The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-11-08

AZURE were almost ehlirsiy owing 20 n.
intelligent care 0f his father. whose libra
~ contained many Of lhe best writer's o
The age ol Queen Anne. and whose Iasl,
aud diseeTnmenI led hrs choice In Ihs
iaiTesI and mast interesting mudeIs af ina
age. 1" My lsIher." (ssid he. in = Ienel
10 a friend. uriilen many years afro
waris) " superintendent the English par
II my edussiinn. and 10 his care I ar
Indrbied for any thing valuable y hieh
may have acquired IN my youth. lie
vas nav only intelligent companion; and
was buth waichluI parent. and an Al.
leeliHnals instructive friend. The young
mrn within my reach Were entirely un
cultivated; aud the time I passed will
them was devoted 10 hardy athletic exer'
e;ses."
Ia this state nf things he was found Al
The first outbreak of Ihe American revO'
luton. Fired with the love Of liberty,
and indignant at the impending oppres
Sims uf his native land by the dominsrr.
ing authority Of the maIher country. he
al once gave up the study 81 the law. "a
which, as a profession. he meant To de.
rOie himself. and aIdenIly engaged in
the study Of military tactics. l,nmedi-
slely after the battle of Lexington, he as.
sisted IN the Organizslion OF . battalion o.
minute men. IN which he was soon aileI
appointed first lieutenant. In The .au.
Inmn Of The same year he marched with
his company Ia The relief Of Norfolk,
then threatened by predatory party un-
der the command Of Dunmore, which was
repnlsed. In July, 1875, he was com.
missioned lieutenant in the eleventh
Virginia regiment on the continental es
adjustment. and was advanced the mex
year to the rank Of captain. From thai
time, with brief exception. he coniin'
ued in active military service, until Feb
1881. During This period lie was enga.
ged in the hard and perIlous operations
of the campaigns in the Jersies and Penn.
sylvania. lie fought al the battles oil
Brandy wine. OF Germantown, aud Mon.
mouth. In 1879. he was in the cover
ing party al SInny Point, aud assisted
in the detachment which covered the re-
treat Of Major Lee, and his brilliant sur.
prise aud capture Of the British Garrison
at Powles Hook. In the winter, and
spring and summer OF 1870, being on
fnrluw with other supernumerary Off.
GERS Of the Virginia line. he resided Al
Williamsburg in Virgins, aud attended
The Law lectures Of Mr. afterwards Chan
cellor) Wyihe. in William aud Mary.
College. lie resigned his commission
in February. 1891. finding. from the su
perabundance Of officers in the Virgin;
line. that there was no chance Of active
military employ menl; and in the succeed
ing autumn he commenced practice a
the bar. Daring his military career, h,
did not arrive at any higher rank thar
that of captain: but this was not owing h
any defect at high military qualities, bu
resulted from the slow progress Ol pro
motion in the Virginia line, since there
was, as has been already innmated, ,
great superabunJsnce Of officers. Iii:
merits, were not, however. overlooked
He was often employed in high can't
DENTAL stations; aud he served as deputy
Judge advocate on many occasions will
great distinction. add the unreserVed con
fidence of all officers of the army will
whom he was brought in contact. Per
haps no man, by his gaIlantry. his gen
ieelncss OF demeaHor, his urbane but DIG
nIfied conduct, his intelligence and dIs
interesIedness. aud ACTIVITY in behalf Il
his friends. ever acquired a more envia
BILE popularity among his brother officers
10 the day Of their deaths, the veterans
who had known him aud served will
him, spoke Of him with tenderness q
affection, aud a warmth of admiration
rarely TO be found among those who hav
not been influenced by the claims an
homage OF superior rank. To the kind
ness of his old CON- aninns in arms, III
chief justice was accustomed in his mod
est way, To attribute The success wit
which his early efforts at the bar wer
crowned. They knee "" he would say
/" that fel. their wrongs and sympalhia
ell in their sutTerings. aud had partake
of their labors, and that | indicated the
claims upon their country with war;
and constant earnestness."