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Prophesies peace between England and America. Estimates of Morse's character by Dr. Romeyn and Mr. Van Schaick. The father regrets reproof of son for political views. Death of Mrs. Allston. Disagreeable experience in Bristol. More economies. Napoleon I. Peace. Morse did not go to Paris at this time.
Associated with him, and also of this party, was Rodney Schaick, a sleek New York broker, a man as prominent in the church as in the stock exchange, dainty in his dress, smooth of speech, the necessary complement of Duff Brown in any enterprise that needed assurance and adroitness.
Letter from Rev. S.F. Jarvis on politics. The mother tells of the economies of another young American, Dr. Parkman. The son resents constant exhortations to economize, and tells of meanness of Dr. Parkman. Writes of his own economies and industry. Disgusted with Bristol. Prophesies peace between England and America. Estimates of Morse's character by Dr. Romeyn and Mr. Van Schaick.
I wouldn't give that to be guaranteed a hundred thousand cold cash in a year's time." "Where's Mr. Brown?" "He is in the saloon, playing poker with Schaick and that long haired party with the striped trousers, who scrambled aboard when the stage plank was half hauled in, and the big Delegate to Congress from out west."
The day had been so cool and fresh, and our progress so easy; flat as was the country, it had its charm, the charm of cultivated plains, relieved by lanes of feathered bamboos, by clumps of nodding palms, by limpid streams. But we were off, nevertheless, the Governor-General on a cow-pony, nearly all the rest on Arabs and thoroughbreds, Van Schaick and I riding mountain ponies.
Account of entrée of Louis XVIII into London. The Prince Regent. Indignation at acts of English. His parents relieved at hearing from him after seven months' silence. No hope of patronage from America. His brothers. Account of fêtes. Emperor Alexander, King of Prussia, Blücher, Platoff. Wishes to go to Paris. Letter from M. Van Schaick about battle of Lake Erie. Disgusted with England.
He took all the precautions that one could, but he knew that in the end these would fail him. The Rutherfords would get him. Of that he had no doubt. They would probably have killed him, anyhow, but he had made his sentence sure when he had shot Anse Rutherford and wounded Eli Schaick ten days ago. That it had been done by him in self-defense made no difference.
"I shall report you as love-sick, or brain-sick, reclining by purling streams, under shady groves, to read Shakspeare, or Milton, or Spenser, for each of these books I have seen you at different times put in your pocket, and wander forth with a most sentimental air doubtless to make love to some Nymph or Dryad." "Make love! Ah! there, I take it, you have winged the right bird, Van Schaick."
The whole settlement was destroyed after which the detachment returned to Fort Schuyler without the loss of a single man. For this handsome display of talents as a partisan, the thanks of Congress were voted to Colonel Van Schaick and the officers and soldiers under his command.
There were two families of Van Schaicks in the State of New-York. They spelled their names differently. The family of Colonel Van Schaick were revolutionary whigs. The Van Schaacks were adherents of the crown. White Plains, 21st January, 1779. Mr. Benjamin Sands, and three other persons from Long Island, banished for malepractices, wait on you with this.
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