Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-12-25


I'HE DEAru or Mn WrDsfElt.A.Tlit
British Army Despatci has a. loug ant
1ihnely written article upusi. the life, char
lacter, aid death. of DsDel Webster, ii
Which willing justice IL dore to the grea1
merits Of the departed stnteamail. WI
llave room only for the following extrnets
/ The oneill relation iotlie death ofyMr
/ Webster is. in our opinion, exceedingly
beautiful. We Iiavs seen notlilng OH tbe
sui,iact that extella II 4a2 'te'' '-F
1 / Nature vouehsafed 10 the American
the privileges of dying sueli a deatl, rs even
| tue great and good rarely die---afTofding d
Iinore sublime speeticle tIlaii any deed o
| life eail boaat. It was the rare fortline o
Webstefto join To active public services
the domestic blessings ofa Ciucinnatus
Tie dyin4 statesman smiled upon lis OWL
setting sun, aud without emotion named
1tlle hour Of its fnnl disappearance beneatl,
Title limited horizon or human Iifu. Iii his
last moments he spoke pralse aiid comfort
to bis friends, lectured his bnsbandinen
with words Of kind aud sensible advice,
aud showed courage and fortitude excel.
| lug the bravery Of tlIc soldier Ill tie field,
Or Of tile martyr on the sraIroId. Not
even Socrates himself died more gtantIy.
| We have called him poetic. 1t Is said
that his last desire was to hear tile esqtiis-
lite poem Of Gray recited d-tlns listening
10 the ptltest melody.of geniits iii lis Inst
moments. What incident could be more
poetic or riiitelleettially touching tilantliis
So fell the curtain Oh tile Inst scene OF
this great man at Mansfield in that 10 oil
mortal men II may afford d comfort and
al, exainple, md tie recollection Or mil.
lions shall love III raise that curtain again
and agailL and to desire that their eud
NAV be like his. \ y
We are fight, ID this our era Of seIfsl,
mediocrity, to bold upto admiration, apart
from the cold criticism Of petty men,
whose envy, inaiiee, or ignorance, cannot
appreciate his traliscendeut worth, the pat
riotism, genius aud talents of our great
Anglo-Saxoii klnsiiiaI, tile ilIustrious DAN
lei Webster. 43E q fssift3st3g itid Hs1
Coon TAsTEs--The following very han
py and equally true, sketch is from tile
London Quarterly. to,.ss..gs
You see this lady turning a cold eye TO
the assurances Of sllopfnen and the recon-.
mendaiion Of niiliners. SHE cares not
how original d pattern may be If It Do 1ug.
", or how recent d shape II 1t BE awks.
ward. Whatever fashion dictates, she
follows her own, and ID. never, behind it,
Size wears very beautiful things which
people generally sttppose TO be brought
from Paris, of fatleast made by Il French
miliner, bnt iwhchtas often are, brought
from the llearest,tow and made, up by,
her own maid. Not that her custom IS
either rich Of new-on the contrary, SHE
wears many d cheap dress, bit 1t IL al-
ways good. She deals III no gaptly con-.
fusion Of celors. nor does she elect 1, stud.
led sobriety, bnt she either en.ivens you
with d spirited contrast, or composes you
with jIldiciois harmoiiy Not a scrap of
tinseI or trnnpery appears upon her She
puts no faith iitivelvet hands, or gilt but.
tons, ortwis.ed cordings. She is quite
aware, however, that the garnish is as i'm
portant as the dress; all her inner borders
md headings are delicate ard fresh, and
should any thing t,eep ont which is not
to be seen, it is quite as ,nHch so
as that which ~. After all. there ID no
great art either III her fashions or her ma.
terial. The secret simply consists Iii
knowing the three inites Of her dress
ier own station--her own age, and her
own points and no woman dresses well
who does not. After this we need not sa
hat whoever isattracted by Tie costume
will be disappointed by the weurer. She
may not be handsome Or accomplished. |
Dut we will answer for her being temper
ID, well armed. thoroughly sensbIe--a
:omplete duty" g 8 ss'sls
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