The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-03-06
DEATH OF GEN. BROWN.

The painful duty devolves upon us OF
announcing the decease of Major General
JACOB BROWN, Commander in Chief
Of the Army of the United States. lie ex.
pired at his residence IN Washington, on
Sunday after brief illness of three or four
days, preceded by general indisposition
of longer duration. "IIis name" says the
Inteligencer, " is too intimately interwov-
en- with the history Of bis coun ry, 10 make
it necessary for us to accompany THIS an.
nupciatioh with any reference to his pub
lie life or services. His indivi 'ual merits
are too universally appreciated 20 need to
be bszened by the pen of euIogy. At a
future day we shall endeavor to do justice
to his eminent desert as a soldier and Cit
zen, and TO hold up to his fellow citizens, in
their propcr colors, the example ofhis illus.
trous deeds and his blameless and yirtuous
private life"
General Brown has left wide circle Of
friends and relatives, to deploro his loss
friends, who were attached 10 him for ina
nv wears before he was called into the pub
lie service of his country by the acciden
tai developement of those shining nilitar,
talents which soon encircled his namC with
a blaze ofglorv. Who has for rotten that
dark period ofthe late war, which succeed
ed the failure Of Hull, and Dearborn and
Wilkinson, when the whole of our North.
ern frontier was open to the desc ating rava
ges of an exasperated foe. and the cruel
mereies Of his savage allies Who has
forgotten the fearful day when the gloom
which hung over the land was only light
ened up by the blaze Of our capital OIL the
one side, and Of hamlet or villa e OH the
other And who has forgotten he rapid
change in the general aspect whc BRowN
was placed at the head of our ut army
Instead fdetear and discstera every step,
the Eagles again percbed upon tn banner
Of the new commander, and nss ted bv
Scott, Miller, Gaines and Ripley, the plains
Of Chippewa. the hard fought field Of
Bridgewnter. and the brilliant sor,e from
Eric. dispelled the clouds, and shoS ed the
world that the Americans we're themselves
again. The effsct upon the public mind
was magical. The navy. against the mos,
fearful odds that the world ever saw. had
by its match'ess deeds, conquered for it
self a reputation and name, which would
have endured forevcr had the last shin been
crushed between ihe squadrons sent a..
gainSt us. Still the storm lowered fe rtul
" upon the land until the achievement of
Brown illumined the Northern horizon and
diffused thrill Of joy, glow Of hope and
delight, which spread with electrical rap
idity to the remotest corners of the half
desponding Union.-Nor were these O..
chlevements the result of fortuitous o. adj
ventitious ci c lmSiances-no ambusc des.
no mistakes and delays of a foe unacuuaint.
ed with the ground. But there was the
skill 10 plan, the boldness to lead, anil the
arm to strike. The conflicts we're in the
open fields, or storm at the canpon's mouth:
and the contending armies met breast to
breast, and steel to steel. Such were the
circumstances under which Brown. and
his associates, ,bound their heads with "vc
torisus lanrels." Gen. Brown was one Of
the oldest, warmest. and most UNIV vering
personal friends and admirers Of Go Gin.
ton: and how suddenly have they been
called to meet in another world
n. y. Com. adv.