he took his seat, David Baker, Esq. q
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he took his seat, David Baker, Esq. q Revolutionary soldier, yeaerablc for

 1is ageand unblemshed character. rose with q stall in each hand to support hls totterlng frame, and requested pernlis- sion to address few words 10 his fellow citizens. After promising that he was probably tho oldest man in the house. he went on 10 say that he enlisted under sH aslinston. in the first regimen, rais- ed in Virginia, in the beginning of our Revolutionary struggle; and altersomc other remarks, he added, tla4 in those days there were men who attempted to resist the laws of their government, and they were publicly tarred and feather ed; and, continued the venerable old patriarch, he .fcared Il nusi como to hof hefe! Nen this was uttered. the whole audience, as if by one impulse, united ln most deaiening applause: :: and the old veteran sat down amidst the enthusiastic cheers of his fellow citi- zens.-.N. C. Spectator.