Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-07-26

/, not tythe the cost of a diamond neck.
| lace for the favorite Miss of an European
Nabob-indeed, hardly a months allow
auce for one OF their dog kennels! But TO
our honest Chancellor, it was enough, and
to spare.--So cordially did he abhor the
| idea of giving to any man The pain Of de.
ception and disappointment, that he lived
nobly independent within little revenue,
and no creditor ever went sad or angry
from his door. With fair claim on
him, you might approach his simple dwell
! ling with as light heart as if you were
| skipping into the Stale Bank, with y
check in your hand from John Blake, Esq.
Exhibit your demands against him never
| So early, yet you never discompose him
his eye lost none OF its friendly lustic
| his iine open brow contracted Eo cloud
mo feature frowned the hateful Basisk
! to kill the h5te or TO mar the pleasure Of
| receiving your money. He nsyer dis.
! charged debt with those Distressing signs
which often make generous creditor wish
ne could afford 10 give if uh 4; nor with
that pe-vishness a,:I passion which too
plainly tell you, that he had rather yon
Syere ai me devii.--E His hhilantAryfihy gave
him that tender interest in your welfare,
that g 10 oye you nothing DIR i0ue," was Ia
him. in lieu of a harsh precept, an heartfelt
pleasure, and scarcely SO much his duty as
his delight.
The effect this on the harmony and
happiness OF society, is incacuIable.-,
Some msa," saws Lord Chesterfield,
" oblise US more in denying, than Others
in dong us favor"-owing to the sweet
spirit accompanying the denial. Now if
;hers be such charm in This spirit, (Which
is no other than that of ioue) that NTH
| 1t denial obllges US more than do
nation 7cithout II, then how delicious 10
The heat must the obligation be, when &C.
cpmpinied with that ,nexprcssble charm
oil loSk, voice and ma,taer. which even
converts denial into obligation! Here Law
the Tort OF this eminent Barris,er, from
whose fair example even pulpi,s might
| gain instruction.--He always received his
creditor with conntenance so refreshing
attended to his claim with such respect
tul readiness and discharged it with q
promP'i,ude and pleasure 80 ende0ring---
] that his creditor aGluslly felt himself, in
turn, debtor TO the good Chancellor,
4 whom he never lett but with throb of
grateful sentiment, spontaneously breath
ing out his warmest benedielions on his,
head, and in as fervent prayers, that all
men would, bur like him, "iive tcgefher i'm
lope, as dear children y daily exalting zach
others esteem, By dates. honora6ly herforn,-
ed; daily SsUee!ening eoeh Others shirts,
by good Offices. cheerjally rendered--thar
thus, ever 6iling each others heart with
love. they may sirew over with flowers
this Ties paths. and substantially support
each others steps TO a 6esrer, where the re-
collection of such essential services past,
will serve to give brighter lusire TO their
love beam'ng eyes, and TO exalt 10 higher
enjoyment their bIIssful communion for
| ever.
In seaport of this little moral culogy of
! Chancellor Vythe---in proof, | mean,
that he possessed that .feruent loUe. which
! gave him so tender an interest in the
comfort of another, tina, no money could
ever tempt him TO invade il: take the fol-
lowing anectn;e Of him, and mos, exact
ly. lin substance, at l.ast as received
it from the Rev. Mr.. Lee Massey, first
rate Virginia clergyman, and from early
life, the intimate Of Mr.. Wyihs.
/" In the month of June, many years
"ago, WENT" said Mr.. Massey, (" to
dine with my freed, Bob Alexander"
! (Now, il may DO: rauch confuse the rea-
der, TO tell him MAT lh s sam Bob Alex
andcr, as Mr. Massey, Ia his fainii ar way,
| always called him, was a wealthy and
worthy gentleman, living on the Potomac,
and near Alexandria, well, while AIRS.
F" Alexander, like Mikon's Eve, ION hospi-
"tabl= thoughts intent vas pispariug AN
elegant dinner, Bob and took cur chairs
into The piazza. which commanded
Every line prospect indeed full in our
"vlew lay the Potomac, the mile. vide
boundary between the sister States, of
Maryland and Virginia--on the Virgin
"ia side, the rich bottoms Heightened cut,
" far as the eye could see, were covered
with crops Of full ripe wheal, whose
yellow tops, rolling IN ridges before the
"playiul breeze, rellecte The beams OF the
"sun in sudden CLEANS OF gold, brighten-
sing the day--on the Maryland side,
"stately ridge of hills, high crowned with
"!rees, formed, as it we're, rrowning
"goafd To the great river, aad threw it,
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