Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-29

-. re last six years % "'s -. 81
For .ss ole mSmens's health, ano
ps tslos J, 'bat time oae whole hours re-
.I g J. .uis sripg; and yst, nossiIhs!ana,
tTon ', sl a;Is ipI6rmisy. he seldom Jailed
sn's III -. duty in congress. when able !,
nss' .v,r heard to detail IL company
d va a = of his maIady "a drOPsy 10
n' go q 3 friend, January, 1907 ne
Wf '. laaens your ,ndisposlslon PEI
y'' s. from knowlcdgS I have of the
r. nj which attend sickness, sven II
OI'a - favorable operations. know
r'o' I. = be seSessiy sick. 20 such q de-
oa'n :, s., 10 expect life; not to exPsss
&C. Ma 4 - and know what i e g lingsr
|Dy 'a'' st,sx,jsl, debility Of body aud miod,
aoss 80. 80 RS life as such borden Dur.
a'sa !. sosss ,f s yeas | have GOT ENJOY,
g s, ~ one !. honr, nor for one momsnt' =
= ofhrs!sb, and have scarcely been re-.
'a's 4 = hat .jn,e from sufsrirg; ystbies.
'es. $ f:adl shave bgen enabled TO save
.,srlf Fer The Eosa - - - - G.
z. ,'s ~h;eh IS ! pssvish, ifssfal aud irestang
8, s ii i is, / havssnos known that
': .pTsrsd ;osompapy andsr the d0mlaion
sfossyishaess. "
!, Since ii has been proper n the wise
e Providence. 10 deprive ns OF
M : s;ob hesl,h, which for many years !
.;sxxd. lh,vs sndsavo,sd to learn sub
;,.,oo' sad fipsling my fr,eds so'ieiseus 20
,s..,ys nv :.fs, and restore ray heath, |
49, .',a;;rd 40, 10 give shesa unnecessary
M. when could carry 70 .lsm q
oa,t no, ssliss aots ehceIsal. yet, which
-. 20, Depressed and hypechoDdrleal,
=, ,more.tI,sn, add received from sheai
,aeh sindssss add Gsauy fasess, bat whea
Ia dsbiIj,y, which is 50 siten my better
po,,,on, IS u;.yo mr liksac evil spirit bow
80 me % sses ear,h. cannot knewlng'y
4 oad mr. friends with . weight OF trouble
|msen, at sbe same time. obtain 40 Dement,
ksr myself"
Educated in the christian religion, he SIM
|cercly beiiesed in it, not because such men as
Bacon, Locke and Nssvton were among its pros
|lessors, but because, as he has often been
hears % say, the evidence upon which it rests
|aKorled him full conviction of its truth and
divine original. Those who were most con-
|ysrsant with his sentiments, know that the
ebecaoas;of intidelity, never for moment
shook bis faith or his trust in Redeemer.
In letter efshis to asfriend, written en:his
death-bed, The last he ever wrote, with his
own hand, he thus expresses himself:
: lean discern one fact in myself, which
is that my sickness has broken down my
strength ot.lnind, AMI tissipated ore dried up
every source Of courage and spirits which
formerly possessed. retain most ardent
wish, once more to see my family of this
some doubt remains, batsaepe, slillbuoys me
upabove despair
Infinite power is the same here, and in-
hnite goodness the same, that they are any
where, and every where else why then
should prefer location In which TO draw my
last breath ? Place is Eothing, time is no.
thing, AMI circumstances nothing eternity
Is all to man. This eternity is the property
q Cop himself, and his goodness infinite,
unoounded as il is, should * the steady eye
Of talth, and regulate that OF reason, and GER
alnly silence every complaint =
lhls sketch Of the character sf the deceas-
ca, though composed IN haste, is transcribed
IN truth. Il is slender tribute, frail me-
moral, q fleeing memento, wet with tears,
70 the memory Of 4 man, who directed his a.
Olll'Iss, TO his latest breath, to one end, the
welfare, greatness and glory ofhis country.
oach was Uriah Tracy, who has left be-
Alna nm, amongst statesmen, few equals and
no superior; who, after a life of the strictest
economy, and the greatest portion oft spent
IN the public service, died remote from his IA
m'ly' scarcely rich enough to pay his funeral
expcnees.