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About The missionary. (Mt. Zion, Hancock County, Ga.) 1819-182? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1825)
y..ir of pints* erosion on Ihe subject -r ; ind at lb< clow *t i*. “O, ’a’ a glorious apostrophe! 80 made a number • ion# and *utn*4p| llw dump*, parllPnlaHjf Clark aotf YS aterl^^i re-p rtmg.thp doctnoe of the Trinity.*"- Upou being reminded that his religion* friends would be gratified I's learn bis views an J feelings at the prospect of death, he began to make some remarks upon the pro mises of the Gospel, when be seized with a paroxysm of distress, which proven ted him from proceeding A few hour* before hi* death, the subject wa. for the las’ ijne. mentioned. He appeared to com ptehend the object in view, and, though he sp. he with difficulty, he answered wi'h clearness, that in the extreme sickness with Trhicn he was visited in the spring, during rome weeks of which he had n • expects tion of recovering, he had*experienced more support and comfort from religion. & the promises of the Gosppl ihan be had e Ter realized at any former period of hts life. Had I died then, 5 be said, that fart would doubtless have been considered as affording strong evidence of the sinceri ty and reality of my taiih—hot, as i recov ered, it probably made but little impres sion.” It was a sentiment often inculcated by him, that it was more safe to rely upon the tenor of a person’s life, as evidence of the true state of hi religious character, than upon the drlara'ions made upon a death bed. In the above mentioned te mark*, there rs little reason to doubt that he alluded ‘o that subject, snd intended that it should apply t his former sentiments. — After this, he*requested hi* brother to read to him the 57th chapter cf St. John. While listening to the latler verses of the chapter, he exclaimed,“O! what triumphant truth?’” Al erwards, the 14th, 15lh & 16-b chapters were read to him. lit listened attentively, and spake with lively interest oo various passages. His mind however began to wan tier while the last chapter was being read, and it was nut completed. Tor several of bis last hours, his organs of speech were much affected; but his mind was unclouded, aud his thoughts were fix lon death and heaven. He was occu. p:- and a great part of the lime speaking, sometimes in an audible voice and some times in a whisper. His language, though inarticulate, was evidently that of prayer > and adoration. His eyes appeared. !o be fixed on that celestial world whose gales w-re j,,j| opening lo receive hr* departing spirit loin the mansions of everlasting rest. Ke did not appear, for several hoars pre j viousiv to bis death, to suffer much pain;’ but continued to breathe tn >ce and more! shortly, until a few minutes before three; o’clock, oo Saturday the 11th of January.! when he expired in per'ect peace. tit-; death caused deep ad general sorrow, not j Ot.-y inrough the btate ol Connecticut, hut ; thv -.gh New England, ii extensively thro’ ! !;•, Union. Bei..ved by ns relatives, tf>,. ;i:-t ay hi* friend*, revered by his pu | pil-. u and highly honoured by his cnnlrv hi. so-s was ornver<aliy considered ! cs a great pu’ ltc as well as private calami tv, and the expressions of veneration for hi” ; memory have been increasing rather than I and: tun:-hi..p. up tn the present period, and | are not likely to he soon forgotten. To; N w England he was a “father, her moral lego. ,r. and hi* life is an era in h*-r bis lor>.Thus lived, and thus did, the la in ited author of the valuable work now before u*. W** ran-t leave hts ensra* *er to spejk tor it*elf. Those who knew him | bare spoken in high t-rms ot eulogy of his native powers of intellect, his exiraordina rv asidui'y, his en'ire command of his ■ lb. ugh.*, his large Attainment* in science j r,nl ii'erature. Still more highly hate i they spoken of his moral and religious vir tue*, and especially of hi* disinterestedness, ; ■fii* charily, hi* hospitality, hi* habimai chri*'ian cheerfulness, his warmth of friend •’ ship: and, above ali, ol his patience, his Hjetko'?-, and his humility. THE CHICKASAW MISSION. Mr. Janies Holmes ha- been despatched j from Ifi* mission witt instructions to oh ! tain if possible, additional mi**ionarie* and i pecuniar* means in the middle and north j Pro *ut~*. —The mission was established in | 1820, under the direction of the sy nod ol i S. Carolina and Georgia, and i* now in a! flouri-lMOg*i<e under the superintendence ; of the K v. Thom** C. Stuart. There are two scho •'* connected with the mi-*ion, one of 35 Indian youth under the care of Mr. liolmes. the other nt 2U scholar* under the induction of th= Rev Hugh Wil*on. The Rev. Km C Biatr has beeti studying the Chickasaw la gnage, with a view ol ren tiering him**:’ inure u*elul in his missionary labour*. Ti e < hickasaws are making ad vances in civilization, and ars desirous of having new *r hools established among (hern. Toaccompli-h thi* desirable object, they have appropriated out ol money paid by the Uni and S ales for their portion of the lands relinqut-hed by them, the sum nt £35,000 . —tire ’bousand dollars of which i to b> expended in ihe erection of buildings: and th m'erest of the remainder, wmch wa* im ested in ix per cent stock by ihe lale ■Si ere:ary of War, is to be annually devoted to the support of new schools. Two new school* are about to be com m*n<u and, and the building’ are nearly coin pitted. One of these is situated about 45 miles east from Chickasaw Bluff-; and t-. station i* to receive me name ol Afartyn “The other, which has not yet received a ram \ is situated about ten mile* from Tu* coudiia, tu Alabama, close upon the borders of'lie white B®tlletneDt, and designed,agree ablv to the particular deir of an Indian c.hiet, to afford an opportunity to his white brethren who are becoming heathens, to hear He Go-pel.” For each of these new •tatlotis, are a <n ed a farmer anJ • leach er; —end fi.i the original mission at Monroe , a farmer, one leather, aud another person to act a Ihe circumstance* of the mission may%oquire. To -*tain ‘bese and ddi tional funds, >• hich are also needed. i the obiact o! M<®|ola>es’ visit to the north * [F. Fiji tor. GREECE ThTsiihjoin%c extract*, which we make from a letfct lately .Aei.rd at Marblehsad. Mas will not fuftihh iiiy information relative to the re curt be, 11It-s n the Greeks and Turk* ; but pofxu* in mHoo of some highly interesting statement* the moral condition of the former, that have the unusual recommendation of fluwine from an undoubtedly authentick source. l'lie writer is an American, -Mr. Jonathan P. Miller, of the University of Vermont, who, it will be recollected, was last year fitted out for Greece, by the Greek committee in Boston. [.V F Ret. Chron. Man poll ile Romania. ) March 17,1825 S “ Rf.t. and Dear 5m I i*. I hope, with gratitude to God, that 1 avail myself ol an opporfumiy of writing to you from thi place, were I have been providentially de tained several weeks, watting for the pay ment of the troops. * * * * * I arrived in Greece the Bth of Dec. and the same day fell in with Col. [now Gen ] ! Jarv is. Thus did the Lord direct my steps; j for such was my ignorance ot the Greek character, together with their language. | that to al! human appearance I must have been a lost man. if I had not found in Jar visa countryman and friend. He speak* French. Italian, German aud Greek, and lias w ifnesspd ail the transactions offoreigu ers in Greece for three years. He left N*w Y -rk at ten years of age, and his fath er now re*ides in Germany. I entered the army immediately as a voiuoteer under hi* j c- mmaud, and have now served in it more | than three months. 1 have travelled over ! 300 mile* in ivomela and the Morea, and j by the help of Jarvis, and an English mi*- t sionary, whom I escorted through the Mo rea, have been able to converse with many people in regard to the religions and polit ical concerns of the country. They are all eager for instruction, and are transport ed at the sight of a tract or a Bible. The peasantry are virtuous and modest, the merchants cunning, deceitful aud intriguing, the soldier- are brave, patient and strongly attached lo liberty. I have given away -evera! thousand tracts which 1 received of Mr. Temple, at Malta, to citizens, offici r* j and soldiers. They are much pleased with reading lhe*e feathers , as they call them, and I have frequently passed through the camp and seen one of (he soldier* reading a tract, with ten or twelve others listening . to hear him. “ Super*tilion i* losing ground in Greece. .Many of the Priests are beginning to preach on the Sabbath, and many “f the people to eat meat in Lent. The Triests, us lar as I have been able to learn, are generally mor al, but devoted to the dogmas of their church “ The Greek women are modest, band some and virtuous *’ Schools are beginning to be established in all the principal town* and villages. A Mr. Edvard Masson, a gentleman from Scotland, who*p classical and religious char acler is of tbe highest cast, has devoted himself lo the service of Greece. He is ac companied by a Grepk, who has been two V-ar* in England, learning tbe Lancastrian system of education, and who by the grace of God, ba* become experimentally ac quainted with the truths ot the Gospel. Masson does wonders ; he already talks with Ihe priests, and wilt soon il Providence per mit, establish a school for the study of an cient Greek and philosophy at Tripolizza. Dr. Howe, from Boston, does honour to hi* country, family and friend*. His standard of morality i* high.— We all love tiim dear ly. He ha3 done much !o relieve the suf fering* of the wounded already. “The civil dissensions have all been put down in the Morea. Ulysses is the only T.tief who is now with the Turk*, and he, 1 think, will soon be subdued. —Tbe misery lof the country i* beyond ail description. Il i there wa* ever a country which demanded ‘he charitie* of the Christian world, that countrv i* Greece. Yet it imy real opin ion that she will again take her place among ihe nation* ol the earth as a free and en lightened republic!;. 200 UO9 Turks have already lost their live* io thi* sanguinary contest. The cam ; paigu i* again opining. Let the Greeks !uudy- nr unworthy friend have an interest tn your prayer*. I hope to see you again, but the will of the Lord be done. Farewell. “Yours affectionately, J. P. MILLER.” MR. SAMUEL HARRIS. Col. Samuel Harri*, of Pittsylvania, V ir ginia, was converted an d called to preach, about Ihe year 1758; on which he quit all ni* honorary and lucrative offices, and appli ed htm-elf lo the work of an Evangelist. A tram of seriousness followed him, and for * number of years, he was more blessed of God, ihan any man in the Southern States. Hi* preaching was not much fraught with the wisdom of man, hut so full of simplicity, zeal, and the Holy Ghost, that judgement and eternity would ‘pern to be present be fore himself and hi* hearers. His heart was so full of burning love to the soul* of men, that hi* dotnefick concern* fell into dprangemenf,while he wa* seeking to pluck them a* brand* out of the fire. Finding, at leng'h, the absolute need of providing more gram for his family ‘ban hi* planiation had produced, he went to a man (whose name I Ho noi retain) who owed him a eutn of mo- I nev, and addressed him thus— ffarrig. Sir, I would be very glad if yoo would lei me h ivp a fillip money. Man Mr. Harri*, I have no money by me, and therefore cannot oblige yon. H I want ihe money to purchase wheat for my family ; a* you have raised a good crop nf wheat, I will take that article of vmi, instead of the money, at a current I price. M. I have another use for my wheat, and cannot let yon nave it. 11. What will you do ? M l never intend tn pay you tin'll you sue me, and ‘herefor* you oiay begin your *in’ as soon a* yon please. H. [To himself] “ Ala* ! what shall I and ■ ? *ha!l I b-ave pleaching lor a vexatio law-suit ? Perhaps a thou-and soul* >* i* perish in that time. I will not Well, what will you do, Harris? This I will and” ; I will sue th* man ai ihe Court i t Heaven Having resolved what <o do, the Colooi ‘ retired info the wood, and tailing on hi knee* before thp Lord, opened his rooul• to this effect,—“Lord Jesus, thou bast i deemed mv soul from hell and sin ; and tho'i hast called me to preach faith and repen ‘ance to my fellow men; hot while i an doing it my family is like to suffer. Blt *ed Je*u, a man owes me and will not pay me unless I sue him. lam m a great strait, O Lord, teach me what to do.” In this address, the Colonel had such nearness to God, that, to use his own word-. Jesu* “aid unto him, “1 will enter bond man for the man—you keep on preachmg and omit the lawsuit—l will lake care of you and *ee that you have your pay.” Mr Harris felt satisfied with his security, but thought it would be unjust to hold a man a debtor, when Jesus had assumed payment. He therefore wrote a receipt in lull of all accounts which he bad against the man, and dating it in the woods, where Jesus entered bail, he signed it with his own name. Go ing the next day by the mao’s house to at tend a meeting, he called a little* negro to the gate, gave him tbe receipt, and bid him give it to his master. On returning from meeting, the man haded him and said, M. Mr. Harris, what did you mean by the receipt which you sent me by the boy ? 11 I meant just as I wrote. M. You know, sir, 1 have never paid you. II Yes, sir, I know it. I know more over that you said you never would except i sued you. But, sir, 1 sued you at the Court of Heaven, and Jesus entered bail for yon, and I thought it would be unjust to hold you in debt when I got so good secu rity, and therefore I seDt you this receipt. M I insist upon it, it shall not close id this manner. 11. I am well satisfied—Jesus will not fail me. Farewell. A tnv days after this, the man loaded his was 1 : wi'h wheat, aod carried it to Mr. H Depa-.tlke of <jEv. Lafayette. From the Manorial Intelligencer. Srpt. 9. This illustrious Friend aud Guest of nnr coun try, took his departure from the ‘Seat of Govern ment on Wednesday, on hi.* return to his native country. Our readers are already apprized ot the preparation* which had been made and recom mended by the authorities and the p ople ot thi- District, to evince their re-pect for this veneraten individual. All business w*s suspended in the City during the day ; toe stiop- and Banks were T-losed, aud every thing indicated the deep feeling which pervaded the community on this interesting occasion. At an early hour, the Corps of Marines, the Volunteer Companies of the Fir-t Brigade of the District, and those of the Alexandria Brigade, were on the ground designated on the President's Square, where the* were joined by Gov. Sprigg’e and Capt. Dunlop’s troops of Cavalry from the State of Maryland; the whole farmed and in wail ing to take up the escort. The Boards of Aldermen and the Common Councils of three cities i-f Ihe District, headed by their respective Mayors, entered the President’s house about half past eleven o’clock. Ihe .Mar shals of tbe day had assembled there a short time previous. The farewell addresses of these sevetal Municipal Bodies, having been communicated to the Gen. by a messenger—about 12 o’clock they were all summoned to the Hall, and having been arranged in a circle by the Marshals, the Presi dent of the United Stales appeared before the en trance which leads to the Drawing Hoorn, sup ported on each side by the Heads of Depart ments, and Officers, t ivil and Military : Several Men.bers of Congress, at present in the District, and other distinguished citizens, also, formed a part of the group. The company having waited some minutes in silence, a side door was opened ai.d Gen. LafATETTE entered the Hail, attended by the Marshals of the District, and one of the Sons of the President, and presented himseli in the vacant space within the circle, and at a suit able distance, to receive the Address of the Presi dent. Mr. Adams, then, with much dignity, but with evident emotion, delivered, in a clear, dis tinct, and very impressive manner, the following Addres*:— General Lafayette, It ba* been iht good fortune of many ol my distinguished fellow citizens, during tbe course of the year now elapsed, upon your arrival at their respective places of abode, to greet von with the welcome ot the Da tion The les* pleasing ta*k now devolve* upon me, of buldmg you, in the Dame of the nation, Adieu. It were no longer seasonable, and would be superfluous, to recapitualate the remaik able incidents of your early life—incidents which associated your name, fortune aod reputation, in imperishable connexion with the independence and history ot ihe North American Union. Tbe part which you performed at that important juncture was marked with cha racters so peculiar, that, realizing tbe fair est fable of antiquity, its parallel could scarcely be found in the authentick records of human history. You deliberately and persevering]}’ pre ferred toil, danger, the endurance ol every hardship, and the privation ol every com fori, in defence of a holy cau=e, to inglon ous ea*e, and the allurements of rank, alibi ence, and unreslrained youth, at the mo splendid and fascioaling court of Europe. That thi* choice was not les* wise tbar magoammnti*, the sanction ol half a cento ry, and ihe gratulations of unoutnbeied voices, ail unable to express the gratitude of the heart with which your visit to thi* hemisphere has ben welcomed, afford am pie demonstration. When the contest of freedom, to which yoo had repaired a* a voluntary champion, had closed, by the complete triumph of her fau9P%> tW country ofyonr adoplir-*i,yet)re-1 turned to fn*til ‘he (hitissnt the phiiat'if ro J pi t and pairii'i in the lard ot ynut ntiHvily Then , in a consistent and urdf vmltt-g ca tsrr of foilv years, yon have maintained, t'lough eveiy vicissitude ff alternate sue i os* and disappointment, the same glorious aue o which thi first year* ot your ariive lie had been devoted—th< improvr-meo’ 1 the moral anil political condition of mao. Throughout ‘hat long succession of time, m - people ot the Ui i'ed Sta'es, for whom, ‘d with whom, you had tough! the bai'le* liberty, have been living in the lull p- * -e-Sion of its fruits, one of the happiest itnoi'g the family of nations. Spieadirg in pulation; enlargirgm territory; ac'inej uni suffering according to the condition -ot | *>eir nature ; and laying the foundation ot s re greatest, and we humbly hope, thej oust beneficent power that ever regulated’ ‘he concern* ol man upon earth. In ‘hat lapse of forty years, the genera ‘ion of men with whom yoo co operated in iit<- conflict of arms, has nearly passed away. Os the general officers ot the Ain*’ ncan Army in that war, yon alone survive. Os the sages who guided our councils ; <•’ ■he warriors who met the toe in the field or upon the wave, wuh the exception ot a few, to whom uQU'UaI length of days has been allotted by Heaven, all now sleep with their fathers. A succeeding, and even a ihird generation, have arisen to take their place* ; and their children’s children, while rising up lo call them blessed, have been taugb’ by them, as well as admonished by then own constant enjoyment of freedom, to tn elude, in every beoisoo upon their laiher*. the oame of him who came from alar, with ‘hem aud in their cause to conquer or to tall. The universal prevalence of these senti ment* was signally manifested by a resolu tion of Comjre*?, representing the whole people, and all tbe States of this Union, r>- qoesting the President of the United States to communicate to you assurances ot tbe grateful and affectionate attachment of tht* government and people, and desiring hat ; a national ship might be employed, at your convenience, for your passage to the bor ders of our country. Tbe invitatioo was transmitted to yon by my venerable predecessor : himself bound to you by tbe strongest ties of personal friendship: himself one of those whom the highest honours of his country had reward ed for blood early shed in her cause, and tor a long life of devotioD to her welfare By him the services of a national ship were placed at your disposal. Your delicacy pre ft rred a more private conveyance, and a full year ba* elapsed since you landed upon ; •or shores. It were scarcely an exaggera lion to say, that it has been, to the people of the Union, a year of uninterrup’ed fes tivity and enjoyment, inspired by your pre sence. You have traversed the twenty-tour States ol this great Confederacy. You have been received with rapture by the survtv ors of your earliest companions id arms. You have bpen hailed as a long absent parent by their children, tht men and women of the present age. And a rt-ing generation, the hope of future litne, in uimiber* surpassing the whole population of that day when yon fought at the bead and by the side ol their fathers, have vied with the scanty remnants of that hour of trial, in acclamations ot joy at beholding Ihe face of him whom ihey feel lo be the common benefactor of all You have heard tbe mingled voice* of the past, tbe present, and ihe toture ages, join ing in one universal chorus ol delight at yuur approach ; and the shouts ot unhid, •leu thousands, w hich greeted your landing •n the soil of freedom, have followed eve ry step of your way, and still resound, like the rushing of many waters, from every Corner of our laDd. Yon are now about to return to the coon iry of your birth, of yoor ancestor*, of your posterity. The Executive Government of the Union, stimulated by the same feeling which had prompted tbe Congress to the designation of a national ship lor your ac commodation in coming hither, ha* destined ! he first service of a frigate, recently laun ched io this metropolis, to the less welcome but equally distinguished trust ot conveying you heme. The name of the ship has ad ded one more memorial to distant regions and to fu'ure ages, of a stream already memorable at once in the story of your sul fermgs and our independence. The ship is now prepared for your re ception, and equipped for sea. I rom the moment of her departure, the prayers of millions will ascend to heaven that her pas sage may he prosperous, and your return to the bo*om of your family as propitious to your happiness, as your visit to this scene of your youthful glory has been to that ol the American people. Go, then, our beloved friend —return to Ihe laDd of brilliant genius, of generous sentiment, of heroick val.iur—to that beau tiful France, the nursing mother of the Twelfth Louis and the Fourth Henry ; to tbe native soil of Bayard and Cnligoi, of Turenoe and Catinet, of Fenelou aod D Aguesseau. Id that illustrious catalogue of names which she claims as of her children, and with hone9t pride holds up to the admi ration of other nations, the name of Lafay ette has already for centuries been enroll ed. And it shall henceforth burni-h into brighter lame; for if, in after days, a Frenchman shall be called to indicate the character ofbt* nation by that ot one indi r idual, during tbe age in hich we live, the t.lood of lotty patriotism “hall mantle in his t heek. the tire of conscious virtue •shall -parkle in his eye, and he shall pronounce the name ot Lafayette. Yet we too, and uur children in life and alter death, shall claim you for our owu. You are ours by that more Ihan palnotick self devotion with which you flew to thp aid of our fathers at ibe crisis ot their fate Our* by that ud ahaken sentiment ot gratitude fur your ser vices which ra a precious portion of our in-, heriti-r.cr. Our* by ‘hat tie of !ove.srorg <i .H an death ‘•!■•'I l-a* In k'd y. er r.atne i^ f . mdtf ** ngt *ot time, with ‘he name ol Washington. A’ fe pi itifrl rr< ment of parting from you. we take r. mb ri in the ‘hi ‘ gin, hat wherever you m*ay be. to ihe la*t pulsation ot your heart, nil country will he ever present to voui nflYciicns ; and a cheerful consolalion assures us, -hat we are n< t call ed io sorrow most at all, that we shall see yi ui lace no more. We shall indulge the pleasing anticipation ..I beholding uur friend ogam. In ihe mean litr e, speaking in ihe name of the whole people ot the United Stale*, and at a loss for tangling’ ‘, gire utterance to that feelirg ot atiachmeot ui'h which the heart of tbe nation beats as the heart of one man. I bid you a reluctant and affectionate farewell! The General listened with deep attention and at the close of the address, embraced the Presi dent in his arms, saluting Imu in the French man ner, on each cheek. He then replied in the fol lowing terms ; Amidst all mv oblizalion* to the General Government, and particularly to you. Sir, , it* respected Chief Magistrate, I have most thankfully In acknow ledge the opportunity given me. at thi* solemn and painful mo ment, to present the people of the Lotted States with a parting tribute of pr .cY-ji, inexpressible giatitude. To have been, in the infant and critical days of these States, adopted by ‘hem as a favourite son; to have participated ia the toil* and peril* of our unspotted struggle for independence, freedom, & equal rights, aod io ‘be foundation of th* American Era ot anew social order, which has already pervaded thi*, aDd must,for the dignity and happiness of mankind, successively pervade every part nf the other hemisphere; to have received at every stage of the Reiolu- Hon, & during 40 year-after that p-i tod, irotn the people ol the U. States, an-ifltieir representatives at home and abroad, con tinual marks of thetrcotifider.ee and kind ness, ha* been the pride, the encourage ment, the support of a loDg and eventful life. But how could I find words to acknow ledge that series of welcomes, those un*- bounded and universal di-pbiys of publick affectioD, which have mat ked each *(ep, each hour, of a twelve months’ progress through the twenty-four States, and which, while they overwhelm my heart with gri'e fol delight, have most *ali-factorily evinced the concurrence of the people in the kind testimonies, in the immense favour* bestow ed oa me bv the several branches of their representati\es, in eierv part, ad at the central seat ot the confederacy ! Yet. gratifications still higher awaited me ‘—in' —in th* wonders of creation and impr-ve ment that have met my enchanted eye ; to the unparalleled and self fell happiness of the people, in tbeir rapid prosperity and ensuted security, publick & privat- 1 ; iny practice ot good order, the appendage Oi true freedom ; and a national good sense, the final arbiter of all difficulties—l have had proudly to recognize, a result of tbe republican principles for which we have fought, and a glorious demonstration to the most timid and prejudiced mind*, of the su* periority. over degrading aristocracy or despotism, of ptpuiar institution*, founded on the plain rights “f man, and where the local rights of every section are preserved tinder a constitutional bond of ur.ioo. The cheri*hing ot that union be'w--en the S'ates, as it has been the farewell .-nireaty of our great paternal Washington, and will ever have the dying prayer of every American Patriot, so it has become tbe sacred p; rige j of Ihe emancipation of the world, an otjeet jin which 1 am happy to observe that he ; American people, while they give the ani- I mating exampL of successful frre insttfu j tion*, in re'urn for an evil entailed ui>n j them bv Europe, and of which a liberal tSul i enlightened sense is every where more and more generally It’ll, show themselves every ; day more anxiously interested. And now, Sir. how can 1 do ju*tice to my deep and lively feelings, fer the a-suranres, most peculiarly valued, of your esteem and friendship; for your so very kind re ference* to old times, to rov beloved asso ciates, to the vicissitudes of my lile; for your affecting picture of the blessings pour ed by the several generations of the Atner can people on the. remaining days of a de lighted veteran; for yoor affectionate re marks. on tbi- sad hour of separation, on the country of my birth—full, I can say, of American sympathies; on the hope, so ne cessary to me, of my seeing again the copo trv that has deigned, near half a century a|'>, to call me her*? I shall content myself re* flaming from superfluous repetitions, at once, before you, Sir, and this respected circle, to proclaim my cordial confii malion of every one of the sentiment* which I have had daily opportunities publickly to utter, from the time when your venerable prede cessor, my old brother in arms and friend, [transmitted tome the honourable invitation lof Congress, to this day, when you, my dear Sir, syhose friendly connexion w ith me, dates from your earliest youth, are g"ing to consign me to the protection, acres* th® Atlanlirk, of the heroick national flag, on board the splendid ship, the name of which has been not the least flattering and k| among the numberless favours confrrj upon me. God bless you, Sir, and you all who sur round u* ! God hies* the American People, each of their ment ! Accept tbif patriotick farewell of an overflowing heart; such will be it* last throb when it ceases to beat. As the last sentence was pronounced, the Gen eral advanced, and, while the tears poured over his venerable cheeks, again took tbe President in bis arms—lie retired a few paces, but overc me by bis tee lings, again returned, <nd, uttering, in broken accents, “Govl bless you!” tell once more on the neck of Mr Adams It was a scene at once solemn and moving; as the righi- and sliding tore of rueny who witnessed it bore testimony.
