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A FAMILY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO RELIGION TO MORALITY TO EDUCATION TO AGRICULTURE AND TO THE NEWS OF THE DAY.
VICTORIA TEXAS TUESDAY NOVEMBER 3 1846.
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REST PILGRIM REST!
ltV JOsKl'IL H. BUTLEC.
' an is a pilgrim here
mrnejing with sigh and tear.
To a tar land;
' envoi it. his holy shrine
'A here he his toili- resign
At Gotl's command.
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rs: nrre
inv eeai shalLe
iiu..itnfr irnn
t. .... ?t. !.;.
.itch on but
jAwjU-ty wayward mind
lixptialcs unconfincd
I'll loug.o die.
rft for ihc sick and worn.
Rest for tho hea.t forlorn
From this dull earth:
Thf spirit in my breast
Thie.o.h to taste of rest
In some new birth!
Long j cars in dusky flight
Chequered with sun and blight
Have reft my peace:
Now failing nature dies
Bcfattr my weary eyes
My fond heart cease!
ic Jii:r v ill shortly come
hen them t-hr.lt reach thy home
TojjccDiio more;
fMlfnngling vvt-h tht; wdf-sc-'
fv5aeii!i "valley clod"
Thy fcuhl'ricgs o'er!
Restvith tho leaf and flower
Tithod's appointed hour
Bidb thee coino forth
Frcflfrom thy s oe and rest
"IVitSight upon thy breast
To a new birth.
owttill the dead man's night!
ow vcak the arm )f might!
JBcautx how fil!
realms the wildest grief;
aguish finds relief
jCThe rudest gale
. Jei cr trept L'uVt aea
)bcat infelt by rae
In t!it calm hoar.
SABBATH BREAKING.
We recommend the annexed paragraph
to the thoughtful attention of our young
men young men in the cities particular-
ly where temptations to set the duties of
the Sabbath aside are most abundant; and
where a too prevalent custom of indifference
to the sabbath keeps those who desecrate it
in countenance.
"A gentleman in England says Dr. Ed-
wards Mho was "in the habit for more than
twenty years of daily visiting convicts
states 'that almost universally when brought
to a sense of their condition they lamented
their neglect of the Sabbath and pointed to
their violation of it as the principal cause
of their ruin. He has letters almost innu-
merable he says from others proving the
same thing. He has attended three hun-
dred and fifty at the place of execution
when tliev were put to death for their
crimes; and nine out of ""ten who werD
brought ton sense of their condiUonattrib-
uled the greater part oriheir dedarture from
the path of right to their neglect of the
Sabbath."
Let us look for a few moments at the 91-
tionaleof this thing and examine the plain
why and because. In all Chr islam coun-
!? Sknn .!! in cAL'Pn io Glii nnnW inr tiin
J worship of the Creator; for instruction in our
religious and moral duties; and forjhose ob-
servances which impress upon the mind a
reverence for sacred things and a recogni-
tion of our duties to our fellow men and to
our Maker.
In all civilized and enlightened nations
schools arc established for the instruction of
youth and means arc provided for the intel-
lectual improvement of men.
Now 11 we find a. man ignorant of the ru
diments of an education indifferent to the
with emotion feeling that he stands on ho-
ly ground just between the present and
and future worlds? On one side is heaven
reconciled on the other all the internal in-
terests of a sin fa 1 world.
But Palestine is interesting not only
with respect to the past but also the pres-
ent. Thousands this day have thought of
Palestine thousands this moment arc di-
recting their affections thitherward. The
multitudes of all Christendom as they pros-
trate themselves before the jusl God of the
anivcrse and plead Pn- peace and pardon
through the name of an all-sufficient Deliv-
erer instinctively direct their thoughts to
Calvary to the lime when "lie was bruis-
ed for our transgression and the cliaslisc-
ment of our peace was laid upon hinv'
when the prophecies were fulfilled the last
sacrifice offered and Justice appeased laid
by his sword when angelic choirs bend-
ing from the sentiments of heaven tuned
afresh their ivrcs and sane "Glory to God
mosi "high the ransom's paid and man's re-
deemed!" O it is the hunting focus where
have been arc and shall be consecrated
the affections and faith of millions of cprllrs
redeemed sons!
Let us for a moment ask what is the
present situation of this interesting land.
The glory has departed the scenes of sa-
cred recollections arc polluted by the ty-
ranny of a cruel despotism the descend-
ants of the ancient inhabitants of the laud
arc insulted and oppressed by the enervate
Ottoman the savage Druse and the fierce
Bedouin the mosque of the false prophet
proudly raises its minaret over the fallen
columns of the temple once dedicated to
the true worship of the living God the fer
tile plains of Jordan the delightful valleys
and every human being a sacrificial priest;
when clouds of holy incense shall arise to
heaven and the happiness of earth be but
the precursor of an infinite beatitude.
Z. X.
of Lebanon arc changed to barren wastes. J
;ninax4
the
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of my breast
a "place of rest"
i God's power!
- oUlofea
"tOicre ihc riugh xm8 arcpjpdt
And Nature uvij8
'in all her majesty.
Beneath the arching skyjv
Among the dells;
tpd let the wild storm thcro
"n iiihil.p. in nir.
Uvcr my breas: ;
'ct ljc deep thunder sneak
ind Ibhtningp o'er nic break
3i would I rest!
ncra it: hc flowers of Spring
.vld me thcirolibring
"V'lth dew-drops bright;.
Tho rose and violet
Round my cold couch be set
-JttUi'eyes of liyhu
cp for the v.oary on.i
J.cn jif's UolF arc dontf-
Tlic hourjiow u.8tj
VIlv the ciioumf" ring clay -.
h?H h'tarhc Spirit eay: '
"Rwi pilgrim rest!"
IT? lfiir T r . -.
yi& ovjw.. xmaia. VOICE."
r .Mgmndrit oporations. loth.in nature
. .1! CC.'.iTifi'tc irwl 1. v ilih.
.-K 7fJ i - -"- "- --ll uupciwu
SM'f shallow bwnk babbles in its
J p-and is hcardJr "very one;but the
W'teiwi of the beasott- 5 mlent and un-
xhe storm rages and ularpslyetits
i&Mii cxliaitsleo. niwt its effects arc
and soon remedied; lwt the dew.
fffiUlontiu unucarti. 13 immense in
v nncVthc very life of large portions
Urth iWiesc arepicimresof iheoj
culture of his mind and possessing no ap
prcciation 01 mental pleasures and no sym-
pathy with those who enjoy them; we are
not slow in coming to the conclusion that
the person so deficient cither was denied
means of early education or wilfullv slight
ed and neglecfed what advantages he pos-
sessed. This conclusion is irresistible so
palpably evident that nobody thinks of
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winning or 01 gainsaying 11.
Liikc causes produce 'ike effects. If con
tempt for the means of intellectual improve
ment makes ignorant men neglect for the
religious observances of the oneday in se-
ven must make men irreligious. There is
no avoiding this conclusion more than the
other. Nor does the danger cease at the
point of indifference. When a man par-
ticularly a young man not only forgets
the instructions of his youth and his obli-
gations to his God bat rises in dangerous
hardihood above the conservative influence
01 societv. and Hies jv ii...i.. :- 1k.
facenorwnar7S"cbsiaeireI decent and'prop-1 it -aiimnv TT sHair not be
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cr. nib posuion is perilous uiueeu. lenying
the poor concession of a portion of one day
in seven to the highest duties which man
acknowledges aud doing this habitually
and nobly one great barrier between vir
tue and vice is broken down and a most
powertUI and salutary safeguard is remov
ed. The consequence in very many cases
is sufnc'ently pointed out in the paragraph
which we have quoted above. It is too
much of course to say that every Sabbath
breaker finds his wnv (o the penitentiary;
j for interest honor pride and a thousand
other causes operate to restrain men from
overt acts of evil; but it is not too much to
ay that no man who really truly and ha-
bitually respected the Sabbath ever justly
came to imprisonment or public punishment.
PALESTINE.
How many sacred recollections of the
past are associated with that name. Who
wtttiout emotion can imagine himself visit-
ing "The lami where die patriarch rest
"When- he. hones of the i.ropltets are laid-
W hcrr t jo chosei: of Israol tho promise
pt)fF--r.d
"Wher" Jehovah his wonders displayed
Tho lai:u vlilcit the Savior of Mnnerg
o ce :rou
Where h Inhored and languihhcd and died
Where Ii triu:'ph"d o'er death and
-ascei:dvu to God
As he captive captivity led?"
the wide world there is no couutrv
past history is marked with so many
Ot thnllin? intnresl. Whn. ns Up
.i flj5 'aQdj rnd waiks over the same
ini!s ark.;. .. 1 c.m raiiP- u:..u
'centuncK - .; t..v...
'ii- wcre thronged bvthc hapoy
("Xlsreal-who surrounded bv
such scenesV m inalion .
;lKn irom us Vurn;ng ;n ihe wilderness
entrance imo iiMje . ... -J
power to the decv 1 t
j v .y 0t tis gjory wno can
look inon Jr.nisnlV ..
1 j 1 luC lormer scat oi
splendor and pwrer.V scat of the temple
made glorious by the m .;. .
IIICJUOIV VI II IG
remembrances and not ij J:. J
f .. 1 ciuuiivud tuv
uecp or utterance anu noi
priviledged beyond the comi
tals? Who can visit the land
L
i that he is
or mor-
Joshua David and Solomon. aS 'h n. '
propliels and Iwly men of old and Wcrge
as it were with the mighty dead kj no
feel that he is a holier a more exah) fe
ing? And what Christian can asccnljt
Olivet and listen to the mournful strah. 0f
the Savior as he wept over the rebellion
city and see llio exact fulfilment of his)
propueUc.decIaralions wlio can trace his
wanderingsjyisit the places of his sa-
cred retiremeftt4.who can stand on the
shore of the sea ofjGnlilce and amid the
liowlinor nf thf i.lnrmk.. k: ..: :ii:
the u 5f AmRrtcan.rlio u A U :ai1. iltl' -... ..
. uu ii u - -- ujiu l h r mt an vipii mmj.
w ri - -1 'J T.UVVutI101Wt!
sum-
helmed'
hit?
TVTr Jurm
MM. J-i T TF
PUrr liti bince'f a- garden of agony and above all the
1. Nw froroicm roit of CaIvarVj and m
But shall this continue to be the condition
of this most ancient and interesting coun-
try? Shall the Divine corse as a thick
and lowering cloud forever overshadow ii
and for ever shut out the cheering and viv-
ifying rays of hope that .this cloud sh:iljbc
removed that the dense misis.rj'v adversity
shall dissolve in copious a nd9 fertilizing
showers and the Sun of righteousness arise
in his strength and pouring forth floods of
I l.j- 'it . 11: ir.l I
geniai ugiu anu neat snail cause inc Dar-
ren wastes to rejoice" and the "desert pla-
ces to blossom as the rose?" The light be-
gins to dawn the roseate hues of the blush-
ing morn begin to illume and beautify the
horizon heralding the approach of the noon-
tide strength and glory of an effulgent day.
Many in Christendom begin to think of
Palestine many begin to ask shall the
false prophet with his rights of licentious-
ness and blasphcmv for ever triumph over
the land of prophets and seers the land oi
the Savior of-nien.?' Wiwji. thcresnoiisiv?.
n-vaurroi TT sliair not bcT Another cru
sade shall be projected; but under different
circumstances with a different object and
with different hopes. The flower of milita-
ry courage the elite of chivalry the noble
and wealthy of every land of Europe the
barbarians of Africa and the warm-blooded
Asiatic shall not meet in this enterprise.
It shall not be graced by the pomp and glo-
ry of military equipage. Nations shall not
be calldd to arms by "sonorous metal blow-
ing martial sounds." The world shall not
again tremblingly await the shock of armies
and the fate of battle. But here and there
shall be found a youth rushing to the con-
flict clad in celestial armor his arm nerved
with a divine energv and his chivalric bo
som heaving with that courage and ardor
which cuaracierize mat nouie army "one
of which sliall chase a" thousand and two
put ten tuousand to flicht." Already has
the standard been carried into the enemy's
camp. I lie sacred banner 01 the cross has
been unfurled n sight of the Mohammedan
crescent; and soon shall it wave gloriously
over the enemy's fortress. Yes there are
probably loose now living who shall spread
its ample folds to the wind who shall Hit
the blood-stained standard on the very sum-
mit of Calvary. O the glorious achieve-
ment and abiding honor of him who shall
first permanently place the standard of the
cross where eighteen hundred years ago
the cross itself was erected and'the Media-
tor of a lost world cried "It is finished!"
Against ihe glory of lhal achievement all
the brows sceptres titles and laurels
wealth honor and regalia of a congregat-
ed universe would be but as dust in the bal-
ance. Yes Calvary whence once issued
streams for the healing of the nations shall
pgain become a fountain of living water.
To Jerusalem where the tribes assembled
ou the solemn feast day shall the outcasts
again assemble. Weary with looking for
a Messiah their minds sliall be turned to
liim whom they pierced In whom the v sliall
oehold the prophetic marks of the Son of
God. Who shall say lhal Palestine shall
not agati become the chosen land of the
Lord most high whence the Gospel 3gain
sliall visit every land and enlighten everv
people? Shall not then be the bright ush-
ering of the day of millennial glory when
wares shall cease a universal peace pre-
vail and a civil and spiritual jubilee be pro-
claimed to all nations? Then the Indians
of the south and west shall truly worship
the Great Spirit. Then ail Europe shall
be illumed. Then the barbarous millions
of Africa shall rejoice in the light and "E-
Uhiopia stretch forth her hands to God;" and
iwie.sunny climes voluptuous scenery and
poeh'c: regions bfthe east no longer rcsound-
V'.il" the shrieks of burning widows and
? cries of murdered inlancy shall be in-
hn2ed by a people disenthralled and free
froAuuperatitiou and idolatry. 'May Heav-
en hfiten the day when these things shall
take ilacc when the earth shall become a
vast aiiar to God the universe his temple
Correspondence of die New Yor! Observer.
A PILGRIMAGE TO THE TOME OF
WASHINGTON.
nr REy. samuel men.veus prime.
It was on a bright morning in ApWtvhen
1 left the City of Washington to make a
pilgrimage to Mount Vernon. An early
Soring had clothed the shores of the Potom-
ac in living grcon and the eye rested pleas-
antlv on the receding view of the capital
the m.insioi) of the President the fine coun-
try scots and woodlands as the boat swept
along to Alexandria.
Here we look a carriage to ride nine
mi'cs over a wretched road. My compan-
ion in travel was an elder clergyman who
when a boy hail seen the living Washing-
ton and now joined me in a journey of fil-
ial pictv lo the grave of She Father of his
Country.' After a toilsome ride of two
hours through a country that hed nothing
lo interest us beyond the act that Wash-
ington had so often traversed it we reached
the gate of Mount Vernon about noon. An
old female servant tottered from the lodge
on a staff to the gate to open it and in an-
swer to our inquiries told us that she was
in the family when George Washington
died. It was grateful to find one link though
such an one between the illustrious dead
and llic living. Entering the gale we were
rl once on consecrated groi-nd. The car
riage way spfiiciciitly rorgh to inornate
that no facilities arc afforded to visitors
winds through an aucicnl woodland; and
Ihc great trees solemn and silent seemed
to speak of (he man who had preferred their
slndows to l lie sanshine of courts. These
were the shades of Mount Vernon and soon
we rcacl&d the mansion omthe batiks of
the Poloma'c with a greenfj awu sloping lo
me river in iroin anu garuens in me rear.
It was indeed a fitting place for one no more
a hero than a sage! A simple two-story
house with columns in front and lodges
for servants running back from each end of
it it would appear lo be the private resi-
dence of some country gentleman of mode-
rate means; 'and it was difficult lo believe
that this had been the resort of the most
distinguished men of our own country and
of the friends of liberty from other lands
who have here sought the shrine at- which
Washington worshipped.
During the eight years that he was de-
voted to the service of his country in the
touted field Washington never visited Mt.
vmwiiiiii( nnm. mid ihen.accidentslly as
hie was onfiis why to Yorktovvn with Count
De Rochambcau; and we must seethe spot
and know the tastes aud private habits of
the man before we are able to appreciate
the sacrifice he made in leaving this retreat
for the turmoils of the camp aud the toils of
state. And when he had resigned his com-
mission and put up the sword that won lib-
erty for us he writes to La. Fayette "at
length I am become a privatccitizen on the
banks of the Potonr.c; and under the shad-
ow of m)- own vine and my own fig tree.
Irce from the bustle oi a camp and the bu
sy scenes of public life f am solacing my
self with those tranquil enjoyments of
which the soldier who is ever in pursuit
of fume the statesman whose watchful days
and sleepless nights are spent in devising
schemes to promete the welfare of his own
perhaps the ruin of other countries as if
this globe was insufficient lor us all and
the courtier who is always watching the
countenance of his prince iti hopes of catch-
ing a gracious smile can have very little
conception. 1 nave not only retired trom
all public employments but I am retiring
withm myscll. and shall be able to view
the solitary walk and tread the paths ofl
private life witn heart tell satisfaction.
Envious of none 1 am determined to be
pler.sed with all; and this my dear friend
being the order for my inarch I will move
gently down the stream of life until I sleep
with my f.il hers."
Here were the solitary walks and paths
of private lifo which the footsteps of the
great man pressed: here he rested when
wearied with labour in the field; these trees
he planted with his own hands and the
flowers from which these sprung were his
own trainiiig in the morning and the even-
ing of his wonderful lifo.
Bui we must knock at the door of his
house. The dcor stones have been lying
here half a century and we are standing
on the "round where he has often stood lo
lo:k unoii the grounds that he loved. The
Ihron-v of visitor is so constant and great.
that it is necessary for the protection of
the house lo admit uo strangers but those
who bring private letters of introduction
to the" family and we wcre so well provid-
ed in this respect that we met with no de-
lay Mrs. Washington a lady venerable in
years and worth received us in the library
of the General a sacred room whioh has
been preserved as nearly as possible in the
state in which he leu it. Here were sev
eral family pictures and various memori-
als of the great man; the original bust by
Houdon placed over the tioor by Washing
ton's own hands anti never since removed
here were the books that he was fond of
perusing and with emotion I took down
from tho shelf the old family Bible that he
used and looked at Jus autograph llicre.
I should be glad lo own thai autograph of!
Washington ! I would oequeath it and the
Bible as a rich legacy to my children.
Tho Father oi his country loved his lfible
r-j
a cordiality that we had no'xight to antici-
pate but iter feeble health constrained us
to beg that she wojld now commit ua to
the guide of a servant through the house
but with great urbanity and kindness she
insisted upon being our guide from room to
room while with earnest but gentle digni
ty s!ie pointed out the various memorials
of the man which were constantly meeting
the eye. In the family dining room were
several beautiful engravings that had ncen
presented lo ihc General; in a private par-
lour was the key of the Bastilc given to
Washington by La Fayette after its memo-
rable destruction and several paintings
that possessed peculiar interest from the
J::ct that they connected their possessor
with events 'that they il lust -a led. We
were now introduced into the great dining
room lhal ihc General was obliged to erect
ft the North end of his mansion to enable
him to cnlcrlaiu the numerous guests that
thronged his house after he retired Irom the
Presidency. In this room we were invited
lo partake of the hospitalities of the man-
sion an honor which we appreciated the
more highly as il was offered in the very
room in which Washington had so often
presided at life own social board.
The ihamber where the good man breath-
ed his Inst is on the second story in the South
West corner and is now the private room
of the lady of the house : sacred as it should
bo against public intrusion. Into this room
lis retired on the 12lh of December J799
having been riding on horseback in the
rriu to view his farms; he was wet and
chilled; ;the water had penetrated to his
necK and tnc snow was lodged 111 the locks
of his h?ir." A severe cold succeeded and
a sore throat 'which at first gave himnoun-
easinessdml gradually increasing he breath-
ed with more and more difhcvlty: remedies
proved unavailing and in less thau two
days he expired. Ten minutes before he
died he felt of his oxen pulse a fact more
characteristic of the man than many that
arc oftener mentioned.
He gave directions for his own burial;
thai he must be laid in the family vault
and without any display on the occasion of
the .funeral ; v vast concourse of people how-
ever assembled on the day that he was bu-
ried and forming a solemn procession they
bore his remains through the gate at the
left wing of the house around in front of
the Liwu down to the vault. And there
they rest. His country has sought to have
them in her keeping but they belong to
Mount Vernon anil should never be disturb-
ed. Il is well that a man who never left
the siu'des of his own country who fled to
those shades again when tluty no longer
bide him stay it is fitting that he should
now rest in the bosom of his own sepulchre;
the spot that was h.illowed by his life should
be the repository of his dust.
The family vault in which he was laid
had fallen lo decay and a few years ago
it was repaired; a plain brick wall with a
projecting roof was erected in front of it
and his remains being deposited in a mar-
ble sarcophagus tire laid at the right hand
an! on the other arc the ashes of the wife.
An iron gate-way prevents intrusion with-
in the sacred enclosure but allows the pil-
grim to contemplate the coffin in which
moulders the mortal tenement of the most
complete 3ian that has ever adorned the
world. Other men may have been great-
er and better as statesmen warriors phil-
osophers christians' but there was in Wash-
ington such a symmetrical development of
all the qualities that ennoble the man and
make him the ornament of his race that
his character stands out on the page of
time as a standard 01 excellence not to be
envied but imitated and admired.
It was a solemn place to stand upon that
turf by the tomb of Washington. We felt
it so. The memory of the illustrious dead
was precious there and it was good to dwell
upon it. Leaving the sepulchre we went
through the gardens which he had laid out
and the conservatory where the orange trees
which he had planted were bearing fruit
and having received a few plants thai are
now adorning another and distant spot we
prepared to bid adieu to Mount Vernon.
I cannot refrain from saying here that
the Government ought to become the pro-
prietor of these acres. The incessant and
increasing stream of strangers renders il
it . i. Ijci iMltIsi nr . .mlrA r-.l ......4. jo.'Ia.4
but its gates ought never to be closed
against the pilgrims who travel hither to
highway of human freedom. Our govern-
ment therefore ought to purchase it 'protect
it against lew less intrusion: provide facili'
tics for access to the mount- by water: pre-
serve the house and grounds as nearly as
may be in their present condition and thus
transmit to posterity the legecy that belong-?
to the future. A very moderate "pilgrim
tax" would meet all the expenses and a
revenue would eventually accrue which
might be appropriated to carry out a mu-
nificent scheme of education which Wash-
ington devised and for the promotion of
which he bequeathed a sum of money which
is now on interest and is to be applied to
the object when it shall have reached an
adequate amount. I would urge the atten-
tion of our public men lo this su'-joct were
it not too true that we have few public men
who have any tendencies toward works
whose results are to be seen and felt in the
ideal and moral only. If we should urge
that a roil-road from Washington to Mount
Vernon would furnish a good Investment
there are men enough of them who would
listen to the project and estimate the prof-
its: but to propose the purchase of Mount
Vernon to illustrate the Nation's love of the
Nation's Father and to be a shrine for the
friends of liberty of all lands and limes fim's
no response in the minds of great men of
our day. They wcre not made great men
for that. Yel it should be done and that
speedily.
1 shall ever cherish with peculiar cmo-
t ions the memory of my visit to Mount Ver-
non. The simple but elegant manners oi
the venerable Mrs. Washington the moth
er of the present proprietor; her attentions
and hospitality will be remembered and
the impressions of the hours that I passed
at the mansion and the grave of him who
was ;firsl in peace fit si in war "aud first in
the hearts of his countrymen' will be among
the last that time will efface.
On the back of a frame that contains a
miniature likeness of Washington hanging
in the mansion is the following- inscription.
I cannot close this sketch more appropri-
ately than by transcribing it for the reader.
WASHINGTON
THE DEFENDER OF HIS COUNTRY TKK TOVS-
DEE OF IJBERTY THE FRIEND OF MAN.
HISTORY AND TEAMTIMT ARE EXPLORED IX VACT TOR
A PARALLEL TO BIS CHARACTER.
IN THE ANNALS OF MODERN GREATNESS
HE STANDS ALONE "
AND THE NOBLEST "ATF": " .-TTO."TY
LOSE THEIR LCt It -v ill 'Rj:irV K
BORN THE REM 1 i.'T f v? V Milr
HE CNTTED ALL TI U. " 'ii- NrCESMl.i
TO AX ILL1 litll i i . IJU.'-'R.
NATURE M -jh Mlii t!ItJ3TT .
JIEXADEIIPIKI.f .JRTUOV3.
CALLED BY HIS COUMT.l T'J THE BEFECi;
OFHERLIBERTIf3. Hi: nUCXPHASTLY
V1NDICATED Tllr TUHUT or 2ltr-
MANITY AN-. ON TII.F. TIMERS
OF NATIONAL IN i'KNDKNCX IJ.n Tin;
FOUNDATIONS J A ORE VT RFrur.LIf.
TWICE INVESTED W - ! -.IT.VE VAITR.M1.
BT THE UNANIMOD ! or A FKlXTEi-rLS
HE SURrASSFO '-S T.IX. Cir.IMST
THE GLORII'o OF TUFt FIF.LD
AND VOLUNTARILY 7!E?Xo"vnG THR SCETTJTf;
AND THE SWORD. SFTIitKD TO THE
shades or yjii'.rK iir.
A SPECTACLE SO NEW WO SO SUBET302
WAS CONTE3CPL.VTEP WJT1I TUT.
PROFOUNDISr ADMIRATION;
AM) THE VAjJK 01'
W A S I! I N" G T 0 N
ADDING NEW IXSTRSTO JIOI AMITY
RESOUNDED TO. THE REMOTEST KCGIONS
OF Tnc TAKTH.
MAGNANIMOUS IS YOtmr
GLORIOUS THR Ore II LZTEj
GREAT IN DEATH.
HIS HIGHEST AMBITION THE HAPl'I.NESS Or KtNKIMf
HIS GREATEST V1CTGLM' THE COAuCrT 01" HIM5SLT'
BEQUEATHE?'; TO POrfTERfTY TIIJE
X5HEB1TANCE Of ill F.2IE.
AND BUILDING If Is roNUSNT IN THE
HEARTS OF HIS COCNTRYMEN
HE LIVED THE ORNAMENT OF TUB
KIGHTEENTU CENTURY
AND DIED REGRETTED in A MOUKNINC?
"WORLD.
see where Washington lived and died and
is buried. Hundreds of years hence and
thousands ii the world stands though the
Union be dissolved and the Republic of
Washington find a tomb among the sepul
chres of nations yet so loug as one lover
of liberty lives among men the spot where
Washington lies will be precious to his
heart and he will desire to make a pilgrim
age thither. When a hundred millions ofl
people are within the area of these states;
our children's children will be a part of
them each and every one ot that vast mul-
titude of people will have the same interest
in the name or Washington that tee have:
Jknr till ln.itt' litm ntifl Iava nim o vbtaII
UlV will niiu """)" iu.oui.Mua "" "( IJlMt
as we do: thousands of them will every vear 6 ?
make the tour to Mount Vernon and go
back to tell their
been to the tomb
thousands will come
We are truly rejoiced to learn that the
health of the surrounding country gener-
ally is greatly Improving. This has" been
a season of an unusual character for this
country and many valued citizens have
paid the last debt of nature. The sickness
of the year has been much increased in
the west by the great Ivflux of emigrants
both from the United States and Europe
whose numbers particularly the Germans
have been1ib "great lhaC they wore com-
pelled to live in tents or in the open air j
which owing lo the excessive rains in tlic
springana summer produced disease among
them; and from them in their transit from
the coast to their mountain colonies the
sickness spread extensively over the coun-
try. A secoad cause was'the introduction
of the troops into the country ai the most
sultry and unhealthy season. "
But aside front the causes named this
has been a sickly year for Texas one for
which tlM?oWest -actticrs ha e not seen a'
parallel; and .we arc indeed happy to an-
nounce the great and satu Cary change that
has.oeomed. " ;
lion is- that us -such a
season has. not beta known during the 25
settled so
'.vc shall
Icocate.
more as other lands are- illuminated ajKa fcA Pier jtot cunvKUALLY known. Titr
made free by the power of Aw principles Djeath or WAsmatroN. It is a fact not
and example; and believing as vedo that generally known perhaps. that Washing-
the genius of our institutions is yet lo per
vade the earth as the gospel establishes the
rights of man the day may come when the
grave of the great Apostle of liberty k will
Mrs. Washington had welcomed ug with j bo tho most 'illustrious landmark on the
ton drew his last breath in lite Inst hmtr m
the last day of the last weefc of the-At
month of the last yedr of "thd foot seotry
He died on Saturday' uigntyf 32 o'clock
December 31. 170'JL. -
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