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James Monroe.
James Monroe, whose body vii! be deposited 10
Tie soii OF his native State the coming osn ~
Jaly. was The ifth President Of the Uaited STATES
He was born April 2ssh, s.ss, In westmore'ano
coanty, county which has bseu called she
aAshens Of Virginia" 90 many men OF renown
have been bora within It's borders. among whom
vere Warrington, Richard Henry Lee and his shree
brothers. Thomas. Francis and Arthur Lee, Gen
Henry Lee. and Jsdgs Bnahrod Washington. lie
was graduate of old william and Aa-v. the alma
mater of 80 many other distinguished Ntrgin'Rns.
His military taste and chivalry. aid the patriotic
Ardor Of his nature. led him 70 the American Ar
my. which be entered. a. Cadet, in f77e- and was
som after appointed Lieutenant. lie served With
distinguished courage In the battles OF Harlan
Hishts. White Plains and Trenton. In this batter
battle. he personai,y led advance guard upon
a Briti-h sixcun battery. drove the ar'iIs-rists
from their guns. ssd took two cannon which they
were in the act Of discharging In this enterprise
he wAs wounded. a. the gallant Capt VIM.
Wa hington. nv whom he WAS accompanied For
this brilliant actin, Lieut.. Monroe was promotes
20 a Cspsaincv. was aid tn Lord Stirling in the
campaign 0f II end rs, and distinguished himsei'
at Brasdv wine. German.own ahi Monmouth lie
sfsrr~srds pursaed the study Of the law under
Jefferson. Of whom and Of the party which he
funded he WAS ever one Of the most Jealous sup
portere and champions.
His biography Is as intimately connecfef will
the civil AZ the military history of the United
States. In 1852 he was member of the Virginia
Legislature and Of the Executive Council; In lIss'
at th. ago Of "a member Of the House of Repre-
sentatives: In 1.s- again member Of the NirSi
mia Legislature and in lTss. of the Virginia Con
ven.iou; from 1890 to 1891. member of the L s.
senate; from 1874 to 1896 minister 10 Franco 1893
Governor Of Virginia: 1903 minister extrsnrdina-
nv to France; came year. minister to London
1904. minister to Spain; 1896. again minister 10
London. 10 conjunction with the i'iustrious VIII
liam Pinckney, of Maryland; in 1910. again elect
ed TO legislature, and again appointed Governor
1911, Secretary Of State. in which he remained TIL
1877, finding time dnring the interval to take
charge of the War Department. and restore its
embarrassed affairs to order. In 1917 he was eieVS
ted to the Presidency. succeeding Mr.. Madson.
and 1921, be was re elected by a unanimous vote.
with the single exception of New Hampshire
He served In the Virginia Constitutional Conven'
sion Of 1890, of which he elected pres
dent. He died in New York city, Of which he had
become resident. aud where he had married
daughter living at the time OF his death, on the i'h
OF July, 1881. Ave years after the death of John
Adasas and Thomas Jefferson, who both depsrted
this life on that glorious anniversary. Iu re-
cent letter Of Mr.. Sam'I L. Gouvernenr, his sonn
law, to Gov. Wise, Mr.. e. says:
sFThe death excited profound sympathy. The
city authorities of New York asked not the right
to honor his memory, but the favor TO be permit
ted. with appropriate ceremonies, to bury him a.
the rubiic cost. His body was attended by tra"
of mourning relatives and friends from the hum
BILE dwelling where he died, through streets hung
with emblems of public sorrow. to the City Hall.
A noble tribute TO his WORTH from eloquent lips,
lately closed forever, was pronounced over it in
the City Park Funeral services before the Assem-
bed clergy in OF the most able churches,
were performed by the presiding bishop: proces-
si0n civil and military OF countless nu;n5efs, wit
nessei the whole population OF n city draped 10
mourning, aud hustled into solersn silence, save
when the plainiive dirEe told the sad Office they
performed, bore him 70 his tomb Other similar
spectacles may AVE exceeded this In gorgeous
display, but in Imposing soemnity it never was
surpassed.
'.wheu his remains shall again lie brought to
light you will fDd them distinguished by these
few simple words: james Monroe, of Virginia
4th July, 1885, aged ~ years They pointed sig
niHcauily tc his native State. To her soil he was
devoted; and to her people lie Was ardently at
tached TO them.' did he say, Il owe everything
They never failed 10 stand by me. They will, one
day yet do justice 10 my memory That day las
dawned; his words verified. If the sentiment
your action announces has been slow in expires
sion IL will be rapid in progress. When the fe-
mains Of Ja.Ees Monroe shall have been deposited
In hi. native soil ii will expand with time. His
public aud private virtues will yet be estimated al
their real WORTH
Ffom the same letter, it appears that ii the pea
sonal family associates of Mr.. Monroe, two nG.
xphews, Augustine aud James, and Mr. $. L. Gou-
verneur, his sou-in-law, aloGe survive. lis left
faar grand children. of whom three are living
The complete devotion of his life to the interests
Of his country, prevented him from paying the
necessary attention to his own, and, in the eIo-
quent language of MIR. Gouvernenrs letter, ''as a
private citizen, he emerged from all his successive
public trusts with poverty the emblem of his
purity, and the badge OF all his public honors"
Mr Monroe was di-tipgu,shed by vigorous i'll.
teilect, indonlitable energy and intense appica
tion to business. No man of ordinary merit could
9 no early have secured, and 80 long retained the
caEfi~nce Of the country. In his Congressional!
career he Was always ut his post, aud considered
one Of the most useful and industrious members
Daring his mission Minister Extraordinary to
France, be arranged. 10 connection with the resi-
dent minister, Mr. Livingston, the cession Of lou
isiana. 1t was duting his adm inistration rs Pre-
sidsut that the fual cesson Of Florida by Spain
was concluded; two acquisitions, the importance OF
which il would be imp ,ssbie to overrate The in-
dependence OF the South American cuouies wa4 ac-
knowiedged during his administration. and the f,,-
nous "Mouroe doc,riue'' announced to the world
II. ~. a. n
interference with the Internal concerns Ct the
emancipated governments. His administration
wan ais, distinguished by the inauguration Of
vigorous policy of nstonai defence. by encourage
msnt Of the army and navy, by surveys of the
coast. plans Of Qualifications, and the selection OF
suitable sitts for naval depcts in the North ana
Souih. He Was the friend of the soldier, and T.
was mainly through his fundamentally that a
pension law was passed f,r the relief of ineiyept
revolutionary soldiers. lie urged euergetieally
the abolition Of the slave trade, and was q warm
frisna Of African colonization.
IL 10 becoming that the removal Of all that is
earthly Sf Shis iitu,trus man. to his native State
should be marked by extraordinary honors: thai
is should occur on the anniversary of his own
d.aib, aud Of the glorious event which he shed his
blood 10 achieve: and that gliftering bayonsts and
the roar of artillery should guard bis war worn
body 70 soldier's grave. Lot US b. pc that mo
numsnt will arise TO distinguish his resting place.
IT once like bis own character, simple ami grand.
ssststiog the glory Of his life and the gratitude of
his country.
Rank OF the Com m On w alth,
The Directors Of this Bank have elected Nr
JEo. b. MoRroS, Cashier. aud fixed his salary at
$1,000. Mr.. Morton 10 a very competent officer In
deed. No man Jude, stands the modus operandi OF
Banking better, nor would discharge the duties of
the once with more efficiency.
By the advertisement Of the President az tho