Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-10-11
THOMAS PAINE.

THOMAS PAINE.
friend has put in'0 our hands the
sIloNiug account OF the close OF Tho
pa;ue's life. The arch iriidel tremblrs
As h, approaches I'll Preliplre nf etcr
nih.
Ssms account Of TIL mas Paine, 'eceired
FROM Mary ROscorr.
"tlter " llleI illchs' f"mily began t.
visit him, which Was Pre-, inus tc his
death. they bong near neighbors. at
Greenwich. he Mas much engaged in
writing, which h. pe,form' Il With grvat
difficulty, bvl,,ered up /" hi~ bed, with
something placed beIore To rest his pa
Der on his shoulders also Dring s,tf,
50 that he ,uid not move them /; winch,
together With what Nj. kosc"w saw.
ronvinccG her beyond a doubr, hat
he was spending his llttl remaining
s,reugth. 10 ira,e urhmd him proof al
the adherence of lhnse principles which
he had much ui his HE been tndea, our
iag to inculca,e. lbs circumstance
O. asioncd Nj. kGsC0w 10 b. l.. - rdre-
fai t. preserve or remember VIII t size
Saw anu heard. Blu, What Game / the
manusr rip, has not been iully ascertain
ed, but 1t is reported aud belle, cd tnat
II Was sent to IA certain PRIMER IA this
city New York since deceased, and
whiic preparing Tor the press. was pur
chased at CONSIDERABLE price ny sOu.c
OF ,'alnc's former irieGds, ana suppress
Srd. he first time NJ. RnsCrw SAN
linn, she Was returning from hecll =,
anu warn ncarl! opposite The ho",,
where ne resided, IA person VINO Was i'll
So passing observed with th0ushticss
yuisa: Itt. that taInc iOokeh like the
GcN ri-nc Was hot trn IN sight. but ii
,o!,y from the doGr replied II he onl,
luOnrd Ike him II wouiI 40. She then
ItiCei Ell that the identical person va,
nj tue dor. wulCh before Mas uid irO.n
tnelr view ~ the trees, and overheard
thrir CONVERSATION.
curing the ii &c of Paine's illness,
NJ. RosCUw was umwell. ana The phySI
r;un who attended him VAS Ccli 10
her; she asked how Pane Vas. the do
Tor rrpli d, very iil-We (meanng tae
rhysit ians) lhIGk We have never sven
sach suffering object; but he tells me
I-Gay, added hc, that ms bodl!t dis.
rress is no, hing compared 10 thai If his
mind. When she had recovered she
went to see hin Ia another apartment,
& found aFrcn,h Noman, Who lad &C.
,umpancd HIM iinm France, wringing
her hands and lamcniinS that size had
forsakem Der husband. friends aud rrli-
gion. to e:nbrace the principles ot Paine
that she bad spent three } ears IN fol-
hWiug him, but now he told her those
prluriplcs would not stand, and charged
her not to build upon them; and now.
SAYS she, have none 10 look TO. There
was a statemc;t in one "f the newspa-
pess few weeks pre-, iOns TO hi, death.
that two clerg, men came to Sc him.
and tina he treated them very loughl!.
M. RusCow asked him ii it was correct;
he told her it was not, but that he had
sent FOR clergyman. who Game atte
ted by deacon or elder. and surprising
Paine wished him to proceed in tn" IL
snal manner, proposed prayer. Paine
tod him he did not send for him to pray,
as he Gid nut conceive ANY form OF
PRAYER invented by man could avail;
hut that his muti,e for sending for him
was Tor the relief of his own mind. 10
correct an error. whichhe supposed hi'I
the priest to be in. And then asked
h:m ii he thought he was authorised b.
Christ to preaCh--ihis offended the
priest. and he withdrew. Paine re
marked thai I've much preferred the
hriest to himsclf,' but fearing his being
nan error. might be an injuryto others.
The last visit she made him, on enter
'fs the door. she perceived him to be