Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-02-12
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Cot. TIMOTHY picKEalNG.

We copy lie following Biographical Sketch
# The life OF the Great aud Coed .Nan, he pure
Pare, and iiiustrioss Sia,ssman, the uoaorsbie
Ftso ray PIcksaIss, from salem. (Mass.)
papers
Though he has died a. full Of years
:, OF hoaers the departure OF charac-
nr 80 much celebrsted, respected, aud
,,,esmed by the pubic, and SO much
beioyed and admired in the circles OF
priyats friendship and OF domestic life,
will Great NO ordinary sensahon OF an
isigoss grief. He has lett 40 one OF ms
associate patriots surviving, except the
;llustrious add venerable John Jay,
rhoss life 10 so much idennhsd VIA
the wnols Of our national history From
tns peace OF 1853 ill very recent pa
Rod. he was q zeatsus, strenuous, ntsi
mid. and influential actor IN al the scenes
and y,ciss,tudss through which our coun
Ehy mas passed; hs participated IN the
t.cussion and troubles arising from the
samp Act, was one OF the most ardent
md Jealous Wings, and when tbs Colo
nss were menaced with bosttiities from
he mother country, he was The fore
most and most interchangeable in accusing
bis countrymeR TO resistance, aud deso
nd his time and exsrted his influences TO
,ray and discipline our military forces
br the defence Of our liberties.
Waea the struggle came. be shrank
T.. annAnutcS. a thp Darkest
AID saos; gloomy crisis Of the Reyolu-
hon. he led Regiment OF Volunteers,
|eonsssting Of the flower OF the young
|me n tsf thi. town, to reinforce the feeble
Iforceof w ,hington in the Jerseys, in
mid wlhter, when the army was without
pay, without a commissarlat, without
tents. or "a hospital The discerning
aud sagaciovs eye OF Washington Sc
leesed him for an honorable and ardu-
Gus station ia The staff OF the Army; he
shared in all the scenes ct hardship per
il, and suffering endured by our patret
forces till the Peace OF 1888. dis CEN
,tansy, fortitnds, tolls, aud services en-
| title him ta the affection, and endeaP
hin Ia the enemory OF all VINO glory in
our Ind epenaeacs and exult ia ths en-
soy ment sf esrfrss institutions and Re.
publican liberty.
Col Packering was born in this town
on the l7th July, s74e and was descen-
dsd from respectable family who
were among the earliest emigranis -
He received a liberal education snd was
graduated at Harvard University in
1853. at the moment when the Peace
between Great Britain ana France had
liberated the Colonies from barrassine
war, and lett them al leisure to invssti-
gate and ascertain their Rights IN rela.
ton To the mother colntgy. Fne con
tFoversy, that soon arose, engrossed his
feelings and Unlisted all the powerful
! faculties Of bis mind on the side of his
3 coua,ry He soon became tbs cham.
poa aud leader Of the whigsi ia this vi
zsinity.
The disputes between Great Britain
and her American colonies (which now
lor@ the United Slstes) commencing
With toe sta up act, 10 1865. and revi
We'd ia 1907, by the act oil Parliament
Tor raising a revenue in the colonies,
gave rise to two parties, which at length
were distinguished by the names of wing
aad tory, the latter acquiescng in
Brush claims of taxstion; the fermer
raising them. In 1867. the Assembly
OF MASSACHUSETTS sent a circular lstter to
the speakers OF the other epbhes,
Ter tue purpose of promoting the adop.
h9n ~ uniform measures, Thy petitions
ana remonsirauees) to obtain redress
OF grievances Most af those asse mblies
eencufred with that Of Massachusetts.
IN 76s, letter from Lord Hibborough
\ acquires the Asse molly oi Massachusetts
o teseiud the vote oftheir predecessors
! ief sending that circular letter. This
ras oerer ptor,ly refused by a majority
20 to II. The representatives. Of sa-
Ten, Col PicKsRINe's native town,
were amsag the IL Atthe next eiec-
"""' 'hey we're neglected, and wings
en'seR IN their stead. This was the
e''''s OF The political revolution in ss
'es Col T was then four-and twenty
years old His elder and only brother
was chosen one Of the representatives.
ara from that time be was himself az.
lively engaged in all the wing meas.
u'es which we're preliminary 10 the finaI
revolution and Independence of tha
"''0Aiss' Always a member of the