From the Banner of the Constitution. ANECDOTE OF GENERAL WASH

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 SIR: In your paper of the 27th ut. in the original anecdote of General " ashingtoil, in the last paragraph, it is said '.There is not one man in thous and in his situation," tSc. think said thousand millions, or certainlyintend ed to say so; for whenever his name is mentioned, 1t ought always to convey an idea of grandeur and sublimity. Nor do believe that .tere has ever been hls superior amongst men; and all the heroes Of antiquity must appear insig- niflcant, when compared with him. ex- cept perhaps Aristides and Cincinna- tus; and to show that men eminent for their eander, integrity, and other good qualities, have thought as l do, l give an extract of a letter received by me from the late Hon. Richard Peters, dated Dec. g. 1916, accompanied by two boxes, with seeds, chesnut trees, &c.

 si wish you the compliments of the season, and that you may enjoy health and all its blessings, till at least you live long enough to gnther nuts from the produce of those send you. My ven- erated tree was planted by the hands ot eeorge Washington, in l797 or lT9S,@ think, and has borne about four years. should have said thcnut was then planted-for the tree has nev- CT been removed; Tor shall any thing disturb its site whilst remain to rcver- cnce 1t with more admiration than his yotaries could bcstow on Shakspeare's mulberry. The artificial monuments dedicated to the most celebrated he- rocs, statesmen, or sages, of antiquity, are banhles. in my estimation, compar- Jed with this memorial of one whose flame was founded on the promotion of

 we'll remember the day the nuts a. Aforementioned were planted. It was on [ that upon which the late venerable John ;,1daSs was. inasuratsl President of the United States. J. A.