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Notes, genllemen. With family name,
| tNo - dear TO every reader Add nov,
in taking up the last Of the roll, (No.
LAAAi inere are special reasons, sug
eested below, Why that name has peculiarly
delicate relsiiau 90 ihe ~riter-to hi. sfIee.
tioas, his sentiments, his ideas, bis principles
yea, even to his prtjudices. withvt any
apology for ssIiny much concerning =
near relation, proceed to the close asking
ofyour reader. some indulgence towards the
fond heart ef ose uho vas rendered an or.
phsn, at four years Of age, by the unimely
death OF sach parent as be, whose name is
DeS TO be the tAems Of renark
| LA1XI -Geoyge North In iT95-
the era Of fOuadins the Aeademy-,hi, gsu.
tenan was Aseonparaiively a stranger in vir.
ginia lie cane hitber from bis native re-
gion, Chester county, Pennsylvania, about
OF before 1870; and resided soma ten years
or more Al Keep Tryst Furnace, on the Po,
Iomac, one mile above Harpsrs Ferry; re-
moved thence. in 1901, to Mount Jefferson,
farm Of 400 acres. which be bought Of
Thos WorthiDgton, no XIv.) and which
he afterwards sold to tie late Samuel
wright; tbeBee, about lsO6, er o.. re-
moved to Char.sstoup thence, about 1911,
TO the nsigbbOTbood of Alexandra, where,
Al bis home, lin FsirfsI CO } be died on the
sOth Dee, lsil. aged 63 years, after resi-
dvBes Of only - years in tie State His
torefathers, for some two or three genera
tloos, had resided in CLesier county, Penn
They we're origiEaily from Englsnd lis
mother Sas = Swedish lady. aud Inherited
from her ancestors share in tbe old Church
IN Philadelpbia, founded by the colony Of
Suedes. 1has share, undivided. IL no~
held By all her descendants Many Of
them believe that TO this day they enjoy q
blessing 10 eoDfequebcs Of her prayers TO
Hin who rsmembcreth aud keep.th cove
nASi Her name vas Ly dis Ramba Mrs
Lydia RaHbO Gibbs, a dssghter Of Capt
North, was graud-dsaghtsr Of this Sean
disaviaa or Morse emigrAnt, uho, IL coming
to the waters Of the Drlasarc, forgot cot
the faith shs had kreathed on the shores Of
tue Baltic.
Capt North vas the youngest cf seTsr
brothers aud the Only one Of tLsseven that
ever cane SouthWsrd All the seyen served
IN The var Of abe RevolutiOo--snd all il is
said, sere ~ one battie-tbst of MaamOata
perhaps Col Caleb Nosth-ueIi known as
merchant in Philsdelpbia till about 20
years ago, (when be died was an elder bro
tbsr, aud was eommandant Of troop Of
berse, rai'ed early in the Ear Thi. troap
George joined when quite young aud he
served IN it till the war was over. The old
ColoDei, Caleb, had peculiar loBdness for
| the younger brother. George; aud ut the
eisse Of the Ear, be Misunderstanding 70 the
! Juaior his sword, pair Of pistols ased by
Progsui,os a. the BoyBe Saier, (aboat
| l630l aud kne black charger which had
J borne him al the bead Of his troop on uiauy
bard fought heii-and esp eisiIy Mon.
moaih, concerning which frld. there IL in
the family, ab autograph letter Of con pli.
meSts from Washington binselE The
sword lad on It's blade this ioscription-
:. .keaHsyisgHia Ligif DSas6oAg: f5S God
aAd Ssy CosAtry;' aud il Is noS ia posses.
sion Ct one Of the sous of Capt, George -
What became Of the pistols, Is not known
to tie pTssent generation. They uere 6gJ-
T0botf ~ the war 81 isi2-but no one 70.
members by whom TIE writer Of these
Notes believes that the pistols we're Loot BE-
fore his birth-eerisinly befOre bis earliest
reeoll,eiions Heuonld rej,iee to see them.
or TO &c; any hint whereby be might. trace
I. them, even 20 their recovery The fact ,ha,
they Were used. aud In behalf Of Ga,i a.a
fhs R'sh, iG7 years ago, Is suaicient
cause for such desire.
Gen p.sss $50 SEXl aud C4Is. Geores
Rcgtk we're acyotediy attached te ssea oh
or Indeed 90 the removsi of the youog
ofieer 20 Virgins, she loss af tbs CON paB.
ionship II bis elder brother Caleb seems 10
have been sapplied By The generous and gal.
laot old hero just Gamsd Their eompaa.
ioaship uas trief Tor Gen Darks died in
1901 lie named bis yoang irisBd "a his
last vii, ns one Of bis Execators. and per.
Psiasied 10 many other modes those fsslisg.
Of matuEi esteem AID kindeass vhieh aai.
mated the hsatts q those tuo var worn sol
diers This matsAl feeling of kinduess sur
/ yises 20 this day. IN the hearts o. ehildrsu
aud cAilarsH's children --in rsmsrBhFanc
q The preerpt - THINE 0tcs 6icHd, and rs
fafAfr'f ffifad, f0rfaks nsf" The eldest
sou u Capt y hears uos fse uane u vii
linm Dtrke, asd owBs hitbfal oid servant
man sho was leKacv 10 kimsslf fr1m fbs
General anJ ths SECOND son opaa the rol
eb sraslsttes, Which bic father reesived =,
prescott from ths old hero
Cap, North VS. married tuis,. lie o.
c3ni Eif~, siiil liviog, was the sister q No
/ XAAiN ---gbich ses His frst wife BE mar
ned 10 Psbusylvsuia By her bs had fsu,
etiiarsu TIE elders. Me- Ace Santa
Marx. vidoE a ths late ssmusl MARI. 1.
liriug nor IN Alstsndsa See IL ~.
secosd shlid uss she Mrs Giila sh8Fs ni-b
toned The other tee iisI 10 inhrcy -
CemiaE "a Firaisia ~ shove stated = 90.
1850 Be raarried his seesnd uifs ia i5at
uha is siiu ligiBg-in keF s3fd ysar-- 81,
Ssh. ss tef5Fe stated sgfpursusly Thn
vsbsfsbls msiFca was huFn stile cor nstio-
sts suij-et 20 Great Britain nyn A
ksYess FeFry msfftsd af Hslitaus H.,
oas n hfF auciss 10 tbs ssms baass ster.
81 Headsfson neu fstifetl -aai baVia-
burfd her ksstana 10 Esifiar. uhsrs sb.
: r-siisl ouiy three - four ysass-sho BE-.
ssFtf asslt aufisg her ihfes SIRE years
sn4 seh. slssshsFs tsaa o. ths fssaeiiass
ssightarhosi q hsf oHn brib rlae- ed
ihat cf hef motheg. ssatafsd is No NTXfV
iieF etiiifrn sossgsF baga fsftskou ef ~
ssass restless. FeFiak diseasiiisu that etaf
scisrissi hsr fsaftf.ug q bsf asi htf nii
tary Lusbsnd Tbsg ssfe pins ia hantti
s-sis 81 thfm stiii iirihE AH sin ksf.