Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-03-22

among you. Absence has made my relations
10 YOU donbly eniesgoring. have been taught
by IL how much enjoyed while with YOU ahh
how much lost III separating ffdm you. am
indeed deightcd To be among you again-o
call nv sell again yooI fellow CITIZEN, aud caro-
lima again my home
from NE Richmond Wing
Mr. Barton's former speech Will be sum
| Gent provocative 10 the peTusal OF the one no"
published.
The reader will no, understand some OF It's
ailusions without explanation some moh'"'
ago, Gales Il Seaton proposed 10 puo'sh
collection of old and valuable Documents, con-
neclej with the history of the Go'ernmeni al
stated aud usual prices. At the motion oil Dir.
Livingston of Louisiana. the resolution was
passed by the Senate alter an ardnons strng
gle. authorizing d subscription 10 the work Tor
the usual number nj copies. This Was no soon-
er done. than The Editor Ofthe Telegraph anu
his echors throughout The country. represented
he resolution ~ conferrlng par'y Bra'uht 10
the publishers at the expense oil the treasury
that the work was one hunfred per GEM 100
highland that the opposition hao "'"'e'
themselves Of an opportunity when nine 'ao"'
son Senators were absent, TO smhsgle 'ne 'eso
luton through thai body. 10 prove tla'
was too high. Daft and several Others, ofieTedo
do II FOR less. In reply to this, II was answer
ed, thai the resolution was introduced ny MI
Living SION, Jacksonian-that taking ih'o
consideration the labor oil selection aud diges.
ton, the work was moi 100 high, as was pr oven
by the testimony Of Wells d Lilly, aud Oh hef
eminent printers, aud that the opposition TO H.
was nothing more than DuHs desire 10 get y
r,ady money job, nnd ms friends that he should
A ol.,at sita ,ittttn
passed the Comnit,ee OF / nance reported
the appropriation bill with proriso, directing
no money 10 he pad for printing, without
special appropriations This by tue way was
as unnecessary as spitrfu. as the contingent
fund Of the Senate not being charged with The
payment for the Documents, special ia" was
fequisife of course
lh,s Will be a clue 10 the reader for under
standing some passages OF Mr.. Barton's speech
lie lashes, as they deserve, those miserable
"paIhce slaves who, clothed with the reflect
ed majesty OF the people, prostitute II At the
shrine oil TIE ido-whose ignorance and feio.
cIou. imbe ci,y, they despise in their hearts.
From Tie Richmond Enquirer
SKETCH OF BISHOP RAVEN SCKOFT.
The death ofihis distinguished Minister CT
The Gospel has been heard with much regret,
not only in North Carolina, and Virginh. bui
by the Friends oil his Church in the NortG ern
states. Several paragraphs have appeared III
he Philadelphia prlnis-dnd IN one OF them. he
has been compared 10 Moses himself, an the
reading of the Decalogue.
Being native OF Virginia and having taken
Holy orders under the administration OF
Bishop Moore his l. ie and Death have excited
great interest among his lelow-citze0S, al THIS
State-And it was under the influence OF those
feelings, that Bishop Moore on last Sunday,
delivered an impressive Funeral Discourse,
rom the Pulpit of the Monumental ChuIch,
commemorative of the merits of The deceased
The Sermon was intended to illustrate the In
moItalhyof the Soul, as taught by Holy Writ
aud II concluded with the following Sketch Of
Bi-hop kayenscroft. with Copy oil winch we
have been favored bv The Reverend Author ::
Errart from bishop Moore's discourse.
" have been ted 10 the selection OF the
present snt,ject hy that solemn event, which |
announced from this desk the last Tuesday !;
the death four venerable irpnd shop Raven
scroii. kir dlp'rur OF an individual so high
~ gifted. IS no common occurrence. o ddIned
to the Ministry and this Ahar, by sell, aud
natlte of Virginia should be dehclent IN
duty TO You, to his memory, aud TO the Church
at large, were TO pass over the event in ST.
lence. Often, Breil Tn, has he addressed you
from this place and from his tomb he now
pi ocIaims in your ears, the transitory nature
OF temporal iniugs; assuring you, that Man
cometh M, and is cut down like a flower that
all Il 'sh is grass, and the glory of Man, howe
yer firm in constitution, resplendenl IN talents,
and graceful in structure, is rs the flower of
IN field. Yes, my hearers. were he permitted
| TO speak TO you al this moment, he would di-
rect your attention 10 that Saviour. who Is
- The resurrection and the life =" He would
shcw on the folly of trusting the salvation Of
your us 10 any thing short OF Christ Jesus :;
and would proclaim the Redeemer as the only
way to the lions oil eternal peace.
" lie would tell you, that the language of
en,reaty in which lie addressed you during
life, however warm and animated that language
h I'd been " as too cold for the occasion that
the mos ferveni appeals he had ever used,
though they burned ON bis lips. were too
frield ;unworlhv suffice, involving in il e er
/ nal onslderaDions. He wonld shew Heaven,
on the oLe hand. with all is beati udes, and
the regions Of despair, on the other, aud with a
Srrnph tongue, would entrent you TO flee from
the wrath to come, aud 10 lay hold on eternal
lite We're he to see you hating between
your dutt 20 God add the concerns of the
world. he would press an immediate renuncl-
alton oi the things OF tune. liza would solicit
you 10 awake from your SAUNDERS 10 take up
tue Cross vi hout the least delay. He would
tell YOU that Tomorrow might be too late that
now Is M accepted tlme--thls the day of
salvation"
" II IS productive of great satisfaction, upon
an oc ca sion like the present, TO look back and
| to take a view Of the Individual, whose death
aud re moval form the subject of our consider
alton. II is a Minister 9th. LORD Jesus Christ
whose depa ture has awakened the best sym.
pa HES of our nature, aud which has involved
the Church of North Carolina in gloom Il
Minister, whose iaithfuness was universally
Acknowledged, and whose pastoral virtue,
were SO highly valued by the people of nj
! charge.
Bishop Ravenscrclt became alive to the
importance religion, about Is or % year,
siuce and, Cor the las, IL years, has been zeal
ously engaged rs n Preacher OF The evrrtast-