EVENTS
in A SINGLE LIFE.
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DR.. Harvey,a Baptist clergyman, one
hundred and elepen gears old, preached on
Thursday evening in the Tabernacle. He
sat on the platform, he did not appear SO
old but when he rose, his short and stun
ted figure, diminished, not enfesbled by
age, and the tones of his voice-his hesi-
fancy, broken sylables and snow-white
hair-all testified his extreme old age
He preached on Temperance-said he was
and uneducated man-and finally, when
requested to give some account Of his own
life, he observed he could recollect the
events of hundred years ago-that he was
a Ioor boy, working about, and had joined
the minute men during the Revolution,
and served under several commanders !;
was employed in various services, and had
hunted Indians in this State, and Tories
also. When he spoke Of the country and
the war, his voice strengthened-he was
more erect and vigorous, and the fires Of
youth began to rekindle. He said the Lord
had bequeathed us glorious country, and
he who would not defend that country in
war, as well as in peace, was unworthy
the name of citizen: our country first
our families and our firesidese These SEN
timents, uttered with the enfeebleness of
one hundred and eleven years by vener-
able patriot of the Rev olution, produced a
thrill among the audience. His circum-
stances are Strengthened, and the religious
portion of our wealthy city should visit
and aid him. He has no flocks and herds,
and wealth, as our father Abraham had at
his yeaIs.


What strange events have crowned histo-
ry, in the long life of this venerable man !!
He was born three years only after Wash
ington. George H. was then on the En-
gish throne Louis XIV. on that Of France;
Ferdinand W. son Of Philip "; ruled in
Spain and Frederick the Great had Just
commenced his reign. The Empress Ca
tharne held sway in Russia, and Poland
was mighty and independent kingdom
under Augustus of Saxony. The popula-
ton of the 13 colonies was little rising
two millions and from the banks of the
Hudson, stretching west to the Mississippi,
was an unbroken forest, filled with a saw
age foe, where the white man dared not
venture. France on the north, Spain on
the South, owned the largest portion Of
our continent, and the existence Of Oregon
was unknown. New Holland, the Islands
of the South Seas and the Indian Archipel-
ago, was yet untrodden by civilized man.
Turkey was the terror Of the civilized
world, and the gold Spain annually receiv-
ed from her American colonies exceeded
the income of any other nation.


And now, what has this old man seen in
his single lifei Five sovereigns on the
English throne, one Of whom reigned 90