Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1844-03-21

ny We hcE. Vhr. MA1OoN Vi udt Guys III I
ference to the recent calamitous event G
board the Prnce,ou-wllch a friend has I,
quested Us to copy; -
"Perbaps this discourse ought not to
closed without more direct allusion to TN,
awful calamity which suggested its argumen
and application.
81 was thinking OF that beautiful day which
so recently unfolded those splentors and vi
cissitudes which so strikingly adorn our eli
mate and illustrate our DOOM. While winter
yet 'lingered in the lap of spring." a morn
balmly as midsummer smiled before an I'M
clouded sun, and rejoiced in all the charms OF
natures vocal and inartculate praise. A
thousand hearts greeted the loneliness of that
dawn with unwonted JOY. a throb OF costa
, cy beat stronger through the arteries Of our
nations metropolis. The cheek of beauty
grew lovelier in those soft beams which seem
ed fresh from paradise The devotees of
fashion, as we'll as of earthly fame, for once
must have felt their vanity rebuked and their
ambition chastened by those interminglings of
Heavens splcndor with subunary decay.
tteJoiclng hearts and households, all uncon-
sc'ous of the future, leave their couches of
ease and halls of power, TO share in the fes-
tval and sacrifice destined Tor its close. Rum
Cheerful greetings from the youthful and the
gay, load the breeze and beguile the toil-worn
oil their care. Heated partisans, rival sena-
tors, the national cabinet, and the nations
head, join The gathering current of unruffled
friendship, and, forgetting all other strife, seek
only to excel each other in contributions to
the common fund of social joy. The capa-.
cious and splendid ship receives group after
group of happy guests, until from taflerel 10
keeison there remains no space unoccupied
by genius, talent, loveliness and power.
With The garands of peace on her bows and
with pleasure at her helm, she vibrates to The
impulse OF an unseen but mighty agent, and
moving off with pennons flying,
"She walks the water like thing Of i(o.''
The broad bosom OF the Potomac spreads its
sheen OF waters around, rejecting the bright
tmis OF floating banners and "a golden sIv.
On that deck, now SO white, but la,ed ere
the suns decline TO be crmsoned as never
under such auspices deck was crimsoned be-
fore, innumerable foot falls keep pace with
high emotions and thrilling martial strains
and, as II III mockery of fear, that music re-
Deats itself IN enchanting echoes along the
nndualing shores and far of woody heights.
A deeper note is added, and while the dense
volume OF smoke rises from The ,uivering shin.
mimic thnnders reverberate from Hill to hill
and linger in The tomb where Washington
sleeps. Music again inspires, successive vol
lcys arouse and excite, the song and the social
cup add their stimulus, delicate females lnhale
the su'phurous breath of war wiu,out fear,
ana statesmen grow ambitious of studying The
apparatus which genus has invented 10 dcs-
troy.
"ihc iron monster moves obedent TO hG-
man wishes, but while It's masters point it for
their sport, death crecps TO lis womb, 10 teach
nations that neither pleasure nor warlikc pas
time should be The business of our life. AS if
10 render this lesson most impressive, a strik-
ing individuality of character i'm the victims
was selected by all unseen hand. He whose
pen was yet moist in the archives of State;
and whose negotiations powerfully affected
millions of men, was foremost at the altar.
by his side, and like him crowned with the
richest civic honors, stood the head OF our
gallant navy, III station and domestic love TOD
happy to think of a sudden blight, Next III
order was one whose golden epaulete was
not purer than his manly honor, nor more
gorgeous than the aspirations of his heroic
heart--Anolhcr still was there, whose clo-
quence at home and diplomatic skill abroad
guaranteed yet more lofty and rapid ascent
TO
" Inc mount where Fame's proud temple shines affair."
Ana IN that lated circle stood another robcd
only III the honors which gloriiy the a1ec-
hoha'e parent, generous citizen and noble pa
trIot. Las! of all was the poor slave, per-
chance IN that dread hour as mighty before
his God as the mighliest with whom he fell.
1.-The moment of terror has come He
whose gallant bearing and courteous smile had
Just been the theme of admiration and the
sunshine OF delight amid crowds below-he
whose genius projected and whose skill had
hnshed that unequacd man-of-war,' himself
applies the match. and, in moment, shatter
ed by that avalanche OF destruction and
despair, The rent and bloody ship, like the
prophets scroll OF old, was written ali O..
vcr within and without, with lamentation
and mourning and wo. O! as that cloud of
fire and smoke cleared away, revealing iron
fragments, mangled flesh and clotted gore. to
mothers, wives, children. friends, who amid
soba and slirleks were obliged to listen to CUR
Cling life streams and low dcath-groans oil
lips yet warm with love, was there not al:
adnoDiiion which gives Il perlinencv and d
power to my eXt-'FiX your affection OH
things uboven'
IHe AeW IoriD BW.--'rhe Wasb;nf,ton cors
respondent Of the New y ork Evening Post. writ.
ing under date Of the 9th instant saws
ga and COilee are not proposed To be taxed bV
ihls Dill, but learn motion will be made xhe,,
u comes up 10 insert among its provisions a small
specific duty on both articles.
ne washington correspondent Of the Pbiladel-
phia l.. >. Gazette writes:
earn mai 1t Is the determination Of the friends
q IN call ~.