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Century alter century may pass by, and gem
Grafton after generation live and perish off
this earth, The gentle zrphyrs may oftch
swell into the most violent teinpcsts, sweep
ing over tie Hills with their terrific sounds,
yea, the wheels Of time may roll on till the
very Earth itself, SO to speak, become
hoary With age, yet MI, all will be unobser-
we'd by him that rests beneath that sod.-
lie sleeps sleep iiom which lie will only
awake to behold the gramlcs: exhibition
ever witnessed hy eartl, or heaven-time
swallowed up into eternity. For nothing
tut the mighty trumps of God, which per-
chance is often looked Oh With admiration
hy saints and angels on account Of its mag
'ituce, with the mighty blast G: an angel,
can awake it from its present resting place.
: ANA here, soldiers, / am forced to say that
one OF your best members has been called
from time to eierrv. And while you stand
around his grave with hearts united and feel
! keen'v the incstimab'c loss you have sustain.
ed, feel that mag with safety say. that YOU
sorrow not alone, for those who stand
around, f'n would Tighten your burdens by
sharing your sorrows. When 1 say that
body now rests in that grave, whose actions
through life are we'll worthy Of your imi-
tation, not only for your present happitess.
tat rs it regards your future destiuies, t
will not have said too much. Then let us
! ms soldiers and citizens, with united effort.
attempt at least to tighten the overwheIm-
'ns burden of sorrows, that find home in
the breast of those tender parents, by show
ing TO them that we, as community, feel
sensibiv the loss we have sustained: for.
verify, the Washington troops, have lost ono
OF their most worthy members, and this
community, one its most noble vounr
men. Through life, your departed friend
possessed many OF those virtues, that arc so
frequently found wanting in young men Of
his age. lie lived an exemplary life, and
died triumphant death. Then, soldiers.
may tic last, the dying request Of your de-
parted brother, made not only TO those who
were permitted 10 witness the last contest
Oeieewn lie aid death, but through them
cx'endr'! it TO you his absent friends, como
home with lis full power, and mpart to the
feeling Of each Of you Mt this .ine-nay
The short sentence, "mect me in heaven" be
AS arrows in Your heart, or ms brands of
lire in your heads, till you can fully co,npre-
hend its merit, and endorse it to its iinpor.
tance. Yea, may the thought that you now
pay tribute TO the body Of one whose soul
is in the full enjoyment Of heaven, be- not
merely as a tcudril encrcling the tcrlderest
chords of your most inrermost soul, wooins
you from Earth to Heaven, but as sttong
chord around yonr heart from which YOU
will even he unable to extricatc yourselves,
till you are fully prepares! !c enter that ce.
lestia city, AMI with him that hats gone be-
fore YOU drink deep tits f"unts of eternal
h appncss {; where the mind will live and
expand, and still expand, till ten thousand
times ten thousand worlds like this we
inhabit, with all its present apparent mys-
teries and complications, can bc falhomed at
a glance.
Now, 60 from this, fully determined TO
cherish the memory and practice tile virtues
Of your departed brother.
MARSHAL NEY's DEATH ScENE.-The
vengeance Of the Allied Powers demands
some victims and the intrepid Ney, who
had well nigh put the crown again On b.
napartc's head at Waterloo, was to be ono
Of them. Condemned to be shot, he was
led 10 the Garden Of .Lnxcnburg, on the
morning Of the 7th. of December and
placed i'll front Of IL ti'e Of soldiers, drawn h
TO kill him. One Of the officers stepped up
to band; G, his eyes, ,hut he stopped them,
saying, Are YOU ignorant that for twenty-
five years have been accustomed to face
both ball and bulet2s lie then lifted his
hat abbve his head, and with the same calm
voice ftat had stcadied his columns so fre.
qneDtIt, in the roar and tumult Of battls,
said, 81 declare before God and man, That t
never betrayed my country may my death
render her happy. Vive In France II He
then turned to the soldiers, and striking his
hand on his heart, gave order, "soldiers;
lHc SIMULTANEOUS ulScnargc followed.
and the "hravest ofthe brave" sank to rise ro
more. "ile who had fought fve hunared
battles for France, not one against her, WAS
shot as tiailor" As I looked onahe SPOT
where be fell, I could not but sigh over his
fate. True, he broke his oath Of allegiance
so did Others, carried away by their at.
tacblnent to Napoleon and the enthusiasm
that hailed his approach to Paris. stiIl.he
was no traitor.
The ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN VtRGihIA.-
Tine Rev. WINS Plulner, OF Pa, 4 few
days since. delivered an address al the open
ing Of Female Seminary in Wheeling.
The following is an extract:
Pronunciation. he said, might bs incihd.
ed in general remark about reading-bht
it deserved especial mention. Virginia was
settlsd when Dr.. johnson gave US Or,hostu.
phy, and Walker Orthography. Virginia
had abided by these standards, and ID his
opinion sho had done well. It WAS said.
that were we'll educated Vireipian to
speak in tue British Parliament. after Ma
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