Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-11-22
THE LAST OF rHE SressRs 1. DEAD!

The venerable Patriarch Of the Revolution,
CHARLES CARROLL, Of CARRoLLToN Is
no more. He expired on "Wednesday the
I4fh inst at Baltimore, IN the ninety sixth
year OF his age We copy from the Baltimore
American the following notice of bis decease
and sketch OF his life:
"The only remaining link which connected
this generation with the past, with that illus
trious race Of statesmen, philanthropists, and
patriots, the founders of American lndepel
dence, and the beueiactors of the world, now
and for all time hereafter-is broken. The
brotherhood Of glory is reunited above, aud
| CARROLL is removed from the love, graft
tude, and generation Of the living, to an as
ISOLATION with the kindred spirits OF Wash
ington ami his associates, the departed patri
archs Of Liberty. Hepceforth the DEcLA-
RATION OF lNDEPEEDENcE is sacred TO His
tory; rat OF the mighty Past. HE LAST OF
THE SiGSERs Is DEAD
These, tidings though in the course Of
nature not unexpected in some degree, will
he received with solemn feelings by the Anne
ricsn Nation. One whose name has been ia
miliar ia every mouth for reverence and az
| lection is departed; one who was the sole
living relic Of tue days Of our fathers--iheir
sufierings, their coHstancy, their heroism
their virtues, their tri1mphs, and all the glories
which have succeeded. making us Ind our
country the pride AND The hope Of The world
has been taken away from our eyes, and
every Americaa heart feels as though IT had
been bercaved oil some near and cherished
personal friend. A whole people claimed the
interest OF children in his tame and veil be
ling IN his lite time, and they will join, at his
de ath, with one common impulse, in the ten
der and reverential feelings Of children for a
lost benefact0r and parent. Their regrets,
though profound, will be temperate and re
signed, as OF those who mourn over dis
lpensation of Providence which was inevita
BILE, and has been merciiuliy delay q far
lbeyond the ordinary life Of maa,-of those
who, for their own sake aud that of mankind,
lament that in this world goodness and great
ness should share the universal doom of de
cay-inmortal qualities, clothed in perishing
J bodies.
Deep. sincere; and universal, will be these
sensations, and mingled with them, the con
solatory reflection that the long career oil the
Industrious dead: was eminently fortunate -
} The large estate satich be inherited, and
, rlsked in our revolutionary struggle, while it
! furnished his Youth and manhood with every
rational pleasure, enjoyment, and accomplish
ment. comfortable 10 his enlightened and lib
lerai taste, made his old age one Of ease and
affluence, Of generous hospitality and liberal
l beneYolence. 4 numerous and honorable ia
? mlly grew up aFoand him. sweetening the
5 evening OF his LIE with the purest of earthly
; en5oyments, the communion oE the domestic
hearth. Al the close of a career-whch
: tended twenty years besoad the allotment Of
The psalmst-bessed in all personal relations,
he saw himself the object of reverence to
twelve millions Of freemen-a mighty nation
I,,tlt III. LII.
and glory, beneath his eye, and confessed
him AS one OF the cttee authors and archi-
tects Of its greataessl Such was his career.
land when has the world ever seen another
SO perfect in its fnIlness Of blessings and hon
or 10 life and ieath7
) ave have collected, as fully as the brief
time allowed rs for this days paper weuld
permit, from such popular sources as are
within our reach, a sketch Of the prominent
; incidents in the life of CARROLL He was
born on the 10th Of September, 1897, at An
napohs, in this State, and consequently was,
at the time of his death, in the ninety sirth
year of his age. He descended from high
l ~ respectable Irish family, who had emigra
!; ted TO this country iu the reign of William
and Mary AZ very early age he was sent
TO ST. Omers 10 be educated; thence, after a
short time lac was removed to Rheims, TO the
tCOu'Sc Oh LOUIS LIE OT2nu, ana UEnCc 10
one Of the best Institutions IN France for the
? study Of civil law. After becoming well vers
led in this science, he passed over TO London
, and commenced his term at the Temple for
: the study Of common law. After finishing
his studres aud his travels, he returned to his
native land at the ripe age of twenty seven.
5 Al this period the discussions between the
! mother country aud the colo, commenced,
; and were soon after carried on with great
warmth Mr. Carroll did not hesitate, bu,
took side with the lovers of liberty.
, ole welded q ready pen, and was soon
: known as one of the most powerful political
writers in Maryland. tie loresaw early that
. an appeal 10 arms must be made, aud boldly
: recommended preparations.
"Early in i776, he was sent as one of
! commission to Canada, to induce the people
of that province TO join us in opposing
the mother country. The disasters which
had previously beiallen oGr arms in that quar-
ter rendered the mission Intellectual lie re-
turned in June, f776, and instantly repaired
to the Convention of Mary lard. OF which he
was member; and there, urging them to
withdraw the instructions they had given
Their delegates in Congress, not to vote for
independence, at length succeeded. He was
Iappointed delegate 70 Congress ON the
18th OF July, he presents, d hi, credentials
to the continental congress at Philadelphia,
and on the second day OF August following
subscribed his name 10 the immortal instru
lnent. fEp WAS cnnsiierod shxA ttn,a ono