The New York Herald Newspaper, October 15, 1853, Page 4

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Revoil, No. 17 Rue de la Banque. ‘The European mails will close at half-past ten o’elock (Gis morning. The Wenxiy Henap will be published at half-past nine Welbck to-worrow morning. Single copies, in wrappers, sixpence. The adamantine:, who have just perfected the or- ganization of their Club, held a most enthusiastic ‘and successful meeting last night at the Stuyvesant Imstitute. Mr. James T. Brady took his seat for the first time as President, and made an address, in the course of which he indulged in severe animadversions om the recent acts of the Cabinet. He was warmly applauded throughout, and his allusions to the ad- ministration were received with marked appr bation. This meeting may be regarded the commence- ment of hostilities against the administration on the part of the adainantines, and is strongly indicative @f the popular feeling which has been evoked by the mean and contemptible policy to which Maroy and Co., have stooped. The report of the meeting will, in connection with Mr. Les‘er’s reply to the assanits of the Cabinet, be read with more than usual interest. The intelligence froma Washington this morning wil! probably create an uncommon sensation in politica! circles. The latest ramor is that Naval Officer Cochrane, Postmaster Fowler, and Collector Bron- son are to be removed—the latter forthwith —Dis- tzict Attorney O'Conor holding over. Is is quite problematical whether Mr. Mason will accept the mission to France, the chances of a reconstruction of ‘the cabinet, perhaps, holding out inducements for a Iouder “ call.” The recent State elections are taken to be an endorsement of the policy of the adminis tation by the journals at the capital ; but it is con- fidently stated that bad the instructions from the ‘Treasury Department been promulgated at an earlier period the result in Georgia would have been some- what different. The letter of Mr. Guthrie, relative fo the spoils, naturally enongh, has created a deep feeling of disgust in all quarters. The course of the Hegxaxp, it will be seen, has proved a sharp thorn in tthe sides of those whore knavery it has unmasked. Advices have been received of serious troubles in the Cherokee Nation—two of the Ross party had been murdered. Mr. George Law also declines the Miksion to China. Will nobody distinguish them- selves by accepting the post of Minister to the court of the Brother of the Sun and Moon, with extraordi- Bary powers thrown in, whereby to earn an endur- img reputation ? Our telegraphic despatch from Albany farnishes a Ist of the removals and appointments made by the Canal Board. ‘The returns of the elections in Ohio and Pennsyl- vania come in very slowly. In Ohio, Medill, the @emocratic candidate for Governor, will have a ma- jority of from thirty to forty thousand. There will be @ large democratic majority in the Legislature. From Pennsylvania, the returns ensure the success of the candidates of the democratic party. The @elegation from Georgia in the next Congress will stand six democrats and four whigs. The consolida- tionists, in Philadelphia, have been signally suc- cessful. The steamship Canada, from Liverpool, arrived at Boston last night. Additional news by this arrival may be found in another column. There is no- thing further of interest in political matters. The Humboldt arrived at this port last night at a late hour. She was detained two days at Southampton ‘We shall probably be in receipt of later Haropean in- telligence by the Atlantic tomorrow. The third annual parade of the members of the New York Fire Department took place yesterday. and was a very pretty spectacle. The fineness of the weather attracted out of doors thousands of spectators. Not the least interesting part of the review was the appearance of the representatives of geveral California companies in the procession. Companies from other cities likewise took part in fhe day's proceedings, namely, the Moyamensing Hose Company, of Philadelphia, and Kagine Com- pany No.4, of Rochester. +. The bisheps of the Episcopal Church yesterday sentence of deposition upon Levi Silli- man Ives, late Bishop of North Carolina. The iater- esting ceremonies are in another column. Inthe Board of Aldermen last evening a resolu- tion wae passed, directing the Street C missioner to report progress upon a plan for laying out streets north of 155th street. The Board concurred with the Assistants in authorizing the changes of tormini of Wall street ferry. The Board of Assistant Aldermen met yesterday evening, and transacted the uanal routine of business. ‘There was no debate; and, after a short session, the Board adjourned till Monday. There were five deaths from yellow fever at Mo- bile on toe 7th inst. and three on the Sth. The whole number of deaths from fever since it appeared ‘was eight hundred and seventeen. Basiness was re- wiving, but strangers were advised to remain away. The ep\capiebad~tadated at Yarn. to-day’s paper. sireet—A Conn von | | Smith as not emanating from him; and we find | Smith, to the effect that he did not authorize | it is not the fact. Arrangements are b ing ma e ‘n th’s ci'y to give | John Mitchell, the Irsh patr ot, ap appropriat: re | ception on his arrva. Hl Stocks still further decline | y sterday. There was no material alter tioa ‘n bre cevuffs, the high rate of freights and a di prsition on the par’ of dealers to wait the receipt of private a vices ‘om abroad, limit ing operations. Gov. Seywour haa offer;d a reward of one thoa- sand dollars for the apprehension of the person or persons who violate} aod mur \+red a «rl thirteen yearsof age, named Catharne Quigley, near Jamai- ca, L. L., last Sunday nig t. The citizens of Jamaica have offered a rewar’, also, of five hundred dollars. The offenders are supposed to be black men. | Elisha Mathewson, formery United States sena | tor, died at Seituate yesterday morninz. The second Indiana State Fair closed yesterJay. | It is said to have been the best exhivition of the | kind that had taken place in the West. The re- ceipts amounted to over seven thousand doliars. An interesting biographical sketch of Tristam Burges, of Rhode Island will be found published ia | | | | AMiatrs in Cuba—A Slight Correction. A very interesting and important article on the present position of the island of Cuba, apropos | of the slave trade, and other matters, appeared in our editorial columns last Saturday. The information on which that article was based | was chiefly derived from the statements of Mr. Wm. Sydney & , Who had but just recently ed from the island, en route to England, | One paragraph, alluding to the revolutionary | sentiment of the creoles, was disclaimed by Mr. arr inthe Spanish organ of this city—/a Cronica— a statement publi hed at the instance of Mr. | rward such a view, and that in itself | We readily make the amende | to Mr. Smith for having inconsiderately inter | woven into the article facts derived from other reliable sources; but.in doing so, we can only reiterate with greater force the assertion that | all classes and conditions of the creoles—of all | ages and sexes—are inveterately opposed to the Spanish domination, and only watch the oppor- tunity of carrying their revolutionary senti- | ments into practical effect. But the prospecis of war with Mexico stand not upon the mere foundation of probability and analogical reasoning. There are better data for our assertions. We have received in- telligence that several informal consu)tations of the Cabinet have been recently held in Wash- ington, in which the subject of war was mooted; and it is generally believed among the mem- bers. that in the course of a few months they will be able—availing themselves of the pecu- liar sensibilities and ambition of Santa Anna— to bring about some collision between the Mex- us to put fo ican and American troops and citizens on the frontiers, which would eventuate ina general war between the two countries. The last was managed in a somewhat similar way. It came on suddenly and unexpectedly—as if, indeed, by pure accident—and was not the result of a formal declaration of war by the Congress of | the United States. Some petty border hostili- ties broke out between the Mexicans and Ame- ricans ; arms were had recourse to to repel and | punish the invaders ; war was thus commenced and Congress had simply to recognise it. and | vote the necessary supplies to carry it out. The | Mesilla Valley, in the present day, may be | easily made to effect the same end. All that is necessary to renew hostilities, is to oo- cupy the disputed territory with American soldiers ; the Mexicans will certainly resist and attempt to expel them, and then Congress will find itself coerced either to legitimize the act of war, and grant funds to maintain it, or else to disgrace itself in the eyes of the country. There are other reasons which lend more force and probability to this belief of the de- signs of the Cabinet. The natural talents of the government seem to be utterly incapable of de- vising means to manage the surplus revenue, But with the Mexican war this could be easily done. They could then find vent for that and a great deal more. And the employment of thirty or forty millions of dollars in this way would furnish splendid opportunities for every single member of the administration to gorge himself. and make his fortune. Then. too. as we said at first. the war would divert public | attention from the abominable spoils system of | the administration, and from the utter neglect | they have shown to the other foreign affairs of the country. Is there not. therefore, a high great degree of likelihood in the intelligence we have received? and does not this scheme | seem to offer an excellent resource for the Cabi- | net to escape fronPtheir manifold difficulties? | But nevertheless, a war with Mexico would | not be without its serious dif\eulties and dan- | gers tothe country. It would most audonbted- ly lead to extraordinary difficulties in our rela- tions with England, to say nothing of the com- plication in which it would involve us with France and Spain, who have a secret under- standing with the present government of Mexi- co—an understanding to which England is also probably a party. These European powers bave | adopted that polisy towards this republic which they consider best calculated to affect and in- jare it. It consists in creating and fostering | great internal dissensions and agitations in this | country. Besides, too. they may imagine that | by stimulating the President of Mexico to court | awar with this country, something may spring out of that event which would be productive of discontent and disunion in the United States. It is well known that the last war between this country and England excited great political animosity here, and alsnost caused the disrup- tion of the Federal Union, because it affected the interests of one class of the people. The last war with Mexico came on us, as we have paid, enddenly, and intelligence of a peacefal solution to it was confidently expected week after week, during the continuance of hostilities. No one ever dreamed of our army marching upon and occupying the elty of Mexico, er conquering the country, as it did. The suddenness of the conquest—unexpected as it was—naturally astonished all Hurope, and took their governments by surprise; but it more particularly caused astonishment and vexation to France, England and Spain. That short, de- cisive and successful war with Mexico came very near leading to a revolution in the island of Cuba; and any future contest between the same two nations, in which the United States should be victorious, would immediately and assuredly be followed by the breaking out of arevolution in Cuba. We know that one of the generals who commanded a portion of our army in Mexico was almost engaged to make a de ecent upon that island, with ten thousand of the troops who had taken part in the conquest. In the event. theret: re, of another war, there is no doubt but that France and Spain would take an active part in it in favor of Mexico, and ad- verse to the United States, POTS The TWeligence received by us from Washington—-and to which we attach every re- liance—-we are certainly disposed 'o think that the present Cabinet, if they continue many months in office, will shape their foreign policy in such a way as to produce a disruption of the friendly relations existing between the two re- publics. It is very evident that Mr. Marcy and his colleagues understand very little of our re- lations with the European governments and people; and. from the claracter of their foreign appointments, care even less, But they do care about the state of popular opinion in this coun- | try. and would bave no hesitation in plunging into a war with Mexico, heedless of conse quences, provided they can thus hope to divert public attention from their imbecile and coa- temptible internal policy. The chances of a near war with Mexico are, therefore, more strong than is generally imagined. The Spoils Cabinet.—The Washington Union and the New York Herald. The Cabinet organ is throwing off its reserve, and is beginning boldly to develope its tactics upon the great issue of the spoils, in connection with the prolongation or dissolution of the Spoils Cabinet. In its discussions of this impor- tant subject, the Washington Union gives a rehash of the stale clap-trap and fustian so common among our party organs some twenty odd years ago, before the independent press of the country was established. We are told of “the thunder tones of democratic victorie: | which “come booming in from State after State; and of “the gigantic power of the true- hearted democracy; and of the “squeamish” silk stocking gentry;” and of: democracy” and “the working man;” and ‘the lion-hearted democracy; and of “Mr. Guthrie as one of those democrats who have been tried in the | fire;” and of ‘the cowardly threats of mob law;” and of “the stock of Keatucky democrats;” and all such flatulent nonsense—the veriest stuff of Western stump speeches before railroads had crossed the Alleghany mountains. Such gib- berish is simply beneath the dignity of argu- ment, and discreditable evento the Cabinet organ. But the Union also indulges in certain ac- | cusations and assertions which call for a pass- ing notice. One of its most amusing charges is directed against this journal. being nothing more nor less than this—that the late articles in the Heratp, urging the necessity of a new Cabinet, are said to emanate from the pen‘of W. H. Seward. What an idea! How dread- ful! What will Mrs. Grundy say? Mr. Sew- ard, we admit, is capable of making a prosy speech of any length before a cattle show or a college, or the United States Senate; he can speak by the hour in windy verbiage, or write by the yard upon a great variety of subjects ; but he lacks that practical cast of mind, that common-sense perception of men and things, and that matter-of-fact understanding of pass- ing events, which are indispensable qualities in even a second or third-rate writer for the New York Heratp. As far as political priaci- ples are concerned, too. however acceptable the contributions of Mr. Seward might be to the Cabinet organ at Washington, just now, they would. doubtless, be as distasteful to us as have been his seditious vagaries for the last twenty-five years. W.H. Seward « writer for the Heratp! Oh! hush! But a still more ridiculous, and a really wick- ed, assertion of the Cabinet organ, is, that to- wards those, even of the democratic party, who have arrayed themselves in opposition to the Cabinet, the President ‘‘ can have no other feel- ing but one of sovereign contempt.” We pro- nounce this an atrocious calumny upon Presi- dent Pierce. It is clearly impossible that he can cherish any thing like a feeling of contempt for that clags of men to whom he owes his elec- tion. A contempt for them would involve a contempt for the political principles of his whole life, and the policy so broadly laid down in his ) inaugural address. We know, from good au- thority, that Gen. Pierce has an abiding sense of respect for, and of identification with, the na- tional compromise branch of the democratic party, North and South; we know that he can | entertain nothing else than a feeling of respect for the overwhelming constitutional Union prin- ciples upon which he was so triumphantly borne aloft into the White House. His responsibili- ties are to the honest millions of the American people—not to the huckstering politicians of the Cabinet and the Cabinet organ. The fact is, that the Cabinet and their organ, in their despe- ration, are striking blindly about them, and their ugliest blows, in falling upon the Presi- dent, recoil upon themselves, In this controversy between the President and his Cabinet. we may safely assume that the latter. and not the former, is guided by selfish and sordid motives. The intentions of General Pierce are good; he can have no possible object It is undoubtedly his settled purpose to carry out the great principles of his election, in the men, the. measures, and the general policy of his administration. We be- lieve, too, that if one set of men. upon a full trial. are found discordant. disorganizing, and incompetent, he will be ready to follow the po- liey of Old sdickory, in turning them adrift, and in the appointment of a new set, better adapted to the practical business before him. We can- not believe that he will persist in the retentioa of this, or any other ministry, when fully con- vinced that it will hazard the usefulness aod the unity of his administration. Such is the broad line of demarcation we draw between the President and bis Cabinet and their imbecile Washington organ. We have bad enough of this old party news- paper cant about the “silk stocking gentry,” and the “ lion-hearted democracy.” and such twaddie. The time for such paltry puerilities in the Washington organ has gone by. It was all well enough, perhaps, in those days when. the Albany regency und Martin Van Baren controlled the democratic party; but those days have passed away. The independent press and an independent public opinion have since taken the field. We live now in an age of intellect. of reason, and of practical common sense. The rant, the cant, and the clap-trap of frentier electioneering have given way to sober argu- ment and solid facts. The Cabinet organ is behind the times— twenty years behind the times. Its efforts to destroy such men as Bronson. Dickinson, 0'Co- nor and their partiaans, like its efforts to de- fend the Cabinet, will be vain and impotent as long as ite arguments are made up ef such bal- derdaxh as the “ilk stocking gentry,” the ‘Yion-hearted democracy,” and the President who “freely bares bis borom and defies the steel of his enemies.” Such trash is only fit for « filibustering tragedy on the stage, end- ing in a general explovion of fireworks, aod the indiscriminate slaughter of all concerned Give ue romething better—give us, something bet er. to gain otherwise, Cuaxces or 4 New Mexican War.—We are in he receipt of some very highly important information, ot a peculiar and interesting char- acter, in reference to the projects, views and policy of the Cabinet at Washington on the subject of our foreign relations. and more par- ticularly of our present bearing with Mexico. It would appear that several members of the Cabinet are beginning to get alarmed on account of the general outcry made against them from all parts of the country; and, in deliberating on the ways and means to allay the popular discon- tent and to evade dismissal and disgrace, they have begun to contemplate the possibility of bringing about a war with Mexico, with the de- sign of thereby diverting public attention trom their own disgraceful spoils. system operations. There is nothing very original in the idea. The Plan was resorted to in the days of President Polk, and it is not at all unlikely that the scaeme may be fallen back upon and adopted at the present day, as we are assured it is to be. There is still more probability given to the as- sumption’ by the fact that some of President Pierce’s advisers are the very same men whoat that time formed the Cabinet of President Polk, and who blundered into the last war with Mex- ico to save themselves from a like impending political annihilation. Mr. Lesrer’s Repiy to Caprvet Assaunts.— We to-day publish the reply of Mr.C. Edwards Lester. the London Times correspondent, to the simultaneous attacks upon both his private and polical character, by the organs of the Cabi- net in Washington and Boston. The extracts he furnishes from letters written by the late Mr. Wickliff, as well as the epistle from Attor- ney General Cushing, give a piquancy to this curious affair that is truly refreshing. Read the document. The Recent Horrible Marder near Jamaica, Long Island. We learn that Goveruor Seymour haw offered a reward of one thousand dollars for the apprehension of the per- son or persona who violated and murdered Catharine Quigley, a girl thirteen years of ago, residing near the town of Jamaica, Long Island, on Sunday evening last, the 9th inst. The unfortunate girl, it seems, went to an orchard near by, for the purpose of gathering some apples, situated on the Black Stump road, near the bordering line of the towns of Jamaica and Flushing, where the murderers met her, violated her person, and then beat her about the head with stones, and threw her body into a pond near at hand. In addition to the reward offered by the State, the citizens of Jamaica have offered five hundred dollars more for the conviction of the guilty parties. It is supposed that the offenders are black men. Bixak Hovsr at Wattsck’s.—A dramatie version of Dickens’ last work was produced en Thursday, for the frst time, at Wallack’s theatre. The arrangement is due, we understand, to Mr. John Brougham, who takes— and occaasionally mistakes—the character of Tarveydrop, in the piece. It will not add much to the reputation of author or manager. The crowning merit of the novel is the ekill, with which we are introduced to “the romantic tide of familiar things.” In the drama, the ‘familiar things’’ are omitted altogether, to make reom for a melo- dramatic action, which, we fancy, would suit another me- ridian much better than Wallack’s, There is no plot, andthe interest is not sustained, The play might end with any other act as well as the fourth. Were it not for this peculiarity we should have exclaimed against the te- diousness of the rcene which closes the performance; but where disconnected dialogue is the rule, it were sbsurd to individualize any particular instance of the defect. We miss, too, many characters and scenes which could ill be spared from the novel. Boythorn, who, one would fancy, was well adapted for the etage—Smallweed, his wife and son, aud even Guppy, are all excised. Poor Esther plays.a ridiculously insignificant part, in which submitting to be playfully called Dame Durden by her guardian, and to be yociferously embraced by her mother, are the most conspicuous ine’ t#, Allan Woodcourt is y alluded to; but we must take his existence for granted, on the faith of Mr. Jarndyce, So regardless of effect was the author, or,perhaps, so conscious was he that he had not excited any interest on Esther's behalf, that he does not even take the trouble to marry her off at the close, Nor was the cast calculated to atone for the faults of the play. In the first place, Blake does not appear; and Les- ter is thrown away upon the absurd part of the Debilitat- ed Cousin, whose whole stock in trade is two stale jokes, Mr. Phillips ought at least to have Hone us the civility of learning to pronounce the long words he puta into the mouth of Sir Leciester Dedlock, Mr Thompson—had he read Dickens’ work—would have learnt that Inspector Bucket, of the Detective, was by no means the vulgar fellow he shows us. Inspector Buchet could be a gentle- man when be chose; why cannot Mr. Thompson? We had almost mistaken his Bucket for Coavins. Mr. Dyott ought not to lose a moment in transferring his va- luable services to the Bowery. As a br i, conspirator in such a drama as the “Duchess of Malfi,”” he would be worth his weight in gold. Bat he should not jeopardize his salvation by eontinuing te burlesque Mr. Tulkinghorn, The pith and marrow of that worthy gentleman's character was his imperturbable coolness and impenetrable secresy. Mr. Dyott 1s as ex- citable as Richard Carstone, and rushes sbout the stage, Dlabbing his designs at every corner. Lady Dedlock was, of course, entrusted to Miss Keene, and we regret to say that our criticism of Mr. Thompson would apply equally wollto her. Let Miss Keene ask herself whether any lady would receive Mr. Tulkinghorn as she dors on the occa- sion of his first visit? Py orily rudeness, \gein-—in the matic style lat reene been ment, more than ene DMO st evening, would have very different spectacle. n as Turveydrop, though freq uently owre, wes in general extremely amusing; aud Mrs, B. filled the part of Hortense with perfect skill and tact. To these, if we add Mr Walcot—an admirable Harold Skimpole—sure to convulse the audience whenever he appeared, and as excellent an interpreter as Dickens can ever hope to find— we shall, we think, have done evenhanded justice to all. There were, oris inslly, Mbve difficulties in the way of @ dramatic adaptation of “Bleak House.”? These dificul- ties have not been overcome at Wallack’s, Neither the burlesque rhymes nor the commonplace dance, which are he only innovations of the dramatic author, can expiate this feilure. Tum New RvsvaN Davervex.—Mad'le Yerka Mathias, the dancevee who made her debut at Niblo's about ten days ago, and who has, in this short interval of time, obtained a most extracrdinary and well-merited populari ity, takes her benefit to night. Her sojourn in this city is unavoidably shortened as she can appear but twice more prior to her departure for Baltimore. To-night introduces three new and enchanting dances. We need hardly claim for her @ good benefit, inasmuch as during the evenings she has already appeared, Niblo’s has been crowded in an unprecedented manner, for which the his tory of the house has no precedent. The Law Courts. In the case of the parties charged with causing the Henry Clay steamboat calamity, a motion was yesterday made be- fore Judge Ingersoll, in the United States Circuit Court, to postpone the trial, im cousequence of the absense of ma- terial witnesses, and Mr. Cutting, one of the counsel, being in Europe. The motion was denied, and the trial one of the most important criminal proceedings we have had for some time—will commence on Tuesday next. The cane of Rossie, the Port Office clerk ebarged with ab- stracting gold coin and various articles of jewelry from letters posted in New York for transmission, is set down for to-day in the United States District Court. In the Supreme Court, General Term, the motion of Reynolds against Flagg, the Comptroller, for a mandamus to compel him to pay eleven thousend and odd dollars, the amount of a contract for jremoving offal from the «treets, was eom meneed, but not concluded: The Broadway Railroad case is now in ita fourth day. The defence has commenced, ard next week may terminate the present proceedi an action for fire insu $800 for the plaintiff. ly, the Court a orned. The Common "lea nlso adjourned without trying any caure, Court Calendar—This Day. Omir Save Jerker Oovwr.-~Criminal cases, before Judge Ingersoll. Motions, before Jndge Betts. Sormame CovRI—Circuit.—Noa, 672, 271, 212, 273, 276, 276, 277, 280, 287. Common Piaae—art Firnt.—Non, 117, 569, 816, 827 to ABO, 892, B14, B55, 838, 840 to 349, Part Becond.—Now AR, O14, B4b, 546, 98, 860, ODI, 462, 854, 866, 868, PHO, 880, 804, 560, Obituary. HON. TRISTAM BURGES, OF RHODE ISLAND. The telegraph from Providence, R. I., as we have alrea- dy stated, announced the death, on Thursday morning, 18th inst., of Hon, Tristam Burges, of that city, in the eighty-fourth year of his age, This venerable statesman during his long career occupied a conspicuous rank asa lawyer and statesman, and for many years filled au im- portant space in the annals of Rhode [sland, and in the politics and legislation of the United States. Mr. Burges was one of the sons of New England who rose from ob- scurity toa high rank in the legal profession, and to hon- orable distinction as @ public mam. His life abounds in those incidents which mark the progress?’ fine intellect and an ambitious spirit; and which powerfully illustrate the character of republican institutions. It tells, in one respect, the same tale which has been told of other states- men—how they have risen by their own exertions to high stations of honor and of fame. ‘Tristam Burges was what is called “an old colony man.” He was born in the-town of Rochester, in the county of Plymouth, in the commonwealth of Massachu- setts, on the 26th of February, 177@. He was ason of John Burges, who entered the revolutionary army as a Heutenant, in 1775, intending to continue in the service until the end of the war; but an illness from which he never recovered prevented him. During the war, how ever, he rendered great assistance to his country, by raising men, and collecting clothing for the army. By these means, his house became a kind of rendezvous, which brought his son Tristam into an intimacy with some of the brave men of those times, The elder Mr. Burges died in November, 1791, leaving three sons and five daughters; Tristam being the youngest of the sons. ‘The earliest event in the history of his country, in the memory of the subject of this notice, was the alarm of the battle of Lexington, The next was the return of his father from the army, sick, and but just alive, Thus, young Burges began to live when Ame- rican Independence was the theme of general interest. The story of national oppression was repeated in his ear in childhood, and the songs of hin cradle were the songs of liberty. His father, with his three sons, cultivated a farm of sterile land, and in the intervals of agricultural pursuits, employed their time in the mechanical occupa- pation of coopers. The father could accomplish but little work; the whole family, however, were constantly em- ployed in some kind of labor, Education in those times was extremely limited, even in New England. Schools were few, and Tristam Burges never attended one until he was about fifteen years of age. His elder sister taught him to read, and his father imparted to him a little instruction in writing and arith- metic. Between the age of fifteen and twenty-one he only attended school twelve weeks. He had read, however, every book that he could buy, beg, or borrow. After he was capable of writing, many of his leisure hours were spent in composition. He was also fond of perusing the works of Pope, Dryden, and Addison. Letter writing was much practised amon his associates, and the letters written by him from the age of sixteen to that of twenty-one, would have filled a volume. To this early application to this species of com- position, may be traced in some measure his style of writing im after life. Burges, like a vast proportion of other young New Eag- landers, early formed the determination to leave his na- tive fields for a more extensive theatre for enterprise. He. at first contemplated a temporary seafaring life, to enable him to attain the means and knowledge to fit him to enter one of the liberal professions. Disappointed in his at- tempts to become a mariner, his thoughts were next directed to the study of medicine. He read, when others slept, various medical works of celebrity, and was prepared, as he thought, to ride with a country doctor. At this period he was twenty-one years of age. He had served out his apprenticeship as a cooper, and ha, as far as h's limited means would permit, the promised aid of his father. He was advised by a physician to study Greek and Latin before commenc- ing a regular course of medicine. Accordingly he resolved to enter an acacemy at Wrentham, Massachusetts, where he commenced a course of study, but # bilious fever and pleurisy brought him tothe britk of the grave. Having lost six months in time, his eager ire to become a physician and to acquire wealth had vanished; but he resolved, with the blessing of Providence, that, cost as many years as it might, he would obtain a collegiate edu- cation. After the death of his father, Tristam gold his share of the farm he had left to his family to his eldest brother. The proceeds, with rigid economy, and by in- structing a schcol three of four months in the year, fitted him for college, and enabled him to complete the whole tera. In regard to oratory, Burges, while teaching school himself at Middleborough, Massachusetts, received valu- able instructions from a blacksmith. Thiy man often visited the family where he boarded, ard spent whole evenings in telling anecdotes, in a manner indescribable. He ‘Was a large but very graceful man, with a remarkable gesticulation. When standing by his own forge, with collar open, shirt sleeves rolled up, and filled with the conception of the person and the events he intended to communicate, in the move- ment of every finger there was emotion; each gesture was a part of the story, and in unison with all there wae a most expressive and unrivalled dignity of manner. In the autumn of 1793 Burges entered Brown Universi- ty, at Providence, L. I., and graduated at that institu- tion in 176. The subject of his oration on that occa- sion was ‘The Cause of Man.” At that day this address was considered as @ remarkable production. The par graph commeneing—“Guided by reason, man has tra- velled through the abstruse regions of the philosophic world,” and that succeeding it—“By imagination, man seems to verge towards creative power ’’—are considered by admirers of the florid style of writing, as beau- tifully constructed. They have been selected as ex- ercises for declamation in many schools and colleges, and may be found in some of the old school books of oratory. The style of the oration was so smooth and flowing, and the manner in which it was delivered was 50 interesting, that it gained for Burges great applause. It was not, however, very pleasant to him to have it alluded to, or quoted, when he became advanced in life, and after he took bis seat in Congress. The Southern members of the House of Representatives delighted to bore him on a subject on which the member from Rhode Island was somewhat sensitive. We recollect that, about tho year 1832, & brilliant little volume was published at the South, culled ‘ Memoirs of a Nullifer.”? The object of the work was to glorify nullification, as understood in South Carolina, to ridicule the Yankees and other Northern men, Among other matters, the hero nullifier relates that be had made a visit, (accompanied by a demon, or faxsiliar spirit,) to the infernal regions, There, among other noted perronages, he found Tristam Burges, who was in the sands of several devil turnspits, roasting be- fore a fire. Contriving, however, to eseape from his tor- mentors, Burges ascended a rock, and commenced a ha- rangue to the infernal audience. “Guided by reavon,” (he said,) ‘man bas travelled dhrough the abstruse re- gions of the philosophic world.’ At the terrible sound of the voice of the Rhode Islander, (the nullifier relates) the devils and those under their care, instantly fled in every direction, the eaverns of the infernal regions were deserted, and the nullifier and his devilish friend wok the opportunity to return to the earth, which they did through a certain cave in Kentucky. The course of Burges at college was marked by con- tinued appreciation, and # derire to excel in every depart ment. In the belles lettres studies he was a fine scholar, At that early period he,was distinguished for his attainments in oratory. Whenever he spoke his clasamates anticipated pleasere, and they were not disap- pointed, ‘This ditinetion in oratory was acquired, in a great measure, through the instruction and example of Doctor Maxcy, then President of the College. This gantle- man was a model in pulpit oratory, and deeply versed in nt etudies associated with eloquence, While in college, Burges had commenced the stndy of the law with Judge Barnes, of Providence, a distinguished lawyer of the time. Although his school oseupiod six hours in every day, Burges never failed in spending six hours in reading law. A few weeks before the time fixed for terminating his school keeping eareer, he was pressed to purchase a lottery ticket, the price of which was five dollars, He refused at first, as he had not thet amount of money in possession, but the Int tery manager offering to take his’ note, Burges comented, and the ticket drew a prize of two thousand collars, which afforded him permanent reliet, Now he devoted day and night to the stady of the law: and when admitted to practice ia Rhode Islas in 1709, at the age of twenty-nine yoars, be was thorough ly versed im all the principles of the profession, In the year 1801, Me. Barges married the danghter Mr. Welcome Argel], an emine Their married life extended through a lng series varied sometimes by the mnshine of gindnons, ines by gloomy distress; but to look wt tha’ the ofl eof jime, and shir pathway of thowe + walks of virtue ant daty of years and ot they le whi h che after he was aimitred to th Borges We t T sentha cause which ted, 80. per if jen, that he wes eq ient to be in the wrong. If posite party, before trial nt, av if Chey retlested | fils practice was very the n An nor and judgny Bt | died, extensive, and few important cases were in wh he was not en; |. The power of his eloquence was preme over judges, jurors, and spectators, When spoke the courthouse was often thronged, and none tened without a tribute of admiration. _ The bar of Rhode Island, about that ti in proportion its members, was as eminent Ws any in the United Sta David Howell, afterwards District Ju States Court, was among the aummber Me, Howell seas thorongh lawyer, @ fine scholar, and well versad in liberal sciences, James Burrill, 'Jr., was a member of ti same bar, and was acknowledged to be at its b ‘The members of the Providence bar requested Mr. Bury in January, 1821, to pronounce his eulogy, complied, and his production on that ‘a choice specimen of peculiar kind of writir affectionate, and fully comprehensive in its views the inind, character, and services of his distinguish friend. In its delivery, Mr. Burges was, perhaps, md successful in exciting delicate feeling, than he had beenon any previous occasion, This ‘may be attribu in part, to the theme, and the grief es, that obj munity of which Mr. Burrill had so lately been the p inent lawyers above mention and ornament. Besides the two ¢ who flourished at the Rhode Island har when Bi commenced his legal career, we may add, as able p titioners, the names of Asher Robbins, William Hunt Samuel W. Bridgham, jamin Hasard, Philip G and Nathaniel Searle,” With such men Mr. ciated; and side by aide, they contended for of jonor. During the latter part of Jefferson's administrati Mr. Burges began to take an active in poli discussion, It was about the time of the enactment the celebrated embargo law, and the conspi ous position of Mr. Burges, as a zealous fed and opponent of the measures of Mr. Jefferson, were 1d afterwards in the memory of those who listened to eloquence in those times. He was generally presew public meetings called by the federalists, ard on m oceasions made enthusiastic and successful addré He was usually requested to draw up resolutions memorials upon the political topics of the day. were remarka le for racy sentences and spirited appe But his attention was not confined to law and polit} ‘The ordinary business of the day finished, he was acd tomed to pursue fic investigations, elegant ture, and’ the study of the great modela of macient 4 tory. Besides his professional labors he contrib: argely to the periodical press, and by many essayy quired considerable reputation.’ He also delivered 4 ions before various societies, which were highly o mended ané widely cireulated. Having been elected one of the Representat rom }rovidence, in the spring of 1811, Mr. Bu ook his seat in the General Assembly of Rb ‘slard and was re-eleeted for the following ion. But the calls of his profession, and the pec state of parties at that time, compelled him to retire fj the Legislature. From this period until 1817 he pu: with diligence the practice of his profession. In month of May, of that year, he was appointed Chief tice of the Supreme Court of the state, to succeed Burrill, who Lad been elected United States Senator. the discharge of his duties as a judge, Mr. Burges learned, prompt and courteous—commanding respec| his talents, and adoring the judicial annals of ti This office, however, he held but one year, for tl eratic party gained the ascendancy, amd removed from the bench; affording ® striking illustration of| felly and insecurity of annual appointments of jud 4 Rhode ‘laland” He imediata i] w then practised in sumed his practice, and year after year aided to his f pe ssrceete. growing interest in oratory and t that time interest orat an lettres was felt in Brown University. The ularit Burges, as an orator and writer, indu e faa} to select him as Professor of Oratory and Belles Le\ that ancient institution. The duties of the professor he had performed with the same ability and enthusi duplayed in other matters. | During the period services the improvement of the students was a that the commencement exereises at Providence we puted to be superior to those of any university ia country. The lectures which he delivered were e: poraneous, and were fine specimens of the art whic was teaching. His election to Congress, and a law en by the corporation, obliged him to abandon the Prof ship, after having devoted several years to his dutie The friends of Mr. Burges desired to see him in rges Congress of the United States, that his great abi might be extended in a wider sphere, and the which he had acquired at tome vecome more gene} known. But they could mot with any confidence of cers solicit the sufirages of the people, on account of and te pre anom felt again spirit of partizanship prominent men of the federal party, after, the guishment of its power in Rhode’ island. * Preju Which had survived for s long period at last] gan to abate, and the attention of | many rected to the first favorable opportunity to forward Mr. Burges for Representative in In July, 1825, the nal friends of Mr. nominated him as a candidate against Mr. Kady, had been several years in Congress. A violent co versy arose, which was continued until the day of tion. Every frivolous objection was against claims of Mr. Burges, but he triun over all, was chosen by a considerable majority. At the time, Mr. Dutee J. Pearce was elected as his eolleagu they served together asthe Representatives from R Island, being continued ten years, by five successive} tions By the people. In December 1826, Mr. Burges first took his sq Congress. He had accepted the henorable trust wi sense of deep responsibility. He was to appear new, enlarged, and important sphere of duty. He surrounded by the talent, patriotism, and experien statesmen and legislators, The House of Reprosen' at that period exhibited a rare collection of em individuals. Webster was there, and Sergeant, ingston, McDuffie, and Everett. It was ino con effort to meet such men in debate, in the contests d triotism, and in all measures to promete the nat weal. Mr, Burges was conscious that perseveranc dustry, and ambition must be actively exercised in extensive field of intellectual trial, and well aware] no man of limited eapteity ean excel in the Cong the United States, How well the distinguished Islander acquitted himself the annals of Co during a period of ten years, He soon took the hi rank as a debater, and on all questions of importa: participated with zeal and enthusiasm. He was an pporter of the administration of John Quincy A and afterwards a most decided opponent of that of son; retiring from Congress before the advent of| Buren as Prerident, In January, 1838, Mr. Burges submitted a bill a port, us chairman of the Committee on Pensions, claims of the surviving officers of the Revoluti army. He addressed the House in a brilliant spee that subject. He desired that a law should be pas: the Revolutionary soldier, more considerable in an and more extensive in Application, than that finally prevailed. He wished to Provide not only fd surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution, bi the widows of those who had died before the p e law. On the subject of the tariff, in which his constit were deeply interested, Mr. Burges was always re debate and argument, being a decided advocate fo tecting duties on imports. He made many speec reply to the opponents of protection, among whom Messrs, MeDufie, Wickliffe, aud Daniel, Some of speeches were remarkable for their sarcastic wit, nuity, and spicy eloquence, In 1829 he made a po speech on the question of the claim of M. D’Auteri Louisiana, for pay for injury done toa slave, and for ical attendance upon him. This slave was ed at the defence of New Orleans, in. Jaq 1815. Mr. Burges opposed the claim, as most. of the members from the Northern § Mr. Everett, however, acted with the Southern mi en this ocetsion, and made an able argument in fa the claim. When Mr. Bruges concluded the argument 4 claim of D'Auterive, adwiration pervaded the v hole bly. Although men of commanding talents mingled debate, yet, Mr. Burges was among the first in the of oratory, the science of government, and varied | The South had been viclent; the North endeavored angry elements by argument and pe hen Mr. Burges spoke, and invoked the spi patriotism .o come over the House and dwell the: the sanctuary of freedom might be protected. citement on the occasion originated in a mivapprehi of Southern members with regard to the opinions of] from the North: but nothing important grew out d discussion in Congress. John Randolph, of Virginia, having been one United States Senator, returned to the House of. Rep| tutives in De ember,’ 1827. In the course of the sq he interrupted Mr. Burges in a speech on the tari made ure of some very sareastic remarks on him New England. Randolph w tomed.in his speee ridicule New England men and measures, and it w often chat a member was found who was willing the risk of replying to him. He more than met w match in Mr. Burges on the occasion referred to, a severe retort of the latter ix fresh in the memory of] at this day words :— “Sir, Divine Providence takes care of his own uni Moral monsters cannot propagate. Impotent of ing but malevolence of purpose, they can no oth multiply miseries, than by blasphetming all that ix pu prosperous, and happt could domon propagate di the universe might me a Pandemonium; bu jeice that the father of lies can never become the of liars. One adversary of God and manis enough ff universe. Too much! Oh! how too much fo) nation,”’ Mr. Randolph could not withstand the unparalle! verity of this retort. He ismsnediately left the Hal his voice was never raised there afterwards. After an active and arduous career of ten years i feress, and having taken part in a debate in many important measures, besides thore we have mention 1886 Mr. Burges retired to pkg: life, from which }} not again recalled, although his friends sought an ¢ tunity to send him to the United States Senate. Ci stances, however, proved unfavorable to his elect| that body, and the last cighteen years of his lon’ have been: passed in the shades of retirement. Mr. Bowen, of Providence, to whose clegant m¢ written in 1836, we are indebtea for part of the ci stances Barrated in this sketch, giver a correct sun} of the character and style of Mr. Burges as an 0, fram which we make a short extract:— “Mr. Burges’s style of speaking is often, too ment; occasion ia nice refine of language; yet hig style is formed on n model, and, therefore, the #1 of no other man. Itis’ his own, with its faults beauties, If one word could convey @ just idea «| whole, we should term it captivating. His voice remurkuble for its sweetness, but it is strong, and dee) ent intonat melodious. It is capable, too, exquisite variety of tonos, It will speak the calm rv The concluding part of if was in |. ings of philosophy and the exciting passions of the with inimitable power. His cadences fall upon t with a prolonges beapty, and hu emphasis and paus aemirably manased — His gestures are frequent, ye ployed only when the thought requires them, ’ Tb mphatic. His artisulutlon is. remarkabl , 9 is pronounced with a full deli ation. ve inh memory, and to pis roll of time seme m himself, has evi: been one of his cherishod desires, He is and therefore particiystes in that inf ated, of gicat minds; Washington, whic | ry, wich hay set imo vt those living” stars, shining with ad guiding to Union and Independenoe. iction in his . In 1526 nim wecomd dan aty-firt year qf hor age. She wen’ To li by the low of cl in the v