Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-12-30

quis della Fsyeae, in which capacity he
served several campaigns. Similarity OF
feeling and Of manners, created 81 ardent
friendshipbetween these accomplished, md
al the same time young officers, which has
continued uninterrupted ever since, and
which retained major Neville in the family
Of the marquis for three years. Al The ex-
piration of that period he volunteered, with
hisfather, 10 join the southern Amy, and
received the brcvet Of lieutenant colonel.
He was made prisoner at the surrender OF
Charleston, returned thence to Virginia on
parole, and was NOT exchanged until the
end Of the war.
General Neville vas in the battles Il
Princeton, Trenton, Germantown, Brandy
wine and Monmouth, at the last of which
he had a horse killed Under him. AZ the
close of the revolution he married the eldest
daughter of general Daniel Morgan, and
emigrated to property which he held near
Pittsburgh, at that time in Virginia. In
1899 he removed to Pittsburgh, where lie
continued until the year 1916. lie then
changed his residence TO Ohio. lie was
always honored with The friendship OF gc-
neral Washington, and, until within few
years, he held many Of the most conf
dental offices, under the general and State
governments. Governor Snyder was the
first to inaict wound on the peace aid the
pride Of this distinguished citizen and me-
iitorious soldier, in the evening OF his days,
by removing him from the lucrative office
of prothonotaIy oil his county I've i'm
peach not his motive, but we hope that II
was such as to justify lin at future DAY.
IL falls to the lot of but few men, to enjoy
so great 4 dessce Of personal popularity,
as has attended the subject Of this notice
through life ofmany years and much vi
cissitude. Until he had passed the neii'
dian of life, he was favored by providence
with the possession of an ample fortune.
which enabled him to indulge to eycess
beneyolence as warm and as expansive as
has efrpSglowed in mortal breast. Hit
had fault, it was thai il was too lavish
for prudence, and too indiscriminate for
justice but il was the offspring OF a heart
too truly kind to allow prudential maxims
to mingie in its counsels, and too homo
rable 10 doubt the rrctitude of its ardent
impulses. Like most generous men he sui
fered dearly for his liberality, but he repi-
ned not at the dispensations of Providence,
nor repented OF those acts which he rer-
formed with pleasure and reflected on with
pride. He was admired by his equals, re-
spected by his inferioss, and loved by all
who knew him; the oppressed clung to
him for support, and the prayers OF the
needy assembled 10 Heaven in bis favor
In General Neville, we had a brilliant ex-
ample of the character, which we may EN-.
phatically term that Of well bred gentle
man. The Distinguishing features of his
characterwere a courteous hospitality, and
a polished urbanity Of manners. He car
ricd into private lie that aice sense Of ho-
nor which SO peculiarly belongs to the SOL
der, and which, though the native growth
ofhis own bosom, was polished and refined
in the camp. His affections were warm,
and his philanthrophy pervaded the whole
tenor Of his thoughts and actions. Asa
husband he was delicate and afectionate,
as father warm and indulgent, and as a
man mild but FIRM. The rule of his con.
duct towards society was to do nothing
which gentleman should be ashamed of,
and lie cared but little what name the world
might put upon his actions, if he gained
the appreciation Of his own heart without
tresspassing upon the feelings Of others
Yet so nice was his sense ofthe delicacy
which ought to be observed towards the
opinion Of the world, as well as the feelings
Of individuals, that it would have given
him serious pain to reflect for moment
that he had offended against the one or the
other in the most minute particular. He
breathed his last on the banks Of the Ohio,
not surrounded by all the comforts of life,
for this would have been too great an hap
,piness for an old soldier--but lie drew his
last sigh surrounded by his children, on
the soil that wasgranted to him for his re-
evolutionary services. AT the present day
the remembrance Of those services are but
of little valhe, except as theme of pride to
his defendants, but the future historianwill
rank him among those heroes to whom his
country owes her independence. He has