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© - Tho following lines seem to be the very essence of coule Pores Under the Daisies. love-sick woe,and yet they are too full. of feeling.sad- of tkat infidel, Jefferson, here, in this institution ?\ ~ tu \If I hear him or bis principles ness and poetry not to be called beautiful. They form the the matter of a very popular song, and many of its admirers will perhaps be glad to get the words. openly attacked I shall certainly de- CPORT, N. Y. SATUPA; FEBRUARY 25, 1871. euriosity . and. guspition . being thus aroused, she made further inquiry, and learned that he bad 2¢companied the: young lady and her friends to Albany. As such matters lose nothing by repe« him But when the ifiquir—y fend him. If, however, you will forbid tition, it was reportedighat Mr., Marcy I have just been learning thelesson of life- ' The aweot, sad lesson of loving s. _ And all that it teaches for pleasure or pain, Bean sadly. slowly proving. toc And all that is left of the glittering dream ° And its thousand brilliant phases Is a handfal.ot dust and a coftin-lid- A coffin under the daisies. And so L am glad that we lived as we did - Through the summer of life together, And that one of us tired and lay down to rest Ere the coming of winter weather. For the sadness in love is its growing cold, Yetis one of its surest phases, So I thank my God, with a breaking heart, For the coflin under the daisies. 'And thus forever throughout the world Is love a sorrow proving. |. ___. 'There are many sorrowfyfi things in life, 'But the saddest thingis loving. Tife often divides far wider than death, And fortune a strong wall raises; _ But better far than two hearts: estranged, Ts a coffin under the daisies. Incldonts in the Life of William L. Marcy-KEarly Defense of Jefferson and its Kosults -The Expulsion -Elope= ment with a Proity Heiress-A Judgo of the Supremo Court, Tnrilling Scene In the Trial of the Morgan Abductors -Death Scene. From Proctor's Bench and Bar.. _ William L. Marcy was born at Stur- bridge, now Southbridge, Worcester Co., in the State of Massachusetts, December 12, 1786. : from one of the oldest fawilies in his native State. - His father was Jedediah Marcy, a respectable farmer in com- fortable circumstances. was in his fifteenth year he : an institution at Leicester, Massachu- | lege. ** When William was sent to | forbidden, : setts, known as the Adams Academy, | for tile; purpose of preparing for col- . At this time the strufgle between all allusion to politics here, I will most cheerfally subscribe to the rules,\ said Marcy., - \It is my duty, sir, to expose error and wickedness in all ways, and in every manner, and to teach my pupils to do the same, and, therefore, cannot establish such a rule,\ said the doctor, students to discuss politics, you should \! give others-the same privilege,\ said the young man. \No sir; not when one side pro- poses to advocate infidelity and all manner of evil,\ said the doctor. \Who is to be the judge as to what political principles are erroneous 2\ asked Marcy. must abandon all public utterance 0 your sentiments here.\ ° «And if I do not obey this order, what is to be the consequence ?\ \You will be expelled from the in- ~Istitution, sir,\ said the doctor with some warmth. \This is bigotry and injustice, Dr. Adams, and I shall leave your institu- tion. My father will sustain me in He was descended | refusing to remain where free discussion is not tolerated-where narrow, big- oted sentiments. can be advanced in the hearing of those who differ from them, and as for Mr. Jefferson his memory will be venerated long after his traducers are forgotten,\ said the student, the deep glow on his cheek and the fire in his eye evincing the depth of the feelings which prompted this answer. The next day he returned \Then -sir, if you allow one class of \I sm, sir; and to be plain, you | P\ f indon treran f| with them ; he had not even been seen and where the privilege of replying is | p the Federalists and the Democrats, or: Jefersonians, was beginfing to attain .that point of uncomprotifising bitter ness which - eventually {rendered .it memorable in the history fof the nation. Mr, Adams, the pruicipal of the acaderiy, notwithstandifg his many virtues and rare qualif@ations as a : teacher, was a strong pdlitician and a bigoted Federalist. Young Marcy in- | 'herited from his father strong ' Democtatic tendencies fwhich grew | \heart.\ i with his growth and \ Witlhhis years. '> fastening his shoes with fi§urings instead ~ of elaborate buckles, avfil in putting strengthened w Thomas Jefferson vwfls thenf‘tlie coming man ; his simplef manners, his opposition to the aristoctatic tenden- | cieg of the Federal leadefs, which then exhibited itself Sin con{bing his hair out of pigtails, discarding; hair powder, wearing pantaloons inatezgd of breeches, the fine gentlemen quige out of his All this was pileasing-nay, captivating to those who preferred plain democracy to imilations of the courts and customs of Earopean sov- ersigns. To young Dempcracy, there- fors, Jefferson, \the scholar, the phi- losopher, and the jurist,\ became a fa- vorite and leader; whils, on the con- trary, \his very name was a horror \o' the Federalist,\ who represented him as an infidel, to whom the Bible was repugnant and religion hateful So terrible did his name at length become to his opponents that many pious old ladies talked of secreting their Bibles in strong boxes, in case he should be elected President, to prevent him from committing them to the flames,. Dr. Adams shared liberally in this hatred of Jefferson, and frequently prayed, \in earnest wrestling,\ that the country might be protected from his influence. There was a debating society con- nected with the academy, to which young Marcy belonged. Though very young, he was one of the chief dis- © putants, but the partisan sentiments of 'the principal prevailed in the society. In the difcussions Jefferson and his principles were often assailed with great bitterness, The young student admired the rising statesman, and he repelled theso attacks single handed and alone. 'The ability which he dis- played in his defence began to exert an influence in the institution. At length several of the students united with him, and Marcy found himself the centre of a small but increasing Ruby. Dr, Adams saw this, and deemed it his duty to interfere. Ac- cordingly, he summoned the young man before him for the purpose of expostulating with him upon the course he was pursuing, in advancing his b p To his surprise, he found the young Dem- covst as firm and unflinching in his X J It was in vain that the goo \tor reasoned, threatened and gajodlleéi ° (E was met with arguments which puz- zled him to answer, and which were firmly but modestly maintained. At length Mr. Adaras saw that matters dangerous political sentiments. présence as he was in the debate. must be brought to a decided point. \Ar I to understand, then,\ said he \that you are determined to openlf home and faithfully related to his father all that occurred between: him- self and Dr. Adams. banner to the enemies of Thomas paratory course, 'and, then- entered Brown's University ' at > Providence, «You did right, justright, my boy,\ said the father. (\Never furl your Jefferson, and never turn your back on the Democratic ship, which under his command is bound on a long and prosperous voyage.\ |___ Marcy soon after entered another scademy where he conipleted his pre Rhode Island, where in July, 1808, he graduated. ~ Having decided to enter the legal profession he removed to Troy, where he completed his legal studies and commenced practice. * .* * 'Those who knew him at this period describe him as a person careless in his dress, whose boots were strangers to polish, whose har, to: say the least, never appeared in \Hyperion curls,\ and who would have been regarded by His office was directly opposite a fashionable female seminary. In pleas: ant weather the young lawyer was in the habit of sitting:qn the verandah which surrounded his office, with his feet on the railing in front of him, watching the gambols of the young ladies on the play ground or engaged in reading. Though he was wanting in those exterior qualities which con- real character abilities. -one whose: \happy heart sparkled in her face.\ lawyer. intellect. conversation which unconsciously re no affair of the heart mingled with it | cretly receiving the visits of Mr. Mare + came repeated. permission to visit Albany advocate the cause and the principle \husband Mr. Marey renewed his ac- quaintance with the Troy school girl] strangers as a dull and inactive mammarfi stitute what is called a ladies' man, 'his society was by no' means distateful to the fair sex, especially those who had the penetration to understand his and appreciate his Among the more advanced pupils of the Seminary was a young lady from Massachusetts, an heiress, very beauti- ful, and very pleasing in her manners- accomplished, intelligent and talented and innocent For some time there existed a respectful friend- ship between the lady and the young She was pleased with the graces of his mind, the variety of his knowledge, and the superiority of his There was a charm in his | vealed the future statesman; but there was no romance in their friendship- Though their meetings were not fre- quent, and nothing in them to attract much attention, yet a rumor reached the preceptress that the lady was se- As such things were stricly forbidden by the rules of the institution, it be- her duty to investigate the matter, but as she discovered nothing to confirm the report it was dismissed, though the rumor was occasionally One day, the young lady obtained with some relations who had called upon her. Some time after her departure it oc- curred to one of the pupils that al- though the day was pleasant, the young lawyer was not in his accus tomed place, and she learned, on ins quiry, that he had not been seen there and the lady hadlel‘fafi‘fifi for the pur pose. of being married. This rumor ran like wild fire through the institu- tion, and soon reached the ears of the faculty. The wholé Seminary was the scene of great excitement; then, indeed, «thers was, hurrying to and fro.\ Consternation 'was on every side. Cupid had found a within those rooms - dedicated to Science alone; one of their farrest inmates had yielded to his witchery, and fled to the bowers of love. Loos The fugitives werellffnmethely pur« sued. The lady anger friends were found at. a hotel fM quietiy enjoying themselves f but, to the sur- rise of the pursuers} Marey was not by any of them that day,. It hap«} pened that shortly after tlie lady and her friends left Troy, Mr, Marcy, having business at Albany, proceeded to the city. alone Wy stage. Having transacted his busingss; he returned at 'an early. hour, toithe surprise. and astonishment ot the citizens: of Troy who had heard of his elopement with the pretty heiress,; .; His own astonish» the commotion which he had uncon- sciously caused in. the Seminary, es- ecially when he'learned that during | the day, throughout the city, it was believed he had a@sconded, having 2: clandestine marriage in view ; that for the time being he had abandoned the law for Gretna Green. Nothing could exceed the chagrin of the pursuers on learning how sadly they had been de- ceived. For a long time the affair. caused much merriment. None, how» ever, enjoyed the joke more than Mr. Marcy and his fair friend. At length the lady graduated and. returned to her friends, retaining the highest esteem for the young lawyer, who, she often predicted, would make his way to fame. In the course of time she married a highly respectable gentleman, who, while Mr. Marcy was U. S. Senator, was often at Wathings« ton. As 'the lady accompanied her of other days. j She was now an ele. gant, accomplished and fascinating woman, and he a Senator in Congress, ranking with the great and illustrious of the nation. \This is Hon. William L. Marcy, with whom I once eloped. L trust you will forgive him, as you have me, for it was only an indiscretion of our youth,\ said the lady 'on the intro- I #s Ed f Onthe 15th of January, 1829, Mr. Marcy was nominated by Govenor Van Burenag, an Associate Justice of #H€ Suprene Cours. ' He was duly confirm ed, and immediately entered on the duties of his office. His appointment was highly satisfactory to the bar of the State. Soon after his appointment he was directed by the Governor to preside at a Special Oyer and Terminer, held at Lockport for the trial of the als leged murderery of William Morgan. Prominent among those who were charged with complicity in that mys= Morgan was confined init. At the time. this trial occured . anti-masonry politics of the State. «This, of course, judge one of great delicacy and difficul- childhood, and up to the period of his one of the great parties in the State, yet few men were better qualified to hold the balante between political ex- citement and the inflexibility of the laws than he. .| - When Gol. Jewett came to the bar for trial, there was one individual who knew, or who was supposed to know, the full exten; of bis guilt. This was Orsamus Tumer. He was duly sub- y. | posnsed as a witness, and amid the most profousd and breathless silence took the stind; the vast audience which had oavhered to hear the trial, puuighed. John C. Spencer, slat all glaring the forenoon. f # # fre* Her | 1 Ne wpe oa s 4 > as oo Tcs Co alf To out - §! & ol d Con lof o] (Fie 'spread the face of Turmer as the quese ment was unbounded when he learned 'sponsé to it. him in golitary confinement until you | David. \¥ oodcock of Ithaca, a distin- duction of heg‘husband to Mr. Marcy. terious affair, was Col. Ezekiel Jewett, the Commandér of Fort Niagara when |- had become one of the elements in the rendered the position of the presiding ty.. But although a politician from his appointment to the high judical posi- tion which he then occupied, ardently engaged in promoting the prosperity of believed the hour had come when the fate of Williim Morgan was to be re- vealed to the world and his murderers . who had labored with untiving zeal, who had devoted the strength of his great intellect to |. the task of unmasking the mystery p which enshrouded this great offence, and who had thus far been baffled in every effort, now believed that his | p hour of triumph had come. With calm emphasis the witness answered the pre: touching the guilt of the accused was propound- ed, a paleness overspread his features, with rigid determination his lips closed, a look of unflinching obstinacy shot from his eyes, and no further answer} could be extorted from him. The si- lence of the witness gave a deep and painful interest to the scene, an inter= est which almost suspended the respit«= ation of many in the court room, pro- dicing those emotions which are al-' ways experienced when watching & | person known to be in the act of bring» ing upon himself some fearful doom, and who 'calmly and deliberately: awaits his fate. - Presently the smothering silence was | ' brokentby the deep, voice of the Judge saying, in a voice and tone which none \ Witness, are you aware of the cons sequences of your refusal to answer ?\ ~\ Iam,\ was the firm reply. __ - _ \ Witness, it is not only upon you but upon society that the quences will flow from your refusal ; and ouce more the court will give you an opportunity to save yourself from the consequences of your rash obstin- acy,\ said the Judge. -* j 'The question was repeated by Mr. Spencer. 'The faint flush which over- tion fell upon his ears, was the only re Another momentous Sis lence followed. It was momentary, however, just long enough to indicate that the witness did not intend to an- swer. ‘ \ Sherif,\ said the Judse, \ convey the witness to the common jail, keep are directed to discharge him by the Court.\ _. - That officer approached with his as- sistants, and through the densely crowded room. Orsamus Turner was conveyed to the dungeon of Lockport jail.: Long and weary was his confine» ment, but with his captivity his ob: stinacy increased, and as he never answered, the fate of Morgan was never revealed, except by uncertain rumors ; and if murdered. his assassins escaped the punishment due their crime, leaving them to answer that dread. Being, who said \Thou shalt not kill.” $tml s .~:-,,'_‘ 1} ' » a In s us {ol' 'One of the 11:3”171139 nt features in the character of Judge Marcy, was his ability as a judical writer. The late guished lawyer and an eminent Rep- resentative in Congress, once remark- ed that \William L. Marcy's style, as alegal writer, is not excelled by any Judge in America, and what is more commendable in him, he did not loose sight of the substance in his style.\ The language of Mr. Marcy, like that of Burk, was calculated to make men think, It is said that Chatham could rouse the fancy of the multitude and wield its energies as he pleased ; while! Burk carried conviction into the retir- ed and lonely student. Here, perhaps, the analogy ends between Burk and Marcy, for the power which governed the mind of tne former was imagina the face of the apparent sleeper, and. felt the cold clammy presence of death. The form-all that was mortal of Wil- liam L. but William L, Marcy could assume: || this season, in many J larger towns,.on Charles Dickens,\ by \Miss Kate Field.\ the lecturer comes 'through the public papers, ) of unreproached life,. some literary cul« Marcy wag before him, but the spirit had fled. \There in : the silence of. his study without a Struggle, he calmly left the . world. - On removing bis brag), it prfied to 1 oem, Grays Elegy in &.. COUuNVL Iéhuréh : ¥ yam—thin poem which in 'departed years had been his solace and delight,. was. the dast object on which his eyes rested: ere they closed forever. from the time he retired from the cares of State, he died. e the book frqm be . his favorite . country 'Fhus, four months £0. & day ; E ean - Lyceum And Pulpit. ._ From the Churchmati. © _ ||| A popular lecture has been delivered of -our cities and All we know of but she appears to be a person turé, bright faculties, and fair clocu- tion. | In the course of the lecture oc\ curs the following passage, which is reported verbatin, if. it is not. copied from the manuscript: oe \The lecturer defended Dickens against the charge of irreligion ., with much warmth.. In concluding her des fence, she said ; _ 'Is Dickens no Chris- tain because he did not go to church ? And why did he stay away ?¢ Not. willingly, for he often expressed bis regret at his inability to accompany bis family, but because the sermons preached did not please him.. Ib was- physically and mentally impossible for him to sit through an ovdinary sermon» God's beautiful world, not man's nar- 'let us all be heathens! capes being misinterpreted ~likewise escapes being head and shoulder above his fellows. Who wears a crown at 'all\ must wear a crown of thorns;\\ It-may be questioned whether the defence of the faith requires us to take notice of words so frivolous and foolish as these, spoken by a young woman. But they have been spoken already to 'many thousands of people of the more - respectable classes of American society and will be spoken, probably, to as many more. © They are part of a per- formance which is brought forward, in most places, under Christian patrons, and is generally - commended, we ob- serve, by the: religious as well- as the. secular press. | It strikes us that the defence of the faith does not corsict in merely resisting the: heavy attacks of a few learned skeptics, whose books are too big 'and dull. to read by the people, and letting the gilded mischief and sugared poison of the lecturé-stand and the cheap magazine go unnoticed. There has long been reason for grave doubt whether the lecture.. system in vogue for the last few years is a bene- fit or a curse-t. e., whether it really tion, while the latter was wanting in imagination and fancy ; but he united the. two extremes-refinement and strength; his writings were confined to the themes of wise law givers-rea- sons of the law and those considerati- ons which relate to the civilian and the legislator. ri - In March 1857 at the close of Mr, Pierce's . administration, Mr. Marcy retired to private life, never again to be oppressed with cares of State or burdened with official duties. : He now entered upon a life congenial to his taste, his age, and for which he had long been anxious to_resignthev pomp of power and the objects of ambition. For thirty-four years, he had occupied cfficial position. As a Judge-Govy=- _ernor of his State,Senator in Congress and Cabinet Minister, he fiésseé through many. gradations up to the runk of distinguished American states: man, and diplomists and now with the Fifth he retired from the scenes of am bition to seclusion and pesce, where with books-with his chosen compan« ious, in the pleasures of int cl: utual con- vfiersatibn, his days passe! pleasently y. Poul .On the 4th of Angusu,, 185%, Mr Marcy, retired to his library as usual. An hour and a half passe! away, when a friend called to see him. Fle was dis rected to the library, where, s a sort of privileged person, this friend bad often conversed with the Soatesman. He knocked at the door; receiving no answer, he presumed upon his privi« lege, and entered. Mr. Marcy lay ap- arently asleep upon a sofa, with a book open and turned down lipon his breast. His features were calm and eaceful; but a second look revealed. something unnatural in the genoral appearance of his face. . His friend ap- Sn iminary questions which were put to proached nearer-Ilaid his hand upon philosophy of a Dioclesian or Charles | dispenses more truth or error, Many good men, feeling themselves ina measure accountable.. for the founda- tions of morality and religion in the communities where they live, have 'been surely perplexed as to their duty, reluctant to assume an aspect of nar- rowness and bigotry by opposing this | class of entertainments, or even by in« sisting that the names of notorious un« believers shall be left off from the list of performers, on the one hand, and, on the other, still more relucant to en- courage, directly or indirectly, the systematic promulgation of flings, and witticisms, and sneers at Christianity and its ordinances,, which are sure to suit and strenghten the irreligious propensities of the worse portion of every miscellaneous assembly, and which are all the more difficult to: because they never assume the dAcfiniteness of a direct statement or a course of argument. - There are probably very few con. scientious ministers of the Gospel in the land, laboring and watching for the souls in 'their charge, who have not been bitterly hurt and eruelly hins dered by some of these itinerant\ prop agandists of a conceited and superficial infidelity. 'The indications are, how. ever, that the reckless wrongdoers themselves are rapidly relieving us of any. doubt where the line of loyalty to God really runs. 'They | first violate the law of honor, if not of honesty, by breaking over the rule of religious neutrality, which common consent has imposed on these occasions of common literary amusement, wounding the sa- cred convictions of a portion of their hearers; and then they go on to affront the Almighty by «an absurd trifling with His mysteries. It must be an extraordinary faminé of intellectual advantages, in city or village, that [coxncuupED ox BIGETE Mei] Would you quarrel with An- _ m: gelo for takmg lessons of a sign pair ter? Charles Dickens' church was 16 f ‘ 116 row tabernacle If it be a heathen; \*' -f &
