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VOLUME VL GREENVILLE, 130UTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1859. ' . NUMBER 8.
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- THE SOUTH EKN ENXERFKlSEl!
' I? iMo.d ErSrf Ttanrtdar Xpmi^fr bf 'j - '
4N%wfer & MmunkiKv ,
PHOPlil BTOR&; j
Wm. P. Price > > . . {ti ll. Utijiibklhl j
mM* * ^?ar? in advtooe; #1^0, If delft^ed
?clcrtfii }%tnj. j
S^fSutwT -'y - i
it ciAitttt tir'in. ,
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AVliftt i? nol.lt- ? To inherit
Wealth, eetaite, and protad degree 7 %r'j j
M. A 1 .L - li "
? . ' . X Bwlv uiuit w suu1q uuier iihtil +
h'%!1^ y?t thu these for mo ( j., A #^
Something greater far mast enter , v -.f
* . Into nteJestlo span ; :
Fitted Co create and centra ?> j ' "Tsj
Trno nobility In mun ! ' _j
What is noble ? 'Tin tho finer ,
Portion of oar mind and heart, k * ""
~ 'Linked to something still divinor ' ,
Than mere lan go age can impart;
Ercr prompting?rover seeing .{ _ *
8ome;improvewout yet to plan ; V *> .
To nplift oar fd>o^ being,
V And, like man, to Ibel for man 7
' ,j 'What is nohlo 7 5s the sabro
Nobler than thi lnmiMt spade?
. ' There's a dignity in labor
We who the m4?dV Improvement
Aide the world, in tiding mind;
Every great commanding movement (
Let not one, bat all ugankind. ? 4
, O'er the forge's beet and ashes, ,j
lO'er the engine'* iron head, <(
Where the rapid ehnttlo flashes, 1
And the spindle whirls it* thread? 1
'There is' labor lowly tending
Bach requirement of the hoar?
* ' There is genius still exteniling
J Science, and its world of power! I
'Mid the dust, and speed and danor, J
Of the loom-ebed and the mill ; ,
Midst the elink ef -wheel and hammer 1
Great results aid growing still 1 " *
Though, too oft,"by fashion's creatures, "
" * * Work and workers may be blamed,
* li'f Commerce need not bide its features,
\ Industry is not ashamed. . . 1
What is noble ? That which places
Truth in its enfranchised will{ 4
Leaving steps, like angel traces.
That mankind may follow still;
B'en through scorn's malignant glauces
? ? Prove him poorest of his clan,
-j. .. : He's the moblr who advanoos v 1 .
_ "1 . 1H11 antl (Kit nansa aT mnit
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. JCisrrllflnfmm H ratling.
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From the Kcw Torts Churchman, Juos 1
An Ioterrerting Benson. !
Itliltdt a common occurrence for us to find I
in the jpwldiirtied pulpit effort* of it Presbyterian i
clergymen, mncti "that wp ?e?n1d take aatbtfnclion
In reproducing ?t|d commending to the readers I
of (hie Journal W? have before ua, however, <
a sermon, preached al BtrrfhigVm, New Jersey, 1
by tb? Rev. Dr. Van Rensselaer, pastor of a
IVeehyterian congregation in that plaeo, which
paya ao just and ehaynent a tribute to the late
Bishop of Now Jersey, that wo are quite confident
our readers will p<cnse It wkli unalloyed . I
gratification. Coming from a gentleman enters
talning religious doctrine* diametrically opposed
to those so sturdily maintained by iheliMnop, it
is entitled to our highest respect:
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With these preliminary explications of the
spirit Of the text, I proceed to a consideration of
the character and services of that remarkable
ansa, whose auddea death has thrown shadows
o dark ant) ao far.
Bishop Donne had his faults, as who has not?
" He that la without sin among you. let him first
casta stone." In taking a glance at his infirmities,
Dt u* tvnramher?
). God is the only Jndgo.
1 Be has-gone to his final award.
3. We ourselves are sinners.
4. As nothing has been adjudicated, charity
has a large scope.
A Hi* faults were never concealed; for his
nature knew no guila
A. His many virtues claim a full and fair off at
agalimt every charge.
7. With what judgment ye judge, it ahall be
Htm re general considerations. Thin b not <
the btaea, nor ii it ?; duty, to dlwiiM the particulars
of accusation. It is sufficient to express
the opinion that the distinguished ftrebto *M
often harshly judged and eaiut??i*l*<L
There are three remarkable facte, which serve
to eotnmend, and to enforce charity over bla
grave.
In the fits* place, ?i?hep Thfene'e moet in:ltnata
friends Wfleved him innocent. Judges,
lawyers, physician*, divines, inlknat- acquaint
noca, male and female, hy ecoree and thousand*,
hare placed the most implicit confidence in bb
motives and integrity.
Ia the second place, his Chureh, ia its tVioceana
and General Convention, was never against
Win. Indeed, the House of Bishops formally
declared hb innocence; and this is presumptive
proof thai hi* religious character eould not be
Impugn"! in the Church to which ha belonged. I
|? tfa? third place, it cannot be denied that |
Ood ebowed no little favor to the BUltop in life I
and in death, ire enabled him to Maompltab a |
large amount of good; protected him In Provl- j
dene* from a varied and powerful opposition;
and permitted hltn, after a long Ufa of labor and <
tfel, to die In peace. On thU latter point, J
ebalf presently ?ay more. - * * 1
The three facta just mentioned, do aotamohnt
la atoolota demonetr Allow; but thay moat dam
tor all they, are fully worth- To I pereon, ilka
myself, apteida of his Cfcurjofi, and am unecajtod <
obeefrerdf patting events in the community,
they afford evidence of no Sight character. I
am thankful, this day, that 1 bava never felt it in ?'
my powrt- to paaa'a *av?f? Judgment, in view of i
the whale aspect of tfm c4?e, so far an U baa
?*** Iyaaatadd fa mflmnd, there aaan enough, ij
homager. and have pear* maw^h. to make me
aay nrtth IknrwT "fart, ae fall Into Uia hand of 1
the bed, for hie merdce are great; but fat me
pot fall irto the hand of n>au.ri
Having thus noticed soino of the things eng
B8Sf*3 by the. spirit -f the text. ! n.,w-proceed
r? the more pleasant t*?k of considering the
riirtchct^rintic trnit* Of Hie departed BishopT "*
Hie gave to Bishop Dosria his
5f?U loflu^urepeh'tT ehsbled b?m to tocoihplisti '
K) touch set vlee."Wemed td be Mtinbirrt tip tinder
9<re? daises: Intellectual rigor, nhdiodomUqblc
will, and strong pershnal pttrhelWw*. . >j
1. God Rave the Bishop ji fine min.l. IIo urn*
Vtnajj pf mArk JS intellectual operations. IBs ,
tolid eras oletV and vivid, of varied resource*.
kaflWghlJr ohltTvnJedi-. llli pcreef?tlonaW?ro
Itilek. 'lie possessed the tit I jSertXKf.:
Not so tn11< li th? logician M the rhMoriciftti', he
Kt never-'Ucked argupiedt lo atlsi.i hts ends,
s rich talents word*moulded l>y common sense,,
ind by an enlarged knowUnlue ofhuninn nature,
(n an emergency; l>iS intellect soared higher^,
lu fact. ,vh<i of Bishop Pbiwctf peoulia rhWof
greatness consist! d in always equaling ibo bo. n
don.- !1? t?w tthul *?? W L? dune, and cpqjd
]u it. and did ih Ho tea# hdi-tdt Whetvlt
lecesear-Y tor be adroit. Afce Irtwvrrs Said lha'
? could bare l>v*t?u taeir. all. if cdneatea I1,
ftwver. and, military officer# affirmed Ihnt he
armilcflinve made a grand genersl-Jn irllr.- fatiL-eing,
clear, quick, t?plO, sda'nyfr tRs centre of
he safnjmign/hte mind, especially -In emergen-,
ilea; moved in flashes*- jrliilet hfa right arm thunlercd
in netlon: 'Tliis fertilit.v Of his reaitfaeas
;c*tifk-d to superior endowments. Hi* wa* the
ictivlty of spirit. Ills reatlcs* roirid found no
nine for repose; -and he Was ready for every
tind of service proper for him to perforin. tfiH
nind whs highly cultivated. He was at home
n English literature. The adornment* of the
leholnr graced hia learning, alid varied knowledge
mingled with hla theolmrirnl attainment*.?
Vli who came In contact with Bishop Itoohc, felt
he power of hla intellect Nor were hi* opponent*
to willing to acknowledge hi* commanding men _
al gift*. /
% nuiiop Donne bad a teonder/nl ttfcfghl t?/
tUL 11? wu a than of firm purpose { resolute
o be. to do, and to suffer. Vie could not he
eeosd where he had a right to be at all, nor
mbordinate in anything where a share of work
ell to hia hand*. 1ft wo* * privilege for him to
>eda^orefta*<i Ufa will wn* Indomitable. The
Tbtiruh, as the .State, needs these men of strong
will. JEvcvy community need* them. Men of
weak will, have their place ; and generally they
(o through life with fewer enemies. and are
ilesaed with the gentler virtue*. But men of
will are the men of mark, the ipon of deed*.
It urn* this will power that gave to Uish< p
>aaiM} his ansvgjr. .Energy doe* not necessarily
>?long to high iiiUfifect It U not a mental girt
>r operation. it Deionjp Co (lie heart. It*
ipring ' lo Uie tiSfrtlaitc -*crr " not ire powers,"
iccording to. the Tthiloeophers. Biihop Donne'*
tncrgy was a fire never Viss <?l It. ie said that,
it the central depot at Bordentown. a twervn
uigine is always kept with fuel ignited, ready
ror the emergrncies of the road. An ever-ready
ocumotive in enerpctie activity waadtisOMiop;
with large driving wheels, ana to each wheel a
[Minting cylinder. His will was of a filter
[tower thaw steam; it generated energy in tbe
tout.
iUs tmlf-denial was associated with his will.
(Vhathe determined to do. he omitted no means
'm bring to pass. The end tnust meet the beginning,
and by God's grne# success mutt crown
Lhoplan. InIstmrfhi>ws?alMindsnt No wind,
no rain, no cold, could Weep him front his apContinent*
He lias Wet) iwvn lo cross the
claware when the brave ferryman dissuaded
Sroni the iterrL He could aiihiuit to all privations
in tlie disclmrge of dwt.v. lie could sleep
toy w here ; in his cbarr, at his writing table, in
the car, or steamboat, or wagon. And after
working for twenty hours, the sleep of the other
tour could be tab en without choice "of place,
ilia will out-worked bis frame, in urging to laIxwious
selfdap in 1 of every kind for the OhurciiV
sake.
It was strength of will that gave the Ttfsbop
HI" y T W* rr?nwcc. iH miiy n mull wnum iwvpquniied
wht-Pf he wm fresh to go forward. like the
workman at the anvil, he would wield lh? hammer
all day, could the larit stroke but perfect the
work, lie withstood with persevering defiance
in opposition -which would have overborne al>
noat any other man. He clung fn?t. to llurling? '
College, when many mlvmod lifcn to surrender
its, and whatever may be the ultimate fata of
hot institution, it could not die whilst the Blsh>n
lived. Ilia perseverance had lie ramifications
>r care and or industry In every part of the
Hoses*.
liie will was a iftrong element in the Bishop*
nieces* as a cUtciplinmrian. Burlington College
uid St, Mary's II nil were under the most rigid
pnvernmet.t. The two institutions, so near eaeh
ither, required watchful supervision, and all the
ipplinnces of the wisest discipline. Bishop
foane was unremitting in the tldelity of his
iver-sight Ills rules were ritrid, minute and
rise; and they were efficiently administered.
I?L. -0 - t ' * ? .
tun |>iTeiiipioriness oi auiiioruy *m dhixim
vltfc parental affection; nnd In *11 the out-gongs
of lii? lore, the young mm nnd mnidens
mew thainlarge will encircled a large liesrt.
8. Rttnarknb/t uncial trait* contributed to B??h
m Donne's extensive Influence, lie was n man
?f nntlnble disposition nnd of wsrm feelinc*.
His- courtesy gained him friends everywhere.
cnernus to the poor; kind to all; abounding'
vith pleasant conversation; gonial and free; ac!Mdl>W
t all times; he was the life of the so inl
cticlo; and It is no wonder that his personal
utdrarmenU won hosts of attachments. At the
me time. It ninst he admitted that mnpy iveo
>!? did not like him. partly from prejudices,
partly from his personal complacency, snd party
frotn causes already alluded to. But it cantot
b? denied that Bishop Donne Wns eminently
dossed wit(i faithful and devoted friends, in his
(ongrcgallon, in his dloccac, and throughout ids
ahole Church.
Lot It he noticed, to bU honor, that vimtieaitmru
wna not a part of (ila social character.
He keenly felt the disparaging estimate of othMA
rarely did others detect any resentment
He would meet h? adversaries With the usual
curtesies of life, at home or abroad ; and many
have been " the coala ??f fire " which hla oondeuenaion
haa placed u|>on their heada
-One of <he moet winning trait* of Uishop
Donna'* character waa hi* love of children. He
piiucd their heart*. He waa the little onea'
rriend. Wlint prettier eight than to ace the
jrnnfifather, hand in hand with hia fair, curly
Ki ndchild, prattling together through the streets?
o Rishop V?ved little children, and all tho little
children loved the Riahop. . j
Hi*hop Doone waa happily outliving the opposition
that had formerly existed against hiin.
One of hia greatest miafortitnee was in the nnniber
of flatterers that surrounded him?not flatterer*
always by intention, bnt rendering their
feomnge in too open and dangerous a form. _H|?
suaeeptilde roeiaT nature was under the constant
temptation to "thlak more highly pf himself
than he ought to think." Others may painf, if
they alvooae, the infirmities of hit social charsoter'in
darker colors, 1 have'given the outline
ga I have seen It. Never intimate with the Rishnp,
I have nevertheless known him and studied
bvo for twenty-three yearw; and although his
nAttire had Its faults, it waa a nohlu < fce. The
secret of hla influence and success in Hf< ia to he
found in threo elapses of endbwinenf? I havo
the social charms of- hie pe/ponel ''pressure.
; A? a Chnrchmen. Bishop Opane Was df the
'hjghert-jjrft^f,. \o my hu?lV j?iAmtot, he ,<1c
WrtMfrwn the via media of the knglish Church
of-ib* Reformation ;/nor hare T hesuafed W <tf?|>0e?
hi* doctrliiee In speech and through' the
pr infhwtw^Wft* eo1n|>tTloualpnuence;
And many i.'at.e.tliongfa thai the Btch<*i*
f'etttrned froth tBrfgiand vnth tye w# eoiltirltiod
on-aoine point* which libd better have
b*en abandoned* It Ja nevertheless trtio that
the'CltBroh of hJtiglond has always had' u ?t*cceSfloft
t?Ohnt clniw of Churchmen/ with Which
Uiehopr Doenc delighted te identify Idtup.lfr^I'eetl,
is r l. vcl.T of doctrinal. ns well ns per
eonal distinctions. And a High Clittfehinap,
When he comes to die.ie wont to exalt the doet
ritml views entertained by Low Cliur?hn?enr
-NothWif bv>t Christ gives eolhfprl In the lost hour.
An trtfteling vtew of a High Chlttchtiinn'a death
is given In lhi-bop Dnane's sketch of his friend.
,Dr. .MontgOtnvry, In Or. tfprngue's Annals of (lie
American l'ulph ; and it l? the more affecting
because it" substantially records the reported excfclses
of tbc HiehopVown mind. dertCutnln
Chtiftrh order, denominational peculiarities, and
the minor Incident* of human apprehension. disappear
with the opening light of another world.
! W hen riiri.Hf. ia PUN ho 11 ?11 In -ll"** ?*? *
of His dims.Hie view or nil thing* else, ns
the light of the sun that of the stars,
As a Bishop, the de|*?rted prelate trill nndoub?^dly
be acknowledged by his Church to ba
one of her greatest sons. So he was. He maguified
lib. office. >tfs work was done on n great
scale. lie wns, personally, everywhere in his
diocese; and his writings were circulated widely
Ih eVrfy other diocese. lie was the prominent
man in the House of Itishope, He could
out-preach, out vote,,apd out-work tlio whole of
hia brethren in the Kpi-copate. .He was n sort
of Naholeon among Bishops. It was nfter he
crossed Alps of dimctiiliv* that ha entered upon
the campaign of his highest renown. The
bridge of Lodi nnd the field of Marengo were to
nim the inspirations of heroism and the rallying
time cf mightiest strategy. Bishop Donne was,
perhaps, better adapted to the English Church
than to the American. His prelatienl notions
suited a monarchy more than n republic. In the
House of Lords, he Would hnVe stood nmong the
lyremoat of Lord Bishops, lh- of-Oxffird would
not linve ranked hefhtv him of New Jersey.
Bi-lu.p Doane was a good ileal of an Anglican in
his modes of thought and his views of rccleain*
tical uutliority. llnri he lived in tire days of
Charles, he would hnse been a U?d<|sn in prelaticnl
and political convictions?-super Laudcan
in intellect, and aub-Lnodean in general ecclesiastical
temper. My own Ijfnjisthibi are alto
irether with the evangelical, or Low Church
Bishops, at are those of the vast majority of Chit
nudienee. 1 do not believe in tlie doctrines of
lofty Church order and transmitted grace, so fn?
j : ? .l<- ? -
tmuuiv n*wivwi.m wtnn1 quurtcrB. dui mis n
a tree country; nn<l the soul by nature is tree,
sinJ lm? n tight to it* opinions, subject to the
AU'hdriiy of the gVoat Heed of the Church.
Bishop Donne hud a right to hie; and he believed
Imntclf to be, in a peculiar sense, n ?ucc?*et>or
of the Aptatle*. lie is one of the few American
Bishops w ho hn? had the bohlneM t?? curry out
his theory. and to call himself nn Apostle. He
delighted in -hi* office." Pot. r wm to hiin tbo
example of rigid adherence .to the form* of the
concision, whilst Paul was his example in enduring
suffering for tire extension ot the Church.
With an exalted view of his office, he lived, and
labored, and died. In this spirit, he encountered
all his hardship* and perils.; and when, as in
the case of danger in crowding the Delaware, lie
jumped into the frail skiff, inviting tire ferryman
to follow, it was the same spirit of " Acostolum
vWhis." Bishop Donne was, in short, as com
plete a specimen of High Church Bishop as tire
world lias seen, sud in some resjtect* he was ?
model for any class of Bishops at home or in
mother England
As a Rector, Bishop Doanc was precisely what
might be <cx|>ected of a man of his character. He
was earnest, native, fertile in expedients, a faithful
visitor of his people, and a friend of the poor.
He seemed to he always in.the right place at the
right time, lie Went altor.t doing good, and was
known in Burlington asHevtortimre than Bishop.
As a preacher, no Bishop turjmseod Bishop
Doane. lie has published more sermons (Iiaii
the whole Honse of Bishops-Baltic sermons, which
will be perpetual memot-inla of his intellectual
powers' and of his real for tlrs Church. These
discourses are on a great variety of topr?s but
they contain much scriptural truth, mingled with
, his own peculiar views of Apostolic Order, sacra
mental grace, and socle*!astleal nnity. Ilis see
mon before the last (leneoal Convention of the
Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, was the occasion
of one of the greatest triumphs he was ever
permitted to etyoy. When his dlscounno and
(lioeeaan addresses arw collected Into ? serica o<
volume* they will ha found ta be a treasury o<
High Church doctrine - and order, which no
Bishop, nor all the Bishops of his way of tblnlring,
could MMlV I have rend most of hi* productions,
and, ahliotigh often disagreeing with
him in sentiment, 1 have never failed to notice his
intellectual vigor, hi* tcul fur hi* church, and his
u actum for the episcopate.
> A* an orator, Bishop Doane surpassed most of
his brethren. Hi* l>e?t effort* w?-re fine and imprmivf.
Uli vorco was loud, and when ho eh oar,
well modulated. Hi* gesticulation wax animat
od and strong. His clear blue eye. glowed with
vivacity; and his'words worked their Wav Into
the minds and hearts of Ids audience. Bishop
I >oouc showed nit adaptation to the masse*, which
many speaker* in the sacred dvsk so much look.
He was a whole-souled, commanding orator,
when great occasions summoned forth his powers.
The two bent specimens of his delivery, within
uWa observation, were at Mrs. Bradford's
funeral, and at the celebration of the last birthday
of Washington. Nothing could be ntore ap
proprtate and more effective, for the ends of orotory,
than was his manner on those occasions.?
At tiiue*, 1 am told that he did not do himself Justice;
but he had if in him, and U generally came
out. Who of the citUens of Burlington, that
heard him on*the 22d of last February, did not
recognise the Voloo, the mannor, and the presence,
of a great popular orator 1
As a writer. Bishop I)oane't stylo was peculiar.
It woe ornate, pithy, 8o?on. It wm a style of his
own. It would not suit most men. Few ought
to presume to imitate It. But it suited himself.
Many admire it. It bad tlvfc great merit of .clearness.
. No una ever misunderstood him, although
nit* punctuation was an r*tvarkal>)o aa hit style.
was * rcadr writer; accomplishing with cave
ail that he undertook, am) ehninmuly jnf?ifytn>r.
In the productions of hlfc |?en, the highest npfo
tat ion*. If hia higher occii|>ationn had n??t railed
him away from the purvuila of literature, ha
would have ranked among the finest jxn U of the
ago.
In UkO vnrlooa poir.ta of view in which Ida
characteristics hare been now considered. liiehoii
J>oanc was a remiirfcsbhr man. And hia death
was an harmonious termination of a long and
useful life. Let us meditate, now. upon some ol
the circumstances of hia departure.*
lit tlttil in the muliU of hia work. Ilia preach'
ing during his last seijii annual visitation, win
' unusually acceptable Several of n-y own brcth
renjg~lh? JJre?byV?*?*<> spoken,
in glowing t.eonis, o' one ?' n'n? rnm-s* in Weal
Jerae*. *|*|x?lii<rtv?ot!i in 8l6nmnwt
ouirty, (the Uvt nn? ?t Freehold,) were
fulfilled in the fnWstof rnin nnd high Wiuris.Qud
spm-tinics in lin ?poA wn^n'n. His services, as
- ?M hji cit?to<w, w. n- arranged,two or tin . fjir
Mieli <)?y 'Work wns lira delightJ-nnd. at his
work ho met Yljc brtTfwnitltina "of fleafh With
hi* lCtiiaoti|?al ataff in Hie hand,-he" received" the
Wouiul of the Jnat enemy?-not from behind, but
face td face. ' ?
Another kind token pF jVri.vhTenoe,towards the
Bisliofj rvns thoa *.? J;2j -? i>? ??:J
. r f ? V* nurmmi:
H'nI'd its massive doors to liim for the I?*t time ; i
nnd entering its hull, lie foijnd n to-ting plnce in |
its genial study. After partaking of ? flight re*
past, he retired to bed, aevcrto.rise from it.~ '
j. the magnificent Intension, where he had pro- I
jected Jus enlorgyd' scheme* written lii? nutnrt1- (
. i.nvis sermons, and entertained with profuse - li<>*id'tnHtybis
host# of Mends, wns the fit place'for
liisltop Dn&nc to <We. AnJi Riverside bad the 1
privilege of his death Itij fun it's!, ?
Upd also permitted llio Bishop to Arrange
what was wanting to the comjJctlou of hi* Kjti*copaJ
tcorlc. During his sickness he conversed,
-for sotno hours, Aiiout the affairs of his dbtccse ;
nod gave directions, and left memoranda, res- 1
pealing its approaching exigency On otie of (
tliese occasions lie had a long interview with the
Hon. Abraham Browning, of Camden; shortly
after which, a paroxysm of dclll-itiin occurred.? "|
Hod spared him, however, tocomplctc all the no- ,
cessary arrangements In the affairs of hi* Church. (
The time of Bishop Doane's death was well
ordered in Providence, llnd it occurred a few
years before, a cloud of gloom would have rested '
over the grave'; and the inheritance of his good \
IlfltBA lltiirlit !??% ? ? J 3 m ' *
....q... imu uiirmranm irorn me |
tax-list of eTil report. Bat the aspect lind been
changed. His honor* hnd-returned to him ; and,
a* if in anticipation of hia last end, hi* fellow- j
citixena had Invited him to appear bclore thetn
once tnore in an address. On the birthdav of
Wnshington, old meniorioa were ret iv.-.i ; and he,
who had 90 often, in former year*, addressed the
peopla of Burlington, in it* Lyceum, again made
it* hall vocul with hia eloquence, and again received
tile applause of his friend* and neighbor*.
Ilia dioeeee, also, was in n prosperous eondition,
and he whs token away from evil to come. In
the judgment of hia bost frienda.it was a good 1
time for hiui to die.- And God knew it, above .
men.
God wa* good to the lliahop in *ttrr<nmding
Aim, during ticlcnr**, 1eith the kiudt xt cow fort* and
care. His sons were present W'ith ail the activi?
ties of filial devotion; one of them from the beginning
to the end, by dny and by night. The
other, who hnd become a Romani*1, received forgiveness
for nil the pereonml pain the father and
the Bishop had received. Thin was one of the
' incident* that must have given to the death
chamber a sublimity. Ilia Inithful physician did
all thai skill Could d?; and the noble and venerable
plivsicion of Ifri-tol, and the moat diatlnpnl.-hen
from Philadelphia, freely gave the con-,
trihutiuns .of the medical profession. The tendcrest
female hearts were around about the sufferer,
without which, indeed, no death hod can
be wbat man expects and wants. It was well
otdered tliat she, who hud the first claims to be
present, was absent; for could.feebleh.nlth Well
.boar those scenes of sorrow Iff God was merciful
in all these incidents.
The Bishop, too, had hi* reatton at the last. It
is sad to die with a beclouded mind. Various
intervals of delirium had occurred, especially
about the middle of the attack. In these, the
Bishop's mind was on the affairs of hia diocese,
or his class-room, or personal concerns. License
struck it* pains in every tierve, and blood vessel,
I uud muscle of the bo.lv, dethroning the intellect,
for a time, front it* high dominion But it re1
covered it* place before d.-wth, arid be conversed
t wflh relativ.-a and frrptidc, look a last loving
1 farewell of all. ??d l?>eV?'n?-od for llie potiflo.e
- -r | 1 ?" w...,vn
"faint through purrming.
' The BUhop was ttrrnrrthcnrd to die in peace.
> Partaking of the Communion early in the morning
of his lost day nn earth, Ire was refreshed
by the service, and at lt*.?-)o*\ J?rr noUnvsed with
1 a ehsr voice Uic blessing. lie then cotnjiosed
' himself for the final etrttgirle. The Inst uoroa,
as taken down by the family physician, were,
" I die in the taitn of the Son of Ood, and the
confidence of His One Catholic Church. I have (
no merits?no tnnn hue?-but tny trust is in tbo \
mercy of Jeans." ,
Thus departed, at noonday, April 27th, this
distinguished Bishop of the l'rotcstnnt Episcopal
Chureh in the I'nitvd States ?>f America. "Let
o? full into the hand of the Lord, for his mcrcie*
ore great; hut let me not fall into the hand of
man." Bishop Donne has passed nwny from human
judgment to the judgment scat of Qod !
mm m <m
f The burial of Bishop Donne was one befitting
hi* ivtfithin A I.I ?- l._C%
teth a Bishop. The fun-rel {yoeessioti wiw one \
of sublime solemnity No one who ever bi?\v it
ean ever forget it The day nml the season were
opportune with th?* brightness nnd sadness of
the Inst of April, The coffin borne aloft on the i
shoulders of fellow-mortals; the royal purple of
the pail, (Vinged with white, and fhitlcriiig out
to the wind like the motions of n striekvh eagle>
the crosier overlaying the body with the emblem
of Episcopal authority; the bereaved family
lamenting with Christian lamentation the Father
of the household ; the threescore of snrplleed
elertry following their silent Chief with uncovered
heads; the Governor, Chief Justice, ami '
other dignitaries of tire State; the students of
the College w ith badges of grief, and Uic weep- i
ing young ladies of the Hall arrayed in full
mouhiing, true-hearted representatives of their
sister-graduates all over the land ; the long line 1
of distinguished strangers and of sympathising i
fellow citizens; the tolling of all the church :
bells, and of the city bell; the immense gathering
of spectators around St. Mary's Church and
the grave; everything was as impressive as life 1
and death could make it.
The high task I have attempted, has been imperfectly
performed. I ntn ready to meet, its responsibilities
before Gotl and man. My offtrlng 1
of May-flowers, fragrant with the freftlinean of
their gatherings has been laid u|K?n the newmade
grave T flowers plucked by a Puritan's
hand, and placed in tnnrtoriam over the duet of n
great Kpisvo|Htl Bishop.
If thia detailed narrative of Ota circumstances
of tlx* Kithtip'i dentil may teem, to some readers,
too minute, it-must be rememftvrcd that, nt lite
time Ilia diicHW w?? delivered, every incident
wet demanded by the state of public sympathy
in the community. ,
f Since the delivery of this discourse, I have
received a letter frum a relative in Koine, from
a Inch the following ia an extinct: "In coming
1 out of church to-day, we met Mrs. Donne, who,
| 1 thought, looted remarkably w. II. She almost
immediately tuyaii to apeak of the Hishop and
' expressed lier intention to return home."
L CEaTAinLT virtue is like prcelons odors, moat
frngrunt where they are incensed or crushed
( for prosperity doth pot discover vice, but adv<rsity
doth bett direovor virtue
- Test of Friendship.
T)SvfJl Vefttworlh hnd the kindest of liesrta
There neither mete nor "bound to hbi benevolence,
except inability. And happy were any
man who had n tithe of prayeie that Were offer
ed np for the welfare of my friend, l>y the unfortunate
and wretched whom his hand relieved.
I speak of |>ray*r*?for it was the only reward
ha obtained; I mean here?bat I forget,
David was paying attention to an excellent
young lady of his native city. Sha-was wealthy,
beautiful and accomplished, and, consequently,
iind many suitor*. Among them were richer, no.
hlcr?in extraction I mean?and handsomer men
than David, but nimporle, there was a kind of
frnnk-henrtedness about my friend thnt could not
tail to carry him nuUiOWm ri* near the heart of his
mistress, even if an emperor had been his rival
The young lady hit upon a project to put bc?
lovers to the test. She had come across a |>oor
widow with a family in distress. In onb of her
benevolent excursions, and the idea occurred to
her, that it would be a good opportunity to ascertain
the stuff her lover's hearts were mode of.
l etters wore forthwith indited setting forth the
i<l woman's tnle, and forwarded to the diffcri
n gentlemen in the widow's name, requesting
an am wcr and assistance.
The first reply was a lecture on idleness nnd
begging, and concluded wiih the information that
;ho writer was not accustomed to give to those
he did not know. This was from ten thousand
dollars a year. The second advised her to apply
to sotne of the benevolent societies whose
business it Was to relieve those who were truly
in want* This was from one who lmd n great
reputation for benevolence?who had taken a
lending part in several charitable association*,
and whose phnrienical liberality liad been blasoned
in the Gaxcttc.
The lady thought that, interested as he wna in
ihe eucceseof these institutions, he displayed a
very commendable reluctance about taking it
out of their hands. A third, from a good-hearted,
generous, kind follow?enclosed n five dollar bill
with bis compliments. Several took no notice of
the good woman's petition. But there wan
onotlicr answer which the lady rend with far
different feelings. It was from David?from
eight hundred a year?and I need not say, like
himself, kind and consoling. It spoke of the
writer's narrow means, the rule he had adopted,
of never giving, unless jx-rauaded of the object,
and concluded by requesting an interview.
" If said he, " I find myself otherwise nnnblc
to afford the assistance you require, I trust I may
he of some service interesting others in your behalf
Nor was this mere profession. For it wns but
a few week* before the widow found herself comfortably
located, and engaged in a thriving little
busiuesa, commenced by the recommendation ami
Carried on by the aid of my friend. And all this
was done in genuine scripture style. There was
no sounding of trumpets?and the right hand
knew not the doings of the left.. But bis kind
lady love Was a silent obarrVcr of his conduct,
and he received many a kind glance from that
quarter, of which he little suspected the cause.
she began to think that the homage or a spirit
like hla was not a thing to be despised; ami she
felt something very much like the palpitation of
the heart aa she questioned herself respecting hia
ihtentJonn
Such was the train of thought which was oho
evening, as is often the case, lntcrruped by the
person who had been its cause. Hour after hour
passed by thut night, and he still lingered, lie
could not tear himself away.
" She is the most fascinating creature," thought
ho, " and good as alie is beantiful. Can she ever
be mine?" And a cloud passed over his features
and he sat for a moment in silence. "This suspense
must bo ended," he at length thought, lie
started as the clock told eleven.
*' You certainly think me insuffcrnhly tedious,"
said he, with a (sint smile, " but I have been so
pleasantly engaged as to take no note of the
time. And the sin of this trespass on the rules
of good breeding must be at your door. Resides,
I have lengthened this visit," he continued,.after
n pause, Under the apprehension that as it lias
been the happiest, it might also be the last it
sltall ever be my good fortune to enjoy with
Miss 11.*
Hie lady looked at him with some surprise.
"Nay," said he, "the matter rests with yourself.
Will you forgive my prraumptiou? 1 know that
others, perhaps more worthy of you, at least nobler
amTwealthier and higher in the world's esteem,
ore striving for tho honor of your hand.?
And yet I cannot restrain myself from making an
avowal, which, though it may lie futile, it is yet
a deserved tribute to your worth." And he pepped
the question.
The lady did not swoon or turn pole, but a
flush of gratifioatlnn passed over her fnee and
iiglitea n?r ?y? lor n moment.
She frankly gave him her hand and looked up
archly in hia face.
The friend of the fatherleea end widow," said
he?David WiwhwJ?" cannot fail to make n
constant lover and a worthy husband."
Trastra Amoao Coax.?1 would say to every
fanner who i? not aware of the fact, that ho
may, at the expense of half ? day's work, have
turnips in plenty for family use, and to feed on,
Ac., by simply sowing plenty of pood need 'n
hia cornfield, immediately after plowing \i f0<.
the last time. Sow the flat winter tweet, simp
leaf varieties. If your land is ferine you mtty
e*|wct thirty to forty bu^.ela per aero of good
Maud turnip*.
? WW ?
Cabbaoe with Coax.?Mr. Brooks, of Princeton,
at one of the legislative Agricultural Meetings
in Boston, alluded to the practice of planting
cabbage aiming Indiun corn, lie knew an
ihMance where oahhngn was planted in alternate
lows with corn, aud the cubbnge sold for flfiu
) ?r acr-v
Remarkable Race by Rail.
Stakes $276.000.?From L. I>. Ruck.fr. superintendent
of tlie Cleveland and Toledo Railroad,
the Cleveland leader obtain* the Mlowinff particular*
of an exciting rare, in which the steed*
were iron horses, end the slake* greater than
have ever been known on any track. Mr Rucker
lied the facts from John Ik Campl>dl, Ksq., superintendent
of the M. S. aod-N. J. R. R. One day
fast week, as the eastward bound express train
reached Lnjiorte, Ind., a passenger stepped off
while the engine was being replenished with
wood and wutev, and walked back nnd forth on
the platform, and continued to walk until the
whistle sounded. The other passengers got on
board, and the train passed off, but the gentle
man still walked on. A few minutes after the
train had gone, a station man saw the pedestrian,
and going up to him asked ill surprised tone:
. " What llie d?1 are yon doing here 1"
The man started, opened his eyes, and looked
arouud, bewildered. The fnct was he had been
fatigued and dropped asleep while walking.?
Rousing himself, he asked :
" Why T Where nm 11"
" Where arc you? At Laporte."
" Where's the train I came on !"
" That left tea minutes ago."
" Ten minutes ago. and left me 1 I must go on
that train. It is a question of life or death with
me. Can you get me to it ? Have you got an
engine here? Where is the superintendent?"
The section master had an officer near by, and
the two went to find that official and to procure
an engine. The traveler stated the case?ho
must go on, and could not delay?and offered
the officer $250 if he would put him on board
the train. This strange demand, and strange offer,
caused the baggage master to hasten and do
what he could. The fire was rot out in the engine
that bad taken the train to that point?the bargain
whs settled?a draft given on Now York
for $260, and in ten minutes the traveler started,
with an engine, to overtake the flying express.
After rushing on for some thirty or fifty mile#,
some connection gave way about the engine.
The engine was stopped ?the engineer found the
difficulty, and in a few minutes had a wooden
pin whittled out to supplj- the deficiency. With
this on they flew. The train had, of course,
many miles the start of them, and despite the
wooden pin the engineer crowded on steam, and
tore through the country at a fearful rate.?
Thirty mile* of the distance passed was run in
'27 minutes, but the engagement was that they
should overtake the train, and do it they must,
and do it they did, but not until more than one
hundred miles hn?i been run, and they were approaching
Toledo. Having at length, after
much exertion, overtaken and stopped the train
nnd hurried on board, the traveler went eagerly
to a berth in the sleeping car, and took therefVom
n carpet bag containing $275,000. His
trensurc was safe?none bad molested it, nnd
dismissing his faithful courier, he went on his
way rejoicing at the success of his perilous and
exciting adventure.
Tint Mysterious Chess Pi.aykr.?The New
York correspondent of the Philadelphia Mercury,
in a notice of Morphy, the great chess player,
says a queer incident occurred to him soon after
his arrivalin New York. A carriage drove to
the St, Nicholas, in which was seated a splendidly-drossed
lady. She sent up a card, and requested
an interview with the chess champion.
The interview was granted, when the lair visitor
demanded the privilege of playing a game with
Mr. Morphj\ Mr. M. looked at the magnificent
eyes of the stranger and said, "Yes?certainly."
The chess table was brought to the window, and
Mr. Morphy placed the men. The lady, of
course, wna permitted the first move. Half a
dozen moves were made on either side, and Morphy
found himself interested ; his \ i si tor promised
U> prove the most formidable antagonist he
had had for a long time. Being absorbed in the
game, Morphy directed the servant to admit no
one else until it wna completed. The game lasted
two hours, and was drawn. The lady was
#lia*n aniiaA.^ ?nil Ithuliinirlv ImiL' hpp lpflYP.
Morphy himself accompanying her to her carriage.
The moment she had gone, Morphy and
his friends eet at work to ascertain the identity
of the beautiful visitor, trot doubting that tlie;
name npon her curd could be found in the directory.
This, however, proved to be a mistake,
and though every endeavor was made to ascertain
precisely who was the visitor, the gentlemen
are as much in the dark as ever. \Yb .^yery.
she may be she ployed the best game '.n sy.hich,
Morpliy was ever a contestant, and ?,'n# j^obably
adopted these menus of matching herself with
Morpliy in otdar to assure b o| her own,
skill.
? - -* ?- ??
A. F\)tm;NATK yiA>r.--A corespondent of tlm
New York Spirit of the Ttwwa, writing from
llewleyvillc, YLyj eays;
About twelve mouths ago, a young man in this
county, Breck'.nridge. got tuarrk'd *ad went to
House-boepiig. )n a short time his mare h?J
twin colts; not long after, his cow had twins:
this spring, oil his ewes, six in number, Va<l
twins; and now we are told his wife hcys twins
?a fine bo'j ftn<] girl?both of which nro doing
*c'h All Uiis took place In twelve months.
A Coustbs I,apt on Vir.tt'e,?-A correspondent
' "I the Vinponuea Sun, writing from Ohmy, s
small village in Illinois, says:
"4 asked ?u old lady of tho ohuroh in eonfh
dencc, if she Heady thought a 'dis-virtuous' wo.
man would become virtooua if site joined tint
church ? 8bo jerked her cap border, adjusted
her speos,' and said, 'yea, if the pesky men
would let her alone!' and I btdinyp she is right."
A WTTWEXS in a Hnoaler court being asked h? w
lie knew tlmt two certain perauits Were man and
wile, replied ; " \N by, d'tS fM? it. 1'va lieu i n 'citj
, sccliing each ether uior'u afVy t:utca."