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WOTQ, u6 WAS ACHtNSNtettt am ~ II
all intents and purposes, the very pink
of chivalry.
1t has long been doubted, whether
Mr.. Burke was greatest as a speaker
or writer But there is no such doubt
in relation to Pete--oratory was un-
questionably his strong suit touch
him on that, and he was always at
home. He could say good morning
with perfect distinctness; and this was
his favorite salutation; he would Of
ten use it forty times a day, and at
all hours of the day. Mr.. Forl in-
forms me, that he met with Pete one
morning, at market, and that he heard
him say, ga cold, frosty morning,
as plain as he ever heard any thing
in his life. But his longest and best
speech is this; '0h Bit Oh Bill =
Tel George Sawyer TO come here 2
This speech, long as it is, was pro-
nounced with the utmost disuncmess,
twenty times a day, upon an average,
and has been witnessed by hundreds
and perhaps thousands, with the high
est admiration. Gentlemen have been
known to visit Georgetown, from
hundred miles, expressly to witness
the power ofPete's eloquence.
AS the writer of history, bound by all
the sanctions Of truth, | am compelled
to say that Pete's morality was some
what questionable ! He has been
heard to Swear repeatedly! and upon
one occasion doubtless without re-
flection,) he went so far as to abuse a
lady in her o,cn hOuse!! Peto itseems,
was on a visit, and in the course oil the
evening, he amused himself, by pull
ing out the feathers of hat which
Law upon the bed, in one of the cham
bers. Pete was at length detected in
the very act, or as a lawyer would say,
'he was taken with the mainor.' The
lady informed him that she considered
him an intruder, and that she would
have him put out of her house !
Pete's Irish wasvinstantly up-he told
the lady to her facs--'curse your soul !
I'll tell George Sawyer.'-The lady,
of course, retired she could not pos
sibly stand such language as this, and
Pete strutted through the house for
some time, and did exactly what he
pleased,-who but Pete Asifhe had
said
| UUpon nv life, am a Lord indeed l
And not tinker, nor Christopher Sly"
Now, this I admit, was all wrong
and perfectly inexcusable; but then
would like to know, what crow in crea
ton, or man either, is without a fault
and, besides, it should be known t
pOsterity, that Pete's general characte
was good, and in such assemblage c
perlections it will not be a matter @
wonder, if some alloy Of frailty wa
found intermingled. My deliberat
opinion is, that the darkest shade o
Pete's character was a tendency Il
prolane swearing, when he considered
himself insulted. Take that blot from
Pete's escutcheon, and it will shine
like the morning star.
Pete lived to the age Of about three
! years, and was clearly progressive
! up to the moment of his death, il
his knowledge and accomplishments al
scholar and a gentleman. His la
mented death took place just twenty
years ago, in the ever memorable
| year-eighteen hundred thirty-trco:--
that year SO fatal to genius The
same year in which more great souls
departed, than in any other too years
in all the annals of history Mack
intosh, Goethe, Crabbe, Tenterton
Perior, Carol, Of Carrolton, Sumpter
Walter Scott and Pete.
The distinguished subject of oul
history was unfortunately shot by {
nephew of Mr.. Ben Smith, of Edge
Hill, stranger who knew nothing o
the standing and character of Pete
He fell in the suburbs Of Georgetown
KY, onthe branch of the Royal spring
near Mr.. Crawford's house. Upol
Z the melancholy news of Pete's demise
it was at once determined to bury hir
with the highest respect. His remain
were accordingly placed in a yer
handsome coffin, and inferred in clal
Il sic ground, near the College edifce
Il the bell was regularly tolled. I'll
= obsequies were attended by a larg
~ procession of boys: many wet chez
lo " was seen at the burial, and we are to
~ that the children of Mr.. Adams we
Is not the only ones that sehd teal
How easily might the life of Pete ha
Ct been saved, if only moderate cauti
.e had been observed by the citizens
e Georgetown. Still, it was not the wa
o of regard, but the excess Of it, Il
g was fatal in this instance. Nobo
l. ever dreamed that Pete could be 81
l. through a mistake!! Never did t
o advantage of stars and garters a
l. ribbons strike me so forcibly, belor
C for the want Of some such badge
distinction a erOtO Of genius has lost
is life.
Y, The author of this sketch never s.