The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-11-06

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"Reminiscences Of w eRbster.
In 1926, Mr.. Webster made his ad-
mlrable and celebrated speech on the
Panama mission. In the summer of the
same year, he delivered his eulogy upon
the characters OF Adams and jefferson,
one of the most magnificent productions
in the language; the closing paragraph
OF which, is not inappropriate to be as.
c:ibed to the memory Of the departed
orator: "Although no sculptured marble
should rise to their memory, no en-
graved stone bear record OF their deeds,
yet will their remembrance be AS lasting
as the land they honored. Marble col
umns may indeed moulder into dust,
time may erase all impress from the
crumbhng stone, but their fame remains,
for with AMERICAN LIBERTY ONLY can
it perish. 1t was the last swelling peal
of yonder choir: THEIR BODIES ARE BU-
RIED IN PEACE, BUT THEIR NAME LIvETH
EVER MORE catch that solemn song;
| echo that lofty strain of funeral tri-
umph, THEIR NAME LlvETH EVER MORE"
When Mr.. Webster entered public
life, he found among his associates, Clay,
Calhoun and Forsyth, IN the first rank
of talent. He has survived them all.
He has followed them in the path OF
fame.-CIay, Calhoun and Forsyth pre-
coded him in the Cabinet. Like him
self, they were SUCCESSFULLY Secretaries
Of State, an Office requiring ;he most
exalted talents to perform well its duties
Like him, neither of them reached the
Presidential chair. and in this is devel-
oped curious philosophical fact, con-
nected with our popular institutions
His llustrlous associates have gone down
to the grave He was left alone, the
last ofthe glorious throng. South Caro-
lima and Georgia hold the ashes Of their
illustrlous sons, Calhoun and FORSYTH,
and amid the beautiful and fertile glades
of the dark and bloody ground, slumber
in the sleep Of death the ashes of his
greatest compeer and associate, the ora
tor Of the feelings and of the heart, the
statesman, the patriot, and the public
idol, HENRY CLAY. There the soft
breezes chant his requiem, as they fan
the leaty branches Of the oal; and the
sycamore, in his far off western home,
IN the secluded vale of Ashland. At
Marshfeld, in the far East, within sight
of the mighty ocean, upon which he
loved SO we'll to look, and to draw great
thoughts from its vast eXpanse, tumult.
uous and ever heaving with the current
and the storm, rest the litcless remains
of the great New England orator and
statesman.-There he lived for many
years--his mansion the home of a gen.
erous hospitality. There he died in the
fullness Of years, and amid friends whom
he loved, and there will he be buried
| The deep, solemn roar Of the ocean bill
low will roll on, like natures cathedral
music, until time shall be no more, as it
has since the morning stars first sang
together; but it will fall IN silence upon
the ear OF the mighty dead, sounds which
when living he loved so well to hear.
Boston titus.
'Now Patrick, it's no use denying
that you stole the spade, for here are
three witnesses ready to swear they saw
you take it.
Faith your honor, but will; for sure
and can't bring six men to swear that
they didn't see me steal it y
To SMoKEEs.--A leading medical
practitioner at Brighton, England, has
lately given list Of sixteen cases of
paralysis, produced by smoking, which
came under his own knowledge within
the last six months.
SWOLLEN Mourn is a malady which
sometimes attacks whole hocks of sheep,
and becomes quite fatal. Mr.. Morrell
states that he has had the disease in his
flock, and cured it Immediately by smear
ing the diseased lips with tar.
There is lake in Minnesota called
Minnetonka, which must be very clear
and very deep, for a strange genius, in
describing it, says, by looking into it
you can see them making tea in China
"Necessity knows no law" Well,
necessity IL Ii ~ n GREAT manv LAWYERS