. Self-made men. rve his coun-try. On the 19th of March, 1818, General Posey departed thislife, after a violent attack of typhus fever. The event took placeat Shawneetown, Illinois, and was occasioned by a severe cold,which terminated fatally in the way we have mentioned at theend of eight days. The consolations of religion had prepared hisspirit for the final change, and when the moment arrived he wasready. Among his papers were found (in his own handwriting)a brief sketch of his life, a letter of advice to his children andgrandchildren, and a letter to his wife, to be delivered after hisdeat
. Self-made men. rve his coun-try. On the 19th of March, 1818, General Posey departed thislife, after a violent attack of typhus fever. The event took placeat Shawneetown, Illinois, and was occasioned by a severe cold,which terminated fatally in the way we have mentioned at theend of eight days. The consolations of religion had prepared hisspirit for the final change, and when the moment arrived he wasready. Among his papers were found (in his own handwriting)a brief sketch of his life, a letter of advice to his children andgrandchildren, and a letter to his wife, to be delivered after hisdeath. In the prime of his life, says Mr. Hall, to whom we are in-debted for some of the facts in this sketch, General Posey wasremarkable for his personal appearance; tall, athletic, and finelyformed, with singularly handsome features, his exterior was veryprepossessing. His figure was dignified and graceful, and in hismanners the bearing of the soldier was harmoniously blended withthe ease of the refined ISEAEL -PUTNAM. The rich and glorious military history of America is studdedwith bright names gathered from the dark masses of the time—men who abandoned their humble homes for the tented field, andafter a while returned to their homesteads clothed in victory, amidrejoicings and patriotic ovations. Many of these names, of thericher sort too, belong of right to the biography of self-made may make a man famous, but it does not make himpatriotic. This he owes to a native principle, the product of thesoil to which he belongs, and his own large and generous be more than thousands of his neighbors, to be illustrious inthe annals of his country, he must call into play all the self-de-nial, all the firmness, all the clear-visioned determination of theself-made. Nothing in the world is more natural than patriotism,but nothing in the world is more difficult than being a patriot. We all know something of Israel Putnam. The romantic sto-ry of his life is
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