The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-10-29
Jederson's Portrait Of Washington.

found in aietter of his to DR.. Walter Jones.
dated at Monticello, January I'd, 1914. IL
Is powerfully dawn picture, and being
entirely free from fulsoine panegy,ic. or Al
Tempt at texaggeration, we commend it 10
Tile carefnI attention of our readers, ~ EN-
bodyiag in = short space all that need Le
said of That great aud good man. I, is
! written in tie concise anl vigorous STYLE
for which its iIluslrous author was 80 re
.natAable, and is worthy of being treasured
IN The memory of every adrnirer Of the
"Father Of his country" or the immortal
writer and signer Of the Declaration of In.
dependence:
think know General Washington in.
timately and thoroughly; and were called
on TO delineate his cliai acier, il should be in
terms like these:
His mind Was gieat and powerful, with
out icing Of the very first order; his pene-
tration strong, thougli not SO acute IA ,ha,
ola Newton, Bacon or Locke; and, as far
as he saw, no judgment was ever SO n,!er.
| II was slow in operation, being little aid
ed ny invention or imaginalinn, but sure in
conclusion.
Hence the common remark Of bis officers.
OF the advantage he derived from councils
of war, where, hearing all suggestions. he
selected whatever WAS best, and certainly
no general ever planned his battles more
judiciously. But if deranged during the
course OF the action, if any member of his
1 plan was distracted by certain circums,an.
ces, he was slowsi in a rejus,ment. The cou-
sequence was that he often failed ia the
field, and rarely against an enemy in sta
ton, rs at Boston or at New York. He
was incapable of fear, meeting personal
dangers with the calinest uucon ern.
! Perhaps the strongest feature in his char
acter was prudence, never acting until
every circumstance, every consideration,
was maturely weighed; refrainng if he saw
a doubt, but when once decided, going
through with his purpose, whatever obs,a-
ces opposed. Hisintegrty was most pure,
his justice the most iutlexibIe | have ever
known; no motives of interest or consan-
| guinity, of friendship or hatred, being able
to bias his decision. He, was indeed. in
every sense ofthe word, wise, good, and
great man.
| His temper was naturally irritable and
higli.toned; put reflection and resolution
had obtained u firm and liabitual ascenden-
cy over II. fever, however, it broke its
bonds, he was most tremendous in his
| wrath.
In his expenses he was honorable, but ex
act; liberal in contributions 10 whatever
promised utility, but frowning aud unyield-
ing on oil visionary projects, and ali uu-
worthy calia for charity. His heart was not
warm in lis affections. but lie exactly cacu
lated every mans value, and gave him a
solid esteem proporIioned TO il. lis per
son, you know, was fine, his stature exactly
what one would wish, his deportnent easy,
erect and noble; the best horseman of his
age, and the most graceful figure tll:,: could
be seen ON horseback. Although in the
circle Of his friends, where he might be un-
reserved with safely, he took 4 free sl,are
IN conversation, his colloquial ients were
not above mediocri,y, possessing neither
copiousness OF ideas, nor freedom III the
use of words.
In public, when called on for his opinions
he was unready, short and embarrassed.
Yet he wrote readily, rather diifusely, in an
easy and correct style. This he had ac-
CURED 10y conversation with the world. for
his education was merely reading, wtitipg,
aud common arithmetic, TO whici, he added
surveying at later day.
His time was employed ia action chiefly,
reading little, aud tina, only in agriculture
and English history. His correspondence
became necessarily extensive. aud witl,
journaIiziug his agricultural proceedings
occupied most OF his leisure hours in doors.
On the whole, his character WAS ia It's mass
peffectr-in notlnng bad; in iew lriuts in.
2 different; aud IL may truly be said. ,l,a,
4 never did Latu'e and fortune copii,ne tuoso
perfectly 10 make man great. ,nli place
liin IN the same constellation with whi,ev.
er worIiies lave ineriied tom i,a,, an
everlasting remembrance; for his WAS, lhe
singular destiny aud merit OF fcad,Tl The mr.,
mics of his country lhrougil aa arluoa.
war, for establishment of It's in,lependci,ce
OF conducting its councils through the bir,l,
ota government, new in its lorin- and prin
ciples, until !, had settled down into !, u,lie,
aud orderly tain; and uf sefu,ulou,l,
obeyiEg tie laws through ills Whole .. hi,
career, civil and military: Of which the his
tory of tlie world furnishes 90 o,lier cyan
pie. | felt on hi- death, with my country
men, that verify u greet nan l,ait iiisda,
fallen in Israeli
l}RIcK-MAKIYG MAcnINE.--.tt HE la,,
Exhibition of the Americsn Institute Far
Mr.. Wood. of Hartford. exhibited g., ,l..
first time remarkable but -i,np'r eoniri
vance for making OF bricks aud itsi,iar dies
The clay isin large opeu box or hopper, IN
side OF which is Is revoIsiug wheel will
knives, shaped like ,hsletter $. By means
of this wheel. whicl, has a double ,c,i,,n
and may be worked either hy iml,.,. horse
or steam power, the clay j, Clipped up AN,
kneaded, the separation of sions. and o,het
estraneous Substances is etfec.e,i, aud III.
clay lie then forced into niouds i.y a giea
pressure, and delivered OK each side uf ia.
machine, ready To be dried.
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