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VOLUME II.

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From the National Journal. : vi -nronnr n wthk

The name, the actions, and the charac-

craMe clorv on the State of New-York. T s reputition is indentified with the most

interesting periods of history, both in war 3r peace. His influence among his fel-

UtvciUzens was unuoiinuea: ana mis nc

A V . . Mia rr it I r t tvlltl - J 1 1 1 1

flOtt-U lll'UI lilt v yj 1 1 1 1 l ( in. uim oiiiv.ii abilities and public services had inspir-

eithem. The state could boast ot meu of

re shining parts, hut of none that were re useful. He possessed the advantage

c! "Rev- lutionarv fame; and in the darkest

,- t A mjrir.in fri.ih thf fcfrpnitv nf hi

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the tiimncss of his conduct were ... I - : : i I ! . i a

c: p;cu J'Js. ii is iini)OiMuie, wuuoui ac-

j.l observation, to estimate the effect of a

rn courage, on the community, in

tirriei of danger. In several instances, du-

r.::; t"e war oi independence, lie cave

r-rvf? of military talents, the chief of

were the ardour and resolution that

he .fuied into the hearts of those around h'.Q at the nust critical moments.

Gzor.GE Clinton merits the celebrity of

iotic bol-ii r, i'gi?I.itor, and states11 1 . t lk .

vri. mmd was tolerably wi;ll cultiu'xi by eduTution ; hut his knowledge r principally derived from a close obi.rv.itiou of tn uikind, and from an experience: in various eminent situations, from

hrr.ee ,e was enabled to survey with gfat accuracy the whole fabric of America. gc!cU. Thi. unouestionablv. is the

Uit mole c,f forming and ripening the

j"J;:mci.t. liitDrmation thus obtained, is r re precise niid durable. It is founded

en realities; and more directly fixes itself t-nthe memory than that vvinch we recsiv from studying written theories, and

c-ji stuutinsj tiif-m the standard bv which

measure our virws of the rirrumtaii-

same otfice, for a part of the tirst term of

nis 1 residency. Age and infirmity terminated his earthly career, by a natural decay, at the City of Washington, lamented by numerous friends, honored by Congress and hated by nobody. Had he been a younger man, so beloved was he by the people of New-York, so venerated was he th roughout the Union, that it would have been nearly impossible to have prevented his elevation to the. Chief Magistracy of the Republic. With a due share of circumsDection.

! George Clinton was a person of a noble

frankness. He never concealed his sentiments, and feailessly avowed his opinions in the face of the most inveterate opposition. He had moral as well as physical courage; which rendered him of great value in the Cabinet as well as in the field; in deliberation as well as in execution. No scintillation of imagination ever warped his judo-ment, which was the predominating faculty of his mind. His passions

were vehement, and sometimes escaped from the control of his reason, when incidents powerfully irritating crossed his pathway: but the occasions were few, and the excitement soon checked by reflection.

It may be remarked of almost all men of

extraordi ary parts, that their feelings are intense; and it is this intensity that gives to the individual the energy which is so much admired w hen kept within the limits of rationality. In feeble intellects it frequently degenerates into a species of phrerzy, w hich weakens or destroys the understanding. It is in minds that aie debilitated, that the passions ct mmonly rule. He who is strong in nerve and strong in mental qualities, is not easily moved or swayed by them. Mr. Clinton was happily constituted in both these respect. He had a well proportioned frame, a firmly knit and elastic nervous svsfrm.

with an impressive countenance. If he could not invariably govern his feelints, they never hurried him into any excess; and timely consideration, with a decided

j w ill, constantly preserved him within tVe j sphere of prudence. It was his fortune lo ! live in times of great party strife, when caj lumny poured its venom indiscriminately j upon the best as well as the worst of eiti ; zens; but no1 obloquy was ever fastened on I the name and character of G to rue ClinjTon; and now that his remains are mouldI ering in the torn!), not an associating idea j presents itself to impair the esteem in which he was held by his country. Hi habits were economical and strictly republican; and so perceptible was simplicity in the manners and observances of his do- ! mestic circle, that those who entertained

prodigal notions of the splendor that ought to surround a man in dignified stations, accused hirn of parsimony. His generous

tf of human life. In strong understand- H hospitality dis: r ved this illiberal imputa-

ir-S Tio do'iht, the connexion of letters'! tion, and demonstrated him to have been,

' the artii .l scenes and busintss of the ii as far as modern customs would allow, a 'r!d, will L'ive to our mental fac ulties a universal patriarch, as well as an excellent

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va-'i Htottion, and enure the ho-

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people.

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a fearLing as in aims; Charle- '" f ffho Could Tint ril h-jc m l:iw.

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'-l3 oHcmptirarics and posterity

' 3U,,i" iih determinations, ttic

,J ills rrw.'asil! :it.i t h n.vvrr

i.v j - - xcrcis d over the nations of KuE'TaiE Cmto; had litrrMtnrf

- to cau,o him to b

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vl profourd respect. It may be

4 Hwkcd of a largo maj.-nty of our utmn.n v personages of di?tii cfioiu

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t;(. (i f - . iti Uiev were equal to : : af ,ll,u s that surrounded them, fruit-

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From nn Flnlish Magazine. ILLUSTRIOUS EXVMPLE OF GRATITUDF. A young man was passing with his regiment through Lyons, in 17 , where he fell sick, and was obliged to remain at an lute!. He was very ill supplied with money, and his purse was speedily exhausted by the expense his malady occasioned him: his hostess, untouched by his destitute situation, had him carried into a granary, where all the furniture she allowed him was a palliasse and a chair, and all the sustenance, a little barley-water; refusing to call in the aid of a physician, to avoid the responsibility in which she apprehended such an additional charge might involve

her. It happened that the first floor of , this furnished hotel was occupied by two (Jonevese ladies, Madame &i Mademoiselle Agiee, who had visited Lyon? for the benefit of change'of air: they weie both advanced in years, Mademoiselle Agiee being near fifty. These two ladies were clever and well informed; but, according to the Genovese habit, they did injustice to their real merit by a pretension to some

thing beyond it, and a pedantry completely national. The fate of the young soldier interested all the domestics of the hotel, and the particulars of his friendless condition reached the ear of Mademoiselle Agiee through her maid, who acquainted her at the same time with the cruelty of the landlady, who threatened to send him to the hospital. The maid succeeded in awakening the sympathy of her mistress, who immediately sent fcr a physician, in

forming the hostess that she would answer all expenses, and that it was her pleasure the sick man should be removed without delay to a comfortable chamber. The humane Abigail, meanwhile never quitted the chamber of the invalid whom she had taken &o happily under her protection. Weakened by his illness, which had been so aggravated by neglect, the young soldier was in a frightful state of delirium when the physician visited him, and during the process of changing his apartment, so that, when he recovered his senses, he was greatly astonished to find himself in a well finished chamber, and believed himself dream

ing. Wear his bed was his faithful nurse, whom he began to question, but who con

tented herself with replying that a friend

wno look an interest in him had given orders that he should be properly attended. Days and even weeks escaped thus, till at length the young soldier recovering his strength, insisted on being informed to whom he was indebted for so many bene fits. There was in the expression of his countenance something that commanded respect, which perhaps even excited fear; the good woman named her mistress, and, with all possible delicacy, related to him the miserable circumstances in which she had found him He entreated to see Mad. Agiee, that he might lighten his heart of some of its gratitude; he was not yet able to rise, nor was he permitted to read; but he was nevertheless, sufficiently reinstated to feel the weight and weariness of an idle life. Mademoiselle Agiee consented to the demand of the young soldier, and paid him her first visit; she remained with him only a few moments, but promised to return and bring him books, desiring him to make his choice, and offering to read for him till he should be no longer forbidden to occupy himself. He accepted her proposal with joy, and selected the "Life of Turenne,''' and a book on geometry. Every day Mademoiselle Agiee passed some hours with the convalescent soldier who

I listened eagerly as she read, often inter

rupting her to make observations whfeh j cie always just, and sometimes very strijking. He did not seem easily inclined to j confidence, and it w as not till some time

had thus elapsed, that one day, as if led on by a military ardor beyond his power to restrain, he began to speak of his projects to Mademoiselle Agiee; she smiled as she listened to him, "I believe we shall one of these days see you a colonel." "Colonel V replied he in a tone of indignation, "I shall be a general and perhap? ' but he interrupted himself, as if alarmed at what he was about to say, and perhaps even internally rebuked himself for what he had said. "Until noiv," said Mademoiselle Agiee, "I have never asked you a single question, cither with regard to your country or family. By your accent I conceive you to be a foreigner, although you belong to a French regiment." 44 1 am a Corsican, and my name is Napoleon." The young man was Bonaparte. Mademoiselle Agiee every day became more and more interested in Napoleon; and when he was entirely recovered, she equipped him, and supplied him with the money necessary to enable him to join his regiment. On taking leave of his benefactress, the young man., was affected. 4iBe lieVe mc," said he, "I shall never forget what you have done for me ! You will hear of me." He departed, and Mademoiselle Agiee with her mother returned to Geneva. Very soon the name of Napoleon became celebrated ; and Mad. Agiee, in reading the gazettes, exulted in the successes f her protege, who meanwhile, seemed to have entirely forgotten her. Years passed thus away, when sometime before the battle of Marengo, Bonaparte passed through Nyron, a little town of the Canton de Vaud, twelve miles from Geneva, on his way into Italy ; he could stop only a few hours ; he sent an aid-de-camp to Geneva with orders toenquire for a lady, named Agiee, very ugly and old, and to bring her to him; such were his directions. In Geneva, as in all small towns, every body is known; and the aid-de-camp succeeded in finding Mademoiselle Agiee; she had become nearly blind, and very seldom quitted her house, but the name of her hero seemed to inspire her with new strength, and she hesitated not to follow his messenger. Bonaparte was impatient, and came to meet his friend on horseback, attended by his stair, as far as Versois; as soon as he perceived her carriage, he spurred on to receive her. and the feelings of Madcm ,

oiselle Agiee on this rencontre may better

be imagined than expressed. "Gentlemen," said Bonaparte, turning towards his suit, "you see my benefactress, she to whom 1 am indebted for my life; I was destitute of every thing when she succoured me. I am happy and proud to be obliged to her, and 1 shall never forget it." Mademoiselle Agiee passed two hours at the hotel of the Crouix Blanche, where he detailed to her all his plans, and on taking leave of her, repeated the same words he had uttered at Lyons, "You will hear of me." From that hour to the epoch of hig coronation, she received from him no token of his existence ; but fifteen days before the coronation, General Hullin was announced

to Mademoiselle Agiee. He desired her to prepare to accompany him, as Bonaparte was resolved that she should witness his glory ; he was furnished with the s rictest and most minute orders. Mad. Agiee was permitted to carry nothing with her beyond what was merely indispensable during her journey; and in spite of her age and her infirmities, the day after the general's arrival she set out. On arriving at Paris, she alighted at a house in the

j Place du Carousel, opposite the palace

of the ruilenes; there she found domestics in the livery of Bonaparte, and, in short, a complete furnished mansion: a well stocked wardrobe had been prepared for her, Bonaparte had recollected even her favorite colours, and had omitted nothing he imagined would give her pleasure; she had a long audience of Napoleon; he assigned her, besides a house, carriage, and domestics, maintained at his expense, an annual income of six thousand francs. He continued to preserve towards Mad. Agiee the most marked regard, often consulting her even on the most important affairs. On the fall of Bonaparte, Mad. Agiee lost the house and the advantages he had conferred upon her; hut I have reason to believe, that her pension was always regulaily paid by the agents of Napoleon, till her death, which happened 1 believe, in 1822. It is from herself that I received the detail- 1 have Riven; it is easy lo imagine with what animation sl.c descanted upon her hero; even without partaking her enthusiasm, it was impossible not to listen to her with interest; hesides, noble and generous sentiment? belong to our intellectual existenee, no matter what country we belong to, or what are our opinions, the emotions of the heart wait not to consult our prejudices. Mad. Agiee died in the Hotel de la Rochefoucauld, Faubourg du Roule, at Paris', of which she inhabited a small wing, after having quitted her house in the Place du Carousel. A. T. D.

There is an anecdote concerning the late emperor of France; which would seem to give him a title to an invention concerning vapor bath. A regiment was, to a man, infected with the itch, caught in Egvpt and brought to France. Bonaparte wanted that regiment for immediate duty. The physicians of the army represented to him the danger of marching that corps in their present situation. Is there, said he, no quicker way of curing a long standing itch, than by the common treatment? One of them observed, that Dr. Gale's vapor bath would cure it in two or three days, nt most, but that so many men would require a long time to take it one after another. Bonaparte then inquired into the nature of this vapor bath, paused a little, and exclaimed, " Let a large room be built immediately, air tight, with holes all round it for the men to put their faces through, and fumigate them by companies." This was done, and in three days they marched.

It is mentioned in the Missionary, "that a Lite Grand Jury of Hancock county ,Geo composed of 22 members, weighed, on an average, 209 pounds each!" If the heads of these jurors were as bountifully furnished with brains, as their bones were with flesh, the good people of Hancock must have been peculiarly fortunate in concentrating the sapience of their county in ita "Grand Inquest." Western Carolinian.

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