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Georgia Statesman.
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dians, must be published sixty days previous
to the day of sale.
The sale of personal property in like man
ner must be published forty days previous to
the day of sale.
Notice that application will be made to the
Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must
be published nine months.
Notice that application has been made so
Letters of Administration, must also be pub
lished forty days.
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Margaret Kemp f
vs. < Libel for divorce.
Thomas Kemp. (
OCTOBER Term,
IN the above stated case it appearing to
<hc court that the defendant is not to be found
in the county of Rabun. Upon motion of
Smith and Brown, Solicitors for Libellant,
it is ordered that service be perfected by
publication in one of the Gazetts of this State,
October term 1526.
The above is a true extract from the
.minutes this 20th, November 1826.
[II. T. Mosley, Cl’k.
>ss—tm
Baldwin Superior Court.
OCTOBER TERM —1826.
(COPY NOTE.)
ON the first day of March, 1825, wc prom
ise to pay to Rowe & Newell, or bearer
Four Hundred and Thirty-Nine Dollars Fifty
Four Cents, dated 4th of Sept. 1821.
(Signed) FINLEY & HUTCHINSON.
Rowe & Newell i Hale Nisi
> to establish a copy of u
Finley Si. 1 lutchinson j lost Note.
IT appearing to the Court 1 hat an original
note, of which the above is a copy, Ims
been lost., and that there arc no credits on the
tame: On motion of Samuel Rockwell,
counsel for Rowe & Newell, it is Ordered
that the said Finley & Hutchinson shew cause
on the first day of the next Term, why the
above copy of the note should not be estab
lished in lieu of the lost original; that a copy
of said note be filed in the Clerk's Office of
this Court, and that this Rule be published
in the Georgia Statesman onee ;i month until
the next term of the Court.
A true copy taken from the Minutes o
Court, this bill October, 182'5.
THUS. IL KEN\N, Cl’k.
Ojt. 1.0 -11 - liiitim
a Ji
ELOPED,
ft 1 R()M tho Subscrihcron lite 23th
of December, 1825, two Negro
fellows, one a black fellow named
Nathen generally calk'd Nace, about
25 years of age, about 5 feet 10 In
< ties high well made pretty artlul
plays w.'H on the \ ioliu, he formerly
runaway and passed through dtfler
ent sections of the State of Alabama
gs a freeman, he can do Smith work
tolerable well, and I think be has a
scar over one of lbs eyes, Gloat hs
; t present unnecessary to describe,
the othci rather of a \ ellowish com
plect ion named Jesscy about 21 or 2
years of age, about 5 feet 10 or 11
Inches high, tolerably well m ule, 1
think one of his knees a little bent
in, his mother is living with ('apt.
Jeremiah Sanders, of Alabama. He
was raised to the farming business,
tiny person apprehending the afore
said fellows and routining th m in
uny Jail so that 1 c m get them 1 will
pay them £ 20 a piece or if they will
deliver them to me living 11 miles
below Washington \\ ilks County,
Georgia, I will give them j>so a
piece.
ABNER WELLBORN.
February 2lit, 1827,
G1 —3m.
(ky The Mobile Register will pub
lish the above three months, and fop
ward their account for payment as
above.
INE mouths after date application will
.11 be made to the honorable the luferur
Court of Emanuel county when setting for
Ordinary purposes for leave to sell livo tracts
of land, one in said county, one it: the 13 dis
trict Houston, No. 315 belonging to the Es
tate of Griffis John deceased, for the benefit
of the heirsand Creditors of said deceased.
i WILLI\M DANIELS, Vlm’r ;
47—9 m
GEORGI \. T'vieg. cu.’
VW7HEREAS Semis H. Clark, hath this
V V day applied to me for Letters of Ad
ministration on the ixstnte of W m. Clark, Lite
<if said co mfy dee'd, these are therefore to
ejte an.! admonish al! and singular, the kin
dred and creditors of said deceased, to appear
at inv office within the time prescribed bv law,
to shew cause if any they have why said let
iers should not be granted.
Given under mv hand this 6th February,
JSV. PETER SOLOMON. C. C. 0.
VQr-St.
House of Entertainment.
THE Subscriber has opened
a House of Entertainment at that
valuable stand, situated two miles
from Milledgeville, at the fork of the
reads leading to Eatonton and Clin
ton. At this house Travellers and
others can be accommodated with
good clean beds, the best of food,
and excellent liquors, at a moderate
price.
WILLIAM IL HILL.
March, 12th, 1827.
62—ts
~ BOARD* OF PEIYSICIANS,
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA.
The following extracts from the By-Laws
1 adopted by the Board at their first meeting,
are made public, for the information of can
didates who may in future apply for License,
to Practice Medicine, viz.
Ist. Applicants for examination shall be
required to write and present a thesis on some
’ ledical subject, and hand the same to the
Dean on or before each annual meeting of the
board.
2d. The board will require of eaeli candi
date a competent knowledge of Chemistry,
Anatomy, Materia, Medica, Physiology, Sur
gery, Midwifery, and the Theory and Practice ;
of Medicine, and will not grant a license to
any candidate who is materially deficient in
any of those branches.
3d. In future, applicants having Diplomas,
shall be expected, to send them to this Board
for examination, and that in no case shall a >
temporary or permanent license be granted up
on the testimony of a member of ibis board
or any other individual, without the Diplo
ma.
“4th. rc-cxamination will be granted by
the board at the same session to rejected ap
plicants on the Sole condition, that the second
examination, be held publicly, and the ques
tions and answers recorded on the minutes.”
The order of examination will be so con
ducted, as to commence with the first name
enroled, and proceed numeiically, until the
list is gone through, and if any applicant is
absent, when his presence is required before
the board, the next named shall be presented
in his place, and the name of the absentee pla
ced at the bottom of the list.
Applicants are notified that letters address*
ed to me in Lexington Oglcthrope county,
Post Paid, requesting their names enroled,
with their residence, and title of Thesis will
be duly attended to.
ALEX JONES, M. D.
Dean of the Board of Physicians of the
State of Georgia.
Milledgeville, Sth December, 182 G.
Editors of News Papers in this State
friendly to this institution and the cause o
science in genera! will confer a favor by giv
ng the above two or three insertions.
49—w2m.2a.0m..
GEORGIA, ) Whereas Jeremiah Fowler
Early county. ) and Nancy, formely Smith
now Tyson have applied for Letters ofdismis
sion from the administration on the estate ol
Ladin Smith dec’d. These are therefor*' to
cite and admonish all and singular the kindred
ind Creditors of the said dee’d lo he and ap
p ar nt my office within the time, proscribed
by Lai", to shew cause if any there be, why
v.i.l letters ofdismission should not be grant
ed, given under mv hand this 11th of Novem
ber 1826.
NEVEN McBRYDE, c. <•. o
49—6 m
GEORGIA, Twiggs comity.
V3/lIEREAS Robert A. Evans applies
r to me for Letters of Administration
on the estate of Na.iev McC.'B, dec. —.Andi
also, John F. Simmons and Sarah Thompson i
applies lor letters of administration on the
Estate of Daniel Thompson dec.—And wberp
a ; also, \aney I’. Griffin applies for tetters of
administration on the Estate of John Cox, ,
dec.—These are therefore to cite and admon
ish all and singular the kindred and ccditors
of said persons dec.—to be and appear at
mv Office w ithin the time prescribed by Law,
to shew cause if any they have iv4»y Said let
ters should not he granted.
Given from under my hand this 27th Jan.
1827.
PETER SOLOMON, C. C. O.
Marion Twiggs co. 27th Jan. 1827.
56—Gt
BRIG IDE ORDERS.
r IIr.AH Quarters, ?
Ist Brigade 5 Div. oftl. Militia. \
Clinton, March 2d, 1827.
FREDERICK SIMS Esq. is here
by appointed Quartermaster of Said
Brigade in placo ol Capt. William
Mitchel], resigned and is to be obey
ed and respected accordingly
Bv Order of Brig (Jen.
CHARLES PHILIPS,
WILLIAM BREWER,
\i !-de-Camp.
62—ts.
tiEOiitilA. WALTON <.
OTICE.—To nil whom this may con
-11 ccrn, that I have made the following
Suncy, on the virtue of a head-wrighi warrant,
for Anderson Baker, 350 acres, on the w tt rs
of jMarberrics’ Creek, bounded North, bv
Thompson. S. \V. by Butler, S. E. by Ter
-1 rill, and East by t\::np : a platt of winch is
recorded in my Office. Those concerned can
have a more minute description by uxuminiej j
the same, an I enter their caveats in due time. I
DAVID BURSON.
Jan. 1. 1827. 7—3
INE months afler date application will
1 xl oe made to the Honorable the Inferior
Court of Hancock county when siting for or- ;
dinnry purposes for leave to sell one hall of ;
lot No. 216 lying in the tiOh Dist. ot Monroe
county at private sale for the benefit of the i
heir of Jerdind Homes Dec’d.
WILLI \M MILLER, Ac'n:.
December lhe sth 1826. 9m
]VriNE months after date, application will
1. xi be made to the Honorable the Inferior
court of the county of Newton, while sitting
for Ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the
whole of the real estate of Thomas Creel, late
of said county deed.
M ILHAM CRECL. Affinr.
Sept. 12,15 F.
Mac tibi erunt artes, pacisquc imponcre morem, parcere subjectis et debcllare superbos.— Virgil.
Milledgeville, Monday, March 26, 1827.
I^^TOTICE. —All personshaving demands
j I xl against the estate of Hinchy Hill, dec.
are requested to hand them in agreeable to
[law; and those indebted to said estate, are
’ requested to make payment to
THO’S W ATSON, Adm.
Feb. 1, 1827. 58—5 t
GEORGIA, Franklin co.
WHEREAS Jesse Holbrook applies to
me for of Administration on
the Estate of Joseph Johnson, late of said
county, dco’d.
These arc therefore to ci‘e and and ad
monish, all and singular the kindred and
creditors of said deceased, to be and appear
al my office within the time prescribed by
law, to shew cause, if any they have, why
said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this 22d day of
January, 1827.
56—fit THOMAS KING, C. C. O.
E EXECUTOR’S SALE.—WiII be sold, at
J the former residence of Jesse Darden,
late of Warren county, dec’d, on Friday, the
13th of April next, sundry articles of personal
property too tedious to mention ; —Also, at
the same time and place, the Plantations will
b»» rented, and the negroes will be hired. The
sale will continue from day to day until com
pleted. HENRY GIBSON, Ex’r.
Feb. 19, 1-27. 60—Gt
By Authority of the Legislature of Georgia.
.LOTTEBI,'
I t)3. Tin: BENEFIT OF
W right sbo rough
ACADEMY.
Under the Management of
a j
‘ T. WHITE, I J. F. HAMILTON,!
IL GIBSON. j 1). MASSENGALE,!
C. LIN, I
T- BOWDRE , Treasurer,
B. PETTIT, Secretary. ;
SCHEAfE.
1 Prize of $5,000 is $5,000
1 “ “ 2,000 “ 2,000
1 “ “ 1,000 “ 1,000
2 “ “ 500 “ 1,000
4 “ “ 300 “ 1,200
5 “ “ 200 “ 1,000
10 “ “ 10U “ 1,000
’2O “ “ 50 “ 1,000
100 “ “ 20 “ 2,000
200 “ “ *6 “ 1,200
1,000 “ “ ‘*-4 “ 4,000
8,500 “ “ [‘2 “ 17,000
9,811 Prizes. 37,400
9,814 Blanks.
PRICE OF TICKETS.
'Whole Tickets $2 00
Halves 1 00- ] *
Quarters 50 v
Subject to the usual deduction of fifteen
percent. ; but no deduction will be made from
Prizes for which Tickets will be taken in pay
ment —Prizes payable twenty.days iffter the
completion of the drawing. ‘ A‘l?r deducting
the sum to be raised for the benefit ( f the
Academy, and the necessary expcnees from
the profits winch may be obtained by the above
Scheme, whatever may remain, will be form
ed into‘new Prizes, so that the wheel mav be
richer than appears from the above plan. Th?
first ilrawmg will be on the first Saturday in
April next, and succeeded l.y oilier drawings
as speedily as the sale of’Tickets will permit, of
which due notice will be given. At ea< h draw
ing, the proportional number of the smaller
and larger Prizes will be preserved as nearly
as practicable.—The drawing conducted in
the usual manner.—Letters addressed to me,
(post paid,) will be promptly attended to.
B. PETTIT,
jSec’v to Commissioners, i
j Wrigl.lsborough, Columbia co
Jan. 10. sß—tf
NOTICE.
A I I i.R the expiration cf (he time pre-,
/ * scribed by law, application will be made ;
to the honorable Inferior Court when sitting j
tor Ordinary purposes of the county of War- ,
ten for leave to sell the real estate and negros, j
not specifically disposed of by tiie last .ill I
and testament of Jesse Darden late of War
ren county, deceased, for the benefit of the
Creditors and Legatees of said dec’d. |j
HENRY GIBSON,,
Exeetor.
Feburary 19th 1827. GO—9.vi j
.VOTICE.
E fonvarn all persons fr<m> trading]
▼ v for three several notes of hand, given j
by us to John Evans for the following several i
amounts, viz. one for four hundred and fifty ■
i dollars, due the first rtav of May next ; one '
j for the same amount, due Ist Jan. I"'?-, and ;
I one other note for the same amount, due ;
the Ist Jan. 1829, which said several notes, !
J amounting in all to thirteen hundred and
; fifty dollars, were given by us to the said
, John Evans on the '.’th of October last, for a
; certain tract or lot of land, known by num
ber one hundred ami fifty t ine, in the fif
teenth District of formcilv Henry, now De
kalb, county, which lot of land wc find by
the records of DeKalb county, to be morb
gaged toll. M. Wall.in- of Elbert County,
j tor a < e.nsea r:ihle amoun’. Said mortgage is
dated Sth April. l'‘2fi. leint before he sold us
tie land. We are therefore determined not
to nay the said notes to the said Evans, or
I any other person, even when they become
1 Sue, unless the said Evans w ill make us safe !
in the titles for the premises.’
SAMUEL BURDINE.. i
JOHN Bl RHINE.
Decaturc, DeKalb co.
f Jan. 1. 1827. 59—1‘* '
== = I
TO FORTI NA TE DRAWERS
j>FRS ONS who wish may procure vv'hout
j delay a plat with the corners, stations, j
; water courses and quality of the land, as re- '
turned by the district surveyors, by enclosing I
i post|paid 7.’ cents tor each p'.at wanting, to. j
CARLTON WELLBORN Ser. Gen. j
Milledgeville March 19th 1827.
i 63—ts
L ==;=ir== <
, iNOTICE.
; A I.L those having claims against the cs
t a. V fate of Jacob Maddux, dec. arc reques
ted to hand them in, in terms of the law, for
‘settlement ; and those indebted to make im
mediate payment.
WESLEY CAMP. Adm.
Feb.’- 1527 |
I THE
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OR FLOWERS OF
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AND
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I
FOR 1527.
Ofuice of the Saturday Er. post.
Philadelphia, Dec. 2. 1826.
! THE CASKET, or rioirers of Literature,
Wit and Sentiment, which has had an unpre
cedented increase of patrons during the last
six months, will after the present volume is
finished, contain, each number, 40 octavo
pages, printed well, on small handsome type,
upon the finest paper, stitched and covered,
and furnished at the low price of Two Dollars
and fifty cents per annum. The Casket is a
collection from the choicest pieces of the Sat
urday Evening Post, made with a reffi rence
to the difference which should exist in the
materials of a weekly paper, and those of a
monthly publication, the former of course en
riched with essays, poetry, anecdotes, and
those set off'by a recital of the occurrences of
the week. The latter can receive little value
from a mere detail of events, many of which
would cease to be interesting before they
were recorded.
The vast quantity of matter crowded, by
small type and caretui arrangement, into the
columns of every number of the Saturday
Evening Post, will in the course of a month,
furnish the most ample materials from which
to form an interesting periodical work such
as the Casket has been considered by its
partial friends, and such as we intend it shall
be. Notwithstanding the fact, that the Cas
ket is but a collection from the columns of
the Saturday Evening Post, we confidently
predict, and indeed we are sanctioned in the
experience we already have, that its most
numerous patrons will be found among the
subscribers to our weekly paper.—A large
number of those who take the “Post” de
pend upon that paper for the news of the
week —it is therefore read with avidity by
almost every member of the family where it
is received, and this general use frequently
injures ijs appearance so much as alniost to
render it unfit for the file, or for binding.
The numbers too, by this general use, are not
unfrequently lost, mutilated, or entirely des
troyed, and the file thus broken.—The Casket
is calculated to prevent this inconvenience,
and to furnish, at a very cheap price, all the
useful matter, for which the weekly paper
would be desirable when bound. —In thus
giving a permanent form and select associa
tion to the choice pieces of ouF weekly con
tributors, it is confidently anticipated that
new and successful indi'CflUneiAswill beheld
•bfit for of superior talent, and
unusnuLrtiro-in our literary.\tiepartment.—ln
addition to” the .rccommendtitioh of neatness
general appearance. —and particular
attention to thd-typographical execution, it is
.on? intention to.embellish each number of the
“Casket” with three handsome Engravings
from the hands of some es the most, distin
guished artists of the country.
■ V» ith these claims to patronage, the “ Cas
| ket” will, as has been previously mentioned,
be afforded to those who subscribe for that
' paper exclusively, at the low price of $2,50
per year, a subscription which it is confident
j !y believed, is much lower than that for any
' other publication of a similar character in
tin’s country —but to the subscribers of the
“Saturday Evening Post” the “Casket”
will be, furnished for $2,00.
The January No. so: 1827, will be em
bellished wtth a portrait of the late venerable
'JOHN ADAMS, formerly President of the
United States, one of Longacre’s best engrav
ings ; also a correct and beautiful view of
FAIR MOI NT W ATER WORKS, in the
vicinity of Philadelphia ; I>esid f s the first No.
of the SCHOOL OF FLORA, being the
commencement of a regular series of Treaties
; on Botany, illustrated with numerous cuts.
Post-Masters and publishers of papers who
will interest themselves in obtaining subscri
bers, and be responsible for the subscription,
shall be entitled to every sixth copy gratis.
Address
ATKINSON & ALEXANDER,
i hilaii< Iphia.
NOTICE. -
IST tn ( lark county, about the
j eighth ot' January la v t about
tour miles from Watkinsville, on tho
road leadin-gta Harveys mil's, a small
RED MQR>e()(.'('O Pocket Book,
with the following papers in it.
TO WITT:
One £2O note given bv Y> Ivcr
ton Thaxton, about the IGor 17 day
of December 1825 , Due one day
after date; Two 21 js notes given
by Hugh Hamel the 4th day of July
1826 and duo some tune in October,
thereafter with a credit of fifteen
dollar-:,One bond of 900}> nine hun
dred dollars, given by Luke Robin
son for titles to a tract or lot of land
lying on Woolf creek, as well as I
can recollect. No. 225 in the old
2d District of Henry county.
With seven dollars change
the Banks not recollected at this
time.
Al! persons are hereby forwarned
trading for any of the above papers
or Bond, and the obligor paying the
same to any person except myself.
MOSES MOORE.
Jackson Sth Feb. 1327.
63—It
INE MONTHS alter dale ap
plication will be made to the
Honorable the Inferior court oi
Baldwin county, when sitting for or
dinary purpose- for leave to sell the
real Estate of Robert Wynn dee d
Consisting of one let of land lying
iu the county of Bal lwin, No. 280
first district of said county.
PATCEY WYNN,
Exertrix
March 12th 1827
! 61—lm?m
[Vol, 11. No. 12.— Whole No. LXIIIL
Estrcuj Horses.
' > EORG J.I—JONES County.
CAPTAIN Ethridges district.
Posted before me by Anderson
Corner one dark bay mare, about
twelve years old, about four feet,
lour inches high, both hind feet white
and one of her fore feet w-hite, some
white on h r forehead. Apprised
by James Jenkins and William Ay
cott, to seven dollars.
Tins 3d March 1827.
JOHN WILLIAMS, J.P.
GEORGI.I—JONES County.
before me by Bunveil
-H- Law of Capt. Dosters distr et
one bright or red sorrel horse six
years old this spring, a small white
spot on his nose between hisnostrills
some saddl? spots on his back, brand
ed on the left shoulder supposed
with S or L figure of six appraised
by John Childs and Stephen Satter
white to sixty five dollars this 9th
of March 1827,
Wm. HEAD .I P.
A true Copy of the original re
cord in my oflice.
G- MACARTIIY, Cl'k.
63—3 t
DI VISION ORDERS.
Head Quarters, )
3d Division of Geo. Militia. )
Milledgeville, 27th Jan. 1827.
TjfJURSL'ANT to the Orders of the Com
■ niander in Chief of the Ist inst. the
Review and Inspection of the 3d Division of
Militia wil' take place in the several Counties
composing said Division, on the sevcraljdays
following, to wit ;
In the count) Putnam, on Tuesday the
sixth of March.
In the county of Morgan, on Thursday and
Friday, the eighth and ninth of March.
In the county of Clark, ‘on Monday the
twelfth of March.
In the county of Oglctborp, on Wednes
day, the fourteenth of March.
in the county of Green, on Friday and
Saturday, the sixteenth and seventeeuth ot
March.
In the county of Baldwin, on Saturday,
the twenty-fourth of March next.
The Officers and non-commissioned Offi
cers of the respective Regiments and Battal
ions, will be assembled for the purpose of in
i strut tion, iu the county of Putnam, on Mon
day the sth ; in the county of Morgan, on
Wednesday, the seventh; in the county of
Clark, on Saturday, the tenth; in the county
of Oglcfhorp, on Tuesday the thirteenth ;
in the comity of Green, on Thursday the tif
fei nth ; and in the county of Baldwin, on
Friday the twenty-third of March next, at
the hour prescribed by law.
The Generals of Brigade, in this Division,
will attend to the strict and prompt execution
of these orders.
By Command of the
Major General,
WM. Y. HANSELL,
Lij— l24m Aid-dc-Carop,
SCHLEV S DIGEST.
OPIES of the above work for sale .at the
/ MILLEDGEVILLE BOOK STORE.
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AMERICAN FARMER.
Baltimore, Fcbunry 16, 1827.
GO”" •' "’ish that every friend of
this journal should understand, and
that thev would have the kindness
to make it known, to anyone who
will procure four subscribers and re
mit their s2(l, we will send the Amer
ican Farmer without charge—or any
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bers, wil he allowed to retain $5 on
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is necessary to be done by any one,
wishing to subscribe, is to enclose
a five dollar note by mail, at the risk
of the Editor of the Atncriran Farmer,
Raltimo-.-c— ami whether the money
be received or not, the paper will be
forwarded immediately, and the ac
tual receipt of each number of the
volume will be guaranteed by the
Editor.
The American Farmer is publish
ed weekly—about one half, or four
pages, devoted to practical Agri
culture: the remainder to Internal
Improvements, Rural and Domestic
Economy: selections tor housekeep
ers and female readers, and Natural
Historv and Rural Sports. A min
ute index, and title-page to the w hole
volume, is published and forwarded
with the last number A single num
ber will be sent to any one who mav
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lication. To all editors who iwll give
the above one or two insertions, we
shall feel much indebted, and will
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BLANKS
For Sulc at this Office.
[OR $4 IF NOT PAID IN SIX MONTHS.
[Concluded f rom onr last]
At the commencement of bostik*
ties, m 1775. Bishop being too old
for active service, was left at home
in charge of the manufacturing e£~
tablishments of the household, where
the veteran would flourish bis cane,
exacting asperlect obedience as tho’t
he had been on parade. A com
fortable house had been built for
him; he had married; and. looking
no more toward his native land, he
was contented to pass the remainder
of bis days on the domain of his pat
ron, where ho rested from labor, in
the enjoyment of every possible ease
and indulgence —the reward of his
long and faithful services. In his
comfortable homestead, and library
with age he would delight the young
with talcs of fearful interest oi the
Indian wars—while, his ow'u wars
ended, and at peace with the world
he feebly trimmed the lamp of life,
which, having burned for more than
eighty years, could but for a little
while longer be kept from sinking in
its socket.
Notwithstanding his perfect rev
erence for his patron, this old soldier
would sometimes presuming on the
privilege of age and long services,
chafe his protector on points of ex
pediency, though never on those of
obedience. r l'be General would as
sume a lofty tone, saying, it is very
well, sir; if you arc at length tired of
my service, you arc at perfect liber
ty to depart. The ancient follower
of Braddock, however, knew bis
man, and knew exactly what best to
do; be wisely became silent, and tho
storm which appeared to be brood
ing quickly passed away, when a ro
turning sunshine cheered with tho
warmth of its kindness the veteran
of SG.
The Washington family were sub
ject to here ditary gout —the Chief
never experienced a pang. His tem
perance. and the energetic employ
ment of both his body and mind,
seemed to forbid the approach of a
disease, which severely afflicted sev
eral of his nearest kindred. His ill
nesses were of rare occurrence, but
were particularly severe; his aver
sion to the uses of medicine was ex
treme: for, even when in great suf
sering it was only by the entreaties
of his lady, and the respectful, yel
beseeching look, of his oldest friend
and companion in arms, (Dr. James
Craik-f that he could be prevailed
upon to take the slightest prepara
tion of medicine. He certainly nev
er had children. We recollect a
lady who called hcrselfhis daughter.
She was a fine looking woman, but
without any particular likeness to
the Chief, nor can we consider that
as a pardonable vanity in a child,
which implicates the honor of a pa
ren .
The remarkable degree of admira
tion awe that was felt by every one,
upon the first approach to Washing
ton, evidences the imposing power
and sublimity which belongs to real
greatness. Even the frequenters of
the Courts of Princes were sensible
of this exalted feeling, when in pre
sence of the hero, who, formed for
' the highest destines, bore an impress
j from nature, which declared him to
Ibe one among the noblest of her
' works.
! Those who have only seen tiro
Leader of Armies and the Chief Ma-
Igistrate of the Republic can have
■ but an imperfect idea of the same
; mg, when merged into the retired
I citizen, embosomed amid his family
and friends, cultivating the social
and domestic virtues, and diffusing
pleasure and happiness to all around
him.
Persons in gen ral have been iu
error, in supposing that there be*-
longed to this awful man nothing of
the gentler sort —"no tear for pity.”
The Master Spirit in the direction of
those vast events which gave a nev/
empire to the world, the austerity of
command could never destroy tho«t>
kindlier feelings in which he delight
ed himself to indulge, and to dis
pense them to others. Stern he was
to all whom he deemed wanting io
those high moral requisites, which
dignity and adorn our natures—stem
he was to the disturbers of the re
pose of Society, the violators cf those?
institutes which promote peace and
good will among men; but ho ww
forbearing to the imperfections of
human kind, where they arose from
the passions only, and not the depra
vities of the heart.
He was reserved to the many, but
were a chosen few, who, hav
ing passed that barrier, were wooed
by his friendship to push their for
tunes, till they finally gained footing
in the citadel of his esteem.
He had a tear: for we have seen
it shed with parental solicitude over
the manifold errors and follies of our
unworthy youth. He shed a tear of
sorrow for bis suffering country ftj
the dark hour of her destiny, and a
tear of joy ?.cd gratitude to Hea’xn