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RFP'IKT
Os the Committee on Finance.
THE committee on Finance, beg leave
lo r. port, that tl»c> have devoted a consi
derable portion of time, accompanied by
mncli deliberate-cons.deration, to the ex
amination .f tl,c public Treasury, ami
found that warrant* drawn on the l ita
surer, his entri.s in hm books, hisabstract
j;iv.t report ts the comptroller of the a
m-.unt of monies received and warrants
nu d by the said Treasurer m the last po
litical yea.-, perfectly »mtt W*
mount of money reported to be V> thc
Treasury on the 4th. day of November as ,
lias been found by the committee, a.so
con rd.
The committee on Finance further re
noti.lhat tliev consider it a; coming wiin
in die nob ere of their duty, to exhibit as
fwd and complete an exposition of the re
ctirds ami expenditures of '.be 1 mills of
tin s ate, ui they are enabled lo do, from
t t, £ means under their inspection and con
lr d : To allow for what purposes snd ser
vices warrants have been drawn on the
Tit'vmrv, the Treasurer's Abstract with
xhe Comptroller's statement, la saUafado
tmd 1 which, particularly shew from
u horn. And what the amount received
h the Treasurer in the lasi political year
A o of public money,
•he committee have not. within their p0w
,,,. „iv means of information for what ser
*!, „ warrants were drawn on the contm
■jrViit fund, except by a resort to the state
nn-nt of warrant* of the Executive,
d awn on tins fond, and reported by <he
-p..., A.w.fc*
mi imd convention.
'l l, ; committee on Finance, have there-,
foie arranged in a manner they deemed
the most accurate and comprehensive, a
list of warrants f>r wlial services drawn
|,< jt\e Executive on UIC entmgent fu d
fiM k 18?i, and the unexpended b dunce of
tin. contingent fund <f 18 ’O. The sub
j lined statement issubstai tiatly ittken.fi oin
tin- 'xecotivcs exhibit of statement i.f war
nin' t drawn on the contingent fnnas, and
communicated to both branches of the
l.ngktatui c, atilie commencement of the
pretent session to-wit ;
A Statement of Warrants drawn on the
Treasurer, during the Polincal Year,
1821, or b uweeu the first Monday in
November, 182 d. and tne first Monday
in November, 1321, agreeable lo the
Executive Report.
PENITENTIARY.
Conti fen: PvwloJ 1820.
tftrqember 6,. 1820 —David fc,
Kemp, for conveying Convict
from Wayne county, £lB4 874
Solomon Kemp, do do Seri*
.27 i mjAHifo ».u., 1° 25
m county, 1® '
Dg James Riley- do 3 do Jones
eonntv, . , 70 63
Wit'iam J.amkm, do 1 do
Richmond do “3 6 $
(Srtit, 27—-John McConnell, do do
II I'! do i 99 32
October 6—William Niabet, do
du Gwinnett do 3f>:f
£794 02;
Charged to C iirtingent Fund, 1821.
tJunniiry 7 —l-aic I) f-y'"', tor
t, . expense of conveying con
viei f,o'. Cbatbam, 26 50
jf :t -tU 13 —U nb. n Mann, do
un 2 no Morgan, 52 1?$
Wilev Uelshcr, do do 1 do
Twiggs, 20
I', • Mi ad. Beall, do do 2 do
V.u-.klid, 1 89 121
2 —, oHcnh Sni th, do do 1 do
Eiber.; , , H 4 621
26 Http jamiu Williamson, do do
2, (lb fomnoi, 50
Ahril 9—Ab II M'Cormick, do
—\ Warretf, 72 31
2 ilo
MfiS 2—S. W. B uunt, do~Qtr ,
tp. Borkc, 58 06J
y tv 12—James W.T.amkin, do
d 1 d<> Richmond, 55
St/iumhrv 11—Allen Belabor, do
d i 1 do Twiggs 25
October I—Hi It,mon 'Kemp, do
do 1 do benven, 123 874
1160 12}
state and government house
C'mrgtd to Contingent Fund, 1820,
'Wov'mber B—John Luc s, for
Making pavement in front of
Government House, digging
■ and nailing with sionc, a well
on Government Lot; 250
•29 Marlow L Pryor, work done
the G v rnmenl House, 100
J) member JJ —John Lucas, ba- .
laucc due him for digging and
w.tiling with rock, u well on
G.ivernmen' Lot, and paving
lii front of Government House, 60 40
January 3, iß2l—William U.
Clark, balance due him for
paml and oil, and painting the
G iverunumt M:>use and two
om houses on Government
*.oi, 520 67
£9.0 07
Charged to Contingent Fund, 1821.
H eh —Appleton .Vos^eUT,
1 time, pAiuia, (Jc puruias. d
ot him, and an advance lo ena
ble him to purc'iase an ad li
ti ’n* 1 aupely ol lime and piais
ter of Fans, and to p»y the
/■eight of the same, to be used
in - pairing die State House,
oi which sum, £531 124 cts.
have been returned, a,id of tne
article > *purdi. s d, a q mntily
remains, a Inch c,n be dispos
ed of without less, j 825
July 12—Marlow L. Pryor, bn
in ice due h.m for repairs done
on G ivemnv-ni. House, 251 18
»s—W.ilum U. Clark,
pun. tug ie rout, cupaio, kc.
of tile Surttt-Uousv, 304
September 26—William Tbomrfs
advance made him on account
of his contract to rrpair the
plaistcring in the Stale House* l° u
jV> vernber 3Wm B Clark, paint
ing and glazing in the B<a'e-
Ilouse, as per account render
cd. 2_-
2660 13
MILITARY.
Charged to Contingent Fund, 1820.
November 7—Wm Hamilton, lor
his services as Brigade Inspec
tor to General Blacksliear a
Brigade, , . 4J
10—Thomas Dawson, do do
Gen Beall’s Brigade, 48
18—Everitt Waodham, do on
Court Martial, for trial Captain
H. Mitchell, . * 4 ’
25—David Kegister, do for rul
ing express for Gen Black
shear,
. 38- -Robert Jones, do «« Brigade
Inspector to Gen G.ascock 3
Brigade, ... 8 °
December 5 — V) Rankin, do on
Cour Martial) for trial of Capt.
11. Mitchell, 1 J
9 m. p-. Boraclair, as Inspector
of Gen. Walker’s Division, 5G
12— Wm. Beal, do do for Beall’s
Bilgade, in the year 1819 and
1820 170
16—Cnpts. Parr and Dean, on
Court Martial for trial of Capt.
11. Hiiclie.il 27 80
January 17, 1321—James I’elot,
do as Inspector of the Ist Bri
gade, Ist Division,
February i9—M. F Boisclair, do
do Gen. Walker’s Division, 168
May 4—H- nry Harris do on
Court Mania, for trial of Capt,
n Mitchell, 14
727 92}
Charged to Contingent Fund, 1821.
December 26, 1820 —John Dajly,
for his pay as military store
keeper, at Jefferson, Camden
couvty, 5- 7j
r /aiinary 4, 1821 —John G. Bos
lor d,‘*d'iZ£tX‘ : Vim.y&'itfr.
glide, 120
February s—Peter Farr, for pay
ing the Guard kept in the
State-House, Ist quarter, 2-10
Alexander Greene, for his
pay as Military store keeper,
in Jl/dledgeville, 100
—F. M. Stone, do do do Sa
van nab, 60
7 —Josi li Newton, for his servi
ces on Court Via. ial fur the
trial of Cap., II Mi cliell 12
13— Elijah Jordon, do do do 16
JiLty 7— Peter Farr, for pay of
tb° Guard kept in the Stale
Hon e, 2d quarter, 257 50
—Alexander Giecue, for his
pay as A/uitary store keeper
at Milledgeville, 100
—F. ,11. Stone do do do Sa
vannah, 6®
12—John G Bostick, for Ida ser
vices as Inspector of General
Hilton’s Brigade, 33
22 —Wm. Hamilton, for his ser
vices as Inspector of Black
shear’s Brigad , 40
July 30—A. F P.-nzier, do on
MrS tfavu? 1 nn tr,al 01 Ca l )U „
lugvut 6—Peter Farr, fop his
pay of Guar. 1, kept in State-
House. 3<l quarter, 247 50
6 —U. ,1 Greene, do as Military
Slot" Keeper, Milledgcville,
.1.1 qua ter, 100
6 • F M Stone, do do do Sa
*. annah, 3 1 do 60
Abtvember 3—Peter Farr, for
Guard kept in State-House,
4 h do 245
. J--11. A. Greene, fop-hi» nay ns
Military store keeper,Aiidedge
vill ■, 4 h tlo 100
3—F M. Stone, do du do
Savannah, dtli do 60
1911 42
POSTAGE.
Charged to the Contingent Final, 1320.
JVuvembev 10—Daniel Sturjes,
tor postage of Surveyor’s let
ters und small articles, Survey,
or .general’s Office, 21 40
22—Tboh, M. Hradi.iid, fur letters
and newspapers to, and letters
from Executive, 161 32
Charged In the Contingent Fiend,
Jitmiiiiy 17—Thos >1 Ifirid'ord,
fur Toslage of l.eiurs and
Newspapers fn, and Letters
font Executive, 140 374
.Ifarch 21—Do do do do 192 Itvf
.dugust 10 —Do do do do 3J5 12}
November 3—Do do do do 2GB 70
916 38£
For Kxplovinu; Oqnefanoca
swamp, surveyin'; and extra
expenses of the late Lottery.
Charged to the Contingent Fund, 1820.
December 20—Wm. Cone, for his
services a-i Commissioner to ex
plore Oquefauocn Swamp, 459
January 11 H& II Wood, for
preparing tickets for lottery,
under act 15ih December,
1818, 541 88
1000 88
Changed t-' the Contingent Fund, 1821.
December 2d —John H. Broadnax,
for liis services as Mathemati
cian in surveying Oquctanoca
Swrmp, agreeable to a resolu
tion, dated 18th December,
1820. 1870
Wds n Connor, balance for
Ids services and expenses as
Commissioner 10 explore the
Oqnef'uiioca Swamp, 503
22—Elisha Wood, lor pay to dif
ferent persons employed to ar
range, by (toil..lies, alphabetical
lists of fortunate drawers to be
print.- t, 495
January s—Glenn &. Harris, for
an advance of £4OO each, pur
suant to « resolution, 21st De
cember, 1820, as Surveyors of
12th & 13 'i Districts, Appling,
which appointment was re
linquished in Gknn, slid the
money turned over to H. Law
son, apoointed to survey said
district, SCO
SejitembesQ —Daniel Sturges, for
■*•
~ *>
(hrnishing ir.strucriorj find
plans annexed of five new coun
ty and District UrtviJV “f Crain. J
paid for work done, lor Survey
or General’s Office, etc.
§3733
INSOLVENT LIST-
Charged to the Contingent Fund, 1820. ; -
November 21—Timothy llcpkins,
for his insolvent List, as Tax
Collector, Camden county, oo
Jugutl 9. 18i!l—.lam' S Eppin- -
i'cr. do do Chatham couu- ,
ty-for 1818 and 181* 636 56 t,
712 94
Charged to the Contingent Fund, 1821.
February 27—'Thomas Anderson,
his Insolvent List, aj lax Col
lentor, for Wilkes couiiiy* 1819, 7*.
April 3—Joseph Riley, do do fl
Greene county do " r
175 97 ]
P HINTING. e
Charged to the Contingent Fund, 1823. j
November 6—Philip C. Guieti, t
for publishing in Washington a
News the Laws Os South Ca- «
rnlina,.on Tree Schools, 50 t
.l/i’HT, 1821—Grantlunu 5; Ormc
Printing for Executive and OHi- •
ces of Secretary of Slate and l
Surveyor Gineral, and also for t
fifty copies of Clayton’s Ocor- ;
gia Justice, 75 ,
988 75 .
Charged to the Contingent Fund, 1821. ,
December 2 I —CaOmk Ifines,
tor printing done foe Surveyor i
General’s Office, from 93J i
\i av * 1819 to llth December,
1829, 446 25
February 7Do do Secretary of
State's Office,
March 17—Do do Laws and
Journals, and Resolution# of
1820, 2669 37 1-2 ,
17_.|)m done for executive, from
21 si April, 182') to 31st Janu
art-,1821. 239 62 1-2
Jlpril 7 Grantland and Orme,
printing for Executive and of
•» o •'» UluV u tltld
Surveyor General, and also for
fifty copies of Clayton’s Geor
gia Justice, 938 75
April 18—T S Hannon , an ad
van :e made him to Print' and.
Hind 2000 Copies of Lamar’s
Compilation of the Laws of this
‘Hate, 4000
May 15—F S Fell, Three years
subscription of Savannah lie
puhlican, and priming for
State, 49' 871 2
Halls. 8529 87 1-2
Misrellii neons'.'
Charged to the Contingent Fund 1820.
November 27—Dan’) Sludges For
Iron Bailing in Survey r Ge
neral’s Office, so protection
of maps, and paid express-to
tlie Surveyor of the 10th Dis
trict, Irwin, S 3 58
28—John Springer, Hiding F.x
presn,from Executive to Elec
tors of President and Vice Pre
sident, 24
30—A. Hoodie, Five Wood fur
Express from Executive noti
fying Gen. J h' M’lntosh, his
appointment of Elector o)' Pre
sident St Vice Pi esid'eni.U S. 50
7—John M’lntosh, for the pay
of the Electors of Preslcent
and Vice President, U S, 436
Charged to the Contingent Fund, .1821
23—Elish. Wood, for paying
small incidental contingent ex
penses, in the Executive Of
fice, and other small accounts
against the State, (as filed in
Executive Office ) 500
January 3 Ginn it Curtis, Paper,
Quills. Ink-Powder, Sealing-
Wax, i*c. for public use, 131
81332 93
Januivy 6—John M’lntosh, for
the ■ uni found iiecessan. by the
C un mssiouers to be expended
lc. aids effecting an adjust
ment of claims, agaainst the
Cv.efc Indians for proper y
taken by them from cit zetw
of this State, and promoting
OXJLini^mwtutivnt 4.j, it*
title o land foi Georgia, §1212
of which tuts returned to tlie
Executive, 15000
February 5 Vbncr Hammond,
for Civ li an.i Military Commis
sions, W rits i f Dedimus l*o
tcsuitcm, Hl:.ok Bunds,&c. dur
ing the first quarter, 760 50'
P ter Fair, for his pay as
Messenger to die Executive, "
ti n quarter, 100
V'lmaktr, Hansel), Camak
&. liozjman, for examining a
coinpitatioii, by L Q C La
mar, of the Laws and Resolu
tions of this State, from 1810
to 1819, inclusive, 400
—Daniel Sturges, a Map iur
Commissioners appointed to
treat with the Creek Indians,
and for a desk, 6tc, f,r the
Sum eyor General’s Office. 21 50
—Alexander.Giceue, f n- carry
ing *ater ami making fires to
persons who examined La
ma. ’s compilation, 20
—I. Q(l Lamar, for copying
and arranging of the Laws and
Resolutions of this State, from
IS 10 to 18 9, inclusive, tlie
same b. mg award d by Whi
taker, Huitcman, Mansell and
Camak, 3000
-ipiil 16—Laban Hargroves, for
carrying laws and journals cf
1820, and laws of Congress, to
I6lli Congress, 134
27—Horatio Gtv Cs, do do do i
do 18th do 129 50
-I fay 1— Benjamin Hall, do do
do . 12 th do 48
7—A. Hammond, Civil and Mill
tary Commissions, Writs Dedi- ‘
mus Potestalcm, Ulaok Bonds,
kc during 2d quaiti-r. 353
—Peter Fair, for his
Messenger to the ExecuOTt,
2d do 100
July 9—Ginn & Curtis for Bound
Books, lor Extcutivo Office,
4%
V J t ■ ,
Secretary of State, and Sur- 2S
veyor General, r -
Blank Bonds. fc?c. during 3d 1
quarter, 234 50
—Peter Fair, for his pay as
Messenger to the Executive,
3d do b 100
\ovember 3—A. Hammond, for
Civil & Military Commissions,
Writs of Dedimus Potaslau m,
Blank Bonds, &c. during 4lh
quarter, 228 30
—Peter Fair, for his pay as
Messenger to Executive, 4th
Total Amount—s 46 864 99}
The Conimittee on Finance beg leave
further to report, that upon a very slight
review of the foregoing statement, and
particularly under the head of Peniten
tiary, it vi ill readily be perceived, that he
expenses for conveying convicts to the
Penitentiary, are unequal, and beg leave
to recommend to the Legislature to pass
a law t;j regulate and equalize the pay <>t
Sheriff and other?, conveying convicts
to said Penitentiary.
And the Committee on Finance repom
and solicit the consideration ofthe Legis
lature to tba' part of ibis report, under
the head of ALU ary. It will be found by
arts fence to the Hem, that large and
considerable sums are annually drawn
from the Treasury for tlie pay of Divi
sion and Brigade Inspectors; the com
nfttec believing that those Officers or
Adjutant General are unnecetsaiy, and
only producing a useless expenditure of
the Public Funds. The Committee on
Finance, therefore, recommend to the
General Assembly to pass a law to abolish
the .ppy of Division and Ihigade Inspec
tors
TJje Committee on Finance further re
port, that in the Executive statement it
appears, that two warrants have been
drawn in favour of Giiantlasd & Oume,
for the same services, and for the same
copies of Clayton’s Georgia Justice, ui.d
for iikey amount, and of the same date ;
one of 's lid warrants drawn on (he Con
tlocfUt Fund «f 1821 : They, however,
be/lea'c to state, that from a commum-
Q'jibu received tfom uts »».™.it—ti, c
G.fernor, it appears, that this warrant was
cn/iged by mistake twice, when in fact,
huione was paid to Giiantlaho & Oiimx,
vtrirfvu by the Executive in their favour,
rrpttie amount state d.
ind the Committee on Finance further
nport, that it appears by the Executive
statement, that the sum of $1212 was re
-tinned by the Commissioners of the late
llcu’y, hold ai tlie Indian Springs,to the
Executive: That the sum of §531 12},
w s also returned to the Executive, by
d|m iTON IlosstTsu, part of the money
advanced him by the Executive, to ac
complish the purchaeof lime, oil, &.c.—
These sums do not app ar as forming any
hem in the Treasurer’s account; and from
information received f oin tlie 'Treasurer,
it (us not been returned into his office;
.but from information furnished by the ex
ecutive, upon a call, it appears by exhibits
of A. B C. and D. and the account cum m
fere'o annexed, which is to be taken a;..d
considered as part of this report, shews
in what manner the money has been ap
plied.
Statements A. B. C. and
JL». I’CfCj i l«.\ tw «*-..* ti Knvo
r~*j
State of Georgia,
Bo't of A. Rotseier.
1 Cask Vene
tian Red.
598
93—505 lbs a 12 1-2 63 12^
6 Barrels
Linseed Oil, 36 1-2—12
36
36 12-1-2
35 1-2—l-2
56 1-2
37 1-2
218 1-2—l} out
217 gal «1 25 271 25
100 Kegs London Ground
White Lend, a 4,<5 425 00
6 Krgs Venetian Red,
(ground in oil) a 400 39 00
Amount, $ 795 37}
Milledgeville, 2Qlh March, 1821
Received pax ment,
(Signed) APPLETON ROSSETEB
(B.)
Miner of Georgia,
To Appleton Ilosseter, Dr.
Sept. 10—15 Barrels cammed
Pluister Paris, a 4.50 §67 50
Freight on do fi-.m
New York, a75 11 25
Wharfage on do. in
Savannah, a 4 cts. 6 )
Storage, do. for
2 weeks, a 32 4 80
Freight, do. from
Savannah to this place
weighing 5250 tbs. a
$ 2 per hundred, 105 00
§ 139 15
Commission a 2 1 2 per ct. 4 7. }
$193 87}
Sept, 11—27 lbs. Pot Mrttal,
■for casting Weights
for the windows, o 10
cents. 2 70
21—25 lbs. Glue, a 37} 9 37}
I Barrel Whitening,
343 lbs a 10 34 30
31—1 Bottle Sweet oil, 150
12 »bs Turpentine
Soar, a25 ' 300
Oct. 9—16 ibs. Rosin, a 12} 200
7 Ibs. Bees Wax, 2 18^
5 Bottles Sweat Oil,
a 1,25 6 05
10—25 Casks Stone
Lime, a 4,50 112 50
Freight from Savannah
to Darien, a 50 12 50
Freight from Darien to
to .Milledgeville, weigh
ing 9500 lbs ix 1,00 per
cwt. 95 00
II luling from Boat Yard
25 casks, a 25 6 25
Cooperage, 25 C. <x 121-2 3 12 1.2
Paid comm t sion in Sa
vannah, 213 pr cen ! . 2 81}
27—10 lbs. "Nails for cor
nish, a 15 1 50
S 488 87 1-2
The aho*? Tlollws eighty seven ami a j
nkrf cems, paid out of the eighteen hun
dred dollars received on the warrant
drawn in my favor tire 20th of March last, (
the 3d November, 1821 s
(Signed) AFFLKTON RO SETT Ell j
. 1
The following are the articles
remaining on hand of those
furnished for the Stele, by
Appleton Hosseter, Esq. to- J
wit: i
1 Cask Venetian Red, 598
93
. 505 lbs.
2i Barrels Linseed Oil, 36)
36)
18)
55 Regs London ground
White Loud,
5 Kegs Venetian Red, ground
m oil,
7 Barrels calcined Plaister
Paris,
1> Casks Stone Lime,
MHicdgeville, sth Ileember, 1821.
(D.
Surveyor General's OJlce.
Received of Jons 11. Buoausax, a set
of Field Notes, and a plan of six districts
of Appling county, in this slate, which
lias been represented in the Okelinocau
swamp, as surveyed by him.
(Signed) 1) VNIEL STURGES, Stir Gen
State of Georgia ,
To John II Broadnflx, Ur.
1820.
For making several surveys ss will ap
pear below., agreeable to a resolution ts
lie last Legislature, to explore the Oke
liaocao swamp.
Miles. Chains.
613 35 in meandering the
swamp with oilseUs,
80 On District lines,
35 Up the Suwante river,
48 On Florida line with
oft'setts,
13 Offsetting to the S.
Commissioner's cn
| campment,
494 Miles at § 5 per mile, $2)70 qq
i necuioc noco io>. il,** hire
and subsisiance of 5 men as
, assistants 600 00
gIB7O 00
I do certify the above sur
veys, us slated, are correct.
(Signed) J. H. BROADNAX,
GEORGIA —Milledof.ville, 1
a
Ws do certify, that the above distance
’ of four hundred and ninety four milts,
has been measured by John 11 Broadnax,
I us above stated, for which he has render
ed a plan and notes of the same, this the
16th December, 1820.
(Signed) WILSON CONNER, Com*b.
W ILLIAM CONE, Coai’ii.
•, C'f'° be Continued.J
S ’ii
j From the St. Tammany's Magazine,
s THE PRUSSIAN ‘SOLDIER,
A STORY.
There is a certain principle of oh
-1 scurity, that accommodates the
events in history and tradition, and
me . —«-r,horf»d transactions of
childhood, to the poet’s lyre, roo
much truth seems to blight the as
pirations of fancy : facts must be
remodelled in the cast of the imagi
nation, before they can partake of
the sublimity of fiction.
Our own country abounds with
incidents, as well traditionary as re
corded, that are continually solici
ting the mind of fancy to describe
them ; and even the events and the
agents in our revolutionary strug
gle, have already put on an autum
nal character—fast fading from our
remembrance ; and in proportion as
they cease to be familiar, do they
increase in dignity and importance.
The actors of that glorious epoch
j are, one after another, stealing si
lently to the grave ; and, in a few
years, not an eye-witness will be
left to the declaration of independ
ence, or the retreat of our despond
ing forces across the Delaware!
How much cherished and venerated
will he, in a little time, the solitary
individual who shall survive his
compatriot witnesses of those great
events ! The soldier who fougiit
at Bl eed’s Hill, or at Saratoga, will
he honored by posterity as the pat
riarch of the republic. Among those
who have departed, and even a
mong the broken down, hopeless
relics of the army, there was much
to arrest the imagination, and to de
light the mind in retrospect. I re
member, when a child, to have had
my attention attracted towards
several of those forlorn pilgrims to
eternity, who have now sunk into
the tomb forgotten ; many of them
bore the scars of the great cause, to
remind their country, that they had
deserved well of the bounties she
might be disposed to bestow on
them. It is the/ate of war to make
many beggars among those enlisted
under her banner, and for thirty
years after the revolution the maim
ed soldier was the most common
■ subject of charity that asked a pit
tance at your door. Hundreds of
foreigners, that had either become
connected with our army by the
chances of war, or had been left be
hind on the evacuation of the Brit
ish troops, were 4o he seen, strol
ling through the villages of the in
terior, in wretchedness, incapable
of imitating the natives in returning
from the tented field to the pursuits
of agriculture, or of relinquishing i
the habits of the soldier for the toils J
of the woodman. There was, in
my childhood, among these unhappy
sullerers, a man called by the' vil
lagers, and known among the child
ren of the neighborhood—(and
children, from whatever cause,
seem ever to take deeper interest
in such matters,) by the name of
Philip, the Prussian. He had been
attached to the Hessian mercea
naries sent out here to aid in sub
jugating the colonies, and after the
memorable slaughter at lied-bank,
had deserted to the American camp.
On the termination of the war, he
wandered about the villages of N.
England ; and although he receiv
ed at every door he knocked at, a
icaity welcome, and a generous
supply to his wants, Philip was
never known to ask either, For
more than twenty years, he march
ed ins regular rounds through half
a dozen towns in Connecticut, and
as regularly as day succeeded to
night, with his pack thrown ever
Ids shoulders to renew his unwear
ied marchings, and ever-constaat
visiting*. The houses of officers
under whom he had served, were
tiie places of Ids resort, where he
enjoyed something like what the
ancient feudatories in Europe par
took, under the roof of their liege
lords : For military government is
completely despotic, and the soldier,
on being disbanded, could entertain
no other feelings towards his former
commander, than those of a vassal
towards bis superior. 1 can, even
now,seem to see the little soldier,
trudging along the highway, with
hasty steps, and bending head, with
no other companion than his pipe,
and his oaken staff.—There was
not a child to whom he was nut
known, as well on acconat of the
singularity of his appearance, as by
the kindness of his demeanour.
Partial to his former pursuits, per
haps from their having formed the
profession of his youth, lie still
wore the remnant of his military
1 uniform—an hussar coat, and tbo
f remains of a cap, that had once beeu
surmounted with bear-skin, project*
ing its front piece over his small,
animated grey eyes, and shaggy
brows. His wallet, which had onca
; been a soldier’s knapsack, was at
tached, in a manner peculiar to him*
self, to his forehead. His pipe,
constantly in his mouth, vomiting
forth clouds of smoko : and, when
he would renew its fuel, he paused
under the shade of the wide spread
ing oaks, by the road side, and if
occasion demanded rest to his wear
ied limbs, he stretched iimsell to
repose beneath their canopy.
In the early settlement of N. Eng
land, certain trees distinguished by
their size and beauty were reserv
ed from the general destruction of
the forest for laud-marks, and ex
positors of boundaries. In the
scene of poor Philip’s wanderings,
there were many of these;, venera
ble trees, stretching their wide-ex
tended arms over the roads, and
inviting to repose the traveller and
pilgrim.
One of the solitary survivors o
the woods, which had reigned with
its progenitors for centimes —aye,
many centuries, in undisturbed do
minion of tbe soil-—spread its ex
uberant foliage on every side, at the
corner of two roads ; its branches
stretching forth from the parent
trunk in every direction, like a radii
from a common centre. Here the I
remnant of the Indian tribes, which I
dwelt in the neighbourhood, were I
accustomed, when passing on their I
hunting excursions from the valley's I
of the south to the wilds of the north, I
to repose themselves in the shade, I
—perhaps through a secret sympa- I
thy springing from simi-arity of for- H
tune. This venerable survivor of m
the ancient forest* has Jong sinrai®
shared the fate of its youthful con- ■
temporaries; but, even now, it is I
1 ’
no uncommon spectacle, to witness I
the Indians slumbering upon the I
green carpet by the remains of the I
oid oak’s trunk! Here, too, the I
little Prussian soldier was accus-J
turned to refresh himself, alter a toil-1
some inarch -beneath a summer si
sun. How often have I crept be-l
hind thc'wall, screened from the (nwl
voller’s view, and peeped through*
Iho crevices to sec him light ‘hisH
pipe, with his magical dint and steel
and listened to his tremulous voice*
as he sang in solitude some rnarliaß
air in his native tongue,
revolving on the incidents ol iufagH
cy ! Poor Philip! he has long sine®
rejoined the companions ofhis chddß
hoot! ! His head, whitened with
frosts of seventy winters, and bovvcß
down with the toils of war, has lonß
since reposed, for the last lime, oB
the lap ofhis parent earth! |
Whether his adopted country pn*
vided for his maintenance, i hooß
not : but bis military habits wouß
not have permitted him to he MB
tionary., had he been blessed will*
place where to lay his bead; at
in summer, —and, ptrlmps. *B
same baliits reconciled Inn; to
Continement of winter, but, B
soon as the ice dissolved he fore tB
returning sun, and tiie dl'vshp JB
forth its blossoms by hie streanm B
side, the little soldier renewed B
journeying campaign, ccd was h:B