The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-04-22
Letter from the We st,
Correspondence of The Cecil Uhie
INDIANAPOLIS, IND', .4pril 10th, lS4s


The last two months has been a season long
10 be remembered 10y the people of IndianapoI is.
The prayers and tears of the Christian ahd Phi
lanlhroost have been bountullv answered The
numerous friends Of Temperance resolved to
scatter the last Ves,ige oioppoSitron; and reclaim
the few uniortunates who still fingered in their
midst, set about the work by securing the ser
vices Of the talented and eloquent CAREY OF Gin
Cnnati, TO deliver coarse OF lectures. His eff
forts were entirely successful, und the result
was highly ilnttcrng to that gentlemans zeal
and abii NY. Mt less than five hundred sigma
lures were oba,ned t. the teetatul pledge; many
Of them were persons Of elevated character and
influence, who had formerly stood aloof from the
great moral reform.
This was followed by an effort on the part @ {
the Methodist ch uichcs--an effort tc induce men
TO reflect that they owed an obligation to their
Creator as well ny TO their fellow men. lf1he
former WIS peasnIeand cheering TO the Phllan-
thropist, the latter, in It's results,) glorious
joyful 10 the Christian Night after night, Cor
six weeks, the Holy alter hes been crowded with
humble seekers altor truth, and Il blessed inn
mortality. ! his revival is NOT confined to the
young, tie Fckic and the unsteady; but the Old :,
The middle aged aud the vi g0rous, both man and
woman, have been made TO cry aloud and 10
experience The truth that tsc.r '.RcdeoH,er c-
otn" ON, it Is il terribly grand scene TO he
hoi the strong mtn, trembling, approach the
tooSiool Of salvation. One church has added
one hundred TO their number the other about
sixty. The oldest inIabilunl" never witnessed
such a religious sensation as now rcrvades every
department of society in cur city. Alclhodism
IS emphaticaNy The religion of this countrv
though the Presbytclians, l.piscopaiaps and
BaptISts are respectable, both IN Der and M
Anence. The Governor, Sec. Of State, a nd I'D
jutdnt General, are all dcvcLce inc,rbers eithe
NJ. T. Church. Our Gov, 10y the uye, (apart
from his IcGoiotslnl is u very upright, CunSc ien-
tlous and correct rlAn. llcis native of the far
famed Caledonia county Vermont, a county that
has gwen 'tn%re distinguished narR DO the West
and South, than any Two oi'ihu New Eng.aad
States. He rs very popular and iniluen ia! with
his party, AVID it's friends hope 10 elevate hir' 10
the seat now occupied by that noisy clustering
Scnlagogne; lianHeSan-prOrided the Ways do
not anticipate them by the selection of that wise
Statesman and bold and eloquent orator.--,Ilat
Untnching. uncompromislno, uuycidng friend
of Henry Ehy-Caleb B. Smith. Gov. Whit
comb is classical scholar, an industrious stu
dent and severe reaspucr, and is doubtlcss the
strongest Executive West o'lhc Mountains.
.inougsl either prominent persons, we have 4
roelcss Of considerable note; MRs. SARAH ],
BolroN, the contemporary and rival oftne gift
ed "Amclia.h naVe the honor o her acqua nj
faucc and fnd her to hC what can seldom be SAID
of literary ladies. They are generally repre-
scented as selfish, retiring and sloveny Mrs
Bolton is entirely the reverse. She has con-
tinua flow spirit and humor, is very fond Of
the company her friends, and has the ACCOM-
plshmcnts TO render those around her entirely
at home, and cause them to paltake OF her joy
business,
Iflhere was any probability OF this ever meet
ing her eye, would be under the necessity of
asking her patdon toI thus INDUCING in remarks
that do no, pertain properly to newspaper cores
pondence. | wish to speak Of her merits as Il
poe,ess, not Of her social qualities. II were to
say she had genius, ] would not be explicit
nough, as that word means multiplicity Of
things-has indeed an infinite significance. or
The hundreds; aye, thousands to whom u has
been awarded. since the bard of Avon wrote
probably not one has really possessed it Nature
is not lavish of such gifts bat then she scatters
over n'any minds, light, grace. earnestness, joy
ousness, the touches OF pussion, the soleinni-
ties OF self consciousness and of these qualities
Mrs. Bolton has such share : should place her
among the leading female authors of the day. |
am surprised that some of the Eastern Mara-
zines have not secured the services of her pen.
Will not Graham. or Cooley enrich their pages
with some her illusions. They would grace
the pages Of any nionthly. Her style of vcrs-
tication is usually thai of Mrs Embury, with
this difference in her favor: Mrs. Elnbrry writes
for a lipeli hood, Mrs Bolton for pleasure, and
the qualification other admirers. Poetry, says
Byron is but ''passion and impulse" and it
is freer and frcster when the object is paslime'
R. F. NJ,
P.S. My compliments to ycnr Memphis cor
respondent, am rejoced to find him on the
right track in regard TO matters Presidential