The Davenport gazette., 1851-05-15
"HERE,s TO you HARRY CLAY.p

At recent book sale 10 Baltimore, tho
auctioneer held up copy Of Henry Chy's
speeches, with the usual exclamation "what
will you give, gentlemeng" s.Give--ap.
sweEed one Of the crowd--eI will rive three
cheers" Sand l." sand l." echosd anoth4
er, and then the hip hurrah burst ID shout
Of enthusiasm from the assembly. And
this il nearly all that has been awarded 70
that glorious old man for the forty years Of
service he has given to his countfy-chesfs
whenever his name has been t1ehiionedj
quick throbbings Of the heart, Al the re-
membrauce Of his lofty patriotism; deep
and fervent love fof the man 10 the inmost
shrine ofevery true American bosom-and
! yet Death and Time are 10 steal him away
from his countrymen without bis having re.
ceiving that one great reward which moro
than any other man he pre-eminently de.
serves the highest earth contains, snd the
most worthy Of great mans ambition,~
It u bitter commentary on the value of
public appreciation Of mems services-~bus
to Henry Clsy's individual fame il il imma-
terisl whether he has been President OF not
for that high Office could not add one singIs
gleam to it, brightness, and to his history
but an additional chapser.--.Sheboygan
Mercury.
True 10 the very letter, Mr. Mercury,
but he "who would rather be right than
be President" does not and ought not to
fear the impartial judgment Of posterity.
The apo,heosis Of Henry Clay il before
bis dea,h--with few exceptions has any
such thing occurred Washington was
one.
His posthumous fame. If beyond pernd-
venture-nnd as he descends iifo's siopina
bin, he finds aspsrities softensd -pre)udices
andoned--slanders corrected and q
whole nation rising up to do him honor.
| Glory enoughfor ono man in one genera.
tion.-- Chicago Journal.
SPIRITUAL REcoGNITroN.-A little girl,
Of my acquaintance, lovely and precious
child, lost her mother At an oge too early to
fix the loved features ia her remembrance.
She was as irail as beautiful, and a. tho
bud Of her heart unfolded, il seemed % il
won by that mothers prayers to turn in.
stinctively heavenward. The sweet con-
sciencious and prayer-loving child was the
idol Of the bereaved family. But sbe fad.
ed away early. She would lio on the lap
of.a friend, who took a mothers cate Of her,
and winding ono wasted arm about her
neck, would say, snow tell me about my
mammal" And when tho of told tale had
been repeated, would ask softly, "Take ms
into the parlor; want 10 see my mamma"
The request was never refused; and The
affectionate child would lie for hours, con.
tentedly gazing at her mothers portrait.---
! But
"Pale and wan she grew, and weakly
Bearing all her pain SO nneekly,
That to them she still grow dearer,
A. the trial hour grew nearer!'
That hour came at last, and the weeping
neighbors assembled to see the child die
The dew Of death was already on the flows
er, and it, hfe-sun was going down.
The little chest heaved family y--spasmodi.
cslly.
ado you know me, darling?" sobbed
close in her ear, the voice that was dearostj
but awoke no answer. s#
All at once a brightness, as If from the
other world, burst oser the child's coIoress
countenance. The eyelids flashed open,
the lips parted, the wan, cuddling hands
L
flew up, in the little ones last impulsive Of.
fort, as she looked piercingly info tho far
above.
"Molher!" she cried, with surprise and
transport in her tone-and passed with that
breath into her mothers bosom.
Said distinguished divine, who stood by
that bed Of joyous death:
''lf had never believed in ministrstioa
Of departed ones before, could not Doubts
nowm
"Peace leave with you, said the wisest
Spiri. that ever passed from earth TO heav.
ca. Let u be At peace, amid the spirit.
ual mysteries aud questionings on which His
eye shall soon shed tho light Of eternity.
National Era.
A FAIR OFFER.-In Boston, where men
are put into Jail If they are too poor to pay
their debts, poor wight thus unluckiiy
provided for, lately sent to his creditor the
following proposal which No believed would
be for their mutual benefit:
81 have been thinking" said be, allnt il
is very bad for mo to lie here, and put you
to expense. My being 90 chargsable to