Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-06
Reath Of Hen. r. q. Prpntiss.

life in Natohez, Mississippi, at ! o'cloel
on Tuesday evening lust, after n long ntf
protfaetea %illiesat
Mr. IN tFilss was o,e ri The n1tst nx
traordlnary inen q, the age. His genin.
was OF the very highest order. Ills I'M
tnral eialowments were probably -surpas
sed by no man upoii earth. The eharsr
OF his eloqiieiiee, irresistible and captitat
ing, hundreds Of thousands of citizens q
the United States Ian testify. to. The
grandeur Of his niil afid the Power ain
silblinlity Of his eratory, give him, Turing
pHe session Of Congress, q place high q
moiig the highest, with the great men
the intellectual ipwels-aof this mighty
~eotfedaracy. We have heard him vae,l
the magic chntm Of his elouuehee held
captive the minds Of liettsalpls-wlen the
blood eble1 snd nowad-wiieH the
breath came and Went-as ills glorious
Sentences, sparkling with wit. powerful
IN argument and Respondent with beauty.
sWsllea grH,laly itrnn the free air Of liea-
ven. w have heard him. when the heads
uf thousands were bent Forward in anxi.
otis expectation. NJ II fearful Of lusiiia some
otie ct his precious tlounlitsAtllose eet,ts
Of intellect-with which the God Of Ma
tire Ind endowed hin. We have hnHtd
him. when Ill hearts were entitalled by
the melody Of his voice, the beauty df his
thoughts, The btilliatiny Of his conceptions,
aud carried along. willing captives, Ivy the
power Of an elodnei,ce scarcely human
We have heard him. when denoritininn q
policy, deemed by him infamous. speak SO
witherine1Y. l,eat eSecration rroi, eterra-
ton. like GOALS uf fire, soaring and blasting,
until strong men tliried rale and stern OPP
roietts took themselves TO a place with.
out the hearing Of his voice. And we
heard him once upon an occasion where
. poor widow aud her babes appeared be-
fore court in the hope (and vain 1t would
have been. bnt fef the nol,le-l,earteti In sr4
rtssl Of making II wealthy administrator.
wll5haa beggafel her and her children
by rohbiug her husbands estate. disgsrue
at least Il portion Of his ill.gotten gaihs.
MIR. THr5N1tss. by some nteans or other,
learned the history Of The case. aud deter
mined that Justice should be dotle. lie
accordingly conducted the tase for the
widow woman and never. perhaps. on
any occasion, did the rub1,ar Of the widow
and orphan. receive such a terrible cast
CATION The administrator was present.
and although he was wealthy enough to
have built q wall Of gold around him. his
wealth wa ITO protection against the awful
de,iunciatiuns Of Mr.. pHENrlss. Asaths
orator nnfolded the long list of his ]etrprini.
ties, and dwell Upon the terrible wicked
hess Of legnatihg the fatlfctless aud the
lielplrss-tlie color fursook his cheeks, and
pale aud trembling he started % leave the
court room, when, IN a voice of thunder
he was told to stop, That the speaker was
not through, with liin. TINT lie must and
should settle faitly with Tue widowed aud
itt,erleHs. OF that he soould he pursued
with the power Of the law, aud by one who
had mems aud influenza as long aa he
lived. The consequence was that the
wealthy administrator tR4gotgad whit be-
rightfully 10 lie Npl,ans. principal
and interest ,-and ere this. we doubt not
that the melancholy announcement above
drawn tears If sorrow and anguish
rom two as interesting mud Intelligent
young ladies as a lieiglllpfing stato can
boast of-and vile will long weep over
he untimoly death Of him who SO nobly
taine to the assistance of their mother,
ii the hour Of hour Of her utmost need. and
which assistance gt,va them the blessings
't education ard of social position,
Mr.. PhENr1Es possessed one Of the uobleet
iearta that ever throb1wd within h human
'oHoin. He was generous to a f~r,ilt--
ioble IN all his actiona-.a true friend, and
citizen, Tie editor of this paper
.ad occasion to know him well IN years
hat are gone, and the ro~collections of theIl
grow upon him, sadly and mournful.
y. Would that he possessed II pen TINT
ould daajustiee TO the memory Of the kind
generous friend Of his early boyhood
But he isgoiie! No more shall we lis.
to his eloquent voice. No more shall
We gaso upon his noble brow-tlatAdome
f thought and palace Of the soul" No
more shall we be etitraneed by the magni.
lcence of his intellectual ernanatio1s, the q
of his diction, and the might Of
is unequalled oratory. lie is gore! The !,
'eneral doom has swept him, as il will us, {
'on earth and earthly things. May the
cd lay light upon his breast, for the green +,
arf never pressed upon q noblcr heart i,
han that which lately throbbed in the /,
osom Of SARGEANr s. PaENr1ss.
1.-THE Plaquenine Sentinel nomi- 8
ates Col. Il. A. STEWART, of Iberville, NJ
candidate for Congress, in case Mr.. Har- $
'anson's i'll health compels him to resign. t
d. ;, is a fine public speaker and an in il
1striotss and Jealous ~canvasser. We a