FERD.4H, February 20, 1928.
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on, it was proposed by the passengers to seize the
Captain and commit the navigation of the vessel to
MIR. Clinton, who was excellent mathematician !;
but the officers If the ship, refusing to cooperate
with them, they were deferred from proceeding,
from the apprehension fincurring the charge ofpi
racy." He finally landed at Cape Cod on the 4th
October. more than four months from the time of
their departure from Ireland. Mr.. Clinton and his
friends continued III that part of the country until
1881, when he removed to Ulster county, New
York, where he settled and devoted himselfto to agr.
culture. He was successfully appointed Justice
OF the Peace, a Judge of the County, and Leuten-
ant Colonel. In the latter capacity he served at the
| capture of Fort Frontinac. When his kinsman,
George Clinton. was appointed Governor Of the COL
ony, he was offered lucrative and distinguished Of


flee, which he declined preferrng the charms OF re-
rement and literature to the cares of public life.
He died in 1878, aged 83.


General James Clinton, the son of Colonel Charles
Clinton, and the father Of the late Gov Clinton, was
born in 1896, and early discovered prediction
for military life. He was Captain in the French
war in 1856; was appointed commander of a force
raised for the defence of the western frontier of New
York in 1868. and, in 1874, Lieutenant Colonel of
the militia Of Ulster county. From the commence
ment OF the Revolutionary war, until its termina-
ton, he was actively engaged in the cause of his
country, and enjoyed, in a high degree, the esteem
and confidence of his fellow citizens during the
subsequent period until his death in 1879. He mar.
red, in early life, Mary De Witt, Of a Dutch tani-
ly, from which the late Governor derived his name


The late Vice President Clinton was brother Of
the General, and died in the same year.