Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-04-22
iFroa, The N. Y. Commercial Advertiser
GEN. HARRIsON's LAST LETTEH " &.


GEN. HAnRIsoN's LAST LETTER.
On Saturday, hardy, weather beaten,
bu, very respectable looking seaman pre- |
seu.ed himself 10 the Collector, hi The
Custom House, and inqnnlng Tor MIR
Curtis, said, General Harrison told NE
to give this letter inloyour own hand
lie told me To give bis kind respects to
Mr. Curtis, and said MIR. Curtis was
h,s FRI nd, aud would be NY friend" -
Mr.. Curtis opened the letter, and found
it To be, from is date, one al the last, u
not The rsry last letter, written by Cen
erai Harrison: II beais date o! the day
when Ills illness commenced The rea-
der will SEE, from perusal OF II, that
nmidst all The cares and troubles oi his
hiyh position. he WAS truo To the hum
blest Of his old Gieads. Tucker says
the General made HIM come TO the dun
ner table with the great folks, and when
he hesitate and iniimatcd that he had
better go beio,c for his dnDor, the Gene
raj said, "Tuekcr, you and have been
shipmates, and n long time t"grth'
You are an honest man come and eat
your dinner with me, and come here,
again Tomorrow morning ard get your
breakfast with me-"
Tucker says the General invited him
To siuy ia ashinglou, and told HIM he
would take care Of INN, bu, his wife and
children being in New York, Tucker
preferred to return. lie says General
II follow ed him into the grounds on The
East side Of the White House, aud then
walked with him arm-in- n-arm-thai the
General had no hat on, and when Tucker
adverIed io his liability TO take Geld, he
waived the remark by saying he was
already unwell. Having received the
letter from the General, Tucker says he
fullowed hIm to the door and shook him
by the hand, saying, "go to my irIend
Mr.. Curtis, and after you have been TO
him don't forget TO write 10 me taat you
und your wife and children are happy
again"
Tucker says he had no money 10 come
home by land, but he did not lei the
General know that, for he knew he would
give ii TO him IN a minute, and he did
not wish to take money from the good
OH Intu WHO uuu Uetu 90 hiuu w ul'I
And SO Tucker went on board the sch.
l.. L. Sturgis, at Alexandra, and work
ed his passage home to New York
When he came 10 the custom house he
had not been ashore thirty minutes, ano
having first heard the sad news of the
death of his kind beneiacior as he passed
up the Old Slip dock, the abundan, tears
,k.tl fl a IL, ko.l. ,hn.,h IN I
that his is no ungrateiul heart.
We are glad 20 hear that MIR. Curtis
Immediately appointed MIR. Tucker an
Inspector OF the customs.
"WAsHiNGroS, Goth March, lsil.
"DEAR SiR-The bearer hereof, Mr..
Thomas Tucker. u veteran seaman, came
with ne from Cartbagcna as the mate OF
the brig Mon,da, in the year 1870. In an
association of several wet ks ] imbiocd a
high opinion of his character-so much sr
that (cxpressing'a n desire To leave The sea
invited him TO come TO North Bend and spend
the remainder Of his days with me. Subse
qarnt mistortuncs prevented his doing SO
a. he was dcsiruus 10 bring some money
with him to commence farming operations.
flis bad fortune still continues, having been
several times shipwrecked within n few years.
He says that himself and family are now
in ssch u situation Thai The humblest employ.
,nent would be acceptable to him, and write
this to recommend him 10 your favorable no.
tcc. am persuaded that no one possesses,
IN u higher degree, the virtues of fidelity.
honesty and interchangeable industry and, !
might add, o! indnm,tablc bravery, if that
was quality necessary for the kind Of cm
poyment he seeks.
"Yours very truly,
Nv. II. HARRISON.
coward CuaTIs. FsQ
collector, &c, New York."