-1X • t L e n'll4l"naL 410-,k) _ II El r•;:' 7\74 BY JAS. CLARK. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. List of Letters, EMAINING in the Post Office at Hunting. It. don, July Ist, 1850. A Knox James Albright Joseph, Kylor George Artist Dagueratw, 2 Kemp Joseph Ashton iCharles, King Thomas Adams & Boat, Kerr Bernard 1.1 Krell Fredk Bray Michael, 11, Brunk Elizabeth P. Leidy Jacob Esq Bieber Jacob, Lytle Semi Bolinger George, Lyons W S Esq Boyle R. Esq. Langfeld J Becker David M. Lambert Robt Blair Alex. C. Esq. Lamed A D Brandon Wm. Lynerd Mathew Brinker, Anthony & co. 111 Barns Thornton, Myton & Cunningham C Moore Wm 'Cullen Wm. 3 McGranahan John Crawford David 2 McNellis Bernard Crilley James, McCarthy John Coblenge Micb. Marry John Cavanneugh Jno. Meßirney Robt Cambel Wm. Mathews George Carbio Alex. Merrelis James Calahan Pat t. Moser Samuel Cumming Alex. Menu Wm Camp Joseph, McNeer Franklin Cowen Win. 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N. B.—Mr. G. will visit the residence of any person, if requested. Mouths examined and opinions given free of charge. Petersburg, July 2. 1850.—ltn.—pd... Rags! Sags!—The highest price paid in cash for Helmet the Ffuntingdon Book Store May 21. HORACE %V. SMITII. Death Of President TaylOr. Eulogies in Congress. The death of President TAYLOR, on being of ficially announced, drew forth from several members of the Senate and House, eloquent and highly appropriate eulogiums on the character and services of the deceased. Last week we gave the remarks of Mr. Walls Tan, in the Sen ate, and we now give some of the speeches made in the House. They will all be read with lively interest: SPEECH OF MR. WINTHROP. Mr. WlNTnnor, of Massachusetts, said : It would not be easily excused, Mr. Speaker, by those whom I represent in this Hall, if there were no Massachu setts voice to respond to the eulogy which has been pronounced by Louisi ana upon her illustrious and lamented son. Indeed, neither my personal feel ings nor my political relations to the liv ing or to the dead, would permit me to remain altogether silent on this occasion. And yet, sir, I confess, I know not how to say any thing satisfactory to myself, or suitable to the circumstances of the hour. The event which has Just been offici ally announced, has come upon us so suddenly—has so overwhelmed us with mingled emotions of surprise and sad ness—that all ordinary forms of expres sion seem to lose their significance, and one would fain bow his head to the blow in silence, until its first shock has in some degree passed away. Certainly, sir, no one can fail to real ize that a most momentous and myste rious Providence has been manifested in our midst. At a moment when, more than almost ever before in our history, the destinies of our country seemed, to all human sight, to be inseparably asso ciated with the character And conduct of its Chief Executive Magistrate, that Magistrate has been summoned from his post, by the only messenger whose man dates he might not have defied, and has been withdrawn forever from the sphere of human existence! There are those of 0 ,, I need not say, sir, who had looked to him with affec tion and reverence as our chosen leader and guide in the difficulties and perplex ities by which we are surrounded.— There are those of us who had relied confidently on him, as upon no other man, to uphold the Constitution and maintain the Union of the country in that future, upon which " clouds and darkness" may well be said to rest.— And, as we now behold him, borne away by the hand of God from our sight, in the very hoar of peril, we can hardly re ' press the exclamation, which was applied to the departing prophet of old: "My father, my father ! the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof." Let me not even seem to imply, how ever, that the death of Gen. TAYLOR is any thing less than a National loss.— There may be, and we know there is, in this event, n privileged and pre-eminent grief for his immediate family relatives, to which we can only offer the assu rance of our heartfelt sympathy. There is, toc, a peculiar sorrow for his politi cal friends and supporters, which we would not affect to conceal. But the whole people of the United States will feel, and will bear witness, when they receive these melancholy tidings, that they have all been called to sustain a most afflicting National bereavement. I hazard nothing, sir, in saying, that the roll of our Chief Magistrates, since 1789, 'illustrious as it is, presents the name of no man who has enjoyed a high er reputation with his contemporaries, or who will enjoy a higher reputation with posterity, than ZACHARY TAYLOR, for some of the best and noblest qualities which adorn our nature. His indomitable courage, his unim peachable honesty, his Spartan simplici ty and sagacity, kindness, moderation, and inngnanimi.y, his fidelity to his friends, his generosity and humanity to his enemies, the purity of his private life, the patriotism of his public princi ples, will never cense to be cherished in the grateful remembrance of all just men and all true-hearted Americans. As a Soldier and a General, his fame is associated with some of the proudest and most thrilling scenes of our military history. He may be literally said to have conquered every enemy he has met, save only that last enemy, to which we must all, in turn, surrender. . . As a Civilian and Statesman, during the brief period in which he has been permitted to enjoy the transendent hon ors which a grateful country had award ed him, he has given proof of a devotion to duty, of an attachment to the Consti tution and the Union, of n patriotic de termination to maintain the Peace of our country, which no trials or temptations could shake. He has borne his faculties meekly, but firmly. He has been "clear in his great office." He has known no local partialities or prejudices, but has proved himself capable of embracing his HUNTINGDON, PA., TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1850. whole country in the comprehensive af fections and regards of a large and gen erous heart. But he has fallen almost at the thres hold of his civil career, and at a moment when some of us were looking to him to render services to the country which we had thought no other man could per form. Certainly, sir, he has died too soon for every body but himself. AVe can hardly find it in our hearts to repine that the good old man has gone to his rest. We would not disturb the repose in which the brave old soldier sleeps.— His part in life had been long and faith fully performed. In his own last words, he htid always done his duty, and he was not afraid to die." But our regrets for ourselves and for our country are deep, strong, and unfeigned. Sir, it was a fit and beautiful circum stance in the close of such a career, that his last official appearance was at the celebration of the Birth-day of our Na tional Independence, and, more especial ly, that his last public act was an act of homage to the memory of him whose ez• ample he hail ever revered and followed, and who, as he himself so well said, "was, by so many titles, the Father of his Country." And now, Mr. Speaker, let us hope that this event may teach its all how vain is our reliance upon any arm of flesh. Let us not hope that it may im press us with a solemn sense of our Na tional as well as individual dependence on a higher than human Power. Let us remember that " the Lord is king, be the people never so impatient; that he sitteth between the cherubim, be the earth never so unquiet." Let us, in language which is now hallowed to us all, as having been the closing and crowning sentiment of the brief but ad mirable Inaugural Address with which this illustrious Patriot opened his Presi dential term, and which it is my privil ege to read at this moment from the ve ry copy from which it was originally read by himself to the American people, on the 4th day of March, 1819—let us, in language in which "he, being dead, yet speaketh"—" Let us invoke a contin uance of the same Protecting Care which has lad us from small beginnings to the eminence we this day occupy; and let us seek to deserve that continuance by pru dence and moderation in our councils ; by well-directed attempts to assuage the bit terness which too often marks unavoida ble differences of opinion ; by the promul gation and practice of just and liberal principles ; and by an enlarged patriotism, which shall acknowledge no limits but those of our own wide-spread Republic." Speech of Col. Baker. Mr. BAKER, of Illinois, said : Mr. Speaker, it is often said of sorrow, that, like death, it levels all distinctions.— The hemblest heart can heave a sigh as deep as the proudest; and I avail myself of this mournful privilege to swell the' accents of grief which have been poured forth to-day with a larger though not more sincere utterance. A second time since the formation of this Government a President of the United States has been stricken by death in the perform ance of his great duties. The blow which strikes the man falls upon a na tion's heart, and the words of saddened praise which fall upon our ears to-day, and here, are but echoes of the thoughts that throng in the hearts of the millions that mourn him every where. You have no doubt observed, sir, that in the first moments of a great loss the instincts of affection prompt us to summon up the good arid great qualities of those for whom we weep. It is a wise ordination I I of Divine Providence ; a generous pride tempera and restrains the bitterness of grief; and noble deeds and heroic vir tues shed a consoling light upon the tomb. It is in this spirit that I recur for an instant, and for aii instant only, to the events of a history fresh in the r,,- inembrance of the nation and the world. The late President of the United States has devoted his whole life to the service of his country ; of a nature sin gularly unambitious, he seems to have combined the utmost gentleness of man ner with the greatest firmness of pur pose. For more than thirty years the dirties of his station confined him to a sphere where only those who knew him most intimately could perceive the qual tiles which danger quickened and bright ened into sublimity and grandeur. In the late war with Great Britain he was but a captain, yet the little band who de fended Fort Harrison saw amid the smoke of battle that they were com manded by a man fit for his station.— In the Florida campaign lie commanded but a brigade, yet iris leadership not on ly evinced courage and conduct, but in spired these qualities in the meanest soldier in his ranks. He began the. Mexican campaign at the head of only a division, yet, as the events of the war swelled that division into an army, so the crisis kindled him into higher resolve and nobler actions, till the successive steps of advance became the assured march of victory. Mr. Speaker, as we review the bril liant and stirring passages of the events to which I refer, it is not in the power even of sudden grief to surpress the ad miration which thrills our hearts. When, sir, has there been such a campaign ? When such soldiers to be led, and when such qualities of leadership so variously combined 1 now simple but yet how grand was the announcement "In what ever force the enemy may be I will fight him." It gave Palo Alto and Ilesaca to our banner. How steadfast the resolu tion that impelled the advance to Mon terey—how stirring the courage which beleagued the frowning city— which stormed the barricaded streets—which carried the embattled heights, and won and kept the Whole. Nor, Fir, can we forget that in the flush of victory the gentle heart stayed the bold hand, while the conquering soldier offered sacririces on the altar of pity, amid all the exults• Lion of triumph. Sir, I may not step to speak of the achievements of Buena Vista; they are deeds that will never die, and it was the great event of the age, a contest of races and institutions. An army of volunteers engaged, not in an impetuous advance, but in a stern defence of chosen ground, against superior• force, and in a last ex tremity, and when men who had never seen fire faced the foe with the steadi ness of veterans. Sir, as long as those frowning heights and bloody ravines shall remain, these recollections will en dure, and with them the twine of the man who steadied every rank and kind led every eye, by the indiimitable reso lution which would not yield, and the exalted spirit which rose highest amid the greatest perils. It was from scenes like these he was called to the Chief Magistracy. It was a summons unexpected and unsought, the spontaneous expression of a noble confidence, the just reward of great ac tions. It may not be proper to speak here and now of the manner in which these new duties were executed, but I may say that here, as every where else, he exhibited the same firmness and deci sion which had marked his life. He was honest and unostentatious; he obeyed the law, and loved the constitution ; he dealt with difficult questions with a sin gleness of purpose, which is the truest pilot amid storms ; nor can it be doubted that when impartial history shall record the events of his Administration they will be found worthy of his past life, a firm foundation for his future renown. You remember, Mr. Speaker, that when the great Athenian philosophy was inquired of by the Lydian King, as to who has the happiest among men, he de clared that no man should be pronounced happy till his death. The President of the United States has so finished a no ble life as to justify the pride and admi ration of his countrymen. He has laced the last enemy with a manly firmness and is becoming resolution. He died where an American citizen would most desire to die, not amid embattled hosts and charging squadrons, but amid weep ing friends and an anxious nation, in the house provided by its gratitude, only to be taken thence to a "house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."— Sir, in the death which has caused so much dismay, there is a becoming resem blance to the life which has created so much confidence. His closing hours were marked with a beautiful calmness his last expressions indicated a manly sense of his own worth, and a conscious ness that he had done his duty. Nor can I omit to re.i.ark, that it is this sense of the obligation of duty which appears to have been the true basis of his char acter. In boyhood and in age, ns cap tain and as general, whether defending a fort against savages, or exercising the functions of the Chief Magistracy—duty rather than glory—self-approval, rather than renown, have prompted the deeds which have made him immortal. Mr. Speaker the character upon which death has just set his seal is tilled with beautiful and impressive contrasts--a warrior, he loved peace; a man of ac tion, he sighed for retirement. Amid the events which crowned him with fame he counselled a withdrawal of our troops. And whether at the head of armies or in the chair of state, he appeared as ut terly unconscious of his great renown as if no banners had drooped at his word, or as if no gleam of glory shone through his whitened hair. It is related of Epaminondas that when fatally wounded at the battle of Mantinea, they bore him to a height from whence, with fading glance, he surveyed the fortunes of the fight, and, when the field was won, laid himself down to die. The friends who gathered round him wept his early fall, and passionately expressed their sorrow that he died childless. "Not so," said the hero with his last breath, "for do I not leave two fair daughters, Louvre and Mantinea." General Taylor is more fortunate, since he leaves an excellent and most worthy family to deplore his loss and inherit his glory. Nor is he fortunate in this only, since, like Epam inondas, he leaves, riot only two battles, hut four—Palo Alto, Resaca, Monterey, Buena Vista— the grand creations of his genius and valor, to be remembered :is long as truth and courage appeal to the human heart. Mr. Speaker, the occasion and the scene impress upon us a deep sense of the instability of all human concerns, so beautifully alluded to by my friend from Massachusetts, (Mr. WINTHROP.) The great Southern Senator is no longer among us. The President during whose administration the war commenced, sleeps in '‘the house appointed for all the living ;" and the great soldier who led the advance and assured the triumph, "lies like a warrior taking his rest."— Alt sir, if in this assemblage there is a man whose heart beats with a tumultu ous and unrestrained ambition, let him to day stand by the bier upon which that lifeless body is laid, and learn how trine!) of human greatness fades in an hoar; but if there be another man here whose tainting heart shrinks from a no• ble purpose, let him, too, visit those sa• cred remains, to be reminded how much there is in true glory that can never die. SPEECH OF MR. MILLIARD. Mr. 1 - Iti.LiArto, rose and said: Mr. Speaker, ut the suggesti on of those in whose judgement I have confidence, I rise to ofilir an humble tribute to the mem ory of the great man who has just fallen in our midst. If he were living, 1 should leave others to eulogise him— as he is dead, I choose to speak of him. And yet 1 am so overwhelmed by the event which has just occurred, that I can scarcely find language to express what I feel. Some events are so impressive that they leave little occasion for words; they are too great to be enlarged on. 1 am almost ready to follow the example of a great French orator, who, when cal led on to pronounce a funeral oration upon a deceased monarch, laid his hand upon the head of the dead King, and ex claimed, "There is nothing great but God." Sir, there is nothing great but God. General TAYLOR'S whole career illus trated the high qualities which so emi nently distinguished him. I do not dwell upon his battlefields—they belong to history, and they will find a place upon the brightest pages which record such exploits. Nor shall I speak of his cour age—it is unnecessary ; that is attested by hard fought fields, and brilliant vic tories ivon under his eye against over whelming numbers. But I wish to speak of that high sense of duty which characterized his whole life—that steady purpose to do what he believed to be right, at all times and in all places. In the performance of duty, nothing could move him—lie marched directly upon the road where that called him. The reference to this trait in his character has been appropriately made by die gen tleman from Illinois, (Mr. BAKER,) and , it deserves to be observed and dwelt 1 upon. To him as fully as to any one I have ever known, may by applied the high eulogium of "incorruptu fides" ---he kept Isis faith with all men. You might dissent from his opinions—you might find fanit with his judgment ; but when lie took his position he kept it—his sense of duty sustained him, and opposition only served to make him the more stead fast in holding it. It is said of Napoleon that the great quality which distinguished him, next to his genius, was his love of glory ; so that when he marched his army into Egypt, the appeal which lie made to them on the eve of battle wits, "Soldiers, for ty centuries look down upon you from these pyramids." General Taylor rather resembled Lord Nelson, who, when about to engage the enemy's fleet, sent to his several officers ! in command of his ships the words, '•England expects every man to do his duty. This was the constant aim of the illus trious man who has just been called away from us. The great quality, which sheds such lustre upon his name, gaveshim that success which so uniformly atten ded him. When about to engage in bat tle at Buena Vista with the overwhel ming army opposed to him, he compre headed the danger which invested him, but he had made up his mind that it was his duty to stand there, and, in his own beautiful language, written before the engagement, he "looked to Providence for a good result." General Taylor's character was Amer. ican—distinctly and decidedly Ameri can. He was invited to quit the army and take the Cbief Magistracy of the Government. He did co with nnafl9cted VOL. XV, NO. 29. reluctance, from a sincere distrust of his ffines.s for such a station. But, as in the army he had obeyed every order of his Government, he now obeyed the call of his countr3, men, and, laying aside his plumed hat, his epaulets, and his sword, he entered upon the functions of his new and great position with an hon est purpose to do his duty. Unlike Caesar, who repelled the prof fered crown while he coveted it, he came with diffidence to the high position to which he had been culled, and unosten tatiously employed himself with IL, ap propriate duties; his whole course evin cing his profound sense of the value of constitutional liberty, and his manners illustrating the beautiful simplicity of his character. Sir, this illustrious man is called away from us at a moment most critical. Nev er have I known the Republic in such peril as now surrounds it. My friend from Massachusetts (Mr. WINTITROP) has well said that it is so clearly an in terposition of Providence that he is ready to exclaim . "The chariots of Israel and the horseme n thereof." _ Sir, I agree to this. It is an interpo sition of Providence; and it comes to us in a trying hour. But lam not dis mayed. My trust ir. Providence is un shaken. Our country has been deliver ed, guided, made glorious, by a good Providence. It will be o still. I re member, when the prophet referred to by the gentleman from Massachusetts, (Mr. WINTITROP,) was surrounded by a hostile force, and all hope of escape seemed cut off, that a young man who was with him cried out in great fear ; and the reply of the prophet was, a prayer that the young man's eyes might be opened. He then saw that all with in the hostile lines were "chariots and horsemen of fire," ready to succor and deliver tLte beleagered city. So will it be with us. The dangers which threat 'en us will be averted, and, I trust forev er disposed of. The solemn event which has just oc curred will arrest the flurry current which has swept us on Ii ely. It imposes a truce at least !.,r it season upon contending parties. In the mean while a better feeling may spring up, and we may ask, " Why do we struggle with each otherl Are we not brethren V' The nation will be impressed with the bereavement which it has suffered, and the tide of sorrow which sweeps through out the country will admonish us to agree in wise, patriotic, and fraternal counsels. The very event which we deplore, and which we regard as a calamity, will be overruled for good ; and He that sitteth on high, mightier than the water-floods, will put forth his power, and cause a great calm. Sir, death is at ell times a solemn event; it touches both time and eterni ty ; it terminates an earthly existence ; it opens an immortal one. But this death will strike the world as an event marked by more than common solemni ty. We mingle our tears over the bier of the Chief Mrgistrate of a great na tion. We will honor his memory, and we will claim his fame for his whole country. . . Henceforth he belongs to his country and his name is a part of our common in heritance. His last public act was in honor of the memory of Washington : he fixed his eyes upon that noble monu ment which is rising to the skies, built up by the present generation for one whom all call blessed. By his time he has, it may be hoped, met the revered Father of his Country in a world where their companionship will be eternal.--, His me:nory is safe • no human events can now affect it ; the great qualities, the private virtues, the public services, all that is precious iv his memory has received the seal of death. " The love where death has set his seal, Nor age can chill, nor rival steal, Nor falsehood disavow." OD.- Leisure is a very pleasant gar. meat to look at, but it is a very bad one to wear. The ruin of millions may be traced to it. ID- The physician and the underta• !ter stand itt the same relation to each other that the bird-catcher does to the bird-cage maker. Q -," It is currently reported and gen.. erally believed of the whole female sex, that they do not scruple to hook each others dresses. Kr Never laugh at any one who does not dress as well as you do. They may know a great deal more than you, and probably are far better to their parents and little brothers and sisters. RIDICULOUS. -A Scotch Bagpiper was arrested by the high constable of Wil mington, Del., a few days ago, on the complaint of some ladies who were shocked at the sight of Ilia bare knees.