Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-02-05
From the Salem 6asette.

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DEATH OF COL, PIt KERING.
"KnoW 90 that there is great man failen im' gay
in Irask
With emotions oftbe deepest sorrow we
have this day the painful duty TO annosncr the
decease OF the Great ssi Good Man, the pure
Patriot aud illus,rious Statesman, tne
HON. TIMOTHY PICKERING;
He departed this life YESTERDAY morning a'.er
a sickness Of a few days, in.the S4th year OF ms
age; and has thus closed long and brilliant
course OF patriotism, integrity, ruin, ois'ner'
/ es.edness. and public service.
Though lie ha, died as full ofyears as 81 hon
ors, the departure Of character SO much eei-
| ebra ed, respr Tied, ana esteemed by he pnoie
aud so much beloved and admired ~ the circles
Of private friendship and Of domestic NE. VIII
create no ordinary sensation OF unirigneh gfiei.
He has left no one Of his associate patriots sur
viying, except the inustrious and venerable
JOHN Jay, whose life is SO much idrn,ih
7 with the whole OF our national history. from
| the peace Of 1863 till very recent per'oni ne
was a jealous, strenuous intrepid, and inhnen,
ta actor in all the scenes & vicisiiudes through
| which our country has passed; he participated
| in the discussions and troubles arising rom me
Stamp Act, was one Of The most ardent yea
Ions Wings, and when the Colonies were me-
naUed with hos,ilites from Tie mother country
he was the foremost and most interchangeable in
arousing his coun,rymen 10 resistance, and dc
voted his time and exsrted his influence to ar
| raw and discipline our military forces FOR the
defence OF our liberties. When the struggle
came, he shrunk not from the encounter; at the
darkest and most gloomy crisis OF the ReYoiu'
ZION, he led Regiment of Volunteers, consist
ing Of the flower Of the Young men OF THIS town,
| 10 reinforce the feeble force oil Warrington IN
| the Jerseys, in mid winter, when the army was
without pay, without a commlssariat, without
tents, or hospital The discerning and saga
cious eye Of Washington selected him ioI an
honorable and arduous station in the staff Of
The Army; he shared in all the scenes OF hard
ship, peril, and suffering endured by our patri-
o, forces ill the Peace ofl783. His consistency
for titude, tolls, and services eni,le him to the
affer lion, and endear him TO he memory Of all
who glory in our Independence and exu, IN The
enjoyment . our free institutions, and Repub
lican liberty
Col, Pickering was born in This town on the
I7'h July, l746, and was descended from ares
pec,able family who were among the earlieS,
| tmigranis. He received liberal education and
was graduated a, Harvard University in 1863.
d, The momen, when the peace between Great
Britain and France had liberated the COLONIES
| from The harr assing war, and left them at lei
sure to investigate and ascertain their Rights
in relation the mother country The con'ro>
versy. that soon arr.r, eBgrossed his FEELINGS.
and listed all the powerful faculties at his
mind on the side Of his country. He soon be
came the champion and leader Of the wings in
this vicinity
| From the wear 1890 70 1894, Col Pickering
was charged. by Gen. Washington, Ohen Pres
Id. n, of The Eniisa Sia,.s,) ~i,h vUrai peSo-
Citations with the Indian nations, on our from
Tiers: In 1898, in a joint commission with
Gen. Lincoln and Beverly Randolph, Esq. OF
Virgins, 10 treat Of peace with The western In
dams: And in 1894, he was appointed the
sole agent to adjust all our disputes with the
six nations; which were terminated by a sat
isfac,ory treaty.
In me year l7sl, Gen. Washington appoint
ed him Pos, Master General. 10 this Office he
continued until the close f the year 1894; when,
on the resignation of Gen. Knox he was APP
pointed Secretary of War. In August, l795,
Mr. Edmund Randolph ing resigned the
Office of Secretary Of State, Gen. Washington
rave Col p. the temporary charge Ut that de-
| partment also. Some time brfore the meeting
| of Congress, which was in December following,
he also rendered 10 Col. Pickering the Office of
Secretary of State, which WIS at once declined,
but as soon as Congress assembled, without
speaking TO Col. p again, Washington nom,'
mated him 10 the Senate 10 be Secretary of
STATE: and the Senate approved the nomination.
He continued in this Office until May, 1890:
when h was removed BY the late President A
dams.
AT the close OF the year 1901, Col. Pickering
returned 10 live III Massachuse'rs. In 1908, he
Legislature appointed him Senator 10 repre>
sent the State in Congress, for the residue cf
the term Of Dwigh, Eos rr Esq. who had re-
signed In :so5, the Legislature again elee'-
ed han Senator. and for he term Of six years.
Being in debt for new lands 2u based SOM
wears before, and by the appreciation of which
he had hoped TO have made an eventual provi-
sion Tor his eight surviving children; and hav-
| ing no other resources as soon as he WAS re-
moved from office. in 1900, he carried his ia.
miiy from Philadelphia INTO ihf Country; and
with one Of his sons wen, ino the back woods
of Pennsylvania, where, with the aid OF sore
labourers, they cleared few acres Of lind,
sowed whea:, and built log hut, into which
he meant tho next YEAR TO remove his family.
From this condition re was drawnby the kind