Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-03-29
DIED

the late MIR. Henry Ltgte, of tire former place
DIED,
In tins CITY, on Saturday last, in the 68th ysN
oil ms age w M. GAIT, Esq. a native of Suotlandv
aud for many years extensively aud favourab,yy
Known III Virginia. Mr.. Cali was a very rich man
ana what was still better, a very benevolent and
So"" one Inc two extremes of his life were "a
strongly contrasted by the extremes of poverty and
wealth as they were by vigor and decay He emf
S'ateu 10 Vugihia IN lII5--he commenced trading
wtn pediar $ pack-he died in the enjoyment of
a revenue of $4,000 per annum. I'm 1575 he had
not ms six ieet length of Soil-iu 1895 he could
rue ni'eeh miieS iectnear on his own grounds the
o'oaoeSt ana richest bottoms of James river When
NC oeS""' NJ was an outcast ON a foreign shore
when We enuec' hundreds of human beings called
ann master, and he moved the attractive centre nf
a numerous, respectable and devoted circle oe
friends and acquaintance. When his career rom
menced, few perhaps knew him, or cared Tn kpo,v
,in-oeiore 1t closed, numerous children called
nm godfather, and hundreds attended his remains
to their last abode.
He got rich little stream swells into n miob,v
l'er' HIS industry and attention exacted tribute
rom all that came within their sphere of action
"hiie MS irugaty, like the Mediterranean retained
al tiat ever passed III. Yet lie was parsimonious
only to himself; his benevolence, like the evanora
'iohS oil the same sea, falling on and fertzips
many who were worthy and needy around him
rich, aud to the rich an example how tn e,,,,,o,,
iicheS. lie died as he had lived, having taken the
pest care to secure TO himself good treatment in the
next world, by embracing religion and practising
It's plecepts--He is id to have estimated his es-
td'e snort time before his death, at S75Q,OCO
as ne always erred, when he erred at all ON the
S'le s'oe, we may probably add to this S25OOOO
more ms large property was made bv no sue
vess'u ana splendid speculationy but by first taking
care of pence and then of pounds LatterJv IL
accumulated with the rapidity of a heavy substance
approaching the centre of gravity, and fifty years
more III me same hands, would have bought out the
9'ate oil Virginia, bag and baggage, lands tene-
ments, and hereditements.-T The force of p rlv ha
DIS was never more powerfully eXempifed than in
me case oil the deceaSe dhe stuck TO his ca rio ha
DIS OF care, simplicity and rugaity to the last and
no doubt with the warmth of first attachoentZ-
mere was no difference 1--WE are credibly inform
eh) between Wm Gait the poor and VIM Calf the
rlch-an admirable character thistle lived and
died bachelor.- Editor.
At his seat, (spring Grove,) in the county Of
Hanover on the morning ofthe 2lst instant Gen
ihoNaS WHITE, in the 9th year of his age =,
'ite, severe Illness OF twelve days ocoasioued by
lail from high pair of steps, which he bore with
"''C"''''oh lnrutude, leaving a uisconSolate widow
ana nine children to bemoan his irreparab bile lbs,
" was an alteciHnate husband, a tender parent
sind nelghbor, md an indulgent master Tins ba,
e i"S enemy cut OH from the social intercourse of
nv one whose services for more than forty wears
were devoted, III great degree to the public SER
wee "i MS c"untry-commencing at an rlv age as
captain Ia the military department of the State
ana continued IN regular promotion until he at
tanned to the rank of Brigadier- General in which
STATION ne discharged the duties for about II years
WIN p'"mptitude; al the close of which time he
experienced an almost unparalle led so ct AAs
"hl'h rendered HIM too inactive to discharge the
duties OF that office longer. with ease to himself
tie represented his county at the most critical and
trying times i'll the history of his country, in the
GENERAL Assembly of Virginia; md as Magistrate
IRON the earliest years OF his maturity until the
close of his life. He lived and died most iu6exi-
Ole kepubIcan-in fine, the deceased was a true
patriot ioI at the early age II years. ne embark
Ell as volunteer in our revolutionary struggle and
was an active participation in the closing scene AT
Yorktown, which resulted so gloriously in the eman
cIpauon of our country from British TYRANNY and
'Pp'esSion He was true believer in the Chris
ian TAFT 3, though not attached to any GA ticuIar
denominations He said to his family = " minutes
before his departure, with the most cool philosophy,
thH' he was prepared to meet his fate then turned
over on his left side though in sweet seep an,,
"'e"'ne" ms last without struggle. Comm.