Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-12-22
A Distlnguished Family.


The National Intellgencer of yesterday,
thus records the death of distinguished lady.
"Among the notable deaths Of the last week
was that of Mrs. ANN BAYARD, widow Of
JAMES A. BAYARD, Of Delaware. She died in
the city of Philadelphia on Sunday evening,
the 10th instant, in the nth year Of her age.
Few ladies have ever lived or died in the Uni.
ted States more honorably connected with its
political history. Her father, Richard Bassett,
was the first United States Senator elected by
the State of Delaware. He held his seat from
the year 1889 to 1898. Her husband, James
A. Bayard, was elected to represent the State
OF Delaware in the lower House of Congress
from 1897 to 1903 in 1901 he was appointed
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States
at the Court of France; in 1904 he was elected
United States Senator from Delaware. He
was reelected in 1910; in 1913 President
Madison appointed him, in connection with
John Quincy Adams and Albert Gallatin, En-
voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary TO negotiate a treaty of peace with Great
Britain, under the mediation of the Emperor
of Russia. Henry Clay and Jonathan Russell
were afterwards added to the commission, and
together they negotiated the treaty of Client in
1914. In 1915 Mr. Bayard was appointed En-
voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
same year. in the 48th year of his age, leaving
Mrs. Bayard widow for nearly thirty years.
"RIcHARD BAYARp, one of her sons, has
been twice elected to represent the State of
Delaware in the United States Senate, between
the years 1886 and l845, and represented the
United States Government as Charge at Bel
GUM under the Administration of President
| FILLMORE; and, finally, JAMES A. BAYARD,
| another son, represents the same seat in the
| United States Senate heretofore occupied so
| creditably and so long by his grandfather, his
| father, and his brother"
| ADVICE TO PARENTs.-Be ever gentle with the
children God has given you; watch over them con-
stantly; reprove them earnestly but not in anger.
| In the forcible language of scripture. "Be not
| bitter against them.n g Yes they are good boys
| once heard father say, 81 talk to them pretty
| much, but do not like To beat my children-the
| world will beat them" Ii was beautiful thought
| though not elegantly expressed. Yes there is not
one child in the circle round the table, healthfu
1 and happy as they look now, on whose head il
long spared, the storm will not beat. Adversely
! may wither them, sickness fade, cold world
| frown on them, but amid all, let memory carry
them back TO home where the law of kindness
| reigned where the mothers reproving eye moist
| ened with tear, and the father frowned more
| in sorrow then in anger"
| Give your children fortune without education
and al least one half of the number will go down
10 the tomb of obvion-perhaps 10 ruin. Give
them education, and they will be fortune 10
themselves and their country. Ii is an inheritance
worth more than gold for it buys true honor
they spend nor loose il; and through life
| il ever proves a frieud-in death consolation.
/ Be ALWAYS frank and true spurn every sort
of affectation and disguise. Have the courage
to confess your ignorance and awkwardness
Confine your faults to but few.
WITH LOVE the heart becomes fair and fer
tile garden, glowing with sunshine and warm
hues, and exhaling sweet odors; but without
it, it is black desert covered with ashes
1T Is LAW which God himself has made
that the arrow which is shot from the persecu.
tors bow, shall rebound and pierce the perse
cutors heart.