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TOh , f t indf la IdAA Uiltid Siates Senate-Clay, CarIhoun and -Web ster. A-correspondent of the 7Ymes and Wit3s, of Chicago, who witnessed the United States Senate "in the days of the Giants," furnishes from Washing t9n the following graphic picture of "Auld lang Syne" in that city: Gibbon relates the celebrated story of the Seven Sleepers. During the perse cution at Ephesus, siven noble yopths - concealed themselves in a cave. They Simmediately, so goes the legand, fell into a deep sleep, which was niiracn lously prolonged for one hundred and pig),ty-seven years. On awaking they entered the city, but found, everywhere. Christians so degenerated. churches so conformed to the world, all, in short, so changed, that they* bitrst into tears and elriestly priyed to God. that they iihit .return to their , slumbers again. Suph are my feelings.as I sit. here and ..-look upon this boav and listen to. their 41hbates, with the liglt of other days around me. Only a few years ago 1 octnpied this very seat,- and heard with pleasure, the great meni of the land deliberating for th general weal of tlio whole nation. Now, how many seats are vacant.; and the- diseussions are about the late war, the treatment of re hellion, and the reconstruction of a shat. tered Union; topics, the very sound of which might cause the founders of this gri-at ' Republic to trit in their coffins Among many sad reiections, there is one which especially , depresses my leart, as I look down on this conclave of grave, venerable, and patriotic Sun ators. It is, that there surviveg not a single one of these statesmen whose voices used to be heard throughout th'e entir4 countiy.' Once it was a great privilege -to pass a morning ire. when "there were giants in 'the -land." Yon der reppsed, in silent graddeur, the mas sy foim of Mr. Webster. To his right iking sntiff and conve-sing pleasantly witl his neighipr , was the light, grac& ful person of Mr. Clay; while far to the left, dark, sombre, with keen, flashing eyes, was that incarnation of dignity atnd severe logic, Mr. Calhoun, looking like a cast-iron man. When eitiet of these men was to speak, the chamber was cro.wded early in the - day, and verybody studied tLheirspeeches. And in reason; for in genius and true pre litninary eloquence, they were men ot pre-enminent greatiess, differing intellec tually and morally, very much as they did in their personal appearance. So remarkable were the head. and figure of the Mas0achumsetud Senator that, when he was in Londoi, thin po. ters and dlv laborers in the street.isceil to epase fro'm their work to guae at. hini; fnd here eaich day, * as-1o entexed the Senate, all eyes were converged-townrds the mnatn," and Ohe whispor was heard on all sides iii the galleries, "That 'is he." Everything in his presence was imperial... l'or. myself,'I never looked upon that brow, that majestic- aspect, those "Atlanitein sh->ulders, fit to, bear the weight of mighty monarchies,".that face, on which "deliberation sat, and public cari," without a something, I know not what, of awe and reverence which I could not shake off, even in fa. mliliar conversation with him. 'As a writer, his style is thie 0ury best in our *laniuago; tiot so elaborated . as Dr. Channing's, but easier, more flowing and transparent. Mrs. Fanny Kemble told ime that her father, a mnan of exqnisite tasto, used ofletn to say to horZ "Come let uts read W'ebster ; his style does me *good . i many -passages, especially in his argmiaent on the trial of the Kna pps and in his re.ply to Gen. 1Havne, . that was tirne of hiim which was said ot Lu.i t4her : '-His words' are half battles." -But he was a tame, ponderous speaker. 7t: th peroration of his'speech on F~oot's resolutions,<he glowed as with ethierial fires, but-.genterally- he, was'dullh, heavy, -phlegiiite;'iHe was a perfect master of language. Most puiblio speakers Would, find *ords. 4.'ceedingly nnman agglthings. 'At .his command the best, fltttest-pimses'carve and fell "into ~perfect lilalanx."- His .logic was per. j.6 fectalao, .demolishing' everything like error, '"hamimering .way,'" "smashing ".,everythmitg in hii path," .(to use the phywords of our two great General.,) buity s nt ogio ' firoe;" and his <orations will a ways recejyb more ad niiration ehe read tha'n they did when delivered.. -Hia~,address at'the comple .,ion of -Bumke.H ill Monument is itself m~ronument of'clssicaul taste, of pro. heught or elevated" Antosman l ichiwi'l outlast the solid gran,. it. et Mfr, Choato, who was on the plat osm with him, i~ells us that he neus er suffered sesmuch* in his life the deliy bry was stichy Nliware i thbu -leeni said as to tahe mioraij~' tv of M . .iaste'r, but <#~ nortuis.nW *isi Iionte'i one trait:ln'lhis'oharne ta'r I can to ma4int~n-his grpat te. verem:to fir ftible ' \ en ~IAm 4'4 ~ .~ff~uidthat buyinig lav 4d -sending them South way r r. hisines. and I was so lho'ksd tha T w'ent to Wishilgton to mee if anything couild be donle to stop go Iaarious a traffic. In conversing with tim on the subjvct of slavery, I fomid hat. he was most anxious that some uieasure should he inatgrt.ed fur -its tradual abolltjio. le confessed, how. .ver, t hat. lie could not see tiny remedy, tud thonluit it a vulnus nmedccabde. B3ut whenever I (ioted a passage from he Word of God. he always receivel t as the truth t-rwhieh all should yiold mtire obedience,. In this reverenit submission to th san. ,red Oracles, I grieve. to say Mr, .Call isoun was s iniferior to Mr. Webster as ni was superior to hi:n in the iing peachible p'uritv of hi4 moral character. I knew him well, both in Washingtoi 11ndI at Foi t Hill, his residencp in Sont.h Carolina, and I never knew a mAn inre n pright, conscieitions anid virtuous. IlN was. too, a soimiewhiat.regular Attendant of the Episcopal Church in Pendleton, tlhough' never a communicant in anyiV chulirch. But his intellectual pride.and independence made. iim intolerant of anly authority higher than his own rea son He plofessed to believe in the in. spiration of the Scriptures, but forget. ting that important'part of knowledge which infornis us of the. limit ation of the human understanding-jealois of faith, lest it shouhi bq credlity-accus. tomed to inquire as to every doctrine, not wlethcr it was conformable to God's will but to his own; loviug truth, yet loving system more than that, truth; satisfymng himself that he had establish. ed his point if lie could show the . objec; tions to any on(! position, without con sidering those of all otlers, in short never suspecting lis own judgmet, il. ways confident. in 1isi own , decisions, and therefore resolved that no argu ment.could be adduced which might change his opinions, he knew nothing of that,I humble, teachal.l spirit which in the great element in Christian faith. le sincerely regaidd slavery as a di. Viiic and ioneficent institition. "The negro and the white man," he said to me. "ar both elevated by it." If-I quoted a text which expressed his views lie woull give it, hearty assent and d well upon its certainty. BUt if. it condemned his clerished convictions lie ,aV promptly inestioned it. I wats with him during his last illness, and upon one Icca1si, when I cited .that com. maned, "Honor ill men," lie turned qiicklv t> ime and said, "What, hono' all men ? Never, ihipossible. God nev er said thirt. God haniot require nie toh'onor the man in the White House, not the unprincipled politicians, the se). flish demagogues now in both Hrouses of Congress. who are bringing ruin on thu country." Of his power of conversation a great npuy have spoken ; but in fact he nover eonvers'ed ; he harangued as earnestlv when alone with Von as when in the% legislative halls. He loved the seoci(ty of young men, and woe Lheir hearts by the courtesy and - con'o-seension with which lie listened to thei. It was, however, only that politeness which wps a striking trait in his cheu.rac.er. If lie paised to listen, it was hot the interval etween the flashes of lightning, whicb on.lazes out again, smiting and shiv ering all opposition. As an orator he was-a perfe'ct contrast to Mr. Webster. It, ,is we-ll-knowi'i to his -friends theit he proposer) Demosthwees as his model, and studlie~d closely those Grecian mlaster-pieces to which all whc knew what elognence means, how it is as high above,:nere rhetoric as the heav ens are ah'ove the earsh, will ever look upS in admiration and rapture. If, in his well known remark 'about "Action" as the essential ingredient , in speaking, Demost henes mesat aeeftul gestienila. lions, th'e Sonth Carolinian' was utterly defective. Tplere wasn sompething stifl eanguliar, awkward in his manner. .BIut nobody, unless it be a teacher of rhetoric; can~ ever thuss degrade those words o. deep and noble wisdom. No, again, nb It was not by the puerile tricks and starts of an accomplished decclaime~r that the Athenian. "Wielded the fieree demnocracy; Shook the arsenal, and fulmined ovei Greece, To Macedon and Arlaxerxes's throne." By "Action" he meant Deli very, earn, est, impassioned Delivery, in which the whole soul is insed .into'every utterance and which can no- nore Jive and glow wigh anything artinieini than fire and st~aw cams dwell together in a heated oven, Who can listen to a more 'finish. edithotorician thn-Mr. Everett ? His face d4 personi were pleasing. Every m ' luhiad. been practiged. it bpatiuf~ qsila,d sthe mind with saliatl But who oter rqlL Id bear blE hi% ; who was hver' conqcit4ssy L/'aomtinghta speaksawho ever felt -himself transport ed, tithe& to tears,' fired to enthusiasm, whilA listening to his elaborate composi tions ? 19 straiglitforward, close-linke1 nrgitntr,.in a noblo contempt for all trappings and dpcorations, in cuid.'nsa tion, inl IL vocabsbary terse and empitilie. inl energy, vehemaeneLe, passtioni, Mr. Calhoun closely, retnbled Iis illistrious model ; while in all tho moral qualiflea tions of a great orator' ho rose ininieas nrably above him. For even his ene n1ios coifessed that limpossessed it coir age winch" no, Opposition could shake Nd an *integrity that lno telptatioll could corrupt. In mental groatness, in learning, deep thought, and all the attributes of the higlIOst order of genius, Mr. Clay wits interior to his two great conii!imporaries. But- il tile physical combinationis, anti all the natural fuitiriire' of a soul-stirrig orator, lie far surpassed them both. H1is motith, that most. expressive feat., nre, was inl organ ereated by God for lie promnnciation of lhirge an(1 hioicil tloughtts. Theni, What clear b'ie (- %y es, now calin inl their azure depth, then lainghlimg in genial nirth, and then, wheni lie was thoroughly roused up. sparkling. nhnost blazimng. -In his whol'i coiiitenaiice what play of till getierouis fee1lipg ; the soul of honor, friend-hip, chivalry, breathing in his face. Above alt, that magnificent voice, at one io ment soft, and breieze, presently swelling until it beat. the vaulted roorf, ;inl rever. berating far beyond the walls of the chaniher, away into the adjoininig rooms nid recesses. Rutifuii Choate had no si. perior at. home, bIt going to Washing. 1Lon as a United States Senator, hIt, on one occasion drew upon himself a single broadside from the. Kentucky orator, and itso frightened him that he was af terward .4niost silent, erest-fallen, and (to emploty his own favorite phra-4.) 'utterly jlabbergasted." Every ho v re members Mr. Ciat's duel with Mr. Ran. dolph. On his list journey Norli, in an almost. dying condition, the Virginian was carried into tihe Senato Chaner. Mr. Clay was speakiiig. "Stop," said the sick man tb those who hors him. "Stop, let ie hear dint voice. I catnte here to hear that voice once more before I die." The grace and beauty of Mr Clay's elocntion were Coutininate ; his whltt1t' being info-med ivith his sulject, anld intictiiet with the love of trinth. And his warm gushing sympathies sl doni fadel to draw-you to hin, and hear you along with himintcausing you to reel lhat "oie tou(ich of' nantro nikes the whole world kinl." Tie last. tint. I heard him wais at a meeting of the -C'ht nization Society. As lie reelined in the ehair, he seecme'd to be an old man 'i"bro. ken wil I t Ie,storms ofState." it when Ie aros" antI spoke, there were no traces years upwo him. All felt that.his soul was still nrect and young.and that, as ani ora tor, his eye was not dimined,nor the force -n1d vehmnemce of his atrength abat ed. I had intewde' to say something of his deatl; hut his communication is al Iady too extended. His father was a Bapiist lmilnista.r, and the son never for. got "the faitlifi.1 aaying" which he learn. ed from that father. And though ihe betrayed sadl infirmity an' to religion. 'saying D> r. Curtis, in Charleston, that "a public mtan ought to. joln no church, if he i hed io be popular" (a sentiment, by the way, ont which thousands net without, die candor to confess it,)ns'und af ier heo had iden'tifiod himself' with a chnrch. fre'jnenting the theatre ; et. he litngeredl long unidar the salutary disci plinte o~f a sick room, his last pillow was we'tted wit h pentitential toars, and, of the thiree grt'st compeer, hat ~ e depanrted confe'ssin g himstelf' a sinnfeyind reposing all his confidentce upon the blood and righteousness of' the Redeemer. I sit hecre and look at the places which once knew these three men, bitt now know them no umore, and I nay, O that they wiere with us yet I Whatever their, errors one', were .they- new living. I believe thdt itn this' crisis of-nnr cojitryr's his~tory, there;'onnsels iwould beitliose of' motderat ion, .wisdoni and pat. riotism, WVhatever' there diflerences in Qthrn days had tey bdenpparod. I a~m 'ennfident that,s alter tb- terrible lessonts 9(the last fourt'years, they" would haye ~briel 'all.: attimoaitie~ and wihth one heart arnd one ming ~sought to quell ~the pa-slions of the~ ,or, anid to lay 'bhondly and deepl$' hS jfoundstion of a nitilds, harmony, Aiop, -prosperity, wvhich nothing .dI~ '.egAin' dist urb. Their abftence'at Ms~~,i~ this fills -ne with r'egret' and' ,, But . "the Lord reigpeltb." '1;to ear whuen King-Uzzieh! died, 'a d ie iLord high and lifted up? T~i'~Ietmoaned for the lo*d ,Af. i',. able prince ; but he fond ais~~~) riaiing hais eyes to thal,: og aex'afted in thie heavens, upon thoa of9t(e universe, ordering al aents -h glory, and for the acopihe 4 lein of un erring w sdoir ao .hpjinging love. WIN(SBORO. Thursday 5lorning, Janudry 189 1866. New Adertisementh Dulose Eggleston and J. McElroy have formed a Mercantile Copartnership. Wo cordially commend them to the at. ention of the District. D1)nlop & McMaster. advertise Boot and Shoe Shop. Read their notice. Bacot & Rivers will sell at public auctiom on Monsday next, a fino Car. ringe. See their Card. Set the notice of reuunpt.ion of tho' Blytheword Fenalh- Academy. Contracts. Tl following resolitions% were adopt. ed by a meeting of planiers at Kings treeb, Iad we think embody munch sound policy ind' a clear perception of the case. Of all the perplexing and intri cate problo nis that have ibeen evolved by the radical an ftindaimetial changes in the whole, sothern system and which are t h ru.t uipon 11s for solInt.ion tihe labor itest ion of the country is incomparably the pr.e-emilent one. As :iln agi'idt'rni people it involves evervthing else and pervyades every. thing It imbhraces in its endless retomi. cation and extension every possible in. terest or ieoiety, and is the smibstratum and I'ce'ssary condition of all our wel. fare past and inture. With a denoral. ized anl itidolent, and unreliablo labor system, we have an incubus upon us that will press u.s lown to perdition as iiievitabtly as cauises produce results; but if we cin re-conmstrlet it, if we can stim-. iflate and energise it hv suitablo en. couragements and penalties, and render it iusefud and trustworthy, with.' prolific soil upon which to expend it and other adlvantinges social a Ind climactic that uaturo hai lavished upoii its so benifi. cent ly, we can augur a inture of inmdei. nite .niterial prosperity. It is the quet ion t.hei of paramiount. importan'ce Anid .shohmtl. reveivee the prinrtry conside-r ation of 111. As wom .sugesteed il nn 4ld issue. a nei ing of onr planters in Fairmleld should have heun hell to determine by 'a cont bination of the experience and practical seniso of the' coimmuit1ity, tipoasofre con cert-d nimid foasible system of action, but the .imoif for it is past noimw and t'he ques tion niit be left to the discretini of in. diviluali. These resolutions present soe0 SAlient 1umnd useful ideas, and may be of benefit to those who have n1ot com pleted arrangenenta for the yeai. JtsolIeul. Thlut it is the dnty of plait. ers to ofTer their late slaves liberaF cahlt. pensation for their labor, so us to . enable them to live in c(imfort. That the interest of the' comeunity requires the immediate dinsidal of such tegroes as refuse .to 'contract for ,th pre-sent year. Trhat it is the saemse of this .meetin~ that ay lanil-owner renting latit to tie. groes to bo worked free fromt theo con. trol of himself or somle' resptnisible agent, is, in the preseent condition of the negroet of thi.a Istnet, hpursuing a course ruinous to them,,.and highly de'trimientael to the peace of the comun ity and the jiteresi of the white4. 'rThat we bind ourselves not to int'ringe the letter and spirit of thease resolutionis, and to. disconrare tihe infrinugemnent by others'as' far. as ur mtflueence exteeeds. 'Thmnt the military authorities of this District be earntestly reqtestcd to render their assistanco ini carrying -ou'it thtese resoluttionsa. Thme following extract is' plade . from an interostimg letter from the Washing sn correspondence of the Phanix: There seems to be nio doubt but tha~t he President wants to pnt h hsadminig ration on lo most conservative -b tossib~le, and to do all be can for is outhtl; but the obstacles ho ha.. O'n. ounter in movin~g in thtis direct are mmense to man, whether .yo l' him Cing or Kaisoe. A Pr~sld t cannot iintain -power witom ?r resentin ublic opinion. .The Pre.' nt und ands thes thoroughly, fo is a conasumamate taut AnI Rgacity ; It 1 a the genius of corn sense. The people of gh nilted tes -rth. are more or I erazy te s ject of the pegrol 11 pohiti ilrtn o this centre)id *The .iett .U ratanuds this1 e is get) to tent-enngh r atleast, to c t 10mo 4 the ground from Rnader -th radical. Tfie South Ahould hame confidence in the President, as nni srmy'alhoi1d hh% i .14 it's geintital. The President is t a p"A vition to surver the whole field, augh knows wvhat Can1 be done. He d s44 ' . (enr a breach with ihe rAeia 'un- ha ennnot hurry it. because it, is lia inttest:' to act Ull the defensive, .nd to tbw upon hein the buarthon of hrenking ,up the party. ' It i.s the PreAidaiit' inteist - to bwild up a great conservative nlatio al I ty, becnuse he would ethle r a & ral .1.qd or this party' ; )uit it) thq cal party'he is nti aocident And. ,h - nQtinlgto xpect from thnf - - Iam glad to ay thiit Gen. Gra sitntiins' the ,Pr'esident'spolie; ha tIe friend of. tho South. 119 rcet report of affairs lit tho Sonth -a, m4' hittered t'he radjals'-9ery tieuh ain a him; hut he is too stronit a o :jrf assan)ted.' He will g'et kidb.b 1w enoug~h. It is thought the-Tennesseo.. delegi tion will be admitted to thueitseeats sdoi except such as Cannot take -the oith,", The President's son-h laW, Soii5to, PNtte'sfon; is said' to be it'able to t.ike tie oath--having held some oite ntider the Confederate Govetnqja)nt);.goma - think lue deleg.ttion from ArkansaNk pA Lonisiana will likewisi be adra4temoo' If this is done, the . Virginiv webw, honl 1s come ii. .Tennesse .Ar A kansas, Lonisianrt and Virginia (autY were, at least in the thiory, organixel, as States in the United 6Stei previotu to the building up of the' CohfedeTicY*. From all I can learp, I d?. not 'think.a any sudden or viol'nt reinligs.will applied to the Present r.edunancutr cy. A gradual system, of hunding, Wjhf. be adopted, so as to preent 'Viol1 contractibn. A-% Er.oQUPlT EXTRAOCT.--Phe lo)winug beaut iul ex tract; is fron i peeph." delivered by the Hone Alex. Vhio, it the- Ala. State. Coniventier) * * * The Bonnie Bte Flag 11o longer reflect-s the light of tho'morning sunheam, or kisses vith it., ailkj .fpid* the' geilial jreeze of oir'Souhenj elimes The hands that w'nved it longtbflerv ciest of a hundred hattlV1dan 1 d thit heuarts that, for the lve they hor 1, so. often deied d'anger .nnd denth, nq ]nit. ger rally arouid it. Anotier. hanner 'AM9 in Itlipli' ~byor its -el.4d aunf prot.rate- fols,. hut proud memories -and glorious recollections chtqter amind' it. Lir, I will refriiin. The Sonth' needs no eulogy. The faithful record -of . her DcheiAvenvjts will onieirelhs b1r, brolr with glory bright nid Itndri h-A dinde l crowute. the ni o cloudl-ss s* .. "th' scenes thOn arll P1%e have loer the New WI (I without th6-b-' res'ts whihh wel f N A tho fields or fr drni ndeo - afv goi n ies prostrate at h f of MO Butidearer to e wl1ut An 4hn01i60) of beyil)tnniliaition s wa5 a day'and .'our'9f he i ) j o * er. M eh blo A .8 eA, 0 track of, devas tions. * *mw grave 'otfher son falA 9 Anch mut.ilated farm of te soldier; htr wi ;w'' teaer -ots a cry-are hot aoimany ,enTiI' r .. - - me to her in thPmidst bf hear jde is~ and draiv my a -ohone clor 'aron~Ql my strieken cni try-Whta rnib~I ~ voice er lift iy hind fait i~r,, m~e~.i -~~ ~ the thiundere. rip me fhe*:ai Though I bp falsa in fi 'el: V ifl l~ triue t~o het. Thon all o~heits .inap;' prove ?njthilese,,I wi .be' failjb(f) 5t"' '.1 whie rr. mob* nce toa the co-'nmgetid,. "Dnis to $fIst, m sehall rbtuirh toc t aWirth fromn li ~ it spranga it sh sin6i.~e o'her. ' wltth the prei consacoisnsitt s never {cnew o eat Jpot.-in nnflha t the hottor,. th ntbrfets, the' gipy,6 m~yV country'. ' * - -, e'e from Cha aton wI the depot her-e this erne6'. ' a WWcnt t the peop.fc h citien on the -w** tion of naection, We hear ' this peringe ent Peake 'wifl limsel ranA9 ryait( ough. . (f W avat little doubt butha ' J'est tieni of direct commfuinati 'our eaport city' will'mty th ri.ce of leadling articleshiJ'0 t- in favor ofI thA 'contm'abet ~ I A Sa Fanido tune $20 .006(4tt~ 14'~ura rrmooso MM~m99I' U.WWWMUEERENGO 4