Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-11-06

leased statesman of Massachusetts, and the Union;
| "Adams and Jefferson have said, more. As
human beings, indeed, they more. They are no
more in l776 bold and fearless advocates of ndepen
ienoe no more, subsequent periods, the head Of
he Government no more we have recently seen them
iged and venerable objects Of admiration and regard
They more. They are dead. But how little ID
here Of the great and good which can die To their
country they yet live, and live forever They live in all
that perpetaates the remembrance of men earth IN
he recorded proofs of their great actions in the
offspring Of their intellect in the engraved lines Of
public gratitude and in the respect and homage of man
kind They live in their example; and they lve empha-
cally and will live in the influence which their lives and
Efforts their principles and opinions, exercise, and
viii continue to exercise the affairs Of men, not only
in their own country but throughout the civilized world
superior and commanding human intellect truly great
man, when Heaven vouchsaves rare gift is not tenn
porary fame burning bright for awhile, and then
plring giving place to returning darkness 1t is rather
spark OF ervent heat well radiant light with power
to enklndle the common of human mind; so that
when 1T gmmers, in its decay, and finally goes out
in death, no night follows but it leaves the world all
light all ON fire. from the potent contact of its spirit
Bacon died. but the human understanding reused by the
touch OF his miraculous wand perception of the true
philosophy, and the just mode of inqurng after truth
has kept its course successfully and glorousy New
ton died. yet the of the spheres still known,
and they yet move in the orbits which he saw, and
described for them, in the infnity of space"
The lives and characters of great Continues the
American) are landmarks in history and they constitute
the types and representatives of nations civilization
They the noblest treasure which people can pos
sess. The instinct which prompts their
trymen to honor their great is Of the most pow
erfu of feelings, and in its high ascendeney it subdues
partisan preudces and individual animotes and merges
the identity OF the oitinon almost into partnership
greatness with the distinguished and eminent whom
the country delights to honor 1t is indeed mark Of
the superiority of people to produce great men. An
inferior people barren of such productions and could
not appreciate them if they should casually appear
Who does not know and acknowledge the ustre that is
shed the American name and history by the charac
ter and life of GEORGE WASHINGTON? What consdera-
ton could there be earth sufficient make us willing
to blot out his from annals, if such deed of
Dissertation could be done?
is matter OF reproach must confess that while
offer up the tombs of great the obligations
of gratitude and of grief it too often happens that in
their lives they defrauded of the Acknowledgements
justly due them Let us hope that we shall learn to do
better in this regard and know how to prize our best men
before we are called to lament their loss.
brief and incomplete report of the result of the post
msrtem examination of Mr. Webster has already been
made public The Boston Atlas states few particulars
as follows:
.'We learn that very careful minute, and accurate
examination made under the eye of one of the best
living morbid anatomist and the results carefully noted
down We presume that they will be- in due time care
fully collaed and made public, they will be of equal
interest to the admirers of his intellectual greatness and
to the scientific world We understand that at recent
meeting of medical society of the more striking
results OF this examination stated and formed the
subject OF an interesting scientific discussion The
bra organs were of the very largest known capacity
ceedng by thirty per the average weight of the
human BRAIN and with only known exceptions Ecu
vier and Dupuytren the largest of which there is any
record 1t is also worthy of remark that well marked
eusion upon the arachnod membrane was discovered in
these investigations although there were no perceptble
evidences of any lesion during Mr. Websers lifetime 1t
is supposed to have been caused by his severe fall from
his carriage in Kingston last spring 1t is remarkable
physiological fact that injury which would have i'm
paired the intellect if not at once caused death in
another should in this instance have been attended with
little external evidence of important an injury to
vital organ"
The following beautiful letters are copied from the
proofshees of the Private Life Of Daniel Webster by
CHARLES LASMAY Esq, now in the press Of Messrs
Harper Brothers, They addressed to his New
Hampshire overseer:
" WAsHINGToS MARCH 49, 1922
JONI TAYLOR am glad to hear from YOU again.
and to learn that you WELL and that your teams and
tools are ready for springs work. whenever the weather
viii allow you to begin. sometimes read books on farm
ing and remember that very sensible old author adj
yises farmers TO plough naked and to SOW naked By this
ne means that there in beginning springs work
TIL the weather is warm that farmer may throw aside
his winter clothes and roll up his sleeves Yet he says
we ought to begin as earyin the year possible He
wrote some very pretty on this subject which, as
far as remember, run thus
"'Whle yet the spring is young while earth unbinds
The frozen bosom to the western winds
While mountain SHOWS dissolve against the sun
And streams, yet new, from precipices run
Zen in this early dawning Of the year.
Produce the plough, and yoke the sturdy steer;
And goad him till he smoke beneath his toll
And the bright share is buried in the SOIL
John Taylor, when you read these lines do you not
see the snow melting and the little streams beginning to
run down the slopes Of your Punchbrook pasture and
the new grass starting and growing in the trcng wa
ter, all green, bright and beautiful? And do YOU not
see your Durham oxen smoking from heat and perspi-
ration as they draw along your great breakingup plough
cutting and turning the tough swards in your mea
dow IN the great field? The of this sensible author
Is virgil; and he gives farmers much other advice some
OF winch you have been following all this winter without
even knowing that he had given IT,
= But when cold weather, heavy snow, and rain
The laboring farmer in his house restrain,
Let him forecast his work with timely care
Which else is huddled when the skies are fair
Then let him mark the sheep and whet the shining share
Or hollow trees for boats, or number DER
His sacks, or measure his increasing store;
Or sharpen stakes and mend each rake and fork
80 to be ready, in good time, to work
Visit his crowded barns early morn
Look TO his granary and shell his corn
Give good breakfast TO his numerous kline
Ills shivering poultry and his fattening swine
And Mr.. Virgil says other things which you
understand up at Franklin as well as ever he did,
I" I'm chilling winter swains enjoy their store
Forget their hardships and recruit for more
The farmer to full feasts invites his friends,
And what he got with pains with pleasure spends;
Draws chairs around the FIRE, and tells once more
Stories that often have been told before
spreads clean table with things good to eat,