Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-11-18


ceived aH tho llands Of those opponents who
we're worthy to measure lances with him on
tho arena of mental strife. the unsolicited
compliment Of being !" worthy d foeman's i
STEEL But, by the Jackalls of party. he has .
been hunted with q ~fapaeity which The Hyena !.
nslzft envy, and the miserable panders to q !
pfostituted Press have spewed theft venom {
1T him, as though the caTrlon-erow could pear
down the Eagle that mounts 10 meet Inc r.
e,ep Sun Charged with fraud and eofrup4
ton, BY men high in efife. and high in the
infect ion Of the people, be did not leave their
service. nor complain other displeasure, but
quietly awaiting tic result, he has lived 10
sec tile author Of that charge publicly %retraet
it, aud declare IL to be unjust aud t1nfoIiaea.
lie haa sometimes seen doubt and disaiieGtlon
atnntg his friends, but never, Tor ii %tnuit,eIts
has il arrested his progress, Or DISTURBED tne
even tenor Of his purpose. lie has seen me
viffotv. f,r, which he talied and struggled,
Aenuya 10 the beneft'' Of others, tifhott be-
tyaaiintg his rou,itry, or desertihg hs friends,
and if l,e has not received from that country
tho reward to which he may think hiiiisel It en-
titled, he has at least the proud consolation Of
knowing. that he, las never. begged It at The
hands Of men HON he his declared to be
/" RoV4es and koyaiistE,'' aud tho :" sp0ra
enemies Ut rational liberty. lie has now re.
tired to private life ; hut his r%eyilere have YET
ia learn. that thoy have only FASTENED the PEI
r,od Of it's Interruption, md that 4this genera.
n ton il charged with the performance of II
hiat, duty, which might, else, have been left
10 thtse who are to eotne. after, Honest and
npriabt men, IN. tho blindness Of prejudice,
niay zoproee his elevation de1ihgoglfs and
intriguing ~partizans will more Heaven anu
Earth To arrest this death blow TO their hopes
+ hut all in vain. The majestic movement
! Of The peeple ls onward, and nothing can stay
! tts progress. History will record IT as one o.
! one Of tho nableHt tfft1tnflls OF virtue, aha
poetarity will only wonder, that Il free people
J should lave della Yed so long to render JUS
: TlCE TO HENRY CLAY.-Raleigh Reg.
! rho Ctoncordia ~snteliteeneer Of Novem.
ber llth centains u full account Of the
/, Fair held at Washington, Mise, ~ the Isl
!. and "a instant. Tho Fair was well alten
. ded, aud a great number Of Agricpltuta
and other products exhibited. We copy
the following report, presented ut the Fair
y it is The most ingenious production we have
|. read for some time: tzsa-s.a d .gf El+-ai
" RErour OF COMMITTEE IN NEEnLt
O. Worh.-Mrs. Afieek, MIS-. Walton, Mrs
70 Branch, and Mrs. Huston, report, through
= 4. Il, Thur2e, as follows : ea5ds rs IA
,e lin tho most glorious days Of komai
al history, there, assembled one night, tht
d. sons of royal birth, and the grandees, ant
The mobiles; among the topics Of famllia
~ congregation, tho merits Of each other
wives were ~spoken Of, and .wagers wer'
laid as to. whom should be awarded til
honor Of having the noblest wife of all
a- Full of enthusiasm, The party broke up
ty and mounting their gallant steeds, rod
he unexpectedly home, promising when nes
or they met, to report The employment il
- which they found their wives engaged
" Some were gadding abroad, some were Ell
-. tertaining their friends, all were idle, or j
all pursuit Of mere pleasure, save Lucretis
ply wife of ColIatinus, who was found spl,
at ming, surrounded by her maidens. Ih
sc incident in the history of Lucrelia immo
,alized her name, statues were, at II
20. death, erected TO her memory, and II
o' Young girl, as she took upon herself Il
-, marriage vow, prayed to be, In industr
like Lacretia, wife of Collatinas. The h
" influence of Christianity has shed oy,
the history and life Of woman those prI,
y. leges. and secured to her those high des1
mics, which under the iron sway Of paga
YOU ism she never enjoyed, and now there a
} Oh every where thousands of Locretias. wi
buried in the retirement Of the firesi'
home, deserve honors as bright us tho'
a.. which fame has gwen to tho Roman n,
nm. iron. = "@'"'' -A5
The exhibition Of embroidery and nc
die work at the Adams County Agrleult
are, raj FAIR, claims a high place in this da
Oft for their variety and beauty, bearing II
for BE comparison with any place, and 81
ana passed by none. The spectator, howes
~ superficial, could not gaze listlessly os
The beautiful handiwork that was 50 p
fnsely scattered about, while those W
, in think deeper, and feel more and bett
, Of could see the virtue of the sex displayed
lber so many evidences Of their goodness a
ness care, in the long hours of retired 1 Ii
III. ~ where they silently and unseen, had ply
81. their delicate hands, in enrichIng ths
fan. whom they cared for, and loved.
the The little girl who has been beautifu
ADJ. compared to the bud, contributed her shi
cred Of promise of her future excellence;
'oof' Young woman, and the r%nutron, botnti
TOT with displays of the ornamental and
~ useful, exerted their taste and skill, in
ion c~orating and identifying; and the aged I
hen true to the instructive goodness OF the $
mo- looked back for object, over which to 81
Ises, comfort and life. We would gladly p
S as ticuIarize all the articles exhibited, but {
Ger tent ourself with noticing but two. VIII
1pla from their m~inuteness, and a singular 81
Ne it of innocency which lowered about th'
oino attracted orr particular attention. One
these articles was, baby's socks, made
oun- lambs wool bleached like snow. knit "
and exquisite care, and ornamented with I
may thornless flowers; they were, a whole
! Ills ume in a pocket edition, of humanity,
' " it would take no fancy to>imagine, |
t tha little toes sticking out from their embrs
ber would look like the first demonstration
When the flower bud rs it struggles into life
and full bloom. The other articles, four
were number, were made of the finest linen,
her unlike in form and width, a ladies b
Ano' vet they were Enthusiastically ornamen
!, ne with little sleeves, said sleeves having
a in ~fercest and most ambitious little rnl
mis- that were ever looked at; we are perfe'
#I