Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-16

n. Barbourss 0rstiou 3
No .poisxy L necessary for the appssr.ses u
our eolunas lii morning, Of the brilliant ora
s;oa 81 Mr.. Barbour, TO the exclusioa Of almost
~v.rytAise -. fAoss who. like ourselves, have
sen and heard Mr. Clay; together with all who
espoused his political opinions, though they were
psssr privileged 70 cane upon his noble presence.
rin De xnsifed q know that Wills the artist
has fAithfally deiheated his form ard features in
inperishabls marble. our gifted ieilow-otireu,
Mr.. barbour, has fsruished one Of the most grace
fal and affecting tributes ever pronounced in mo
mory q his great soNect
Ala zine like this, when the want OF ssch
mn. = Henry Clay h % deeply felt and the void
o>cssionsd b. his removal is % painfully apparent
when tho section in which he was born, hved
and died 10 beginning 70 appreciate the i"por-
..soe. in their own case, Of the great American
Sysbem Which he advocated IL is well 70 stody
tie principles which be bore 90 long upon his own
Sreat heart, thst they may, they WE'LL saener or
later, b engrafted upon the permanent policy u
his country.
All tina. Is noble and magnan'mous grand
Ana ,atriote, has been bequea.hed to his country
men In the example Of the man whom the nation
--.lss 100 Iste for her own good i--now delights
10 honor. To the contemplation Of such life.
we invite our readers today.
-
The Washington Correspondent Of the Phi!s-
delphia Ingsirr, thus pats quietus on pretty
story which has been going the rounds of tho
newspapers.
Your readers, observes The correspondent may
possibly remember paragraph that has lately
gone the rounds of thSAswspapers. to this effect
that q certain Mr.. Hart. an eup'oye in thu Gus
tom House Of New York, had lately leit the coun-
try for Paris, in order to claim large fortune
left him by alovely Jewees. This beautiful dam
sci, it was reported, bad fallen victim 10 tho
varied charms Of the aforesaid Hart, and not find
inn her affection returned, she took "green and
yellow melancholy" and finally died leaving. like
a woman as che was, large fortune TO tho obdu-
rate Hart, who had for so long denied her his NJ
fections This is one story given to account ior
the Sudden absence Of Hart, and which certainly
represents him as man Of virtue ani selfdeni.
nj. But there 10 still another tale. Mr.. Hart,
others say, has b-en calel to England in relation
to some diamonds struggled through the Castcm
House, 80 he hes been compelled 10 leave in order
to investigate the case.
Both these reports are false mere blinds de-
ceive The world Tart was Secretary OF Trcasur-
err Of the New York Hotel Fund Committee in tho
last Presidential oampaigu-thc committee into
whose affairs Mr.. Corode is making so searching
an investigation--und he was advised TO leave
the country rather than testify before tho lnvesi-
eating Committee as to the use to which certain
moneys were put in the Presidential election Of
1856. There Is "damning proof OF this in tho
hands Of the committee in the shape Of letter
written to this Hart by an accompiee. in which
he is counseled rather to bear the stigma OF bav-
ing runaway and Stunned an investigation than
suffer himself TO be drawn before the committee.
and to make the terrible revelation he would DO
compelled to. MIR. Hart has prudcntly followed
this advice, and has left the quarters that were
getting much too warm for him.