Smyrna times., 1856-10-22

DEDIcATION.-The new NJ. F.. Church. AZ
Canterbury, Kent county, Del. will be ded:ca.
ted v D. on Sunday the 26th instant, at 10
o'clock, A. NJ. Rev. j. ID. Onins, of Philadel,
Phla, and Rev. d. Lambdin, will oihcate ON Aha
occasion. The public invited to uliend
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The SoNs OF GREAT MEN.-By far too much
Importance has recently been attached TO ,hs
| opinion OF those whose only remarkable m+r,
appears 10 be that they are the children of The
lllustrlOus dead. Greatness cannot be inb, rite,
as all history has shown, and we do not d,.,un
to quote example to prove what has grown in,u
a hackneyed observation. The patton dII wiS,.
ly to honor and entrust with responsible p,s,.
tons such men as Alex. Hamilton, John Gun.
cy Adams, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and
Andrew Jackson We may continue to. onI
: to the legaces OF wisdom they have lett for
\ our guidance in emergencies of government
But are any of their defendants so distinguish
ed in intellectual calibre as to merit our conf
9 dence, or secure weight TO the opinions thew
n may express at an important crisis! We have
is the statenen ofanother generation, whose DOW.
, ers may not be equal TO those of the giants now,
slumbering in the grave, but who are certain,
= ly tar-very far-beyond the men who come
e to US recommended as the sons of Clay, Adams
and the adopted and favorte children ofJuekr'
son. Heaven help the country when lis onlW
reliance is to be found among such very crdii.
ce nary men these descendants have proved
r. themselves! Let value every citizen for,
gs what he is worth in himself, or we may build
ds upon sand at time when the State requires 6,
foundation of rock. Ofwhat moment is it thar
We the Clay family is divided between the Buch-
nv nan and Fillmore parties, or that Chas. Fran.
in els Adams tavors Fremont! Not one of them
ed, has indicated any capacity for even ordinary
nd craftsmanship. The Democratic principle teach.
ne es US in the hour of peril to look rather to our
eW pilots of wisdom and experience than to the
sons of pilots who scarcely comprehend the
10 chart.
=" ANDREW JOB, THE HERMIT. We saw thu
oe celebrated individual for the first time on Sun
NC day last. He is Of the oldest persons il
a. the neighborhood, being now as We were I, {
NI 5S years OF age. For thirty years, or mere, Ii,
~ lived strictly the life of a rPcluse, dwellm
w alone IN a howell, raising his own corn an
u"' pounding it into course meal for his food |.
'Oa 1 avoided all human society and held no commnn
c"u cation with any one when he could avoid it,
i!ng He knit his clothing out of tow, and lived
r 'i" appearances n miserable life Within FL,
'"1 years his house caught fire and burned GoR
~ ~sen' and he came perIshing. lie Was taa
taken by his relatives and forced To live on the
'%'o % premises for it seems he will not live in Ii
0"' house with them, but prefers old, diIapdaie
smith shop near by. 1t was in this we ~
No. him. His once powerful frame is bending MI
puS' the weight of years; his long and Thin ~,
'r III hair and beard are matted and filthy and n,r
'"s woven with tow. He was not communlcas,,
~ a and from the little he said we were impress,
that the days of dotage nearly uron AiI
cor ti,rbon, bermi, s,n Lara 80, oo' 'ne =, u
give nance has NOT been idle win tho oi%
ding has made him sorro1,ln,, in,er ,', Wv ",1
3yle' early loved and lost, in the drearincsS ot
''0" long solitude; but it seems nearer The truth 81
o,e he was melancholy and mIsanthroprc from
en e,a'. /" boyhood, which disposition growing on him
e.om he grew in years, led to his lonely retreat.
o'ieS Cecil Wig.