The Arkansas advocate., 1831-07-13

N'A 'A'N N''Nt'htto pucoicto dIt dlfuTcu to rest, the business of the world is for gotten, and amidst the profound silence of the throng voice proclaims, s.rhe Lord is in his Holy Temple" every heart and every voice responds with conscious coHsiet;en, and with tie deep ;aitd awful peal of the solemn organ, hundreds unite in the praise oithe nigh ty Author of their existence, and ir humble supplication to the dread yei merciful Almighty.
 The evening prisons in Spain are con ducted with the utmost solemnity. 4 friend of ours has said that the most sol emn scene lie ever beheld was that oi 1000 human beings on their knees in the cathedral at Madrid engaged in prayer. At the evening prison, howey- CT, when bells toll the signal that the sun has departed to light mp another world suddenly every vehicle is stopped every lip is mute-every tongue is hush ed--and from q vast nation there as- cends to Heaven one united prayer to Him who afched the firmament-to Him wilo wove the rainbow-wbose unseen but awfully prevailing spirit alike fights up the sun beam in the morning. and walksuponpinions ofthe midnight storm.
 Sinplfcity.-The more I see of the world the more am satisfied that sim pliclty is inseparabiy the companion of true genius as its of true greatness. never ettknew a truly great man, a man who overtopped his fellow man who did not possess certain playful, almost infantile. simplicity. True greatness never struts on stilts, or plays the king upon the stage. Conscious of its ele- vation, and knowing in what that eIeva- tfon consists, it is happy to act its parts like common menin the common amuse- ment, and business of mankind. It is not afraid of being underyauled for it's humility. Of this class is Chief J. Mar shall, than whom a more clear and com Prehensive and profound lawyer never perhaps adorned the bench of any coun- try. In his hours of relaxation he is as playful as child. He is fond of rural sport and exercises which lie enters up. on with all the generous ardour of youth, and at sixty years old is one of the best quoit players in Virginia.
 think il was in the summer of IS3O met him at the Saturday quoit club Richmond, where were seated half q dozen grave judges, several distinguish ed persons of various professions, and though last not least an artist, the prince of originals and the best story teller in existence. X match was made, the Chief Justice thowing of his coat, fell to work with as much ardour as fine was going to decide a question of neutral rights or one involving the conflicting jurisdictions of sovereign states.
 A mar who is thus fearless of letting himself down to the level of his fellow. men, in the ordinary amusements and re- laxations of life, whatever elevation he may have reached, must possess that in. nate consciousness of genius which is it. self sufficient evidence of its own exis- tence. Those who are afraid of being undervalued, ,or despised for mixing with their fellow creatures, are of the every day race ofmen. whom chance has made great, and who, like the inmates of un- finished palaces shut their windows least people should come near enough to de- tect tine abjectpoverty within.