Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-09-24

ou' 'hauhihu hate the lust OF power,
when it is yelled under the garb of pie
ty-they hate canting and hypocricy--
they hate i'npostors and quacks in pi-
ety-they do not wish to be insulted-
they love to tear folly and impudence
from the altar, which should only be a
sanctuary for the ..virtuous and the
good.-Edinturgh Reuieso.
Elegant Hrtract.-" There is an e.
ven tide in human life; a season when
the eve becomes dim, and the strength
decays, and when the winter of age be-
gins to shed upon the human head its
prophetic SHOWS. 1t is the season Of
life to which the Autumn is the most
analogous; and which it becomes, and
much would it profit you. my elder
brethren to mark the instruction which
the season brings. The spring and
summer of your days are gone, and
with them not only joys they knew, but
many OF the friends who gave them.
You have entered upon the autumn of
your being-and whatever may have
been the profusion of your summer,
there is yet season of stiffness or soil
tude which the bene6cence Of heaven
affords you, in which you NAV mediate
upon the past, and repose yourself for
the mighty change which you may soon
undergo.
Ii is now you may understand the
magnificent language Of Heaven-it
mingles its voice with that of Reveal.
sdtks N
1wiieaozaie teaTes fall and the winter is
gathering to that evening study whic h
the mercy of Heaven has provided in
the book Of Salvation. And while the
shadowy valley opens, which leads us
to the abode Of death, it speaks of that
love which can comfort and save, and
which can conduct to those green pas
lures and those still waters, where there
is an eternal spring for the children of
God"
Mr.. Everett, in his Grafton at Bos-
ton, on the 9Th July, introduced the fol-
lowing anecdote -
When Charles Carroll Of Carrollton
crossed the hall, another member spor-
lively remarked, as he passed before
him" There goes half million of
dollars at the dash OF a pen 7" The
clear and beautiful character of this
signature eyiDces that his mind was
undisturbed by the sinister prediction.
Carroll was immensely rich; but he
reckoned his gold as dross hr compare
son with honour, conscience and liber-
ty. He chose wisdom in preference to
WEALTH. mean true wisdom the wis.,
dom of the Scripturss-wbich is Ho-
nesty, Virtue, Religion and expert
ence has shown that, in his case, as in
every other, length of days is in her
right hand and IN her left hand, rich
es and honor. Charles Carroll of Car.
rollton is the only signer who survives
10 witness the ffiy-fourlh anniversary
OF this great and good day-to receive
as the living representative of his fellow
signers, the grateful homage of the
country. He survives with undimin-
ished wealth and may add, with undi-
miDished alacrity to stake i, without
hesitation upon the result OF any bon.
durable and useful enterprise. We
heard but lately that he bad invested
princely SIM, not less, l believe, than
Fifty thousand dollars in the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad and when we
heard it, fellow citizens, we regretted
the more that the race OF the signers
of the Declaration was extinct in this
vicinity. How beautiful is the evening
ofsuch life! Long may he survive to
ENJOY the honours he has so nobly earn
ed-the wealth he employs so we'll
and may he celebrate, in health and
happiness many anniversaries like this
before the grave shall finally close up
on the mortal remains Of The last of
the Signers.