ay from conduct and character the agreeable varieties of light and shade.
It is a very ancient remark, that folly has its corner in the brain of every wise man; and certain It is, that not the poets only, like Tasso, but the clearest minds, Sir Isaac Newton, Pascal, Spinoza, have been deeply tinged with insanity.
Perhaps Williams pursued his sublime principles with too scrupulous minuteness; it was at least natural for Bradford and his contemporaries, while they acknowledged his power as a pren his death-bed, he published to the world that the sun is the centre of our system; if the name of Kepler
Chap. IX.} is preserved in the annals of human excellence for his sagacity in detecting the laws ofthe planetary motion; if the genius of Newton has been almost adored for dissecting a ray of light, and weighing heavenly bodies as in a balance,—let there be for the name of Roger Williams at least some humble place among those who have advanced moral science, and made themselves the benefa
Reminiscences of Governor Brooks. written by Caleb Swan (about 1856).
In writing to the earliest of Sir Isaac Newton's biographers, Pope expressed a desire to have some memoirs and characters of him as a man.
This desire is very general, to know something of the character, disposition and habits of public men. I regret the author [Dr. John Dixwell] has not given us some anecdotes of Governor Brooks, to show the love, regard and esteem that was felt for him by his townsmen and neighbors, as well as their great respect for his patriotism and talent.
Governor Brooks was an elegant and excellent horseman, and next to Washington no one looked better on horseback at a military parade.
Mr. Brimmer, of Boston, said it was a pleasure to see him on Boston Common.
He always rode on horseback to visit his patients when the weather would permit.
When the boys of the town met him riding and took off their hats to him he always lifted his hat in return very pleasantly and gracefully.
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Appointments, &c.
--Isaac Newton, a member of the Society of Friends, formerly of Philadelphia, but now a farmer, residing in the Neabsco estate, in Prince William or Stafford county, Virginia, is urged by his friends for the office of Superintendent of the Agricultural Bureau of the patent Office, recently made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Clemson, son-in-law of the great Calhoun.
Major Ben Perley Poore has been appointed clerk to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, in place of Wm. M. Burwell, of Virginia, resigned.
J. H. Wheeler, Ex-Minister to Nicaragua, has been removed from the position of document clerk in the Interior Department.
Sergeant Pierce, of the company of sappers and miners, now stationed here, has been appointed and commissioned Second Lieutenant.
Samuel Caldwell, of Pa., has been appointed to a first class $1,200) clerkship in the Interior Department.
John McRae, of Va., a first class ($1,200) clerk in the Census Office, resig
A New species of rye.
--A new species of rye, indigenous to California and remarkable for the largeness, plumpness and beauty of grain, has been exhibited in Washington.--Mr. Isaac Newton, the newly appointed Superintendent of the Agriculture Bureau, connected with the Department of the Interior, has received a small supply of the grain and will distribute it among the farmers is different parts of the country.
Its yield is said to be very great, reaching even, on poor land, fifty bushels to the acre.
d occasioned by the death of little Willie Lincoln.
He was a boy of such promise that all who became acquainted with him had predicted for him a career of no ordinary character.
Young as he was, he impressed every, one who came in contact with him as a youth who was destined to become a man of rank.
The body of Willie Lincoln was embalmed to-day by Drs. Brown and Alexander, assisted by Dr. Wood, in the presence of the attending physicians, Doctors Stone and Hall, Senator Brownig and Isaac Newton.
The method of Sagnet, of Paris, was used, and the result was entirely satisfactory to the attending friends of the family.
Thaddeus, the youngest son of the President is still dangerously ill. Fears are entertained that his disease will assume the type which proved fatal to his brother.
Capture of Clarksville — a Ridiculous rumor about Government Harris, &c. St. Louis, Feb. 20, 1862.
To Major General McClellan:
Clarksville is taken, with supplies enough for our ar
o those presenting claims for back pay. The decision of the Second Comptroller, recently made, giving pay to a brigadier-general from date of commission, on the ground that serving and fighting in that grade from such date was virtual acceptance, does not apply to regimental or company officers.
These latter are entitled only from actual muster-in by a competent officer — they being regarded as commissioned, taking rank and having pay only from muster-in.
Agricultural Bureau.
Hon. Isaac Newton, Commissioner of Agriculture, is supplying all the Southern members of Congress with seeds; and also furnishing his report for distribution throughout the Southern States.
A caucus of Southern members.
A caucus of all the Southern members now in the city was held evening before last, at which they resolved to go home and remain until after the 4th day of March, 1866.
Privateers fitting out.
It is reported that information has been received here of the fitting out of o
