The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-01

such conviction, the offender shall more |
over be imprisoned, at the discretion of the
court, for a period notless than one mouth.
nor more than six months. Tie judges "l
the superior courts of law, and the justices
of the county and the corporation courts,
shall con ,tanily give this act IN charge IN
the grand juries impannelled aud sworn IN
the said courts respectively. ThIs act
takes effect on the 1st Of May, 1895.
To BE Continued
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The present Isl most interesting mo-
ment, aud SO it will be recorded in the his
tory of oar Republic. 1t discourses TO us
useful moral and political instruction. 1t
teaches us alike the weakness and the wis
] dom of man; il shows us the superiority
! of mind over matter, as well In the capacity
Of It's views, as in the durability of its crea
ton.
A few days longer, and we shall be called
on 10 witness the retirement, from the
! highest Office of the government, of our
present venerable Chef Magistrate. For
| the brief space OF thirty six years, we have
seen the men Of the revolutions heroes in
the field, or sagrs II the cablnet-pres,dng
over our national councils. After steering
the state vessel amidst many Il storm, which
/ menaced her with frequent destruction
after plotting her through dangers the most
! imininent--we have seen them successfully
relnquishing their command, and retiring
to find repose in scenes where the battle
and the breeze are heard and felt no more.
They have performed their brief but glori-
ots parts On the great theatre of human
action, and are no longer before the public
eve. Their bravery has defended ns--their
wisdom has given us secnrlty--thelr eln-
auence breathes in history and their ,lr-
tues are seen in their Influence over society
but where are their forms The hand
Of time has touched them with decay the
scath of years is upon them like wlthered
| leaves, most of them still hang upon the
tree of existence, but every breath shakes
their dry fibres, and threatens To sever the
last ligament by which they are suspend
ed.
Sad yet sanitary are the reflections which
the piciure suggests to us. We see before
us all the images of decay the broken
scythe, the fractured hour glass, the with
cred trunh-aud, finally, the pallet Of the
painter himsef A voice seems TO whisper
within U.S. Man, in all his greatness and
his glory, is at best but compound of
weakness and mortality" And this Ii the
moral lesson which is taught US when we
see the last OF the revolutionary heroes,who
can fill the presidential chair, about To ex-
change the cares and hustle and parade of
public life, for the Stiffness, the consultations
! aud simplicity of retirement. All that is
mortal in this venerable band will soon pass
away and be forgotten. Matter will return
to matter, and the hands which have been
armed with power viii become "clods Of
the valley :" but the wisdom with which
these patriarchs were endowed will still live
in the institutions which they assisted to
create. In these, we shall find their minds
f vigorous and unfading, when the forms
which they animated shall have blended
into dust. The men will pcrish-age after
aye will sink into the tomb -posterlty will
in its turn become the ancestors OF new
r .ce--but the memorials OF MUD will stand
on the plains oftimr, like the pyramids on
the Egyptian deserts, Illustrating the great
ness, vet marking the frailty, Of these by
whom they were erected. The ruins Of the
Coliseum yet remain, bat where shall we
find the remains ofits bullders Time has
been more mercifuI TO the marble, than to
the man. In Il short time 1t may be said
by those who are To come after us, "Where
are the heroes Of your reyolution--the IA
theirs of the Republic ?" May it be the
pride Of our posterity to point, through
f series of generations, to the political lnsti-
tutions of our country, still nnlmpalred,
and to say" behold in them the wisdom
of our fathers--behod in as their virtue
and their valor :"
The election of Mr.. Adams may be con
sidered as link which connects the race
, Of the revolution with the generations
which are to come after us. Born imme
diately before the revolution, he can appeal
To memory for those facts which will here
, after be gathered from history alone. Ii
he was too young 10 contribute to the great
result of thai revolution, he WAS old enough
to participate in the glory OF the triumph.
| He now ascends the seat of delegated pow
er Immediately after those who partoOk in
the struggle, and who now desire to repose
in the tranquility which has succeeded it.
In contributing to the prosperity and secu
rity of the country, he wi" tread in the
fresh footsteps of these great men. He
will perform his part faithfully in perpetu.
ating those great principles On which our
free Institutions are founded and in csta
r blishing that policy which will most ELI
GENTLY conduce 10 their permanently
r That the yirtuous and intelligent part of the
nation-and this, we doubt not, comprises
an abundant majority-wiIl support him in
these wise and patriotic views, we should
be unjust TO our coun,rymen to doubt
1t is their duty to do this, and we are sure
they will perform it. Nat. Journal.
From The Raleigh ~ Co. Star.
Although the friends of the " Hero of Or
leans" have not succeeded in elevating their