Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-11-03

thence he went tothe south with a fein-
forcemenl 70 General Greene.
After the peace, he was member Of
i Congress, aud president OF that body
and ia 1855, he was appointed govern
| Of Of the then North Western territory
Ia 1921, he was again appointed a ma
.jor general in the army Of the United
States.
In all the various stations and situa-
iions of his life, after he became known
to general Washington, tie enjoyed the
especial confidence aud friendship Of
that distinguished patriot.
General ST C!sis, ia his domestic re-
lations. tell the kinder synpa,hies Of our
nature in their fullest force la social
life he was much valued as a friend
His conversation was instructlng aud
interesting, eulIsened by wit, and cm-
belIished by science. As a soldier and
statesman, he possessed piercing &C
curacy Of mind; and fearless Of censure
from the short sighted and psesunpiu.
Gus, he looked to the results, rather than
TO the immediate consequence, of his
actions. The resources Of his mind
we're best developed in difficult and adj
verse circumstance, although fortunate
~ some instanccss seemed determined
to thwart his purposes, his GOODNESS, his
courage, and his constancy, were above
her reach.
Providence seems to have designed
that the American revolution should
disclose every species Of greatness,
and the subject ofthis notice, after toll
ing With unsubdued resolution against
disaster, and smiling upon adversely,
fulfilled bis destiny by descending to the
tomb, a great man u rims The Attic
ling spectacle Of his last days, snites
the heart with sorrow. Tie friend of
Washington, the companion of bis gfo.
~; he who, by hia counsel, turned tie
tide Of battle, in the most gloomy Pc
ROD Of The revelation; he who III the
winter Of l777, IN the banks Of the De. !
laware, looking on tie broken army of
liberty, beheld, al bis word, tile light of
enthusiasm CLEAN over the brow of
misfortune; hewho, in 1888, before the
entrenchments OF York. standing by the
side of the father Of his country. and
participating his feelings, saw The liber-
" of that country sealed by The surren-
der Gifts foes, closed bis lie ID neglec-
ted solitude. On the summit Of the
Chestnut. Ridge, which oyerlooks the
valley Of IigonieI. in which the com
mencement Of The revolution found him
in prosperity; on this lonesome spot, ex-
posed TO winter winds as cold and desc
lating as the tardy gratitude Of his coun-
try, died major general ARTHUR ST..
CLAM. The traveller, a. he passed the
place, was reminded Of the celebrated |
Roman exile's reply: "Tel the citizens
of Rome, that you saw Caius Marius
sitting among the ruins of Cartilage"
He Is almost in the rear Of the gallant
band in going TO mcrality's last sojourn;
but his great captain has gone before to
provide him quarters in the sky.
GENERAL BESSIERES.- This
parsonage, whose execution ha. been
lately mentioned, was by birth French
man, and atthe commencement OF Boz
noparte's war with Spain, was a com
mon soldier in the French army, and
was also waiter, or as they are called in
Spain nssistente, to an officer Of the staff
This officer he murdered, aud posses
sing himself of his money, watch and
ether articles Of value, fled to the enc
my There he Joined one of the gaer-
rllla parties which were then so numer-
Gus in Spain, and contributed so power
fully 10 rescue her from the benefcent
usurpation Of Napoleon and bis brother
Joseph. Ia this situation he Distinguish
ed himseliby his activity, boldness and
enterprise and soon obtained influence
and command among his semi-barbar-
Gus associates. Attic general peace he
became an officer in the regular army
of Spain, and so continued till the revo-
luton of is20.-He entered Into this
Hitb extraordinary ardor (after it was
accomplished we mean,) and attached
himself to a party in favour Of repub-
lie, with the insidious purpose, as it was
afterwards believed, Of dividing the
friends of a representative system, and
exciting to act over the accesses Of tire
French revolution. There is little
doubt that he and many others were
employed and paid by the French ca
binet to produce anarchy in SPAN. He
was finally detected IN a republican
plot at Barcelona, tried by court mar
tial and sentenced to death; bat esea
ped from prison, and in 1929 reap
peared as a leader of a guerrilla Of