Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-10-30

L DRIVE Us FROM OUR POSITION. -.1aeEso
. SO, 1857.
MONUMENT TO BARON sTEuBEN.
The Germans, recently held festival
at Richmond. Va, to raise means to erect
monument to the memory of Baron
Steuben. Such a token of remebrance is
duesto, his greatsersices.H Contributions
TO its aid ought not to be limited to any
class Of Our people. ,o The entire Union
owes him a debt which cannot be paid BY
a plelmonnment! Though bornlin .Eu.
rope, under an absolute king, he was 1.-The
true. and unfiinching friend Of liberty, and
pledged his life to her her service in in America.
He had been an aid-de.camp to Freder.
iek. the Great, of Prussia, a i'd had attain.
ed the rank OF lieutenant general in his
army Sacrificing honors and .emoluS
ments in his native land in ,1777. he came
to America and rendered his services as
! a volunteer, claiming neither rank nor
compensation. He Joined Washington at
Valley Forge. He was one Of the best
drill officers in the. army, and his system,
afterwards, published, constituted our
manual OF tactics down to the war of 1919.
He was one of the most self sacrificing
men that lived. Congress made him in.
spector general with the rank aof Major
General. ,--.a fl
On the surrender of Corvallis, whose
first offer to capitulate was made to him,
In order to extend civilities to the captur.
ed ot1cess, like others Of his rank, he sold
his tayorite charger to raise the necessa-
~ means. His watch went to relieve the
sick and wounded ofour army. Much Of
his pay was disposed of in the same man
or. The money voted him by Congress
was expended in acts of charity or re
warding good conduct among soldiers.
His adherence of treason was manifest
ed by inducing asoldier by the name OF
Arnold to change his name. The soldier
and his descendants were ever known by
that ofthe glorious old soldier ..Steuben. %
After the war, Washington and Hamilton
secured him an annuity of $4,000 from
the General Government. New Jersey
gave him farm. Virginia voted him
fifteen thousand acres Of land, which was
located in Kentucky. New York gave
SlALOCA LAOuSauu dClCb1 SlLuhkSu
north of the city of Utica. in the town of
Remsen, upon which he resided at the
time Of his death, in 1895. Some of his
countrymen came and settled with him
upon his lands. for whom he made pro.
visions in his will. which manifested the
generosity and goodness of his heart.
The residue of his estate he willed to
Benjamin Walker and William North,
who had been his aids. The latter sub
sequently attained eminence in New Y ork,
and became successfully State and Un-
nited States Senator, and afterwards Ads
iutant General of our army. General
North's interest, under Steuben's will,
passed to Walker, and the rights of his
representatives have recently been acted
unon in the Pension Office. In framing
the provisions of his will, the old Baron
followed the dictates of his own feelings
rather than the preceoents emanating
from other minds. He required shisffaith-
full servants to bury him upon bis estate,
but with caution and secrecy that
should preclude the possibility of others
finding his remains. This injunction was
observed by those Of his household who
loved and yenerated him and to this
day, the resting place of his remains is
unknown to the public. unless certain re-
cent judicial proceedings in New York
contain material error.
Such was Frederick William Augustus,
Baron Won Steuben. He was patriot
and true friend of American liberty. who
sacrificed fortune and honor in Prussia to
serve the infant cause of liberty in q dis
lonI Ja hrova man 90
lived, and as gentle as brave. His heart
was warm. true. and faithful, without a
selfish streak in it. All America should
join in erecting his monument, and fathers
should recount on the family hearthstone
his noble virtues and his pure and un-
selfish acts. aud urge their imitation.
When they have done SO, we hope they
will ask their sons il the know-nothing
creed should apply to such man, and to
Lafayette, Kosciusko, and the hundreds
Of others from foreign lands, who have
done honor to themselves in serving lib.
erty in our country Washington Union.
In Town WITH POCKET FULL OF ROCKS.
"A Tennessee planter lately visited
New Orleans. and stopped at the ST
Charles Hotel. and in the course OF week
created prodigious sensation. He was
stout. plain looking old fellow, and on
the trip down from Memphis contrived to
get very drunk, SO that from the time he
landed in the city until he left. he carried
on like crazy man. paying City or hum
dren times the value of everything he
bought. He gave colored barber $50
for shaving him, and refused to take any
change; paid half dollar for glass Of