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From New York Observer.
THE RESOLUTE.
The rotarn of the Resolute to England
and its presentation by our government t(
that of Great Britain, to which it original!]
belonged, is one of those incidents which
however trivial in themselves, are yet high
ly significant, and involo important conse
quences. We trust its influence for gooi
upon both countries will be great. Tin
history of the discovery and return of thi
vessel is well known to the mass of ou
readers. The British barque Kesolue form
ed one of Sir Edward Belcher's squadron o
discovery, and in May, 1853, was sent, tin
der the command of Captain Kellett, R. N.
to the Polar Sens in search of Sir Join:
Franklin, and for scientific purposes. She
was frozen in among the icebergs, in hiti
tude 77 degrees N , and in the mouth o
May, 1854, her officers and crew abandon
ed her, leaving their effects on board. Slu
had remained in the icebergs sixteen montlu
when a largo portion of the ice in whicl
she was embeded becoming detached from
the mass by a thaw, it floated off with her
leaving her at the mercy of wind and wave
and hurrying her out to remote seas, when
in lat. 66 deg. 30 min., and longitude 6-f
degrees, she was found in the month of Sep
tember, 1855, by the American whalci
George Henry, commanded by Captait
Buddington. She had then drifted ove;
the wilderness of waters about 1,200 mile:
from the spot where she was abandoned
Captain Buddington and a part of his crew
approached her over the ice and took uj
tlo-ir quarters within her. They found "t
deal It like silence an I a dread iepo?e," for
except themselves, 'here wa* not a living
creature on board. The ship was fount:
not to have sustained nnv very materia
damage. For n year and four months nc
human foot had trod tin deck of thntphan
torn ship. Captain Buddington remained oi
hoard till the thaw set in, and then, wher
the ice began to soften, he shaped his courst
to ftew Li union, Uonn., where lie arrive*,
in December, 1855.
The sum of 40,000 dollars was appropri
atod by our Congress, for the purpose o
purchasing the Resolute, the English Gov
ernment having waived all claim to Iter
and it was determined that she should In
repaired and refitted with the utmost care
with the design of restoring her to the Queer
in at least as good a condition as she \va
at the lime when the exigencies of tiiei
situation compelled her crew to uhandoi
her. "With such completeness and alien
tion to detail lias this work heen performed,
says an English paper, "that not only ha
everything found 011 board been preserved
evon to the books in the captain's library
the pictures in his cabin, and some inusica
instruments belonging to other ofliees, bu
new British ilags have been manufacturer
n the Brooklyn navy yard, to take tin
place of those which had rotted during tin
long lima she was without a living soul 01
board. From stem to stern t'na lias beet
re painted; her sails an<l much of heriig
giup ^reentirely new; the iiju>keU, swords
telescopes, nautical instrument*, Ac , wkicl
she carried have been cleaned and put ii
perfect order. Nothing lias been overlook
ed or neglected that was necessary to hei
complete and through renovation; yet eve
rything that has been cleaned or repairec
has, with excellent taste on the part o
those who superintended tho regulations
been restored to its original position. Ai
regards the arrangement of the furniturr
and the situation of each particular article
the Queen saw tho captain's cabin on Tues
day in the precise slate in which it wai
when tho crew forsook the ship. In fact
the ship is?so to express it?a floating
Pompeii, and everything comes to Ugh
just as it was left. Captain Kellctt's epau
letts are 1) ins/ in a tin-box on the table
Lieutenant Pirn's musical box occupies it
old place on tho top of a 'what not.' Tin
logs' of the various officers are in their re
spective recesses on the bookshelves. Tin
-portmanteau containing the officers' great
coats is thrown heedlessly on a chair.',
Tl ill - C .1. D 1.. a- C . _ 1 -- I
A uw tfttmug ui iuu iur c^ngiaiu]
under command of Captain Hartstein, ha
already been noticed in our columns. Th
English papers contain full details of lie
reception, and of the visit of the Queen t
the vessel, whilo it rotnained under com
rpand of Capt. H. Although comparative
ty insignificant in itself, this ovent, we trust
as an expression of thogood will subsislin|
between the two countries, will be th
weans of softening their animosities aik
jealousies, and cementing their friendship
The following letter from Mr. C. Grinnel
to his father, who was instrumental in got
ting up and sending out the last expeditioi
in search of Sir John Franklin, has beei
published iu the Journal of Commerce, ant
contains an interesting account of the re
ception of the Resolute, and of the visit o
the Queen.
Ship Resolute, Dec. 16, 1856 )
Cowcs Harbor. \
Mv Dear Father: My last letter pe
"Europa," contained telegraphic dispatcne
announcing the arrival of the Resolute, am
that she was to be received with a Roys
Salute. Previous to her arrival, the mat
ter of saluting was a subject of much con
versation among naval and Arctic tn?n?
and Mr. Barrow, of the Admiralty, called
upon mo to say that however anxious they
all wero to extend that mark of respect to
her officers, the rules of service, which, in
this particular case, come under what is
^ termed Queen's regulations, are, as Mr. j
Barrow stated, unalterable, except by act;
le of Parliament. You may judge of the sur- ]
prise of every one, when she was received *
not by one only, but threo Itoyal Salutes.
Their passage was very rough and
<1 boisterous, and as the officers say, a continued
gale, oftontiines blowing almost a hur^
ricane; but by great euro and watchfulness,
" and an excellent ciew, they arrived at Spithead
in safely, though they were very near
d being lost off the Sicilly Islands, and in fact
everybody on board believed that their fate
? was sealed. A furious gale had been rag
ing, which suddenly ceasing, left a very
heavy sea. This, with a current of 2 12
to 3 knots, was setting the ship on llio
rocks. Every one on board expected destruction,
but they were raved by a miraclo
I, as it were. A light air springing up, every
> slitcli of canvass was set, and after an hour
of most anxious suspense, during which the
, vessel bravely held her own, the wind
freshening enabled them to work off the
- shore. Had she struck, Capt. llartstein
f thinks not a life could have been saved.
B You are aware that sho is a very bad sail
s or, nnd can do nothing in beating to windr
ward in a sea. Her passage has surprised
every one in Portsmouth.
f Immediately on arrival at Spilhead, even
- | before they had time to get out a side lad,
j der, Capt. Peel, (a son of the late Sir ltobi
ert) came alnngsido in "thunder, lightning
) and hail," to welcome the officers, and to
offer his services. Following him came the
f Admiralty yacht, also with offers of assist
- ance. Capt. llartstein then landed, and
! proceeded immediately to London, with his
? Secretary, Dr. Otis, whero he arrived at 5
i o'clock, lie then called upon the U. S.
t minister, and the next morning, Sunday, ho
, j breakfasted with mo.
. | 1 after wauls bad the pleasure of inlroi
1 ducing them to Lady Franklin, whore we
I J met Capt. Osborne nnd Mr. Harrow, and
I during our visit wo were joined by Sir
r Roderick Murchison, who received Capt.
i Ilartstein with much kindness, and requcsr
ted him to name a day when it would be
s convenient to him nnd his oflicers to meet
. | the Royal Geographical Society at a public
' ; dinner. We remained about fours hours
? with Lady Franklin. The interview was
i most interesting, and I know was produc
, j live of much mutual respect. Capt. Osborne
; returned to Lady Franklin's in the evening,
I to say how much he was pleased with
1 Ilartstein, and remarked lo her that "ho is !
) the right man." In the evening (Sunday) !
I he dined with Mr. Dull, and during dinner 1
i ! a telegraphic despatch camo to announce
i that the Quean intended to vi>it the ship
? and ofHcers on Tuesday. She was accord1
ingly, at the request of the Admiral, Sir (
Geo. Seymour, towed over to Cowes by a 1
Government steamer, and every preparation j
f made to receive Her Majesty at the hour ,
fixed by her, 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
; 1 lyft London by the 5 o'clock train Mou5
day evening for Southampton, nnd the next
, | morning at 8 o'clock I accompanied our
i Consul, Mr. Croskey,to the Resolute, where
s we arrived at 9 1-4 o'clock. We found
r everything in readiness for the reception ol
i Iler Majesty; ollicors in full uniform, sailors '
in their best clothes, and the ship exceed- t
,* inglv clean and in perfect order in every '
s respect. The Royal Standard was at the
, main, ready to be unfurled the instant the
, Queen eros.-cd the gangway. On the fore
I and mizen masts were the English colors, :
t and at the peak the beautiful spectacle pre1
seated itself of our Stnrs and Stripes, flow- j
s ing in graceful harmony with the red cross
3 of St. George. Many were tho heartfelt
i wishes expressed that they may always con)
tin no in such happy union. The steam fri
gale Retribution had been ordered to anch- !
, or oil" tfte harbor. A liltlo nearer in, was
i stationed the Admiralty yachts HI.nek
i Eagle, and Sprightly, and parallel with the
Resolute wero moored tho Queen's yachts
r j Fairy and tho Ellin. At ten minutes bo
fore ten o'clock two of tho Royal grooms
1 rode down, (as the ship was hauled along
f side tho Government dock) to announce
, that Her Majesty would bo at tho ship at ,
i the hour appointed, and at 10 precisely she
i appeared, accompanied by Prince Albeit,
, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal,
Princess Alice, tho Duchess of Athol, and
i the Hon. Miss Cathead, General Pouveiie,
, Col. Jlowth, C. P>. Phipps, Capt. the Hon.
\ C. de Ros and Sir James Clarke. The sail...
_ 1. i . : - - _ .1 - ?:I -l _
t '--h were |>iaccu MUtiumg on uie ran 01 me
1 ship nearest the shore, ami as the Queen
. approached, sbo was received with three
s j hearty cheers, all present being uncovered,
a i Capt. ilartstein and officers mot her at the
' gangway, and addressed her as follows:
B * Will your Majesty allow mo to welcome
" you on board tho Hosolute, and in accord- I
anco with the wishes of my countrymen, !
' and in olredienco to my instructions from 1
s I tho President of tho United Stales, to rolurn
0 her to your Majesty, not only as an exprea- I
r sion ot friendly feeling to your sovereignty, I
11 but as a token of love, admiration, and re- j
spect for your Majesty's person." Tho offi I
'* cers, the Consuls and myself, were then
> presented to the Queen, when sho was conis
ducted witli the Royal relinuo over tho ship
e by Ilartstein. She manifested much interJ
est in what alio saw, and conversed with i
' much affability with the commander on
1 Arctic matters the officers awaiting upon
* the noble ladies in attendance. Having
1 examined the main deck fore and aft, the
1 then ascended nnd took leave of thoso pre- |
J sent, and on landing, receivod throo rounds
' of cheers. The Queen remained on board
f about an hour.
Tho night beforo tbe visit, tho Captain
received an order to dine with the Queen
at 8 o'clock, and to pas* the night at Osr
borne. lie also received a note enclosing
a ?100 from the Queeu as a present to the
] crew, and the officers were invited to visit
.1 the palace and gardens.
Throughout the whole ceremony, Captain
' Hartstein's bearing was most digni6ed and <
courtly, and I am confident that the Government
could not have selected any one
who would havo performed these pleasing
duties inore appropriately, or with greator
credit to the country. You may rest assured
that the arrival of this vessel, and thin
singularly gracious visit of the Queen, will
be productive of the most beneficial results.
Such a compliment has never before been
paid to any country, and I am convinced
that it will give as much pleasure and satisfaction
to the peoploof England, as it w ill
to Americans. Thero is the utmost enthusiasm
everywhere, and < ne hears on all sides
nothing but expressions of hearty good will
and friendship towards America.
Immediately following the Koyal visit;
a splendid lunch was served in the ward
room to a number of naval, military and
official gentlemen; toasts and speech oa were
made; and among others I was obliged to
reply to compliments'pnid to you. Hardly
an hour has passed but that the officers
have received invitations to dinners, ?fce.,
from public and private individuals, scientific
and literary societies, clubs, &c. It
seems nslf every one was vicing with each
other who cau do the most.
Capt. Iiartslein, ofliccrs and crew, will
leave England in nil probability, a week
from Saturday next, the 20th; say the 28th
inst. lie is very nnxiuns for mo to remain,
as poor Lady Franklin has set her heart
upon uaving us allUiuc Willi lier on Christ
mat, and lias invited a crowd of notabilities
to meet us at Brighton?as every one leaves
town during tho holidays. I must say I
am exceedingly gratified that I was induced
to remain?and what will givo mo more
pleasure than anything else, will be to tell
you all that I have heard and seen on this
most interesting occasion, and that you
may learn through me, of the kind, and
heartfelt expressions with which your name
is always mentioned. Your affectionate
son, C. Grin null:
Meeting of General Jackson and J. (1.
Adams at President Monroe's Levee.
The following account of the rencontre
between General Jackson and John t^uincy
Adatns, at President Monroe's Levee, the
night after Adams' election over Jackson
for the Presidency, by the House of liepro
sentativos, is taken from Peter Parley's recollections
of bis lifetime:
I shall pass over other individuals present,
only noting an incident which respects
the two persons in the assembly who most
of all others engrossed the thoughts of tho
viidtors?Mr. Adams the elect, General
Jackson, the defeated. It chanced, in the
course of the evening, that these two persons,
involved in the throng, approached
each other from opposite directions, yet
without knowing it. Suddenly, as they
were almost together, the persons around,
seeing what was to happen, by a sort of instinct,
stepped asido and left them face to
face. Mr. Ad ains was by himself; General
Jackson had a larjro, handsome ladv on his
arm. They looked at each other for a moment,
and then Gen. Jackson moved forward,
and reaching out his long arm, said
How do you do, Mr. Adams? I give you
my left hand, for the right, you bee, is devoted
to the fair; I hope you nro very well,
sir. All this was heartily and gallantly
said and done. Mr. Adams look the General's
hand, and said with chilling coldness
?"Very well, sir; I hope General Jackson
is well" It was curious to see the western
planter, the Indian tighter, the stern soldier,
who had written his country's glory in the
hlood of the enemy at Now Orleans?gcni
al and gracious in the midst of a court,
when the old courtier and diplomat was
still* rigid, and cold as a stature! It was all
the more remarkable from the fact that, four
hours before, the former had beeu defeated,
and the latter was a victor in a struggle for
one of the highest objects of human ambition.
The personal character of these two
individuals was in fact well expressed in
that chance meeting; the gallantry, the
frankness and the heartiness of the one,
which captivated all; the coldness, the dis
tance, the self concentration of tho other
which repelled all. A somewhat severe,
hut still acute analyst of Mr. Adams' character,
says; 'Undoubtedly, one great reason
of his unpopularity, was his cold, anil
antipathetic manner, and the suspicion of
selfishness, it suggested, or at least, added
greatly to confirm. None approached Mr.
Adams but to recede. He never succeeded
?never tried to conciliate. 1
recollect an anecdote iliustrstivo of this.
When be was a candidate for the l'rosiden
cy, bis politic^ friends thought it advisable
that he should attend a cattle show at NVorccstor,
Mass., so as to conciliate thenunibcrs
of influential men who might ho present.
Accordingly ho went, and while there many
persons were introduced to liiin, and
among the rest, a farmer of the vicinity?
a man of substance and great respectability.
On being presented, lie said:
Mr. Adams, I am very glad to see you.
My wife, when she was a girl, lived in your
father's family; you were then a little boy,
and alio told mo a great deal about you.
She has very often combed your head.
Well, said Mr. Adams, in his very harsh
way?1 suppose sho combs your head now!
The poor farmer shrunk back liko a lashed
hound, feeling the smart, but utterly unconscious
of tho provocation.
Lsoigi.ATiNO.?A Mr. Monroe hns given
notice in the Ohio House of Representatives,
that ho will soon introduce a bill to amend
the Constitution of that State, by striking
out the word "white" therefrom. A petition
was also presented, praying for the
passage of such a bill, and "the repeal of
all laws making a distinction on account of
color."
The free negro bill, which has been pending
before the legislature of Arkansas for
^ veral weeks, and which had for its object
tho removal of all free negroes from the
State, has been defeated.
Couraom in the Canine Speciks.?The
happy possessor of a dog, can generally
testify that tho faithful animal will lick anybiDg.?
Punch.
Life in Washington.
Washington, Jan. 10. |
We will now fulfill a promise nnd pre- j
sent our readers with a few brief pen
sketches of the most distinguished luminaries
of the Senate Chamber?or, nt least,
our own enthusiastic appreciation of them.
Iti approaching this delicate ground, we
feel considerable diffidence. To do unbias
Red justice to the character of the living is
among the most difficult of tasks. Even of
, the dead we can rarely speak without un* 1
; duo praise or undeserved blame. The claims J
i of friendship, the shadings of enmity, nnd
i the bins of personal feeling, too of'.on per*
j vert the pen of tho biographer when ho
speaks of the dead. How much more easily
nro ?c betrayed into error when we attempt
to delineate iho character of those
who yet live to bo wounded by unmerited ,
censure, or mortified by unjudicious com- j
inendation.
Such considerations may well make us ;
feel Bomo delicacy in sketching llioso who
I fill conspicuous places in this great deliberative
body.
Wo cominenco with one who is universally
conceded to the most unique and original
intellect in tho Senate. Though this
gentleman (Judge Ilutler) is a favorite subject,
we find the task of accurate delineation
to bo far less easy than we anticipated,
hike the poor artist that had to ileal with
the philosopher of Ferney, with all our efforts
we cannot keep him steady to any 1
single posture or expression. Like all men
i of impetuous impulse, he is restless. One 1
: moment wc sec him pacing to and fro the ;
I space between the chimneys behind the
Speaker's chair, gravely musing on some
matter of moment?ve look again, and lo!
lie is environed by a living palisidc of broI
tlier Senators, eager t > catch any chance up '
opinion that may fa from him a coloquial
| way?one moment giving the grasp of his '
warm right hand to vome younger Senator |
j ?the next directing the storm of popular |
debate with a strength of lungs and redun- '
! dancy of animation as if he had just started
fresh for the labor* of the day.
The effect of this gentleman's powers are
| greatly aided by his countenance, which is |
I one of the most striking we ever saw; and
yet the peculiarity lies so much iu the expression
that wo find it not easy to describe
it. .Nature has certainly given the world
assurance of a man in the form, complexion,
and mild meteoric locks of this remarkable
i person. A strong and searching intellect
1 looks out on you from beneath that stream!
ing mass of silvery hair. The faco is inele!
gant, but there is a soul in the nooks and
corners of its rugged surface. Kvery thing
about liiin?liisappenrai.ee, his stylo, his
1 daring of lone a d r rit remind us of pri1
milire ages when th human heart and the
' human soul were larger than iu our degen
1 rate days.
.More entirely, per p?, than any man in
! public life lias Ik* given the South assurance
full, and heaped, and running over of what
he means, and what was meant by his ex
i istencc. South Carolina has reason to be
proud of her venerable son, and prouder
because in distance and absence he never
1 allows his heart to travel away front his native
State. This is substantiated by bis labors,
his speeches, the impress of his whole j
life, lie stamps his image and supcrscrip
lion on all that is sound and solid in I hepolicy
of the South. Every part of his pub- .
; lie life shows him t<. be a Statesman endowj
ed in an eminent degree with all the qualities
w hich enable linn to discharge the most
j responsible duties.
lie lias shown also, that it is possible for
; the same person to be a most dexterous aud
subtle disputant upon a point of law, as
l well as Statesman like reasoner upon com- .
prehensive questions. Wo have enjoyed
! the privilege of heating him in the Supreme
j Court on important cases. There he seems
to us to hold the same pro eminence that
, ho does in the Senate, to be most admirably
qualified for this department, llis
i powers of reasoning aie wonderful. Give
' him the most complicated and doubtful case
to support ? with an array of apparently
hostile decisions to oppose him at every
step, lie rises and continences by tome
general undisputed principle of law that
seems perhaps at die first view, not to bear
the remotest relation to the matter in controversy;
but to this lie appends another,
and another, until by a regular series of
connected propositions, he brings it down
I to the very point before the court, and in
j sists, nay demonstrates, that the court cannot
decide against him without violating
ono of its own most venerated maxims,
j Nothing can be more masterly than the
| manner in which all this G done. There is
, no ostentation of ingenuity and research.
Everything is clear, simple, and familiar; it
is only when we aie brought to the ulti,
inate result that wo start at discovering that
i l?v nniu?r^AntiliU nuruiui lio l.-iw /#. ??.>1
-j , ?"II'
a vantage point from which he can descend,
upon his adversaries, and compel them t?>'
abandon a position that was deemed iini
pregnable.
The moment a question is submitted to
> him, his mind seems to intuitively apply all
tho great piinciples that are favorable or
hostile. For Hie rest he seems to depend
I upon his extemporaneous power of g?'ing
( through tho most intricate processes of
, thought with all tho ease and familiarity of
: ordinary discourse.
After reviewing the career of this distinguished
man, Hn impartial observer will be 1
| disposed to say, that as a profound and original
mind, ho stands in the Senate alone.
Vonerahlefur his years, venerable for his
i abilities, venerable throughout the South '
for his Bdelity to her interests, high in lion
ors, and possessing in these tumultuous
times an equanimity and dignity of mind
that renders him infinitively superior to
mere parly spirit.
This is not tho timo for settling tho precise
place ho will fill up in the great gallery
of American statesmen; and yet wo think
we Are safe in predicting that he must and
will lake place with such names as Clay,
Calhoun, Randolph, Martha), an J a hot>t of
other immortal spirits
In private life, this gentleman is kao
as a warm sympathizer with every spec
of genuine excellence; and fearless in t
expression of that sympathy. In his fra
and generous temperament?his forgelf
tioss of self?he is said to resemble the
mented Clay. If we were to pursue t
resemblance into the charactor of the t
men, the points of similarity would mu!
ply. There are deeJs in this gentlema
private life which will never pass awi
They blend a warm beam with our r.dn
ration and prove conclusively that ho has
heait as warm as his intellect is ample.
But this is sacred ground. This (lo
may it ho deferred) innst l>o left for his ol
unty.? Charleston Courier.
Gov. Wise, Anecdotes of John Randoty
Osancock, Accomac county, Va., I
cember 12, 1850.?Gov. Ilunry A. Wi
has a fine farm and tastefully nrrang
residence lying on the bank of the Onn
cock creek, where he spent most ol his lo
uro time before placed in tho guhernatoi
cliair. I was curious to know how a rn
so famous throughout tho country won
he regarded at home; and found notwil
standing the old proverb, this prophet w
not without honor even in his own counti
His neighbors, seem to regard the Oor<
nor as ono of the most remarkable men
his time, and lo think that he will ultima
ly triumph over every obstacle, 110 mall
in whnt direction he exerts his talents. Th
are not more proud of his famo as an 01
lor and statesman than of some other <ju
ilies not so well known at a distance.
Personally, the Governor is a very plei
ant, sociable, hospitable man. Like Kh
dolph of I loan ok e, his conversational no
ers are remarkable.
Speaking of Randolph reminds mo
the two new anecdotes told me here 1
spooling tlri- eccentric statesman. V
ll.'lVft ltnnr<l J.f l.iu nn.U '
V.?VM .iviKVi v? ??o JMIMC VI |/V3I IIV
and of tlio contempt with which he rogi
led all who did not owe sum thing,
least, to tho accident of birth. The folio
ing anecdote shows that trait to have be
a part of liia character:
There was in the neighborhood of Roa
oke a carpenter named Wyntt Caldwc
who, by industry and prudence, had t
quired a good property. IIo was tolei
bly well educated and highly respected I
all who know him; so much was bo thoug
of by his neighbors that he represent
them for some time in the .State Legislate
In this man, Randolph had the highest cc
fidenee. On going to Kurope ho was i
customed to leave Mr. Caldwell in char
of his whole estate. On one occasion
published an advertisement to that etFe
in which he said Mr. Caldwell was one
tiie few honest men he had ever met. V
tiiis gentleman declared, after the death
Randolph, that notwithstanding their lei
intercourse, and their transaction of bu
ne>s to the amount of many thousand d<
lars, Randolph had never asked him to di
ner! And yet he was considered ono
the most hospitable men in the Old E
minion.
All who have read the life of this gr(
man will rememlxir tho great importan
he attached to correct pronunciation. J
biography, Mr. Onrla'td, records, the f;
of his correcting Dr. l'arish twice in 1
manner of pronouncing words, while l
doctor was reading him a short article t
day before his death, and that when t
doctor hesitated about adopting Mr. En
dolph's mode of pronunciation, the dyii
man exclaimed, in his usual impatient, r
solute manner: "I'ass on, sir, tlieie can
no doubt of it." Till* had seemed to i
to havo been slightly colored by the bh
rapher; but the accompanying incident c?.
vinced tne that it was but the ruling p;
sion strong in death.
When Tazewell was at the zenith of 1
fame, on one occasion he made a speech
the bar, surpassing even himself in e
quence. On finishing, Randolph approai
ed him, and complained bitterly, with
oath, that it was fated that nothing hum
should he perfect. Tazewell, who was
eciving impassioned congratu at'n ns fn
his friend*, asked Randolph whathemea
His questioner. with all his usual acerhi
demanded: '"Why did you not sayhor i z
instead of hor-izon? Were it not for ti
d d barbarism there would have be
one perfect human production.*
Traxmkkr ok tiik Hrrmitaok to t
I'nitkd Statk*.?The Legislature of T<
neasee, at its last session, passed an act i
lionizing (Re G ivernor of that State to pi
chase live hundred acres of the ilermita
including tlio mansion of (Jen. Jackson a
the tomb where now repose the remains
the illustrious hero and patriot, and tin
of In* beloved wife and to make a tcndei
the same to the General Government; p
vided a branch of the Military Acadei
should bo established at that place,
pursuance of this act. Governor Johns
purchased the Hermitage for the sum
forty eight thousand dollars, and on Mm
nesday arrived in Washington and madi
foimal tender of the property, with lhec<
dilion annexed, to the President. 1
President, in reply, stated that this offer
the State of Tennessee would be promp
commuuicatod by bint to Congress.
Asm: Policy x.? When Anne Holeyn c
in prison, awaiting her sentence of dea
she wrote to her husband and execution
"Your highness liatli pleased to laiso
fi.st from the condition of a gentlewom
?.? it.,.i ..r .. : i e i. .. _ e '... .1 .
tv/ niHt ?'i a iij imi i>i 11miji?r% irum iiuii n?
;i marchioness; fu>m a marchioness t<
queen; and an y<?tir power could no fartl
go to elevate ine on earth, you now desi
to raise mo to ho a Saint in Heaven."
Tub Fanatic.?The Ilev. Theodore P
ker sent the following sentiment to I
Garrison lotiival:
"The triumph of Freedom in America
Peaceably if we can, forcibly if we ram
How this blatant moon calf would b<
and run were this question of "'force" rea
to come up.?Albany A"?u3.
nil Toucuino Incident.?A correspondent
ies of the Methodist Protestant, after alluding
.he to the attacks of the Northern religious
nk journals on slavery, re'ates the following inul
j terresting anecdote:
la- ! Being in Surry county, Va., in the fall of
he 1840, I attended a religious meeting held
mo in an old colonial church; one of the relics
Iti of our Union with England. Altera warm
n's sermon, an invitation was given to soekers
iy. of religion to approach the altar of prayer,
ni- Among others who availed themselves of
i a this invitation was a gentleman, I judge, of
forty-five years of age. There seemed tt>
ng be much sympathy fell for him by those
lit- ' present, and 1 judged him to bo a man well
thought of in the neighborhood, which I
learned was a fact. But I was pnrticulitly
' attracted by the manifest sympathy of an
aged negro in the congregation. I judged
,<3' him to he a man of eighty years; his frame,
ise once athletic and erect, was now bent be
neath the accumulated weight of years. I
in" , learned that the relation of ina?ter and slave
,8' | subsisted between the penitent at the alter
and the weeping old man at his seat; which
an 1 was near to tho end door of tho church.
The penitent, trillv agonized in prayer, ami
>1'" old Jeffrey, for this was the name of the
a" negro, evidently joined with deep feeling
T- the prayer of tho wrestling mourner. It
sr" was not long ere a shout, as from those victorious
in battle, went up and the walis of
le the houso resounded with the praises of the
er j victor; the wrestler had prevailed, prayer
c>' was answered, and the happy convert was
rH" now here and now there, embracing friends
and receiving their hearty congratulations,
j But none in that house were more joyous
18 than old Jeffrey, and raising himself on his
1,1 stall' which gave him support, ho made his
w way towards liis happy young master, (as
lie called him,) and the master at the raine
time making toward his slave, they met
rf" ahout midway the church and the convert
^ e fell on the neck of his old sorvant and wept
,n? with joy, in the aisle of the house of God
4r" and in tlio face of the congregation. And
words like these were spoken by Jeffrey,
'Bless God, my poor boy, I have been prayen
ing for you this long time.'
There was no dry eye in that assembly;
n" and tho two, master aud slave, were the
Jl. only objects of attraction for the time,
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,,l_ i The Word "Selau."?The translators of
^ the bible have left the Hebrew word Selah,
' which occurs so often in the l'salms, as they
' ' found it, and of course the English reader
rc" | often asks his minister, or some learned
fiiend, what it means. And the minister,
1C' ! or learned friend has most often been obligod
to confess ignorance, because it is a
10 ! matter in regard to which, the most learnct"
i ed have, by no means, been of one mind.
,? Tho Targutns, and most of tho Jewish coin
ot. mcnlators, give to the word the meaning
? , of eternally forever. Rabbi Kiruclti regards
it as a sign to elevate the voice. The auM
thor# of tho Soptuagint translation appear
' to have regarded it as a musical or nlhmin*
cal note. Herder regards it as indicating a
l" change of tone; Matheson as a musical note,
0 l equivalent, perhaps, to the word rqxat.
I According to Luther and others, it means
iil silence! Geseniua explains it to menn:
.l0 "Let the instruments play and tho singers
^ stop.'' Wocker regards it as equivalent to
"r1 i surstim corda?tip try soul! Summer, af!IH
ter examining all the seventy four passages
, ; in which the word occurs, recognizes in eve"
ry case "nn actual appeal or summons to
Jehovah." They aro calls for aid and prayin*
ers to bo heard, expressed either with en,1i2'
tire directness, or it not in the imperative
xy 1 "Hear Jehovah!" or awake Jehovah, and
" the like, still earnest addresses to God that
11 e lie would remember and hear, Jcc. The
'=> word itself ho regards as indicating a blast
of trumpets by the priests. Selah, itself, he
i thinks an abridged expression used for Higgaion
Selah, Iliggaion indicating the sound
ns , of the stringed instruments, and Selah a
,Ht vigorous blast of trumpets.?Bibliolheca
10 1
I Sacra.
Tiik Nicxr Transit of Vbscs.?Our
*n friend Mr. 1 (allowed, excellent authority on
r0' the subject, corrects, through the Alcxan,,,>
dria Gazette, a statement which has appearnl
ed in that and some other journals respecting
the next transit of the planet Venus
on over the Sun's disc. He says:
121 i "The next transit of this beautiful body
011 over the disc of the sun will occur, not 4in
1801,' but in 1874, it l?eing the far less important
transit of Mercury that will occur
nr in 18(11. Neither of these planets is of
jn sufficient size to produce, in its trausit, any
ui perceptible diminution of the sun's light,
ir- and of consequence cannot in its occurrence,
go, by the remotest possibility, 'make artificial
nd bglit necessary in houses; and, further, nei
of' ther the transits ot Venus nor those of
mc Mercury occur just 'once in a century,' as
of wo would infer from the article alluded to,
to fur the last transit of Mercury took place in
ny 1848, and the next will he in 1801, after
In which they follow thu-: 1808, 1878, 1881,
ton 1891, 1891, ?fcc.; and the last transit (if Ve<>f
nus occurred in 1769, leaving An interval
lh! of one hundred and five years before the
d a next in 1874; then eight years only will
r>n- vlup-e before another; then one hundred
'he and twenty-two year*, Jjc. thus: 1767, 1874,
by 1882.2004,2012, rfce.
tlv ! "Venus is at present beautifully conspicuous
early in the evening in the south4
western quarter of lire heavens, and doubtr;|S
less most of our readers observed a few
[|, nights since the conjunction of this planet
er; with the moon arid a bright star in the
me constellation Capricomus, forming as they
did a shining trio."?National Intelligencer.
i) a Tiik Next United States Senate.?
lier Within the last week nine Senators have
gn been chosen to the United States Senate
from eight States, and before the end of
the p.esent session of Congress nine more
ar- will probably be chosen, to fill full or par
the tiallv expired term*. Of the nine just chosen,
four are democrats and fire republicans,
i? The probable political complexion of the
it." Senate on the fourth of Match next, if all
iw 1 the vacancies are filled as expected, will be
illy as follows: I>emocrat* 7; Republicans 20;
i Americans 5.
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Lynch Law?The Slavk Excitement.
?During the late Christmas holidays, information
having been received in Scottsville
that Henjamin Hunt, n citizen of thin
j counit, residing near that village, had been
; using language tending to encoi;r:ic;c insurrectionary
movements among the slave pop|
illation, a deputation of several citizens repaired
to his residence to arrest him. On
, being brought to thu village, the charges
against him were subjected to a rigid investigation,
and during the examination the
following facts were ineontestibly prnve<^
i One witness '.eslificd tbat he had heard Hunt
say that the white man had more no right
j of ownership in the negro than the negro
had in the whiteman; and if it came to tho
I text lie would sooner fight for the negroes
than the white people. Another witness
j testified that he heard him say that be
would have rejoiced in the election of Fremont,
as in tbat event the negroes would
havo been freed; and that in case of a collision
between the whites and blacks he
would take the side opposed to the white
j people; whereupon the indignant populace
! seized ami compelled him to bo ridden upon
a rail, borne by several stout negro men
| through the streets. When they had paraded
him through the streets to their hearts'
content tliey were ordered to take him.to a
more retired part of the village and administer
an application of tnr and feathers,
which they did with equal satisfaction and
delitrltt. When tl is wits dona li? ir?i or.
dered to leave the county within ten Jays,
and neck hi* fortunes where the institutions
were better adapted to his anti slaver* feeling*.?
Curlottfsville ( I'd.) Jefferttmlan,
A Loving Blunder.?Two young gentlemen
met, a few ovening* Rgo, at the
hou*e of an acquaintance, some young ladies,
for one of whom each gentlemen em
| tertnined tender feelings. Jn a spirit of
j frolic, one of the young ladies blew out the
lamp, and our two friends, thinking it a fai
vorable moment to make known the stale of
their feeling* to the fair object of their regard,
moved seats at the same instant, and
placed themsolves, as they supposed, by the
lady's side; but she hod also moved, and
the geutleinen were, in reality, next, to each
other. As our friends could not whisper
without betraying their whereabouts, they
both geutly took, as they thought, the soft
little baud of the charmer; and when, after
a while, t'jey ventured to give a tender
pressure. Each was enraptured to find it
returned with an unmistakable squeeze.
It inay be well imagined that the moments
flew rapidly in ibis silent interchange
of mutual affection, llut the ladies, wondering
at the unusual silence of the gentlemen.
ono of them noiselessly slipped out,
and suddenly returned with a light. There
sat our friends, most lovingly squeezing
j each others' hands, and supreme delight
j beaming in their eyes. Their consterna:
lion, and tho ecstacy of the ladies may be
1 imagined, but not described. Both gentlemen
bolted, and one was afterwards heard
to say, that lie "thought all the while Miss
: ' hand felt rather hard."?Illinois
i Calmutt.
A Judicial and Judicious Hint.?Gen.
' 1.) was more distinguished for gallantry
in the field than for th^^are he lavt
nrvnn v\orortn?l ^-"***%
I (Hi VV< K I'UII ^VlOVIItll CiCilllllU C-VJ. Will"
plaining on a certain occasion to the Chief
Justice B of the suileriug Ire endured
froru rheumatism, that learned and
humorous J udgo undertook to prescribe a
j remedy.
You must desire your servant, he said to
the (ieneral, to placo every morning by
your bed-side a tub three parts filler! witii
warm water. You will then get into the
tub. and having provided yourself with with
a pound of yellow soap, you must rub your
whole body with it, immersing yourself occasionally
in the water, and at the end of
the quarter of an hour the process concludes
by wiping yourself dry with towels and
scrubbing your person with a flesh brush.
"Why," said the General, after a few
minutes reflection upon what he had ju<u
heard, "this seems to me to be neither more
nor iesa than washiug yourself!"
"Well," rej-?ined the Judge, "it is opeu
1 to that objection."
A Legislative Scene.?A scene occur1
red in the Illinois House of Representatives,
on the 5th inst., which was more remarkable
for it? singularity than it* decency. The
House before organization elected a speaker
pro tern. Mr. Bridges, tbe clerk of the former
House, claimed the chair till a speaker
was regularly elected. Bridges continually
interrupted tho speaker, until the latter ordered
the sergeant at-arms to remove the
disordeily clerk. As soon as the sergeantat
amis took hold of him they clinched,
w hile many of the members made up to the
scene of action to assist the sergeant in the
discharge of his duties. After some consid
cranio wrestling, knocking over chairs,
de.-ks. inkstands, men and things gonerallr,
Mr. Bridges was got out with his cost shock:
ingly torn. Five or six assistant sergeant?
at-arms were then appointed to keep order,
and the House proceeded to business.
A Proud Position.?The London Times
has an article on the prohahle policy of the
I President elect, with this flattering interroI
gatory;
"Who would not be the President of the
l United States! the choice of a nation of
freemen, the object of most infinite care, so
licitude and contention to 27,000,000 of
the most intelligent of the human race the
object at which every man's finger prints,
the topic on which every man's tongue descants?raised
above his fellow men by no
accident of birth, hy no mere superiority of
wealth, hut by ibe piesumed fitness of bis
' personal qualities for one of the moat elevated
situations that a man may be called
upon to fill?" *
Thunder and LtoHrstNO.?One of the
safest places during a thunder storm is io
an omnibus in molioD, because it is furcisfced
with a conduct?;,
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