Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-04

ional cemetery.
JEFFERsoN's SKETCH OF WASH
1NGToS.-His mind was great and
powerful, without being Of the very
first order; his penetration strong,
though not so accurate as that of
Newton, Bacon or Locke: and as
far as he saw, no judgment was
ever sounder. 1t was slow in oper-
alton, being little aided by invcn-
ton or Imagination, but sure in con-
clusion, Hence the com.non remark
Of his officers, Of the advantages 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 deranrcd
during the course Of action, if any
member Of his plan was disIocated
by sudden circumstances, he was
slow in re-adjustment. The con
sequence was that he often failed in
the field, and rarely against an enc
my in station, as at Boston and
York. He was incapable Of tcar,
meeting personal dangers with the
callncst unconcern. Perhaps the
strongest feature in his character
was prudence, never acting until
every circumstance, every consid-
Grafton, was maturely weighed; re-
framing if he saw doubt, but when
once decided, going through with
his purpose, whatever obstacles op-
posed.
His integrity was most pure, his
justice the most infexiblc | have
ever known: no motives of consan-
sanguinity, of friendship or hatred,
being able to bias his decision. He
was, indeed, in every sense Of the
word, wise, a good, and great
man. His temper was naturally ir-
ritablc and high-toncd; but retlcc-
ton and resolution had obtained
firm and habitual a.ccndancy over
it. If ever, however, it broke It's
bonds, he was most tremendous in
his wrath. In his expenses he was
honorable but exact; liberal in con-
tributions to whatever promised
utility, but trowning and unvielding
on all visionary projects, and all un-
worthy calls on his charity. His
heart was not warm in its affections;
but he exactly calculated every
mans value, and gave him a solid
esteem proportioned to it. His per-
son, You know, was fine, his stature
exactly what one would wish; his
department easy, erect, and noble,
the best horseman Of his age, and
the most graceful figure that could
be seen on horseback. Although in
the circle Of his friends, where he
might be unrcscrved with safety. he
took free share in conversation,
his colloquial talents were not above
mediocrity, possessing neither copi
BUSINESS of ideas, nor flucncy of
words. In public, when called on
for sudden opinion, he was un-
ready, short, and embarrassed. Yet
he wrote readily, rather ditfusely,
in an easy and correct style. This
he had acquired by conversation
with the world, for his education
was merely reading, writing, and
common arithmetic, to which he ad-
ded surveying at later day. His
time was employed in action chiefly.
reading little, and that only in agri-
culture and English history.
His correspondence became nee
essarily extensive, and, with jour
nalizing his agricultural proceed
ing>, occupied most of his leisure
hours in doors. On the whole, his
character was. in its mass, perfect,
in nothing bad, in a few points in
different; and it may truly be said
that never did nature and fortune
combine more perfectly to make a
man great, and to place him in the
same constellation with whatever
worthless have mcritcd from man an
everlasting remembrance. For his
was the singular destiny and merit
| of leading the armies of his country
successfully through an arduouS
war. for the establishment Of its in
dependence; of conducting its coun-
ellis through the birth OF govern
ment. new in its form and principles
until ii had settled down into 4 qui-
ct and ordinary train; and of scru-
pulou>lv obeying the laws through
the whole of his career, civil and
military, Of which the history of the
world furnishes no other example.
Il fersons L,Ncr to ". b. GiitS.
BISMARCK AEoUsEp.-A gentle
man who was taking a glass of wine
ut LouiS's, corner of Freeman and
Hopkins street in Cincinnati, about
three weeks ago, observed at an
other table. sitting with several 9TH
erS, Il German who seemed uneasy
and anxious, rs if there might be Il
Franco-Teutonic disagreement be-
tween his beer and himself. Pres
emily in ran a little Girl, her face IA
dicnt with SMILES, who exclaimed,
$50 wr'yr cot n little poy nj home"