Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-02-05

ton They have swept the North, they have
nine Govsrnors, they claim majority in the
next House Of Representatives, and are irving
to get majority in the United States Senate.
- II am elected Governor, when I am sworn
to uphold the Constitution Of the State, will
remember that the power is placed in nv
hands to call out the militia to quell insur rec
ton and invasion. respect the Combination:
I would give my life-blood, il needed TO sup.
port state rights and State sovereignty: I
promise you to bear and forbear, but when
driven to the last extremity, rather than suffer
dishonor, will draw the sword, a-d by all
the gods of State and country, if am forced
% draw II, l swear l will flesh it ere it is re-
turned to the scabbard
those already in GU. State. Citizens, there
Are Abolitionisls among Us; but those out of the
state shall feel it too. IGreat sensation
The way to prevent this is to 20 to work.
Take lesson from the Know Nothings-form
committees, but be sure there are no
Know Nothings put on that service;
but let every man do his duty and We are safe.
have stumped tho Eastern part of the
State, and. in spite of their Wanting, defy
them to defeat me. [Great applause / will
crush them, or they shall crush me ; will
charge bayonet on them, and drive the sneak
Ing towards from bush to brake, or they shall
defeat me, and with me the slave democracy
OF Virginia. But am confident We shall have
our old majority, aud shall not be satisfied
with that. Great applause. shall continue
to conduct the canvass with oil the energy
can, though my health is rapidly failing, using
no means unbecoming q gentleman; but sink
or swim, live or die, survive or perish, will
DO my duty--[great applausel-and if Roms
must fall, 1 fall with her.
The hall was crowded to its utmost capacity:
persons were standing in every place where q
foothold could be obtained The audience
were very attentive for a meeting of the kind
and treated the distinguished speaker with
due respect, though there must have been
many Of the " dark lantern party" there. Mr.
Wise spoke for three hours and quarter,
then said he had not half finished what he
wished to say, but he had trespassed on the
patience of his hearers already too long Just
before the meeting commenced, the comfort.
able sitting room of the Mansion House re-
mi nded us much Of the post Office Of the
House. There were some twenty NJ. C's
crowded around the fire, discussing tho topics
Of the day with all the noise and confusion
seen at the post Office, and to complete the
scene, Mr.. p. M. johnson was stirring round
rs busy "a ever. All these gentlemen were
present and stayed during the speech, toget her
with several Senators.
FUNERAL on JOHN W. MAURY, EsQ.-Tais
ceremony took place yesterday Pre-
vious thereto, the public were admitted to view
the corpse at his late residence, on c street.
The thr0ng of persons an xious to take q last
look Of the relic Of this good citizen was i'm.
mense, including Senators, Members Of Con
gross, and majority Of our most influential
~ all
moving in an humber sphere, all &C Vi ted
With the Same noble sentiment of affect ton and
respect in which he was held by them At
halt past the corpse was carried to Trinity
Church, which on our entrance We found filed
to its utmost capacity. twas preceded there
to by the Rev. Mr.. Cummings, and on its ar.
rival the entire congregation arose from their
seats, tho clergyman, while moving up the
centre aisle, reading appropriate portions of
scripture: The comm having been placed on
tressels, the minister took his place at the
reading desk and offered up several prayers
appointed by the church for the dead, after
which portion OF Scripture was read by him,
which was followed by an anthem sung by the
choir in beautiful style At it's conclusion the
reverend gentleman assembled the pulpit and
delivered q most fervid and eloquent d discourse
from this text in the Psalms: Kemem Der how
short my time is, VII ersfoIc hest thou made
oil men in vain After setting forth the ex.
cellent traits of character Of the deceased.
combining christian faith and the practice of
christian virtues, he showed that the text was
not applicable to him, as he was no. "made in
vain" 1t was truly mastery effort, moving
the vast congregation to tears Tho service
having terminated, the body was placed in the
hearse, followed by the immense assemblags.
! here could not have been less than 100 car
riages, all Of which were coon filed, and
large crowd followed on foot The pail bear.
ors were Col. w. Ssston, p Force, W. w.
Cochran, j. c. Rives, Il. Smith, J NJ. Car
lyle. j. Gideon, and Geo Parker. On roach.
ing the Congressional burying ground, where,
at his own request, he desired to DO deposited
the Rev. Mr.. Cummings offered up most fer.
vent prayer, after which the vast Assem- blape
moved slowly away. A small silver plate
with the following inscription, was affixed 10
the coffin: " Born May 8, 1909: died Februarv
2, 1875" Thps it will be seen, in the prime
Of life and fulnsss Of usefulness, has been
taken from US one of our most valued citizens
His relatives cannot but feel the most acute
sorrow and sadness of heart His acouaint.
ances mourn his loss, and the poor will deplore
his absence, for in him they have lost friend
and benefactor. The coffin was ain mshop
any, agreeably to his direction, covered with
handsome black cloth, and silver mounted,
and was made by Samuel Kirby, Of this city.
Rev. Mr. MAGUIRE's CHARITY SERMON
The You've CATHOLICS FRIEND SoCIErY-We
had the pleasure of hearing yesterday the very
eloquent and impressive discourse pronounced
in st. Peters Church, Capitol Hill, by the
distinguished President of Georg etown Col.
lege, in aid Of the charitable purposes fer the
accomplishment Of which the Society above
named was organized. We are glad to hear
that the powerful and thrilling appeal of the
reverend gentleman was literally responded
to by the large congregation in attendance
among whom We observed several members of
Congress and other gentlemen of DISTINCTION.
We shall not mar the beauty of the sermon by
attempting to give synopsis. We will mere
ly state that 1t was an affecting picture of the
gloomy and distressing condition of the poor,
relieved and frightened by tho glowing Dor.
traiture Of heaven born Charity Fiinty and
unfesling, indeed, must have been the heart
that throbbed not in sympathy-stern and
fearless the eye that was not mcistsnsd by
pity-cold and unfriendly the hand that was
not outstretchsd in mercy, to save the ragged
urchins of the streets" by providing them
not only with food and clothing, but with
moral and intellectual culture. Such are the
truly Christian and charitable objects for