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The InllurnCe oi the mother OF Wash>
ngon on the tuure character of her
sons. has often ben happily illustrated
by incidents in his boyhood, Harrison


now is ito be added to e list Of great men


whose character has beea early moulded
by mothers mage influence. The io-
lowing eeauiIuI anecdo'e, 50 eloquently
told is from Prof. Goddard's Address be-
fore the council and Citizens Of Provi-
denCe,


"The voice of tile people summoned
him from retirement which he had sup.
posed was to continue for the resilu3 Of
his lie, to i,l the oii:e Of President
His Journey from Ohio 10 Washington will
not soon be forgotten. Without the pomp
ola triumph, it had more than the hon
orS ol triumph. Al The waysde and at
the place OF C0ncoarSe-in city or in ham.


et--on mountain or in valley, the people
without distinction Of az, sex, color, or
condition, pressed upon him with their


hearts IN lholr hands, to bid him welcome.
Arrived at the sea. Of government, like
true son OF Virginia, he yearn9d to re-
visit, once more, his native land. Thoughts
of other years, OF ties now broken, bl,
well remembered still, came thronging q
around him and, before he entered upon
the du,ieS Ct Office, he yielded to his at


Iectionate ,insticts, and went to see Vir>
ginla. lie went to look once more at the
Old family mansion, 10 survey lis anceS-
trai halls, to sit, again, under the shade
of those putrimonlal trees, beneath which
he had frolicked IN boy hood-lo live over
again in memory, the days when his ia"
ther$ was alive, and his children; were
about hm-aud, yet more 10 fill his sPlr.
It with most gracious Influences, by re.
collections OF that mother who was wont
TO pray for him, and who taught him how
10 pray In that mothers chamber,
where he was born, aud where he had
often kneeed beside her, while she earn.
estly implored the blessings of heaven
On his future life, he penned that remark
able passage IN his inaugural address, IN
which he expresses his profound rever-
.ence for the christian religion, How
beautiful The picture here presented tc
our view The child Of many prayer
has become. grey haired statesman, anc


is about 10 be clothed with The seiectes
honor which a nation confer. With thot's
saddcned by an,icipa,ions Of the cares
aud possibilities Of office, he turns to
the image Of his sainled mother, and on
that spot from which her voice of sup,
PIlcatlon had gone up 10 the mercy seat
lor HIM, he bears his testimony 10 the
value OF that religion which was ner hope
in death, and which, it is not to much to
say, was his J"