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~IK. %11 4-__ PI 7, ..hI~ DEVOTED TO SOUTHER N 1-1 i(iTS]DEMOCRACY, NEWS, LITERATURE CEC ADTL i a.. FRA iWIS, Proprietor. -~~~T~ ~i FA~ V'-I. S U MT IIV ILLEUt.S. U., SEPTEMBER 14, 1 ~ ~ . 1* 4nears c ? POLITICAL. '"_ '"t I!Iluainagtoaa asd Mianelsester Itall Road, t1; -,House of Representatives, U. S. August 20th, 1852. Mr. Penn. I an instructed by rho Committee on'the Post Office and ost Roads to report back, without ,mendueut, and with the recommen ;dation that it do pass, Senate btll o. 447, entitled "An act for the relief of the Wilmington and Man hester Rail Road Company." The ;barl simply gives to this company the rIdulgence to withhold the payment Ifduty upon their imported iron, for uryoars, from the Government, for time legal interest is to he 4id. I move the previous question 'n the passage of the bill. l~i'. MQueen. I trust my friend - 1i1 allow ine to make a few remarks. iiIr. Penn. As m eal: ri e'n'ms from tilt trie[t kroh nheh :h d is to pass. 1 vidlWI.v th ei e.r the previous question, on the con d tion that he will renew it. Mr. Cobb. I would ask the con ent of the gentleman to allow inc to ubmit an amendment to the bill. , Consent was given. Mr. McQueen. Mr. Speaker : 1 hdo not propose, at this late peri id of the session, to detuin the ILouse with discussion at length upon the mier a v;its of this bill. I shall, however, as ,the gr.eater (portion of the ral to .whu icth.e bill anlplies runs through mivdibriet,- explain its oibject; and I Pn 4:ecd-to do so) with the conidilent Ylt:fi thdt wleb4 itshall he well un 1d Ijafstodd, thbre will not he ten nem 91I1 this -house in opposition to .Jhl' itdulgence asked is for a ny if)any who are constructing a link .rnil roal as a oonitinulation 'of (hat urtlh to New < )lI :is is now -Qe ' ed, which link ny une (f the % .=inost difficult and langerous lines of a igaton pon upon thi continent. Two elk's ago an act was passed by - i gress, at the iistigatiol of my ," 4end from the Wiimington district North Carolina, 41Ir. Ashe.] ~nting an indulgence 3imiilia' to the e pl)o)osd by this hill for the road 4 xtendinlg as far as Willninlgton. Be een thiat bill and the present there is2tie'the distinuishing diftrence that hat bill provided For the payment of '. . po interest by the coiniy, who wore to give bands for the faithf I ayment of the duty, whilst this one ' rovides for the iyment of every dollar of. interest, to be, together vith the duty upon tha iron, secured bonds, which are to be approved y the judges of the district courts of North and So.,th Carolina, and made stis'factory f the Secretary of the -reasury. There is also a condition n -this act that the money arising fgroin the carriage of the great Mail from the Seuth to the East over this L road shall be retained in the Tireas L, ^r y, and as it accrues, be discontented w.j~ ith .the Post Ollicc Dep'artmecnt f.>r ~~. e satisfaction of' the buds. This * --link runts through the level p.ino f'or ests iuL Nor'th andiC Fm Carna igis beivconsu e 1i. ~'aters of' that coi , hIa dnly woiked out their stock in the 'ading of' thme road. Gentleme ask yw the company constructing this Sroad come here and ask this smaill nautter ? Every one acquainited with 1c planting itrsskosvr - li h iporteof thi~s indul :gence in thme paymen( Tt of' the dty ~~~upon iron, so that p~lters who can ~~realizo upon their' croplhs but once a c~ ' ar, can imeasur'e then' pa~ylments to ~~uit the soason of' the year at which 'hey can sell and realize the prioceedls o .f.their cerops. I assert, indeed. ~. 'vitoun,.fear or contradiction,. that ~there is no road in the United States ofmore importance to every puortion of theo Confe?deracy' than this oute. The mail is nowv carrliedI with great fliity from Newv Orleans to Maine uior steamboats and r'ail roads, with the. exceptionl of this gap, aind about nir~ iles in thic State of' Georgia. r I.avigationi frmom Wihntington to rieston is so dliliet.'ih there is ne ~t he routo friomi this to Neu ni whererso many disapupoint kmuinavoidably occur as onis - m UilItm' hortion. The comnpan) "~ ~ ijW et'$7,000 a year f'or tht~ usofioni of' the minli frot W~el ut thme benefit of the WNil similar provision to this in regard to discounting moneys with the Depart ment; and I have been authorized to say that every dollar which has been suspended for the benefit of the Wil mingion road, has been paid by the transportation of the mail as it has fallen due. When we look a little iHto the history of the law in regard to rail roed iron, I flatter myself that genitlemen will not be disposed here to oppose this bill; because I assert the Ihct that there has never been the first dollar granted in the way of favors by the legislation of this Gov ernuent to planters of South or North Carolina, unless it be by the little imdulgence given to the Wil mington Railroad Company two years ago, while the min arteries of north cru coon1imnication were all col structed duritng the existence of laws which entirely reptealei duty upion r-i road iron. I1 18;2, the (itties u1m rail rod ir.n w r re ., hut. paid to Kentuky ati ) a .l were 'refntde I to thea, I ,ithe ground that they wcri to 1 .I.;l, et tal with those having the hnetits of tite law passed in April. 1582. 11r. Stevens, of Pcnisyl vatia. D ts not the gentleman kntiow that te rail roadl c. mpantics whIo nailec their roads while that law was ill ex istence, pail nearly double the price whichi rail road iron now costs ? \r. ,McQueen. I am not able to atswer the <iuestion as to the precise a mountit of inc prices of iron, but I tell the gentleuani this, that although iron Wtay cot tnore thai now, it will alvs diminish in price as greater itmber of tmen engage itt its inlauu.lt facture; but that does not Jstify, in mny opinion, an act impo}sing a dtty of thirty per cent. upon the cotton p'anu r 1: the ah i; .r" ti.e hoel~t oftei. ti s I. t:-ir cotton for less than half the e r , fornerly got foi it. The it na refumled, itn 8l8. to the New 's rk and hlarl-m It:ail rad Cmpttanly -actually l:sil out ofi the Treasitrv, by special act of Con gress. In the samte v- t, the dttty was refunled to the Baltimore and Sutsepitehtanta Rlail roatl CotmpanV, and by the same act the dtty ou fas tiings :md spikes, even was re pealetl, mOli thte duity to( thtetm for iti atamerly Iai I by th e G eo rg ia I i:6 ro ad Comtpan y reftiumled. Ini I8 the ditv was relunded to the Ph'iladel 1ihia; Wilnington, antI Baltinurc ComiI pa'ny. l 18-4 iron for rail roItads was allowed to be iiported free of duty, until Ma: ch, 1 818, awl then a ditty imposed untl it, and inl this itterival. all the o ds which were built, as I atmtiutaitt, (except ote which was buiilt inl Sth (aroli na, for which the (omtanty nevet asked a reftilittg of the <ihy,) were allow-el to have their iron free o dhi ty. Ini 18 18, ani act was passed at1 lowing C. .y and 'o. to imnport Steamtships, even free of duty. These are facts, coiilortolisi tig led, listorv of the legislationt of the coiutry tilont thte statute books of Conigresa. We dlo not ask int tis intstatice , otte dol lront tofi the 'Treasury; we dIo not our- polsi-LL. . n of the plainters, wvho atre intetrested ttm thtis tail troald, have hial, dir-ct ly or indirectlyv, a dolatr outt of the Trecasui ryv. I will go fturthter, and express Congressionaol dlistrict htas ever htad a dtllar- of tmtoney in his p.'eket ot ofi thte Treacsuiry, as a bonutis. We know this Governmencrt ft-om its taxes. WeT Ihave not atsked~ fotr its boutties, nor do I ask for- its imoite s ot- its lattds. I am askeid whtat is the leingthi of thte toad ? It is one hutndredci anid sixty inies lontg, attd aboutit sixty miiles of it ate already butilt and the Cars ruitntig upIoit it, andi it is i-alpidlIy ptro gressintg towards compl tetion at bothI entds. 1Ithave Ibeent asked this summnner- by genttlemenc-t conntectedt witht thte Post Olliec )Dtotartmentt. hiow~ sooni we w~h ill tiup the gap, so that they cant put the gtreit Suthern ii mail itpon thtis toute, iin-trder to aLvoid the dantget-otus atndi unlerttaini sea navigoation. by whieb it is sutbject to constatnt failure-s. I iam told bty the hiotnorale gen tle mandl [Mr. ienn] whot r-epoited thiRs bi~l li tro the Commnittee thti for several yearsb, while lie wasi cttnneet ed wthl the Post olhico at Ne w Or leans, lie wa-s well satisfiedt tht n uite 1-iurest out of tent, w hich occ.urred in the great Sonthern mail, resulted o. account of the uncertainty of the scat to be remedied by this road. Thclie is no part of the Confederacy which [ do not believe to be somewhat in tcrested in this bill. It is a direct route upon for the Southern people who go East and North in the sum ner. It is the direct route upon which the Northern and Southern nail will be carried. It is a road as indispensable for orthern commercial interests as it is' or southern-and it is a road whiidi will be as much used by the traveler roma the North, as from the South: [t is to supply a link in the chain of :ravel now so liflicoilt and hazardous, hat I have had iurc i n-puries made >f me by traveleis a= t" the Prospect )l its coml)pletin, til:uo any other road, xithin my knvwl de. I can assert .hat the stock inm this road has been argely taken by planters, who have 'itkm;lj gut already the grea er p art heir subsuripiti- :o::nii thu re is ;oiiseLquently no sj-elatioii f r ve I da of the =tock is bona lid 1. .. -o In as the mail shall vei ! cen L put upon it, the pay ent if the duty will conunenec b y this let, and as the Wilhningtoni Coim panly iow gets $75,000 a year for its ranspoirtation to Charleston, I have 10 doubt myself, by the time the inl. lulgence has passed. every Idollar of he duty will have been paid by mail ervices. 1 will say to my IDemo. ratic friends of 1'ennsylvunia, that hey need n)t vote against this bill m11 account of any injury their irni 1 tan ufacturers will sustain from its massage, because after ani eflort to >urchiase the iron from then, it has eeni bought iu lielgium, amid is now >oidel at the ports of WVilhningtoli mid Chai lstou, and no deleteri'ius pprobati<.n of the coronmttte : t: ['ost Oflice and Post ioads; I i.re ked no other favor at the h;nds of his Congress. I feel a proper inter at in this bill for the chmit ers I rep -esent, and who, as I have said, have lever had and never asked, a dollar ron, the Treasury; nor do they inl his request, in view of fainter legis atioin of Congress, blut a sihnple act >f justice. It can result in no detri nent to the Governiment, because we ire told daily, there arc fifteen or ixteen millions of dollars surplus in he 'reasurv,. 1 ann asked what will be the a-re ate amount cf the duty on this read. As dearly as I can i nform t tie I ll.mse, t esume it will not execel t 100, J00; 1h:1l I been ahle to have gotten his bill before the Hlouse at the lirs >f the se:sioln, it might have anmowit :d to :150,J00. Fron information derived from the LPresident of the road, I believe, and to confidently hopes, the (nail mnay ie put on it (luring the ens-iling wimi er. such is the rapidity with which t is being built. Mr. Morehecad. I will ask amy ri nt whlat p)oint the \\ihin..igon mud Manchielmster riadI ill inutcrst lie Ciohiinibia ani Chin-lustoni road? Mr. M1.cQum(een. It will intersect d a poinut (.M Iances ter) oni the Coin len road, abuiit forty imiles ab ove1 I ranebille. wihel is on th le (Chariles ton and 11 Iunblurg~u mraila. andtt aboutt ialf way betwceen the two latter pla LeS. Mr. Morchiead. Thlein it will con nect directhy with Cl arlestoni. Mr. M\cQueen. Yes, sir; andi wioiit the iilicul ty iecoun itered by those who navigate that coa1st alt the imouth of Cape ["ear ri ver, at which they' often have to wait for tile wa ter in order to get over the bar; andu it is believedl will forward tile gieat Southern mail somel sevenl hours ear lier than it can lie done by steamaboat. Mr. Moiruleead. I shlohl like to ask mhy friend from th ce Ptersbur g district a quemstion, Where the Sooth. side radl iintersects the amajin South ern line? Mrl. MIeade. It is al comfumica tioin directly imoum Norfolk to Wel don. By this, conuniunication, if I uderstanid it, will be directly from Weldon to Charleston. M11r. Morehiead. If I understand you correctly, there is a direct comn Iunicationi by t nilroad1( fromi Noifol k, V\irgiia, to Weblon, ini Noirth Caro. lina. When the rouite proposed by the genitlemnan from Southi Carolina, [Mr. McQueen,] anid uder consid cratjoll- is eompleted,-ha cbnnccmorn ' yill 4odtignue directly on to Charles MMc1 McQicen. To New Orleans; 1ining an unbroken chain of railroad to Momtgotnury, Alabatna, except thirtvy 4ihs in Georgia yet to be comoph'ed. I move. the previous question. Mr. Cobb. I ask the gentletnan from South Jarolina to withdraw the deintnd fo the previous ques. tion, to enable- Ine to offer the follow ing'atnendment, to couic in at the end of' the blll. * Provided, f/urtler, That the pro vision of this bill be, and are hereby extended to the Mempl.is and Charleston, and the Selima and Gun ter's Laonling Railroad companies, running through the States of Ala ha;inat -nl Mlisissipli il Ten~nessee. .Mr. McQueen. I cannot with draw it. The objection to the atnend inent is, that if it is adiopted the bill will have to go back to the Senate, ;insi wa11 thna b e defeated. . -: 1 bhi~ 0:A to .1 ii, Ol ut~ th nw tty whe tl action o' the 11 iSe nes had un< the Raleigh and Gaston eir va hilt, 1 ask in v friend from So'h (;n olina to withdraw the deinan' f,- the previous qiuestion, that 1 i t v ofi it as an aztiendnenit to this McQueei. It is very nat;s"t to ine to have to refuse i v ;iend from North: Carolina, for ' m;n I have the utmost respect, bi: a the inorning miir ias nearly ( iirc-, I must decline to witlhlraw tl enm nd for the previous qiiesttimn. Mr. Wibtbrick, from the Cctno t tee oni Eurulled .lills, repor ted as correctly cnrolled, the le w bills, nhicli. thereupon. seCveC T eeived the signature of the $@4 viz: N,,iebi). the, rig r} 1, we vta nn:ntiin b. f pub'lic I sin . f' r th on ":ruction of a ship canal around, the r ahl of St. Mare, in said State. An act for the relief of John Moore White; and An act to provide for executing thie public p~rintiing and establishing the prices thereof, and for other pur poses. The qIuestion now being upon see onding the demand for the previous qlestiol, \r. John V. Howe moved that the hill be laid upon tihe table. Mr. Stevens, of P'emisvlaia. I call for the yeas and inays, andi I ask for tellers iioin the yeas & nays. Mr. \e(uieein. Will it he in'p er* ftr ie at this per' id, to withdraw the dennon4 1r the p'revious ques tion, aitd umnke a inot ion to commniit the bill. The Spcaler. The iot ion to lay the bill iupon the table takes prece dence of such a iotiun. Tellers were or-dired on thne yeas and nays; and \lessrs Stevens, of Pennsylvania, andi Maloni were ip. plintedl. The lii was then livideld, aid the teller.s repurted onnly :25 in the alIirmaii~ ti ve. SO thne \Leas andi navs were not o 'Tie quiestio~n was then put upoin Mr. 11I's iuti-nn: and1 it wasdt eided in thet negati-:e. So the 11. mie refused to lav the ill nipin thet tablei' 'lhe 'jiiesti'li recuri'ing upT' I. 'Ilemanid or- tine previons queistio., '. v~a't, an the~ I preious queistion, recetivedl a sneei1-nd Thie nidu quenstioin was ordered to lie jut. Thec bill wasi- then orderedi to a thrdI readli in an was sub~sequneintlv read thne thir d tie. Mr McQueceniainded tine pre. viouis quesCtion Ionl tihe panssage of thec hill. 'The rev- ious5 questio)n was second ed, anid the nniu quilestion orderen. N. V enale called for !t6 v-eas l tre ai mnia,.,e V.. .1m' tine Senate 4f the l'. '1 Stattes 1the hainds (f Ashiri *' ekins its Scre'tar'y, annoi; . thnal tihe Senate had passed s, ndry' billh and~ joint recsoluatioins.] Th'le question was then ezcn upoi '.he pnassage of' thle bill. -n d thnein were-yeas ~10:3, nays 4'. So th~e bill was piassed. Mr. Mc(uieen moi~ved I i" . nsiid er the vote by which thi hi w passed, and~ also moved to lay thn motion to reconsider uipon Ihe table whiich 1 Lte motion wsni 'rda to MISCELLANEOUS. The Last Days of Iyrou. A TOUCHING SKETCII. "I passed the winter of Byron's death in Greece," says a travel. leir, "and in the latter part of Feb ruary went to Missolongni tosee.hiin. He was then suffering from the ef, feet of a fit of epilepsy, which oc curred in the middle of February. The first time I called at his ro idence I was not permitted to see him; but in a few days I re ceived a polite note from- him, at the hand of his negro servant, who was a native of America, and whom Byron was kind to, and proud of to the last. I found the poet in a weak and rather irritable state, but he treated mhe with the utmost kindness. He said that at the time I first called upon him, all strangers most of his friends were excluded from his room. "But," said he, "had I known an American was at the door, should not have been delied. I love your country, sir; it is the nAd 'of liberty; the: onely-. spot of God's green earth nta des ecrated by tyraiiny." In our conversation I t!'!aded to the sympathy at that tie felt in America for stru.: ;iig Greece. All ho said at that ticp was. "Poor Greece-poor Grecce once the richest land on e:rtlh: God knows I have tried to l.:1> thee." You will reniember that but a little wl e i1-o're this, Marco B.z. zaris had a ... When I mentioned Jais..ihnie, Byron said. "Marco Boz :'ar ~ ~ y ; r s " rvas an, n pre0auir brought himi a rose-IoOd box, fromt which he took a letter written to himself by that gallant chief. It was a warm-hearted welcome of Byron to Greece. "There," said the author of Childe Harold, as he handed the p:eeious relic to ie. "I would not part with that but to see the triumph of Greece. That glorious hero, but a few inoments before he led his Suliot band forth to his last battle, wrote this letter to ine in his tent. As he sokethiuse words a heroic hismile lit u his ale countenance, and I am sure 1 never saw such an expression on the facof .m or tal wan as at that moment fashed irom U yroni's. Soon he fell upon his couch, and wiping the cold sweat from his ldty forehead, once more exclaimed, "Poor Greece! (od Hless thee and A da! 1 oily ask of heaven two things; and lleaven ougid to grant them-that Greece may become free, aii( Ada cherish iiy nenmo rv' w hen I ami dead." ii a few days after I left him I received another nte from him, requeistinlg ime to call1 anid bring with ime Irvinig's Sketch Book. 1 took it in my ha~tnd, and went once moire to the illuist rious aunthor's resilence. Hie rose fromi his conch when I enteredl, and prcssing may hand warmnly, satid, "Hav'.e you bro ughit the~ Sketch 1ook?' ' 1 han ded it to * wh"', seizinrg it with enthiu * nned . to the "'Broken H .'" "A br -i!h, "is one of the liincE thi, - r written e ri c a r e a i . b u t s t a y , d . y know irv ing?"' I replied that 1 halod nee seen himi. ''God bless him! exclaimeid Byronii; "hc is a gen ius; arid he has soimethring' better thain genius-a heart. I wish I could see him, bunt 1 fear I never shiall. WVell, read- the Broken IHeart yes, the Broken Hleart. What o .:tho first paragraph,. I .!I confess it? I be I.e in LVe herts.' "'Yes, cx elimied lRyronm, "'and so do 1; anid -does every body hbut pihilosophers~~ and fools:"' so I. waited whenever ho interrmupted me, until he re qumestedl me to go on; for although itho text is beautiful, yet I cared more for the commentary as it came fr esh from Byron's heart. While I was reading one of the -mocst touching portions of that mournful piece, I obscrvcd that Byron wept. Ie turned his eyes up ;on me, and said, '-You see me weep eir. Irving himself nev er'wrote. that story without weer ing, nor can I. hear it withou tears. 'I have- pot wept much it this worjd,' for trouble' never bringi tears to my eyes; but I always havi tears for the Broken Heart."' When I. read the last. line' o Moore's verses' at the , close o the piece, Byron - said, ."What being that Tom is, and Irving, ant Emrnmet and his beautiful love! What beings all! Sir, how many' sue men as Washini;ton Irving are ther< in America? God don't send many such spirits into this.world. . I want to go to America for five reasons. I want to see Irving; I want t< see your stupendous scenery; I wan to see Washington's grave; I wane to see the classic form of living free dom, and I want to get your gov eninent to recognize Greece as ar independent nation. Poor Greece!" These were the last days of Byron and I shall consider myself happy thaIt I was permitted so often to be witl him. I have day by day watched the workings of his lofty ilagination while he lay upon his couch or sat by him .window, and deep troubled thougit lit up , ith an unearthly glow his beauti tul teatures, or clouded them in glow, It was a painful spectacle to see By ron's toibri ' away by dit ease ; aid I never ' r we tirst meot without I'j feel to 'See a Wn ual'. inblning InI its 'ess the foundamttion1 (A sltte classic teinple. It \Vt3 inex. pressibly painioil ;us bni et there wcas something very sui Ilim}e i- the strug. gle of his proud spirit w. b thet: advan cing -king of terrors. 11i, fulIl. Iigh, eye, which sometimes burnt so restk' s. ly, revealed a spirit free, tameless Wid unconc uer able as the proud ocean. ors "said the faithful w: Ite I hop,}e you kill bse poatice:r .to execute, if you love me.' " Fletcher did love his master and told him lie would do everything faithfully, and expressed a hope that he should not be called to part with him. " Yes, you will," said Byrutn ; " its net:rly all over n1ow I must, tell you without losing a momeit. I see ity titne has come to to. (lie.' Fletcher went to get a portfolio to write down his master's wo rds. By ton called himd back, exelaiinii "' mty God ! don't waste time by writing, for I have Io tilime to waste. Nv hear te-you will be provided tfr, a my poor dear child ! Mly dear Ada! My (god ! could I have but. seen her. Give her Imly blessing, md tfty deat sister Agtista. aid her children ; and yon will go to Lady Blyron toad say tell her everythinig. yo n are friemtlb with her, Aind tears rolled iiwn hi; emaciated fhce. llis v'.ee here failed him, so that only now tand then a word was audible. For some time hie muttered soitettin very seriously, anid finally raising hi6 VOice sail, " Now Fletcher if you de not execute every order iI have given y'ot, I will tot tlent you hereafter i1 pctssuIble." Ior 1'elther ept over his tin mta~ster, :mdn told him he could not tat IIerstandii a wiord of what lie had( laist beencm sainig. "O( my God !" saiid l1ijroni, -ithentill is lost, for it is ntow too late. Can it he possibled you hmvt nlot undter-stoold te ?"~ Fl'et chier repilied "No', Iu ot ] tell moe aigainti mote clear ly, ny hord." "' Ilow can I !" said lHy rn ; " it is too0 ltte, autu all is (vetr. 4lFletcer.i replied, "niot our wviIl, hu God'us be donie. " Yes," said hie, ' nto inine lhe dlonte hut. I will I ry 011ce more.' lie mllade ser'j elforts to spieak, bi thrtoughi the fidlstinct mlutterointgs o) thme d intg mtatn, ontly a few~ brtokent ne cenlts c(onid he distinguishted, anid thtey were2 abotuit his ife and1( child. After matny ietllicnt andut painful ellbris to mtake ktiow~n his wvishes, a the regniest of' his frienid, Mr. Patrry, tu cotmposei him tsel. thet shted teat's, and ap: p arently suntk ittoltu shanbe, wiithI m expreCssuin of grief andu disatppoinittmen lin his countttenantce. This wats thet coim imecm tent of the lethar-gy of dheath I believe the last wvords thtegreai po~et ever spoke( on earth wecre." titmst sleep tnow." llow fill of metan ing t hose words were!I Yes, lhe ht~ laid itmsel1f docwnl to his ha-st sleep For twencty~-fouir hioutts not a htand to toot wats seeni to stir, ailthiough th heart which had boetn the hiomei of sud wild feelintg still :onitinu ted to bleat 01 Yet it was evidenit to all atound hi bedside that te angel of death ha spilead his dtark wintgs over By ron ptillow.~ On the eventig of thle 17th ouf Apr he opened his fine eye for the lat t im anid closed it peacefutlly, withuout an appearance of pain. " Oh my~ God exchtined the kind Fletchte " I fes may tmaster ih gon.''.1 ie loe'toi then felt his pulsb. and'i t right lheni3 gon'e. It is impossible to doscrib sation )'roduced n Missblo the death of'Lord Byron: 'AIIp too, was bath'd in tehrs:' C lie demonstiation bf rdgpCeb F rowv ras paid to his iflnloob, iminute guis, closing ll pid hb I and shops;-ahd suspenlil 't 1.Easter fdstivities,taud by 't mourning, and funer'il praybis the churches; Hils body iibtul$ ed by physicians, , and p op tt were made lbr taking it! ]itn A few dtiys after hisodethv 1f ored remains were borne to the diii where the body of Marco lBz~ari buried. . The coffin was a riude '6 w'od-; a )luck iiantt61 wti,.h is f pall1; and over it were plieed - met, a sword, and i eroivii o a Iwe here the bier-rested two' Uay8 around it gathered a thousaind nbl heartswho had loved the geherbui pn I stood by that coflin i long tiiffe. i more tears were shed: upon ftiamQ ever saw full upon the dustof'zrj man. But the sipeha-tWtof people, who crowded- at tho&-liui' loved him not as the author of;Chifd llarold's P'ilgrinage, but asfhb'tdi timguishied bentftlctor of Gi'eee9. dllethent of his own brigtidegtfaru ed his body. T'here, was sotrietiifi' indescribably more afkctinne andeitib Nime in this sptnetle -than ii the goi. geous display whinhali usuallylatte ci' r ' f tha g e atf laifU+ li tap. that t:e- . ,;; f e, an~d th~eit .re ul cen a i n of the. dcenda Sof lana relieved against theavw tirum amul gleaming in'the uice light of the wax candles buriig fare the altar, and im the centre of, vlurch a group of emaciated Gje bending over that illustrious dust., was all in keeping with the poet'so vayward soul. - tLutiou i' the ':cesidcnt t, the fact ;" that organizations are now forming id, various sections of the Union, for:;' another invasion of Cuba, Th Washington correspondent of >blQ New-York Courier - Enquirer iti'R' announcing the alarm of the Spanisi Minister, adds: Spain will contest the possessnb of Cuba, as it is her just right to at hazard and with eve meanm .1' dfence that can be procur ed by hr ean resources; or. f neieI" be, by aimnec with othrc,' PodsceA A vigorous policy has been-ordei , and the Captain Ge'neral ofthe the land. in obedienc ae to instructions, .it .der the appreheiicdd revolt and in vasion, has directedu lAtt every! per son taken with arms in his 'Iande against the authorities. :;ua'al be alioC within three hours af:erwards.A further order has been iinued, 'ha it' case any officer should refuse to exe cute the foregoing penalty ho abaIl be shot instantly for contumacy3 The failure of our courts to c6nvic the expeditionists engaged inthd' last crusade against Cuba, has not oaly encou aged others to' repi that lawless enterprise, but 'it h0 created a bad impression abroad a~'" to the ability of' the judicial tribu'alk to adlminiister' the law in the face ot morbid state of opinion.' Tusim Na;w PosvT ,AsTEa GENEnAL. Thei Waingtoni Repn/>lic has the foi4 lowing rm'tiarwks ini r'eerence to the nev l'ostmiast er' Genieral: "'lThe Senate h~aing confirmedl th~~ nominalftioni of Nathan K. Hall - J udge ihr' the western district of Y~ork, lhe irannediately resigned t - untion of Postmaster General, ' i~ he ha"; filled with so much advaihtagc ito the counutry~ and with such distin a tguishmed abilitvy since" the accession df F 1illmor'e to thme Presidential ollie whereupon the President nominated. - Hion. Samuelc D). flubbard, of Middke& to)wn. C'onnecticut, to fill the vacaiiy' I thus create.d, which metthe assentr and" -iready ac.quiesce'nce of the Senate. Mr -Hubbard, like Mr. Hall. is a thoroith going buiesii's mn, possecssinig A str vigorous mlind, anmd a chIaractera fj hionoir andl rectitude, which no 0) ch t tldoubt or C<piestion. lHe represoratedL -the second Congressionial districif&t r C'onnectient in tie 20th and 30th' Con f gres'ses, and was at the~ latte~r p~la0O II by Mi. Speaker Winthrop on1 tile Cor i.nittee of' WVav and Me.ans,-of wt she pr'oveid a highly valiuabloe tn 'Il'There was no man in time Hloue ' opnin on financial tiuestnt business imatters .general ~~ee ' 1 ceived with moi'e resp'eutr 4s weight with eh~tt'r