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THE CALAMITY ON rHE PHIscEToN
Fgr III Unilsd sEalI. Ga..lls

Ne For he Onied Sdiks Gaelic.
( Mr.. handler. Dear Sir Having procured
4 from The Rev. Or. Ducachet copy II his re-
marks (upoa the recent national calsmilyl at
/ the close OF his sermon on Sunday mofnng 10
/ 81 Stephens Church, take great pleasure 10
ltTaDsiplttipg them 10 you for insertion il yoUr
paper, as manyw who had not the opportunity Of
heating, may begrat6ed BY The pefe$ai; though
no doubt much is lost ln.l not witnessing The
touching and impressive manner Of The speaker.
This beautiful exis mporaneous irbuse TO ex allied
Worth and greatness, suddenly prostated under
the most affecting circumstances, Was given 10
this distinguished preacher with dees toned feel.
ing and pathos which is the only source OF true
eoquence, completely enchsining tie attention
Of the audience, at times Peding the u,lerance
Of The orator, and drawing Tears from many Of
his cpngregalion. s.
III EXTRAcT.
"Ii may beithst may be expected 10
make some improvement of lks shocking
event which within the last week, has SO
2ainsd our hearts. snd'spread the pail OF
death owe. the land. Yet do not know
that lean say any thing which has not al
ready occurred 10 your own minds. The
language Of the disastrous dispensalion is
loo plain to need comment. And yet,
perhaps. ought 10 charge you to recol-
lect. and 10 acknowledge that it was the
disPensalion Of Divine Providence-and
20 mere chance, as some may suppose,
and say, 4 was. 1t was the Lords doing
marvellous i'm our eyes-and in many
respects deeply and Perplexing mysteri-
ous. Bat there is one view We may take
oil it that is obvious enough. The day
had cone when the heads of The nation
WERE to bold . jubilee 10 celebrate great
achievement 10 naval architecture, and
10 glorify themselves over the invention
Of al instrument Of death, which was 10
bid defiance 10 the world -Pomp, mu-
sic. rank, elegance. B anqde,ing, every
thing that the world thinks great, were
enlisted on the grand occasion, 10 give il
splendor. And the chiefs Of 4the land
we're exulling al The triumph, as did the
King OF Babylon when, standing upon the
walls Of bis capital. be surveyed ills bat.-
dement's. andits bulwarks, and exclaimed,
us bot this great Babylon that1 have
bnildka." All of a sudden, amid The
shouts Of universal gla1less, and the burst
ing forth Of national pride, God Almighty
comes down, in mao per awful 10 tell,
fIightful 10 hear Of, aad appalling 10 see,
and bells this people that the battle shall
not always be 10 the.sirong, and that all
thirgs are id his hands, and not in OURS.
Not BY might nor BY power, saith the
Lord Of HosIs.,i Some of.ihe great m4n
Of The national councils-the distinguish.
ed 1.-THE brave, and the npble--ere proslrat-
ed al a blow, as il were, before The eyes Of
the assembled nation, 10 teach Us that
IMAM al bis best eslaieFis altogether vaul-
ty,' and that imam being in honor abb,
delh not" 0, at this saddesl eveEtin our
history, The hearts 81 this people should
be bowed down as broken bulrushs and
we should cover ourselves With sackcloth
and noe and one ~ all Of lameniation
should 60 up 10 Heaven, as il did with The
shrieks Of widows and orphans, from tina.
scene Of death and blood What call 10
public repentance aud 10 personal humili-
alton before God May He grant us,tbe.
grace to heed the calanitous winning!
Icculd speak, if could here indulge
mylfeeiings as my heart prompts. Of some
VINO nave ialleni m the Language Of pane. 4
gyrie. | knew well the hoble Upshur.g
sndAdmired in him The rare combination
Of Beautiful talents, varied accomplish y
meets, and almost every thing great add
generous. knew the stricken Governor
Of Virginia. the landsoF my love. who Tell
Il mis- side -GilmeFlr-a kindres spirit,
who added ! believe. true pisly 10 his o.
lher excellences. lie was no mere poll
iician ~ dope he was asuan Of Cod. Il
knew. Intimately. the chivaIfic Kengon
he was once my parishioner. and slwsys
my friend. And nobIer spirit than Be-
verify Kennon's was rsarly ever lodged 10
a human bosom. And eoald lpeak Of
the gallant officer % whom the cdunary i
so much indebted for the science and The
skin which carried into effect the enter.
prise that has ended so nnhappily and
who has bseN 50 sorely sniiIen by ias re-