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Sacred to the memory of Gen. JACOB BROWN. He was born in Bucks co., Pennsylvania, on the 9th of May, 1775, and died at the city of Washington, commanding general of the army, on the 24th of February, 1828.

Let him who e'er in after days
Shall view this monument of praise,

For honor heave the patriot sigh,

And for his country learn to die.

JOSEPH LOVELL, late surgeon-general of the army of the United States, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Dec. 22, 1788; died in the city of Washington, October 17, 1836.

PUSH-MA-TA-HA, a Choctaw chief. lies here. This monument to his memory is erected by his brother chiefs, who were associated with him in a delegation from their nation, in the year 1824, to the general government of the United States. He died in Washington, on the 24th of December, 1824, of the croup, in the 60th year of his age. Push-ma-ta-ha was a warrior of great distinction. He was wise in council, eloquent in an extraordinary degree, and on all occasions, and under all circumstances, the white man's friend. Among his last words were the following: "When I am gone let the big guns be fired

over me."

Beneath this monument rest the mortal remains of HUGH GEORGE CAMPBELL, late a captain in the navy of the United States. He was a native of the state of South Carolina. In the year 1775, he entered as a volunteer on board the first vessel of war commissioned by the council of his native state. He served his country upwards of 22 years as a commander, and died in this city on the 11th day of November, 1820, aged about 60 years.

Here lie the remains of TOBIAS LEAR. He was early distinguished as the private secretary and familiar friend of the illustrious Washington; and after having served his country with dignity, zeal, and fidelity, in many honorable stations, died accountant of the war department, 11th October, 1816, aged 54. His desolate widow and mourning son have erected this monument, to mark the place of his abode in the city of silence.

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Va.,

Dec. 17, 1820, 47.
Dec. 20, 1820, 40.
Dec. 26, 1820, 48.
O., Dec. 12, 1821, 35.
Md., Feb. 25, 1822, 58.
Va., Feb. 29, 1824, 43.
Feb. 26, 1826, 60.
Mar. 14, 1826, 38.
April 17, 1830.

Ga., Dec. 2, 1842, 67.
Md., Dec. 2, 1842.
Mo., Sept. 7, 1839, 39.
S. C., Dec. 12, 1892, 41.
Oct. 29, 1839, 47.

Rich'd J. Manning, rep. S. C.,
Zalmon Wildman, rep.
Elias K. Kane, sen.
R. W. Habersham, rep.
Jas. W. Williams, rep.
Alb. G. Harrison, rep.
Wm. Lowndes, rep.
Wm. W. Porter, rep.
Davis Dimock, Jr., rep.
Nathan F. Dixon, sen.
Sam'l L. Southard, sen.
Joseph Lawrence, rep.
Wm. S. Ramsey, rep.
Lewis Williams, rep.
Charles Ogle, rep.
Henry Black, rep.

Where from.

Date of dec. Age. May 1, 1830.

Ct.,
Ill.,

Dec. 10, 1835, 60.
Dec., 1835.

Pa.,

44

Jan. 13, 1842, 38.

R. I.,

N. J.,

Pa.,

Jan. 29, 1842, 67.
June 26, 1842, 55.
April 17, 1842, 54.

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Oct. 18, 1840, 30.

Feb. 23, 1842.

Pa., May 10, 1841, 43.

Nov. 28, 1841, 59.

John Coffee, rep.

Ga.,

1836.

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Benj. F. Deming, rep.

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1834.

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Henry Wilson, rep.

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Alexander Smyth, rep.
James Noble, sen.
Chas. C. Johnson, rep.
Jonathan Hunt, rep.
Geo. E. Mitchell, rep.
James Jones, rep.
Levi Casey, rep.
Philip Doddridge, rep.
James Lent, rep.
Thos. T. Bouldin, rep.
James Blair, rep.
Litt'n P. Dennis, rep.
Warren R. Davis, rep.
Nathan Smith, sen.
Jonathan Cilley, rep.
Isaac McKim, rep.
Timothy J. Carter, rep. Me.,
Th. D. Singleton, rep. S. C.,
Hedge Thompson, rep. N. J.,
Theodorick Bland, rep. Va.,
George Holcomb, rep. N. J.,
Joab Lawler, rep. Ala.,
Nais'thy Hunter, del. Miss.,
James Gillespie, rep. N. C.,
Jeremiah McLene, rep. O.,

1834, 50.
41.

May 15, 1832.
Md., June 28, 1832.
Ga., Jan. 11, 1801, 32.
S. C., Feb. 3, 1807, 54.
Va., Nov. 19, 1832, 59.
N. Y., Feb. 22, 1833, 50.
Va., Feb. 11, 1834, 53.
S. C., April 1, 1834.
Md., April 14,
S. C.,
Conn., Dec. 6, 1835.
Me., Feb. 24, 1838.
April 1, 1838.
March 14, 1838.
Dec., 1833.
July 23, 1828, 49.
June 13, 1790.
Dec. 4, 1828.
May 8,
1898, 42.
March 1, 1802.
Jan. 10, 1805.
March 19, 1837, 71.

Md.,

Charles Slade, rep.
Gabriel Holmes, rep.
Thomas Hartley, rep.
Daniel Hiester, rep.
W. A. Burwell, rep.
Patrick Farrell, rep.
John Linn, rep.
J. Crowninshield, rep.
P. Goodwin, rep.
Thaddeus Betts, sen.
Nathan Bryan, rep.
David Dickson, rep.
Robert P. Henry, rep.
Geo. L. Kinnard, rep.
James Johnson, rep.
Henry Wilson, rep.

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Wm. S. Hastings, rep. Mass., June 17, 1842.

Sim. H. Anderson, rep.

Ky., Aug. 11, 1840, 38.

Anson Brown, rep. N. Y., June 14, 1840, 40.

Jas. C. Alvord, rep.
John Smilie, rep.
John Dawson, rep.

Mass., Sept. 30, 1839, 31.

Pa., Dec. 30, 1812, 71. Va., March 13, 1814, 52.

The tomb of ELBRIDGE GERRY, Vice-President of the United States, who died suddenly in this city, on his way to the capitol as president of the Senate, November 234, 1814, aged 70; thus fulfilling his own memorable injunction. "it is the duty of every citizen, though he may have but one day to live, to devote that day to the good of his country."

To the memory of GEORGE CLINTON. He was born in the state of New York, on the 26th July, 1739, and died at the city of Washington on the 20th April, 1811, in the 73d year of his age. He was a soldier and statesman of the revolution. Eminent in council, distinguished in war, he filled with unexampled usefulness, purity, and ability, among many other high offices, those of governor of his native state, and Vice President of the United States. While he lived, his virtue, wisdom, and valor, were the pride, the ornament, and security of as country; and when he died, he left an illustrious example of a well-spent life, worthy of all imitation.

Georgetown is in Washington county, on the NE. bank of the Potomac, 2 miles from Washington city, from which it is separated by Rock creek, over which are two bridges. It was originally laid out under an act of the colonial assembly of Maryland, passed May 15th, 1751. In 1789, the town was incorporated.

The situation is pleasant, commanding a fine view of the Potomac River, the city of Washington, and of the adjacent country; and it contains many elegant buildings and country seats. It has 4 banks, a market-house, 7 churches-2 Episcopal, 2 Methodist, 1 Presbyterian, 1 Roman Catholic, and 1 colored Methodist-and a Roman Catholic college, with 2 spacious brick edifices, finely situated, founded in 1789, which has a president and 16 professors, or other instructors, 90 alumni, 135 students, and 22,000 volumes in its libraries. The commencement is near the last of July. It was authorized by Congress, in 1815, to confer degrees. There is also a nunnery, called the Convent of Visitation, founded in 1798, which contains from 50 to 70 nuns, attached to which is a large female academy, which generally contains 100 young ladies, instructed by the nuns. The Chesapeake and Ohio canal commences at this place, which is designed to be extended to the Ohio River, and which has been recently continued to Alexandria. The aqueduct which connects the canal with Alexandria is a most stupendous work. The piers, nine in number, are built of granite, and imbedded 17 feet in the bottom of the river, with a foundation upon solid rock, so as to withstand the shock of the spring ice, which, rushing furiously from the stormy regions of the falls and narrows above, passes with almost resistless force against the bridges of the Potomac, sweeping every thing before it. These piers, built in the most masterly manner, will bear up against any force that may be brought against them. There were in 1840, 7 commercial and 2 commission houses, capital $310,000; 23 retail stores, capital $247,400; 2 lumber yards, capital $20,000; 2 tanneries, 1 printing-office, 1 semi-weekly newspaper, 1 flouring-mill, producing 10,500 barrels annually; 1 saw-mill. Capital in manufac. $154,700. Six academies, 484 students; 9 schools, 435 scholars. Pop. in 1810, 4,948; 1820, 7,360; 1830, 8,441; 1840, 7,312. Tonnage of the port, 9,964.

Alexandria, originally called Beihaven, is on the western bank of the Potomac, near the head of tide-water, 6 miles south of Washington. The town lies principally in the District of Columbia, but a small part of it is in Virginia. It was incorporated in 1779, by the state of Virginia, and that part of it within the District ceded to the general government in 1801. The laws of Virginia, previously ceded, remain in force in the town and county.

Alexandria is very handsomely situated. The streets are laid out on the plan of Philadelphia, crossing each other at right angles, and are generally well paved. It is considered remarkably healthy, and the view from the city is very fine. The town is situated in the bottom of a valley, which to the eye of an observer is terminated in every direction by lofty and verdant hills. To the north he sees the city of Washington,-the capitol with its beautiful columns, white walls, and towering dome, forming a most conspicuous object; to the south, the broad translucent expanse of the Potomac opens upon him, with Fort Washington, lying like a white line on its distant margin, opposite to Mount Vernon.

The river opposite to the town is a mile in breadth, and varies from 34 to 52 feet in depth, in the ship channel, which here washes the shore, of course the harbor is naturally very fine, and it has been much improved by the erection of large and commodious wharves.

The population in 1800, was 4,196; in 1810, 7,227; in 1820, 8,218; in 1840, 8,459. The public buildings are a court-house, and 10 churches-2 Presbyterian, 2 Episcopal, 2 Methodist, 1 Baptist, 1 Friends, 1 colored Methodist, and 1 Roman Catholic. The city has considerable shipping, and exports wheat, Indian corn, and tobacco, to a considerable amount. The tonnage of the port in 1840, was 14,470. The Chesapeake and Ohio canal extends to this place, and may be expected to add to its prosperity. It has 2 banks, with an aggregate capital of $1,000,000; and 1 fire, and 1 marine insurance company. It is governed by a mayor, and a common council of 16 members.

About three miles from Alexandria, in Fairfax county, is the Virginia Theological Seminary, an institution founded in 1822, by the Protestant Episcopal Church of the diocese of Virginia. The bishop of the diocese, the Right Rev. William Meade, D. D., is president of the faculty. It has 4 professors, 53 students, and a library of about 4,000 volumes.

An interesting incident occurred at Alexandria in the life of Washington. It is given below, as it has often been published:

When Col. Washington was stationed at Alexandria, in 1754, there was an election for members of the Assembly, when Mr. W. Payne opposed the candidate supported by Washington. In the course of the contest, Washington grew warm, and said something offensive to Mr. Payne, who, at one blow, extended him on the ground. The regiment heard that their colonel was murdered by the mob, and they were soon under arms, and in rapid motion to the town to inflict punishment on the supposed murderers. To their great joy he came out to meet them, thanking them for such a proof of attachment, but conjuring them by their love for him and their duty, to return peaceably to their barracks. Feeling himself to be the aggressor, he resolved to make honorable reparation. Early next morning he wrote a polite note to Mr. Payne, requesting to see him at the tavern. Payne repaired to the place

appointed, in expectation of a duel; but what was his surprise to see wine and glasses in lieu of pistols. Washington rose to meet him, and smiling as he offered his hand, began, “Mr. Payne, to err is nature; to rectify error is glory. I believe I was wrong yesterday; you have already had some satisfaction, and if you deem that sufficient, here is my hand-let us be friends." An act of such sublime virtue produced its proper effect, and Mr. Payne was from that moment an enthusiastic admirer of Washington.

THE END.

ERRATA. On page 282, evidence is presented to prove that Shelly, in Gloucester county, was the spot where Pocahontas rescued Capt. Smith. Since that form was printed, we have received a letter from the author of the article alluded to, in which he says: "From a description of Werowocomoco, the scene of Smith's rescue, in "Newes from Virginia," (by Smith) republished in the last [January 1845] number of the Southern Literary Messenger, and from other circumstances, I am now satisfied that I was mistaken in supposing the scene of the rescue was at Shelly, and that it was some miles lower down York river, at or near what is still known as Powhatan's Chimney;' which, I take it, was attached to the house built for the Emperor by the English."

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