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remarkable fact that this sertisn 81 she
county furnishes three Generals ii the var I'll lie
revol1ti9n- Maj Gen Ckarles Lee. MI; tsea
Horatia Gates and grsgadier Gen. Alexander So.
Phens gThey reseessed witAin 4 FEW rsslrs IL ~
/ oPegudn CreeK Cen LIZ. at Leesorn. Ger
Gales ai Tfagssters Rest: lhe presess residence
~ aaes " Sntter, Egg. and Gen Ssephens. Il
th4 Bower, Veal ct Adam i. Dsp,gfsse- -
We shali in this article eoahne ourselves d , s..
inarkable incitenss in the life be Gen Lee. from
Ehase biography We have conplledtth following
Charles Lee, youngest son be Gen. Joha 81
was born ia EA4saad iii 1871 aid sxh.n Tel,.,..n
yeafs pf age sasA com sioneh fiicer IA XII IA.
lesy service. Hle pursued ru n ealar cjs,rss 81
stglys lnt edaeatsd partly ia Eagsnd. ana psrsly
=; it1eriaa a.ah early hge devoted most ii lis
a..fltl9a e military tactics Wben twenty .isiar
years eid, he was piacea al The heal Of ! eoaatlv
q grenadieTs ana eumusenced lis military life e
fitryi Up peinouss and headsrong ihe yotirs oter
iFen tAs point STATS on career so aid anu rresa
la1; ana adYensnfons-Elqw 9ashihg,up in3sYiruabr,
and nov sinking ID dafknessthat his life sens 4
strange ionance rather than reality Ssug4nibg
oFef half the voTl4 TO lei off his Surplus energy.
pl4nsihs into every adventure for the mare love of
~ rs exhibits all The grandeur and all thcfoisy III
5old butt erraiic genius His iefy flight ilreash
history ieayes lpng bright track behind il, oFer
which, fnaliy the clouds 81 Disappointment. snd H.
gTfI SLOWLY and fatally gather. f
ne fegiinen; Of Lee formed part &C theie xps-
dilton scat asainStj Lnui$bgrg in 1857 When sia-
tened near Schenectady, he fell ii With The Ms
"a Indians whi'se Wild appearance, uashackted
movements. and proud bearing lask suited biz Waf
ward romantic spifit vhileh bis oaa frank fnpli-
sTe manner and READY confidence tson equally On
them He wouli spend hours villa these :sayzlase
w4frloTs, and eyIfnalIy became i, fond Of hin,
that they adopted him into one oftheir tribes under
the namesof OWneWaterika 6f BoiItdg tr4ter. #~l
lie remained sWi lh Them however but short
tune; forf his regiment was ordered 10 Iuin Aber.
crombie, then assshiblins bis forces til attack icor
deroga. Inlhattaial assault BIZ was severely wound
ed We next ind him besieging the Freach fbrt at
Ntagara--ihence with ode officer and ioUrieen ueI
be crosses axe Ere and proceeds ID Ecri Daqaeshe
1.-The Ohio. Amatch ofseven hundred ralles bacli
70 Grown Point was his next exploit .if
AZ the close ofthe war he retained Eto England
am Joined The army sent 10 assist Portugal 10 ~
petiing iae invasiono OF Spain. Bathe soon Iirrtl
q Ahis unsatisfactory waFiare and cloud gathef-
Ing over unhappy Hpiand he hasieHel ihilhtT setl-
ing only glory, ana for scope TO his burning pas
Sens Received asia friend By The Prince Of Br1us-
wick, be FASTENED oh 10 Berlin to be 11tterett III,
Frederick The Great; and then dew Id PdhatowskT
King OF Poland att Warsaw and was hopored siv
hum with the potiof al-de-camp Here treated
IKE FTihce-wiih seat at the Kings table. lie
remained Two years. passing his time, Heaven a..
lene knows how We NEXT ind him al constanli-
nople, andsagain in Highland urging his promotion
nthe army. In l7F2 we find him 10 Fsance and
Switzerland fnriously assailing Hume, Retnrni1e
% England, he lEup warmly in behalflot The X
mexican Colonies. and in 773 he landed at Bostoa
He was present att the first Continental (,ap~4,ss
arawas stFnck with the strength asd wfIor5 rsg :,
greEated there. His pen at his time Was nsyPt
ldleN; he sent lettef 10 Gen. Gage at Bosbn-fe
Pitea 70 pamphlet aEriltdn blythe Rev Dn Cooptr
"a taF-i Of govern mental measures and wrote il
Lord Percy ahd Edmand Burke, holtly expressing
his views Of the approaching conflict ana It's proBa
ble issue. In the insautitae, be made G4nl Gales
visit in Berkeley (nbw Jelfarsesi) Colny |. ,1
AZ length that event towards which eYbfythiag
had been 50 rapidlytending, eecnfred-blbod Had
been shed, and the Revolution commented Ctn-
Eresss inorgani2ing the army appointed Lee secHn
Major General. Az the baaEe Of Mon,nbnthshc
commanded the right wing offihe army, and hay-
Inns indisereetly ordered aFetreat lie was sevesly
censnred by Washington Wsems SAYS. that be
exclaimed, as he rode UP, /" For Geds sake! Gen
Lee what's the cause OF This flliitYed prudence qa
10 which tie latter rfflied. Nom sir. cdn btiast
alarser pasion y that rasgaay Virtue than Your ex-
tcellency," HH'
immediately after fhe baftle Washington teinkta.
itsd him in his old command, thus showing that he
lmeant to overlook the whole matter But bdipgEse-
verely CALLED by the rebuke hi haa reteiHed,# liz
wrote an insulting letter toWashngion, demanding.
a eorlrt.martial TO decidG on his conduct. The
itFIal came on ne was found galtF Il The charges
IeFoaght agalnst hIInHand was suspended ffpm4lhe
ARMY twelve m2n,hs@ His1dowhfall from ibis mo
ment was rapid. Tqo naughty 10 submit ID thede-
eisidn of bis peers Ind too ungoxerned and isfee
5ss5iRsf Congress and Washington II ii
Col Lawrens, brave and gallant onclFr, snd
member OF the staff finally took hi the quarrel and
challenged him. They fought Win pistols and Lee
was wounded. FE "a
Ina short lime he Returned to his estate (tmbr3-
cling hatsireds Of acres near Leetown,) n Virginia
wherein arnold she'll Of house without aIsingle
Partition in IL except imaginary ones hdica tied by
cliALK MARKS on TnslFLooR destitute Of windows
and 81 furniture with pet horses and dogs about
him, he lived the lifeo hermit To gentleman
who visited him III Ibis forlorn retreat, wherc he
found kitchen inlqne corner, "a bed in ahother
books in third, saddles and harness ID iuufh
Lee said, Sir. il IS the Neutrality-suspicious. and eco
nomiral establishment in the world. The tiHas oil
chalk which you sed on the floor marx thedi4isl3ns
of the apartments, and can sit 10 any corner ard
give orders. and overlook the whole. without moving
tEonl my chair n Et E0
With the exception Of little interest which ke
took in some politicEf questions in Virginia Bel de
voted all his attention to his farm In the fan of
iTS2 he went to Baltimore te-negoiiatc the saEeof
his farm and from thence 10 PHILADELPHIA At the
latter place he was seized with an agne, which ter
minated in 4 raging fever, producing deliripn-
last before his death his delirous saul like Ihatof
Napoleon was in the midst of all heavy Gsht,; and
be seemed struggling amid The smoke nd carnage
Of battle. He was asain amid The failing ranks AMI
as, upon his dying ear came the thunder ofltaa-
non his glazing eye flashed tpr moment with wort
eA Hre ana SFASD !BN ME, MI BRAVE HRENA DlskSs
broke from his pallidElips N
But the tnfrGlt arolnd bis tossing spirit was moi
that of the turbulent 6ght but Of dissovng naiare
and III a few Inomehls moTcs that fierce heart had
ceased its thrabbingl and The warrior was al He'll
His religions sentiments may be gathered from
his will After beqnkaihinghis soul teihe Almfshty
he declares that he thinks mans religious notions
are OF no conscquehde He concludes his uiih as
follows IL desire lrnost earnestly thar mav NOT
IA buried in any church, Oh chnrch.yard or within
mile ef any Presbs ferian pr Anal baptist meelin..-
house, for since have resided in this country II
have kept 50 much bad company when living that
il 10 not choose 10 continue Il when dead"
i When We come ip speak OF the incidents ia the
LID of Gen HpTatib Gates, We shall introduce. eK-
tracts from many ofis private letters, addressed u
gentleman ii this county afler his removal ID Ross
Hill, New York. W. hazard nothing in saying,
That they will prove deeply interesting to out nu
merons readefs.
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