The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-07-13

hr Constantly expressed wish To 1--we H.
ser another 4th m July; ADD though he
has been sperchirss ever since yesterday
e.eniag he in,imiated 10y signs great sat
i-faciion at being PERMITTED 10 de- so. He
was perfectly resigned to the will oi Proyi-
dence, and declared that he wished to die
in peace with al the world.
{ From the Richmond Enquirer. :.
8 Mr.. yeftrSOn. WIS born on the Cd OF
April, I74S. 10 the county of Abe marie, at
! Shadweli, sconntry seat which nov b.
I longs to his grandson, within short dts
lance of Monticello and within half mllr
!. of his Ri,ann mills. He Mas of cuurst. Il,
fthp cath year of his age. lie received tn
! highest honors AT the College of VIM. aud
Mary; and studied the law under liz, eel
Tebratrd George Nythe, late Chancellor of
sVirginia.-B.fore he had atlained his 25th
syear, hr Was distinguished member o.
he VirgiGia Legislature, add took an ac
give part in all the measures which they
Sadopied in opposition Ia the usurpations
Of Great Britain. In l775, he IS SAID Ia
Iha,e been the author of The protest agiIus
4 he proposition of Lord North.-ie was
fsubaeqnentl transferred to the General
NCongrrss At Philadelphia, where he DIS
y lngushed himseIfby the frmness of his
I sentineots and the energy of his compo-
I s,tions. Ofthtse qualifications no Othrr
4esdence could be required than The I'M
xprrlshable Document winch declared rs
e free, sovereign, and independent States. "
\ From l777 ~ 70 flor certain portions
3uf those years. he was occupied wit
3Wythe aud Prndleton in revising In,
xLaws of Virginia. In 1873, he succeeded
HPatrlck Henry az Governor of the State.
r 10 1891, ht tons posed his " y otes on Vir
& GINA ;" than winch no work OF equal d-
DIMENSIONS has ever attained I" greater r.
> puiation. In the summer of 1889. he Was
in Congress at The moment whrn the Viz
ginia Legislature were framing State
Constitution. The drausht of the lustrn-
mint, which he transmitted an that coca
sion, MAS mol received al the day wheu
committee were To report the result OF
their labors. They were so much pleased
with his Preamble, that they adopted it ~ "A
part # their Report; So, that Ill lsnow well
undcI stood, our Bill of Rights aud the
Constitution were from the pen Of George
Mason the Preamble was +. Jrtierson's.
In 1874, he lpit The q. States, being assa-
sciated in plenlpotentlary commission
fuilh Franklin and Adams, addressed to
. the several powers of Europe, for the pur-
Z pose of concluding treaties If Commerce.
x In October, 1889, he obtained leave IL re-
turn home and on his arrival was made
the first Secretary of State under Gen
aWash,ngton. Hrs correspondence with
athp French and English Ministers is a
Sproud monument of his genius; he alter
5natrly rrbuked the cold cunning of Lston
aand thu rash ardour Of Genet. HIS Re-
Spnris on money, and weights and mea-
-ures on the fisheries, and Of the restrie-
Rtlons Of CONNIE &C.. are ample attestatlon
+ of the enlarged views of the Phllosopn-r
Mud the financirr.
Il In 1897, he was elected Vice President
Eand q years after, President of the U. ).
EFor eight years, he co. Quoted the govern
e nent with a strength of talent, purity OF
Epnrp0sp, respect 10 constitutional
& Principles, which might serve as mode
Eto his successors. His acquisition of Lou
z siana alone nov calls down the loudest
MpfaIses from every tongue.
u But what is dtticlrut IN the preceding
Hnarratlye must be made up from curlUos
ndnd authentic Memoir, now laying before
Gus in the hand writing Of Mr.. Jefferson.
q He was called on by particular oecasl1n
10 state some If the circumstances and
Aseri ices of his lite-and from this curIoos
xdocumeni, for which We are indebted Il
Stht kindness of friend, we lay the fol
Glowing Extract before our readers: II fur
gnlshrs some ioformatlon, in thai touching
& style for which The author WAS 30 remark
Fable, which now that the great man has
) 1escend-d to his tomb il may not be- in,-
&proprr to lay before the public
came of age IN l764, ard was soot
Gput into the nomlnation of Justices of the
kcannty in which live. and AT the first -
\ lecion following became one of its rep
e esenta;ives in the legislature.
n was thence sent to tn, Old Congress.
I Then employed two years with Mr.
kPpndlcten and Mr.. Wythe, on the retisal
Eand reduction tn single Code, of the
EwhoIe body of the British statutes, the
Eacts of Gus Assembly, and certain parts
Eof the common law.
q Then elected Governor.
4 Next To the Legislature, and to Con
Ngress again.
z Sent to Europe as Minister Plenipo
ktentialy.
B Appointed Secretary Of State to. TIL,
new government
= Elected Vice President and Pre~j
xdenf.
/ And lastly, Visitor and Rector Of thr
4 Univ rrsity.
n In these different Offices, with scarcely
gany interval between them, have been
!, in the public service n W 81 years and
Sdurlng the far greater part Of the time, IA
= foreign countries, or in other States"
x If Legislative services are worth men.
Htionlng, and the stamp of lberality and e