Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-07-23

how many cannon there were in the
arsenal. @Twenty-seven thousand,
! he replied coolly. So ignorant was
|, IN those matters, that had hardly
supposed there were SO many IN the
British Empire. Yet here there were
before my eyes. twenty-seven thou
sand pieces of ordnance, in this SIM
gle enclosure-all now reposing
peacefully in their places, but ready
to be walked up at any moment.
| 1t is said. that when the allied SOW
ereigns visited this arsenal, after the
fall of Napoleon, they could not at,
first believe their own eyes. They
suspected that their royal host of En-
gland intended to amuse them with
the cheap deception of wooden imi-l
tations, till the ringing of the metal
brass convinced them that it was no
DESTINATIONS pageantry by which they
were surrounded. Within this dread
enclosure. too, there are no less than
two millions of bomb->hells and can
non-balls, all neatly painted and piled
Iup; and in one of the buildings, ten
thousand sets Of artillery and dragooa
harness, which may be put in requisi-
!tiOn at an hours notice.
Mn. MAplsoN.-The Fredericksburg
Arena, of Friday last, says, it has
heard of but few particulars Of the
closing scene of the life of this vene-
rated and able statesman. Though
reduced to the last degree Of weak
ness. his mind remained unimpaired
until within a few hours of his de-
cease.
I We have seen a letter (savs the
Arena) which he dictated, signed. and
franked, ON Monday evening, 9th,
some twelve or fifteen hours before
his death. 1t has all the marks of his
|style, modesty, and benevolence.-
The signature is somewhat confused
and blotted, though legibIe-indica-
ting hand tremulous from debility.
1t is certainly the very last time he
had pen in his hand.
We understand that he left ready
for the press, to which it will be forth
with given, a Report Of the Proceed
(ings of the Convention which formed
the Federal Constitution, taken at
the time, with notes, &C., and a COM
pendious history of the events which
led to the call of that Convention.
The work will make two large octa-
vo volumes, and be published simulta-
neously in this country and in Eng
land. 1t is hazarding little to say i
that no work of greater interest and
importance ever issued from the
American press. His correspond
ence and other writings will be pub
lished, from time to time, and will
constitute a mass of the most valu-
able political literature in the lam
guage.
He left-with the exception of leg
acies to the amount of thirteen thou
sand dollars, including one of $500
to the University, and another of
$4,000 to the Colonization Society,"
the whole of his estate to Mrs. Madi-
son who is constituted sole executrix.
S1NGULAR.-There have been
many circumstances related o: our
revolution and the great men who
projected and carried it through,
which, were they not so well attest
ed, would almost induce a suspicion
Of their truth, but the following stri-
king coincidence is one of which we
do not recollect ever before having
seen a notice.
Washington, born February %.
1892, inaugurated 1899; term Of SER
vice expired in the e6th year of his
age.
John Adams, born October 10,
1885, inaugurated 1897; term Of SER
vice expired in the 66th year of his
age.
Jefferson, born April 2, l743, inau-
gurated 1901; term Of service ex-
pired in the 66th year Of his age.
Madison, born March 16. 1851, in
augurated 1909; term of service ex-
pred in the Goth year of his age.
Monroe, born April 2, 1859; term
of service expired in the 66th year
of his age. /
The above is a list Of five of the
presidents of the United States (aIl
men of the revolution) who ended
their term of service in the Seth wear
of their ages! J. Q. Adams term Of
service. had he been elected a second I
time, would have also expired in the
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