Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-01-28

,;,.,;o, ~ HE s,udi,s cf winch he often come
at.;nsd a. was. however, SO accomplished
Classic scholar al seven,een,that Bisho? Mad
800 ofSsr,d him the ushership Of the gram
mar school a, William and Mary. Al this
aye. his learning was Of curious cast. nav
;ns been removed from school 10 school, III
different parts Of the country, he had met d.
these olaoes with different collections oil ora
books. which he seemed to have devoureo III
disc Intimately. This scarcity OF intellectual
food sometimes begets a vigorous aPpe'''e ~.
il. which is not always produced by mort
supply. His fathers medical iora>
~ he read in the original Latin, and at seven
teen he Quoted fluently such names as DUE,
have. Van Nelmont, Descartes, Gas>endi a"u
Linnsus. He lived. says his biographer' "
reduce this chaos TO order, S before MS uea'"'
was a. remarkable for thu accuracy AND oise''
ed method, as The extent Of his a,,ainmenss'
He STUDIED law in Richmond, In the once =. y
Mr.. Writ, and prac,ised it In Winchester a NV
Its neichbnrhood with Aatlering success. i -.
removed in 1850 Richmond, where ne wouiu
have succeeded equally well, had his hea'.'
been adequate to the duties "f his ianorio"'
profession. II was by MI. Jetfersons innueh..
that, in 1924 he was induced 10 60 10 E"s 'a"'
to procure from Oxford and Cambridge, pro,
fessors for the new University OF irgl",a' %
which he was offered the choice 81 any % VA.
profe ssorships. He executed his eomm!ssio"
with signal success; but was seized on his re-
mr. with the disease which fnslly brought
ON hi. death: lie now accepted tie probes
sorsnip of Jaw in the University, but never
delivered a lie, ture; and breathed his last on
the 2s,h Of February, 1926.
We give The following extract from he
bioe "a phicai sketch f,om which we have
CLEANED the above pur'i ulais:
The variety, extent and accuracy OF MS attain
men,s in science and literature, the high tone o'
his character & the splehdour OF his converse
ton, introduced him 10 the acquaintance anu
admi, alton Of most Of the distinguished mei
in The United States. Like his father, he wa:
erea, favorile with Mr. Jsftrson; and the Gel
ebrsted Portuguese philosopher, Mr. Correa
as always well pleased when he could prevail
on Mr. Gilmer to accompany him IN his scien
,i6c tours through the Union, which he dc
on SIEVE raj occasions. Mr.. Gilmer had many
and warm friends among The most em!neh
men ia our country. His virtues were grea
and attracting. He was brave, high minded
open aud honor able His cnlloquial power
were equalled by very few men of the age
His app eheniop was quick; his wit pregnant
his sallle. Of imagination highly poe'ic; hi
stores Of knowledge such as would have dom
honour to hoary head; his language copiou
and ricl. even TO rxuberance; his manneI yer.
,romp, and spirited, and his style surpr'zngi!
beautiful and felicitous, His conversation wa
indeed perfect banqurt'o every one w" hal
a taste 10 perceive or heart 10 feel. 1t Is I'm
possible to contemplate the death Ct younl
man so gifted with talents, SO fraugh' with III
treasures of learning, and so full of The mobiles
promise, without feeling anew the roth OF 30
lemons a2osirophe 10 the vanity OF all suouna