New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-16
Personal.


Francis jack son, a well-kno7n citizen :" Boston,
5;ol IN that city on Thnraday morning Ills DEAN
as srdjen at last from an attack OF 'cute dsease'
,bo,gb he has been an invalid ioc several years.
M Jackson was best known to the public IRON ms
lonr and devoted adherence to the Apti-oa'e'y
cause. When nearly thirty years ago, The - OF ''u'
cloth mob Of Boston unde took 10 suppress All 60.
preston of Anti-Sliyery sentiment by an u'''"p ~
haug Mr. Garrison AIr. Jackson, from pu'0 'o'0
fair play and free speech, threw open MS .o'''
the devoted women whose meeting was 'n0 ,''''
ate cause OF the mob. Since tna' Gay 1i' '''
-. - o,soA n those who suffered persecution
tIo,,. or white and especially has hls home
- h,,.o, If refuge 10 those flying slaves whom
90 40, beftiended nor the law pro'ected
,,, ,boueb mr. Jackson has been for 80 many years
.orscicpous among the adyocstes OF more than one
.,,se of reform "A very large circle has known him
IN mite other relations, where the tenderness OF
Cbr;stian sympsthy aud the generous openness OF
Christian charity were the qualities brought INTO
otion rather than the sterner virtues OF tie reiormer
Mr.. Jackson was a natural democrat, who was
Herally no I, specIer of persons, and saw no dier
ence between man and man, but who possessed lhat
LARGE pity fog human suffering OF every nature that was
never appealed 10 in vain. Hunger aud nakednefs
whether of soul or of body, whether in the high or
The low, found in lin ready helper, and ms WIZ
umg simplicity and kindliness, bis wisdom and ms
beneyolence. made him the center Of n circle who
held him in such reverence and love as Is gwen 70
not many men in a generation. WINE all b'slon
Will bear tes,imonyin spite Of the fact that SIZE mas
pouted her inger at him often on the Anti-Savery
patiOrm--hat her horesest man las died, there VIII
be q deep and silent sorov among very many people
who viii noun benefaeor as wise and KIND as ne
Was unassuming
A writer in Tie Providence Journal gives some
Interesting particulars respecting the Potter family
of which rhe distinguished Episcopal bishops oil Penn
svlvania and New.York are members. IL if s'hd
shat the first Of the Potters emigrated from England
and se tied in Portsmouth, on the Island OF kho1e
Island, between the years 1910 and 1000. lie lel'
several sons. ana po5ably most OF the Potters IN
Rhode Island desce nded from the first settler at Ports
,,outb r / John Potter settled on the Klyuet
farm - called in what is now tbetown OF Cranston,
IN Providence county His Sons were john joseph,
stephen. kher,yard Judge, Caleb, Thomas, and hve
daughters. Joseph, Sylvester and Thomas, sons Of
Tbonas and prsndsons of John, the irst settler IN
Cranstop emjrrated from the Riyul,t farm IN l''1'
md settled in the town Of Beeknau in the county OF
Duchess in Ne,y-York. The town of Beekman WAS
aferWard divided, and that part Of the town IN
which Josepb. Sylvester and Thomas settled was
formed INTO a new town called La Grange. lie
oldest son COW lives in La Grange, on the oid
Homestead about twelve miles east oil TIE
Hudson. The three brohers settled on three
adjoining farms. Joseph Potter died in 1874 at h'
residence III LaGraDge, leaving seven chldrcn-lst
a dsughter. who resided in New-OIleans in $40
unmarried; 3D. Paraclete long bookseller ah'
rpblisber in PoughkeeIse, and afterwards Reglste
oftne Land Office in Milwaukee, in Wisconsin, no"
deceased; 3D. Robert, farmer, in the same Sta'e
Atb Ioeeph n resident on the hOmesteadin LaGrange
4he before -Dlent oned children were born IN hhode
Jsl,nd before Joseph aud bis brothers emigrded 10
New-Yogk; 5to, Sheldon, who lived in Phl@depBi'
mauy yearf and died there; 9Th Alonzo now bisnop
of The Diocese Of Pennsylysn 9TH, Hofafo' no"
Bishop OF the Diocese Of New-fork Inc tlree 'af
were horn in LAGRANGE, In Dutchess Ooun'!
sacben Potter the son Of the first settler IN Grams
ton moved into the County of Kent, Rhode Island
and settled. He was leading politician IN tn
yaper-soney party, which arose in Rhode Islam
toon after the Revolutionary war. He was Speake
of the House Of Representatives. Chief Justice o
abe Court Of Common Pleas, and Judge OF tn
Supreme Court of the State.
Gen. Benbam, now in command of division o
tbe army in Western Virginia under Rosecrans, is
native of Cheshire Meriden, Conn, and an
apprentice in The NeU-HdUeH Journal Office. He
was appointed to West Point from that Office, and
graduated there in 1882 at the head of his class. He
has been always attached 70 the engineer corps, and
been distinguished FOR bis great ability. lie has
superiniended the construction Of the Notifications
around New-York until a recent period. The senior
proprietor Of The Journal RENE mbers him well
fellow-apprentice and roommate. He was peculiar
man in his appearance and disposition He had fiery
red hair, with light eye-lashes; nervous tempera
r1ent and was exceedingly fond Of citing the exam
pies Of Washington, Franklin and other men who
had ACQUIRED emnenee and wondering whether be
could ever arrive at the came distinction. Through
the influence of lie employer and other friends, he
was appointed 10 Wet Point, where his energy and
ambition won for him the first rank in his class He
served with distinction through the Mexican war,
and though hs mOdesty always prevented him from
sounding his own trumpet, lie has been highly
and widely praised ss any man connected with has
branch OF tie service.
The Hon. Samuel Westcot, hate State Senator
from Hadson County, New-Jorsey, died on Thur
day at his residence after an illness of five weeks.
Deceased was delegate in 1852 to the Convention
at Bait more that nominated Franklin Pierce. In
1857 he was elected Mayor Of Jersey City, aud
served ono year, but declined reelection. In 1859
he was elected State Senator for Hudson County,
bat resigned the Office On account OF hosith in De-