Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-05-27


province Of Bavaria, almost exclusively inhah
tied by weavers. not balfare at full work.
The people are deprived alike oi the proJuc
tons Of nature and the fruits OF Industry; and,
to consummate wretchedncss and despair; uni
an extreme dear,h of provisions. whole herds
OF cattle and sheep are killed by = rapidly
spreading disease.
The Useful and the Renutiful.
The tomb OF Moses is unknown q; but tho
traveller slakes his thirst at the well Of Jacob.
The gorgeous pulacc of the wiscst and
the wealthiest Of monarchs, with tho
cedar and gold. and ivory and even that great
temple ofJerusalem. halowed by the visible
glory OF the Deity himself. are gone but Solo
mons reservoirs are as perfect as ever OF
the ancient architecture of tho HoIy Civ. not
one stone is left upon another; but the
pool of Bethesda commend, thc n,Ior;m,.
reverence at the present day. TIE columns
OF Persrpolis are moulderng into dust; bu, ts
tisterns and aquedacts remain 10 challenge
our admiration. The golden house Of Nero il
mass of ruins; but Aqua Claudia still pours
into Rome its impid stream. The temple
Of the sun at Tadmor, in the wilderness, has
fallen; but its fountain sparkles as freshly in
the rays as when thousands Of worshippers
'hronged it's loft, colonades. 1t may be that
London will share the fate Of Babylon, and
nothing be left TO mark it's sit,', save mounds
OF crumbing brick work. The Thames will
continue to flow as il does now.--And If any
work of art should still rise over the deep q.
cean Of time. We may we'll believe that It will
be neither palace nor temple, but some
vast aqncduct or reservoir; and If any namo
should still flash through the mass Of antiquity
It will probably be that Of The man who in his
day sougb, the happiness Of his fellow men,
rather than their glory, and linked his memory
TO some great work Of national utility nnd be.
nevolence. This is the true glory which OUT
lives alloth and shines with undyns lustrc,
from generation to generation; impartng to
works something ofits own Immortality. and
in some degree rescuing them from the rum
which overtakes the ordinary monuments Of
historical tradition or mere rnagnifcence. Ed
iabxrg Herie,e.
ANUNFORTuNArE AFrAIR-HoN. EpwAnp
A. HANNEGAN, Late United States Senator
for lndiuna and Captain John Il. Duncan.
his brother-in-law. living on the most f.iend.
ly termsin thesamc house at Covington, In
dlana, had personal misunderstanding on
Friday. the 7th insrnnt, during which the
latter receiveds painful wound. which ter
minated his life in about thirty-six hours af
terwards. The particulars Of the unfortunate
affair, as we gather them from the newspa-
pers, are follows
on The day and evening previous, the par
ties had both been drinking. On the morning Of
the sad occurrence. Capt. Duncan went up
stars to Mr.. Hanncgans room when IN alter.
alton ensued betw wecn them, during which
Capt. Duncan gave Mr.. Hannegan slap IN
the face. Mr.. Hannegan. upon the impulse Of
the moment. struck Capt. Duncan with knife
in the lower part ofthe stomach, nAciing the
fatal wound
When Mr. flanagan recovered from his
PASSION aroused by the supposed ipdgn,y.
he suffered the most excruciating tostures in
the reflection that he had. perhaps, struck down
as kind friend as he had on earth. To all
inquiries as to the cause Of the difficulty, Capt.
Duncan invariably replied, "Nothing; it was
nothing" and seemed determined not to reveal
any thing that would afford additional evidence
against Mr.. Hannegan II Is said that a short
time before he died h. abserved that he him
self was to blame. He died on Saturday. af-
ter suffering the most intense pain, calm and
composed fuIlyffeely forgiving Mr.. Hannegan.
He was the only living brother ofMrs Han.
negan.
Capt. Duncan raised troop Of horse in
Licking county. Ohio, during the Mexican war
and served galantly on the field Of battle. He
was brave. noble, and generous, and as q mer-
chant in Covington for the last two years, was
highly esteemed Tor his gentlemanly demean-
or. Mr.. Hannegan and himself had always
been warm friends.
Slow AND RAPID CoMpoarroN--Speed in
composition is questionable advantage Poet
ic history records two names which may rep
resent the rapid and the thoug penelope
de Vega and Milton. We see one pouring
out verses more rapidly than secretary could
write them; tbeother building up. in the watch
es Of the dark. few majestic lines. One lea
wing his treasures to be easily compressed in
10 single volume; the other 10 be spread
abundantly over forty-six quartos. One gain
ing fifteen p. unds, the other hundred thous.
and ducats. One sitting At the door Of his
house, when the sun shone. in coarse coat Of
gray cloth. and visited only by few learned
men from foreign countries; ths other followed
BY crowds whenever he appeared. while even
children shouted after him with delight 1t is
only since the earth has fallen on both that tho
fame and the honors Of the Spainiard and tho
EngEshman have been changed. He who near
ly finished a comedy before breakfast now hos
motionless in his small niche os ssoanmental
biography and he who long gchoosing. began late,
is walking up and down. in his singing robes
and with laurel round his head, in the cities Of
many lands; having his home and his welcome
in every devout heart and upon every learned