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From the Albany Paily Advertiser.
THE SPKCTIIK COON.
Air '"Cork Lrg.''
I'll sin? yon a son?, without any flam,
In Ashland there lived a funny old man,
Who every morning said ''lam
The mighty chief of the Coonery Clan!"
ltitoo, ralloo. ke.
For several years this man was bent,
On being elected President ;
So in order to give his feelings vent,
He swore ho would run, and at it he went,
Ri too, &c.
He mounted his nn; one bright summer's day,
And cracked his whip, with "hurrah for Clay!'1
lie scoured along, and felt quite gay,
Till he found his old racer was running away.
Hi too, fcc.
He rode along so joyful ami crank,
While in his pocket his cash did clank ;
But soon ofThis nag he was jerked with a yank,
As lie run up a stump on the National Bank !
Ri too, &c.
Old Dan he stood by, with a hearty roar,
He laughed till his sides were aching sore ;
Which made poor Harry so mad he swore,
He'd never he served such a trick any more !
Ui too, &c.
His high mettled racer lay in a swoon.
Hut Henry could not give it up so soon ;
Says he, I will sing them a different tune,
So he swapped oil' his horse and mounted a coon.
Ri too, &.c.
lie scamped o'er hill, and dale, and plain,
Thro' snow, hail, sleet, mud puddles and rain ;
And when so weary, to rest he'd fain,
The coon gave a scream, and was off again.
Ri too, & t .
He galloped along with a bound and a hop,
Of speed he went ut the utmost top;
llis lips with terror began to drop,
For he found his coon he could'nt stop
Ri too, &e.
A cornfield now to yellowand bright,
Appeared in view ; he tried to alight,
He called to the coon with all his might.
But in less than a minute he was out of sight .
Ri too, &.c.
He screamed aloud, '-Oh ye people dear :
Come help nu oft", 1 feel so ipieer,"'
But the natmhty coon he pricked up his ear,
And scampered away like a young reindeer.
Ri too, c .
A Hickory tree now crossed their track,
All shag-barked around so rugged and black,
They never paused, but up it smack.
Old Cooney streaked, with Clay on his back !
Ri too, &c.
They run up as high as they could go,
The wind with fury began to blow,
And as they waved there to and fro.
Poor Clay ! oh, dear ! he boked just so '
Ri too.
As they were buffeting in the wind,
An eagle came ho looked and grinned,
Says he, you varmint, enough you've sinned,
So the poor old coon he completely skinned,
Ri too, &c
The coon he died in wild despair,
Says the Eagle, ''Old Harry, my boy, beware "'
Away he flew but didn't we stare,
To see Clay, like Absalom, caught by the hair.
Ri too. kc.
He died at last but every night,
As the story goes I tell it right
His skeleton all so ghastly and white,
Rushes over the hills on a cooney sprite.
Ri too, Alc.
So Whiggies all, come over soon,
And join our ranks, or hear your doom.
For just as sure as the rising of the moon,
You'll all have a ride on that ghost of a coon '
Ri too. i.t
A Bold Witm.,. The late Lord fcllcnbo
rough, when Lord Chief Justice, was once ad
dressed by a witness with bo much effrontery
that his lordship was for a moment struck dumb;
and being afterwards asked why he did not
punish the man, he replied "Sir, the fellow
Completely confounded me ; hid impudence
was sublime.
A Tall 0.e. An old 6ailor told us the o
ther day, that during one night, when he was
Sailing on the Atlantic, the rain poured in such
torrents that the ocean ruse ti inches. There is
no mistake said lie, because the Captain kept a
mark on the side of the vessel.
A negro women hung herself, in New Or
leans, some thne since. She attached a rope
to the balustrade of the stairs, threw herself off,
and died instantly.
Gals whose minds have something odd in 'em,
(tit seek relief by taking laudanum;
And after all, 'tis not surprism'
Forsaken gals should swallow pisin'.
BUNBURY AMBfflCAN.
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL;
Absolute acquiesccneo in the decisions of the
Ily Itlasxcr & i:Ndy.
A Court Scene In firorcln.
We clip the following from an exchange pa
per what one we do not now remember. It
is as rich in all its elements nf fun as anything
we have lately stumbled upon :
A friend of mine lias recently returned from
an excursion into the circuit of this State.
Ho tells me while in the county of , lie
strayed into the Court house, and w as present at
an arraignment of a man by the nnme of Henry
Day, who was charged with attempting to kill
his wife. Day was a pnle little man, and the
wife was a perfect behemoth. The indictment
being read, the prisoner was asked to say whe
ther he was "guilty or not guilty."
He answered, "There's n mighty chance of
lawyers' lies in the papers ; but some part is
true. I did strike the old lady ; but she fit me
powerfully first. She can swear equal to a
little of anything, and her kicks are awful. I
reckon what you sny about the devil moving
me is pretty tolerably correct, seeing ns how
she moved me. I have told you all I know
'bout the circumstances, Mister. I gin 'Squire
Jones there a five dollar bill, and I allow he'll
take it out for me." 'Squire Jones thereupon
rose and said ho had a point of law to raise in
this case which he thought conclusive. It was
nn established rule of law, that man and wife
were but one ; and he should like to know if a
man could be punished for whipping himself ; he
should he glad to hear what the solicitor gene
ral had to say that. The solicitornl general an
swered, that he thought his brother Jones had
rorried the maxim a little too far; men had often
been punished for heating their wives. If a man
should ki;l his wife it would not be suicide.
Mere 'Squire Jones interposed, and defied
thesolicitor general to produce any authority
to that effect. The solicitor general looked at
"Green and Lumpin's Georgia Justice" for some
minutes, and then observed that he could not
find the authoiitirs just then, but ho was sure
ho had seen the principle somewhere; and lie
called on the yid'je to sustain him. In the en
thusiasm of counsel on the point, they forgot to
offer any evidence- os to the guilt or innocence
of Day in the premises. The judge, likewise,
being obvious of the fact, proceeded to charge
the jury. He told them that man and wife
were one. He remarked that in either event,
the man was legally bound to suffer ; and there
fore, c.ime as they would, Day was undoubtedly
guilty. lie said he would not decide the ques
tion whether if n man kill his wife it was mur
der or suicide. He wns not prepared to ex
press an opinion on that point ; it was n very
delicate one, and he had no idea ot committing
himself. (Some one hero observed that he was
mighty fund of committing others.) He then
called up the bailifl, a tremendous looking
cracker, wearing a broad brim hat with crape,
(I never saw a man south of latitude thirty-three
that did not wear a white hat w ith crape,) and
proceeded to admonish him that the jury were
very much in the habit of coming in drunk with
their verdict, and that if it happened in this
case he would discharge the prisoner, and put
the punishment upon him. The bailiff gave a
significant glance at the judge, and replied that
other people besides the jury came into court
drunk, when some people were drunk them
selves! The j'iry then retired and so did r.iy
friend.
The next day he returned and found matters
in statu quit, except that Day and hi6 wife had
mr.de up, and were discussing the merits of a
cold fowl and a quart of beer, and now and then
enterchanging kisses, despite the frowns and
becks of the r fficcrs. The judge, clerk and she
riff hud been up all night, and looked wolfish ;
and the bailiff was seated on his white hat at the
door of the jury mom, and this indicated that he
had swallowed the concentrated venom of a
thousand wildcats. The most awful curses,
oaths and sounds proceeded Iron) the jury rooms;
some were roaring like lions, sonic crying like
children, mewing likecats, tie igl.ing like horses
&c. At last a short consultation was held nt
the jury-room between the foreman and the bai
liff; whereupon the letter, putting his hat one
sided on his head, came into the court room
and uddressed the judge thus: ".Mister, Tom
Jukes says the jury cant't agree about this here
man ; and if you keep him (that is Tom Jukes)
without grog any mote, he'll whip you on sight."
The judge appealed to the bar if this was not a
contempt of court and "Green and Lumpkin's
Georgia Justice" having been consulted, it was
filially decided that it was a threat addressed
to the judge as a private individual, and was to
"whip him on right," and not on the bench ; it
was not, under the free and enlightened and de
mocratic principles of Georgia lcgis!afi.in, a
contempt of court. This being settled, tho judge
directed the bailifl to say to Tom Jakes, the fore
man, "the jury bhould agree if they staid there
through eternity." The bailiff retired, and so
did my friend but he give it as hit opinion,
from the Irnme of mind in which he left all par
ties, the juries and bailiffsare still there.
Why is a practicing magistrate, like an intem
perate one Because he frequently leaves the
Unch. for the rW
majority, the vital principle of Republics, from which
Sunbury, Northumberland Co.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
OF
HENRY A. MUHLEXnKKC.
The name of Mi'in.KNBnRo is so intimately
connected with our provincial and fevolutionary
history, that a brief account of the distinguished
heads of this steadfast Democratic family, will
not be an unacceptable introduction to a short
outline of the life and chnracter of tha individu
al whom the Democratic party of Pennsylva
nia have selected as their candidate for Govern
or at tho ensuing general election.
The grandfather of Mr. Muhlenberg, Henry
Melchior Muhlenberg, Senior of the Lutheran
Ministerain of North Americn, was born in the
free city of Eimbeck, now in the Kingdom of
ll.mover, Germany, September 0, 17 11, of which
city his father, Nicholas M. Muhlenberg, was
permanent Chief Burrjoss. He was educated
at the Universities of Gnttingpti ni.d Hallo.nnd
was ordained ot Leipsic as a clergyman of the
Lutheran church. In the year 1711 ho received
a call from the Lutheran congregation of Phil
adelphio, New Providence or Trnppe, nnd New
Hanover, or Swamp, in what is now Montgom
ery county. Accepting the call he visited Han
over, proceeded through Ilol'and to Indnn,
where, after remaining a few months, he embar
ked for America. He arrived nt Philadelphia,
November 25, 1712, after a very long and bois
terous passage, the vessel having been driven
into Charleston by stress of weather.
lie found his congregation small and in no
flourishing condition. That at Philadelphia had
no church, nnd consisted of about 100 heads
of families that at the Trnppe was about half
as large, and was alsi without a church, and
that nt New Hanover or Swamp had an un
finished block church, nnd numbered nbuut 150
heads of families. Of these congregations he
immediately took charge, pleaching in them al
ternately, and residing sometimes in Philadel
phia, nnd eometirr.es at the Trappe, at which
latter place he died in 177, in the 77lh year
of his age.
Whilst under his charge, nnd principally by
his exertions, the Lutheran Church in Fifth st.,
above Arch, was founded, and consecrated 11th
June, 1713, by the nnme of St. Michael's church
which venerable edifice is still standing. In
17GG the foundation of Zion's Church in Fourth
street, above Arch, was laid, and it was consid
ered at that time one of the largest and hand
somest churches in North America.
In 1715, he intermarried with Antn Maria,
daughter of C. 1. Conrad Weiser, a highly es
teemed Indian Interpreter, whose influence over
them was unbounded, whose name is famous in
the early annals of Pennsylvania, and whose
valuable services and high character are now
a matter ol history.
Conrad Weiser was brought to New York,
from Germany, by his father in the year 1710,
being then in the 13th year of his age. In the
year 1713 they settled in Sehohaire county, N.
Y., on what was then called Queen Anne's
bounty lands, in the midst of the Indians, w ith
whom Conrad soon became a favorite. He was
n iturabzed as an adopted son of the Six Nations
with wlmsn language he beennie perfectly fa
miliar, which enabled him to render many im
portant services not only to the German colony
nt Sehohaire, bat to the constituted au:!io'ities
ofNew York. Some difficulties occurring in
regard to their title to their land., Conrad
Weiser, with a number cf ethers, left Scholia in?,
and were brought by Indian gu iles on raf
dow n the Suxqu. hnnnu to the neighborhood of
where llarrisburg is now located, from whence
they proceeded to the Tulpehocken creek and
its branches, where a new settlement was form
ed, in w hich many of their descendants still re
side. During this journey he first met Wil
liam Penn ; ho was afterwards appointed by
him confidential interpreter and special mes
senger of tho Province among the Indian, and
wns present, assisting in negotiating nearly ail
the most important treaties between the pro
prietary government and the Indian tribe?,.
For the purpose he made many j. uinics to Sha
mokin, Onondago, the Ohio, &c, and wns at
that tune probably the only white man who
could have passed through these countries with
safety. In 1755 be was appointed Colonel of
a regiment ot provincial troops w ith the com
maud of the chain of forts from Fort Augusta
at Sunbury, to the Maryland tine. He also
acted for ninny years as a judge, thus render
ing himself extremely useful r.ot only to ll.e
government hut to the people. He was much
beloved by the Indians, who, for many years
after his death, w ere in the habit ot making vi
sits of affectionate remembrance to his grave.
During the long course of Dr. Muhlenberg's
ministry, he was considered the father of the
Lutheran Church in America, and styled the
"Father of the Germans." lie visited the mass
of the German congregations, not only in the
interior of this State as they were tbiined.but
repeatedly went to Maryland, New Jersy, N.
York, South Carolina and Georgia, fbrthepur-
pose of heuling breaches, and doing good spirit-
i unity and temporally to all, but parliculaily to
there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle
Ia. Saturday, August it, is II.
the Germans and their descendants. Besides
being master of the learned languages, he spoko
German, English, Low Dutch, French and Swe
dish with facility, and wos thus able greatly to
enlarge the sphere of his usefulness.
When the revolutionary struggle commenced,
he, ai well as his three sons, then grown to mnn
hood, took a most decided stand on the side of
liberty nnd independence, nnd their influence
over tho German population was freely used,
and was, nodouht, greatly instniment.il in caus
ing them tosupport the cause of the revolution
with great zeal nnd vigor. This was well
known tothe British nnd Hessian officers, who
were lavish of their threats of violence towards
nil the family. 11'? writes in his manuscript
journal of 1773 "The name of Muhlenberg is
greatly disliked nnd abused by the Hessian and
British officers in Philadelphia, and they threat
en prison, tortures and death ns soon at they
can lay hands upon me." When Pennsylvania
wns the theatre nt war in 1777 9, he resided nt
the Trnppe, 20 miles from the city, where his
house wns continually filled with fugitives, sick,
wounded nnd hungry, nnd none ever left it w ith
out relief and consolation. He received many
warnings, nnd was often entreated to remove
farther from the scene! of war, nnd notwith
standing several threats of a visit from the ene
my, who sometimes nppronched within six or
eight miles, he always refused, saying that he
was of more use than he could be nt a greater
distance, nnd would trust to Providence: for pro
tection in the cause of humanity and his conn-,r'-
Alter a long career of usefulness he expired
at the Trappe, greatly lamented, not only by his
own family, but by a large circle of friends,
scattered throughout the United States. He left
three sons Peter, Frederick and Henry.
Peter Muhlenberg, the eldest, wns home nt
the Trappe, in Montgomery county. Pennsyl
vania, October 1, 1710. In the 10th year of
his ago, lies wns sent to Germany, w ith his two
younger brothers, to complete his education
The strict discipline, however, of the school
where the boys were placed, preparatory to
their entering the I'tuversi'y cf Halle, suited
neither his temper nor his habits. Being found
iinmanngeable, he was sent to Hanover, where
meeting with a British colonel, whom he had
frequently seen at his lather's house in Phila
delphia, ho was induced to take him back with
him to Amer.ca us his secretary.
His father now took charge of his education,
and hnvinir nrervi r..d Iiim lir tlm mii.il.f a
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was sent to England, and in rompnnv w ith the
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Into Bishop lute, ordained by the Bishops of,
Iuulon and Il!v in the spring of 1772; the.
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Swedish Lutheran Church, tor which he wns'
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destined, having retained bishops m the- rotor- '
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mntioti, nnd ahvnvs required their clergyman
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oi ire uioiiineu uv one, i pen nis reiurn lie was
stationed for a shoit time hi New Geriimitown
in New Jersey; from thence he rrmovo.l to'
Dimmer count v. f.u.w Shenandoi.hl V.r..i..in. !
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w here he had chnrijo of several large roioTO-
eati.-n.-., until the tall of 177 J, w h.-u, at the so
licitation uf Gen. Washington, with whom for
several ysars previous hi; had been iiitnn iteiv
acquainted, he accepted the commission of coo
nel of the hih Virginia regiment on the conti
nental eslahl fchment. The following anecdote
is tohl of him ; After the teceipt of Ins com
inis.sien, he preached a fir.uvel! sermon, in the
Course of w hich he told Ins congregation that
"there was a time for all things, a time to
preaeh and a ti;re to f ghf, nivl that now was
tho time to fight." After which 1:2 descended
from the pulpit, dismissed the congrrrnl:or,
put on his nn if inn, mid going to the church
door, ordered t:e drums to beat f,,r recruits.
Known as an ardent whig, bp hud been per
secuted by the lories, tut he wis therefore
the more e-teeuie.i by the people whom he hud
before this '1ni(j represented in th; Virginia
House of Delegates. B.-ing greatly beloved
nej enj .ying genera! confM. nee throughout the
whole of Western Virginia, he found no diffi-
cu'.ly in fili.ug his regiment, with wli cli he j Presidential election following the resignation
immediately marched for the pii.tertion of ( of W .sliii'ton, !.e was an elector from Penn
Charleston, S. C. At the battle of Si. linau's j sy'vnoa, ai d voted fir Thomas Jefferson,
Island, June US, 1770, and during the whole of j whose warm p-rsutial nnd political friend he
the trying campaigns in Georgia and South !
Cnru!i:n, he acted a biave and distinguished j When toe great puty contest occurred in
nan. enuring every ijti.'iie ami ii.-privnt ion
incident to suh a campaign with !us soldieis,
he became a favorite Willi them, who i.lways
readily followed him in any during and ha
zardous enlcrpritc.
On the 21st February, 1777.be vas promot
ed by Congress lo the rank ot Brigadier Gene
ral. September 1 1, 1777, he took part in the
battle of Brandy wine, where his brigade nnd
llmtofGen. Weeden formed Wayne's division,
which lifter the day began to go against tho A
mericans, sustained tho front of the battle. At
the battle of Germantown, Oct. 1, 1777, his bri
gade penetrated farthest into the town, and con
sequently suffered more severely than any o
ther. After a retreat Imd been ordered, he
commanded the rear guard which covered the
retreat cf tho kit w inj. During thm retreat,
and immediate parent of despotism. Jarrsaso.
Vol. 4 o. IT IT hole No, 03.
overcome with fatigue, having for two days and
a night been almost constantly on horseback
nnd without sleep, ho eat dozing on his horse.
From this condition he was aroused by the
singing ofa ball past his head nnd the cry "pick
ofl thtit officer on tho white horse." While
Captain I Iubley, of Lancaster, nnd some of his
men were pull ng down a fence which the
General's tired horso was unnble to leap, he
drew a pistol, and turning in the saddle, saw
a young officer who had tired at him, person
ally, engnged in re-loading his musket. Tak
ing deliberate aim with his pistol, he fired
and blew out his brains. The General wos
afterwards heard tosay, that he regretted the
death he was obliged to inflict, as the officer
wasnn uncommonly fine looking man.
He was a tho hard fought battle on the
plains of Monmouth, Juno 2?, 1773 ; and at the
storming of Stony Point he commanded the re.
serve. Gen. Wayne in his letter to General
Washington says : "Previous to the attack I
had drawn Gen. Muhlenberg into my rear,
w ho took post on the opposite side of the march,
in readiness, cither to support us or covcra re
treat in ease of accident ; nnd I have not. the
least doubt of his faithfully and gallantly effect
ing either, hail there been occasion for it."
During Leslie's incursion into Virginia, 17S0,
Gen. Muhlenberg held the chief corr.mnnd of
tho American forces, and ho acted under the
commsnd of Baron Steuben during the subse
quent invasion of the same State by Arnold and
Philips in 170 SI. When Cornwallis march
ed into Virginia in 17S1, Gen. Muhlenberg
was second in command to Ijifayctte, and shar
ed with him the dangers and responsibilities,
and nlso the glory of that campaign. In the
battle of Green Sprincr, July f, 1761, when the
Pennsylvania line, under Gen. Wayne, fell in
to condition, by a forced march of several miles,
Gen. Muhlenberg threw himself, without order
between the enemy and the disordered Ameri
cans, nnd thus saved the Pennsylvania troops
from a total defeat.
At the glorious siege of Yorktown, he com
manded the First Brigade of Light Infantry,
which stormed the British redoubts, an action
which placed him among the most conspicuous
heroes oflhe revolution. Col. Alexander Ham
ilton commanding ono ot the regiments of that
brigade, received the principal honor, which,
strictly spenking, belonged to the General,
whoe modesty and easy disposition caused him
I to ncquie-ce in the report made of that nffiir.
! llis portrait occupies a place in the picture by
Trumbull of tlie surrender of Lord Conwalli.i,
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new in tue rotunda o! the Carntti! nt U ashing-
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I lo continued in service to the entire close
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o! the war, and was promoted to tho rank of
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Major General before the nrmy was disbanded,
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tol. Mmroe afterwards President of the U-
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s, was one of his aides-de-ca mp.
noer tie old constitution ot I'ennsy Ivanm,
fr"'n l' Frr.nklin was President of
theS'nte, he w as Vice President. In 17Sa, do
wns elected by geiiernl ticket to the tirst Co.
Cittr..ss, to serve as n member from Pennsylva
n;a from the 1th of March, 170, to 1791. On
the 02 d June, 179, in conjunction with Madi
son and tl.e other fptiMicans, he voted in ff.
vor t f the amendment to the law constituting
the State Department, which amendment pro
vided that the Secretary should be removable
by th Pre.-ident ttl0no. Tho passage of this
resolution settl.-.l )C disputed question, wheth
er the See,jte nl, a rj2lt j0 participate in re-mov-Js.
from office ns well na in appoinments,
arid afforded the friends of General Jackson a
satisfactory precedent In justify his removal of
the Secretary of the Treasury from office. In
lliis Congress the question 'w hat title shall be
given to the Piesid. nt ?' was agitated Gen.
Muhlenberg stren.iou.-ly opposed the granting
of any tit'es of honor whatsoever.
In 1793, he w as e!e;te, a member of the 3d
Collar. s- and in 1799, a member of the 6th
Congress liom .Mi,r,tgome ry county, and in the
. renn-v i vauia, in iweeu .mciv.hii ana i;o-.s, lor
the gubernatorial chair (lv which the Imes be
Ui'. n the Democratic and Federal p.trtits wen
distinctly drawn,) Gen. Muhleiilerg look a firm
and decided stand with the Democrats, and
was piaced at the head of the Democratic State
Central Committee, composed of Thomas Lei
per, Joseph Hiester, Michaicl Lieb, S. Miles,
Alexander J. Ialns and others. It was at the
time freely admitted that his exertions had
made McKean Governor. The election of Mc
Kean, after a moit severe and bitter contest,
was a gre'tt triumph to the Democrats, and as
sisted materially in afterward electing Jeffer
son to the Presidency.
In the Presidential election of 1S01, the elec
toral vo'cs for President and Vice President
wcie divided, and Jefferson and Burr, the De-
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mocrslic candidates, having a mnjority anJ be
ing equal, it remained for tho House of Repre
sentatives to choose between them. Burr threw
himself into the arms of the Federalists, on
condition that they made him President ; there
wero 35 bnHottings with the same result, until
some of Burr's friends becoming alatmeJ, gave
way, and on the 3Gth ballot, Jeffersou was e
lected President. Gen. Mnhlotiberg, as one of
tho representatives from Pennsylvania, voted
for Jefferson on every hallot.
In the winter of 101, he was elected a Uni
ted Slates Senator from Pennsylvania, to serva
from the 4th of March, 1501. In July follow
ing he'resigned this situation. In January 1S00,
ho was appointed by Presi lent Jefferson, Su
pervisor of the Revenue for the district, of Penn
sylvania, and in the year following lie wasmnde
Collector of the port of Philadelphia, in w hich
office he remained until his death, which took
place, Oct. 1, 1S07, in the Gist year of his age,
at his country seat in the vicinity of Gray's Fer
ry. Ilia death was caused by the i fleets of tha
fatigue and exposure which ho suffered during
his southern campaigns. He is buried at tha
Trappe in Montgomery county.
In 1797, he was elected President of tho
German Society of Pl.ila.le'phio, and it is be
lieved that he wns annually rc-elccted during
his life.
He was tall in person, moderately stout, ve
ry active cf body nnd of undaunted bravery.
His coolness uinl determination, combined with,
his excellent judgment, niad-j him one of tha
men in whom Gen. Washington during the waC
relied for success, nnd on whom, from his pre
vious hnowk-dgc of him, he knew he could de
pend. He was modest in regard to hia own ac
tions and claims, and always careless in assert,
ing them. Tver u stern democrat, he was un
hesitating nnd undeviating in his opposition to
all nristocrctic measures. He wa6 easy nnd
popular in his manners, having always retained
thcfruiikness ofa soldier.
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg was tho
second son of Dr. Ii. M. Muhlenberg, and was
horn at the Trappe, in Montgomery county, on
the 2d of June, 1750. He accompanied his bro
thers to Germany, and was educated nt the u
niversity of Halle, in Saxony, being intended
for tho church. After orJir.ation he returned
to America, and was stationed for some time nt
SlinefuTstown, in Lobannn county. From
thence ho removed to the city of New Yuil;,
where he remained ns a Lutheran clergyman
until the B.-i'ls'i were about c n'ering the ci!)
Having w'.'U his father mid hr.itl.ers been at
ardi'iit supplier of the American caiii.e, he cal
culated on nnltreatment should he fall into the
hands of th'i enemy, lie therefore removed to
the Swamp, in Mont .Mint ry county, where he
remained n few years.
In 1779 he was elected by t,e Stito Legis
lature ene 3f tin; I). levies to represent Penn
sylvania in the Continental Congress. The
ne.t year he was again elected lo hij hoiiorabl;
post.
In 17r7 he was tent as a delegate? from Mont
gomery county to the State Convention, which
was assembled to Consider the new Teller,.'
Constitution. The Convention elected him in
President, and he voted for the ratification ef
the Constitution oflhe Un.'eJ Staten.
In December 17S"', Pennsylvania elected him
a member of the f:rsl Congress under the new
Constitution. There was however no quorum
present until April 1, 17--9, when he was cho
sen Steaki n. He was elected to the second,
third and fourth Congresses, and served agin
as Speaker during the third Congress.
lie was considered as ono of tho most usefil,
active and leading members of the House du
ring the period he was & member, as the j 'ur
nals of that peiiod will show.
Near tlm c!oe of Gov. Mifflin's period of
service, bo was appointed Register oflhe Land
Offieo of Pennsylvania, an office which he held
at the time of his death, which took place in
j Lancaster, in the year 1P2.
Henry Lrne-tns Muhlenberg, the youngest
of the three brothers, was sent at an enr'y aga
to Europe to he educated. Alter having been
kept somo yearn at a prepiritery school, he en
tered t':e university of Halle. On the com
pletion i f his sti'd.es he also was drdnined as a
minister in the Lutheran church, and on his re
turn became his father's, adjunct in '.ho Phila
delphia congregations, where he remained un
t 1 the Bri'iish entered ihr city. Distinguished
w ith the w hole f.im.ly as an ardent Whig, ha
was threatened with a halter, and found him
self obliged tn fly st the approach of the enemy.
Leaving the city disguised in a blanket coat,
with a ride on his shoulder, be had niarty fallen
into the lunds of tho enemy through the tread. -
eryofntory inn keeper, who advised him to
take the road tpou w hich the Brit.sh were a
proaching. Warned however in lime ly
w hig inmate of the house, he effected hih t
cape and reached tho Swamp ing.'l. ty.
I cling the want of employment am! books,
at th.s plice, he devoted hursell' lo the study -t'
niliiiu! bintory, mineralogy and Many,1 ut