* This note was read to the ladies, who were called together at the house of Judge Smith, and then deposited in the hands of that gentleman's wife. It passed into the hands of Miss Lydia Imlay, his adopted daughter, who preserved it with great care until just before her death, when she gave it to the late Chief-justice Ewing. It was placed in a handsome frame, and is now a precious relic in possession of his family. The grave of Mr. Armstrong is in the old burial-ground of the Presbyterian church at Trenton. Upon his plain monument is the following inscription: "Sacred to the memory of the Rev. James Francis Armstrong, thirty years a pastor of the church at Trenton, in union with the church at Maidenhead. Born in Maryland of pious parents, he received the elements of his classical education under the Rev. John Blair, finished his collegiate studies in the College of New Jersey, under the Rev. Dr. Witherspoon, and was licensed to preach the Gospel in the year 1777. An ardent patriot, he served through the War of Independence as chaplain. In 1790 he was chosen a trustee of the College of New Jersey. A warm and constant friend, a devout Christian, a tender husband and parent, steady in his attentions on the judicatories of the Church, throughout life he was distinguished as a fervent and affectionate minister of the Gospel, and resigned his soul to his Creator and Redeemer on the 19th of January, 1816. 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.' Amen! Even so come, Lord Jesus." [[[Departure from Trenton.--Buck's County.--St. Tammany.--Old Villages.--Frankford.]]] {247} CHAPTER X. ```"The autumnal glories all have pass'd away! ````The forest leaves no more in hectic red ```Give glowing tokens of their brief decay, ````But scatter'd lie, or rustle to the tread, ```Like whisper'd warnings from the moldering dead. ````The naked trees stretch out their arms all day. ```And each bald hill-top lifts its reverend head ````As if for some new covering to pray." `````Mrs. E. C. Kinney.= [Illustration: 9255]