Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-04-27

to him for the requisite information. After briul
recital of the circumstances, lie asked \ r. Samp.
son if he was personally acquainted with General
Harrispn2 Acquainted with him. he exclain- |
cd Indeed ann 'What kind of a man is !?
said MIR. O..-'IIE HAS A SOUL As BIe AS THE
WORLD, AND HE WILL NEVER LIT ANY ONE SUFFER
TO WHOM HE HAS POWER TO GIVE RELIEF was his
emphatic reply.
AT the request Of Mr. Otis Mr.. Sampson adj
dressed letter to Gen. Harrison inquirng into the
circumstances oil the boy, to which the litter
promptly replied. lie stated that it was his in
tention to have sent him from thence in steam
boat, MS he deemed it a safer conveyance for one
in his situation than that Of stages hut found on
his arrival that tho river wns TOO low Tor such
navigation but adherng still to his first plan, he
should keep him at his house until the river be-
come navignble Five months elapsed, however,
before the boats could run-during which time he
remained ut the hospitable mansion of his kind
benefactor But at the end Of that period he wrote
Mr.. Sampson, with whom he continued to cores
pond, that he had procured him passage on board
n steamboat, and supplied him with every thing
necessary for his journey, and that Mrs. Harrison
had fully repaired his wardrobe but requested
him particularly to tell the old gentleman to give
himselfn uneasness, for he required no compen-
sntion that what he had done was out of tender
feelings towards the lad
The boy, however, did not then continue the
journey for, meeting with merchant OH board
the boat, belonging TO place, Of which the mar
Tator did not remember the naine,) who was IN
want of lad in his store, he engaged to stop with
him. Gen. Harrison being informed OF il, aud not
knowing the person TO whom the boy had let him
self, Immediately wrote To friend Of his belong
ing to the same place. requesting him to inquire
INTO his situation, and, If it not good, to send
him back TO his house and he would pay all ex-
penses. The boy was not sent back, however,
nor did he long continue with his employer be-
fore he again set ont for Nashville, where he soon
nftnrn
Gen. Harrison, on hearing Of his arrival at the lat
ter place, wrote TO his friend Major Eaten, who
subsequently became Secretary of War under
President Jackson, requesting him to see the boy,
and should he not succeed in finding his relative
or obtain good situation, to send him to his seat
in Ohio, and he would defray all charges. He
was successful however, and is now n thrifty mer
chant at Vicksburg Mississippi, and will no doubt
exert his whole energies 10 elevate his benefncor
TO that exalted station which his virtues and tai
ents co ennently qualify him TO fill
This is not an idle tale told by an IDIOT hut n
plain fact related 10y one of our most respectable
townsnen, who was chosen few days since n
constable of the town by the unanimous suf1ragcs
OF his fellow citizens; an Office to which he has
been annually elected and the duties of winch he
has discharged faithfully antl efficiently during
thirty two years This venerable gentleman. whose
silver locks have been bleached with the frost OF
more than forescore winters, and who was an eye.
witness of the battle of Bunker Hill, end volun.
teer IN a orps sent to reinforce the garrison ut
that place, related ,he story with that kind of pa
thos, but earnesess ofexpressIon as plainly evin.
ced the feelings OF the inner man and ms he pro-
ceeded, his counfenance frightened with ANNA
ton, aud his -bedimmed optics splrkled with
the fire of youth, which told in language sron-
ger than words, that his aged bosom glowed with
that heartfelt gratitude towards the beneGactor of
his relative, so Justly due him for the generous and
noble deed. Noble it was in every sense Of the
word for it there was ever an act of purely dis
Interested benevolence performed by man, that
was manifestly such. lie had never seen the lad
Till then, or any of his connections while he
could not nave the most distant prospect of any
other reward save that which arises from con-
sciousness of having performed righteous act
from just motives, of which the pure in spirit are
the only recipients, for
The quality of mercy is not strained;
II droppeh as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath it is twice blessed;
1t blesses him mat gvcs and HIM that takes
He behed the situation of the boy, and that gen.
erous sympathy which never flows but from the
purest fountains, induced him TO administer TO his
wants. He was stranger, and he took him in !;
and, like the good Samaritan, poured oil and
wine into his wounds, aud rendered his own purse
should he become chargeabc, to deiray the expen-
SEES; while hundreds of such Priests and Levites
as Martin Van Buren, would have passed by on the
other side to avoid the incunbrance.
do not record this as singular circumstance
IN the lie OF Gen. Harrison, but as one among the
many well authenticated evidences of his truly
benevolent character which are already before .lle
public. Nor do ] contend that his many virtues
superad'led TO his brilliant military fame which all
the scrlbbers in the land can never tarnsIi are Of
themselves sufficient to enlitle him to the CHIEF
magislrncy Of the United States; but combined
with his mental abilities and literary requirements
his long experience in civil policy, and the stern
and inflexlble integrity manifested in all the pub
lie and private transactions OF his lite that chris
tim benevoehce that henyen born charity, thai
is not pulled up that sufiereth long and is kind
and that seeketh not her own but others good
with which his mobile soul is richly fraught con
slitn'e, IN my opinion, II sufficient guaranty that
when he shall have been placed in the presen
tial chair which confidently trust will shortly be
the case; as he has done to one of these littl,
ones he will do TO the people that he will not nc
upon that sor,lid, selfish policy which declare:
that The spells belong TO the victors, and that Of
fees aud emoliImens were created TO reward the
| faithful pariizans OF the administration but, tina
he will endeuvor 10 bring back the Government
to the primitive intention of its founders, and tt
the ligitlnate object of all governments the pro
lection, safety prosperity and happiness of the
people; and, by the help of Congress and tn,
blessing OF God, restore country, now bleeding
at every pore, to IFS wonted vigor and prosperity
JUNlUS.
| Worthy TO be PRESCRIBED A correspondent of tn
New Orleans True American relates Il very ex
celent and interesting anecdote of General 1nr
rison. lie says during one oflhe Generals North
western campaigns against The Indians, there wa
in one of HE Kentucky companies, a lad Of n bo,
/ native OF that gallant state, who had premature
i iy joined The army To fight The Indnns. In mar
| ching through difficult and dangerous dehle in