Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-12-30

The Sublime AMI Beauiiiul---So much Il,
nil ed for its spirit of philosophical invest
eaI on aud the elegance Of It's langnagc
AT rs he was Firsr Lord OF The Treasu y.
Gemge Washing was only ~ wears g
age WHEN he covered The retre1t oil IN
l'ri ish troops al Bradiock's defeat. an
the same year was arPMnled Commander
Ia-Chiei f Virginia tnrce.
General Joseph Warren was only 2!
years faye, when IN drfance OF the BrI
| tI.h soldiers stationed nj the door Of the
Church, he prnnorn ell the e'rbrale ora
tim whirh aroused the spirit Of Ii cry an
patr II. m tat termin lied in The achieve
men o. ndepen enre. At34 he G lori
ou.I fc /, gnIen,h fi4h'ing IN The Cause
OF ireedom n Bunker Hill.
AL, xan'rr Hamilton Was lieutenant
c"l mel in the army OF the American Rev
,luli n, and I'd de.ranp T. Wa, h!nglou.
AT the age Of 20 Al2i lie was memb r
of C no e>s from NV Y"k; at 30, he
" as nnc f the ahl, st members o. The c,u-
A,Gt' tn I 10 med the Constitution of
The Unned States. Abb he vas mem
her of the New York canvenuun, and
Joint uihrr Of tie great wrrk en- tiled the
'Federalit' A. 30 he was secretary OF
the treas ,rv o. The Uaite ntes, aud ar
ranged the fnAnci, Il branch Of the g Vern,
ment upon So perfect a plan that no g ear
imprnvmeni has ever been made upon il
by his successors.
Thorn llrywo I'd, of South Carolina,
vas lul 81 yea of age, when he signed
The ornrIS r, cord OF The naion'S birth,
the d clararlon OF In"epchdem e; Ell
b de g .rry, of Massachusetts, Benz min
Ru,h and james Wilson, OF Ptnnsyivlnia,
were bit 81 years OF age; Matthew
Tnor,t"n, # New Hampshire, 81; Th m.
as letters N of Virginia, Arthur Nj die.
I II ot Norlh Car hna, and Tho ma, st NJ
of Mrr> land, 8 and William Hooper OF
n rth Car"liua. III 81.
} I'm Jtv. al ave RS o'd,was mem e.
of the Revo'u ion nv Congress, and Icing
asS", lated wIlh Lee ani Invin- On, III,
tie C mmiI',e f'r fr ftng and DIR s.
tie people # Great Br in, ii e" W that
pop nim,e {, viii n vas on,iIered ont
OF tie most e oqurnt rrot uctI"nS oi the
Time. At32 he ptnned tlr cd q n,nt,
ton # New Y ,rk, aud in the same yea
was PIP inied Chief rs lie of that state.
Alba, he was aprolned minister 10
S. ain
A the age of 20 Thomas jefferson WAS
a leading meurber Of the C"louirl Legis-
Iaturc in Virginia At 30, he was IA m n.
Der Of The virginia Convention; AT 81 il
member f Congress; an at 20, he draft
ed he derllra:Inn Of Independence.
Milton, at the age of 81, had written
MS finest miscellaneous Poems, inc udlng
MS L'AIlegro, penserosa. Cmus, and the
most beautiful OF Monodlrs.
Lord Byron, at the age of 20, pub! sNed
lis ce err tie srrlre up the Eng h
Blrds and 5 OF h Reviewers; a, %, The
irst two Cantos If Chide liar =, p
yrimage. Indeed al he vast poei' tea
ures OF his genus wee prurel forth in
heir RI hest pr'iu ion, ielnre he was "a
ears o d; and he died at 81.
NJ Fart. the great Germon musician
all his n be compoSirion he.
ore he W S "a years cd; ant did al Sc.
Pope wrote many OF his pnblI,h he'd pu-
Ems by the time he was IL years o d,
20 his Essay on Criticism; ut 2 the RAJ
fire Lork, and at D his great work, the
run>l ton "f the Iliad.
Sir Isaac Newton had mastered The
ighcs elements If the mathematics and
he analytical method of ID Carter be
re he W. 20; had dis 'ovoer, the new 4
netho of intinie series of fucti n, nm
is new theory If LIMIT and c ,rS. AT 25 .
e had discovered TIE new principles III
e retcr,ing telescope, The avs OF gravI
on and The II nitry ,stm. AT 81, he
crupiel the mathematical chair at Cam
rldge.