St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22
Speeches.

speeches.
Mr.. jefferson said he had been IN deiloera-
tive bodies with Gen. Washington ana Ut.
franklin. and that he had never heard either
of them make a speech more than fifteen MN
,,+,s long and then ALWAYS directly tO the point.
He adds that there were no members who pos
scssa,l nore influence. or who were listened to
with more profound attention Mr.. jefferson
l;mseIf we believe. was never noted for much
speaking. although every speech he made told
aTnnnS the members One secret of Patrick
Henry's almost superhuman cloquence was that
he never spoke unless he had something to say,
and dalwavs stopped when he had gotten through.
Mr.. Madison and Chief Justice Marshall, were
famous for the strength and compression OF
their speeches In general it may be set down
as An incontestible fact, that when man makes
\ long speech. he has not digcsted his subject
properlv. either from indolence, from want OF
time. or from lack of capacity. Compressor
reauires study. and is the most difficult OF all
the arts connected with either writing or speak
ing. alr. Webster, in his famous speech IN the
India Rubber case, apologise,l to the Court for
its length. on the plea of want of time 10 con-
dense his ideas.-RichaoRd Wing.
At a recent sale of autographs, at Paris,
the following letter addressed to RobcSplerre,
excited no little interest: ''Since the beginning
of the revolution have been i'll love with you,
citizen. But was married and knew how. to
control my passion. To-day | am free-iny
husband has fallen in Ia Ncndee; I'll give to
YOU this declaration i'll the face of the Supreme
Being. 1t is no easy task for a woman To
make such confession but love Is patient !;
you are my supreme deity, and on earth /
7 iNgl- a.
nv guardian angel and will live only under
yGur laws. If YOU are free, / will be yours
for life. lam 22 years old, and have feeling
soul. | offer to you, as a dowry, the qualities
of A true republican and 30, 900 hvers rentes.
am waiting for your answer. Veuve JAG
ouin. at Nancy, posi-. .reStGRte. say Po reSiGa-
T. from fear that my mother might Scold me for
nv .illincss.' The issue of this love affair is
not known.
SUPERSTITION OF LoUIS NArOLEON.-Let-
tcrs from persons who are conversant with the
court. and in position to know many partiru-
lars about the Emperor personally. affirm that
Ln.,is Napoleon. like his great uncle IS not de-
fcicut in Superstition. He believes in his star.
and deem, his own body imvulncrable. The
scratch upon his face, therefore, Which he suf-
.cred on the 18th OF january. has alarmed him,
rs it were. hv seeing the taliS:nan broken, or
I1. finding himself obliged to regard it ~ a
false one His father, the cX-kiug of Holland,
was supcratitiolis III the highest degree, and I've
licvei that his being imputcnt and paralytic
IN the hands and partly III his legs WAS the re-
suit IL poisoned shirt which had been cursed
to him hy imcantat!onS.
Mr.. BEXToN A Poor MAN.-Thc Washing
ton correspondent Of the Philadelphia h'q"irer,
SAYS:
/ learn that although Col Benton went
through the usual forma!itics of making viii.
he nevertheless died very poor. The creditors
of his estate are not likely. however, 10 press
their claims unplcasantly, If 4 project on foot
III reference to a certain disposition OF his latest
literary labors is successfully carried out his
debts will probably be paid i'll full. Every
one who had business dealings with him speak
in the strongest terms of his Spartan sense of
honor and fathfuneSs of his engagements, and
one secret of lis indcfatgable labors lies in the
fact Of his extreme anxiety to cancel every
pc,uuiary obligation before his dcccase.
The celebrated African traveller, DR.. LIVING
aed T81 5hf MfEsey E on WsdFTGMy 6 re M
ny Dr. Livingstone are botanst, "a geolngist
ana III artist, who % out for the purpose of
skctching the country. its people, animals and
plants The hest wishes Of the scientific and
c numerical world accompany this brave and
indefati gable man.
Tile REMAINS OF MoNRoE-Among the
bills passed by the Legislature of Virginia. is
one for tie removal Of the reiAains Of President
Monroe from the cemetery IN New York, where
they have reposed for more than quarter OF .
century, to the city of Richmond, thee To lie re-
inferred at the seat of government of hls native
State II is proposed TO erect n tail marble shaft
upon m emlnence IN Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond, which is believed TO be the most
suitable spot in that city. Hitherto little or
nothing has been done by the United States or
Virginia to honor the memory % Mr.. Monroe.
Jour. Cf Com.
OBJ. MArrEsoN-How He is TREATED AT
WAsHIxGroN The editor Of The (Ohio) Jour
nal, writing to his paper from Washington, says:
~ met Matteson the other day in the Capital
tai. He looks n good deal broke down. He
has grown ten years older in appearance since !
saw him here two years ago. No one speaks
To him in the House that ! can see, nor have
seen him spoken to in the lobbies He is avoid
ed when he passes; people turn round and point
him out as .the scoundrel Matteson.' 1t is said
that lie intends to resign his seat and retire to
private life. "
NORTHERN SLAVE TRADERs.-The Baton
Rouge l.a.) .4drocGie, in reference to the late
bill before the Louisiana Legislature, for the
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