Eminent Americans : comprising brief biographies of leading statesmen, patriots, orators and others, men and women who have made American history . to Burgoyne, whichinsured to Gates army a comparatively easy victory. The national legislaturegave him grateful thanks, and a brigadiers commission in the Continental joined Gates at Saratoga, and shared in the honors of that great victory. In1779, he was on duty on Ehode Island, and the following year he fought theBritish and Hessians at Springfield, in New Jersej. In the Autumn of 1780,he was one of the board of officers that tried and co
Eminent Americans : comprising brief biographies of leading statesmen, patriots, orators and others, men and women who have made American history . to Burgoyne, whichinsured to Gates army a comparatively easy victory. The national legislaturegave him grateful thanks, and a brigadiers commission in the Continental joined Gates at Saratoga, and shared in the honors of that great victory. In1779, he was on duty on Ehode Island, and the following year he fought theBritish and Hessians at Springfield, in New Jersej. In the Autumn of 1780,he was one of the board of officers that tried and condemned the unfortunateMajor Andre; and until the last scenes of the war, he was in active he sheathed his sword, he left the arena of public life forever, though helived almost forty years afterward. General Stark died on the 8th of May, 1822,at the age of almost ninety-four years. Near his birth-place, on the east sideof the Merrimac, is a granite shaft, bearing the simple inscription, Majoe-Gi n-ERAL Stark. His eulogium is daily uttered by our free institutions—his epitaphis in the memory of his deeds. PHILLIS WHEATLEY. 24D. PHILLIS WHEATLEY. * Twas mercy brought me from my pagan land,Taught my benighted soul to understandThat there s a God—that there s a Siiviour too;Once I redemption neither sought knew. SO felt the heart, and so recorded the pen of a child of Africa, who, by hertalent and virtue, honored her race and challenged the kindlj regard ofmany of the good and great of our country. The lady of a respectable citizenof Boston, named Wheatley, went to the slave-market, in that city, in 1761, topurchase a child-negress, that she might rear her to be a faithful nurse in thoold age of her mistress. She saw many plump children, but one of delicateframe, modest demeanor, and clad in nothing but a piece of dirty carpet wrappedabout her, attracted her attention, and Mrs. Wheatley took her home in herchaise, and gave her tho name of Phillis. The child s
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