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practised no arts to effect them. At the age of ninety i at the completion of half a century from the commencement of that revolution he had been so instrumental in effecting, he s unk by gradual decay into the arms of death. He lived to see his country's liberties placed on a firm and immovable basis, and the light of liberty which she diffused enlightened the whole earth. On the Jubilee of Independence, his declining faculties were roused by the rejoicings in the metropolis. He inquired the cause of the salutes, and was told it was the fourth of July. He answered is a great and glorious daij " He never spake more. Thus his last thoughts and his latest words were like those oThis whole life, thoughts and words which evinced a soul replete with love of country and interest in her welfare. From the Richmond Enquirer,

SKETCH OF THE PUHL1C SERVICES

OF THOMAS JEFFERSON.

He was born on the 2d of April, 1743, in the county of Albemarle, at Shadwell, a country seat which now belongs to his

grandson, within a short distance of Mon-

licello, and within half a mile of his Ri

vanna mills. He was ol course, in the

S4th year ol his aire, lie received the

highest honors, at thccolh go of Willianl

and Mary ; and studied law under the ce

lebrated George Wythe, lale chancellor of Virginia. Before he had attained his 25th year, he was a distinguished member of the Virginia legislature, and look an

active part in all the measures which they

adopted in opposition to the usurpations gf Great Britain. In 1775, he is said to

have been the author of the protest a-

gainst the propositions of Lord North.

He was subsequently transferred to the general congress at Philadelphia, where

he distinguished himself by the firmness of his sentiments, and the energy of his compositions. Of these qualifications no

other evidence could be required than the Imperishable document which declared

Us "free, sovereign and independent

states.

From 1777 to '79, (for certain portions

af those years,) he was occupied with

Wythe and Pendleton, in resvising the

laws of Virginia. In 1779, he succeeded

Patrick Henry as governor of the state.

In 178 1 , he composed his u notes on Vir

ginia; than which no work of equal dimensions has ever attained to greater reputation. In the summer of 1732, he was in congress at the very moment when the Virginia legislature were forming a state constitution. The draft of the instrument, which he transmitted on that occasion, was not received till the day when the committee were to report the result of their labors. They were so much pleased with his preamble, that they adopted it as a part of their report ; so, that as it is rjow well understood, our bill of rights S constitution were from the pen of George Mason ; the preamble was T. Jefferson's. Jn 1784, he left the U Slates, being associated in a plenipotentiary commission with Franklin and Adams, addressed to the sevt ral powers of Euiope, for the purpose cf concluding reuics of com mcrce In October, 789, he obtained leave to return home; and on ids arrival Was mad : the fir:t secretary of state under gen. Washington. His correspondence wi'.h the French and English minis

ters is a p oud monument of his genius; he alternate y rebuked he cold cunning of Liston and the rash ai dour of Genet. His icpotts on money and weights andmcasu.es; on fisheries, and on the restrictions of commerce, arc ample attestations of the enlarged views of the philosopher and the financier. In 1797, he was elected vice-president; and four years afier, p; evident of the U. States. For eight year he conducted the government with a strength of talent, a purity of purpo-e, a respect to the constitutional principles, which might serve as a model to his successors. Ilisaa uisition of I ouisiana alone, now calis down the loudest praises from every one. Hut what is deficient in the preceding narrative must be made up from a curious and authentic memoir, now laying before us in the hand writing of Mr. Jefferson. He was called on by a particular occasion to state some of the circumstances Sc services of his life and from this curious document, lor which we arc indebted to the kindness of afiicnd, we lay the following extract bef re our readers : It furnishes some information, in that touching style for which the author was so remarkable, which, now that the great man has descended to the lomb, it may not be improper to lay before the public " I came of age in 1764, and w as soon put into the nomination of justices of the county in which I live, and at the first election following, I became one of its representatives in the legislature. I was thence sent to the old congress. Then employed with Mr. Pendleton &

Mr. Withe, on the revising and reduction

to a single c6dejof the whole body of the ,

British statutes, the acts of our assembly, and certain parts of the common law.

Then elected governor. Next to the legislature, and to congress again. Sent to Europe as minister plenipotentiary. Appointed secretary of state to the new government. Elected vice president. And lastly, a visiter and rector of the university. In these different ofiiccs, with scarcely an interval between them, I have been in public service now 61 years, and during the far greater part of the time, in foreign countries, or in other states. If legislative services are worth mentioning, and the stamp of liberality and cquality which was necessarv to be im

pressed on our laws, in the first crisis of our birth as a nation, was of any value, they will find that many of the leading c important laws of that day, were prepared by myself, and carried chiefly by my efforts, supported, indeed, by able and faithful coadjutors. The prohibition of the further importation of slaves was the first of thee measures in time. u This was followed by the abolition of entails, which broke up the hereditary 8c high-handed aristocracy, which, by accumulating immense masses of property in single lines of family, had divided our country into two distinct orders of nobls and plebians. u I3ut, further to Complete the equality among our citizens, so essential lo the maintenance of republican government, it was necessary to abolish the principle of primogeniture: I drew the law of descents, giving equal inheritance to sous, Sc daughters, which made a part of the Revised code. " The attack cn the establishment of a dominant religion was first made by myself. It could be carried at first, only by a suspension of salaries for one year, by

battling it again at the next session for an-

Ve are happy to learn that the prospect of crops are excellent, and the government very tolerant. What will be the result of the expedi

tion against the Indians, our informant I

could form no opinion, nor could he tell Row the conduct of the settlers would be received by the Mexican government. The Waco and Pawnee Indians, & people of Mexico, are at war, and it was generally believed in Texas, that the reason the government foibid the expedition against the Indians until fall, was an apprehension lhat the force w hich could be raised in the province, would be inadequate to chastise the enemy. State Gazette. We intended yesterday to ofier some reflections on the news from Texas, in order to shew the necessity of augmenting the military force on oiir southwestern frontier, but were prevented, from the want of a sufficient knowledge of the names and strength of the respective tribes of Indians who inhabit the neighboring provinces of Mexico. U is in vain

that we have sought for information by inquiry we are as much in want of light to-day, as we were yesterday. The Camanches and t! e Pawnees arc powerful tribes, ami as waslike as numerous. That the expedition set nu foot in Texas, may inflict on one or both of these tribes, an immediate injury, is not unlikely. All acquainted with the Indian character, well know that this injury will not be forgotten. Hordes of hostile Indians will pour into Texas, and the people will be compelled to seek lefugein Louisiana. As to protection from Mexico, it cannot i-e expected. Safety requires troops on pur homier without them, the tomahawk and scalping knife mty be in use before the end of the summer, in our own state, on our own citizens. We call the attention of the national executhsto this subject.Ib. Wc have further accounts from Carthagena which give usio understand that the object of Uen. Paez is to erect Venezuela

other year, and so, irom year to year, un- ! into an indepentU-.nt republic. Tins is

til the nublic mind wes rincned lor the i what we have v cr drearlt- 1 Alhn' iIutp

bill for establishing religious ftcedem, have been well founded hopes that Co

wmen I had prepared tortile Kev rjed lotribia has tounc a second Washington in

code also. 1 his was at length establish- : oer liberator, yet u is not probable that a

cd permanently, and by the eff ;rts chiefly i (iiccne, a Way ne, a Putnam andaCiinton of Mr. Madison, being myself in Europe j will be found in the other chieftains

at the time this w ork was brot iovuaid I think I might add the establishment

of our univcrsitv. Mv residence in ihe i iomukm armv would have no enemies to

vicinity tmvw of course on me the. chief burthen of the cnlerpize, as well of the buildings, as of the general organization and care ol the w hole. I he c fleet of this institution the future fame, fortune k prosperity of our cou :try, can as yet be

FRESH ARRIVAL.

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Ambition is the ruling passion of man, S:

as !c expected i hat when the Co

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tight, the chiefs would want governments. W ill Sucre and Soubicf.c join the cause of the country, or set up for themselves ? Of Sucre wc know little, except as an able general. Soublette, is a man of amia!)le private worth, and a first rate atl'iu-

sccn hut at a distance. But an bundled tai.t general. He is moreover said to poswell educated youths, which it will turn j scss better idcs of civil government, than out annually, and. ere long, w ill fill ail its j anj miiiiaiy man in Colombia, except I3oiofliccs with UK.n ol superio: qualifications. ! iar. and raise it from its humble state to an j Every well wisher to republican govrmirtencc among its associates, which it j ernmems must feci anxious that thw rehas nevci yet known, no, not in the bright- i behion ol Paez should he quelled. It

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est daw Those now on the theatre of

affairs, will enjoy the ineffable, happimss of scciiur themselves succeeded by sens

would also be desirable that he should be

brought to a sense of his duty to his coun

ty, witiiom the nice sttv ol sacnhcinK

of a grade of science, beyond their own j his life. But even the lite o! Pae z should

I . '111

uen. wur sister state: win also ne :c pairing to the same fountain ol instruc-

I tion will bring hither their genius to be . kindled at our fire, and wilicartv back

the fraternal affections, which, nourished by the same Alma Mater, will knit us to them by the indissoluble bonds of early personal liieikiship. The good Oid Domini n the blessed mother of us all, will then raise her head with pride among the nations, will present to them that splendour of genius, which she has ever possessed, but has too long suffered to tct uncultivated k unknown, and will become a centre of raliiance to the stales, whose youths she has instructed, k as it were, adopted. I claim some share in the merit of this great wink of regeneration. My whole labors, now for many years, have been devoted to it, and I stand pledged to follow it up, through the remnant of lite icmaining to me." New-Oh leans, June 28. By a gentleman from the Texas, whose information may be relied on, we learn that a party ot about 200 N. Americans from Austin's settlement, had set out on an expedition against the Waco Indians. This expedition is carried on against the consent of the government of Mexico. We further understand that Col. Austin had received orders not to set on foot the expedition, before the next fall, when officers would be sent from Mexico, to lead them. The settlers not relishing this proposition, volunteered and set out against the instructions cf Col. Austin. Our informant further states, that the settlei s on the Colorado w ere foiting, and v ere considered by the Indians the hostile 4

party, they having killed the Indians, of

which we were informed some weeks ao.

be taken to save the republic. Ib.

K E W GOODS.

S. T03IMN&OX,

M A H K K T b l'U K fc T , V i j; c E X X lS, 2 A

HAS jut received from Philadelphia and llalnm'irt'i a handsome and very general assortment of MEllCUAXDIZE of every description consisting of Spring and Summer DUY GOODS, A complete assortment of Hardware and Cutlery, Quccnswarc and Glassxcare, FRESH GROCERIES. Ail of which are offered for ialc at his

usual low pi ices for cash.

April, IS26.

f ft MIE subscriber has nnw nnr.n and fo

ji, sale a large and splendid assort

mcnt ol

lo-tf

Spring and Summer

GOODS,

JTNFOKMS the public that he contin-

ues to carry on the Saddlery & Harness making business, at his shop on (water street vincexnes ) He also, will keep on hand a regular supply of LEATHER, of every description, w hich will be sold on reasonable terms. He also manufactures, and will sell at the lowest prices, Boots e$; Shoes, of every discription and quality. February 19, 1825. 1-tf

consisting of British, Indiat French and

Domestic. An extensive assortment of Sadlery Groceries Hardware Cutlery Glass and Queensware. All of which will be sold at his usual lovr rates, for cash. Wm BURTCH, Market Street, Vincrnnea April, 1S25. 10-tf Reasonable Goods

REYNOLDS & BONNER, ( Market Street, Vincennen,) 1! 7! AVE just received from Philadel33 phia and Baltimore, a large and general assortment of MERCHANDIZE embracing almost every article usually called for which they will sell at the lowest prices for cash. 12-tf April 26, 1826.

Cheaper Cheaper Still, s CH: URAETER.

Pii? Lead,

Shot, Writing Paper, Logwood, Orleans Sugar, Coffee,

ox ma it ke 7, between 2d & 3d s Meets

Mas just received irom Philadelphia and Baltimore, and now for sale, an elegant assortment of RICH 8c FASHIONABLE DRY GOODS, Comprising nearly every article needed by the Fanner, or the Mechanic. A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF HARDWARE & CUTLERY ALSO QUEENS & GLASSWARE In very great variety. G E N TI?E MENS, & CHILDREN'S j SHOLb. A very complete assortment of GROCERIES. Ail cf which will be sold on the most ac commodating terms for cash. 16-tf Vincenncs, June 1825,

T HE subscribers have received, per late

arrivals, in addition to their former itock of GOODS. A

Spanish, and half Spanish Segars, Juniatta Iron. as'd. Pittsburgh Porter, -Ohio super. Flour. Waggon Boxes,

130 barrels Kenhawa Salt, Also, a quantity of First quality cold expressed CJSTOR OIL, in bottles. Which they offer for sale, wholesale & retail, low for cash J & S. SMITH, Market Street, Vmcennes. May, 1826. . i3tf Etna Fire Insurance Company

HAH TrOKD, CONNECTICUT.

Established bu charter in 1319. Cahital

200,000 DUlaTK.

For Insuring houses, build ings, goods, Uc. &c. from loss or damage by FIRE.

All payments for losses or damage by fire, arc made by this Corporation without any deduction. Losses by fn e occasioned by lightning will be made good.. $C7 All letteis addressed to the agent on the subject of Insurance, must be post paid. JAMES SMITH, Jgent, Market Street, Vincenncs. March 1826. 3-tf

Auction j Commission WARE HOUSE.

TJHE subscriber has commenced the 11 AUCTION and COMMISSION" business in Vinccennes, and is now ready to receive consignments. lo those who have articles to dispose of, he makes a tender of his services ALEXANDER MASSY. Vincennes June 8. .86 17-tf Magistrates &" Clerks BlankiTor sale at this ollicc.

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