Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-08-02
THE LATE GENERAL DEARBORN.


The death OF General HENRY A. s. DEARBORN.
of Roxbury, Massachusetts, was very briefly an
nounced in our paper OF Thursday last He died
at the residence Of his son-in-law, Hon. A. H. w.
CLAPp, at Portland, in Maine, at III o'clock in the
forenoon of Tuesday, after painful illness Of ten
days.
Gen. DEARBoRN was the son Of Msjor-G General
HENRY DEARBoRN, the Secretary of War during
the whole Of the two terms of the Jefferson Admin
istraiion, and during the war Of 1912 filed the post
of Commander-in-Chiefo Of the Army.
The deceased General (the sony derived his title
from the Office Of Adjutant General Of the State Of
Massachusetts, which he held for several years
an Office which in his State is not title merely
and a sinecure, but one of responsible duties and
labors.
He was graduate of William and Mary College,
in Virginia, in 1903, At which he placed proba
bly,, under the influence of his fathers devotion to
Mr.. JEFFERSON. tits stated in the Boston Atlas that
he praised law for some time he doubtless studied
it. but we doubt that he practsed it profession.
He was for some time Clerk in one Of the pub
lie Offices al Washington; and, whilst employed,
was transferred toa situation in the Custom House
Of Boston, and soon afterwards, at an unusually
early age for such responsibility. received from
President MADISON the appointment of Collector for
the port Of Boston. That Office he held for a term
Of more than twenty years, until he was removed
from it on the accession Of Gen. JACKSON to the
Presidency, twenty years ago. Taking these terms
together, the age Of Gen. DEARBORN at the time Of
his death may be set down as being nearly seventy
years.
Two years after his removal from Office he was
elected to Congress from the District in which he
lived, adjacent TO the Boston District) and served
one term with the reputation which might have
been expected from his abilities and requirements,
both Of which were of high order.
In ls47, having in the mean time been Sena-
tor in the Legislature Of his State, he was chosen
Mayor Of the city Of Roxbury, which Office he
held, by successive reflections, at the time of his
death.
These are the particulars Of his public life, in
which he discharged all his duties in the most faith
full and efficient manner.
He was in public life conscientious patriot, and
in private life an honorable and accomplished gen.
deman One of his chief recreations from his pub
lie duties was the cultivation and improvement OF
the fruits Of the earth. He was at one time, and
perhaps at the time Of his death, the President, if
he not the father, Of the Horticultural Society
of Boston, under whose influence and the jealous
competition which it fostered, the culture of fruits
has been brought to perfection not excelled GER
tainly, if equaled, in any part Of TIE country.
In private life, no gentleman deserved more
sincere and indeed afec,ionate respect. Some
what ardent in his temperament, and enthusiastic
in his pursuits, his friendships and associations par
took Of those qualities. By those who knew him,
and knew how to esteem his personal qualities,
his memory will ever be cherished with the most
affec.ionate regard.