Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-10-12

m0uider away in quietude and silence,
while the cold dews Of night hang over
bis head, aud notEing but iDsensate marble
marks the spot where he slumbers-envy
shrinks with adherence from The sanctu-
airy Of the dead, and death canonizes aud
consecrates the character. 1t is then,
and then only, that the virtues begin TO
CLEAN and to twinkle with star-Iike radi-
ance. through the inierposing shadows Of
the tomb-they then shine from their
proper sphere they are set beyond hui
man reach in the broad, expanding and
over-arching armament of fame.
We hope that the following slight bio
graphic sketch Of the departed hero, drawn
from the most authentic source, will not
be deemed uninteresiing. Oliver Hazard
Perry, was the son of Christopher Ray
mond Perry, and was born 10 Newport,
Rhode-Island, on the 23d of August, 1895.
His father had borne an honourable part
both by sea and land, in the revolutionary
battles of his country he was from his
maternal side, descended in direct line
from Sir William Wallace, so Tenomned
in the history Of Scotland In April,
1893, he received midshipman's war
rant, and was attached to the United
States ship Gen. Greene, nnder the COM
mand OF his father, until the reduction Of
the navy. On the breaking out Of the
Tripolitan war, he was ordered TO join the
Adams, commanded by captain Camp
bell, with whom he continued until COM
modore Preble was superseded by COM
modore Morris, when he returned in the
frigate New ork to the United States.
during which cruise he was promoted to
an acting lieutenancy. In 1904, under
his old commander captain Campbell of
the Constellation, he joined our squadron
lat Malta, where he remained until by or
der Of that officer he entered as first lieu.
tenant Oh board Of the Nautilus, TO which
vessel he was attached until commodore,
ttogeTs assumed the command Of the
squadron. He remained in this station
until the conclusion Of the peace with
Iripoli, when the commodore shifted his
flag from the Constitution to the Essex.
and took Oliver Hazard Perry with him
Ito the United States in the capacity Of
second lieutenant. During the embargo,
he was appointed TO the command Of Ia
gun-boats then lying at Newport-and ia
1910, he superseded captain Jones 10 the
command Of the United States schooner
Revenge, attached to the squadron of
commodore Rogers, lying at Newton
don. This schooner was lost off the port
above mentioned, a court of enquiry in
yestigated all the facts of the case, by
whom the conduct of the commanding Of
ficer was highly applauded-his cool and
intrepid conduct on that occasion endeared
him more than ever to the cabinet On
the breaking out of the late war with
Great Britain, he was ordered to take the
command of the United States flotilIa ly--
ing at Newport; and in February, he
was appointed with the rank OF master
commandant, to the command Of the United
States naval forces on Lake Erie.
Here we deem ii needless TO pursue
him further-what follows is now mat
ter of American history-he stands in the
full sunlight Of glory-the admiration of
his countrymen constitutes his best pane
gyric his bravery during that periIous
engagement for the acquisition of victory,
could only be rivaled by his humanity TO
the vanquished afterwards. This is an
event that will not be forgotten; he has
made the waves Of that mighty lake the
rolling monuments of his glory. With
regard to the softer, the more delicate, the
domestic affections-t those that shun the
blaze Of public admiration and court pri-
vacy and shade, those that may be de-
nominated the tendris OF the human
heart, they wound themselves around all
his sturdy and more independent quail
ties--the grandeur of the oak was enliv-
ened and decorated by the blossoms and
the fragrance of the woodbine that en-
folded its trunk, and crept in spiral ring
lets around its branches.-But OF what
avail is glory-the same destroying angel
that now hovers over Baltimore, has made
the son of victory her victim she has
denied him even the sad privilege OF a
grave in the land of his ancestors--neither
his family, his widow, his friends, nor his
countrymen can point out his tomb TO the
inquiring stranger, and say, here sium-
bers the ashes Of the Hero Of Erie.
Fame as she walked the zodiac, callPd aloud
The name of PERRx from her silver cloud,
Her voice in music stole upon his ear,
Hero of Erie take your station here!
He saw the glorious vision crownd with rays;
He saw her vestment twinkling in the blazes
His soul delighted, burst its mortal frame,
And soar'd respondent to the call of Fame
i" No man." said a wealthy but weak
headed barrister, SHOULD be admitted to
the bar, who has not an independent land