Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-04-23
George the Third, and his infatuated

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I the provinces tn resist it al the hazard OF the
penalties Of rebellion.
Mr. DuIaney and many others drew back
from SO bold measure. He had listened
to the distant thunders of the storm, and
used his best efforts TO avert it. But when
the cloud bIackened and was about TO burst,
he retired from the contest, resolved to take
no part in the conflc,. Many Of his dear
esl friends and relatives fled the country,
and suffered the penalty Of the confscation
Of their estates.
| In times Of great National excitement,
when the bonds Of law are relaxed, men are
TO be found, who. under the color Of patriot
ism, seak to crafty malice and jealonsy.-
Mr.. Dulaney was high and lofty man; ne
| had been nur,ured in the bosom Of aris!oc-
racy, and held but lilile intercourse with
men Of inferior condition. The incident
am about to relate, had from a gentleman
Of undoub,ed truth, and an actor in the
scenes: One morning he received mes
sage from Mr.. Dulaney, requesting to see
him. He went Immediately, when Mr.. Du-
laney handed him paper, which he request
ed him to read. IL contained an order to
quit the city on short notice, by persons
who signed themselves the committee OF
safety. Mr.. Dulaney informed him he had
sent for him to ask his advice. He advised
him TO take no notice of the order, assuring
him there were many in Annapolis, and he
was one, who would hazard their lives in
his defence, in case of violence. To this
he at first assen,ed, but in the course Of the
day he was sent for a second time, when
Mr.. Dulaney said that he felt himself un-
equal to the course he had advised: that as
yet, no blood had been split in Maryland.
be shed on his account, and that he would
obey the order. The gentleman strongly
demonstrated. but, finding him determined,
he retired. In the course Of the day he saw
Col. Smallwood, Of CHARLES county, then
recently appointed to the MARYLAND line,
ride into the city. He followed the Colonel
to his lodgings and communicated to him
what had taken place The Colonel in
quIred where The committee met, and upon
being answered, at the Coffee House, said,
he would walk up and see them. The gen
lleman asked permission to accompany him
to W hich he asseu,ed. The Colonel having
asceriaincd the room, in which they were
assembled up stairs, very unceremoniously
went up and pushed open the door. He
found them seated around table. The
cnmmilee seemed much surprised a, having
their deliberations interrupted By man
with sword by his side, and epaulels on
his shoulders. Some of them knew him,
and invited him to take seat, which he de-
oli | how hot
YOU are doing. One Of them said. the times
are dangerous, and we are providing for the
public safety; to which he s,efniy replied,
If The public safety is in your hands its con-
dilion is hopeless. heard your proceed
ings, lie conlnued-I have siaked my life
and fortune in this cause-snd ] tell you.
willis, ! wear sword, no peaceahle man
shall be disturbed in his person OF. property; :;
and as to you, sir, addressing the man at the
head of The table, know you well; and if
shall hear Of any further attempts 10 dis
lurb the peace of the city, You shall feel the
weight of this whip. The committee broke
up in dismav, and Mr.. Dulaney remained
undis,urbed at Annapolis till the end Of the
war, when he removed TO the city of BalH-
more The loss Of his high station, the
want ofemployment, Of the flight Of his friends,
and the confsca,ion of their property, deep
ly affected his spirits, and afterwards i'm
paired the faculties Of his mind. After his
removal to Baltimore, he seldom left his
house. and when in the streets, was follow
ed by group OF lil,le boys among whom
he distributed small presents. When the
Duke Of Marlborough was dismissed from
his high station, he retired with a broken
spirit, and his mind soon fell into decay
When Swifl's hopes Of preferment fell, by
The disruption of Harley's ministry, he re-
Tired 10 Ireland, moody and melancholy
A retrospect was not calculated 10 smooth
The pillow of declining age. He had emblt-
tered The lives Of two amiable women, by
his strange, cold and selfish policy. The
unhappy condition Of both these men is
strongly depicted by Dr. Johnson -
s.In life Is last stage what prodigies surprise,
Fears of the great, and follies of the wise,
From Marlborough eyes, tears can of dotage flow
And Swift expires driyeller and show
1t must have been mournlul spectacle
to the friends Of Mr.. Dulaney, who had
known him in brighter and happier days,
10 have witnessed his painful, sad decline
sThere - said N oodle's landlady, as she
gave him choice bi, Of new cheese, 'Ilhal's
on, Of the biggest cheese, ] ever saw."- =
YES" replied Noodle, peering curionsly
into the crevices Of the lump, 81, is certainly
some of the al-mi.ey-esl that has come un-
der my observation since can remember"
/ PrpIIAps cn-Trbo RoSt,,n Post nup tr
for the recent cold weather by supposing
tha Sir John Franklin, in going through the
nor,hwest passage, forgo, 10 shut the from
| door after him.