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kind, and 70 transmft their names &c
posterity, has been always looked npor
as d~ischarging a sacred duty. deb
due to benefartors. Every has been
~signaIized by the lofty deeds of those
whom Providence placed in their res
p~ective stations whather in governing
a nation administering laws command
ingin The field direfting and impfov-
ing navigation and tommerce,=or, ele:
yating' the liberal sciences and elucida'
ting those more abstruse points ofknow]"
edge which before lay hidden in dark,
ness and uncertainty. The memory Of
such, the world has celebrated and
their iliustriouss names now wreathing
the portals of Fame, shed An undying
Iustre over the eaaartftl. But, turn from
stored tablets of tlt past 10 present
time, and dwell upon the match less deed
of one, before whose anne the glory of
IIions warriors fades away! The gal
liant HEgsDoE, for whom Nation:
mourns, lrod the shady path Of private
life, and served his God, his country aud
his friend. In him, reposed that true
valor and rare maggnanimity Of soul
which ancient hes oes failed to claim. In
him the sacred flame of brotherly-love
brightly burned, and in the hour Of
peril diffused its genia! warmth around
like E,npvrean-glories over a barren
world. To alleviate the cause of human
suffering; to avert its ending doom, BE-
calmly faced the pale ensign Of Death,
and brave|y met the immortal foe long
and fierce the combat ragged ; loud and
high the tempest lasbed-but still IN
daunted and gigantic-like, tie hero stood.
Soon the wall o. woman's wild despair
arose, as, livid in the undying farvor.oi
mothers holy love, she clasped the lit
lie ones cl'pging to her fragile %for1;
then the noble HERNDoN-Grue to; the
ho'iest impulse Of his soul-sprang to
her relief, and with his valiant arm
the colo. dark .Asrael covering
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round. But the hero's gloly waned not
here the golden links Of brotherhood
frightened in the gloom, and strength
ened the last effort 10 save his fellow
man whom, ratlIee than forsake, be
up his precious life. Yes, 'for
him
Long he hattled viii, the spec.rss of the grave
And ~ith him sunk into the angry wave, sS-"%%
that noble heart has ceased to
'eat; though its tendsr chords v;iiburaatae
70 more 10 the wild appeal Of anguish,
yet HERsDoN lives The Poets Tyre
watts the music Of his name, and wo
nan breaths it to, ller lisping child,
Willie mountain, lake, and State shall
,ear the sound. '' '#s5': <>"E&
Let not America forget her valiant
On ! but let his suhlim. achievement
id its lustre 10 the many glorios of our
ountrY. And while The paee.,of His.
Org unfolds in tlattering pauegyric the
leeds Of nen--Who for their unpasaI
eled outrages we're TITLED heroes-lat
as memory. be sacred|y cherished and
oonored in our hearts. Farewell, great
iEREDoN! the incense Of q Nations
banks commend tlleeato posterity.
Stel fortuna uoaeus All nssnsere,,tur
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Rapides Parish. 3Hz MAReAREr.4
GEN. K1pD's ,Pos1r1oN.--We find tn 4
.cardyzof3 Gen. KDD, denying
1atttbe report ofhis having gone over
) the Democracy, going the rounds. Of
lie papers. We doubted the Generals i
desertion> from tie first: S'-s"
LETTER FROM GEN. ". n. KIDD.
G.AW. McCRANIE3:as Dear S;r-The /