COMMODORE DECATUR.
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The removal ofthe remains Of Commo.
dore Decatur, suggests the selection to the
Pennsylvania Of the following extract from
the second volume of Rush's Residence a,
the Court Of London, which may not be
unacceptable to some of our readers,


:" May l6, 1920, Dined at Lord Molville's
the first Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. Rose,
British Minister at Berlin; the Russian Am
bassador and Countress Leiven; Lord and
Lady Binning; Lady Castlereagh; the Am
bassador faom the Netherlands; Mr.. Plants;
Mr.. Bagot and others made the company
Among the table ornaments was a very
beautiful representation Of Neptune, in ala
baster, holding in his hand the trident Of the
ocean," " s


Tropics during The dinner hour and eve-
ming, were such as the new reign sugges-
ted. One other, foreign one, shared atten-
tion-,he death Of Commodore Decatur, the
account whose fall in a duel with Commo-
dore Barron, near Washington, had just be-
come knownin in London. To Mr. Bagot,
next to whom sat, spoke of him, lamen-
ting in his death the loss of a personal
friend and old school mate, besides his loss
to his country. II was known to me that
Mr.. Bagot had made his acquaintance
whilst the former was British Minister in
the United States, as well as that the Com
mordore's accomplished wife was known to
Mrs Bagot. Mr.. Bagot spoke ofthe Com
modore in the handsomest terms, and this
not for my ear alone, but that Of the whole
company. His closing words were, AL
that he said or did was ever carried of
with soldierly grace And lei his schoo
mate and friend here pay him the passing
tribute of adding to words so true, that lof.
" patriotism ever animated all his thoughts
and deed; that he was SHINING exampie 70
others in profession which he desired to
lift up to the highest pitch not only by his
valor and naval accomplishness, but by the
noble ambition OF intellectual improvement
in other felds-an ambition that he seemed
to cherish but more with advancing
years; so that, had he lived longer, his coun-
try might have beheld in him fame even
more full-orbed than that which his untme.
ly death cut short" a1