Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-09-29

In hearts Hot oi feeling OF grar,l..
10 hearts "hich had gIoy'd such ~.
had fourish'd.
No" deeply depIoring such pron 8
The loud d.nier of war, o'ertbe n..
ter. bearing,
lie has ecao'd from every cow,,r
In the heat OF tie battle ono .,,r,,s
psaring, In,y =, FL
But COiumyia's proud fas h.I. /
On the gale, as Tue cries Of the a,..
were borne. then h.
He e'er ha.len'd 10 comI,r =,
From his country adopted, ala,
Burea'ly ensiFcisd with laurel he
Farewell, gallant spirit in history,
~, Lane
NY ueeos are recorded by Trumpet,
Az example she halls thee Tor oI,.
great Rae
And with evergreen laurel. adUn, h,
And tho falI'n SO early, oh ligbr,...
slumber, Ioftue,r
And sweet be thy sleep, II, h, ,..
While memory often thy virtue ,,,,,,o.,
oer' lcOij gryc.
And Ealiow with gratimte's tear +,
I. ca.
We have received, and have nos A.
fore us, memoir or sketch, Of The ,.. -;
the Commodore, by which we rer,. r..
the author is mistaken in his supo.. o,
him to have been native ol The En-, 4
Isle, 1--WE conclude he means lr,..n,
Respecting this point, we give the l..or.
ing extract from the Memoir:
His great-gre al grandfather, E'arpi
Perry, was born in Devonshire. Eng.rl
and was one OF tue earliest settlers d,
Colony OF Massachusetts. He aij,m.r,
IT moved to Rhode Island on acccurrof.;
religious opinions, (hqving no doubt ad,a,.
ed he sentiments 9fthe Quakers.J \, ID
three sons, Samuel, James ana Benla.n
who Inherited the same religious pruc.
pies as their father. Benz amin the ma:
grand father, was born III the year lbs.
Freeman, his youngest son, 10y second
marriage, was born in South klng. ION N
the Cd day of February, 1852 /; an "a
1856, married the daughter OF Oliver Ia.
zard, Esq. brother to the Hon, George la
gard LIeutenant-Governor of the then CO..
lony OF Rhode Island. The graniiaber,
freeman Perry, was for many years { cTi
of the Court. Member Of the Legislature,
Judge, &c. in his native sta;e-the QUITE;
of which various Offices he discharged with
great credit and ability. He died al South
Kingston, in October 1873. in The SD
year of his age. Christopher RaymoD1
Perry, tn father, was born December l.
I7oI. Notwithstanding his youth, AZ Tx
commencement of the American reyoIa
ton. he took very active part, and va
often found fighting, both by land aGc "a
in the service of his country. He Away!
acquitted himself to the sa. isiaction Of b"
commanders the post OF danger -sv d
him the post of honor. In October, u 1
he was married Ia Sarah Alexander, a 'ail
born in Ireland. but of Scotch extracloa
descended, on the maternal side, from III
famous Wallace, so celebrated in 'hr a.
mails of Scotland--a lame which Owe
would have borne, had it not been C'aDsrI
to Hazard, in consequence OF the death d
a beloved uncle"
A letter from Baton Rouge, OF date th
3oib ullino, gives a distressing account
the prevalence of disease in that quarter
There is scarcely house in town Tia
has not from one to three sick in it," lh
same letter TELLS very different story
the health of New Orleans from those wbIt
we have by way Of New York and o'h'
outports. 81 am told,' says the wrIieI
" by those who can be relied on, US, Iroi
New Orleans, that they bury about tori
persons day in that city. What anotn'
month may produce, Heaven only knows
Nat. LatfiIiosncer.