Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-06-19

! rnr WrALrH OF OUR Observation-Disclosures died
| comparatively poor. Indeed, if Congress had not
purchased his library, and given for i've times It's
| value, he would with difficulty have Kept the wolf
Madison saved mony, and was comparatively rich
To add to his fortunes however or rather to those
| of his widow, Congress purchased his manuscript
papers, and paid thirty thousand dollars for them
James Monroe, the fifth President of the United
States died so poor that his remains found resting
place through the charity of one of the citizens
John Quincy Adams left some hundred and htty
thousand dollars, the result Of industry. prudence
and inheritance. He a man Of method and
economy.
Martin Van Buren, is very rich. Throughout his
political life he has studiOusly looked out for his own
interest It is not believed that he spent thirty
shillngs in politics. His party shook the bush and
he caught the bird.
Daniel Webster squandered some millions in his
lifetime the product Of his profession and his potl'
cal speculations. He died. leaving his property to
his children and his debts to his friends. The FORM
er sold for less than twenty thousand dollars-the
| latter exceeded two hundred and fifty thousand.
Henry Clay left . very handsome estate 1t prob
ably exceeded one hundred thousand dollars. he
was prudent manager, and scrupulously honest
man.
James K. Polk left about one hundred and fifty
thousand doars-ifty thousand of which he saved
from his Presidency Of four years.
Zachary Taylor left one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars.
Willard Fillmore is wealthy man, and keeps his
money in a very strong and safe box.
Ex.Presdent Pierce saved some fifty thousand
dollars from his term of service
MENTAL ATTRIBUTES SUPERIOR TO PHys1cAL.-In
one of our late visits to the gallery of the House.
says IN. j. w." the Washington correspondent of
the Charleston, Courier, we found Mr. Henry VIM
ter Davis, of Maryland, engaged in the laborious
task of matchmaking the Administration and our
venerable pilot who has so successfully weathered
the storm. Though violent and denunciatory, it
was gracefully delivered speech and showed rare
scholarship
As Mr. Davis resumed his seat, an attenuated fig
ure with STOPPING, shoulders, and long grace
less arms-(Mr. Stephens, of Georgia. arose. and
in moment you might almost have heard a pin fall
There was something impressive in the sefstilling
of this restless body--a tribute from the many to
the power of the one With the intuitive penctra
ton of his great mind, Mr.. S. unraveled the arfu
pretexts of his talented opponent, and his shrll
voice rose to sharp scream as he tore into shreds
its fmsy argument.
As Mr.. Davis arose in his seat to attempt reply
the constrast in their appearance most striking
and implied that truth so universally felt. yet so
little acknowledged in actual life. that men with
superior force of intellect subdue and parayze
those far superior to themselves in physical attr
butes 1t was this force of intellect which made Mr..
Stephens Mr. Davis master. The athletic figure and
bold front of the latter, overpowered by the
acuter, profounder mind of his shadowy opponent.