The true Democrat., 1854-11-29
From the Mobile Regist Rev. John Newland Maffitt.

For twenty-five years-yearS fruitful in ad- venture, vlclssitude and glory, the celebrated man whose name heads this article, was the Whitfield of the American pulpit. From the Penobscot to the Colorado, from Galena to the pillars of the Capitol, the fame aud the victo- ries of the orator oscllated like the Indian ocean, the ebb and flow of which, resembled most the times when Wesley preached in the Babylons of England. Scarcely even ill the Papal City, did one man exercise a more potent inHuence than in his mid career did John New land Mattiltt Wherever he went whether in the crowded metropolis, or the hushed wilder ness; whether the religious atmosphere was cold or hot, 1t was one continued scene of almost mi raculous triumph. Friendship was converted into feeling akin to adofation and enemies were metamorphosed into friends.
 He had but one hobby-it was that of the cross and as the vision of Constantine was for ever before his eyes, the preacher held in the heaven of his soul, the august and hallowed emblem. Like the Roman Emperor, he be- held inscribed upon it, in letters of inetflbIe beauty: " In this conquer'
 Men recognized in him everywhere a MAN. and in that maa the inspiration of an Apostle He accomplished what Genius accomplishes among every nation, kindred, tongue and peo- pie" It is idle to say, that a radically corrupt beng-a cheat and hypocrite-a knave cloth ed in sacerdotal habiliments, could have met with such unbroken triumphs the moment his feet touched the portico of the church. Frail- ties he unquestionably had, but who had greater temptations laid to ensnare and entrap him?- Calumny rose up like mountain in his path people of infinite turpitude-enemies a thou sand fold more venomous than vipcrs hissed with poisonous and forked fangs-but he trod upon and trampled them down and stood as erect and cOmplacent as ever Berrever thun- dered down the murmurs around the French Tribune-this man, rebuked, wthered, exco- riated, but 1t was in the language of the sermon on the Mount, when the Divine Nazarine checked the insOlence of the Scribes and the Pharlsees
 At length far away in the land of Bienville hunted down. with faded reputation, striken and ill, but with unbenching spirit and unabat- ed fire, the orator of quarter of century, lay down to die! The malaria of death was in his nostrils and the last inevitable hour had come. Would he swing loose without hope of i'm mortalty?-w would he dash headlong into the vast ocean of eternity, when the bosom of the great deep was swelling, distorting, bursting in the agony of the storm! Or, would he leave the world with that tranquil chivalry, which al- ways characterizes the christian worshipper?- Silence! Genius is upon the rack!
 With his dying breath he declared himself a caluminated man. Thou slanderer, think of that! He said, that during his pastoral life he had been guilty of many frivolous but no cri- minal acts-forgave his enemies, expressed an unalterable trust in the Maker of the stars, and did not doubt but that all would be WELL!
 Thus passed away John Newland Maffitt, and if the reader will visit Toulminville, from whence car be seen the spires of Mobile, in an unobtrusive grave in that tranquil village, his eyes will rest upon the spot where sleeps the most splendid pulpit orator likely to be seen in half-century to come! The star which arose in the East, over the bright waters of the deep and silent Shannon, eliminated in the American heavens, and went down in the West!
 Upon post-mortem examination, the left wall of the heart was found to be worn to the conscience of thin paper. The physician schooled in the subtleties of his art, would give this condition of the heart term known in medical science, but we have much less tech nical name for adisaster like this, happening un. der the circumstances, to the great central organ of lite Sensitive feelings, in delicate organiza- tion long and powerfully worked upon, strug- gling against islander and vituperation, and cre- ating emotions of anguish almost unutterable sending the crimson tide with seething violence along-might break the heart and loosins the silver cord"
 With a few words about Mir. Maffitt's pow CTS of oratory, and we have done. He was pre- eminently an orator. It was "action, action action!' that made him vital in every part in the pulpit. He has been accused of thea trical gesture, tone and attitude. Granted.- Where do we look for accomplished deelama tion-faultless attitude and gesticulation and pleasing vocal infections, but to the actor ant the theatre? One may be eloquent, but ye