Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1834-11-29

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never isalunso q ths esainsass q 49, no-l
ajlisy, sxcepe u ~ Hessoes e shoSas0y;;
alsse csly they took high Srsua1s-
While We vritc. Ne tkink e sch men
y Commc6ogs Dsny-oed CoaeDodus
Decasus-CsPG TSasey, &c. 1hs fm
eosld - seea q Rhila6elphia. vixen be
aook Command ftbe listed Se.ses fioase,
lat tho time Il Wsshiagoao's aduinisesa-
i'm; when - fsA begsa 0ug psesent nssy)
waking the line of Water street and Fsoot
street, cordially salutisg, With strong 4
full voice, acruss the width At The street., the
must Of the see-fsasing and mercantile ma
n, peased,s his hGighe eosaeen.aee and 1aa-
qiowed face beaming with chseefalqr . Z
9se5z1annss, ~ esyiag snt-'HIa fare
yons Hoo fissyoer On oasbccssioa,
- ussnember hin kindly uph0. i1ing tl,e
swkw1sdsess q ~ men, y a. cl6iming be-
foss tie eitissns nsas by-1dy-ae-ty-ts!
whsa! n e6ceu and nekdY 70 bail Tie
toaer s
Some of the olscsw - ut IN fngass
- sble- sai5 qnaEked sesmen,
- who - - iuse G1linased their Owa
selaaivs d0iay, esssAsye bess sssached 10
|tbe daagh0s1 u ns6esosa Il good repuee.
IT. Csa1stAs h;sasslfh ~ aisacAed hun
|sslf inesaGIssaly bllowsng his wnhumos,
20 . 0nni.sv gid, = avsDs 10 war and
hlnod1d iaseinctivsly, . ths cunty,sy was
Dc pw,Pss elensnt e de ealIant husband.
Cd Commodose Decatur Was = seaman
~ ~ nose eonsammate skill and valogous
lassing. He loved fight = some men love
10 aase u banquee;-he lssed TO be in
lths very midst Of fame and smoke and de-
|sayucaion. We knew him, when he had
Ibeeome ncasurably aged; when years had
Isnbcredhim, and made him a set purpose,
ltbouehtfal Of that final exit which awaits ~
lall; when in fact he had become % ref
Igiously inclined IS to encourage religious
meetings On his premises near Frankford.
In such time We have learned from bis own
|ips, that such vas bis spirit in early lie,
|sthat h. loved more to fight than to eat
and that the sight ola ssil At any time which
presented the hopes Of IN enemy and coz
|6icf, give the Llood and spirits glow Of
delight.
Capt. Tingey, though not person ofre-
6nement by education, he'd IL all By TACT,
and was in truth ~ easy and afable gen.
|tleman in deportmens, il gcnteel society,
10 could Be readily found. His mannen
wess caught from the variety of men and
manners with whom he bad naked, and pre-
sented with all very suitable Illustration
OF what must of tho o(icem q tho Navy of
the Revolution could b in good society,
when brought to the display-Ws ought,
perhaps. 70 add, - closing psnaEk, that
the mass Of our Captains which formed the
Navy had been disciplined to vessels Of
much smaller frames than we now behold,
Iand. had been inurcd 70 service in much
omallcy 1o-~ sssss 49, s-~ :..----~-xx-v-z
DeAsb shs Revolutioa, brigs and bsiga0-
tines formed the Largest class Of vessels d
sually n1vigated. Pogts like Philadelphia
and N. Yosk furnished bat one Lanaoa pnck-
let, and that but once . year. China and
| India voyages were unknown, and packets
| to fIavre and 70 France wecc not even
thoueht II. Those were days Of colonial
and small things!
We have cast together these few recol
lections, in hopes that some other ard able'
hands will entieavuo' TO peacil al some ira
cesof the characters and nss, who, IN day.
pas, led u 70 victory and scnown - nation
They are national property, and should b
preserved ~ pictures to be valued, in on
,national gallery Of worthless.