New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-07
Harry Clay In New.York.

admiration fer lofty Genius impelled by noble AIMS
are among the best traits of the Human character
A, Education is the cheap defence OF welgoVern-
al n,,iens and the sure though slow corrector Of
political abuses and public wrongs, so are manifest
atoms of general esteem and gratitude icr 'no'e
who have nobly served their Country or Race the
fttest and truest earthly reward OF their weh'uo
ing. and the cheapest incentive to lives oil unoeno
inS integrity and enduring patriotism. Men honor
Virtue in honoring those whose worth and de'o
ton TO public good have been tried in the furnace oil
kdyersity and refined in the crucible of hasty
odiurn and mistaken defamation The greatly
good Of, 90 down to their graves reviled ana exc
c-.ted--their children dare hardly bury the bones
which future generation shall reverenty enshrne
a. those Of martyrs-the injustice denied to the
living here il accorded with interest to bis eiess
remains. But it il sometimes permitted to those
who dsre be in advance of their cotemporaries to
live until the voice of Detraction is hushed, until
the boiling blood Of Hatred is cooled, until the deud-
ed clamorers for ignominy and crucifixion' the
scales dropping from their eyes discern and con,
fess .ha. he whom they have SO tiercely hated ana
sought to destroy has been their true friend ana
faithful monitor throughout-that he has hved ana
lsbored and suffered for their good even While they
were thirsting for his blood. The revusion thence
occurring 10 at once gratifying and elevating 1t
sninates the upright and nerves the less firm oil
purpose ~ lives of heroic endurance and deaths
ii need be, Of martyrdom.
HxSsY CLAY revisits New York to day, after an
absence Of more than eight years He Will fnd II
greatly changed since he last saw it-a third more
spacious and more populous-somewhat better
built a. a whole and beyond question or comparison
the largest and most important City of the New
World. In him, too, there has been some change
though it is scarcely perceptoe IN his erect form
or 90 bis manly brow. Yet Care, and Adversary
and deep Sorrow. have worn some burrows in BIZ
commemorative distracted something from tht
elasticity Of his step and the might Of his arm, bu
have left undimmed the fire Of bis eye uncloude'
the brightness of his intellect and unchanged the
Iervor Of that heart ever devoted to his Country
In all the Qualities for which he has been 30 loved
and honored, he 10 the same Henry Clay.
There has been change among US also In anothe
and most important respect Mr.. Clay IL bette
appreciated in New York than he has been at an.
former tims-as We doubt not this day will show
N,tthss all appreciate and confde in him. nor eSel
the measures be deems essential to the country
wsliare-ths 10 as was to be expected. But W.
feel that, while the last eight years have give
his friends strong additional reason to be proud
and devoted to him, they have also done much
dispel the bitter prejudices formerly enteltaine
by multitudes against him, and have taught tho'
an nds to love and honor him who formerly di
trusted aud opposed. Many will be out to We
como him to day who have hitherto steadily d
cried him many who still oppose the Wing State
man viii heartily unite in doing honor to the gel
erous and gallant man. Only let the day be ia
and mild and Broadway and the Battery shall e,
hibit / spectacle such es New-York never Wi
messed tall to day.
Henry CLAr.-Capt Vanderbilt, with chsrs
teristc liberality, has offered to the Common Cou
ell the use of bic splendid newly painted boat fire
Of charge, for the purpose Of bringing Mr.. Ola
from Amboy to this City. simply imposing as
condition that the number OF persons board abs
bereasonably limited.
Each member of the Common Council has r
oeivcd five tickets, which have been distribute
among the citizens IL would have been mo
pleasant to issue q greater number, bot a. a ha
drod gentlemen are coming from Pbiladelps
with Mr.. CLAY, the Committee could not do So
~ "THx FAKNxns' LIBRARY for March
tbs day Published at this once. Its contents are IN
ally varsed-eonbiniug pleasure and prom, In the hap
manner Cor which its yetsran Editor-Mr. SKrsSEE-
already 20 noted.
ssephenss great I" Book or raK Pam" Of which Il
n the first American publication. continued the
jesss treated Flax, Hemp, the Hop, Rye. WHEAT
he other Cereals. ksspiug-N schnes. Stacking ora
saddle Horses consideration Of the season Of Aatun
With i shsxvss OF plenty Growing the iabor Of the ys
and . xen<rs; summary Of farm operations
In ns JOURNAL. or Editorial portion are articles
~uy usurous tooicsal Of general interest and many
srsst valns The fAirsr SEX too are pleasantly rsme
eerss In the Housewifss Department where are CIV
Gord<s Casrxd~ FOR kerea. Tale. and scraps Of N
cellapsoas rssiisg Cor a leisure hour.
"A full table Of contents OF this number unsso'oal
crowded this morning. VIII appear so-ns TOW.
" POWELL, the artist, has presented to
Casannat Astronomical society, through Judge Burrs
~ FrsdAsst his portrait Of Hon. Jozs QrrScH ApAxs