and the widow's God and friend.
Messrs Holmes, Vinton and M'Dowell follow
er? Mr. Hudson in glowing eulogies of the distin
guished worth and virtues of the deceased.
Tho House then adopted the usual !resolutions,
and an an especial nark of respect ordered that
Mr. Alms' seat remain unoccupied for 30 days,
and that the ❑all be put in mourning during the
same rriod. The House then adjourned until
Saturday to make arrangements for the funeraL
When the House message, announcing the
death or Av.ims, was sent to the Senate, on
Thursday, Mr. Darts. of Massachusetts, then ad
drcbsed the Senate as follows :
Mr. President : By the recent affliction
Of my colleague, a painful duty devolves
upon me. The message just delivered
from the House proves that the hand of
God has been again amulet; us. A great
and good man has gone from our midst_
If, in speaking of ions Quirycv Ausss, 1
can give utterance to the language of my
own heart, I am confident I shall meet with
a response front the Senate.
Ho was born in the then Province of
Massachusetts, while she was girding her
self fur the great revolutionary straggle
which was then before her. Ilia parent
age is too well known to need even an al-
Tyco- DOLLALIO3 PER' ANNUM.
INEW SEIES-NO. 41.
, ,
Illusion ;-• yet I may be - pardtmed if 1 say
that his tither seemed borndumid In the Mt-
1 tablishroent of our free government, and
i
his mother was a. most suitable companion
and co-laborer of such a patriot. The era-.
dle hymns of the child were the song. of
' liberty.
The power and competence of man for ,
self-government were the topics which he
most frequently heard discussed by the
wise men of the day ; and the inspiration.
thus caught, gave form and pressure to hi.
after life. Thus early imbued with the
love of free institutions, educated by hit
father for the service his of country, and
early led by Washington to its altar, he
has stood before the world as one of its
eminent statesmen. He has occupied, hi
turn, almost every place of honor which
the country could. give ,him, and for more
• than half a century has been thus identified
. with its history. tinder any circumstances,
I should feel myself unequal to the teak 'of
rendering justice to his memory ;• but with
' the debilitating effect of bad health still up
; on me, I ran only, with extreme brevity.
• touch upon some of the most
,prominent
features of his life.
While yet a young [wake was; is May.
1794, appointed minister resident to the
States General of the United Netherlands.
In May. 1796, two years after, be has ap
pointed minister plenipotentiary at Lisbon,
in Portugal. These honors were confer
red on him by George Washington, with
i the advice and consent of the Senate. •
In May, 1791, he was appointed "minis
ter plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia.
In March, 1798, and probably while at
Berlin, he was appointed a commissioner
with full powers to negotiate a treaty of
amity, and commerce with Sweden.
After his return to the United States, he
was elected by the Legislature of Massa-"'
dimwits a Senator,.and discharged the du
ties of that station iu this chamber from the
4th of March, 1803, until June, 1808,
when, differing from his colleague and the
State upon a great political question. he re-
I signed his seat. In June, 1809., he was
' nominated and appointed Minister Pleni
potentiary to the Court of St. Peteraburgb.
While at that court, inFebreary, 1811,
he was appointed an Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of tho United - States,
till
Ito a vacancy occasioned by the death
I of Judge Cushing, but never took his seat
upon the bench.
In May, 1813, he, with Messrs. Galla
tin and Bayard, was nominated envoy ex
traordinary and minister plenipotentiary
to negotiate a treaty of peace with Great
Britain, under the mediation of Russia,
and a treaty of commerce with Russia.—
From causes which it is unnecessary to
notice, nothing was accomplished under
this appointment. But afterwards, in Janu
ary, 1814 e lie and Messrs. Gallatin, Iday
ard. Clay and Russell. were appointedmiin
isters plenipotentiary and envoys extraor
dinary to negotiate a treaty of pease and a
treaty of comma% e with Great Britain,—
This mission succeeded in effecting a pac
ification, and the name of Mr. ~daintris
subscribed to the treaty of Ghent.
After this eventful crisis in our publin
affairs, he was, in February, 1815, select
ed by Mr. Madison to represent theleoult
try and protect its interests at the Court of
St James, and lie rema;ned there as envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary
until Mr. Monroe became President of the
United States.
On the Sib March, 1817,- at the corn
menceinent of the new administration, he
was appointed Secretary of State, and con
tinued in that office w bile that gentleman -.
was at the head of the a4mitiistration. . - 1
In 1825, he was elected his successor,
and discharged the duties of President lbe
one term, ending on the 3d of March,
1829.
1 Here followed a brief period of repose ;•
from public service, and Mr. Adams retir
!ed to the family mansion at Quincy. but
was elected &member of the-House of Rep
resentatives front the district in which lie,:
lived, at the neat election, which occurred
1 after his return to it, and took his seat in
• December, 1831 ; lie retained it by site- •
cei•sive elections to the day of his death.
I have nut ventured on this occesiou be
yond a bare enumeration of the high places
of trust and confidence which have been
conferred upon the deceased. The service
covers a period of more than half a centu
ry : and what language can 1 employ which i
will portray more forcibly the great merit,
of the deceased, the confidence reposed in
him by the public, or the ability with which
lie discharged die duty devolved upon hint,
than by this simple narative of recorded
facts ! An ambitious man could nut de
sire a more emphit:ic eulogy.
Mr. Adams, however, was not•merely a
statesman, but a ripe, accomplished scholsr.
who, dining a life of remarkably well.di
rected industry, made those great acquire
tnents which adorned his character, and'
gave to it the manly strength of wisdom
and intelligence.
As a statesman and patriot, he will rank
among the illustrious men of an age pro
lific in great names, and greatly distal-
gnished II) its progress in civilization. The
productions of his pen are proofs ols vig.
orous mind, imbued with a profilltud
knowledge of what it investigates, and of
a memory which was singularly retentive
and capacious.
But his character is not made up -of
those conspicuous qualities alone. fin •
will he remembered for the virtues of pri-
rate life—fur his elevated moral enetitple•-•
for his integrity-. for his devotion to his
duties as a Christian, as a neighbor.aodiis
the head of alamily. In all these reds.:
Woos, few persons have set a more stand
fast or brighter example. and few have 4i,,-
seended•tu the grave where the broken tittl
of social and domestic affection have been,
more: sincerely lamented. '
Great as may he the loss to ;the public,,, . .
Of one so gifted and wise, it iitbtititt4nßi., - ..,,
mly thayncileiith will be mina' deeply 4N
~
his aged and beloved partnerp.Stlw b 4,010-: i
tang shared the humors of hit' Catattlo',i'7 ,;;,. •
to whom all who know her . ata . 4***lo , ;'.
aft
the ties of friendship.ivillbelietkci**.li. ,
share her grief, oi‘urn her bosi=e. . .
and sympathise wlth!ber lb her
~ . ~
It is believed to have been * inirnfld
wish of his heart, to•ifte,ldanthistbell• I* .
the midst of his labors. biro a sublime