The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-09-05

prove satisfactory, warrants for their TX
animation are granted for rs many as the
Academy can receive. With these war
rants the candidates repair, IN June of the
year for which they are granted, IN West
j Point, and those who found qualified
u the English studies, and who can per-
| form with facility aud accuracy The ground
Rules of Afiihmrfir. both .,mpic and com
( pound, the Rules Of Reduction, Of simple
/ aud compound Propofliop. Vulgar and De-
cimal Fractions, possess al the necessary
qualifications ia learning required by law {;
Yet the student should understand the SIN
] Pile elements of Mathematical Education,
aud hive some proficiency in the French
Ltngnage, before he cutters the Academy,
/ or else il will be daablfal IL he eau remain
there, and il will t,r 81 il he even does un-
dcrstgnd Mathematics aud French, rs the
studies are SO exceeding difficult. Those
/ having the necessary qualifications are con
Iuionaiy admitted aud examined, their
character and conduct asccrtaned; aud
when the fesalt is settled, they either re
/ crlye their commissions Is cadets, or are
entirely rejected from the Institution. In
this WY the number sent by the Secreta-
~ of War is reduced every ear 10 about
0ne-Gnh.
fear the qualification ! received from
my visit IN the Military Academy may
have led me To dwell on it too long But
lisa fathers joy 10 see
The young age glow esnllingly
When the warlke tales be gin
AZ n parent il is my Joy 10 plant patriotic
impressions ON the hearts Of my children,
and watch the glow If enthnslis ISM on their
cuunienanccs Il the nation should watch
and guard our National Institution with
Jealous carr, ~ there the future defender OF
his country is grounded mall the branches OF
AIT and Science, which are subsersient to
n noble profession. We may not always
find the principles of peace, and external
connections IN our neighbours. Among
nations II rarely occurs that peace can be
secured by any thing less ,han preparation
for war.
General BUgoYte is curious that IA
man of such celebrity, Is writer, sena-
tor, and an officer, rs the Lieut. Gen john
Bnrgoynr should be found among the
number Those uf who's" youthful days no
memorial has been preserved. Neither
the time, place nor circumstances Of his
birth are known. Even his percentage ~
doubtful he IL said, but upon what an
thurlty il does not appear, To have been
natural son ofthe Lord BinSeley, Who died
at en- advanced age, in l77I. That he had
the advantage OF a liberal education, aud
early intercourse with polished society, is
sufficiently evident from hs writings; aud
il is probable that he WAS early devoted to
the profession of arms for on the 10th of
May, 1873, he was raised to the rank of
Lieut. Col. and IN August of the ensaing
year, he was appointed Lieut. Col Com
mandant of the 10th Light Dragons. His
after services at different periods IN Spain,
Portugal, and America, are all well known,
especially the unfortunate terminaton of
his military career at Saratoga, which,
though il tninishcd not his honor, cast
shade over his brow ever afterwards, con-
spic ,.aus To the ,ognornical eye. lie
made, on certain occasions, no ordinary H.
gure in Parliament. lie moved IN the first
circles, and married Lady Charlotte Stan
ley, daughter of the earl of Derby; and
! yet we know not who and what originally
! he NE was the Author of four sue
cessful dramas The Maid of the Oaks,
! the Lord of the Manor, Richard CGur de
| Lion, and the Comedy Of the ilriress, and
yet the curiosity of his blngrapher, even III
this anecdotc dealing and mcmoir-sifiug
! age, canno, trace his oripln, ar the scenes
/ of his education. The rule Of the Lord of
! the Manor seems in some degree, TO haye
been suggested Though sufficiently DISCUS
! ed in the modification of character aud cir.
cums.ancesl 10y the incident as his own
matrimonial connection for his was elan
dcstine aud unauthorized marriage, at II
time when he held only suhaItern's com
mission IN the Hrmy, and Is SAID 10 have rX-
cited al first the resentment OF the lady
! father Ia such degree that he declared
! his re solution never 10 admit the offender
INTO his presence, though ~ process OF time
! the anger of the Earl subsidized, IA rreonclli
alton was effected, and was succeeded by a
warm and lasting attachment. 1t Is pro-
hahle. also, that the memory of his lady,
who died IN the year l776, at Kensngtnn
! Palace during his absence in America, is
cmhamed by the aIleetinnatc regret of
the General IN that beautiful air in the first
act of that opera
! Encompassrd 10 an angels frame,
An Angtl's virtues lay,
Too soon did heaven assert the clam,
Aud call its own away.
My Annals worth, my Anna's charms,
Must never more return
What now shall fill these widow Il arms
All. me My Annals urn -
II is some confirmation Of this coniec-
ture, that General Bnrgoynr contracted no
sccood marriage. Taste and sentiment,
rather lhan yigouT aud originality, and IA
miia,itv with local manners and the super
fees of character, rather than the eompre
hensive views OF the sources of human ac-
ton and penetration into the deepest recess
SEES of the human heart, characterize the
genius this writer and his satire, tho
well pointed will accordingly lose its inter
esi when the memories ofthc hceting folics
and temporary politics at which it Is level