The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-03-12

PRESIDENT FISK. The decease of Mr. Fisk was
barely mentioned last week in this paper among
the obituary notices. He was Il native of Lyndon,
we believe, town a few miles above us, whore
resides his venerable and venerated father, ths Hon.
ISAIAH FISK, and where the deceased had many
esmable friends, who, we cannot doubt, will be
gratifed in reading The following tribute to his
memory from the New York Commercial Advert
ser
DEATH OF PRESIDENT FIsK.-The relentless
Destroyer has sped another arrow at ga shining
mark, ;" that noble spirit which has for so many
days been lowering on the verge OF two worlds,
has taken its departure IN triumph. In the Ian
euage of the Christian Statesman, "Ihe good man
has gone to rest-the great man is no more. The
weariSome journey oflfe is finished, but alas !!
the Journey has been cut short in the m Id career
ofits splendor and its usefulness since the inesti-
bic man when we mourn has been taken from us
at the early age of 46 He died at his residence
in Middletown, on Friday morning last, at hiteen
minutes before ten o'clock.
From the of his disease, the sufferings of
the deceased were for many days very great. Yet
such the power OF intellect over the fortunes Of
his maady, and the triumph OF divine grace in the
hour of dissolution, that even in the bitter agony
ofhis severest paroxy SINS, sceplIcsm might have
listened in vain to catch Il murmnr from his lips
And from the letters of some of his attendants,
with which have been favored, the fact thai
''the chamber where good man dies is privileged
above the common walks Of life" has received a
mother beautiful illustration in the case of this
ceent divine. Some of his last sentiments,
are assured have been noted down, and will, in
due time, be given to the world.
He entered the ministry soon after he graduated
and to the period of his death was one of the
brightest ornaments of the American pulpit. He
was Bishop elect of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and although he had not been consecrated
To that office, yet the friends Of his church looked
forward to a scene Of great usefulness in that high
dor rtn1an INF M M IN hn mn iOr
Omissions than our departed FRIEND and but
few weeks have passed since we heard him deliver
n missionary address, immediately previous TO the
departure of the mission family for Africa. This
last effort was more eloquent, and delivered with
more energy, than recolect 10 TO have
heard from hun. In his death the church of Christ
has lost one of its brightest umiuares-the Wcs-
leyan University its main pillar-and affection
ate wife of the best OF husbands
Our own recoIections of ID, Fisk of
dearing character. Though ardent in his attach
ment to his own religious denomination, his desire
o. beneftting his race circumscribed by such
boundary He was the friend of his race, and his
escutcheon might well have bore the motto Of the
Tabos-' HumGms inM aiienum" Whether he
has left many written sermons, we do not know.
But from his usual habit of extemporaneOus
speaking, we fear not But, though exteinpora-
neous, his dscourses were not unstudied, as that
oble effort of learning eoquencc and piety deliv-
cred at The dedication of the Church IN Vesiry st.
bore most ample testimony. His occasional ad-
dresses public celebrations were al ways conce.
we'd in the happles: manner, and their was n vein
OF delicate satire at command on proper occasions,
enveloped by flashes of what Doctor Alexander
might call spiritual wit" which rendered him
one Of the most effective, well popular, of our
public speakers. His volume of European travels
remain as an honorable memorial of his industry
and closeness of observation.
large number OF people attended the funeral of
MIR Fisk. The arrangements follows:
Board Of Trustees and Visers of tho University
Missionary Committee from New York.
Mayor and Common Council.
Physician.
Clergy
Officiating Clergymen
Company of Artillery, of whom DIR Fisk Chap
lain, who requested TO bear upon their shout
ders his body to the grave, Gn citizens dress)
Twelve Assistant Bearers.
Six Clergymen, Pail bearers, of the several church
IS in the city.
Relatives of the deceased.
Faculty fthe Wesleyan University.
Students Of the University.
Preparatory School of Rev. Mr. SAKE.
Young Mems City Lyccum.
Mr. Webbs School
Citizens.
After prayer at the house, the procession moved
to the Methodist Episcopal Church. where, after a |
funeral edirge from the choir, the funeral service
read by the Rev l.. Clark, OF Hartford district
An eloquent and appropriate address was delivered
bv the Rev. Professor Means, of Emory College,
Georgia Concluding prayer by Rev e. E. Girls
void, of N Haven. The procession then procee-
ded TO the college cemetery. and after the burial
service by Rev. ii. Bangs, of Hartford, the body
was committed to the grave till the resurrection
morning.
Resolutions have been introduced into the Leg |
isature of New York fully approving the conduct
of Maine, and pedging the State if resort to mil
itary force is found necessary, TO make common
cause with Maine.
The PIattsburgh Gazette says, "a gentleman has !
just called at Office, and informed us that las,
evening the house ofAndrew Oils of Saranac was
burned, and four of bis children consumed by the
fire.
HE BOUNDARY QUESTION AND PALLIATIVE
ARRANGEMENTs.--Nowt the whole of this so call
Ell arrangement the agreement between Mr. Fox
and our Secretary we consider the periest rrhing
in the world. More than twenty four years
have elapsed since the treaty Of Client recon
firmed our right and title those lands, by estab
fishing the line, ms fixed by the treaty of Paris of
17S3 and at no time within that peri cd has