The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-02-04


| pearance--read newspaper meanwhile This
was the only instance throughout the entire Hall
OF manifest inattention. The was as
compact and substantial full heart anl
clear head can produce. We have often heard
funeral sermons preached by faithful past IRE,
over good men, TO those who well and dearly
loved them both; and this we thought of that
kind; and, for the time, all the great and hon.
ored men before US seemed, in our mind, to be
changed into patient. sincere, prudent. and pious
men, as no doubt they were When the great
truths of revelation freely spoken, and applied
to the conscences of men, the great and small the
learned and the unlearned, think and feel alike.
Sorrow is a good occasional visitor, bringing with
It sympathy between those who seldom otherwise
experience it.
At the conclusion Of the sermon, the coffin was
borne out of the Hall, followed by the whole as
sembly in order At the eastern front Of the Cap
ito the hearse and vast number of carriages were
in waiting and SO the solemn pagent moved on to
the Congressional cemetery; and the honored and
beloved Representative from Texas, who one week
ago appeared the least like dying man of all the
multitude in which he stood. now lies beneath the
ice-covered earth; and the plans, and hopes, and
aspirations, that were to guide his life for years
and years to come, are all buried with him. But
these things occur often. The occupant of a car
rage yesterday will in the next procession fill the
hearse; and so move along; and when ask
"who next'' every one looks about him.
MEETING THIS AFrERNooN.-We would direct
the attention Of children and their parents to the
advertisement of the Rev. Thaddeus Osgood, the
agent of the Seamen and Strangers Friend So
ciety.
Ma. FIsKE's LEcTuREs.- This evening Mr.
Fiske will lecture upon the distinction between
Mesmcrism and Electro Biology, at the Temper
Hall; after which he will give variety of ex-
periments, which it will be profitable, and perhaps
| amusing. to witness.
TRY YOUR GoLD.-One of the most ingenious
little instruments in the world is J. Aanders gold
coin scale, now sale at Taylor & Maury's.
There is good deal of imitation gold coin in cir
cuation, but no can be imposed upon who pos
sesses one of these scales.
MEpEpERRIs.-We stated yesterday that this
man had been held to bail in the sum of two hun
bred dollars. This was upon a minor charge; on
the principal against him, the bail was fixed at
fifteen hundred dollars.
To Ice CuTTEns.--We learn that it is the prac-
tce to try the ice from spot to spot before proceed
ing to remove it in quantities. This renders
skating dangerous, for it is impossible to know the
localities of the holes thus made. A gentleman of
this city fell into of them the other day, and
| came wellnigh drowning We would advise the
| use Of some kind of marks for these places, by
means of which they may be Stunned.
WAsHINGToN's BIRTHDAY I'VE see, by reference
| to the journals from almost every section of our
country, that preparations for the celebration of
the birth Of Washington In active progress, each
one vieing with the other to do honor to the great
event. It's source of high qualification to be able
left unrepresented. Mr.. L. Carusi with his accus-
toned energy has undertaken the celebration at his
Saloon on the oath instant. We have had the plea
sure Of examining the subscription list, which is
most highly honorable to him, and fiattering to his
undertaking. There can be possible doubt of
the public spirit of citizens, members Of Con-
gress and visitors in aid of this truly praiseworhy
design. The birthday of Washington should be
one OF the cardinal days in the history of our coun
try, and should in every portion of its widespread
extent be honored as a national jubilee. Let ii be
hoped then that all will join in doing honor to
| whom honor 10 due.
| VIsIroRs AT WAsHINaToN.-Mr. Pcrham, the
| proprietor of panorama called the " Seven Mile
Mirror" and the originator Of excursion parties
| a cheap scale, has made arrangements for an inn
mense number of persons to visit this city. The
party will leave Boston the 18th instant and be
composed of residents of Maine, New Hampshire,
/ Vermont, and Massachusetts,, numbering several
hundred persons. Our citizens must give them
| cordial reception.
NATIONAL THEATRE.-Thc first performance of
Miss Davenport brought a fashionable and full au-
dicnce last evening. and the reputation Of this dis
| tinguished actress has not been in any way
rated. Herperformance of Sheridan Know less fine
character Of Julia in the Hunchback was one Of
those things that cannot soon be blotted from the
memory. She stands before on the stage the
| very being drawn by Knowles. In the first acts
the country maid, with mind cultivated and
fined, but arch and overlooking with mrth; and
when, through her own caprice, she has driven Sir
Thomas Clifford from her, the true woman is de-
ightfully depicted with passion and intensity
thy of great actress, and which hasa wonderful
effect She threw her whole soul into the issue, and
most nobly did she impersonate the difficult char
acter. Mr.. John Gilbert and Mr.. Fenno sup
ported her admirably. The company is the best
that we have for some years. Tonight
there will be full house to Miss Davenport in
Pauline. in the Lady of Lyons.
The stage and scenery that have been prepared
by the proprietors for the reception of Miss Daven
port are magnificent.