children  survive ;  tlic  other  one  sleeps  in  the  isle  of  Galves-
ton.
My  father  enjoyed,  in  a  high  degree,  tho  society  of  his
friends  and  the  delights  of  social  converse.  He  was  pos-
d  of  line  conversational  powers,  which,  united  with  his
urbane  manners  and  genera]  information,  rendered  his  society
much  sought  after.  Almost  every  subject,  whether  of  science,
politic-,  or  religion,  was  sufficiently  familiar  to  him  for  the
purposes  of  animated  conversation,  or  even  of  discussion.
He  was  specially  gifted  with  taste  in  tin-  tine  arts.    Of  music,

painting,    and    poetry,    he    WBfl    wry    fond;    and   though   ho

.    other  than  sacred  music,  yet  odes  and  martial

reat  charm  for  him,  especially  the  latter.
Indeed,  calm  and  unimpi  lie  generally  appeared,  it

the  triumph  of  grace  over  nature,  for  the  excitement  of

politics  and  camps  would  have  been  quite  in  unison  with  his

natural  f  B  .'  gnu  a  had  held  the  empire  of  his  heart,

even  from  hisboyhood  day-,  for  he  was  but  fourteen  when  he

1  d  religion;  and  from  that  time  to  the  close  of  life,  we

have  no  intimation  of  religious  declension.
Among  his  friends,  the  ministers  and  members  of  his  own
Church  were  generally  the  chosen  ones,  as  was  most  meet.
