Richmond palladium., 1849-06-13

was afforded an opportunity of visiting the
grave of the distinguished Henry. the spot
where lies .'all Of genius that can perish. =
! A plank enclosure, a clunp Of cherry
trees aud two white flint rocks. overprown
by running box. mark :he earth chamber
Of one of times Tlost wondrous works
! Onward still in liquid splcndor flows his
own loved Staunton-still upward from its
banks with gentle undulation, swells his
! beautiful RED Iiill''-yet are to be seen.
bending to the breeze. the locusts in whose
shade he set or walked, in communion
| familiar with eodlike ughts-there is 10
/ be seen the chair in which he leaned
when the hand of death was upon him
but the spirit which will ,Ialtow them for
ever, has gone and left no peer Oh earth. -
4 The bright orb Of his genius has set for
ever, but the horizon is still radiant with
its besms. Though no monument, stone
or storicd urn mark the spot of the sepul
chrc, tropics Of immortal mind are not
wanting in his memory. The burning
words with which, As "a live coal form the
altar" he kiudlcd the hearts of millions.
are still syllabled by freedoms votaries
throughout the world. The glorious and
beneficial fruits Of the revolution TO which
he gave the first impulse. constitute the
majestic and enduring monument Of his
renOWn.
To old Charlotte belongs the honor of
lnurIn9 the ashes of two Of the most re-
inarilable men and greatest orators of anv
age or land. Within few hours ride is
the grave Of John Randolph Tradition
will preserve some of the particulars of
that memorable character. The sun Of
Henry was going down in splcndor and
glory; that OF Randolph was dawning in
the orient. giving promise that the firma-
mcnt Of cloquence should lose no light
I Like Chatham and Nirabcau the fame of
their cloquencc is ,raditionarv; the few
written speeches that are left, furnish no
adequate idea of their powers. The one
by his sublime and fcrvid cloquence, stir
red the heart Of a great nation to its inmost
depths. and ncrved its arm 10 strike for
liberty or death; the other by the exhibit
ton of all that was intense in thought.
dazzling in expression, with irony and
pathos, exercised Il mighty influence upon
the destinies of Parties-causing himself
to be felt as a power in the councils of his
countrymen, where vanquS,ed Senators
,rcmbled as they praised. In life they
were kindred in genius-in death they
sleep undivided in dstance--in immorta
lity, they are twin brothers.
'ScHSE IN \ CouNrsy CIUKcu IN KEN
rUcky-A kentucky planter started to at
tend church one Sunday. in a neighbor-
ing village taking with him favoritc boy
who was. as they say in the advertisements
gro Of about u years of.asc, But who
n nI honn 70
Now Peter. said his master. YOU mist
behave sour~ei in lnee,n'-do as YOU
see the white folks n'and YOU'LL gtt
along we& enough.
'fcs Hassa. said this CIeator's 5 i'm are
siq1s of -he face of an old fashioned Eng.
Ii 81 watch. .vessir iundertan,' FL do i5;ss
'zackly as de white folks duz, now sec eff
n'hc d$lored indiv:lual. .-kep,,ho whites
of'his eyes .rsfling hbouti,pon his fugle-
nicn, and went through the motions exact
ly as they dig, only little more sos-
His mas: was ofcourse.satisiied with the
credit hee man did to I'D brofghtin up
Everything went off well enough. until the
singing OF tIE psalm commenced, Nhen
Tie daGly. taking i0Ror granted. frog the
discord around him, that every man was
allowed TO sing his own''une. astonhhe..
the whole congregations. by the zeal. al.with
-Mhich; h;hc co.amerXcdtlt following 'hegro
.relrain in ;lstcnloyian Voice that maee the
-ratters. shake.
Il plants tobacco Joshua .
? A-dis "a WA aat-a-way'
: Peter was utte1S dursib,InC6d, wirn he
was lei.out:oI ms Setng;.as soon as sbeup1
roar was quieted. and he caanot VT see
why lie is excluded from going to church,
when he was so particular TO do jess as
de white folks did during his first ESSAY
there.
THE PANAMA RAILRoAp-PRoGRE OF
THE SURvEy.--The New y orll Journal of
Commerce publishes an extract from a
letter from Col. George w. Hughes, chief
engineer of the surveying party now pro-
crossing in their labors on the Is,hmus,
accompanied by report from ". H.
Sldell. his principal assistant. the contents
OF which they sum up briefly as follows:
W e are now enabled 10 state that such
progress has been made in the SURVEYS as
to show beyond doubt. not only that the
construction of a Railroad across the
lSihmuS IS entirely practicable. but that
the grades will be comparatively easy. By
the discovery of summit level thirty feet
lower than had ever been ascertained be.
fore. it is found that on the whole route
from the Atlantic TO the Pacifice. the birh
est grade need no, exceed fifty feet to the
mile. and may be reduced 20 forty, while
the greater par: of the distance will be
under twenty. Contrast this with some
of the grades on the Boston and Albany
IL abroad which fp eirbf,-. .f,ra,
per mile. and it will be seen how COM
pletcly the bus-bears of travellers and
tourists have disappeared before the light
OF science and persevering research The
prospects which are thus opened to the
ProPrietors Of the Panama grant are truly
magnificent. For not only are the terms
OF that great exceedingly liberal. but the
cost OF constructing and operating the
road will be much less than was an,jcipat
ed, while It's capacity and efficiency will